Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has reconsidered an earlier plan to ban the use of power winches to lift rock lobster pots on boats used by recreational fishers for the coming 2008-09 season.

Mr Moore said the feedback he had received, after announcing changes last week to regulations governing recreational rock lobster fishing, indicated the power winch proposal needed further consideration and, as a consequence, would not be implemented this season.

“I have referred this particular issue to the Integrated Fisheries Allocation Advisory Committee to examine whether the use of winches on recreational boats causes conflict between the commercial and recreational rock lobster sectors in offshore waters and to make recommendations to me on their use,” he said.

“There are some serious considerations about the use of power winches by elderly or disabled people who participate in recreational lobster fishing which need further consideration.

“There are also matters related to policing and control of this issue.”

In addition to reconsidering the power winch proposal, the Minister said the Department of Fisheries chief executive officer had decided to waive the application fee for temporary transfer of commercial rock lobster units for the 2008-09 season.

This decision was made to provide some relief for commercial rock lobster fishers who had made economic decisions based on the situation prior to the Minister’s recent announcement of changes to regulations governing the industry.

Was wondering how many of you use the site I have attached? It's the CSIRO ocean currents site and ever since Mark from Got One in Bunbury gave it to me I have found I'm lost without it.

I often fish for Pinkies in the bay and have found by using this site to pin point cooler water, my success has increased.

Last year we were also catching plenty of nice Bluefin Tuna to 10kg in the bay whilst setting berley trails for Snapper yet this year no such success. By using this CSIRO site we were able to compare last years temps with this years and note the water was by far warmer in the bay this year and the colder water was a lot further offshore, thus no doubt the Tuna were sitting out wide as well. I also focused on the cold water spots (small pockets here and there in the bay) to maximise my Snapper catches.

http://www.cmar.csiro.au/remotesensing/oceancurrents/Perth/latest.html

Several years ago ANSA and the West Coast Sportfishing Club were involved in a tagging program, mainly Dhuies and Pinkies plus other species.
I alone had 16 dhuies recapured after I had caught tagged and released them.
These were mainly around rotto in water up to 40 metres deep.Most of them were undersized when tagged and size when recaptured.they were all recaught in the same position they were originally caught.No release weight was used as they were brought up very slowly.The release weight was created during this program.
The pinkies were all recaught in a different area,one tagged at rotto was recaught up near Mindarie.

I am hoping that someone could explain to me why braid costs so much?
There are some braids out there that you pay more for than a pretty decent reel or rod.
I would expect that reel or rod to last me a lifetime. I wouldn’t say the same for the braid.
I am sure that even the highest class of braid is produced by a mechanised system, so why such a high cost compared to the nylon lines.
I am not trying to start a revolution here, but I was just wondering what the justification is for appears to be a very high markup.

we have juro jigs (knife style) unrigged were $10 now only $7 both 200g , 300g and 400g

any questions please pm me brenz or mako

tackle shack

im heading up to geraldton early next year and was wondering if you could fill me in on some good spots, rigs and what ill be targeting etc?

then later on in the year im flying to Mauritius with the family and my dad's promised to take me marlin fishing :))))

Heard a rumour that some people are praying for a 6 metre swell peaking around 0700 in the morning and for the next 4 Sundays after that.
Was from something called the A P S [abalone protection society],they have notified the Surf lifesavers and all the news stations so they can get action shots of the "needy and the greedy" trying to catch an ab or 2
If the pics in the paper were any indication it should go off a treat.I can't wait!!!! LOL

Hi all.

I am hoping that one of you wise and knowledgable gentleman out there can help.We are heading to Shark Bay next weekend for a quick 4 day fish.The boat is coming up with us and we are planning on doing some shore based at steep point.Trouble is none of us have fished there before and knowledge of rigs etc is pretty thin on the ground.Can someone help.

heading down bunbury way on the weekend and im wondering about any good andbased spots. we might also try busselton jetty any ideas

Adam use this in the mean time, Ian is still picking up frames from these places:

Please keep the gut in tact if possible, if not put in seperate bag and tape/cable tie to frame (important), frozen fish are fine and still valuable.

Collection points for frames:

Metro – North of River

• WA Marine Research Laboratories, 39 Northside Dve, Hillarys. Ph 9203 0111, 8.30am-5pm week days

• Bluewater Scarborough, 21 Scarborough Beach Road, Scarborough. Ph 9245 1313

• Bluewater Morley, 140 Russell Street, Morley. Ph 9375 9800

• Bluewater Mindarie, 1 Saratosa Pass, Mindarie. Ph 9407 9766

• Got One Woodvale - Woodvale Shopping Centre, Unit 2, 923 Whitfords Ave, Woodvale. Ph 9408 0222

• Oceanic Boat Builders (Brad Wood) Unit 5b, 14 Cressall Rd, Balcatta, Ph 0409 563 811 (8.30am-4.30pm)

Metro – South of River

• Bluewater Melville, 248 Leach Highway, Myaree. Ph 9330 7766

• Dept. of Fisheries Office, 147 South Tce, Fremantle. Ph 9335 6800, 8.00am-5.00pm week days

• Rockingham Volunteer Sea Rescue (VN6KC). Adjacent boat launching ramps at Pt Peron 9527 9988 rockinghamsearescue@bigpond.com

Geraldton

• Dept. of Fisheries Office. 69-75 Connell Rd, 8.30am-4.30pm week days Ph 9921 6800,

• Geraldton Fish Market, 365 Marine Tce, 8:30am-5:30 pm week days, 8:30am-12 Sat

• Barlo Firearms Tackle World & Camping, 20 Anzac Tce, Ph 9921 6822

Bunbury

• Dept. of Fisheries Office. 96 Stirling St, 8.30am-4.30pm week days. Ph 9721 2688

Busselton

• Dept. of Fisheries Office, 48a Bussel Hwy. 8.30am-4.30pm week days. Ph 9752 2152

• Ocean to Outback. 60 Kent St. Ph 9752 4044

Exmouth

Spangled Emperor (frames), Red Emperor (frames) and Spanish Mackerel (only heads and guts)

Adam Gallash -> 0408 957 300 or 0409 37 666 5

or via Exmouth District Office - Cnr Payne St

Fisheries Minister Norman Moore has announced the appointment of the new chief executive officer of the Department of Fisheries.

“The Governor has approved the appointment of Stuart Smith to the position of CEO at the Department of Fisheries,” Mr Moore said.

“Mr Smith will take up his new appointment today for a term of five years.

“An independent recruitment and selection process for the role was conducted by the Commissioner for Public Sector Standards. This included a national search.

“Mr Smith previously held senior roles in the Department of Industry and Resources, including that of Deputy Director General; State Development and Deputy Director General, Resources Group. He also filled in as Director General of the Department.

“He brings almost 20 years of wide ranging experience in both the State and Federal public sector.

“Mr Smith holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Science from The University of Western Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Economics from the Australian National University.

“I look forward to working with him in ensuring the living aquatic resources of WA and their habitat are sustained for the benefit of present and future generations.”

Minister's office: 9422 3000

anyone knows any websites that have data's of low and high tides in the different parts of the swan river?kinda hard for me to look for a high tide in the river following the freo tide chart..cheers guys..any help is greatly appreciated

heading out wide friday of 2 rocks any 1 else doing the same?
brenz

Why the Department of Water has a big Ali boat - a Wide beam Mackerel around 5.5m. I realise they have to chug around dams and up rivers but this seems a bit flash on my taxes. The interesting thing was as we followed it down Bussell Highway was the top of the woozer fish finder mounted in front of the skippers seat - for checking that perch aren't peeing in our dams?

had a good weekend out in the water,,

saturday was awesome didnt get til late,after a big night.

went out to some ground of the cape.. bagged out on dhuies but lots of small females all released perfectly..

between us we managed a 15kg,8, 7 and some nice snapper..

went out sunday took me old man out and caught another 5 dhuies released 4 plus  he dropped a cple big ones, got bitten off dble header

we watched the big dhuie go back, about 3 metres under the surface, 

again went home 1 dhuie blackbum ,snapper , caught a 4ft wobby released.

have some great video footage to be added to this thread .. 

down here at the tackle shack its time for a bargain with a great selection of rods having a massive 50% slashed off the marked price:

graphite , e-glas, and fibreglass boat bream and many other styles over 100 rods discounted

strudwick

daiwa

penn

jarviswalker

azagai

juro

pflueger

shakespere

ugly stick and many more so get in quick the tackle shack krew.

Just look for the Rod Racks marked 50% off for your bargains.

Probably a stupid question - but can you load an eggbeater with braid and cast ok - or is it too stiff?

Hey guys im heading to Jurien Bay in mid december. I have an 18.5 foot boat and some decent gear to go bottom bouncing, trolling, jigging or whatever. Can any one please give me some info of what species i would be best off targeting. Also where abouts (how far offshore??) would i need to go. I have done alot of fishing before but not so much targeting bigger species (snapper, dhuies etc) as i have only had my boat for 6 months. Any advice on rigs, locations would be really appreciated.

Thanks

Mark.

Hey all,

Thanks for all the info about Karratha fishing. I figure you bunch are spoiled over there in WA-warm weather and sunshine!! Here, on the West Coast of Canada, our winter fishing can get pretty cold...we chase steelhead trout (sea-run rainbows) from Januray to April. The one in the pic is a 6 kg fish my wife caught this year...they love bubble-gum pink plastic worms!!!

anyone going out on saturday?? need a deckie?? lol the usual chip in!:D

just a quick message to say thankyou for the kind words and support i have received from many members in reguards to the tackle giveaway to the less fortunate it means alot.

doug

WITH MANY PEOPLE FISHING AND EVEN MORE LOOKING TO SAVE MONEY ON GEAR WE DOWN HERE AT THE TACKLE SHACK HAVE DECIDED TO HELP WITH A GIVEAWAY OF A $50 GIFT VOUCHER.
HERE IS HOW TO GET IT :
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PHOTO OF A TACKLE SHACK STICKER IN THE MOST CREATIVE/UNUSUAL PLACE.
THE COMP WILL BE RUN FOR THIS MONTH AND ALL STICKERS WILL BE PROVIDED FROM THE SHOP FREE TO EVERY7 1 FROM THIS SIGHT.
WE DO NOT WANT ANY ILLEGAL PLACCINGS OF THE STICKERS NOR DO WE CONDONE ANY TYPE OF VANDALISM AT ALL.
SO GET STICKING PEOPLE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SOME HUMEROUSE ENTRYS.
TACKLE SHACK KREW.

Hi Guys was wondering if anyone has been diving lately and seen any Crays in close around the reefs.

Cheers kev

Hello All!!

I am new to this site, but it appears that there are a lot of folks here who have fished/lived in Karratha. My wife and I are avid fishos-we do a lot of saltwater fly fishing, trout and salmon fishing. We live in Canada, on the West coast. I am looking at a job in Karratha, planning on moving there next year sometime. Just wondering what the fishing weather is like out there. Does the wind pose a lot of problems there as far as getting out fishing? Are there places around Karratha that are generally sheltered from the wind so that one can get out and fish even if it is windy?

Many thanks for any info on this.

The picture I am attaching is that of a spring (chinook) salmon I caught this summer in the Fraser River-it was 26 pounds, about 12 kg. It was quite fresh out of the ocean still, and silver in color. Had to run about 1/2 mile down the beach to land it-they usually run really hard once hooked.

Well got out on the water for the first time 5 weeks . We are not sure who was more dryer us or the boat but both needed a salt water fix really baddly . Even tho the northerly was blowing it was not to bad a day out there . on the water by 6 am out of rocko as it was our clubs fishing comp day our son nathan went out with a friend as decky so it was two comps in one our boat aginest theirs ha ha we won (lol)as well as rockingham off shore .

The day started slowly with only 5 whiting on board by 10am   tried a few spots we were given but nothing so out to the 90s and to our old faithfull spots we went. which produced a nice size squid , a nice size blackasse , small dhufish and a couple of nice size pinkys along with the never fail Queenes .

Nathan has alway wanted to catch a sambo so Nigle took him to this spot he has and sure enough Nathan got one coming in at just under 8 kg took him about 10 mins to get it aboard but with sore arms and determination and a great big smile on it came in his PB sambo . Got the action on a phone video so if i can i will post it later. He also caught a nice size kg

All in all a good day out for the family and a darn nice feed too boot what more can you ask for

Russ & Sandy

Any one on here know of a good graphics artist want to get some artwork done on the new Bar Crusher

Nathan

Hey Guys/Girls My dad and i really need to get out and away from thes bread and butter fish so was wondering any spots around rotto and the coordinates for that fad like couple of KMs west of rotte would be good thnx

fIRST TRIP OUT AND FIRST FOR THE BARBIE ROD

took Rosco and his son out along with 2 of my grandkids Brado and Sienna hoping for some skippy action,caught plenty of rocky cods and parrott fish,Sienna caught her first fish on her barbie rod and Joseph got his best fish to date a 60cm sambo on herring gear, the kids lost 3 others and when we geared up they had moved on. the crew got sick so we came home

im looking at getting a cheap but effective overhead. ill only be going out on boats rarely but it sparked my interest after my unknown skill of casting it. im wondering about the penn seaboy from kmart for less than $100