These are going to taste great

 There's a oil containing bung and a boat with divers in the water not far from the launching ramp

 8 nice ones with Eric today 

 i finally made the big move up to carnarvon and have opened the account with some good fish few less mackeral this summer then i thaught but man has it been windy.

hopfully more good fish to come any locals that fish around town drop us a pm of you need a fishin buddy or just wanna have some beers down the carnarvon

 hi guys,

I have been doing alot of reading and only being fed (what i feel) is sales pitches on what is the best boat for fishing/ family from the supplier/ boat yard websites etc.

in your opinion, if i were looking to spend around the $150k mark what would be a; no brainer - a no go - or an option to look at for a new or fairly new second hand boat?

ideally a hard top would be nice, soft top at minimum. i like the look of the yellow fin (not sure on ride quality) and Mclay boats... 

any and all input would be much appreciated

thanks!

 
Enjoy 

We all know that pinkies tend to be out deep in summer months then come winter storms they move inshore. Just wondering if dhueys/ baldies are known to have a seasonal migration pattern? Ive got a week long boys trip mid April off jurien bay coming up. Just wondering whether wei should hit up spots in the 80 odd metre depths or  30 - 50m depths to target the larger dhueys off Jurien. Thanks ahead for any tips!

 Great session today, yes I have 7

 Gday all,just seeking info on external gps antennas.
Using a hds 12 just for a plotter that is flush mounted in a plate cuddy cab with soft top & clears.it's a new unit and doesn't drop out with sats but the waypoint I'm trying to line up for a fish seems to bounce around alot as soon as its zoomed in to about 20m or less.Is this just processing a bit slow because of its mounting and would an external antenna help this and become more accurate?

cheers

Enjoy 

 mackeral have been spotted in warnbro sound smashing bait fish.

 Arounnd

 G'day all. My 27mhz has taken to beeping and has a flashing screen. In addition, when ptt is pressed the screen goes completely blank, but recovers if I hold it down. Plenty of clean power to the unit, and it's not that old. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance, John.

Looking for a website or app that has good current maps for southwest Western Australia.

Thanks

James 

 
Emjoy 

Got a friend bringing his new boat back from QLD, needs a local installer for:

Sounder/plotter

Radio/electronics

Electric Trolling Motor

who have you used that are really good?

Thanks

Mark

 Just wondering if anybody has had success trying for marlin out from Mindarie or Two rocks say out past the FADS. Just trying to avoid the crowds going out of Hiullarys when weather good. Im guessing guys will reply that i gotta hit up the rotto trench for best chance at a marlin though  cheers

 Anyone into it. Pros, cons, tips and tricks?

Different drones and methods.

A couple of us have bought quad bikes and are about to venture in to this murky world.

 Not sure if anyone here fished the cup last weekend, but the stats were incredible. 66 marlin raised, 39 hooked and 13 tagged. Those are crazy metro numbers. There have been whole seasons where a fraction of those numbers are reported. Must be the warm water this year.

 
Enjoy 

 How was the size of that cobia caught yesterday! Massive fish but for it to be caught metro is even more amazing.

 Hi all

Heading down to Esperance for 5 nights. Never beach fished down that way. Anyone have any pointers. Just chasing some whiting or squid for a fresh feed. Salmon if they are around.

Have a 4wd drive, happy to travel around, if there are places worth a look. Cheers 

 
Enjoy 

For those who haven't seen the recall by the ACCC, here are the links:

Product Safety.Gov

https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/3f-single-point-manual-inflator-model-no-v96000-in-life-jacket-solutions-and-marlin-life-jackets#details-header

ACCC

https://www.productsafety.gov.au/search-consumer-product-recalls/3f-single-point-manual-inflator-model-no-v96000-in-life-jacket-solutions-and-marlin-life-jackets

BCF list of all affected products in the recall

https://www.facebook.com/BCFAustralia/posts/%EF%B8%8F-pfd-product-safety-recall-%EF%B8%8F-it-has-recently-come-to-our-attention-that-the-ind/1012826810881690/

https://www.bcf.com.au/customer-service/product-recall.html

https://www.bcf.com.au/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-bcf-shared-library/default/dw79c2d84d/recall-documents/Recall_notice_manual_Inflating_PFDs.pdf

Full refund when returned to place of purchase, don't usually need a receipt for ACCC recalls.

Has anyone dabbled or know of others who may have dabbled catching deep water prawns in WA?
After failed attempts at catching painted crays in pots in Vanuatu my Kiwi / Vanuatu mate converted the pots to deep water prawn pots with some success. Depths of 400m - 450m proved more successful than sub 350m. After some early hiccups catches were around 2.5 - 3kg of prawns per pot. The pic below is one very pleased neighbour.

Hi Guys, I have asked this question previously but thought I would try again, next week I will be passing through Carnarvon and staying a couple of nights, I was wondering if anyone was able to tell me a spot that is safe for kids to try to catch some talapia, growing up in the Pilbara my kids know the fish we get up home but I want to educate / show them about invasive species and figured talapia should be an easy one to show them, last time I tried was at Chinamen pool but the grass was really overgrown so I am a bit concerned taking the kids there due to snakes, any help would be greatly appreciated

cheers Yewie 

 
Enjoy 

 Not fishing related unfortunately, yet it's guaranteed to get some comments.

Trump WTF???

planning to go fish a rockwall for big-ish fish. would my 5-8kg rod , 6000 size reel be fine. Also what strength braid would i need and what strength leader?

james

Hi All, I have returned to work after an epic 5 weeks on holidays.. anyway during a fishing trip last week about 5km just North of Rotto I got to see my first great white.  We were fishing in 40mtrs of water and not having a lot of luck when my fishing buddy pulled in a small baldie.  Whilst we were getting it in I look over the starboard side and this great white just appeared out of the depths, cruising alongside of the boat and eyeballing me in the boat as some sort of out of reach appetizer.   It disapeared straight back into the depths just as quickly and wasn't sighted again.  It's been on my bucket list to see one in the wild whilst out fishing and whilst a short encounter it was awesome to see.  I'd estimate it to be 2.5-3 mtrs, so no monster, but as it was a 40Deg day a quick dip off the back of the boat was ruled out fairly quickly. 

We didn't bother dropping down in that spot again and moved on.  Not a lot of luck that trip in anycase. 

Just wanted to share.  We see Bronzies almost every cray run, this was no bronzie ! 

As we took my mates boat I was hoping it would have a bit of a chew on the motor as I have seen them do in the media... but it just buggered off.

My first sighting in 10 years of WA fishing.  Do you guys see them often ?