Sunday the 28th of march we and a group of workmates went out aboard Blue Lightening in mandurah fishing in depths between 40 and 120 meters the day being pretty slow overall with 2 dhufish pulled up early on and my pink snapper 4 breaksea cods and then mostly sweep and umndersize pink snapper, Was a great day out lovely conditions and great service the deckies were bloody awesome really felt like they were going out of there way to help people even managing to untangle a 11 person tangle up just so one of the dhu fish could be landed would highly reccomend them to anyone wanting to try fishing mandurah with a charter! very nice boat and a very smooth ride out.

Headed out for a quick session with milsey this arvo. We planned to head out the heads and try for whiting/snapper, although this idea was overturned by the fact the sea breeze came in at 12. we decided to try our chances with H/B in the river/heads. at first we anchored near some structure and flicked small rmg's and rapala lures. milsey with a bub squid on bream lure.

Trawled to find some protection from the wind produced skippy and herring.

Found a spot that looked the goods, after me not hooking to a solid strike milsey landed a nice flatty next cast.

fished this spot for a little longer with milsey hooking a reasonable tree and me risking my life to free the lure in distress. We then moved to some likely bream ground happy with the success so far on other species this became our new goal. landed a little bream and decided to call it a day at around 3.

what would you reckon the best size torsa would be for fishing anywhere out to 200 meters??

using 60lb ish

going to to bunbaryian land ova easter with the boat and was wondern where to go fishing not to far from land. any suggestion much appreciated

hey all

i just wanna ask which knot is best to tie a 60lb wind on leader to 30lb braid???

would it be the bimini to albright?

cheers danno

I have done some searches for this but came up empty.

My brother has come to me today suggesting we do an allnighter in the Swan to get a Jewie (read Mulloway, bloody NSW-man). He saw some pics and he is now all keen. I know that these species are not as simple as throw a bait and wait, so I am after a little help on the where. He talked to someone who anchors in the Freo port (it sounded like he tied off to a marker!!!) and floated live baits around and got some.

Any advise or direction on tide, moon, depth, bait, location, rigs, tackle would be awesome.

hi i wondering if the afc people were able to use real bait would they?

I need to buy a new BC for my son and wonder if anyone has a online dive gear sales place that is recomened

ABC News 26 March 2010

CU Marron taken from the
Canning River

The Health Department says the Swan and Canning rivers are not safe for swimming or fishing after sewage was washed into the catchment in Monday's storm.

More than 40 fish have died and crabs and marron have crawled onto the river banks to avoid the contaminated water.

Two sewerage stations in Perth have overflowed, with the run off washing into the rivers.

Jim Dodds from the Health Department says it is not safe to eat anything from the Swan or Canning rivers.

"Don't eat shell fish from the river, they are an organism that concentrates everything from the river and you can never be sure what's in the river especially in a catchment like this.

The Swan River Trust and the Department of Fisheries are trying to rescue the marron from the rivers.

The Department's Craig Lawrence says no fish or freshwater crayfish have been found alive.

"It's a worry, we've actually covered about 75 percent of the river now and we still have 25 percent left which we're hoping will still have something in it," he said.

"I haven't seen this sort of situation before."

Does anyone know if you can eat a trigger fish. Caught a big one yesterday but wasnt sure about it.

Cheers

Neels

Might sound like a dumb question, but can you transfer your data from a plotter to another, and if so how?

Cheers Neels

Hi - have been reading forums for a while - and now I have a question for the masses of people who have been doing this a lot longer than I have - Does anyone use hand held gps (garmin etrex or similar) on a boat  - are they reliable - and any reccomendations? - I dont have a  lot of room on the boat and only go out  as far as I can still see land - thanks

Man, boy, 6, rescued after boat sinks off City Beach

Edited from PerthNow, March 27, 2010

Mr Imray and Luke - who had both been wearing life jackets spent two hours in the water before the RAC Rescue Helicopter found the missing father and son about four nautical miles off City Beach.

The pair were winched to the helicopter and taken to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital where they were treated for mild hypothermia.

The emergency rescue helicopter started the search after Mr Imray activated the boat's digital EPIRB.

Ms Bouquet said she became aware of her missing son and grandson when police rang her asking if she might know where he was and if he had gone fishing.

She said she eventually tracked down his car to Hillarys marina but then faced an agonising wait as the rescue helidopter began searching for the pair.

They're buying a Lotto ticket tonight.

Caught a few fish today at Mindarie, one of which was a herring, when it came time to pack up I started cleaning the fish and thought, oh Mr Herring has pooed himself with a long poo coming out of his butt. Looked closer and it was a bloody worm making a break for it! Kinda put me off eating the rest of the fish (though I still might).

Anyone else come across this? I know fish also get worms but is it common? Harmful etc?

thanks

Looking to go to the monte bellows this year if i havnt left it to long to book.  wondering if anyone could recomend a good company to go through and the need to knows of getting to exmouth and if anyone else would be interested in going!

On my 2-4 kilo spin soft plastic rod ive spooled it up with 6lb braid.i've spooled it up tight and when using soft plastics i attach a 9lb leader on with a double uni knot.i usually use a 1/4 ounce jig head and i find after 15 or so casts i get these double loop knots somewhere along my braid.some i can pull 1 loop and undo the knot but some become to bad to undo.its so frustrating.im assuming that because its such a small weight theres not enough tension on the line when winding it in...just wondering if any1 has any tips to solve this problem???thanks

Lately ive been fishing in a harbour where i know its good fishing but i just seemed to be getting so many sting rays.with the water being so deep i like to use a sinker at the bottom with a dropper. i try put the dropper as high as i can from the bottom but still manage to get rays does any1 have any tips???cheers

what could i be up for at walpole is the any salmon there. i know there is bream kg but  im looking at the bigger fish but i do love to catch a good bream and kg great fun.  but mutch rather something that would be a bit bigger would be great if anyone could give me a hand on what fish and where abouts 

hey fellas - just seeing if anyone knows the best site for forecasting the weather up at jurien bay?

I was just looking at seabreeze though the closest I could find was the forecast for lancelin: http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/wa3.asp

cheers

Wayne

Hmmm i know its been posted lots and there are lots of  chats about them But where are the salmon i was hoping to go down to donsborough one day next week for a fish and they dont seem to be around yet. Dose any one know where they are?

Cheers

Gday

Heading down to Augusta for the easter weekend and was chasing some info on access to the beaches to the east.Do i need to head back as far as the donnelly river mouth or is there somewhere closer?

will be heading out tomorow night (sat) in the 12 ft tinny for snapper the spots that im heading to produce good numbers of fish . looking for another tinny to come along as its safer to go in pairs. will be departing round 6ish and be out there till when ever send pm if interested

Back from Bali enjoy

After reading Kiwi's thread about the dramas on the Finniss River regarding shonky fuel mixes and kinked lines, I thought it might be good to relate some of the unfortunate experiences some of us may have had during our fishing and/or boating adventures. This might help others to avoid the same sort of fate down the track. Obviously, some things are beyond anybody's control but so many incidents are directly related to human error and can be avoided with a little prior knowledge.

Mine are more to do with tackle loss...doesn't have to be overly dramatic, just little bits of info that can help somebody later.

 Was bottom bouncing with my son and his mate last Easter holidays when the young bloke became snagged on the bottom. I decided to pull the sea anchor in and motor back up to where the snag was so he could at least get most of his line back. Well I wasn't paying attention and failed to notice that he wasn't winding his line in so I ended up running over it, cutting it off and losing most of the 50lb braid that had been on there. Was lucky it didn't get up on to the prop shaft and possibly damage the seal. What I learnt there was that as a skipper you really have to take in the experience levels of everyone who comes out in the boat and adjust your actions accordingly.

The other one from last year was when I was trolling solo along the back edge of the FFB. An X-Rap Mag20 on one rod and a little Richter Jelly Babe on the other, doing about 7 knots into a light northerly. Bang, X-rap gets hit, put motor into neutral, wind in, dehook and release one 5kg sambo. Meanwhile, the wind has pushed the boat slowly back to where the now stationary Jelly Babe was sitting. Being a skirt, it sank and became snagged up on the reef, where I lost it. The lesson here was, if you're going to troll alone, be prepared to handle both rods, or put yourself in a situation where the drift and/or action of the lure isn't going to bring you to grief.

Again, not necessarily expecting to see dramatic, life-threatening situations, just simple little things that many would not even think twice about but can save someone a bit of aggro down the track.

Good evening all, seeking some advice.

I have a Penn 50TW loaded with 24kg braid. Its paired with an old Shimano stick which was state of the art when purchased, but is now well past its time. A couple of recent drubbings by things taking me back into the reef have helped me decide to reload with 37kg, and fat up for a new rod.

I'm after a stand up stick (straight butt, no roller runners) with a tip that folds away relatively quickly. Trying not to creep far past $350.

Any suggestions? Even for a blank, as wouldn't mind rolling one together myself. Or if anybody has something second hand that fits, that could also work.

Many thanks.

are there any prawns about yet?

Hi 

does anyone know of good quality Boat Seats (Pedestal Mount). Thinking of going gas as I have heard they are good. Any Info appreciated.Thanks nev

hey every one im heading to walpole next week on tuesday all land base fishing just wondering if any one could give me any ideas on what fish i might be able to catch and what gear is the best lurs bait hooks ect. cherz

hey folks just wondering if anyone here has or knows of a place we could rent over the easter weekend in lano or mandurah? let me know or call me on 0414080275 really looking to get away and the accomedation we had fell thro

hey folks just wondering if anyone here has or knows of a place we could rent over the easter weekend in lano or mandurah? let me know or call me on 0414080275 really looking to get away and the accomedation we had fell thro