Used it for the first time on the weekend chucking poppers. A great reel for casting, however after a few hours my only issue is with the handle. My question is... is there an upgrade handle available similiar to saltist 4500 saltiga reels????

Just a question on what people think is the best way to catch pinkies and dhuies in water up to 60m.

I am back off to Steep Point in 5 weeks time. I would like to take up some fresh gardies as the shop bought ones are quite often expensive and a bit soft. Does anyone know a good spot to chase gardies at the moment??? Preferably NOR and off the land.

can anyone tell me if there is a diffrence between the gold spool back one.

forks are heading overseas and i gunna get them to get me one.

but i want the gold spool!! :)

Saturday: E'ly winds 10/15 knots shifting S/SW 10/15 knots late morning, increasing to 15/23 knots during the afternoon.

Well I'm sorry to say it guys but I think tomorrow is going to be another blow out. I am cancelling Saturday's night fishing as I think safety is paramount and after numerous marine fatalities in the past month or two I don't think it is worth taking risks over. I would still love to meet up with you guys that help make the site what it is, I will try an organise a pub meet for a few weeks time.

Cheers,
Adam

Well it will be underway in about two hours. The cricket trip / fishwrecked bash is upon us from the boys in South Hedland. It is off to a local island where mudcrabs, dewies, crays, bluebone, trout and hopefully a barra will not survive the weekend.
Will post up many photos on Sunday arvo or Monday for the first Port Hedland/ Fishwrecked gathering. We just thought the northerners should get in on the action.

Spooled up..........

i am looking at this reel to buy and i was wondering if anyone knew if it had any bad fetures.

cheers boys

Anyone know if there are any decent overhead lefthand retrieve 15Kg overheads available for trolling bottom fishing.Or if any in this range can be converted
Not interested in level wind models

Hi guys
I'm new to this site going to fish Gracetown on weekend anyone fished their before taking two boats 5.8m and 5.3m any tips would be great.

The Mindarie Night fishing invitational has been put back until the 28th of October.

The conditions are very hard to determine at the moment as it could go either way. I have just left Observation city and its blowing about 15 knots to the north west with solid whitecaps starting to form. I watched a few boats moving about and they were taking a fair bit of spray and get lurched about the place a bit.

I am thinking for the safety of all involved that tonight isn't the best choice, even though some may wish to brave the conditions, most that I have spoken to have decided to give it a miss until next week where things may improve.

Cheers,
Adam

Just a reminder that the fishwrecked night fishing invitational is this Saturday the 21st of October, Mindarie Boat Ramp at 3pm.

The plan is to meet in the upper car park a little before 3 to put faces to names. I know a few of you are planning to head out a little earlier to do some exploration, that's all good. The aim is to back at Mindarie Ramp by 10.30pm, with 11pm being the latest.

The weather conditions are the only thing which may cause the night to be delayed until Saturday the 28th. Seabreeze seems to say that it is going to be a good night and BOM is still changing as we speak.

Tomorrow afternoon should give us a good indication of what the conditions are going to be like and if it is a goer. Here's praying to the weatherman that he gives us something to work with.

Cheers,
Adam

Hi guys,

Had an idea for a thread. Just wondering on where your favourite fishing locations/town/areas are and what you caught there that made it so memorable or keeps you returning. You don't have to put up all 10 if you don't have 10, but I'd love to hear about the places in Western Australia that make the fishing special for you.

Cheers,
Adam

I'll put mine up soon. :)

does any one know if the vhf doesnt need a licence any more ,the prices have droped dramatically,was talking to allboat today but he wasnt a 100percent certain. i am looking at a hand held model due to the others ive had not handling water to well.dash mounted doesnt work for me as the boat sits uncovered. and all i have had is trouble.also im keen on the hand held but concerd about battery life.can any one shed some light?

Can anyone tell me the name of a good charter out Mindarie or Hillarys that does night trips.

Cheers Shag

If the weather is no good sat night anyone keen on going out jigging sambos on sunday. Only if the weather is no good.

Am new to this forum and fishing in WA in general but hope the veterans here can point me in the right direction.

As the title says, went up to Lancelin with a couple of friends for night fishing and almost got spooled by an unseen monster until the braid broke loose. Bait used was half a squid, unweighted and left to drift with the current from the northern end of the jetty.

The thing just took off and 20lb braid peeled quickly from the spool initially on light drag at a fairly constant speed to the north at first and as the drag was cranked up to almost max (abt 8kgs of drag), it headed straight west taking more line from the spool with no hint of slowing down. It did stop for about 5 secs and went off again when we tried to take some line back but looking at the way we were loosing line, we maxed out the drag and that's how we lost the fish.

The resident Stingray maybe? What do you guys reckon?? Tackle was a 10 kilo spin outfit loaded with 20lb Braid.

Cheers!

Gday all,

Can anyone out there confirm a little rumour I heard that Sailfish are thick in Exmouth Gulf towards November...? My old man is catching barra at the moment at Borroloola, making his way back to Perth soon...I want to get him into a sail-from-a-tinny!
How was that 42kg spaniard they got up there lately? that was monstrous...

Cheers all! enjoy the spring!
Ewan

Started out to be a prick of a day to be in a small boat, after gettin fairly drenched for a good half hour while tryin to find some ground we headed back a bit closer in and found a nice lump behind out from hillaries, behind little island a few clicks.

Anchored up, burley burley burley and co-fisher caught a massive snook around 90cm on a softie. Left a few floaters out while jarrad persisted with his softie on his little light bcaster and he managed a few scorpian cod and gurnad but we didnt see much action for about an hour when one of my floaters went off. Landed a nice bonito, shortly after mate got a big KG around 53cm followed by my rod going off with a nice dhuhie, after that we also landed a nice pinky i got another KG around the same size on my light tackle too. That was all in out an hour and it quietend down a bit so i grabbed the baitcaster with the softie and dropped down and hook what i think was a sambo, was playin it for about 5 minutes before it broke off the 20lb leader. Was a first for me to hook one inshore on a softie and was great fun while it lasted.

overall turned out to be a pretty good day weather and fishing wise and we were home by 10.30am!

Can anybody give me some advice about 4 stroke Outboards? Is it OK to lay a 4 stroke on its side when travelling? The motor in question is a Honda 15hp. Will the motor be damaged in anyway,leak sump oil or whatever,could you help me out? Any info appreciated, THANKS.

Did anyone catch these fishing shows today? Personally I'm starting to think a little less of Lee and Paul's antics when out on the water. The ET episode was absolutely unbelievable thou and landing barra like that in those numbers is one red letter day, was magical to watch! Hope you guys saw the ET show, was top viewing.

I heard on the news that they are thinking of making wearing lifejackets compulsory when boating due to the recent fatalities. What is your opinion and do you think the RST (rec skippers ticket) will resolve these issues?

Please keep this discussion constructive as it could serve to be important in the future.

Cheers,
Adam

Picked up my custom heavy popper stick from Bluewater Morley today.

Rohan Smith put together a very schmick Calstar 700H for me, featuring all fuji components with blue and silver metallic binding. Look forward to putting some serious bends in it early January next year (Exmouth).

If your looking to get a custom rod done, Rohan's workmanship and rod building knowledge is top shelf.

John

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20574526-2,00.html

Have a read of this news article! You just never know these days!!!

Saturday: E/SE winds 10/15 knots tending S/SW 13/18 knots in the afternoon. Seas to 1.0m. Swell to 4.0m.

Sunday: NE/SE winds 8/13 knots tending SW'ly 10/15 knots late morning and increasing to S/SW 13/18 knots during the afternoon.

Anyone planning on heading out this weekend? Looks like it could be ok on the conditions front. If anyones got a spot going on Sunday I'd love to chip in and come along.

Hope you all have a good weekend and get into some fish.

Cheers,
Adam

I read this the other day and thought it was quite interesting....

Some of the bulletin boards on various websites are full of so much crap it is truly alarming - more so because the bulletin boards' anonymity enables people with a vested interest to make comments that they would no way be able to make in a genuinely public domain ie, a letter to the Editor of the magazine, newspapers or any other professional print media.

There, the Editors aware of the rules and regulations about publishing, defamation and slander (written and unwritten), look at each letter or email and consider the legal ramifications or veracity of the comments or statements being made.

Nevertheless, some of it does get through and I would caution readers to view the contents of these Internet bulletin boards with a real "firewall" of scepticism.

Much of what is put out as 'the truth' on these bulletin boards or comes across as first hand experience, is more often than not a load of BS and very often psuedo 'private comment' comes from professional writers working the Internet for Brand A, with instructions to bad-mouth Brand B at every opportunity....several companies are actively working the Internet in this fashion.

Internet bulletin boards can serve as a fantastic forum for the exchange of views, experience and opinions - BUT they are utterly reliant on the experience, wisdom, patience and skill of the moderator to sort the wheat from the chaff, whilst ensuring the threads remain cohesive and focused on the subject of concern.

Bottom line?? Take everything you read on the bulletin boards with a grain of salt - very few of those contributors have anything like the experience they would like you to think they have and frankly it shows.

Editor Fisherman & Boat Owner
Peter Webster

Hi guys is there any way we can talk to online users
I have played in a online pool game were you can talk to the users in a chat room/Up to 50 people can talk together.
any ideas
steve

For those signed up for the Mindarie Night Fish next Saturday, I was wondering what conditions would warrant the night being put off until the following week. I just want to make sure that you will all feel safe and confident with going out there. Each skipper has their own opinion on what they deem is acceptable conditions for their own boat so I would just like to know what you guys think.

I know that atleast one of you is in a tinny, what is the worst conditions you feel safe with taking your boat out at night?

my mate neil is heading up to Karratha in 2 weeks for a job he has a couple of days off and wants to get into some land base fish. if anyone could help me point him to the spots and ill send him them on to him.

cheers guys

OK guys only a week or so to go until we get out there in the pitch black.

So we all have a chance at a fish, how about posting up a couple of tips for all us skippers that are relatively new to the night fishing game.

Everything from lights onboard through to glow baits and strobes, any special techniques that work better at night. I'm all ears!

does anyone know any sambo spots of ocean reef and what areas i should look for , if i were to target sambos just one day will be good to have a bit of a tug of these fish without going to far

cheers

michael