Boat all good to go, gear all serviced, hanging for a deep sea bash. Went for a morning run as I have done countless times before on monday and ruptured my medial ligament. On crutches, cant walk and in ridiculous amounts of pain. Can't even get on the boarding ladder. Wtf. Pissed beyond belief. Hope you all get amongst it and post plenty of photos cause thats as close as im gunna get for a while

 Hey guys,

planning on buying new sounder this Boxing Day (Garmin 95sv) and just wondering how difficult sounders are to install? Pretty good with my hands and have a brief idea. Would people recommend to get someone who knows what they're doing to do it? Don't want it to be faulty! If so I'm keen as to get in asap before new year while I have time off and can go fishing. Anyone out there who might be interested in doing it for cash over the holidays? Cheers

 All went out mid morning and found a cray pot rope with no float attached, we have attached one of our spare floats (not marked) to it. If you drop pots out from Warnbro (FFB) in 20 meters of water you can contactact me for exact coordinates and arrange to get our float back.

 Hey guys,

After opinions on boat service how often?

Got serviced 12 months ago and only done about 40hrs since.

Its been in the shed for a few months an looking to get out again and was wondering if im through money away with a service after only 40 odd hrs.

Donk is a 150hp mariner.

Cheers

 I remmeber 8-9 years ago they would swarn different areas. Many many schools. What happened?

How do I rig a herring for live bait

 Taking the Quintrex 500 for a sea trial tomorrow is there anything 

i need to look for and listen too?

the jetski sold, can't wait to be back in a boat.

 Went out this morning on the boat and burleyed up for herring. 

Used a 5g twisty, they loved it. But I kept losing the fish, off the beach I probably would have caught 8 but still. Is this normal? Little frustrated tbh ahah. The lure is new, some that I landed had shredded mouths from previous cracks.

Tips? 

Hi everyone, so in January of 2017 I'm heading down to Hamelin bay for a fishing trip. I am bringing my kayak and was wondering if anyone has any tips for fishing for whiting, sambos, skipped down there.

P.s- if anyone is going down at this time of the year let me know

Thank, Mitchell Donovan

Dropped 3 pots to test some ground out in 12m and caught 32 crays but only 7 sized. Worth persisting or move and leave til next year?
Will whites even still be in that close (behind GI)?

 Looks like dermersal start 16 th is going to be crap. Itching for Dhue bash.. Seen heaps in close while diving . Pots coming out end of week . Holiday makers will be hitting town soon. Pots tend to vanish otherwise .

 Hi all

If you are potting out from Hillary's and have a buoy starting with MF please PM me.  Thanks

Brando

 Just received a delivery of shiny new jigs from big John. Great service and product looks quality. Looking forward to giving them a crack at the weekend! 

 How many days can I leave cray pots without checking them due to weather and work not lining up? Is a week between pulls too long with a single bait basket pot? Will finally get some in the water on thursday but with work on the weekend I wont be back out until Tuesday at the earliest. 

 whats the best cray bait??

 have my rec cray license and will be around this week and available anytime. I know it's probably a long shot but pm if you need a extra license on board 

Hi all

Anyone know where to get replacement swag poles from without paying an arm and a leg through the manufacturer?

It's an Oztrail Mitchell swag but universal poles should be fine. Even if any members have excess ones they don't use?

Checked out BCF which didn't have any and the Rays near me has closed.

Cheers

Hi all,

I have used the search function and the posts that I have found are a little old but I have booked in to Leeman from the 10th of Jan to the 13th and weather permitting at the time, I'll tow up my boat.
My young fella is starting to show interest in coming out fishing where he never used to and I am hoping to get the boat out. I haven't pushed the subject with him in the past as I don't want to scare him off by making him do something he doesn't want to do but while the interest is there, I'll encourage it. I have read some mixed reports on the new boat ramp from previous posts about it being a bit hard to use and was just wondering if anyone could shed some light on ease of use and something about missing ladders?
I understand that the ocean is a big and gets rough but is sheltered water easy to find so that I don't scare my son getting him sea sick. Are there areas that I need to steer clear of? I normally fish out of Point Perron and have had him out a few times on good days so he's fine on the boat on calm-ish water but he has the attention of a gold fish when the fish aren't chewing.
If it's generally rough all year round, then I'll just leave the boat home as I was intending on taking it so that I can take him out while the wife looks after the youngest.

Thanks in advanced,
Ken

 Does anyone in the forum know where I can get an English version of the Seaborg 300Mj or similar 200j manual..I have scoured he web..and though some dealers say they sell them it is only supplied with the order of the reel..was fishing off Gove on the weekend and this little reel came into its own..but I need to do some adjustments to the retrieve function which I need the manual for...

Hey guys,

Heading Bouvard for a wedding this weekend . Thinking of heading for a drop Friday morning if the weather comes good . Forecast not flash atm . Never fished out from the cut . Thinking starting off in 20s close in where crays are running and possibly 30s (green fish)- weather permitting. Any tips appreciated . launch/retrieve PB Marina .

Fall back is crabs in the estuary :)

Cheers,
Adam

 hey guys just wanting to know if i can soak a mates pot for him ??but its got his id on it of course.i wont be pulling it just putting it out for him  but im thinking if fisheries caught me with another pot with diffrent id to my licence they would prob think ive stole it and seize my boat....

cheers surge

 any tips spots thoughts would be great thanks alot 

 G'day 

Not to fuel the shark debate again, but I have a gripe. 

We went out trolling on the weekend, did some serious K's. All the way out to the trench and hit two FAD's up, fishing wasn't great. Couldn't even turn a reel. Nothing on either FAD except a small amount of bait fish. 

Decided to hit up the west end of Rottnest. Went for a quick look, bulk divers around. So decided to push off the west end and keep trolling, found a few schools of Tuna that were very easily spooked. So we cut the engine and started to drift casting lures when a 4m Great white turned up and hung around the boat for a good 10 - 15 minutes. Such an impressive animal, stuck its face out of the water to eye ball us, and showed a definite level of intelligence. 

We were approximately 2km away from lots of divers so did the righty and called it into 'Shark Smart' which redirects you to Water Police. I gave all the details to water police and mentioned the relative close proximity to divers. I was expected it to get called in over the radio to warn people in the area, nothing (unless for whatever reason our radio didn't pick up the message), go on the shark smart website and it also hasn't been logged in there either, so it begs the question, what is the point in calling it in?

I know Water Police are busy, but it is difficult for people to make informed decisions about getting in the water if the information being provided is not properly logged and made available. 

Thanks, 

 A discussion with a friend on the weekend about fisheries commenting to a fisherman last week on the rules for measuring Dhufish, fisheries guy says that the Dhufish is to be measured from the top lip, not from the point of the fish. Somewhat confusing giving that in the Recreational Fishing Guide page 8 states otherwise as below.

Size limits To check if your catch is of a legal size, measure finfish from the point of the snout to the tip of the tail.

Anyone want to comment on this, or had any experience with fisheries?

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/documents/recreational_fishing/rec_fishing_guide/rules_guide_statewide.pdf

 Anyone see any today out on water ? 

 I've looked online and not sure about this and can't get online to Fisheries.

I'm going to get a Rock Lobster Licence(haven't had/got one) . Do you just get it added to "Specified Activities" on your Recreational Fishing Licence,or do you have to apply for separate Rock Lobster Licence?

And carry two separate Licences?

Thanks.

 Just a quick message to those who persist in dropping their cray pots in the North or South leaders out of Ocean Reef and Hillarys marinas.

PLEASE DONT...

As member of Sea Rescue, it makes our job even more difficult when we have to negotiate around cray floats to get to a vessel in need of assistance.

The main purpose of having the leaders is to ensure a SAFE entry and exit from the marinas to clear water beyond the reef system.

When we are travelling into the sun from these marinas to assist someone, the floats are extremely hard to pick up in the glare on the ocean.

The last thing we and the owners of the distressed vessel need, is a delay due to having ropes around the props.

So please, if you are or know of anyone dropping pots in these areas, please find another spot.

After all, one day you maybe the one that is waiting for us to untangle the ropes.

Thank you, a happy and safe christmas to you all..... 

 I was thinking back to salmon season and I remembered that I caught a tailor as a bycatch while throwing lures over a reef looking for salmon stragglers. I was using a McCarthy 6 inch paddletail in the white pearl colour which I would imagine looks identical to a juvenile tailor? i know that trout will eat other trout but do tailor eat other tailor?

thanks,

Lachie

Hi All,

Just wondering what is the best wire and knot set up for wire snell rig with some large circle hooks for some landbased game fishing.

Cheers,