Hey guys

Anyone had any luck with the Cranka Crabs. If so what colour did you use, where and what caught.

Waiting on the next lot to come in from Oceanside and want to hear how they have performed.

Cheers

Pezdog

I'm heading out to the Abrolhos Islands next weekend with Reel Affair and am chasing some advice on what rods to take.  I'm thinking I'll take a PE 3 and PE 5 jigger and a light-medium spin setup for casting around the islands / tuna schools and maybe some soft plastic work.  If I decide to do any bait fishing I'll just use the charter's gear.

Does that sound about right or is there something else I should be aware of?

Hi all

Searched on here for not much info. Since the last 6 yrs up in karratha has ended having some R&R at Rotto before starting work in the new job in Mandurah. Used to spend a lot off time there as a student, but was more interested in G&G (grog and girls) then.

Been ages since I have fished anywhere there shorebased. Not taking the boat over due to servicing needs, so shore based.

Not looking for anything huge, more just sitting back soaking a line and relaxing (which is why I love fishing).

Anyone have any suggestions for a lazy fish.

Only taking bream/hezza/tailor/squid type rigs over, ie light.

Comments appreciated.

Neels

 hey all, was just wondering if the scalies are still around at woodman point. thinking of goin to get a few for bait. 

any info would be largely appreciated.

cheers

the amount of fishing comps around these days (not just in WA ) that are offering very good prize money , if a bloke was a crack fisherman ( and I am not ) he/she could probably make a living just fishing comps with a bit of sponsorship

That's how much the winner of the 2014 Esperance Deep sea Classic walked away with this year!! Over 100 boats in the comp yesterday with some great fish weighed in....including a 30Kg Mako and a 7KG skippy (new club record)

 Looking for some good spots to go this weekend land based. Looking to catch some big sharks or even some nice mulloway or snapper. Any recomended spots and wat bait and rig. Thanks

 Hey guys just a question, got a feed of crabs from mandurah on the weekend, made chilli crab dish last night, and the meat was mushy, missus thought she may have over or undercooked them . Boiled up the rest as per normal and most of them are floury/ mushy, any ideas

 FI shine around monkey Mia any size limit on the yellow fin whiting?

 Hey everyone 

heading out wed and thur to do some jigging for a sambo or 2 

have got a mate from over east who's extremely keen to catch a WA sambo 

Does anyone have a spot or 2 they would be willing to share catch and release only 

my 2 spots that I normally go are sharked out and I don't want to go feeding the sharks with beautiful big sambos and $30 jigs thanks 

 hi guys, right now i have owner mutu 12 circle hooks for sharks. are they to small for 2 to 3 meter sharks? and could a 2 to 3 meter shark bite through 200lb wire?

 Anybody know of any free or cheap camping around canarvon we r traveling Australia and canarvon is next stop so any advice would be good thanks we have a 4x4 and a Jay Co camper trailer and are pretty self sufficient we r traveling north up the coast so if u know anywhere further 

 Hey ppl,

I've been eyeing up these reels for a while now and was curious if anyone had any feedback?

In particular I'm looking at them for a possible beach combo. I love my baitrunners but the amount of grit I find when servicing tells me that they wont last forever. Maybe the Saragosa's new sealing might be worth the cost?

Cheers in advance, 

Tainted

Gday

Could anybody tell me how much whiplash 65 or 80 lb braid i Could fit on my Saragosa 18000 F. Any help would be much apreciated. 

Cheers

 Hey guys might be going for a holiday to Vietnam in  the next 6 months or so and was wondering what the fishing is like over there both land based and boat fishing and what kind of species you get over there? If so thanks 

Three weeks ago a mate suggested I get into Top water fishing for the usual bread & butter species I target. The lure of choice was the 3B Berkley Popper.

After the first weekend I was addicted had around 15 Top water hook ups on herring landing all also had 3 Hits and 3 Follows from some BIG! yellowfin whiting however non landed. Also there one big black ray ramming my leg as well turns out you shouldn't leave your wading bag with necked fishing in waste deep water.......

Second weekend similar 15 or so Top water hooks up on herring with a couple of hits and follows from yellow fin still yet too land one.

Third weekend the best herring fishing I have had in years, schools and schools out there with 30+ Hooks ups, 25 or so landed with 10 kept. The conditions were perfect crystal clear no wind. There were hoards and hoards of BIG yellowfin on the flats however they were not interested in the popper this week. I tried subsurface stickbaits and also a hardbodys but very minor interest.

Does anybody have any suggestions surrounding getting these yellow fin whiting on poppers would be appreciated.

The herring were decent models too around high 20s/30cm.

Sam

to all fw members, im a massive fan of my northern beach fishing, using big baits & fishing for tailor

i heard gardies are a great bait to use in general at night off the beach.

im willing to go and catch my own fresh bait and just wanting to know where i can catch gardies around the perth metro area. 

any info would be appreciated heaps.

cheers

 I want to replace the  foam floatation under the floorof my 4.5m stessco.  What type of foam shall I be using and where can I source it?  

Cheers

Marko

 I had my first go at uploading to youtube to show what is on the bottom in 34 m off bunnbury.The vid with the eel is good to look at but not that productive.If you loook in the background you may see a couple of KGs one of which ended up with a spear through it.The second vid is at a spot that has been producing jumbos and dhueys for 11 years. i hope it is of some interest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAlj5sslNJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QphNKVkh1tU

Just looking for a new boat cover and found these polyester canvas ones on ebay

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Heavy-Duty-6-4m-7-0m-Trailerable-Jumbo-Boat-Cover-/261410448868?pt=AU_Boat_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cdd46e5e4

Look the heaviest duty ones I can find

Anyone have any experience with them??

I have done a search and haven't been able to find wha to am after. I am looking to get a solar panel set up on the roof of my boat to tops the batteries up but also to run up to say two fridges. The worst case situation would require having enough grunt to maintain the 2 x fridges for two days whilst the boat is getting towed from say exmouth. I have twin batteries and a vsr. 

Questions are:

• what wattage panel?
• what type of panel is generally used?
• what else is required in the system? Is it jus a regulator or do you need a charge controller?
• any recommendations on where to source the gear locally (been told jaycar)

roof 

bus bar

isolator

vsr. 

 Hi guys and gals,

Just wondering if many others are having there pots pulled and stolen lately.

In the last 2 months we have had 5 pots stolen. 3 were brand new pots, All from 

out on the 5 fathom bank. all up pots , ropes , floats , ballast , baits soon add up

and im about a grand down. Not sure if anything can be done, we have been on

to Fisheries but dont really think they can really be everywhere. Maybe there too

busy shark fishing.  its damn annoying.

Cheers 

Can any one please tell me who can fix power winches up around the hills area kalamunda   it would be a waste to throw it

cheers

I'm keen to ditch the alligator clips on the power cables for my electric reels. I'm thinking of running a cable from the battery under the gunwale, then installing three take-off points equally along the side.

I'm assuming this is what quite a few anglers have done, my question is can anyone recommend good quality, salt resistant fittings for the job and where to get them from?

Thanks

 Iam after a good easy to use gps for my boat have had a navman found it to be useless if you can recommend good model please tell me thanks

Fellas
Mate of mine. former Perth lad turned New York Model and Muso Andrew Moore has released his first album "Lady Lust".

I am a big fan Of Saffron Skies and also Tequila 1,2,3 for a catchy tune. Let me know what you think.

http://polthefisherman.com/ then go to iTunes for a listen.

 hi guys, i want to start catching sharks and i might keep a few gummy sharks or black tips and i was wondering what do i do as soon as i catch it. Bleed it, put it on ice ect.

 Here are a couple of recent builds for people.

The marbelling is on a 6 foot 6 inch 2 peice MHX that was designed for whiting/bream on the flats. For anyone looking at getting built or wanting to roll their own rod, I seriously suggest looking at these blanks. Reasonable price for the quality and a limited lifetime warranty.

The samurai with fish wrap is a 2 peice butt join and turned out very nice. Stainless frame 'k' guides with sillicon carbide tip. 6 ft 6 in 12-20lb. Camo grips and a rubberised gimbal. Is being used for soft plastic snapper fishing.

The samurai with thunderbirds is built on the NV 9. 7 foot 15kg. We trimmed this a bit to 6 ft 8in. From the pics I have recieved, it has already slayed some nice Dhu.

Damo, this is yours..I let my daughter do it...haha

Happy fishing!!

I am looking for a good strong light gauge hook for inshore fishing for sand whiting to baldies around the 1/0 size

I have been using hoodlums for everything - jigging, trolling and bottom fishing and they have never failed , but they are a little too thick gauge for the rod I'm using inshore.  (20lb plastics rod)

Anyone have any input on the black magic KL's or recommendations on something likewise??

 Hey guys tacking the yack out tonight to have a shark fish just wondering if any 1 has fished these spots or I'm between but more then welcome in any one else wants to come down for a while just inbox me :) cheers