We are heading North in August stopping at Denham.Plan to fish down towards Nanga but not sure of what to expect. Would love to get onto some of those thumping snapper. Any info about the area in regards to what depth,structure or anything general would be awesome. Especially others own experiences.

Cheers and tight lines!

 
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anyone heading ot tomorrow? winds look good, but pretty big swell from what i can see.

tide change right after sunset, so was consider anchoring for some snapper inside the three mile, but must admit the swell forecast has me a bit nervous....

 hey guys

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 hey legends just a quick one if your interested ... sneeky solo trip 

youtu.be/cwxFGow9hW8

 
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Heading to Shelter Bay next week for a week. Taking a Kimberley camper trailer in.

Can any one help with recent track condition or anything else of interest...thanks.

Also, any suggestions for shore based fishing around shelter bay

cheers

 320 m Exmouth 

 
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 Very few boat trailers in Japan  but I love the launching and retrieval system with each boat having its own shore fixed winch

 Hi

I have a number of laminated old paper charts that I no longer need. Free to anyone who wants them. Collect in Dianella if wanted

Chewers

About 12 months ago I replaced a sand anchor after losing one and have had nothing but trouble since, from anchoring in 2m in the protection of cockburn sound fishing for kgw or out to the high teens for pinkies in the swell, the anchor drags 95% of the time and only seems to grab when it catches onto some broken ground. When I replaced the anchor I also upgraded the chain as previously I had 2 lengths of 8mm chain joined with a shackle and pulling the shackle through the bow roller was doing my head in so swapped out for a single length of chain instead.

The set up is 5m of 10mm chain to a 10lb/4.5kg sand/danforth style anchor. The boat is a 5.2m ali side console, completely open boat, no structure for the wind to catch on.

Is this set up adequate for this size boat? The anchor is a generic sand anchor from Road Tech Marine. Inspecting the anchor on the front lawn I noticed the main shaft has a lot of side to side movement, I'm almost under the assumption that the main shaft has so much side to side play that the anchor may be "barrel rolling" as the shaft gets pulled to the side.

I'm prepared to replace with a new one, just after some first hand experience from anyone with 5-6m boats.

Cheers

 G'day all. I've spent a fair bit of time in the eastern gulf from Giralia to north to Tent Island. Absolutely love it. I'm now thinking of travelling up that side from Tent Is. to Onslow. Fuel is not an issue. Google Earth shows it as being a bit featureless,; more solid mangroves without the nooks and crannies of the southern part. Has anyone done it that could give me some info? I want to catch fish, but more of the inshore, estuarine species like cod and jack and maybe a muddy or two.

Thanks in advance, John

 
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 Hey fellas heading to dirk Hartog march 26 going over with a car my Barcrusher 640 and a mates 6.5 cnc. Have heard conflicting reports of being able to Moore at withnell point maybe not sheltered enough has anybody had any real life experience with this and can help out? Cheers!!

 Went with a few mates last night,had a few bust off's, but was a good night/arfo, managed a 44cm blackarse as well

 I've lived in Mandurah all my life and have been looking on the internet for pictures of the prawn boats that used to be moored in the channel entrance. They were there for years but I cannot find a single picture of them on the internet. Be cool if anybody has a photo of this or any stories they could share cheers.

 
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Any recommendations on a navigation app your using? Looking for a backup on my phone , and not just relying on the boat gps. Got a couple of trips coming up. Thanks 

 
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 www.indiatoday.in/science/story/mega-chinese-fishing-fleet-seen-from-space-every-dot-is-a-fishing-boat-2723560-2025-05-12

Might be fake news but made me think about how China is approaching fisheries management!

 Caught this cod at Gnaraloo. Was bloody big. Can anyone advise what type it is?

 So a quick report on our Gnaraloo trip this year, to say it was epic is an understatement.

Awesome weather, fishing, drinking, socialising and good banter between the deckies and the other crews.

Having Josh and his crew next door was a laugh and good fun but also comparing fishing notes etc is invaluable, different fishing techniques, rigs and water depths up there is an important factor. 

We loved the show put on each day by the boys at retrieval time, that 100 is a weapon. 

Seabreeze forecast was way off that's why I use Fishranger and it was somewhere in the middle between GFS and BOM, moderate easterlies most mornings and dropping right out in the arvo was ideal for my smaller boat. 

A couple of trips out to the 100's had us into the Goldband, they were either smallish or XOS. My biggest I reckon around 6kg

Already booked for next year.

Anyway will let the pics do the talking. 

 Can anyone ID this fish caught in 140m off gnaraloo 

 
Enjoy 

 Had a fish on the five this arvo. 8/5 25, fished till about 6:30 calm little or no wind. dropped the anchor off the back in 70 feet. caught 10 snapper all under size  (430/450 ) one good size snook ( for the neighbor ) 4 sambo's put back.

It was looking sad for a while then the Dhie took the bait, that made it worth while, it wasn't a big one ( 520 ) but legal under the old system. baking it in the barbie on the week end. 

 A busy fishing session and a great time doing it.

Don't you just hate it when you go into the garage to start getting all your gear ready for a trip to Shark Bay and there is is a horrible stench seeping from the bait freezer !

Opened the the lid and HOLY SHIT, I nearly keeled over. All my squid and occy I had for the trip was a festering mess.

Not sure when the freezer died but I reckon it must have been at least a week ago.

Looks like there will be a few quick squid runs over the next week.......

 Hey guys, 

heading up to monkey Mia next week and missus has granted me a couple of day fishing, weather permitting!

just wondering if anyone been up lately and might be able to give me a heads up on what's been around? I'm hoping to do a mix of bottom bashing and trolling from both sides.

im dead keen to try for a Spaniard, only ever got 1 before, too late in the season? Also if trolling for Spaniards what's the opinion on traces? Only ask as have a number of hook ups, but getting bitten off is extremely heartbreaking lol!! Esp when you see them fly out of the water!!

if the weather is good enough I may try head through south passage to fish the western side side dirk Hartog. Any issues with tides when doing this crossing? 
thanks heaps!