hey guys pretty new here just wondering if its any good fishing out at conv reef .. think about going out tommorrow morning , hoping for something good ... any ideas???

Hey people living and working in hedland and have every sunday off, theres a few of us tht would rather go fishing catch nothing than sitting at camp drinking piss. Can some one of anyone please give advise on where to go wat to use and how to catch them. At present we only have 4x4 wat will go just about anywhere PLEAse hELP US CATCh SOMETHING haha thanks.

Hi i am looking for a baron sportsman 18-19ft will pay Rite $ for rite boat Please call scott 0402 589 300

Hey thinking of heading down to rims thicket this weekend any one been catching anything there lately ?

Hi guys, Just a few images from the weekends fishing comp. Great job in organising Sherbs.

"My worst day fishing is still better than my best day at work....."

Well today, the closest I got to seeing a fish was the one the nearby shag caught and flew away with!  We certainly didn't threaten the whiting stocks off Hillarys today!

Any other good fishing quotes???

hi guys just wondering if their is any advantage to having a land based game rod instead of just a stroker??? i am fairly new to this so any advice on rods tackle rigs etc would be great thanks guys:)

 Hi All,

Hope you are having a good weekend.

Recently I posted a thread relating to my 2009/10 yamaha 25 hp motor having problems ( Motor would run full speed/revs for the first half hour or so and then after that couldnt reach max speed)

I got the motor serviced during the week for $400 and got told all has been fixed and motor is running fine.

Went out today to have a run around and have the same problem.

Can I call the service shop and see what the deal is with it not working? Or does any body have any other suggestions?

Regards James

hey all.

anyone spent the time to explore and fish the coast North of the rabbit proof fence, north of Kalbarri? Know its pretty rugged country heading up to the Zuytdorp cliffs and further north. but surely there some accessable ledges and beaches?

been looking abit on on trusty google earth and looks like a few possibilities but it can be decieving.

Just wondering whether its worth an explore, any knowledge out there?

thanks

bryn

have been looking at the overhead models of the shimano deep jig rods and im unsure of which one is better for my needs

the rod will be used for mostly bottom bashing in 40-200 meters using leads weighing 15 to 30oz and will be paired with either a tyrnos 12 or saltist 35ld loaded with 50lb braid

hey guys just been trying to round up some info on the big south coast sambos and ytk's and some methods of catching them from the rocks. sliding and balooning lives seems to be a good start and was considering casting some jigs to. ive seen and hooked some before but never regualry target them and wondering if there is any tips as to get fairly consistent results instead of them just randomly showing up while chasing blue grouper or salmon. also would like to try and get a landbased tuna down there to so any info regarding times of year there around and places they tend to show up or anything to look for other than the usual birds...

thanks.

chris.

Hey, just seeing if anyone else has had this problem aswell.

I have both a Desktop pc and a laptop, i can enter my password on my desktop and it will log me in, then i try use the exact same username and password on my laptop and it comes up with wrong password..

So i change the password on my laptop and then, when i enter my details it works on my laptop, try do the same on my desktop and it rekons my password is wrong..

 Hi,

Ihave jsut got my new boat and with its current setup it has an airmar thru hull transducer. Has anyone used any of the Airmar Thru Hulls? I have a 2301 Seaswirl Striper W/A and am going to start by upgrading the current Standard Horizon sounder to a Lowrance HDS10 combo.Do I need to upgrade the transducer as it already has an Airmar Bronze thru hull X-Ducer 20-502-01? Has anyone seen one or used one of these and are they compatible with a Lowrance unit? Cheers.

can some one that has done some fishing in bunbury help me out iwth spots land based and offshore

..

Me, Daz and Matt went out today for shakedown of Matt's new 285 Boston Whaler Conquest, complete with twin 225 Verado's......mmmmmm, nice tug!!!!!!

Headed to our shallow water Sambo spot in 40m......and it was red hot action from the get go. A fish a drop for a couple of hours, sore arms, sore backs and big smiles......MAN, those sambos go so much harder in shallow water!!!! A great day or catch and release.

After all 3 of use were comprehensively smoked on PE3 gear to start, out came the PE5 gear.......after a few rats, first on a good fish was me........after 5 seconds it became obvious things were not going well.....so the Stellas got cranked up to max drag, then another turn for good measure!

Then it was Daz's turn. He grabbed my Stella as he only had PE3 max (which was useless with these fish)...the old SEED getting a workout.

Then the Skipper got in on the action, afair bit of spool grabing on the 'gosa.

We continued like this for many more fish, and ended up snapping the butt of my SEED jigging rod, which made Daz's next capture that bit more difficult.....nice big fat boy....then it jizzed all over him.

With sore arms and the fish going mental, we decided to head out and check out the barges........DONT BOTHER......very few fish biting, we only got one hook-up fromm many drops, and it got hoovered by a shark, so we left immediaely. Sorry to say, the wrecks are going to be a no go zone this year....

We headed home, and checked out a mark in shallow water we saw on the way out with a good fish show. I quickly droped a jig down to check out what there were, and netted this nice flattie (dinner tonite....yum!) and then a solid dhu which was promptly release weighted back home, we plugged that spot in for 15 December, and headed hme in shear luxury in te awsome Boston Whaler Conquest.

GREAT DAY, thanks Matt!!!!

Was out fishing this morning during the rain and lightning. After the first downpour we could hear a buzzing noise. To my suprise the rods in the rocket launcher were humming with the electricity in the air. A little while later the antenna started humming really bloody loud. It was actually a bit disconcerting.

Was there anything to worry about or is that sort of thing common place?

My mate had other things on his mind at the time as he enjoyed his breakfast on the way back up. Poor bugger...he he. :)

 Just heard a securite on the marine radio. Apparently a fatal shark attack at one of the bays at rotto. Didn't quite hear the name but I think little Armstrong bay? Should be more details out soon.

Hey guys,

I need to score a new VHF for the boat.  Does anyone have a link to the best deals around?  My 27meg is buggered so I believe I will need a new VHF antenna too as they are different.

Have seen some icom radios in USA website for $140

Check the link;

http://www.timeslive.co.za/ilive/2011/10/21/fisherman-caught-catching-great-white

With regards to sport / game fishing - if you know the rules and overstep the boundaries, and get caught red handed, do the honuorable thing and let the law take it's course. Arrogancy and fishing dont go hand in hand!!

What's your thoughts on this?

(By the way - I am an ex saffie, this is not how we fish - this is one of the most isloted, horrendous stories I have seen to date!)

whats your thoughts on 2moro?

was thinking of going, but i think its going to be lumpy, might wait for a better day i think.

who is heading out?

Im off to Bali in 2 weeks and will be heading out jigging for dogtooth and popping for some GT's. Im not too familiar with the gear to buy. Im also planning on doing a 3 kings trip next year so hopefully being able to use the reel over there too. Ive currently got a saltiga 35LD which i could probably use for the jigging if it came down to having to buy a specific popping reel.

Ive heard of a few guys buying a 10000 stella and then purchasing a 16000 spool is that right?.. but i dont want to buy it and find out ive done the wrong thing. Any advice will be helpful as im super new to all this.

Cheers

Sha

i have done a quick search and couldnt find much.

i have just bought a shimano saragosa 18000F and am wanting to upgrade the drag washers to carbon. i have found some carbon washers on ebay from the states and woudl like to do it myself.
have many people done this themselves before. i have found one website which has some basic pictures and instructions.

let it be kown that i would take it to a tackle store but living up north i dont have that option in my town....

thanks

Hi guys

My parents are coming up for a visit in a couple weeks, and they want mudcrabs!

I dont have much time off work whilst they are here, so I dont want to waste fishing time mucking around crabbing when we could all be out in the big boat.

If I was to catch a couple crabs before they arrive, what is the best way to store them until they arrive.  Freeze them raw or cook em first?

Anyone got ideas?

I was searching through the freezer for bait last night..... and I stumbled accross 3 average tailor (35cm?) frozen, wrapped in foil and stuffed with garlic, ginger, chillie etc. I pinched them while the wife wasnt looking and am gonna use them for bait tonight !! Hope Sharks like garlic??

Just until I manage to catch a herring or something else to send out for a bigger fish.

I'm not after any serious answers..... just thought this was funny.

P.S. : I hope you guys fishing the comp tomorrow night do really well. Good luck.

Dhufish research extended

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well havent really been on here over the past few months so thought id share a few piks of what has been happening and what we have been catching...

cheers brenz

Enjoy

1 more week for Bali

got the week off work for my birthday, was hoping to go out and get some sambos, will help cleaning boat and chip in for fuel and such, am located SOR but will travel.

PM me if interested or call muzz on 0403819482.

Looking for some work over the upcoming summer uni break. im 24 and most of my experience is in hospitality and construction/labouring. thought i might put the feelers out here, see if anything comes up, would be cool to work with a fellow fisher