Can anyone give me any tips for tailor fishing at bicton baths. i will probally use a metal slice or a mulie on a ganges hooks with light stick. Any tips appreciated:)

 
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 Im in Quinns and thinking about having a go off the beach up my way. Ant tips which beach where to go? best time? eiher morning or evening? cheers

 Wonder due to us knowing the fishing ban was coming so no one for ages posted their catches hurt us. They do look At us.???

 
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 Gday all. Having a bit of trouble figuring out tide info in the estuary. Sea Breeze times are coastal, I believe and don't seem to have much relationship with what actually occurs inside the estuary.  Thanks in advance, John.

 Hi Gents,

Heading up to Derby, middle of feb to Chase some barramundi.

Just wondering, what lures Anyone would recommend I take And if anybody wants interested in sharing a couple of spots for Barra and Cherabin

Hi Team ..

My name is Christina and I am writing to you wearing my ‘boating diving and fishing show host hat’ for radio 6PR.

We have created a new segment for the show where we talk 'fishing and boating tales' .. the really big ones that become campfire and dinner party legends…

Last week we had a young guy on who went out for a dive with a buddy a few ks off shore In Perth … and after having his down under the reef popped back …. only to discover his boat had disappeared.. It was a good little yarn.. his own fault .. and he was lucky to find another boat in the middle of nowhere who picked him up and helped him find his vessel a couple of ks away ( he had not tied the anchor properly !!) he ended up all over the news and was a really good sport about it.

The format for the segment goes a bit like this
Two sections
Section 1 ( 5 minutes)
Establish the facts.. what were your plans for the day .. who were you with where were you ? Conditions etc.. let us get excited with you.. then the moment it all went wrong.

PAUSE for add break

Section 2 ( 8 minutes )
Diving into the ‘catastrophe’ and what was going through their mind.. how the heck did it all unfold ….how they managed to get back in one piece etc.. the lessons learned ( or if not the dinner party stories and internet fame they accidentally acquired!)

I’m wondering if I can ask your members to contribute. I can change names to protect the innocent.. ( and the fish!) the segment will be sponsored by DOT as a bit of a nod to water safety and we want it to be one of those ‘ OMG can’t stop listening moments in the show where our listeners are going NO WAY .. !!’

We will also collate all the stories into a tall tales podcast with 6PR .

Would you be able to give me a call please to discuss further

If you are keen to participate, please email me:

 just seen this on youtube,amazing how much tackle they got ...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKiOhlAs60Q

 Hi guys. 
I was hoping to get some recommendations on a new casting rod. Looking to replace a demon blood s8'3 2-4. Loved this rod, but managed to snap the top 3rd ( don't ask!), and they don't make this model any more. Will be paired with a Seragosa 5000, or Stradic 5000 with 30-40lb braid, mainly to cast for dolly's and also tailor etc. will also be using in the boat, so not too long.

if anyone has any recommendations I would love to hear them! Ideally not wanting to spend more than $300.

thanks heaps!

 
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 Was thinking of going trolling around rotto west end this weekend. Water looks like its warming up nicely. Any reports of tuna, mackies, marlin out wide ?  How about the fads any action yet?  cheers for any feedback

 
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 can anyone help me for fishing for herring, tarwhine and skippy at the eco shark net near woodman point? im using a handline and prawns or baby mullet i catch on the day for bait.

 Hey all, taking my son up to Exmouth for the first time over Easter. I have a 6.5m Northbank so happy explore and put in miles. We have never been there but would love to get him onto a red emperor or trout. Dont need marks but if anyone had advice that would be great! I have been looking at charts and am thinking 15-20km North of North West cape may be a good starting point. I have all the gear but no idea  (No idea in Exmouth!) Plenty of fishing in shark bay so I well aware of what the tax man can be like !!!

Much appreciated! 

 After some advice, recently got an electric reel with bent butt rod. Is it ok to deep drop with the bent butt in a 0 degree rod holder?  I am not sure if the angle would be too great if the rod loaded up? I have 2x 30degree rod holders at the back of the boat but they are not in the ideal position. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

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 Thought I would give a summary of the week I had in Albany.... Cheers to a couple of members on here that gave me some good info.

Headed down South last Tuesday and got settled in. There was no wind at all and there had been bugger all wind since the Saturday aparently. Weather looked primo for the Wednesday although the swell was up arond 3.5m which I was a little concerned about but yeah after a bit of advise wasnt really a drama. We got up reasonably early on the wednesday nothing too stupid and headed out.. We launched at Emu Point and its a great boat ramp, perfect for all size boats. Main reason why we decided to go from here was that it had a fillet table.... Glass off in King George sound until we got between the islands around Bald head. Due to the swell and tide it was a litte wishy washy through there but nothing dangerous was like that for about 1-2 nautical mile and then it cleaned right up. Gentle rollers with the occassional large roller coming through but nothing bad. Headed out to the 70s like a few people suggested (It isnt that far off to be honest) Found a heap of flat coral with alot of fish showing but didnt really catch much besides Nannygai and Seargent Baker.... Caught one of the biggest seargent baker I have ever seen, I rekon it would have been 700mm plus. We kept it coz one of the guys wanted to try eat it. Anyway we moved around and found around 7-8 spots with perfect ground, heaps of fish, heaps of bait but could only get nannygai. It was around 10am and we werent having much luck so we came in shallower to give it a go... Once again found heaps of ground with cracking fish showing but nothing that wanted to take the hook..... Some of the spots were in 50m and you were literally only 1-2 mile off the shore, was pretty awesome!

Anyway ended up with a handful of nannygai and thats about all. Headed in and just did some cruising and a bit of squid fishing on the way in. Fillited the fish and fed the pelicans that come cruising up to the fillet station as soon as they see an esky... The Seargent baker was filleted and after removing the numerous bones in it we got a fair bit of meat out of it and it tasted bloody nice, I thought it was better than the nannygai to be honest!

While we were filleting a local came down and emptied a heap of crab shells in the bin. Had a bit of a chat with him and was a good sign that people had been getting a few crabs which was next on our list to do.

For the rest of the week it was windy as shit... Typical Albany. Did all the touristy stuff (Whaling station, beaches, drank, ate, explored)

We decided to go scooping one night just for a look.... We didnt know where to go just looked on google earth and found a spot in Frenchmans bay... To our surpise we got a decent feed of very large crabs. It was about 50/50 some where full of meat the others were empty. As it was real windy for the rest of the week we didnt venture out much in the boat. We decided to take all the kids to the Kalgan River dropping crab nets not expecting too much but once again we got a heap of crabs and the kids enjoyed it. Went scooping another night after this and got a few more crabs as well - FYI there were 18 of us down there so well within any bag limit etc.

All in all pretty good joint, if I go down again I wont worry about taking the bigger boat down I would just take the tinny and have fun with the crabs and squid. The way Albany is there is always a sheltered bay, beach, river that you can get to and have a good time no matter which way the wind is blowing!

Next trip is Gnaraloo....... CANNOT WAIT!!!!

Cheers

 
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 hey, has anyone got any tips for me to ggo sifhing at rockingham jetty. target speices are herring and other baitfish. planing to use for  a fishing trip and only been there once or twice. Any help would be appreciated:)

 Just seen the sharkbay fishing fiesta won't have a fishing competition any more it's just a fiestanow apparently. They are blaming the changes on the new rules but sounds like the committee has taken the left turn and gone green doesn't sound like sharkbay to me only ever went to one and there wasn't a lot of fish weighing in but a lot of people having a good time that was about 20 years ago seems a shame.

 any one been fishing at denham lately, and what have yous caught?

 Been using these quite a bit last few months .

did well on the giant snook taking them and 

lately the pike .. was a little unsure with the 

herring thinking they would be a little large  

but no issues at all with the herring and staying 

connected with the quality trebles on them

with no issues of them bending out after a 

few fish . There goin to be my go too here on 

out fishing inshore . Cheers pirate . 

 My dad, my brother and i are going to denham for a 9 night holiday. does anyonr have any tips for catching baitfish, mainly yellowtail scab and slimy mackeral. we normally use western butterfish and trumpter to get some emperor but want to try for pinkies. any help would be appreciated, thanks

 
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 Heading down to Albany next Tuesday for a week. Tossing up whether to take the bigger boat so I can get out deep or just the tinny for crabs and squid.

Any of the Albany locals can tell me their thoughts on next weeks weather? To me it looks pretty good wind wise but swell is an issue. Would I be able to get out deep?

Appreciate any help 

 Hi guys. 
just wondering if anyone has any input on how the fads are going currently. I'm considering heading to either the ones behind rotto, or off ocean reef, but the ones of ocean reef haven't been in very long. Anyone have any reports on which are holding fish? Or too early still?

any advice greatly appreciated!

cheers

goat.

What are thoughts on the Fisheries commitment to reopen in Spring 2027 - it appears that a committment is indeed in place.

The question I have is related to the Snapper Spawning Closure (August-March). If they reopen the demersal fishery for Spring 2027, this would be well within the Snapper Closure and therefore lock out inshore snapper fishos until 2028.

I've posed the question to Recfish - a reopening of the fishery in 2027 should cater for all, including inshore snapper fisherman - who frequent the Sounds etc.

Cheers

 Why is it so slow?

 Had a quick crack this arvo . Bloody 

windy . Managed to knab enough for my

old duck . Crabs are her favourite . Used 

some old tailor frames and heads cut in 

half with a bit of pilchard oil to sweeten up

bait .  3 good size .Only crabbed for two hours so was 

pretty happy then got a pizza . Cheers 

pirate .