Bit quiet, so I thought I would start this thread.

Whilst living in Victoria, we bought some fish and chips and decided to eat them down by the Mornington boat ramp.

A brand new BMW was pulling a brand new fibreglass boat. The proud owner, with his trophy wife in the boat reversed down the ramp and put the boat in the water. He tried pushing the boat off the trailer to no avail. I asked if he needed help, but the hero declined. I suggested unclipping the safety chain and the winch. He then decided this was a good idea. So with his wife in the boat holding the painter, he was able to then launch his pride and joy into the harbour. Imagine his surprise when he realised the motor wasn't started, his wife didn't know how to start the boat and a boat which was left to drift off.

Can't remember how he salvaged this situation, but I do recall it being funny at the time. I have always enjoyed the action around a boat ramp and have seen many unusual launches, especially the ' Go flat out, slam on the brakes and watch as your boat first hits the concrete and then slides gracefully into the water'.

Anyone else?

Cheers

Stu and I are heading up to S Bends for the long weekend..

Heading up on Friday arvo and staying until Tuesday.

Targetting anything we can naturally and will include Tailor, Whiting, Mullaway , Snapper and Dhuie. did I miss anyhting out :)

I havent fished the area before and its been a number yrs since Stus been there.

Hopefully the weather will be nice too us with not too much rain over the weekend.

Any tips and pointers on this location and surrounds gladly accepted. :)

Neander

went out geo bay sunday, nice calm winds lumpy swell. hit the flat coral out from eagle bay picked up massive kg, nice dhu,

moved north caught a couple more fish,red snap,small dhu,(released) sweep (released) sambos and all 3 of us have fun with a mako,bit thru 2 lines ,took mine leaped out 3ft or more then snap... good fun day srry no pics 

hi all looking at goin down to north mole this long w/e

just had a few questions on fishing there

what are the best baits to use (for big & small fish)?

Are early mornings good for fishing or is it better at night time?

what is the best rigs to use there? 

and whats on the bite at the moment? 

cheers 

I have taken Thursday and Friday off this week to make it an extra long long weekend.
If anyone has a spot for a deckie on any of those days I would love to join you. I will chip in for bait and fuel etc. and have my own gear.

Many thanks, Colin Hay

Started to notice this about 6 months ago at last resort locations like servo's deli's.

Sinkers are unussualy shiny and when you hold them they are lighter than they are spose to be.
Its allmost as if they are cutting down the lead with tin (solder) to make more $$$ or they are using solder to make sinkers!!

To be honest i dont really care paying the same or a little more for 100% lead but it sucks when you buy some star sinkers of the normal size you have allways bught only to have them not hold the bottom or cast as far.

Anyone else notice this?

Well im heading down to dunsborough this friday night and staying till Monday.

Fishing from dunsborough to yallingup and margarat river

Can anyone recomend me some really good spots to fish either on this thread or via PM?

One spot i know and love is canal rocks and i will be fishin that spot forsure.

Any help is muchly appreciated

hey guys...anyone had luck lately at the mole?? it also seems like the salmon are not coming in any closer!! this past few days is good for pinkies!! especially last weekend !! when the wind was howling and the rain just wouldn't stop?
anyone had lucky recently?

Ok, so my mate and I are heading out tomorrow to do some drift baiting.  Looks like a perfect day for it.

only problem is, we don't know where to go!!!  We're heading out from Hillary's and will probably be start looking in 30-40m of water.

I'm not asking for gps coords....unless you want to pm me!   But let me know what depth, and many general areas from Hillary's that you would be trying for pinkies/dhuies.

cheers! for helping to rookies who are trying to learn the ropes! 

Got a quiet spell for a week,going to Jurien for a few days any one want to give away some good spots,know how secretive we fishies are !!!!!

have any of you ever eaten goatfish before?
i caught one at hilaries today and i was told that it was a type of wrasse. i had my doubts that it was a wrasse. my fishing book says that it is average eating, but then it also classifies tailor as average eating. im a bit confused. any help is welcome

hey guys...going for a mulla fish later on...probably in between narrows to causeway...anyone wants to join in...are welcomed...anyone willing to share if they know where are the mullas...around now?gonna use dead boneys for bait..hopefully not much blowies in the river ...=] fingers crossed

It was a great morning to be out fishing off the north wall at Hillarys. A bit overcast and a slight drizzle, but only a very light breeze when I arrived there at 5.30 am. Hillarys was on fire, bait fish jumping around and my baits were getting hit as soon as they hit the bottom. I ended up keeping two big trevally and releasing another seven and five tarwhine.
Only wish I hadn't have been slack and stopped to watch some of the cricket from the West Indies as I think I only arrived for the tail end of the action.
Hope everyone else had a successful day,
All the best, Colin Hay

i read the fishing report in the paper and it said some nice black bream have been landed near midland brick has any one had any luck up the river thinking going for a fish today

Well one more sleep and where of to Exmouth Jesse's chomping out the bit. Thank god i have a few things to do , which helps keep my mind of things , Matthew droped the boat off yesterday so we can load up. Not sure who's more excited, Matt would have left days ago if it were possible, Anyway we'll post some pics and tell some stories on our return ,

happy fishing

Hey guys..

just came back from north mole aiming for some luck but had no luck..did u guys know whether the left side of north mole is more productive or the right side?coz last yr when i was there,people were putting their rods on the left side and managed to get a few but tis mornin, most of them were on the right and a fisho caught a decent ones..and it was westerly winds..so i dont see why they didnt fish on the left...

Cheers

DK

Did anyone else see this. http://www.eftta.com/english/news_indepth.html?cart=&SKU=2047259523

Swiss government is going to ban people from deliberate C&R fishing. Wording is "it is not permitted to go fishing with the 'intention' to release the fish."
And anglers in the country will have to demonstrate their expertise by taking a course on humane methods of catching fish. (Not such a bad idea this bit).

hey guys

i wonna hook into a salmon but i dont have a boat and i live in kingsley

so were would be the best spot at the moment rember landbassed

cherrs danobigfish 

a mate was telling me today that there looks to be a ban on all salmon fishing in geographe bay.... is this b/s????

does anyone know anything about this or heard about it also???

Jes

G'day all.
Would like your thoughts regarding boat rod tips, roller or eye? Maybe the merits of both. Most of my fishing is bottom bouncing using overhead reels. I use full rollered rods for trolling. Thanks guys.

Has anybody had a go trolling with the new Halco Max lures yet. I was thinking they might be the shot for trolling when moving between spots when you want to go a bit quicker than 6-7 knots. Maybe a spread with some Xmas Trees and the Max swimming below.

I bought one the the Bluewater F18 in the smaller size the other day and they swam really well at around 8 knots but the water was flat calm and I reckon they would start to blow out at that speed in some rougher water.

Any feedback or ideas would be great

Cheers Steve 

I am thinking about making a trip to Lancelin to do a bit of fishing. I wonder if anyone has had much experience shore-based fishing there and if they know of any good spots to toss a line. Unfortunately I don't have 4wd, so I will be a bit restricted. Any suggestions on good places to stay would be welcome too.
Many thanks, Colin Hay

If anybody is looking at purchasing any new dive gear I have an email address for a guy I use in Queensland for my gear very very cheap with warranties.I first used him on ebay .

Excellent prices for torches I just got a couple of UK light cannons awesome lights retail here in the dive shops for $600 - $750
I only payed $250 and UK MiniQ40 eled sell in the shops for $120 each I got 2 for $60
Pm me if you want his address

TO SHARE COSTS FOR FISHWRECKED GROUP TRIP !!! WILL GET CHALET IF AVAILABLE BUT MORE THAN WILLING TO TENT IT !I HAVE A 5.75 CENTRE CONSOLE AND VY STATION WAGON ! CAN MAKE TRIP SHORTER IF REQUIRED ! JUST WANT TO GET THERE TO MEET EVERYBODY ( AND TEST MY VAN STAAL ) 

Hey guys, you may remember late Jan or sometime around then i posted that i had broken my 8kg live fibre blade. After meeting one of the reps from wilson while at the barra nationals we got talking about the rods. Turns out there was a bad bunch of blanks they received from NZ (all here say). Anyway they are not making that particular rod again and have replaced it with a better territory barra pro rod. They are giving me one to replace the blade of mine that broke. I would just like to make it known publicly that they boys from Wilson seem to be doing the right job when questioned about the blades and their quality. Seems fair to recognise that, thanks boys

thx to brandon for bringing me and my friend out on his boat. caught my first samson fish. hehe..

I have been doing a lot of night diving in the swan over the last couple of weeks at night and I’m surprised at what good condition the lower swan is in . There is a huge amount of marine life that blows me away every dive.
I have seen something different each time I have dived from seahorses hanging onto mooring ropes, scallops swimming mid water, huge flathead over 40cm,dinner plate size flounder, schools of small sambos, Skippy, silver bream, black bream, tasty blue manner crabs in xos range, mulloway crocking, coral and an abundance of huge mussels, big cobbler and of course those succulent swan river king prawns and some fish I haven’t seen before
.The condition of the bottom is what got me I expected it to be silty. Monday night as me a rockpom were getting ready for our second dive when I noticed a large fin in the shallows under knee deep water unfortunately we couldn’t get down to the waters edge fast enough to get a good look at it but we both decided it was a dolphin made going back in the water all that much better knowing that .Ended up a good night with 365 prawns and some crabs and scallops between the two of us. It’s a great way to spend a night, beats sitting at home watching tv . Going for another dive tonight with rockpom.

After checking out the weather information for the past week and watching the predictions for a big blow to hit Perth today - I was preparing to head down to North Mole this afternoon in the hope that there might be some snapper action. Looks like it has turned out to be a bit of dud, so I think I will try some of new soft plastics down at Hillarys.
Anyone planning to hit the Mole today?
All the best, Colin Hay

hey guys im just looking for a store to buy fly fishing gear from. I live in rockingham and only one store sells anything to do with fly fishing and all they had was 12 saltwater flies. Just want to know what the closest store to me to buy some flies some tipets and some fly line and maybe a kit for making flies

Cheers Luke

with the last minute decision by us to take my boat up to exmouth, i just relaised today after talking to steve that as i only have 27mhz on the boat i will be needing a vhf, does anyone have a vhf handheld sitting around home that myself paul g and jesse could loan for the trip to exmouth on monday for around 2 weeks, obviously we can sort something out