what are the charter options in geraldton day trips only or whatever.

cheers syd

Hi all

During my trip to Darwin in July, my brother-in-law struck some trouble with one of his reels, a Penn eggbeater. After making some enquires, I ended up ringing Oceanside to enquire about the parts we needed. I spoke to Blake and explained who I was and what I was chasing, and the order was dispatched. Their supplier was out of stock of the required parts but eventually they arrived and posted to the NT....no hassle, no fuss, just real friendly service.

Anyway, yesterday I was heading to Myaree and as I was also chasing a last minute chrissy present for the boys, I rang the shop and Blake had what I wanted.....as we'd not met before, it would be a good chance to put a face to the name. When I called in, both Ryan and Blake were busy with unpacking new stock, carrying out a stocktake and serving customers, too.

However, both took a little time out for a quick chat and to show me the item I was chasing....all good, just what I was looking for and got a discount for being a FW member.

I just wanted to say thanks guys for the friendly customer service, especially during this busy time ...nice to meet you Blake and to catch up with Ryan again as I hadn't seen him in quite a while.

Although I don't go past the shop very often, knowing that you will always get great service is what sees you going back (either in person or over the phone).

Thanks again guys 

regards
rusty...

 Spent most of this weekend chasing sharks with mixed results. Sat night we got to our spot just after lunch paddled out baits and sat back and waited, first rod went off just after dark and dropped the bait before coming back and a knot failing. The next bait didn't get touched till 3am with something insane taking line at a crazy speed against full drag before biting through 600lb 49 strand wire!!!

Todays effort was mostly because we where bored so out we went again and not long after arriving we have 2 baits 3-500m out. Hour later the 40lb light gear goes off and after an hour fight we got this nice 2.3m bronzie up, few quick photo and he was on his way again.

hi all, just wondering what physical difference is between snook and pike. what kind of distinguishable features should i look out for when trying to identify the fish? and which one tastes better 8)

cheers

 Has anyone had any luck off the rockingham jetty lately? What's been getting around? Have had very little success in the river and my ride out for a dermersal fish has been canned for tomorrow so was going to head out to the roko jetty for a try early in the morning. Any help would be great. 

Anyone got any leads on a tackle store or website that actually has any witch doctor teasers in stock at the moment. Can be the Pakula or copy one
My usual haunts have none and escaping tackle and ocean storm are both out of stock as well...

Cheers

Hey fishwrecked, just wishing you all a merry xmas from over here in Canada. Haven't done any fishing so i cant report on anything as yet over here in Whistler. But i can say this place is absolutely amazing and so has this the amount of pow we have been getting. Il post up some pics when i have a bunch to show yas but other than that wish ya all a merry one and a happy new year!

Sha

I was just sent this from a member who bought a Shimano Brag mat yesterday from BCF.  Check out the measurements, a word of caution for anyone looking to measure fish.

Remember to check against a fisheries ruler as they are what the fisheries department will measure your fish against.

I'm moving to Busselton from Darwin in Febuary. I've heard that I'll need to get licenced! Only need trailer rego in NT. What types and prices please. I have 4.6m dinghy, fan of cast netting, don't like crabs. Cheers Kristo's one-man army.

On the way to perth yesterday coming from Gero seen Fisheries and the Police were stopping heaps of cars and performing searches which is good to see. Pretty sure it was out past Jurien on the highway. Admittedly its the first time ive ever seen fisheries in action.

G'day guys, can anyone tell me if the Bunbury jetty has closed down again? Also any good spots around town for kids to throw some crab nets from? Go to Collie bridge a bit but looking for somewhere in town, any other jetty's?   Cheers guys

Just wondering if you're allowed to use drop nets for catching crays in WA, like they do in other parts of the world and if so would it actually work here in WA? Basically it's a very similar system to crabbing, just much heavier gear like thicker steel ring, heavier net, longer thicker rope  etc. Typically 6 nets per boat, baited up with a net bag and dropped on your favourite spot. After 20-30 mins pull the nets, release any small one's and hopefully get a keeper or two. No need for leaving pots over night, no pot winch required and you can go crayfisdhing at a moments notice. 

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/holiday-dip-turns-to-horror-after-mum-speared-in-ear-with-flying-fish-spike/story-e6freoof-1226542388183

A BRISBANE mum has suffered hearing loss after she was speared in the ear by a rogue garfish.

Julie Fison, 46, was swimming chest-deep at Port Douglas in September when the garfish leapt up and plunged a 2.5cm barb into her eardrum.

Mrs Fison, a children's adventure book writer, is still recovering from surgery.

"It was excruciating - it hit me hard enough in the head to make me collapse and bleed out of my ear," the mother of two said.

She was left with facial palsy - unable to smile or blink on one side of her face - for more than a month after the barb perforated the eardrum and penetrated a facial nerve near her brain.

It took three hours of surgery at Cairns Base Hospital to remove the barb and she has since made numerous trips to ear specialists, physio sessions, an ophthamologist and now a speech therapist - and yet she still suffers hearing loss in her left ear.

got out to day to try out my new jigging rod that i picked up recently from Dusborough outdoor sports thanks to the help of Dave ,  and managed to land a Blue groper on my first drop off the day .

Wasnt the biggest ive seen but pritty happy to nail it on a jig and christen my new rod and reel  . Ended up with a few small Dhu that went back and a crazy session on sambos.

I have a 10ft and 8ft ugly stick rods, and am in need for a cheapyish(under/around $40-$50) reel for them. was going to use them for throwing lures at salmon and tailor down in esperece in january. Any idead greatly appreciated am going to use 20lb mono. 

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Rods:

Ugly Stick Platinum 10ft, 6-10kg

Jarvis Walker 8ft 4-10kg, 25-56g

 have got a saltist 6500 and want to fill it with fireline, who does large spools of the stuff?, can i get it online?

Has anyone been down lately? Does anyone know if people have been catching?

Cheers

Has anyone on the forum bought anything from Anglers Warehouse? was there any dramas with payment or postage?

 I know this has been posted recently but I can find the post. Is there ny updates as to blue swimmers in the swan and if so whet are they being caught. Went for a look last night  near the canning bridge. Saw heaps of prawns but no crabs. 

I would just like to say thanks to the person who nicked our cray pot from the james service. Have a merry christmas ya prick. 

thinking demon blood or deep jig 200 , any other opitons? thank you in advance

Hey guys, been tossing up getting a new combo lately, something around the 6kg mark or heavier. I want to use it for flinging lighter lures from like 7 grams to 25grams. Will be used for chasing jacks to tuna, Spangled emperor to dhufish and maybe some light jigging for demersals. I was having a look at the Gloomis GL2 ESP spin 8-15lb, 6'8". It has a nice light tip but the guides seem really weird on how they have placed them out. It also might just possibly be to light for what i want it to do. I wouldnt use it for jigging though.

The other rod is a Shimano Terez 15-30lb 7'2" spin rod. This is ideal for jigging and stopping the bigger class of fish. but i am not sure how it would go casting lures like 1/4 jigheads.

Any body who has tried any of these rods, your feedback is very much appreciated!! 

Also if anyone has any other suggestions that would be great!! Would prefer the rod to be around 6'8"-7' and an ideal weight would be around 15-20lb. splitt grip preferred as well. 

The reel is pretty much sorted, will probably be a 3000 Sol or 4000 Stradic FJ (or if anyone is selling something like this, let us know!!)

Thanks guys!!

gday anyone heading out tommorrow? weather should be good in the morning ay?

 G'day,

I was just got my new Stella 4000SW from Oceanside. Absolutely love it. I had it out the last few days and christened it with 7 barra, the smallest being 71cm, the biggest 85cm. The little reel handled it with ease. But now Im home and I'd like to keep this little gem in as good condition as I can. Does anyone have any care tips that I can use on my Stella to keep it reeling in barra for years to come? Thanks.

 After recently moving to Albany I've been doing a heap of fishing and free diving but still made time to chase a few sharks.

Ive been trying to get a few small sharks to keep for tea but just can't get past the plague numbers of 2-2.5m ones!! I've been kayaking and balooning baits with good success, we have hooked 20+ sharks and landed a fair few in the last month and hooked a few monsters that are just to big to get in haha.

 I have until Thursday off at work if anybody needs a decky for any type of fishing 

from bottom bashing to jigging to trolling 

have all my own gear and ofcourse pay my share and wash boat

cheers troy

 i am going to The Duke Orleans Bay Caravan Park on 30th dec for a week or so, have all rods from whiting to 12ft beach rod and a boat OH rod, aswell as an experienced beach 4 wheel driver and a St patrol.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as never been down before and would like to get into some LB 50cm+ Tailor and some Salmon. Maybe sambos, bontito ect.

I'm heading down to Bridgetown for christmas and I wondered of anyone new any good fishinf spots down on the Blackwood river. Are lures good down there or is it best using bait.

Thanks

Hi guys, was down at the fremantle fishing boat harbour on 20/12/12)yesterday), with some mates trying to see how many blowies we could get. And there was a penguin!!!! Just a little fairy penguin swimming around catching small bait fish he cornerd up against the wall. he had oil on his back from the boats, and the water had a layer of oil on top, we tried to catch him in the net but he was too fast.

But anyways back to fishing. We berleyed the blowies up with cooked potatoes, and these 3-4 huge skippy came through, probably 1-2kg. Just thought someone might be interested.

Although bait is not an option, as there are way too many blowies, slices or softys are they only way to go.

Was sent this just now.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/15690402/biggest-haul-of-abalone-seized/

Still is disapointing that people have that take as much as you can mentality.