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Department of Fisheries Southern Bioregions Manager Kevin Donohue said fishing for pink snapper was not allowed in either of the Sounds between 1 October and 31 January each year.

Went for a few squid in the sound yesty evening and noticed about 5 boats on the GP. Now i'm not wanting to create any accusations here, but what would these guys be catching out there besides snapper? Mullas perhaps? What do you do if you "by-catch" some poor snapskis mid spawn? Hmmmmm......one for discussion and perhaps enlightenment (on my part).

Ok what do you guys think about singles for trolling lures? or would barbless trebles be a better option? Considering this for the fish and fishers safety, also i'm a big fan of catch and release so either of these would make it easier.

Would target species make a difference?

Opinions..

Cheers

well the day finally came around to head out for a jig with the xzoga boys we got down to east street jetty at 6 when both spess and i looked at each other and both agreed that the day was going to be cancelled due to weather . no sooner had we introduced our selves to all the xzoga/lemax guys we saw the boat cruising up the river. we all borded and headed out . 2 hours later we arived at the south barge with minimal fish showing on the sounder and no fish being hooked in 2 drifts so off to the north barge were we stumbled accross apache charters and a few fish on the sounder. first up was leonard (creater of xzoga/lemax rods) with a nice 25 kgish fish, second drift produced 2 more fish of round the 15 kg mark . after the second drift the skip decided it was still not productive enough and headed for spot X.
45 min later we arived and none of us could have even dreamed about was about to hapen . down the jigs went and all 5 boys were on straight away to unstopable sambos it was incredible that not 1 fish was landed so spess and i got called up to have a crack. i have dropped down in to a hookup straight away to se spess with the same result . i got done over well and truely on pe 6 whislt spess managed to empty his certate completely in seconds what a laugh it was . long story cut short the day was undescribable with xzoga rods blowing us away whilst not even breakiing on a on a large shark dave hooked on, on pe 6 and played with full lock sure put it to the other jig rods i have played with . and a massive thanks to craig and mitch from saltwater charters for providing the best charter i have been on.
brenz
p.s will be plenty of pix when spess jumps on.

hey guys,

Probably a little late but if anyone is going out wide bottom bouncing and/or jigging tomoorow or friday and has a spare deckie spot, i am free. I have my own gear, will split costs for fuel and bait etc.

so if any of you are heading out and have a spot free i am keen.

Blake

hey guys,going down to margaret river in about a weeks time or two and was wondering what could be caught down that way?mulloway? salmon,perhaps?any info would be great.wouldnt mind trout fishing aswell..just wanna know what types of fishing is available down there?beach? where are the hot spots around the area..aslo looking for an accommodation..any recommendations?p.m if needed = ]...thanks guys

Hi guys,

Heading out on the Swan Friday night with some work mates to get amongst the Chopper Tailor in the river. We are heading near Mossy Bay and Blackwall Reach and will be trawling and flicking lures for Tailor. My question is what do you all recommend as good lures for trawling for Swan River Tailor?

Once we are anchored up somewhere we will be using small metal slicers and wobblers so they should hopefully do the trick whilst stationary. But what do most of you use whilst trolling? will metal slicers and twisty's still do the trick? or would some small bibbed minnow lures be better?

If some of you could mention particular brands or models that would be much appreciated. Something well priced that is pretty effective is what I am after.

thanks for your help

scano

Need some guidance from the locals/experts. Picked up a Tiagra30 from a mate who never used it. HEading to exmouth for two weeks in Feb and looking to have a serious shot at some billies and bigger tuna. Would you recommend spooling up with 15 or 24kg line. Pros/COns of each. Already have a really nice 10kg outfit in the boat. ROd is a Sabre 15-24 so either class is not a problem rod wise.

HEaded out past Rotto today (very game but conditions were actually ok) with the intention of putting a mate on to some sambos. To cut a long story short, there seems to be a distinct lack of schools yet - did I just miss them, or are they still further out? We tried around the 100mark and the 110 in spots from last year but nothing much on the sounder. Anyone had any luck, wish to PM me if you don;t want to publicly share. Thanks. I was getting some good ambos and YTK's off these spots 2 months ago, but they seem devoid of life at present.

Well i just got back from shelter bay (steep point). Talk about blowin its tits off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Managed to get out a few days and get a few snapper Talk about right place at right time with my good camera! Well on thursday we were at camp sitting around having a yarn when i seen a landcruiser hammering throughh the dunes closly followed by police . I was thinkin " Woah! a pusuit!!! 10 min later i see this old boat coming into the south passage. 5 min later i see a airforce orion swoop down and get about 50-100 ft above it. The poice and customs came up the beach to us and ask if out dingy was ready to go if needs be haha. Must of going to borrow it haha. 20 min later a big tri hull cat came hammering up and got against it and stopped them. They towed it into shelter bay were it was out of the wind and chop. Made for some great shots for the last few days :)

More pics to come...

i wanted to make a sp outfit but spend little money as i dnt use it heaps

so i bought a whippy little graphite rod off otoshi

and bought this little abu cardinal from big w for 30 bucks

i wudnt usually buy big w stuff but i think it wasnt a bad buy for what i paid, really smooth and nice to handle

so i spooled it with 4lb fireline

and im pretty happy

perfect for me to chuck around sp's off rock walls etc

hi all.

need someone to advice me on the above two units. i know they r cheap thing to most of you guys but they r the best i can affort at the moment. so just wanna make my $ worth it.  looking to use one of them as a spear or for anyone who goes fishing with me to use. i already have a abu 6501c4 and a abu 7001. should i be keeping to all abu or try out the daiwa? had a daiwa MF100TSHL but it fail me within 4 trips.

top : Abu 6601 ssc3 (sweden) ($205)

bottom : Daiwa millionaire classic 300l (china) ($189)

any advice from all are welcome. thank you in advance.

Otoshi

So my mate came up from perth on thurday night for a spot of fishing. I may have talked up my fishing skills a little, but i was fairly confident i could get him onto some edible and good fighting fish.

The new Pajero is getting a tow ball fitted on tuesday so i couldnt get the boat in on friday, cause my mate usually takes the boat out with his car, and he was working so we headed out to the bridge on the way to  Point Samson with Fordy and the old girl.

Fordy hooked up to the biggest Scat i have ever seen, and would look fantastic in my fish tank back home. I hooked up to what i think was a baracoota, only to jump off right as i was lifting it out of the water.

Fish: 1 - Us: 0

On came Saturday and we got the boat in and headed out towards rosemary island. We had a troll past tish reef for no joy, and as the weather was looking half decent, we headed out to the patch. As soon as we anchored up, he heard this huge splash in front of the boat, so we turned around to see what it was, and a few seconds later, this massive mako shark launched out of the water, i estimated it to be about 6 and a half ft. Bloody awesome sight, still stoked about it.

We hooked up to some nice fish, only to be swallowed whole buy the sharks, i hooked onto a beauty mako shark, with a nice fight and another big launch out of the water. Great fun.

Fordy hooked up to yet another shark, and with a guide tour of our anchor rope, this is the end result

With all that shark fun, we headed to Chookie Bay for a bbq and then headed home.

Fish: 2 - Us:0

Round 3 - Sunday! With the weather finally giving us 1-3 knots, we heading out again, this time around Enderby Island over to bare rock. The water was beautiful, so it was near on full speed ahead. Our last few trips out to the rock have seen us pull in some nice Coral trout, so i was confident i could put fordy onto a trout. So off our lines go down to the bottom, and out came the bites. Fordy got excited when he got a bit and was hooked on. This the result...

Another nice addition to the fish tank back home. Anyway back it went, and few bites later, and a big solid hookup for Fordy.

Another shark, and another bust off for the big fella. A few more drops and and a few more of those pesky red striped cod thingys and that was about it. The girls started to get a bit sea sick so up came the anchor and we headed for a troll around bare rock for again, no joy! We took off to the small island next to Goodwyn Island. I think this is my new favourite island, a small beach to ourselves, beautiful water, a reef just off the beach about 6m deep. We set up the bbq and had a swim there.

A small troll on the way home, for again no joy and that was it. The fish had beaten us.

Fish:3 - Us:0

got these 2 beauties on saturday.

got a few more but it was hard work due to shit vis.

photo was taken on a phone so not best quality too.

scotto

Just joined the site - very impressed, seems to be a great outlet for all that time you can't spend fishing. After years of surfing the south west, i'm dead keen to do some bottom bouncin down that way before Xmas. Hope to stay in Gracetown.

Can anyone give me some rough guides as to where there may be some ground? Looking at the charts it seems to drop off pretty quick to 50m then to 100m only about 20km out. I guess the old adage of work the contours would be a start but any more specifics would be great.

Any guidance greatly appreciated guys,

Cheers,

wrassinator

hey ppl,

im free all this week and if you need a deckie around the mindarie/ocean reef area, it would be good if i could come.

havent got a boat which means i can never get out.

i have own gear so its all good in that perspective.

will chip in for bait etc

hey guys,

anyone know much about mulloway in the swan. i was thinking of anchoring and burlying up in mosman bay one night this week and tring to land a mulloway from my boat. does anybody know the best place to catch them.also any tips on them would be appreciated cause i know they are fussy bastards and really hard to catch which is why i guess i want to catch one this summer.you think small tailor would be the best bait??

cheers

hey guys,

i'm free all week and wanting to get out wide bottom bouncing and/or jigging. I have my own gear, will split costs for fuel and bait etc.

so if any of you are heading out and have a spot free i am keen.

Blake

Hi Guys!

Im planning to go down south end of this month, most probably busselton. Has anyone done crabbing around that area? If so, please give me some tips on locations. I dont have a boat, so scoop net is kinda my only option. Im not familliar with busselton area also, so if you guys could give me enough detail for location for me to put into my gps to find it, that'll be very good!

cheers!

well friday night

got home from school

got all my gear ready to have a big night out on the beach

me and a couple of mates headed up to ocean reef there is a beach about 1km north of the marina  called mozzies you can sea this beach from the grassed part of the yatch club there

wind was blowing aobut 14 knots  got there about 6:00 went up into the dunes got stiks logs ect for the fire

sat back and talked till aobut 7:00 we were only going for sharks/ mullaway 

8:00 came and the big baits were in the water 3 rods in  alot of bearly and it smelt

bye about 9:00 there was nothin  then arround 9:30 the action started

was sat there watching the reals and all of a sudden one started zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz this one wasent small

let it have about 2 /3 runs and that was it i set the hooks and was it angrey. head shakes and all

got it up to the bach after a 10 min fight littel bronzze that made me happy until the rocks where the water is snaped me off

all threw the night pleanty of action gettin 4/5 port jacksons(big ones ) about 3 fiddler rays

all in all was a good night and will be there again next friday

cheers dano 

Well the weather turned out better than i thought it would , got a bit choppy at one stage then died down again

We went out to the 90s and checked out a few old spots. We had a few really big drops but in a whole we got a good feed and PB so what more could you ask for.

Russell got his PB Snapper approx 9 kilo and a Queenie that went just over 6.5 kg . Which is a change because he never normaly catches much *LOL* a friend on the radio had to pick himself up off the floor when Russ told him what he had caught *LOL*.

Feeling really happy with his catch and at out fishing Sandy for once but this was to be short lived *LOL*

Sandy first hook up was on the winch  two nice reds

then straight away Sandy Xzoga rod went off

First hook up on the new rod and it did exactly what they said it would took all the pressure off Sandys back and performed brilliantly  .

Sandy had a double hookup but one dropped about half way up.

So all in all  Russ 1 pinky ,1 queenie ,1 red a small sargent baker and a foxy

Sandy 4 Reds , 1 foxy and 1 skippy

So he got beaten again Russ 5 Sandy 6  but took it out with the weight *LOL*

Russ thought  he would keep this one to use as Dhufish bait just the right size

Also like to warn you all about this boat it not only does not play fair but cuts you off doing thirty knots and put you right into all its wake *LOL* guess who ????

waving to add insult *LOL*

Well with all the talk about diving for crays it has got me thinking about upgrading my gear. Just wondering what your thoughts are on certain brands and there value for money. What sort of gear do you use? I currently have a scuba pro setup but it is fairly old. Have you seen any sales on lately for scuba gear or any good websites selling gear. I'm stuck at work in Tom Price so haven't been able to get to any shops down home to see if any sales are on.

I am looking at buying a VHF radio for my new boat.  I am looking at the Navman (Northstar) but am not sure if I need one with DSC?  If I buy one without DSC will it become defunct like the old EPIRBS?

Also I take it I need to buy a antenna seperatly, any advice on this?

Cheers

Normally i keep my mouth shut on these issues, but Saturday morning i had it happen to me, and i'm gonna speak up.

Fishing out at Hall Bank Saturday morning, been at anchor for over an hour, about 10m off the reef, when a big stinker, "Khaos" or "Kaos" decides to anchor up a good 100m away and puts up a dive flag. A couple of divers hit the water, swim around for a bit, before coming underneath me, and cruising around in a close radius directly under my anchored yak for a good 10-15mins before i decided to move, as all fish had bailed, and i was sitting in a fishlless spa bath with a bubble pool all around me.

Now i had an anchor line down, and a suspended berley pot a meter or so above the bottom, also was banging on my hull with a knife butt while yelling obcenities at these guys, so don't give me the "we didnt see you" bull$hit..

I went over to the boat and explained a lesson in ettiquite may be required. You gauys are wanker$, honestly, its a big ocean out there, get a frikken brain. 

** With Fridays weather looking the goods, Kasey came out for a dive and crayfish the target. We ended up with a feed, did a new recon dive which was good to suss out another spot and all in all a great day on the water. Cheers KC, good to catch up again and i hope the lost cray doesnt haunt you too much mate

Kasey holding up the crawlies!

Another shot!

** With Saturdays weather looking even better i decided to hit the water again this time to target KG's offshore. The winds & water clarity were awesome so i got a good vibe. Took out a mate and we both did a drop on a few of my KG spots. The first few drifts resulted in a legal size Dhu coming onboard (released) then a 5 kg Dhufish which was kept. I love Dhufish but was after KG's but a welcomed bycatch for sure. On the next drift my mate got a 8kg Dhufish (weighed) that was his PB so he was wrapped and caught on baitcaster gear & KG hooks.

With a few descent Dhufish onboard I was thinking of changing my target species as no KG in sight. I decided to keep on persisting on different angles to the offshore KG grounds thinking i'll find em hiding some where. I did say to my mate that once we get one or two they seem to come on from there and he wasnt disapointed. We ended up with 8 plump KG's and 2 Dhufish, left them for another day and came in early which is unusual for me .....had a cook up last night and the Dhu & KG in chicken/crumbed batter........mmmmhhhhhhhhh delish!

Hi

Just picked up my new unit today, can any one recomend any setting to optimise its use? I got the 600watt transom mount transducer.

Is there any value hooking it up to my gps?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I intend on reading the book inside out and back to front, even though experience is far better.

Thanks

Justin

gday all i need a deckies for sat mine just pulled the pin leaving woodys 6 ucan call me 0411189862

Heading down to mandurah for the weekend to do some fishing, havnt been down  in a while.. Was wondering if anyone knows of any reports? Got a 4m tinny  so was maybe gonna head out from dawsville (not too far!). Any advice would be great -Cheers!

Anyone know if these are up and running. Looking to go out tomorrow with a mate and his boat?

Cheers

While the TLD25 has served me well, I want to step up a notch in class and get myself an outfit for Exmouth next year. I have a rough idea of what I will get, but I'm interested to see what other people would recommend. This is for bottom fishing only, no jigging or trolling etc.

I guess the only stipulations are: fishing 30 - 120m, I've been told to run 80lb braid (and I want 300m+ on the reel), OH set-up and nothing weighing 13kg. Budget is basically open chequebook (thanks for the contracts Woodside LOL) but I dont want to spend $3000 for the sake of spending $3000 if that makes sense.

Recommend away......