What do you guys think of this? Pretty dodgey stuff, really... 

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/fishy-find-lands-angler-in-strife-20090522-bhod.html

Fishy find lands angler in strife

Chris Thomson May 22, 2009 - 9:22AM

A tipoff has landed an Alexander Heights fisherman in hot water, after he was allegedly caught red-handed with 42 undersize pink snapper.

Department of Fisheries officers said the man had a haul of 69 fish in total when they searched his boat at Hillarys Boat Harbour on May 13.

Departmental compliance manager Todd A'Vard said his colleagues seized 42 undersize pink snapper, a tiny tarwhine and a scrawny skippy.

"The average size of the undersize pink snapper seized is 223 millimetres," Mr A'Vard said.

"The minimum legal size for pink snapper, taken south of Lancelin, is 450 millimetres.

"Pink snapper is one of the high risk species and the daily bag limit is two per fisher."

Mr A'Vard said the rules were in place to ensure the sustainability of fin-fish stocks.

"The Fisheries and Marine Officers were not only shocked to find one person with so many fish, they were also concerned to see so many undersize fish in the haul," he said.

"This matter will proceed to prosecution and we are in the process of establishing the charges that will be issued against the fisher.

"He is likely to face charges for breaching bag limit rules as well as taking undersize fish, which each have potential fines of up to $5000."

If the fisherman is found guilty, he will automatically face an additional mandatory penalty, which could be well over $6000, if the magistrate were to choose the option of assigning the penalty on a per-fish basis.

"The mandatory penalty is 10 times the prescribed value of the fish by number or weight," Mr A'Vard explained.

It is pretty bloody windy at my place - and we are well protected from sou and nor westers - so I was wondering how everyone else went. Hopefully no-one suffered too much damage,
All the best, Colin Hay

With the wild weather upon us no doubt there are going to be quite a few guys from this site rock fishing for snapper and mulloway

just remember to dress light should you go in the water

have a course of action should you go in the water

sturdy footwear

would reccomend that you wear one of those inflatable pdf vests or waist belts

no fish is worth your life

Only want to read in the paper about fish catch's not fisherman lost

have fun

catch a few

take care

Hey guys,anyone goin to their local groyne under the storm for some snapper action? swells are as high as 5 m++ so it should be good..

just found this check it!!!!!
http://www.tackletester.com/?p=488

brenz

Hey guys and gals

As most of you know I am coming over in 8 weeks for a holiday and a fish.  Any advice on lures or spinners I could take for chucking off beaches and piers.  I will have a medium weight spinning rod that will cast about 90 grams/4 oz?  Pictures would be good as well as i dont know all of the names of the different lures.  Cheers fellas

Rog

A 115 km gust hit Rotto at 11.31 am and a big rain band is just off the coast.

As the previous topic whats your favourite rod againg does not have to be top shelf

Mine would be a Shakespeare Ultra 6'6 6-8 kg

its about 15 years old has caught me an abundant about of fish from herring right up to small sharks cost me about $30 back then and probably not available now the cork is stained and crumbly but has stood the test of time

Thought I would post up another topic what is your favourite reel,I know everyone has different budgets on what they can afford so does not matter if it is a Kmart special or top of the range each to their own.Plus a few reasons why it is your favourite

Mine would be my Saltiga 6500 Dogfight

I can use it for popper fishing

bottom bouncing,

jigging

and trolling

it is built strong,has been given some punishment and not let me down where as a few others that I own have had to be repaired or retired,I have used it all over the world in different fishing enviroments both boat and landbased,I have three spare spools for it so I can run different line class's

Will start another topic on your favourite rod

ANYBODY KNOW A ROD BRAND THAT WOULD STOCK OR BUILD A 24 - 37KG SURF ROD TO SUIT AN ALVEY?  -  THE COMBO GONNA B USED FOR LAND BASED SHARK FISHIN AND RUN HEAVY BRAID ON A 651C5

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Just hoping that the weathergods are nice for us and all the locals are getting involed .Cant wait

Good onya Dougie - that's the way to spend a day at work.

Had some pics sent through from a mate in hedland......from down Karratha way.

Don't know how old or how legit but i quote

The water up here this year seems to have an over population of these blokes in grey coats!!! (BLOODY SHARKS)

Well its that time again when the end of the season is near and we need to clear out our remaining "slattys"

Our slattys are made by an Ex commercial crayfisherman and are well built. They are jarrh frame and pine slats so theyt catch well on whites & reds. The locally made slattys normally sell for $140 but we have limited numbers left and clearing them at $115

Nows a good time to buy and save some money. You can use them now or leave outside to soak for next season.......call #9337 5682 or PM for more info! 

I am thinking of upgrading my old Lowrance to a new combo unit. Has anyone purchased the Lowrance HDS series and if so whats you thoughts?

Any comments would be welcome.

hope no 1 is going out on saturday might be a bit rocky with a 5.2 mtr sweall wow that is big that is 17.2 ft chek it out

 http://www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/wa.asp

good luck to any one that is going out

hahah

Well with the cooler and wetter weather fast approaching i thought i would see who still fishes and what do they fish for.

Personally im not one for going out in the wind and rain and sit down the rocks for snapper or anything, i like my creature comforts, but it can be very rewarding and the next couple of days are going to be the first chance for the snapper fishermen to hopefully get into a few.

Best part of this time of the year is generally we can get some better offshore weather so shortly should start taking the new boat offshore from perth and getting stuck into a few good fish.

I have been watching an interesting series on SBS on Wednesday nights called "Trawlermen" which is basically about the boats fishing out of English ports. What i find interesting - and somewhat disturbing is the massive amount of bycatch that goes overboard because the boat has no quota for the discarded catch. This comes after reading a book by a guy called Redmond O'Hanlon called "Trawler" in which he goes to sea with one of the English fishing fleet. Bycatch is enormous in his description of the operation, the discard process being overseen by an onboard fisheries officer. I realise that there are release devices used but these appear unable to do much given the amount thrown back. I hear the bycatch being referred to as Biomass - all goes back into the food chain etc etc - it should be utilised for people, not flying rats. Obviously the professional fishing industry in Australia has the same issues - it would be interesting to know how much they waste - and to me it is waste. The general public hear a lot about recreational fishers that plunder stocks - isn't this a bit of the same on a far bigger scale? I would appreciate some enlightenment from people such as Adam, Damo6230, Colin Hay and all the others who regulary post in an informed way on the bigger issues due to their professions or deep interest.

This my current screensaver, taken at the Monte's last year. Whilst I swap and change my screensavers a fair bit, this is the current one.

Anyone else want to share?

G'day guy's

Just wanted to say hi, i've been a lurker for a bit now and think the site is great.

I've just moved down from port hedland to perth after 5 years so the fishing is going to be a struggle!

I will prob ask some questions that no doubt have been asked before so sorry in advance.

I don't know anyone who fishes down here either so i'll generally always have a free spot on my boat for those willing to chip in.

I live in landsdale and went out to rotto on the weekend with the wife and kids we had a ball on the salmon but the bottom fishing left a bit to be desired but i have to start somewhere!

Hope the pics are the right size.

Cheers

Ryan

G'day all! Your local WA fishing newbie checking in for more advice!

Well the wife and I have developed a real taste for Calamari, so I thought I'd ask a few questions.

I'd like any and all tips you have on LB gear and tactics. 

What am I looking for as far as squiddy habitat when LB?  If anyone wants to share good spots NOR, pm me, but I don't expect that.  Just really wanting to get into the action.

Any tips on skinning them?  I've done it once, but didn't have much idea what I was doing.

Also, is there a minimum size limit on squid?  Yesterday I walked the inner wall of Hillary's casting a small jig and caught 3 small squid in about 20minutes.  I threw them back bc I wasn't sure if I could keep them. lucky little buggers!

anyway, all your tips and advice welcome! Who knows, if your advice pays off, I might just show up at your door with some complimentary squid rings!

Hey me and some mates going to north mole on saturday for some snapper. anyone got some tips or are going to?

Mine would be an old butterworth reel probably 35 years old and  worth about 5 bucks now plastic spool  but still works and caught me plenty of garfish and whiting when I was 10 years of age.It is in as good a condition today as when my father bought it for me.

Stuck at home today so I am full of questions

Was speaking with a couple of blokes that I work with who are both avid fishermen,one is strictly a catch and release as he does not like to eat fish,the other is like me loves the thrill of the catch and fish's for a feed.Each to their own I suppose.So the question is which one are you just thought tyhis would be an interesting topic to get other peoples perspective.

With the squid competition over which I was not able to attend due to family commitments I was wondering what is everyone's favourite squid outfit whether it be a top range outfit or a kmart combo

my two would be my

Daiwa emeraldas 2506 reel and daiwa saltiga ocean jigger 6'6 rod

Daiwa Luvias 2500 reel and daiwa redback 6'6 rod

Whats everyones choice of game reel for trolling, particularly 15kg mono?

Any thoughts or opinions appreciated.

hey guys, i dunno if its only my saltist with the problem or its normal,but i cant cast properly with my saltist with big baits and leads,no idea why?i know thumbing it and all as i can cast other o/h and b/c fine,but when i cast it backlash as soon as i let go my thumb,and half way between hitting the water it backlashes,and i get a birds nest,all the time when it happen,but i can bomb out just leads by them self 40-50m,no idea why,but maybe its to do with the speed the line is coming out of the spool,i tried tightening the cast control then it becomes too tight and when i loosen it it become too loose,any ideas why this is happening?im running 50lb sunline ,braid..help!!

G'day guys

Me and a few mates are going out on my boat fishing this saturday, was just wondering a few spots to go for small to big fish.....

I have a 4.2 meter , only a small boat used in a river alot and my main question was .... would i be able to use it to get to some decent fish like some sambos or kingies.

 Cause last saturday i landed my first sambo ( 44lb ) freaking huge so im all pumped up to go out again but yer just checking if it was possible to go out on my little fishing boat to get some decent sized fish

Thanks

hey guys and girls

looking to bye a pritty basic gps unit for my 480 coast runner 

just somthin that will get me out side of the 3 mile and into a bit deeper warter rather than haning arround inside the reef gettin small reef fish

my dad reckons we need one to get out side so ya

if any one noes on where i can pick one up cheap or if anybody is selling on that would be awsome

pm me if ya wont 

cheers

danobigfish