hey guys heading up to port headland for work ,will only get one day off per fortnight,hopefully can fish on my day off if not too buggered,is there a charter operator up there ?
cheers ray,
p,s fly up first thing in the morn ,

Heading to Dunsborough this weekend fishing/boating and was wondering if anybody can give me some feedback on the fishing and what to expect on the water.

Can anybody tell me which FADS are still out there. Club Marine went missing early on and I since heard of PGFC and Yamaha going missing.

I'm hoping to head out this weekend if the weather stays good but dont want to head out if they aint there.

Also are there any dolphinfish out at the FADS that are still there. Thanks

Dose anyone have any consitant catches of these out from mindarie Ive caught them from one hundred meters of the beach at Quinns to 14 mile out but still have only caught one on each trip which is a pain in the arse because the missus always claims them first out of the esky.Any tips for more kgs would be greatly appreciated Cheers Shag

Anyone for a fish wed or thurs. Not to sure as to where at the moment but keen to get out to the fads if the weather is ok. Possability for a jig also. If not might try to find some new ground in close and have a troll for mackies.

Anyone keen let me know. I leave from woodies. About 7am wed morn and about 530am thurs morn.

Cheers

Saturday: SE'ly winds 15/20 knots reaching S/SE 20/30 knots offshore until sunrise. Winds throughout becoming E/SE 13/18 knots during the morning before shifting S'ly 18/23 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1.5m to 2.0m. Swell 1.0m to 1.5m.

Sunday: E/NE winds 15/20 knots easing to 10/15 knots late morning. Winds shifting S/SW 15/20 knots in the afternoon.

Looks like Saturdays going to be a blowout, but there is potential for Sunday to get better. Hopefully it will drop out a bit as north easters make for terrible seas mixed with a south west swell. Keep your eye on Sunday, might turn out to be ok for a mid morning fishing mission. Make sure you only go out if you feel comfortable with the conditions thou!!!

Tight lines. ;)
Adam

Hi All,
As a South Aussie angler I was wondering if anyone can share some stories, tips, pics and anything else from trips to the Great Australian Bight area.
Particularly interested to hear if anyone has come across to the South Aussie side of the Bight but happy to hear anything from the Perth side as well. I have read a few articles in mags over the years and the fishing seems much the same on both sides.

I tow our boat the 800km or so from Adelaide to Streaky Bay/Smoky Bay each year or two and have previously done a few land based trips to areas such as Cactus Beach, Fowlers Bay/Scotts Bay etc. Have targeted mostly Snapper and King George Whiting from the boat and Salmon, flathead, and Mulloway (which have so far eluded me) from the land. Usually take the boat with Dad (who is a table fish only person and hard to convince to fish for anything else) so looking forward to going this year with a mate to try the other (bigger) things on offer in the area (tuna, kingies and Sambos etc).

One of my best memories - arriving at the top of the cliff at the western end of Scotts Bay. There is a little beach with a fringing reef on all sides that funnels out through a 2 metre wide channel (think upside down funnel with the funnel being sandy and the rest reef). It was low tide and the reef was only just covered with water. There was approx 10 or so salmon swimming up and down the beach about 2-3 metres out from the shore with 3 guys on the beach frantically trying to catch the Salmon. They heard our yelling a pointing but couldn't work out our commotion until we got down to the beach to point out to them the three x metre plus kingies cruising around the entrance/exit through the reef. Proceeded to cast all sorts of lures/poppers etc at them to be totally ignored apart from a few short follows. This was probably lucky as it was a long walk in and I only took my light salmon rod (which is basicaly a slightly heavier version of my trout rod) with me and never stood a chance - but I just had to try anyway.......

Anyone interested in heading up to Kalbarri for a fish. Look at leaving monday the 5th Feb and head back about sat or sun. Might look at a few spots on the way up as well.

With or without the boat. I have a couple of days off and just want to get away and try something new.

Can get on a charter boat tues 6th and the rest of the time chase fish from the beach or rocks.

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bought for $400...sell for $280

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Spate of summer infringements worry South Coast Fisheries officers

A spate of fishing law infringements and warnings to recreational fishers, during patrols along the South Coast this summer, has raised concerns with Department of Fisheries officers.

Southern Region Compliance Manager Peter Godfrey said the number and nature of the prosecutions, infringements and warnings given out by Fisheries officers this summer was concerning.

“The rules that are in place in various fisheries are there to make sure there will be fish for the future and every time someone breaks them it means they are not only ignoring the need for sustainable fishing practices, they are also being greedy,” Mr Godfrey said.

“We had one case recently in which a fisher was found with double his bag limit of greenlip abalone and another person, dealt with in the Albany court before Christmas, had three times the bag limit of skippy.”

“Today in the Albany court, a Kojonup man was fined more than $370 for taking excess salmon and two fishers allegedly found in possession of 120 Roe’s abalone, which amounts to each of them having 40 abalone in excess of the individual possession limits, had their cases adjourned and moved to Perth’s Central Law Court for mention on 12 February.

Mr Godfrey said the community expected the Department of Fisheries to monitor compliance with fishing laws and he also encouraged people to call the FishWatch line on 1800 815 507 to report suspected illegal fishing activity.

“The possible fines for breaching fishing rules are large and fishers should be aware that we appreciate the quality information that comes through to us, particularly when callers include vessel and vehicle registrations, which help us identify possible offenders,” he said.

“Our FishWatch illegal fishing reports’ service helps the community to help us apprehend those who do the wrong thing.

“Department of Fisheries patrols will continue along the South Coast and I’m hoping the reality that fishers face large fines for breaching the Fish Resources Management Act will serve as a warning to all fishers.

“We have already issued 18 infringements and 15 warnings this summer, including some for the marron season that opened on Friday and we are determined to get the message across that Fisheries rules are there for sustainability of marine and freshwater resources.”

REPORT ALL SUSPECTED ILLEGAL FISHING ACTIVITY TO FISHWATCH - 1800 815 507

Information from Recfishwest.

sunday night we decided to go out to the first reef of mandurah at 3pm. we started fishing and saw this dark brown neally black figure moving across the water and some one shouted shark. imediatly we started to chuck some cut up mulies in the water and scrambled around to rig up the 150 leader and a big hook with a whole pilchard. me mate casted it out about 15m it hit the water and the waiting game was on a good 10 seconds befor he could get it in the rod holder, we all heard this awsome sound of of the spool spinning, drag working and the rachet going off, lotsa screeming for joy was going on "yes were on", "its heading for china". about 15 minutes it was close enough to see what it was , a hammer head shark. gaff ready the shark was brought to the side of the boat and gaffed now this is were all that time sitting in fron of the tv wathcing wrestling comes into it. after wrestling the shark on the deck of the boat watching our toes for a couple of minutes we managed to get it under control.

We caught hammer head shark(kept) 1 bango(kept), 2 port jacksons huge(released), a wobby/carpet shark (released), 2 eagle rays. disapointing 1 rock cod. and pleny of hook ups but 150 pound leader wasnt enough got bitten through.

Hey Adam whats the go with the user points on the site, just noticed i have 65. Do they add to something and how do you earn them.(flat out at work you see!)

Guys new to the site , i am in Canarvon for a month in july then Exmouth for august and september fishing ,Diving i have a 23 ft boat , i have some knowlegdge of Exmouth but nothing on Canarvon ,anybody been boating there ,Weather i think is good at that time , What are the traps if any there ,also if people are there at that time email me at this site and i will give details of where i am to meet up ,regards Norm

any1 know of a beach rod that has the same characteristcs (stiffness) as a posoiden 5 rod....12ft and up, 2 piece , relatively light and around the $200 mark

Anyone heading out from Mindarie tommorow

Hi guys just a quick note to say if anyone is chasing good chook pellets for there burley im in proberly the biggest stockfood exporting game there is and can get them pretty cheep. Ive used them and there great from bream to king geogre. There about $15 for 40kg which will last a few trips. We add extra meat meal into the product which is a great natural attracter. They do float and sink add some tuna oil and there the bomb! Just a thought if anyone is interested.

just wondering if anyone had been out fishing the beaches down the warnbro way or even secret harbour way. anyone ahd any luck and where you been heading

Department of Fisheries Media Release:

The Sounds reopen to pink snapper fishing tomorrow.

Cockburn and Warnbro Sounds will reopen to pink snapper fishing tomorrow (Thursday 11 January 2007).

Late last year, the Department of Fisheries extended the annual spawning closure to provide adequate protection for the largest known spawning aggregation of pink snapper on the West Coast of Western Australia.

Fisheries Management Officer Nathan Harrison said he was pleased with the support and understanding from fishers, who realised the need to extend the closure and protect the breeding stocks at a highly vulnerable time.

“We had an unusual set of environmental conditions that delayed the spawning activity from its normal pattern,” Mr Harrison said.

“It is important when there is a fishery like this, so close to the metropolitan area, that we monitor it carefully and manage it in a sustainable way.

“Ongoing monitoring indicates the majority of pink snapper appear to have now finished spawning.

“As a result the spawning closure will end at midnight tonight (Wednesday 10 January).”

Mr Harrison said Department of Fisheries compliance officers had also issued a number of infringements against fishers during the short window in which the pink snapper fishing was allowed last month, before the spawning closure was reimposed.

“Some of the fishers were breaching the bag limit and taking more than one of the larger sized pink snapper, over 700mm, which is breaching a rule specifically designed to limit the take of the larger breeding stock – some of which are more than 20 years old,” he said.

“The daily bag limit for pink snapper is four and only one of the fish can be more than 700mm – on the West Coast the minimum legal size for pink snapper is 410mm.

“Fisheries and Marine Officers will be looking closely at bag and size limits for pink snapper, particularly in next few months.

“Our management decisions and the rules that apply in the fishery are about preserving pink snapper stocks, so the opportunity to go fishing for such a popular fish species is still there in the future.”

Please report all suspected illegal fishing activity to FISHWATCH -
1800 815 507

(put this number in your phones, you never know when it will come in handy!)

Only 2 months to go before I will be lapping it up in sunny Exmouth :))) Am going up from the 9th till the 23rd of March, is anyone else thinking of making the journey??

Time to start getting the old girl ready for action.

Gully

Can anybody help with some information on deep water fishing off perth.
Ive been considering bottom fishing the 125m to 200m+ area and was trying to find out what sort of species I might come across and in what depths. Ive only heard of Dhu Fish up to about 115m and grey banded cod starting at about 150m with Pink Snapper all the way through that range and deeper. Any info greatly appreciated.

i ve heard this talked about,but havent used this technique,so was after some tips,where do you spike the fish? how deep?where do i get the spikes ,does it work on all species?would you still bleed the fish after spiking?
have heard that is the best way to despatch a fish humanely and would like some feedback,thanks in advanced
cheers ray

While Dhufish are a common topic, I was wondering if anyone has heard about this before. I was reading a fishing mag the other day and it commented on that if you are to located a school of dhufish small or large, and you take away (catch) the domanent male the rest of the school will shut down. return the fish and they will continue to bite. Is this true, sounds reasonable enough.

Does anyone know if the 6500 and big baitrunner have stronger drags than a 4500?? fished between chidley point and rocky bay last night and about 2 am hooked up and got spooled in about 20 seconds, all 300m 30lb braid gone and also managed to melt and destroy the drag... reckon it must have been a big stingray but of all the rays ive caught never have i hooked any that go that fast... Just as i was looking at the broken reel the second baitrunner goes off exactly the same though this time it only got about 50 m before dropping the bait.

I can't catch anything, I must of taken about 10 different fishing trips to several popular locations, using the right bait, the right rigs rods you name it. but have yet to catch a fish, even the blowies dont like me, i caught 3 blowies once from the maylands yacht club and i think it was the same one each time.

What was your best fishing moment in 2006? Mine was definately catching my first marlin in Exmouth shortly followed by my first solid yellowfin tuna that afternoon, one I won't be forgetting anytime soon!!

So what was your best fishing memory/moment from last year?

I have a penn 8500ss and was wondering if any of you tackle gurus can help me out. Would this reel be capable of taking 50lbs braid and holding upto some sambo jigging i have only ever used it from shore on salmon etc. Any help would be much appreciated

Just curious if anyone out there have fished with either of these rods and how you rate them? Had a look at some Battlers( taurus, kingbolt) and z's yesterday and pretty much straight away realised i have to get one, just not sure which one..
Any advice or opinion would be greatly appreciated, particularly if there are better rods in that price range..

cheers

Saturday: S'ly wind 20/25 knots easing SE'ly 13/18 knots in the morning. Winds shifting S/SW late morning and increasing to 18/23 knots by early afternoon, before strengthening 20/30 knots late afternoon or early evening. Seas 1.5m to 2.0m. Swell to 1.5m.

Sunday: E'ly winds 10/20 knots, shifting S/SW 15/25 knots in the afternoon.

Looks like Sunday may be ok for a fish, anyone heading out? Good luck to those of you who are, stay safe and pull in lots of big ones! ;)

Tight lines,
Adam

I've fished Onslow quite a bit but I dont know where the SUPERMARKET is could somebody help me out. Maybe explain where it is or better still co-ordinates would be greatly apreciated,THANKS Kev.

Hi guys im new to this jigging buisness and are wondering who of you are in the know about purchasing jigging equipment. Im thinking of a torium 16 with a jigwrex 50 or t-curve 400 as im a bit of an overhead man. Any desent tackle shop to purchase this from would be greatly appriecated. Im also willing to pay whatever is required ( fuel etc.) for anyone who can take us out and show us a few tricks. Beers included of coarse.

Cheers Chris