Hey folks,

I'm fairly new to fishing with lures (HBs, metals) and as I slowly catch more fish, I'm gradually getting more confident in using them as a genuine alternative to bait - particularly when conditions make lure the sensible choice.

With a 2-4kg Dropshot, I find I'm limited to lures 15g and less. Anything bigger seems to be just a little bit too much strain on the rod. I typically choose a 10g baitfish - absolutely love this size lure as it seems to cast and respond like a dream. I've caught fish of all sizes - tiny gobbleguts, blowies, the little stargazer yesterday - through to a 45cm tailor.

Last year, the lads flicking lures at Yeagarup for Salmon could not get into anything on the 30g lures, but dropping to 15g seemed to improve results drastically.

I get the distinct impression that I am better off staying small - as it seems the larger fare do not seem to be put off and are happy to pursue a small flash of metal. In fact, a lot of research into the stomach contents of larger fish will validate this - as even some monsters seem to prefer to snack on little bite size shads and baitfish.

Just wandering what other LB Fisho's have to say on the matter...whether they have more success chucking out larger varieties of metals - or more joy on the smaller lures?

Cheers,

Buschy

Hi all. Chasing a good price on a new epirb, is bcf the cheapest?  

     thanks

Had a few soft plastic rods over the last year or so, pretty much all have snapped with hooking on to sambo's etc.

was just wondering if anyone would recommend any in the cheap to medium price range!

mainly used for targetting snapper,l sambo's, dhu's etc and one that has a bit of pull to it will be using 20-30 pound braid.

Cheers

 Hi guys ive got a 12ft dinghy with a 15hp tiller steer mercury and was just wondering if its possible to convert the tiller steer to forward controls? been having weight deviding difficulties cheers guys!!

Was just wondering if anyone knows where to buy fresh tailor or herring, for decent price!

Saw a bloke the other day that showed me he bought a bag of fresh herring for 3 bucks cant go wrong with that! he bought it from a place in burswood.

Was wondering if there was anywhere closer around the fremantle area or close to?

hi all, just a quick one for anyone interested i went out with my mate Joffa in his 560c barcrusher yesterday and we went to target spaniards on the south side of rotto as  there is a heap of bait on the south side , we trolled deep divers (red head xrap 20 was the standout!!)anyway we bagged out with 4 macks of 10/12kg in the first hour!1 we also got a couple of striped tuna which give a good account of themselves and were released!.all fish were caught on baitschools which were quite deep and along the 30/36m zone about a mile and a half off the south side of the island. they are definately on out there and with that much bait (tonnes) they should hang around a bit longer for sure so if you get the opportunity in the next few days, get into em!!  cheers   (sorry guys no pics left the blackberry at home!!!)

 Gday, does anyone here use maggots for bait?  What can you catch with them and is it possible to breed them in the cooler months?  Also is it possible to breed them without stinking out your whole backyard?  Cheers fellas.

just seen in the sunday times that there have been reports of threadfin salmon and small GT's caught in the cut,, can anyone confirm this as i dont really believe it, ahah, just seems far to south for these fish,, cheers,

I was just reading gallash's latest post, plus the south west boys exxy report, etc, etc, and it seems the sharks are making their presences well and truly felt throughout not only exxy, but the whole state.

One of older supervisors at my work religiously goes to Broome for 2 months every year, and has said the last 4-5 years have successively gotten worse and worse, to the point he is not taking his boat anymore, as he looses upto 90% of his fish to the grey coats.

Me and a few of my mates have noticed a definite increase in gettin sharked in the last few years in exxy, to a point where this years trip ( in a few weeks now), I'm having to rethink the whole plan of attack. It's not cool hittin every spot, and having bomber reds ( you know it's a red ) gettin smashed within 5-10m of the bottom.

I had rarely caught a shark in metro, but this last season caught 5, and I haven't fished in the last 3 months due to a knee recon.

Anyone else noticed these things, or got any explanation to their increased presence?

Is it time the government lifted the max size limit on whalers, or permitted more commercial shark fishing? Do you reckon it would make any difference?

Hi fellas just looking for some advice on whether i should attempt to do my own service on my 2006 yamaha 50 2 stroke or would it be advised to have someone do it , ive been looking for a service manual download and cant find one if anyone has any info on where and how to download one that would be gold and how do i find the engine hours ? Went to rotto today trollin for macks as we have had a good strike rate along the south side ,nothing like last week no bait balls no active birds no tuna and no macks , there was a couple of boats out trollin would like to no if they came across any . After around 4 hours of trollin had a bottom bash which resulted in a good size skippy a size blk ass small sambo and 3 under size dhus it was the maiden voyage for my mates boat and lucky the first fish to hit the deck wasnt a wrasse but the skippy anyway hope to get back out there when the wind dies and hopefully more macks

^^^No, the title is not meant to be dirty

For the blokes asking about jacksons hole, ive attached a picture of what it is.  Excuse the bad drawing.

Its about 30-ish minutes up the track north of coronation, past the second river.

Good luck finding it :)

Hey every one im just wondering who out there is working on a oil rig and which one are you on? I myself is on "jack bates".

hey guys, just wondering if anyone knows how much line of 0.38mm or 80lb braid would fit on a penn 950ssm and if there is a place you can go to get a big spool of 80lb anyways, cheers ;)

Gday Guys,

anyone ever done much fishing out of Bali?

staying in Kuta and wondering if it's worth going out fishing for a day and who to go with?

cheers

Yesterday I went out on a friend's boat, we spent over 8 hours on the water for a couple of whiting, wrasse and skippy and I talked him into stopping for some squid just off Long Point boat ramp. It was very apparent being even 100-500m offshore changes your whole fishing world without having to sail across the horizon for marlin. I want to get some kind of cheap boat/tinnie purely to get a little offshore. There is a fair bit of experience here and lots of knowledge so I'm gonna ask a couple of questions and hope for some well qualified advice.

1. Is old fibreglass (80's) ok or can it hold some hidden time bombs? I wondered if the colour has faded can this mean in any way the fibreglass has become eg. old and brittle? I wondered if there were obvious tell tale signs when looking at boats that scream move on. I have seen several old fg models within my price range that are faded, don't know the pros and cons between fg and aluminium.

2. Is it reasonable to think up to $4000 can get me out on the water? Yesterday was 5-10knots all day and I figured 3-5m boat 20-40hp out the back of Garden Island, or anywhere in Warnbro/Cockburn Sound could be a helluva lotta fun, more than sitting on a jetty at any rate!

3. It struck me a good fishfinder/gps is essential- does anyone agree with this?

4. Mostly - Are there any old(or young) salts who can give me any "I wish someone had told me this" type of tips before I go and blow my dollars on a floating disaster? 

Thanks for any help, it will be very much appreciated.

Hi all, i only just recently got my skippers ticket and i looked at willy weather and it said it was fairly calm. Would that be ok to take the boat out?

Cheers

 Anyone know of any bait areas around the Exmouth area.

Enjoy

 Caught a cobbler off Hillary's rock wall any tips on how to clean, scale or cook would be much appreciated. Was told to be careful of its spikes and fins as they are poisonous but very tasty to eat

Just saw that on the news. That makes you wanne join the Navy

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

Some of the fish that have eluded me, so next trip to Shark Bay in July I am going to try target them. I have caught undersize Trout of Turtle Bay  so there and the Dampier Reef are a starting point for me, has anybody had more luck on bait or lures ?

Red Emperor I have never seen one on the boat, I have been told to fish around Crayfish Bay but I have also been told to fish in at least 50mtrs.

Any suggestions ?

 Going fishing tomorrow and need to make some rigs, just found out that the old man took the line..

Any places open? 

Looking at a couple of different sites which are all different who's heading out tomorrow???

 Just wondering who's out and about tomorrow

This is my first post so hello and thanks to all for the info I have already got.I will be heading to shark bay in July and after reading some posts heard reports of spaniards being caught In eastern gulf.I was just wondering weather they are seasonal or caught all year round.Any info would be appreciated.

hey lads

heading up there in just over a month so just asking for any advice on what to take to quobbe, lures etc first time up there so wanna make it count.

got plenty of metal slices and soft plastics

would the usual red head diving lures do or something better?

cheers lads any info would help

I always look forward to these but there not on here yet, Where are you Mr Ledge64?

Dale

Have been watching the weather (seabreeze) all week and originally thought thursday, friday, saturday would all be viable options and even yesterday friday still looked good. What did i miss? I suppose i wasnt looking at any barometer readings or checking other weather reports, guess the 5 p's came into play on this one and so much for a dash to rotto for a troll this arvo.

*edit*

Any deckys that want to chuck in for fuel and wash the boat after blah blah.

Meet Aquarama marina by about 1pm, tacklewise bring what ya want but the plan is just for a pelagic troll along west end, last 2 trips produced 2 macks 5 stripeys and a couple of missed hookups.

PM me if any1s keen.

Hey Guys,

Anyone know what the phone coverage is like in Exmouth?

I'm with Optus...

Or will I be able to buy a prepaid sim there?

Cheers.

hey everyone just moved to hillarys and am hoping to get some advice on where to go fishing north of the river hoping to head out 2moro night or sat... land based only  not fussed on what to catch just happy to get out. any spots that you can chuck in crab nets would be fantastic also

thanks