Hey guys , end of university for this year finally , last exam is next week then me n the old boy are heading to esperance to see family / friends . ROADTRIP father n son ha should be good. We are not taking the boat , n was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on what gear to take/ fishing spots, and wat fish i can/ could be catching down there  .i have never fished this area but am very keen. cheers guys all comments / advice appreciated.

Im looking at getting a rovex big boss and wanted to hear about it, if anyone has one could you tell me about it.

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/black-market-crayfish-sale-results-in-big-fines-20091118-imcl.html

$36 000 and $33 000 fines.

anybody been to waroona latley i am heading there next weekend and would like to know if there is any thing happening

hi guys

went out with a few mates on sunday to canning bridge. nothing much to report but my mate got a small bream on a switchblade.

apart from that just blowies, we saw heaps of fish: grunter,whiting, we think a few tailor and a few small bream.

so with not much success there we walked up to the scouts jetty. again nothing to report.

With us all wanting to catch a fish we walked to rookwood jetty.

as we were crossing the bridge we saw about 200 medium tarwhine.

so we raced down the steps and started chucking lures at them but they werent hungry.

when we arrived at rookwood we all had a few casts with nothing biting

Then we tried all around the rock walls around there with a few follow ups but no hook ups.

we had 10 minutes left so we decided to go back to rookwood

on my first cast i got hooked up to something big, went for a short run directly away from me pulling line at a rapid pace, then went for a even bigger run up towards the end of the jetty and snapped my 9lb line.

was using a soft vib the whole time

Any ideas of what the fish could be?

i think it was either a big bream or a small mulloway

Hello

Does anyone please know when the FADs will be deployed?

Incidentally, I know that Cray pots aren't being very succesful but I have seen a lot of crays close in when diving.

Cheers

Rich

Anybody getting crays in pots yet?

I pulled up donuts this morning at hillaries. Was an hour and 50 minutes round trip, walked in the door just as my alarm went off.  Hows everyone else going?

hi all just bought a new boat and the gps is a geonav lcd 11 plus just wondering if anyone knows where i can buy the navionics cards

cheers warren

hey it says in the news paper that their is a new plan for recreational fishing in the south west....

says something about stocking trout and that they want public input before they put forward new rules + regulation policy's

 it says they have put forward 17 proposals and that public oppinion will greatly influence what they do and dont change so log on to www.fish.wa.gov.au to have your say or something like that!!! so give it a go and say what you think

CHEERS REDFIN 4 LIFE

I was just wondering do any of you guys know if there is an anual Mullet run over here in WA? If there is what time of year does it happen?Or is it just a Salmon run here.

I am hoping to pick up a Shimano Trinidad 20DC overhead reel soon, but I am wondering what rod I should put it on.

I would prefer something at least 12 foot long and able to handle throwing lures through to medium-sized live baits.

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot, Colin

Some good pics here!!
Click on the tabs on the left of screen to see more pics
http://oceanaerials.com/Tuna.html

This week's Cambridge Post reports that a Mt Claremont man must pay more than $4000 after being caught with more than four times the permitted amount of abalone.  The man was approached by Department of Fisheries officers at Mettams Pool in Trigg in November last year.  He tipped his bag of abalone on to a rock - the officers counted 90.  The bag limit is 20 per day per fisher.

I hear a lad and a lady from Fishwrecked did very nicely on the tailor this morning. I have seen a picture and there are some very fine fish in the haul.

I think they were making the most of the tailor run before thefront comnes through and blows the fishing out for a few days.

i have a 02 model stacer proline 315 for sale this boat is decked out front casting decks fully carpeted nav lights high sides presents like brand new hull only $800
http://www.boatsplus.com.au/boats-for-sale/stacer-boats/stacer-315-proline/prod_1287.html\
brenz

Been watching a show where the presenter asks this question

You have a day to live before you die and you can have two meals what would they be?

Mine would be 1) Asian dish called Punday Cassway its a soup dish with chicken/noodles prawns and lots of condinments  

                      2) Fresh Mane lobster with sour dough bread and garlic butter  

So I pose the question what would your's be?                                                                   

Hi guys,

l'm in a dilemma at the moment as to whether to purchase this boat as its going super cheap, however,  the nature of the sale is not so simple:

The seller claims since the boat is unlicensed there is no need to fill in any transfer boat  documents. Ditto for the trailer. I would just have to fill up a statutory agreement saying that i purchased the boat from him and then take that and register it?

Is this really the case? If so, would i just need treat it as a new boat registration and register the HIN and send the trailer over the pits?

The trouble is the trailer belongs to the guys dad who is in adelaide is unable to do the transfer. The boat he claims belongs to him, but when i ask him for the licensing information, he doesn't have it as he says he also bought the boat when it was unlicensed.

I dont think the boat or trailer is stolen, its just that the guy who owns it is a mess. Anyone encountered such a scenario and care to shed some light on the matter? Any advice would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Kackles 

Receiving pure rain straight from the Antarctic, Irwin Inlet
and the Bow River which flows into it, are among some of the most pristine and
untouched water systems anywhere in the world. 
The mouth of Irwin Inlet opens to the ocean at Peaceful
Bay and provides essential breeding grounds for a significant number of diverse estuarine fish and birds.

Despite that, and the recent announcement that the south
west including the Walpole/Nornalup Inlets Marine Park, the Valley of the
Giants and stunning coastline through to Green Pool/Denmark being listed in the
world’s 10 most desirable places to visit, the Water  Corporation has announced that it is
considering damming the Bow River to supply water to Albany, 100kms away.    

The planned complex would include a water treatment plant
with a 10 gigalitre capacity (Albany currently uses 4.5 gigalitres per annum); 
flood 250 hectares of the Bow Valley and its tributaries;  involve bulldozing
all vegetation (riparian and surrounding) in the flood area, the majority of
which is in the proposed World Heritage Walpole Wilderness.  It will also remove 20 plus landowners and
their families from the small community infrastructure and compromise an
important water source for other district farmers.

Damming goes against the National Water Initiative of which WA is a signatory. The NWI proposes re-use and
recycling;  desalination;  rainwater/stormwater and managed aquifer
recharge - dam building being the least preferred option and receiving no
federal funding assistance, which all other methods do.   The USA and Europe are actively demolishing
dams in an effort to restore ecosystems damaged by dam development.

If any of this strikes a chord with you, please don’t hesitate to email
one or all of the following people. 

Minister for Water Dr Graham Jacobs graham.jacobs@mp.wa.gov.au

Minister for Environment Donna Faragher Minister.Faragher@dpc.wa.gov.au

Minister for Agriculture/Local Member Terry Redman     terry.redman@mp.wa.gov.au

Water corporation principal engineer Paul Bendotti  paul.bendotti@watercorporation.com.au

Department of water Program Manager Chris Gunby  chris.gunby@water.wa.gov.au

http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/dams-demolished-rivers-revived/

http://www.rivernet.org/general/dams/decommissioning/decom3_e.htm

Being that I am not a beer drinker thought I would start a new topic whats your favourite spirit my two would be Bundaberg rum second would be Cachaça which is a very potent South American spirit that I got a taste for when travelling and always make sure I have a supply of so whats your favourite

Rocket fuel dosn't count

hey anyone here have any info about redfin fishing right in the town of collie.

ive seen a kid land a reddie about a kilo right in town on earthworms does enyone have success on lures there or are worms the key???

and i was also wondering were there any trout up there? ive seen and caught trout below the wellington dam but never seen or caught ANY in the dam or around collie???

so what is ure fav beer
mine atm is wahoo
or fostersz

Hey guys is bob slights school still running?

I see his training boat is up for sale??

Popped into Oceanside Tackle and Marine today and picked up three more crab nets (we only had five nets when we went to Busselton last summer,)  We have never been crabbing around Perth and understand that people can crab north of Woodman Point. 

Does anyone have any idea what to use as bait here in perth.  In Busselton we used spleen.  Also any clues on how long to leave the nets before pulling them would be greatfully appreciated.   The kids are keen to give crabbing a go in the tinny.

Should have asked these things at Oceanside Tackle today but I was too busy looking at the DVDs and working out the release weight.

what do we all think a saltiga expedition, saltiga exp
or the stella 18000sw??
tough call aye

Heading up to quobba in a couple of weeks and was just wondering if there is any action in regards to the mackie run?

Regarding Trout bait with stripey fillets.

Craig with the little one use a whole fillet or strip bait it.

Had a ball yesterday on small tuna. Great bait too. Must have hit the jackpot (birds everywhere) because caught about 30 in the 1-3kg range, but they werent Mack tuna. Had hardly any colour markings just silver. Scutes on the back. Fins bland. Maybe baby long tails but definite not Northern Blue or YFT. Any ideas?

Kept 3 (I was going to feast on Sashimi but all three got used as bait and the NW snapper (blue lined and Red throats) and strpeys (which I love to eat) loved that. Got 2 trout, just 1cm under limit. Fillets as per the NW would have gone 30cm but I just dont break rules. Probably 60 fish in total between Gillian and myself.

Kept 4 Large Stripies and two large blue lines. Just enough for a feed. Now I have to take the bloody camera out but it is not a cheapy and I use it in my job so reluctant. Have a old 5mp camera and I suppose that would be better than nothing to break the Yeh right sound off a fantastic day.

 All around Courtney head with the Tuna and the shoals for the bottom. Sharked heaps but only the baits, not the fish. Decided to upgrade to the Max and boat sided a large Black tip on 10kg main and 150pd leader. Dont know the weight but about 4ft+ long and bloody angry. Nothing like going light and hearing the Saragosa work. Will post this up aswell but thanks for the info and awaiting reply.

Neels

From a PM to Craig Pearce but I thought I would share on the forum.

Me and a few mates went down to the busso jetty yesterday, and god was it thick with skippy, must of got 30+ in 15 minutes between the 3 of us but decided to call it quits with so many tourists crowding around and making nuisances of themselfs couldnt even cast. Just thought id let you guys know incase your headed down. Also guys next to us who were crabbing were doing very very well bagging out in under ten minutes.

Gday all, I have just noticed that Jigging Master have released a PE6 version of there overhead reels ...I dont know how long they have been out for but does anyone have any info on these reels or Power Spell overheads in general ??????

I'm comparing this reel to a OJ 5000p which I have'nt purchased yet so open to opinions ....

Thanks to all Cheers fishfish...

hey everyone just been down to the preston river the other day and seen about 5 fairly small carp. They were coming out and looking at the worms which i had on. I was fishing for reddies so thats why i had worms on but i think i might go down one day and have a " river cleansing " session.

what baits are best for them???????? 

juust got back from an awesum weekend north with neil aka nelly and had a blast.
sat morn we decided to go for a jig for skippy / small sambos and ended up releasing dhuies baldies skippy and sgnt baker with.
thatt night went north of dongara in search of the ellusive mulloway . we ended up with countless tailor all over 40cm wich were a pain in the ass as they were hitting all the mulloway baits we had set out gggrrrrrrrrr only ended up with the 1 mulloway as we couldnt get the baits past the stupid tailor also got 2 other runs from unstopables.
brenz