Just wondering who's heading up to Exmouth this year and when? I know of a few who are, but thought I may as well start a thread and see. Surely there must be a few gamex contenders about?

Gday guys,

just selling off some of my fishing gear that i dont use..

Reels
- Shimano Cardiff baitcaster with 10lb yo-zuri hyrid mono RRP $170..sell $90
- Shimano Ultegra Fly reel with line (not sure what line)...sell $70

Rods
- Abu Garcia Morrum baitcaster 5'6 / 6' rod $40
- 4 weight fly rod TICA 9' $40

Lures
- Got a lil box full of about 15 flys...sell $10 for whole box

all stuff is in perfect condition

cheers
sam

does any one own or have used a TLD50,lookin at getting onee

i got myself a new toy last night....just wondering what people think of a strudwick 25-37kg jiggin stick....it should go well with the spheros i got.....i know someone who got 1 and said best value for money combo...what does every1 think..

Saturday: S/SW winds 13/18 knots tending W/SW 15/20 knots in the morning, easing to SW'ly 10/15 knots towards midnight. Seas to 2.0m, easing to 1.5m. Swell to 1.5m.

Sunday: NE'ly winds 5/10 knots tending W/NW 13/18 knots by the afternoon, tending W/SW 15/20 knots later in the evening. Seas to 1.5m. Swell to 1.5m.

Looks like Sunday's going to be gold, good luck to all those heading out. Don't forget to take your camera. :)

Cheers,
Adam

This was snipped from a newsletter that I belong to Cranbourne fishing

TORTOISE HEAD
Be careful when you wash your hands over the side of the boat in Western Port. Regular customer Dave Stevens was fishing off Tortoise Head this week when a six meter (approx) great white shark popped up to say hello. Nice!

Makes me not want to wash my hands overboard

omg 3 more (at least two different) sharks have bin sighted near shelley bridge.. so exited who wants to come and show me how to catch one...i might even put on sum brewskies :)

any one heard of any schools of salmon?
are they on the move yet?
hopefully the season is as big as last years! fingers crossed

cheers
sam

Hey guys just wondering If anyone has any recomendations on were to get my skippers ticket for a good price. Ive heard that if you look around you can save big bucks.

Escape with ET on ch 10 now, 1pm. Barra and big macks!

Heading down to pinneroo point tonight for a fish if anyone is keen to join me. Chasing a few tailor and a few mullas if there around. Heading down around 7pm if your interested bring some bait and a few refreshments.

Keep it tight, reeeeeeeeeeeeel tight!

Saturday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots briefly tending E/NE 10/15 knots during the morning. Winds tending S/SW 15/20 knots near noon then increasing to 20/30 knots during the afternoon. Seas 1.0m rising to 2.0m in the afternoon. Swell rising to 2.5m.

Sunday: S/SW winds 20/30 knots strengthening to S/SW 25/33 knots in the afternoon.

A very strange forecast for Saturday from BOM, south/southeast then tending north/north east at almost the same rate briefly??? Not sure how much I believe that!!! Just checking seabreeze it doesn't look to special for offshore fishing either. It might be a good time to head down and get some crabs from Mandurah or do some landbased fishing for breamskis, tailor/mulloway.

Good luck if you get to wet a line this weekend!

Cheers,
Adam

Annual Seaweek Expo on show for South West educators

The Department of Fisheries annual Seaweek Educators’ Expo, one of the many events in a national celebration of the marine environment in March, will head for regional areas of WA for the first time.

Community Education Officer Michelle Dyer said expos would be held in Bunbury and Albany as well as Hillarys this year.

“The Seaweek Educators’ Expo has become very popular over recent years. The 2007 theme is ‘Marine Bycatch Matters’ and the programs at all three venues will include a range of activities covering various aspects of marine education,” Ms Dyer said.

“We will have information on how teachers can develop interesting marine studies for their classes and the regional expos interactive program will be designed to attract the interest of educators in the South West and the Great Southern.

“At Hillarys educators can submerse themselves in snorkelling, boating and fishing, get up close to marine creatures in a touch pool or get their hands dirty in a fish dissection, see science in action and be amongst the first to experience our new exhibition hall at the Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre.”

Ms Dyer said primary and secondary teachers and environmental educators would have a valuable learning and professional development opportunity through the variety and inspiration in this year’s expo programs.

“The knowledge teachers and other educators take back to their classrooms from our expos will be valuable for future generations to understand the need to manage marine resources in a sustainable way to preserve and protect our environment,” she said.

“We will also show educators innovative technologies to reduce bycatch and highlight what research and new technologies are being incorporated into both professional and recreational fishing practices.”

The Seaweek Educators' Expos will be held at:
Hillarys Boat Harbour – Friday 2 March 2007 – Naturaliste Marine Discovery Centre.
Albany – Tuesday 6 March 2007 – Camp Quaranup.
Bunbury – Friday 9 March 2007 – Koombana Bay Sailing Club.

More details about the Seaweek Educators’ Expo are available on the Department of Fisheries website at www.fish.wa.gov.au. Click on the expo icon on the home page.

Source: Recfishwest

hey i bought my first lot of braid ever for my bream rod a few weeks ago and am having a hell of a time tieing knots with it... any tips?

hey guys did you all here about the sharks sighted at shelley? do you rekon it would be worth having a crack at? and if so wat would be the best method? cheers

Does anyone know where I can source an aftermarket replacement handle for my Penn 975LD or good handles off other reels that would fit. The stock one isnt that comfortable in the hand when constantly winding up from 40 mtrs.

Gday fellas

Im heading to Exmouth soon and just chasing some advice on where to fish for the light stuff from shore. Ive been there before but mostly fished from boat. Ill be taking the bream gear so would like to spend a day or 2 fishing for the smaller trevs and jacks etc.

Also what lure's would u recommend? I have an assortment of the usual bream SP's and HB's would i need anything else?

Cheers.......Donga

Hi boys just a quick note to say that i went down to oceanside to meet ryan and Honsu on the weekend and was pretty impressed with the service and presentation of the whole shop. I trully believe that the smaller the shop, the better range of gear can be brought. If it aint in there it aint worth buying! Also means that greater service can be acheived to the customer as well, which i also recieved! The prices were sensational and ryan is keen to have happy clients as well giving them all the expertease they require to get them onto great fish. So if you are not happy with your current supplier or even if you are, take the extra time to check it out anyway i think you might be impressed. I purchased one of the new range of Rapala braid concept jigging sticks teamed up with a saltist 30T and diawa accu braid which im very happy with and cant wait to give it a good testing out soon. Even check out the range of oceansides jigmaster rods as well, they are custom made rods exlusive to oceanside are they impressed the hell out of me! I will be defently getting one as soon as the wallet allows it. Many of you proberly know of these guys and may even shop there but if you live north of the river like i do ill be more than happy to pick anything up for you as im defently going there in the future. Cheers guys and if your new to the site and head down there tell em SPESS sent you and im sure youll be amazed with what i beleive is the best attrubute to any fisherman, SERVICE!

iam new to fishing is a low or a high tide better when fishing for bream and does anyone know where to catch big bream in the swan

Anybody going out on monday or tuesday for a fish that wants company or someone to make them look good let me know. Will be coming up tonight for a few days work. Gonna bring my gear up. Staying in Hamersley/Warwick area so will be aiming to get up around hillarys marina at least once. Don't know of many spots in perth so anyone that wants to give advice is welcome too.

Who's entering the comp?

I will be.

Great prizes as usual each worth around $1500. Came close a few years back and had the leading whiting for a while but got pipped near the end.

Scheduled for Saturday 17th Feb. Launch from Ocean Reef.

It would be good to get a few of the guys to enter and then have a beer or three at the weigh-in at the MACC club.

Sunday: NE'ly winds 15/20 knots shifting N/NW 10/15 knots late morning. Winds becoming W/SW 13/18 knots mid afternoon and easing to S/SW 8/13 knots near midnight. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell 1.0m to 1.5m.
Swell at Cottesloe: 0.3m to 0.5m.
Winds on Melville Water: will be similar.

Who's going out for a fish tomorrow? Conditions sort of look alright, but those North Easterlies do terrible things to the seas. Hopefully it won't be anywhere near as strong as forecasted, but going on what its been like for the last two days, would expect it to be pretty strong.

Good luck if you head out, stay safe and don't take any risks if you think the conditions aren't favourable.

Cheers,
Adam

Anyone aware of the take over of penn by shakespere? dunno if it'll be for good of for worse?!

Was planning an overnighter up at the Jones river but the 25km trek across Sherlock bay to the mouth from Samson isn't looking so good now that the wind has blown up :(

Good reports of barra from Airport creek has prompted us to try closer to home and the shorter run across nickol bay looks a bit more inviting.

Looks like we'll still be spending the night but I don't know how much sleep we'll be getting. Really keen to try some surface lures at night for barra!

I'll let you know how we go tomorrow.

Heading out to the fads then for a jig on Sat. Also have a few new marks in 80mtrs for reef fish to try. Going with another boat so should be able to cover a bit of ground. Have 2 spots on the boat for anyone keen. Still waiting to see what the weather is going to do but should be ok. Seas are down but the wind is up abit.

Need to know by tomorrow arvo.

Cheers

Just descussing fishing at work with a few boys and got talking about what fish they havent caught yet. Some pretty sweet answers to. Just thought id ask a few of the fishwrecked boys about there dream fish they would love to land, mine would have to be a big marlin. I have only landed one but he was only very small at rowley shoals. Come on whats yours? Think hard first you only get one!

Can anyone point me in the right direction for accurate marine forecasts in the Karratha/Dampier area? I've been using buoyweather but it only shows a two day forecast and I'm not sure how reliable it is. Seabreeze doesn't have wind graphs for Karratha/Dampier unfortunately so I need another source.

http://www.pinktentacle.com/category/flora-fauna/

Hey check out the pichure on www.thewest.com.au of this funny looking shark, aparently lives in 600metres of water. Looks like a dinosaur.

Has anyone out there had any experience with these reels......
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