Still trying to get used to my HDS 8 and I'm having trouble identifying fish on the sounder.

I'm using palette 13 and the sensitivity is around 60 and the colourline around 70. The transducer is transom mount 50/200khz and this was taken on the 200khz setting.

This photo was taken when I was catching fish

and this when I thought there was fish (there was fish on the surface but I thought there would be some on the bottom but nothing? It showed what I thought was a school on the bottom and these were here the hole time I was fishing.

Also what speed can I go before the reading become inaccurate? What palette do people use? what kind of sensitivity for what waters?

Cheers

   2 Weeks N 2 Days till big trip to Exmouth.

   (Not that i an counting)  Anyone else travelling to Exmouth  on or about 12th October, taking 2 days travelling no rush,

   be good if could find someone else who is travelling ,leaving SOR Rockingham,via freeway and Indian ocean drive( not been that way before )

   Also if anyone in Exy has a computer or laptop that needs looking at ,i am an IT tech and would be willing to swap a repair for trip out on boat,only land based fishing,thought id just throw that out there you never know your luck,ill be leaving early morning Fri 12th oct poss stopping at Murchisson river over night or Nerrin Nerrin

anyone on road say hi

Brimhunter

 decided to get out of the masses in Perth this weekend and head up to jurien and try sort out a charter with whitey.

Have 2 confirmed, need 2 more to make it a trip. If anyone is up here or interested in a day on an excellent charter, feel free to pm or message me on 0488991571. I'll give it until Thursday and see what comes up.

Cheers 

Carl

 Cray pot. The camera was struggling to focus, but you get the picture...

 This might be crazy, but I'm looking for a 12" rod primarily to suit an 8000 baitrunner with #20 mono, but also keen to slap the Stella 20k on it when sharks are around (average whalers). The Stella runs #50 braid. Can you think of a rod preferably under $200?

 Last sounder died the other weekend. I have looked at the two mentioned and both look good to me, any suggestions?

Hi Crew, i have been asked by some members what lures i use for trout fishing in the dams. So i thought i would post up some pictures of the lures and flies i like the most . Some lures are quite expensive but i asure you lots of the cheeper types work just as well and in fact when it gets windy i usualy go for the cheep spinners with a bit of weight in them so i can cast into the wind.

Theses are a few of my spinners that have all caught fish in Harvey dam . The orange and black wipp is the one i bought yesterday at the servo and caught a nice rainbow on it. All of theses lures are quite cheep to buy but work well.

This group of lures are also cheep to buy ( compared to other brands ) but all have worked well with good swiming action. Lots of cheeper lure don't swim very well and are a waste of money. These few in the picture have impressed me for the price .

Here are some clasic RMG lures and some other types of lures that work well.

Now to my favorite minnow lures. Cheep lures can work but sometimes you need to trick fussy trout with floating, sinking and suspending type lures. There are a lot of new brands out now that probaly are better but i'm a bit old school and cant resist the classic Rapala minnow and others. The XRaps are a new addition for me and i'm very impressed with the way you can finness the action to temp very fussy trout.

For the fly fishers these are the main flies i use. The Wooly Bugger has to be the go to fly for the dams down south and i have had all of the variations work for me .

Close up of a Black Wooly Bugger and the Olive Green variation

Wooly Bugger variations with bead heads and tinsell bodys + larger colour patterns

Mr's Simpsons also catch fish when worked very slow in the water

Craigs Night time , can tempt the trout if they are being fussy.

I hope this helps some of you who would like to try trout and redfin fishing with lures. I am no expert, but after a few years chasing freshwater fish these are the lures i take and use. As i said a lot of the time i throw the cheeper spinners around during long days on the dam. They cast well, are cheep enough to throw close to trees and snags and you can work them at different depths to find fish. You don't have to spend a fortune to catch trout and redfin, but let me warn you, after catching a big rainbow or brown the addiction sets in and you will find your wallet emptied on just a handfull of expensive tiny lures. lol

Cheers Grant .

Cheers Grant

Anyone else having problems with PMs lately?

It looks like everytime I send one, it doesnt go through and doenst show up in my sent box. it tells me the message has been sent, but must be getting lost in the post somewhere along the way...

If I reply to someone or continue on an old message string, it works OK, but trying to send a new one doesnt have much luck...

Cheers

 Has anyone got a pair of these? Is the colour transition visually obvious? I can't tell if they are changing colour and I'm worried I got a polycarbonate pair instead of a glass photochromic...

Is there any other way I can tell if they are glass photochromic lens?

hey all im heading up to exxy for the first time friday , just wondering if any one had any suggestions weve got a small tinnie and 2 kayaks , we have got two 4wds , ive heard about yardy creek as being a decent LB spot but just wondering if therers any others?

cheers joel!

hey all im heading up to exxy for the first time friday , just wondering if any one had any suggestions weve got a small tinnie and 2 kayaks , we have got two 4wds , ive heard about yardy creek as being a decent LB spot but just wondering if therers any others?

cheers joel!

I thought I read a few months ago that the resort was closing because Chevron bought out the lease.

In today's West Australian paper (page 1 of West Business) it states that the Mackerel Island's is seeking to lease 80% of its accommodation to Chevron. Good news is that they will keep 20% for us fisherman.

Looks more like a business decision rather than their hand been forced.

Me

Hey guys,

Looking at taking the missus south in 2 wks for a couple days and we are keen to do some boat based fishing whilst we are there. Can anyone tell me from personal experiance which companies were worth the money and which arent? I can only find legends on the internet do any others exist?

Alternatively if any of you are from down that way and may be heading out on the 16th or 17th of october could sort you out a couple hundred to take us out. We have all out own gear and the missus is easy on the eyes haha..

Any info or offers apprieciated

Cheers

Hi All!

Yes, unfortunately, I'm back

Heading up to Coral Bay shortly, can anyone give me recomendations amd incites for shore fishing around there?

Adam, might eeven manage to get up to Exy for a day if you wish to catch up?

Kind regards

Colin

Going up to coral bay and I was wandering what rigs I should use going reef fishing out deep and where I should go

i just saw the end of 7 news and it had a great white giving a boat a good looking over, does anybody know where it happened and what the story is

 Hi guys. On the long weekend I hope to open my account on spearfishing. Can anyone recommend me a decent spot sort of shallow to start me off? 

Cheers in advance.

hey peeps went down to garrett rd bridge on saturday seen lots of fish jumpin out of the water the whole time just wandering if anyone knows what it coulda been

 does anyone know of any good spots in augusta and hamelin bay for fishing i dont have a boat but do have a 4x4 

 Hey all, I was just wondering if anyone has repaired or had repaired a snapped graphite flick rod, a special little visitor busted the tip of mine off today, almost inbetween the last 2 eyes.

Cheers in advance :(

shortylook

 anyone getting anthing good up in exy last time i went up didnt get to much a few red throats and a spotted macky and a 15kg chinamin fish and a few trevally and black snapper any one else get anything good.

We were given some rankin cod fillets by some guys who had just got back from the monty's and being a chef i was looking forward to cooking it, when i seared it on the hot plate i got all the skin crispy seasoned nice then we all went to try it for lunch and the flesh was inedible the flesh was just like mush and floury can any 1 tell me why this is? the fish had been frozen but shouldnt have affected the fish that much

We did a short stint on the 3 mile.....everything against us, tide, middle of the day, extremely green and turbid water. Fished soft plastics for a few hours till the sea breeze stormed in for a rather predictable very average day, just a few Bakers released.

Interested to hear if anyone else went out and if they had any success in the dirty post storm water, bait or artificials?

A mate of mine is heading up this Saturday for 2 weeks and is keen to do some boat fishing. He loves his fishing but has had little exposure to boat fishing or catching big fish. His experience does not go much beyond chasing tailor off the rocks. 

He is up there with a mate so if anyone wants someone to split costs with then please message me and I will send you his number. He is a top bloke.

Conrad 

I have a buddy heading up on Saturday for 2 weeks. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a few good land base spots besides the jetties, boat ramps and marina.

Conrad

Daughter's bedroom renovated.  Check.

Ikea furniture assembled and in position.  Check.

Run to the tip.  Check.

Garden weeded and mulched.  Check.

Brownie points replinished? Too right they are!

Freezer needs a top up.  Check.

Watch out fish!  Next weekend can't come quick enough.  Long range forecast looking good.  Moon / sun positioning looking good.  Unfortunately Freo have the week off playing, so I won't be watching the footy!

Better go fishing instead!

Am heading down to the big smoke in a couple weeks and need to get my TLD30A 2speed serviced- getting a bit stiff n creaky...

Any advice on who and where (preferably north of river) can do a good job without too much turn around time? I used to go and see Jim Head years ago and heard hes still going around, but that was only for simpler spinners etc.

Cheers

 Reported in the West Breaking News  http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14933442/fishermen-winched-from-water/

"Three adults and a teenager have been winched from the water by the rescue helicopter after their boat overturned when it was hit by a wave near Garden Island this morning.

The stricken dinghy set off an EPIRB (emergency position-indicating radio beacon) to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority just after 7am and the RAC rescue helicopter was sent to the scene.

All four of the men, who were uninjured, were winched to safety and are being taken to Jandakot Airport where they will be met by family."

Big swells today, so hopefully nobody else got caught out by the conditions.

Finally looking at getting a 585 with a transom mount transducer for the tub and was after a bit of advice from anyone who has had some expereince with them plz... I havent been seriously looking at them for long but have been doing a fair bit of reading but have some rookie questions:

-Tranny: will a 1kw make much of a difference in terms of speed I will be able to do while still getting a decent read? Or does it only really help in deeper water etc?

-Tranny: I have noticed there are 2 1kw models that get regularly mentioned: the TM258 and TM260. Whats the main differences between these? Im prepared to pay the extra for the 260 if people recommend it being worthwhile?

-If set up properly, what sort of speed can I realistically expect to be able to do while still getting a decent bottom read? I understand that a lot of variables come into play (correct mounting/ settings etc) but what is the usual results with a decent installation and set up? I know it should read alright at trolling speed (correct me if Im wrong, but it should be able to still not just read the bottom but also pick up fish etc at 8-11knts?) but will it be able to do 20-30knts and still give a decent read?

No doubt I will be asking more questions when I get it (waiting on the tax return to hopefully be able to afford it!) but any basic advice on what sort of settings etc to use for this type of searching would be much appreciated as well

Cheers in advance, i know its a heap of questions, but any help n advice would be much appreciated

 Hi, I have on old speargun from the late 1970s. My dad gave it to me a while back. It is a Mares Pnuematic gun but it leaks and doesnt hold pressure. I tried contacting Mares but they were not much help. Ended up emailing some lady from Italy that said there probably not any service kits available for it. Does anyone know if there are any dive stores or anywhere I can send it to have it repaired? It is an awsome gun with the two chambers and the handle in the centre like a bazooka. Took it into Karratha and they told me it couldnt be fixed and then tried to sell me a WAY overpriced new gun. Best gun Ive used and dont want to see it go to waste. Cheers.