One day to go and Coral Bay here we come. To say that I am keen would be an understatement !

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Hi guys, first time poster here so bare with me cheers (and bare with me on another salmon thread sorry). Heading down to dunsborough for the rest of this week purely to chase salmon, as I was down there 2 weekends ago and had many close calls, breaks off's etc etc fishing off the beach at bunkers, so am keen for another shot. I will be hitting up the coast anywhere between dunsborough and augusta basically, and want to know if the late salmon run has started yet or if there are still fish schools down there? I have read all the recent forums on here, and it seems they are still running in patches but would love to know if any of you have had success lately or heard of anyone getting into the salmon, and if so maybe general areas (doesnt need to be spots). I will try out hamelin bay one day, but since I haven't been there for over a decade I cant remember if there are any fishing restrictions (no fishing zones etc) or where the tracks are onto the beach. Any help on that matter would be great! Apologies for the long post, its my last shot this season for salmon and I am keen to catch one.

have a genesis  6.1

up until now it has been uncarpeted, non slip ali deck.  self draining decks, mainly used for fishing....north trips etc. but occ used river wine cruise.

anyone here have opinions as to whether carpet is better or not. 

just doing it up a bit at the moment over winter and wondering if carpet would be a worthy addition.  how does it go for cleaning etc.

I usually wear thongs in the boat.

1. cos the non slip deck is like sandpaper (not bad for a day out but spend 10 days straight 10 hrs a day (love to fish hard sometimes !!!) and Im sure Im a cm shorter!)

2. fatigue etc.

carpet help? or just be harder to clean and smell bad etc???

cheers guys

im coming into about $400-$450 soon and was thinking of either an overhead or spin combo that will be mostly used for jettys like busso and rocks for salmon etc... was thinking stradic 4000 or 5000 with 20lb braid on a 8 or 9 footer. any better suggestions? would an overhead be better seeing as i would have acess to a boat every so often? i have posted before about this i was going to start buying gear for lb shark fishing so im caught between a rock and a hard place!

any input welcome especially from you jetty and rock specialists

Some say they are a great thing, some say they are only good as a storage unit...

What are your thoughts?

JW

Found this review in the latest Fishing mag

 hi lads, just wondering what steep would be like in July? 

does the water temp play a role at this time?

hoping to get up there soon.

 Where is the best place for boat batteries. I'm sick of getting shafted with prices. 

 hey all 

Just wondering what everyone's brand of choice is when it comes to braid, and different for different types of fishing, as in 20lb casting to 80lb bb..

 Hi guys, i recently have found a few spots with some thumping black bream in the river and i have tried using bait but i cant even get a bait to the bottom because it gets enialated by blowies. I was wondering if any of you experienced blokes knew of a lure or a metal or just anything i could use to try and get one of these blackies without using bait.
cheers

 Hi guys, 

What are some good places north of the river for land based squid?

I have tried hillarys marina north rockwall and had no luck... im using quality lures but still nothing...

Any other good spots up this way?

Cheers

I am hoping to head out to south west bank early Saturday morning (weather permitting) , I have never been there before but have worked out the info for my gps from a map, its looks to be 40 to 45k out from point perron , I would realy like another boat to tag along for safety is any one out there keen to go if yes give me a ring me on 0418935456

me and the girlfreind are goin for a allnight fish this saturday night just wandering everyones opinion on where we should go about 1 hour eitherside of perth city, ocean based would be preffered we just wanna catch a feed for in the mornin somthing bigger would be great but any help would be much appreciated

 Ok, after a week of holidays, I have come back in dreaming mode and have been looking at boats it for the first time in my life, I don't know what boat I want.

Guidelines are as follows:

Trailerable and beach launchable 

around 6-7m

Forward V berth for overnighters

suitable for diving and fishing.

Now personally, I am a fan of Aluminium boats weight wise, and was thinking of something like the mass produced pressed hulls rather than the plate boats simply due to the weight thing again?

Surely you lot could tell me what I want?

Thanks

hey all think its time i get a sounder for my tinnie ! as i know nothing about em wouldnt mind some suggestions to what i should get ! will basically use it in sound for snapper, river for mulloway etc i dont mind if its a gps and sounder together or  just a sounder im not too bothered my budget is around $1000 dollars new or second hand any advice in general towards what i should look for would be apprechiated

cheers fellas

 will anyone else be boat fishing at steep point / shelter bay between 9 june snd 15 june???  i will have my boat there but havent be able to find a second boat for additional safety / support.  i hsve 27 mg boat radio and 27 mg home base radio, plus a vhf handheld.  would appreciate if anyone else is there to be in contact out on the water.  ch 11 vhf or ch 96 (???) on 27 mg.  

we will be at wellard west camp at the far end of the bay. cime and say hello.

 hey guys i went out on a boat not to long ago for the first time, i copped seasickness really badly even though i had taken 2 quills are there any other ways to deal with it i have heard of an earplug in one ear to balance you out and also this herbs thing that you suck on? are there any other ways to deal with it just so i can be prepared for when i go back out again! 

thanks,mitch

 Hey guys 

Heading to jurien on sat and wondering if there been any action at the fads lately and if the mackies still around?

cheers

 Has anyone know or seen weed situation at cervantes , jurien bay beaches after these storms??? looking to do an overnighter this weekend..

 hey boys just wondering if any 1 knows anywhere other boc or can buy buy bottles to keep cheers

Hiya

I joined the forums specifically to get people's advice from here :)

I am looking for a Perth deep sea fishing charter company to buy a gift voucher for a friend. I think I have narrowed it down to 2 - Salt Water or Apache.

I am not really sure what makes a good charter company so I am hoping you guys can give me some advice and recommendations?

Is it better to go during the week when there are less people for example? A friend said less people is better because of the catch limits.

Thanks for any advice!

Liz

Ive always used seabreeze.com for scuba diving and boating condition forecasts. Recently i was told willyweather is more accurate by some guy i was chatting with at a barbie over summer. Since comparing the two there seems to be quite a wide variation between the two at times. For instance this weekend seabreeze says 12-15kn winds with no rain sunday while willyweather says around half that on sunday with some rain. Other times willyweather says much stronger winds than seabreeze. Which do you guys find the mmost accurate?  personally I still favour seabreeze or are there other better sites available that im not aware of 

 Hi guys, looking at going out fairly wide tomorrow.

havent been out when the easterly is blowing. 

Just looking for your thoughts on the wind tomorrow. The swell is down and wave period is up.

will it be ok or quite chopped up?

cheers for your input!

 Hey all as I am getting into my tinnie bottom bouncing, which is best for it? I have a tld15 and am wondering if I line it with 45ld mono or 50-80 braid and 8 foot leader of 80-100ld? Advie is needed! Cheers

Am looking at a few different boats and  trying to find out wich one will suit my needs the best. The twinfisher 4.9 is one of those but I can't seem to find one in the state, not up for sale anyway. Was wondering if anyone here has one or knows someone who has one so I can at least lay my eyes on one.

Hey fellas, im heading down to Waroona/Dwellingup this weekend with a bunch of mates and was hoping to head to the coast for the day to catch some fish for dinner and show a bunch of mates why i love fishing.

I have a couple of beach rods as well as some lighter gear and was hoping i could get some advice on spots  from some local fishos or anyone knows the area.

Much appreciated.
 

PT

Hi everyone, i was just wonderin about changing the knob on my daiwa aird 2000.is it possible to change it?and if possible will it only fit on the daiwa RCS knobs.



thanks. :D

Just learned we are fishing instead of working tomorrow and just been to the freezer to discover not one bit of bait residing their. Where can I get some bait in the morning. Launching Hillaries 6.30 am. Traveliing bayswater to wangarra first then hillaries

Does hillaries have a bait shop?

I hate blowies but are they really a feral species as some one has said like carp , I can remember back in 1970,71 and 72 the whole of the swan and coast was infested with them I personally believe that is about when the swan river prawns disappeared ( you did a drag and all you got was bowies and jelly fish) , I vaguely remember an article in the west Australian written by a marine biologist at the time saying that the blowies were developing a deformed tail, I remember going for a dive on the south mole around the same time with my uncle when we jumped in all we could see was millions and millions of blowies heading out to sea and the next thing the swan river and coast was prity close free of blowies for decades I know people wont believe me but it is a true story

 Thought I would put this pic out there of my back up sounder/GPS lowrance 7200c global map with the broadband box with a 600w transom mount