Has anyone been getting any Mackerel over the school holidays or Easter?

All right . Took the tub out for a fang today and picked up some mighty fine Shark Bay Blue swimmers. Downside was my radio ( GME , I know , I know.... ) had plenty of power to it yet no sound coming out of it at all . Climbing up and checking the cable for the aerial I noticed the plastic coating has disintegrated from the cable itself. What’s the best way to check if the cable or the unit is munted ? . Thanks in advance  

Got knocked off early by the boss !! Apparently

Holy Thursday !! Benefits of working at catholic

primary school .. took my offsider for a go for

some Good Friday calamari.. not in numbers yet

cant be too far the ones we did pick up had some

size .. just on the weed off Quinn’s . Happy easter

cheers pirate..  

Easter sale

This once off 2 DAY sale will start this Saturday 20/04/2019 and ends on Monday 22/04/2019 5pm.

All floor stock will be down 20% (excluding boats and current specials)

 So if you are chasing a new combo or to top up your gear we sure do have everything you need.

Check out our selected Daiwa mega sale stand with reels, rods and braid marked down by 40%.

We will be opened

Friday CLOSED

Saturday 8am-5pm

Sunday CLOSED

Monday 8.30am-5pm

 Still a lot of swell around, managed  a few skips, 1 undersize pinky and a good sized  flounder which was a suprise.

Enjoy

So a 10 day break looms for most of W.A. I thought it’d be a good thread if folks could put up where they are, general catches, water temps, vis reports, yadda yadda.

I’m personally heading to Kalbarri, so it’d be good to see whether to chuck in the spear gear, or just troll for mackies when and where I can. 

Hopefully after fridays shit weather front, it gets warm enough the beach fishos get an eyeful of bikini splitarse, or dunsborough milfs  

happy easter muthafwers!

Hello All,

I have been going to Shark Bay, WA for a while now and have never managed to catch a coral trout. Could anyone please Give me info to lead me into the right direction. I dont mind either Denham side or even monkey mia. My boat is big enough to get to most locations so some details would be very appreciated:) 

Had a mate pull out so have a deckie spot for Exmouth between 27/4 - 4/5. Come out for a day or for a few. 

wetaher dependent but prob fish the Westside with trips out to the island etc. bonus if you don’t mind a spear either.. 

6.5m boat 

hit me up if you keen to head out on the boat. 

Usual fuel, ice, bait chip in. 

 Hi crew, 

I was thinking of taking the kids down to the beach or rock wall for some herring to cook on Good Friday. Anyone know where is reliable at the moment?

Havent been in ages and would love a nice feed of hezzas!

Thanks in advance!

 Good day gents

Anyone had any luck with BFT and if so where ? size? had a few caught last week but all small and together with a lot of scabbies.

Thanks all

Tight Lines

 I've been to Tamala and surrounds before and i know crew get squid in and around Denham but i've never considered or seen anyone target squid down the bottom area of Tamala Station. 

Anyone know if it's worth taking the jigs?

Cheers Team.

Any FW'ers heading up the Denham in the next couple of weeks ?

We are arriving Denham on Anzac day for a 3 week stint.

Red 6.7 metre Coraline centre cabin, come say hello if you us around.

 Any good kingie spots inside stragglers 

Hey Guys, I'll be in Exy on the 14th May for 4 weeks. Not my normal fishing trip as we are taking our 4 month old girl. Was wondering if anyone else is up there around the same time. I'm taking the boat so might have spots for deckies or will be looking to get out with other people if possible.

Anyway let me kmow if your up there, I'm staying at the caravan park on the right when driving into town.

Hey Guys, Ill be in Lancelin over easter and was wondering if there is any good spots to get some squid or catch a few herring or whiting?

Cheers

Simo

 Hey guys we are heading off this week to Shell beach, Tamala Station and i was wondering if anyone knows how the fishung has been up there.. so looking forward to some good fishing..

 Hey guys heading up to mandurah next week and looking and catching some octopus. I do have a gidgee and could spear them but have also heard get fish and put a jag on the end. Have also heard that there are particular octopus jigs but I dont know where to buy them. If you guys have any other techniques how to catch them that would be greatly appreciated. cheers

G’day Guys,

chasing some advise from guys with exmouth experience. We are headed up there for two weeks in May. I normally do an annual trip to Ningaloo Station but we have a 3 month old so took the easy option and rented a house in exxy for this year instead.

Having fished Ningaloo a lot I’m well versed in the shark problem and every year it get worse and worse,.. thanks fisheries for your great management!  Exmouth is a new one for us and with the varied fishing on offer looking for advice and suggestions on what to do so we don’t spend the whole trip losing gear and fish to the taxman. Generally I have found fishing small shows on deeper water that don’t get hit as hard works at the station with anything between 40-80m being a total loss some days... we go shallower to get fish up faster or deeper for the reduced numbers... if we travel a little further from exxy it deeper do the shark numbers reduce? 

The plan is a mix of trolling for Pelagics, bottom bashing, a couple of overnight Gulf trips and a multi day trip to Long Island and surrounds... are the sharks as bad down the southern end of the gulf and in the shallow water? We have never had the issue at station of losing Pelagics to sharks but I hear that’s a problem in exmouth? Is it limited to the easy accessed grounds around tantabiddi etc or does it happen all over? Also any guidance to fishing Long Island would be great! We are hoping to throw stickbaits around the coral and perhaps do a little spearfishing out there also. 

Not asking for specific spots or coords, but some guidance on depths and general locations to start looking would be great! I have a Trailcraft 640 Hardtop so going a little wider is no issue. 

Cheers!

 So I've been working my ass off 6 days a week and thinking I'd have a bit of time off at Easter, do a bit of fishing as the weather's usually tamed down this time of year. But yeah nah 3-4.5m swells up the coast where I'll be FFS. Time to dust the clubs off and play the Ledge pt Masters with a few (lot of) beers. At least there's footy all over Easter. 

Hi

Looking at purchasing a 2004 Quintrex Coast runner C.V 

Millennium hull

Just wanted some thoughts on this boat! 

Also the motor is a 70hp Johnson 4 stroke with 334hrs 

Is this alot of hours? 

Some people are saying thats to many hours, but I thought that's not bad for the age of the motor? Plus it's got good service history? 

Any thoughts?

Cheers! 

 Went out with the skipper kaptian kruger, he managed our first salmon for this year.

 Hi guys, Im hoping someone has a bearing puller or other suitable equipment I can borrrow to remove a stuck boat steering wheel, Ive tried all the usual tricks and it wont budge. If anyone has one in the Mandurah area it would be appreciated.  I only need to for this job , then can return. Message or call 0432761075, thanks Tony

 Last saturday got burgled(Thornlie).....They stole my stella sw10000(2008) silver and gold in mint condition with a gold and silver Jigging master ball knob handle.....white braid tasline on it...with a sticky label saying how much line/what pe/leader weight written on it(on spool).....in a shimano pouch....4 meter leader with 2 inch PR knot...MINT condition.......also all of these spools (all in mint) in black temple reef hard cases that hold two spools....they are black and my name is written on them in black...so if you tilt the case...you can see J.Cox ........spool sizes written on case ie 20/18 10/10 10/16 5/6 ........2008 and spools(gold silver) = sw 20000/sw18000.......sw10000/sw10000 ....sw10000/jm16000 monster spool.......sw5000/swb6000.......all with braid and leader and all present as new in the black temple reef hard spool cases.....some i will never get to replace.......keep an eye out buddies....have seen the sw20000 spool on gumtree briefly and my canon G10 was sold on there before my very eyes !....Low life pricks...get a fucking job.

p.s all this has been told to the police.....ad reported to gunmtree and gumtree wont release in fo on the sllers for 3 weeks.......thats bloody good isnt it?

 Hi Guys 

Im heading to Denham next week for about 5 days, Im taking my 6.4m boat hoping to get out around Dirk Harhog Island. Im mainly chasing anything on topwater eg, pelagics GT 

Can anyone give me some advice on the area? any info would be great. 

Thanks 

Enjoy  

 G'day Gang

Before I start, i confirm i have used the search function on this site.

I am at Kalbarri for 8 days from this Saturday with a 24ft Kevlacat. From what I can devise i need to head SW some 20-30 NM to find good ground. That is not a problem, but i was hoping to take my 8 year old out so looking for something a bit closer....any tips?

Also, from what i can gather, the ground in close proximity is fairly flat but has some coral. Is this correct (ie no structure but still fairly productive)?

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Cheers

Brent

 Not as big as the ones you guys catch over there but a semi rare catch here in NZ that I was happy to come home with!

 Hey all,

Just back on the wagon after a few too many years away from boating and fishing. As my years have go on, finding a tad harder to pull boat up on manual winch. Have been reading all old posts on winches but was wondering if any new winches on the market are worth looking at?

I see many people dont think they are worth it but my heart says otherwise!!!

Dear Experts

What do you recommend for a headlamp that has a long range ( 300 m max ,,,more don't mind) and with two modes flood and focus ? obviously bright

Preferable LED but not must

Prices range up to $150 little bit more no issue.

Regards