Check out some of these photos from the Caranx website... Seems jigging is going off worldwide big time!!!

http://www.caranx.net/ascension_report.htm

Well, it is definately salmon season. Between us we managed to land 4 today, with one snapping off under the boat and a couple more going for a decent runs on the trolling gear without hooking up. Plenty of aerobatics made for an awesome afternoon session along with watching big schools bust the sufrace all over the place.

Other catches were;
50cm baldie, 60cm pinkie, 55cm dhuie, 5 blackass, nannygai, sgt bakers, sweep and salmon. Thanks goes out to Andy Mac for letting me have a spot today.

Does anyone know if the sambos are still out the west end off rotto. Got 2 guys tagging along that have never cought anything bigger than a herring. Im pretty keen to test them out on some sambos.Might be a bit cruel but its somthing they will never forget.Plus Ive had a pretty shitty week so i need a laugh.

Well, I have just got a hold of Gully's Exmouth footage, and to say that is the best ever is almost an understatement. When I'm able to rip it from dvd and put it up I will gaurantee you that you will be saying its the best ever as well!!!

But, in the meantime I have a heap of footage from Scuttlebutt over in Cairns that I will put up, the files are around 50 meg, but I'm working on making a few smaller versions for fast download time.

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Some of the latest gear I have bought for Denmark. Baby Vibes, floats, jigs, rubber squids, hooks, balloons, snapbacks, bream gear, squidgies, metals - anything I've forgotten? Just gotta hope that the weathers good now!!!! Still a week and a half a way, think I'm amped just a bit???

I know its a bit early for a definitive weather report, but I figure a few of you already know what you want to do.

Gribbo and Ryan are headed out of Ocean Reef for some Dhuie hunting on Friday, so hopefully we should get some early reports of the fish biting and what time they are really on the chew.

Think I'm planning to go out Saturday at this stage, unless Sunday turns up the goods, and if the weather man plays nice maybe even both days.

A few of you may have heard about the salmon that washed up on the beach a couple of weekends ago down at peaceful bay. Well the story goes that the pro's netted 70 tonne and 2 tonne of those washed up on the beach enraging locals. Apparently the net rolled in a King wave and there was nothing they could do about it, apart from maybe cleaning the beach of dead salmon!

Just curious if any of the FW members would be keen on hiring a charter for a day and having a fishwrecked fish off, Mano E mano . We can all show of our skills/lack there off. Anyone keen? At a guess leave from hillaries as thats the norm.

Forecasts:
Friday until midnight: E/SE winds 15/20 knots. Seas to 1.5m. Swell to 1.5m.
Swell at Cottesloe: to 0.5m.
Winds on Melville Water: Similar.

Saturday: E/SE winds 18/23 knots. Seas 1.5m to 2.0m. Swell to 1.5m.

Sunday: S/SE winds 15/20 knots tending S'ly 20/30 knots in the afternoon.

Sigh, another weekend of crap after a few magic days this week.. No suprise thou ;(

I over heard a little birdy say that Honsu is the new Oceanside Tackle and Marine staff member. Much congratulations goes out to our pro jigging member, look foward to buying a few combo's from you and getting the inside word on where the fish are biting. :)))))

Well done mate!

Cheers,
Adam

Saturday: S/SE winds 10/15 knots tending S/SW 13/18 knots early afternoon and increasing to 18/23 knots in the late afternoon and evening.

With a very similar report according to seabreeze for Sunday, maybe a tad lighter mid morning.

Might not be a very good weekend on the water the way things are shaping up!

how do u resize??

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EVERYBODY LOOK AT MY FISH

my bad

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Saturday: E/NE winds 10/15 knots shifting NE/NW 5/10 knots around noon before shifting S/SW 13/18 knots in the afternoon. Seas to 1.5m. Swell to 1.5m.

Sunday: E/NE winds 13/18 knots tending S'ly 13/18 knots mid-afternoon.

Hope if you get out on the water over the weekend you have some luck. Think we are planning to go wide on Sunday, will have some reports and photos on Monday hopefully.

Do we need such an organisation here?

http://www.thefra.org/

OK - we have Recfishwest - but IMHO at least, they occsionally appear to be just a bunch of apologists for Fisheries dept WA a lot of the time!!

When was the last time Recfishwest sued the Minister for Fisheres or Fisheries Dep't CEO for failing in their legislated duty to preserve fishstocks for fututre generations?

Isn't it about time we had an organisation with real balls LIKE FRA??

A political party like Fishing Party isn't going to waste $ on law suits - they probably want to spend it on getting elected for the parliamentary pension benefits!

Isn't it about time we had an organisation that goes in hard and takes no prisoners? What about one with a website to post photo's to shame the pro's & WAFIC on their deplorable record?

I say it's well past time IMHO!

Cheers!

I know it is the calm before the fishing storm (the fact that a lot of you are about to go on awesome fishing trips), just wondering if anyones got any more photos out there to look at. Has been a bit quiet lately with the lack of fishing being done, just wondering if anyone's got any that are worth a look that we haven't seen before.

Ok heard this one yesterday while waiting to pick up the young feller from the tackle shop.

One of his work colleagues from the tackle shop likes to dive for crays and spear the odd fish.

Lets just say the guys name is 'Courtney'...and he works at scrotally trialed! ;o)

Anyway - he arrives at his choice cray lump to find a couple old guys already anchored there, berleying to fish...

Asks if it'd be Ok to dive the lump? - and is advised - we're burleying already & we'd prefer if you don't scare away our fish - whatabout dive somewhere else? or come back after we've gone?

So - he anchores 50 meters away and dives anyway!

About 10 mins later the dudes in the boat - see bubbles commin up all round the boat - you guessed it the blokes are under their boat getting their crays!

Anyway - while down there he sees a really realy big southern blue groper and, almost outta air - he shoots it with his spear gun.

All is looking good except when he pulls on the spear it comes out - and the big blue sorta struggles away injured! Too late - outta air - gotta go up..

So - he goes back to boat minus big blue groper - cussing and swearing!

Tells everyone at "Scrotally Trialled" how he lost this big Blue groper!

What he doesn't know - is the guys in the boat fishing, are regular customers of "scrotally trialled!" ;o)

After fishing is over without a lot to show for it since everythings been scared away - the two old guys are pulling the anchor - and see something a bit 'red looking' under the water a little distance away!

Once the anchors up they motor over for a looksee, to find a huge blue groper with it's swim bladder extended swimming in circles!

So they gaff it and take it home to eat!

It has a hole in it where the spear pulled out!

So - they go in to the tackle shop to tell everyone of their great "catch" while "Courney's" on his day off!

So - when he gets back to work (which likely mighta been today!) EVERYONE in town almost (except him) knows about his Big Blue Groper and who got to eat it! ;o)

Well, Gribbo has bought the first fly rod amongst the group and I assume that means there will be a big fly buy up at the tackle store once the word spreads of how good it is.

Can anyone give me any information about fly fishing, tips, techniques or anything that will help us get into it a bit more.

From all reports it sounds like crabfest was a bit of a fizzer this year, apparently the crabs have done some sort of disappearing act from what I've heard!!!! Bit strange, wonder whats happened to them all.......

Has anyone fished lucky bay?

stopped past there once and caught a 55cm pinkie off the reef then had to leave due to getting back for bloody work,should of taken a sickie

Just a headsup for anyone contemplating a weekends crabbing at Mandurah for the crabfest, since the offshore conditions are pretty average.

Fremantle water police are in town all weekend for the crabfest, and as a deterent against water based vessel theft at nights...so if venturing out have all your nav lights working and all afety gear on board - never know who you might run into! ;o)

Remember - slow down and keep the waves friendly!

Cheers!

Well, what do you know, an absolutely perfect week weatherwise and all of a sudden the weekend pops up with reports like this:

Saturday: S/SW winds 15/20 knots increasing to 20/30 knots in the afternoon. Seas to 2.0m. Swell 1.5m rising to 2.0m.
Sunday: SE winds 18/23 knots tending S/SW 20/25 knots in the afternoon.

Nasty when they torture you all week and then punish you on the weekend!

Might have to give crabbing a go this week.....

Saw a thread a while back that gave me a pretty good idea.

Just wondering what everyones preference is in regards to fish. Maybe list your top 5 fish and the ones you would prefer to catch in relation to taste. In other words, what do you reckon are the best to chew on?

Mine would be:
1) Groper
2) Coral Trout
3) Mulloway
4) Breaksea
5) King George

Sure theres heaps more, but they are the ones that spring to mind. I do find Dhuies pretty good, but still think theres plentry of others that taste better. But its a personal thing and everyone has their own preference... So what's on your list?

does anyone ere eat black ass? mate caught one, cooked him up absolutly poo throwing them all back next time

Apart from slaughtering whales in the name of scientific research, Japanese fishermen admit that they took 1500 tonnes of illegal southern bluefin tuna in addition to their allowed 6000 tonnes last year and expect the illegal figure to rise furthur this year (Sunday Times, 5 March, page20).

While the governemnt has promised to be more protective of our coastline against subsistence Indonesian fishermen who risk their lives in crappy (but getting better) boats to feed thier families, why do the authorities seemingly do nothing against modern boats fishing for profit?

After buying a new pump to put on a bucket as a livey one i saw that article in wangler the other week and decided that my old home brew kit is perfect!

Screwed a clip on the side of it , mounted the pump - Might put velcro on tho as its easier to to take off.

Went to city farmers and bought an extra aerator stone and a splitter. Joined it all up and voila!

Good thing is i can tell the water temp, and the tap means its easier to drain the water out at the end. The 2 aerator stones seem to keep the fish pretty healthy too.

Edit - Tryin to post a picture but server isnt workin properlly (Adam....!):P

What is sustainable fishing? How are we able to maintain a balance in a marine environment which is encountering increased pressure from a water orientated populace. It seems the Governments answer is to bring in Marine Parks and restricted fishing areas all the way along the Western Australian coastline. The problem seems to be that there is a great divide amongst the fishing community as to how to move foward and ensure we don't over fish our resource. Several mentalities of fishermen I have identified are:
Catch and Release (don't eat them at all)
Catch enough for a feed (release what you don't need)
Fish for the freezer (take what you can)
These are sub components of the main fishing bodies, recreationals and professionals.

When there are opponents to fishing, such as the greens and calm, it is extremely important for us as individuals to pool together to protect our rights as fishermen. I don't necessarily disagree with the idea's of marine parks, but want to know more about the process that they use to decide which area's should be closed and how they measure the success of that specific area being repopulated from being a no fishing zone. I have heard talk about a tag lottery system for category 1 demersels and am worried about how this will impact on fishing for our kids or fishing in general.

How the government deals with the increasing pressure on fish stocks will be very interesting. I do believe that areas such as the Cockburn Snapper Spawn, Rottnest Samsonfish Aggregation or areas which are known to be fish spawning grounds should be protected. These area's need to be regulated to ensure the generations of fish aren't wiped out by greedy fisherman looking to fill their freezer or by the guys that are making big $$$ out of killing fish.

So how do we go about protecting the fish? And how can we do it when there are so many vested interest groups. I want to be able to catch fish, put some back, keep a couple for dinner every now and then and ensure that my kids, and then their kids will still be able to go for a fish in the future. I don't want the next generation blaming us for wiping out so many species of fish as a result of greed or in some cases, neglecting to realise the impact we (commercials and rec's) have on the system.

There was a lot of talk when FWA created the Friday Fishing Report (FFR), well, news through the grapevine is that its no longer. No more bikini clad babes holding rods anymore, bit of a shame, can't say I bought one but the content looked ok. Other news is it looks like series 7 is also up for some change, bring on the new FWA.

Saturday: E/NE winds 15/20 knots easing to NE 10/15 knots by midday and tending S/SW'ly 15/20 knots mid afternoon and reaching 18/23 knots offshore in the evening

Well there seems to be some "lousy smarch weather" but im sick of it so im just gonna head out off ocean reef on saturday anyway! Stuff you weather !

Hopefully get into some action like i did about a month back (See Videos - Samsonfish Kaos)

15-20 but easing a little, not heading too far anyway. Just need to get out on the water!

Hello all,
I've just signed up, and as my first post, I thought I'd share a bit of the collection of photos I have at home (some of you may have already seen a few of them).

As the samsonfish aggregation season is pretty much over (I'd still go out and fish for them, but probably not on a charter at this time of year), I thought I'd share my joy of experiencing the season that was (05-06).

My only regret is that I failed to break the 100lb mark.

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THERES ALWAYS NEXT YEAR!!!

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Anyway, at the start, there were many welcome non-samsonfish catches. Large 6-8kg Skipjack Trevally were fun to warm up on.

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And I'd still trade in 8 Samsonfish for 1 Amberjack (quality not quantity ;))
although they were not the easiest fish to find.

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Here's a funny little picture I took just before a barbeque of an amberjack with a herring :)

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And my 2 months away from Perth were not spent in vain, however, money to pay for tackle most certainly was.

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Anyway, this was what it was all about.

See ya out on the water!
KC Leong

anyone know any good grounds out the back of garden island?? never caught a baldie and would like to have a shot at one