went out to woodmans point this morning looking for salmon but none around got 1 squid lots of birds but they were sending me on a wild goose chase could some one please give me a update on salmon around woodys thanks

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couldn't find any salmon between north beach and city beach,may have been too late for a carve up at north beach,plenty of birds sitting on the water,water temp was 20 degrees maybe theres too few to get up north of the river this year,may have to try westend again soon

Just thought I might start off by mentioning that I was down at Swannie this morning early looking for some Salmon. Went last weekend early and saw what looked to me to be some Salmon trout hearding bait fish in close to shore. Didn't catch any so I went again this morning equiped with my fly rod as it was pretty calm. Didn't see any action although I saw a bloke casting lures around 80m down towards the reef a bit and was hooked up, he dropped it close to shore and when I went to have a chat he said it was a Salmon. Seconds later we saw the school BUT no hook ups. I was using a small storm SP paddle tail and stick baits but nothing..... Just though I should share a bit. As they say, SHARING IS CARING.........

i was fishing with my dad and my bro at the narrows just than...and we did'nt get a single nibble from anything..for bout two..hours...than we decided to take a drive down to the small jetties around burswood...and we were quietly walking on the jetty..at first i thought i saw a big silver stone in the water...but than after ten minutes i realise it move,...im like ****..its a mulla..in like 1-2ft of water ..saw it so clearly...ran to the car to grab my fishing stuff...and threw out a herring,yellowtail and tailor...trying every bait i have...it went really near it and gave it a bum or two...and just keept doin that for bout an hour....i even tried using fillet of fishes as bait...it was a good 15-20kg mulla...about 1.5m...but it didnt take any at all...and just went away after about 2 hrs...we went home shocked...=O...GONNA GET IT SOON = ]

After another shite night of fishing at Quinns Beach I have decided to start a fishing diary.

So, to all of you much advanced anglers then myself, what  sort of information would you collect? so that the next time you want to go fishing you can check your diary and know if its worth leaving a comfy warm loungeroom for.

Thanks

Shortly. 

Is there anywhere open today to pick up some bait for tomorro. If anyone has any fresh squid they want to sell let me no.

Ian Keays may be able to join us at the weigh in, but if not, then John at Compleat Angler in Joondalup has offered to hold any frames in his big freezer for collection by Ian later on.

I will bring along a few extra sample bags so you can label your frames and contribute to the valuable research about this species.

Last comp the Dhuie was the most weighed in species.

G'day,

Has anyone ever been out on a night charter thinking of going friday with mills, any tips would be good...

Rob

G'day guys

got into some yellow tail just befor dark last night of the north wall of hillary's i was getting them on herring cubes, some chopper's around also but they are well undersize... Also the gents on the south wall were doing well on the gardies...

Only one fish of each species can be weighed and points will be awarded on a points per kilogram basis based on the figures below.

Species are the same as last year with a few extras for those who might not be happy to head out too far. 

SPECIES                  Points per Kg

Blackass                        250

Dhufish                          25

Flathead                         175

Flounder                         250

Garfish                           1000

Harlequin                        250

Herring                           1000

KG Whiting                      200

Leatherjacket                  125

Mahi Mahi                        75

Pink Snapper                   55

Queen Snapper                75

Red Snapper                   200

Salmon                            65

Skippy                            100

Tailor                              125

Mackeral (Spanish/Shark) 25

Tuna (Bluefin/Striped)       50

Tuna (YFT)                       25

Whiting                            1000

the last of that cold front has just past bunbury do u think the ocean will be settled tommorow night after the forcast of light easterlys all day ? i want to go around 40km out

For all those who are planning on fishing Saturday (Looks like going ahead at this stage) its time to get organised and get into Oceanside or Compleat Angler Joondalup and drop your money off so we can get some prizes organised. At the moment there are still heaps of people who havent been in yet and we are running out of time to get anything organised. 

Below is the list of people who have said they will be fishing, so if your on the list and havent paid get into one of the stores mentioned and do it ASAP as we wont be able to collect money on the day as it will be too late by then to do anything with it.

Northern Boats:

Andy Mac + Gully + David from Compleat Angler
Sherbert + Makros
Dean + Steve + Steve
Jody
Mako Magic + 1
pgreen1 + Steve + Colin Hay
Paul G + Jesse
Salmo + Spess + Kasey L ..... on the "Love Boat" LOL
Corza + maybe 1
Terry + Mel + Nutz + Damo

SteveF + Ian

Bolts + T-roy + Funkybunch

Northern Deckies:

Peteman2480

Kaitan
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Southern Boats:

Tim + Fishcrazy
Ryan + 1
Mike79+1 (depending on me being in town)
Brian + Son (If dates stay same)
Diji +
Kal +Khalid + Tapout

Three Lions + Deckie
Perthcouple + 1 deckie
Pete D + 1
Bodie + Scano

Southern Deckies

Vander72
Maxy
Neander

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Hi guys, thought i'd let you know custom networks is shutting down they got 50% off tackle, and super cheap everything else... got a heap of lures, should have bought the whole shop!

not a lot left but worth a look if your driving past..

its in south fremantle near woolworths, next to supre

Big thanks to compleate angler joondalup for the get together + sausage sizzle .Great to meet some of the fishwrecked members ,few more faces to some of the name. some good stories and a few laughs ,good night and good to meet you all..
Thanks John = David
cheers paul and Jeese

More to the point, has there been any reports of prawns in the river?
When is the best time to go?
I havent been down to east freo yet.
Do I move or anchor and wait?
What moon phase is best?
PS: I know outgoing tide is the time to go.

I have boat.
I have Genny and spotlights.
Have long pole prawn net (Thanks Ryan)

Any tips/info please?

hey every one i got a new baby vib today

and i was hoping to get down to the canning bridge thursday morning

what rig,bait

thanks

danobigfish 

Hi Everyone, 

I just signed up today, decided to become legit instead of loitering in the background.

Well I suppose I better tell you a bit about myself. Dont worry i'll keep it short and sweet.

I have been fishing since I was born just about lol, no kidding I have a pic of my dad and myself at 3 with my 1st whiting.  

Have been out of the fishing scene for some years now, but in January this year my partner and I went fishing at Busselton and im afraid we 

were bitten by that blasted fishing bug. Even went out and bought a 4WD so we could go beach fishing as we are land based with no access to a boat, (thankgoodness with the price of fuel these days).

We fish mainly in the Northern suburbs marinas and beach with a few trips down to White Hills, have yet to try out Wilbinga yet as im not that experienced at 4WDing, but im getting there.

Well i said I would keep this short and sweet, dont want to bore you all to tears.

cheers,

Shortly 

There's a few herring around the south wall at hillaries, caught one on a luminouse tube the cut him up, then got a heap more one every second cast wern't biting on much else though... got bait for next time out in the deep...

hey whats the address for the north south meeting  and what time start

Righto boys enjoy your fishing over the next few weeks

We are off to the barra nationals tomorrow and then fishing some of the billabongs and the vic river on the way home.

Wish us luck

Cheers

Brad

 im slipping out tonight to see if i can  get some fresh bait anyone having a look as well im thinking eshed

took the new yak out for a paddle today round the maylands area to see how she goes and im very impressed with how stable these things are. we ended up with ten bream inbetween 25 and 32 cm so all in all a good day
cheers brenz

Hiyas,

I picked up one of these recently, and am using it with a BG90, but it seems a bit heavy and a bit clunky for it. Are there any 5000 or 6000 reels that have taper spools for surf casting? I think there is a JDM one called the PA Prosurf or Spin Joy with some nice features, but don't know much about it.

Any other suggestions?

till

Over the last six months iv'e been trying to get the gellcoat back to shin like new, haaa.
I have tried cut and polish but this only lasts a short time, and it fades again. i have noticed when the boat is wet the colours come out, but as soon as it drys it looks like crap again .Now the other day I was cleaning my car ,and I sprayed the wet look tyre spay on to the tyres and thay look like new , THIS MADE ME WONDER WOULD THIS CHEAP $5 SPRAY BRING BACK THE COLOUR ON THE BOAT YOU BET YA LIKE NEW ITS ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS BUT IT LOOKS GREAT I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS HOW ITS GOING.
There's no hard work just spray it on

G'day,

Did any of you fellas get stuck into any salmon schools? I'm thinking my best oddds are a day trip down south..

Rob 

My mate and I have been fishing quite a lot these past few months on the beach and on the Swan River. Every time we have fished i we speak to people that complain about the Asians and Indians that come here and take every fish they catch regardless of their size. Then as we are fishing with these same people (not wanting to be racist but they are white Australians) we see them catching plenty of juveniles AND KEEPING THEM! Taking home Bream that clearly are undersize and choppers that would be lucky to be 15cms long! 

We have said to a few of them that the fish look undersize and then they turn and say "One won't hurt" yet they have a bucket load! Same goes with crabs. It is easier to blame the Asians and indians, than it is to take responsibility for their own actions.

Last night I threw a Bream back that was 24cm long (undersize by 1cm). This guy that was there fishing as well said "It is only just undersize mate, keep it." This attitude outrages me. 

"Still Learning" 

Hi guys, I'm curious as to what type of rig,style and hook size you guys use to target Dhufish. Many years ago we used 100lb handlines padenosta rig with 7/0 8/0 hooks in suicide pattern. Now I still use the dropper rig but use smaller 4/0 5/0 Big Red hooks. Does anyone still use huge hooks or a different style of rig?

Cheers Kev.

 NOOOOOOOOO the weekend wether not looking so good at the moment winds are up

went for a walk around hilaries north wall before work this morning at about 8ish. a few baby pinkies were around biggest being just over 30cm.i believe i saw a fishwrecked member leaving in his car around 8 (they had the sticker on the back of there car).
thjis arvo a guy came in to get more bait and showed me his catch. A yellowfin whiting-------- about 40-50cm!!!!!!!!!!! it hardly fit in his little esky. i got a picture but its on my phone and i cant get in on the computer.

had plans with my mate to meet at the mole at 7am in the morning yesterday. but he didnt show up till later around 10am lol.. there were many salmon schools around!! u can see they are massive but non of them are reachable!! too far!! we can see from a distance that the birds are going for bait fish and u also can see that they are jumping!! as i was fishing with lures hoping the get one!! i saw something was chasing this bait fish that were reachable so a guy that who i met over there cast in first !! immediately he got a hooked up!! so i cast mine !!! where the bait fish was jumping and not even a second and i'm already on him!!! didnt know wat it was but it fought hard on my bream gear!and the guy next to me lost his fish due to not enough tension on the line so he decided to give me with a hand since he had the net, he was so excited that he fell trip and fell in the water luckily i was also alert and grab on to him!! basically half of him body summerg in water !! and finally there it was a bonito!!! hmm i was hoping for a salmon but bonito is fine!! measured to 51 cm weights 1.8kg after gutting it!! that was my heaviest landbased fish i ever land so far. i was so happy and thankful at the same but yet i felt abit bad coz he fell and hurt himself (the guy that helped me) as he was bleeding at his ankle, thighs and elbow. i guess it's karma. i help many people i guess this is one of my deed.