Hi All

Heading over to Mackerel Islands in a couple of months for a week or so. will be suing the moorings they have set there for the week. Just wondering what set up folk use to secure your vessel to the mooring? Have read a couple of stories about boats coming loose and drifting off over there, so keen to here what the best set up is. I'll have a 6.7M Bar Crusher.

thanks all

Been a boating incident out around Carnac. Reporting 1 dead.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/one-dead-one-injured-after-boat-overturns-at-carnac-island-ng-b881191476z

Enjoy been overswas with no internet

Gday guys, looking at a profish by trailcraft, particularly over the 5M mark, struggling hard to find any info on them so anything at all or any experience with them would be real appreciated. Mainly going to be used for shallow water fiahing (casting) and some offshore stuff. 

Cheers

Jack

 Gday ladies and gents , Doing a project boat Half cab and chasing peoples thoughts on standing at the wheel and looking over  (better at night or cooler on hot days but cop all the wind noise as well ) or above looking through with a removable infill above and then tinted or clear? . Have not done the latter  so poeple who have please chime in . Thanks in advance

Hi guys not usually  the one too ask for help i try to do my own thing but after way too many hours over last year and several nights a week over last few weeks in the busselton area. im after some advise ive hit evey hot spot fishy looking spots and always come up empty handed i use plenty of burly but maybe not enough. Just after a few hints cheers

Any local Perth boats/crews heading up this year to fish the Carnarfin competition?.  

Any local Perth boats/crews heading up this year to fish the Carnarfin competition?.  

So are pinkies mainly on the chew at sun up and sun down?

10 to 12 meters?

I seem to struggle to catch them during daylight hours

I see reports with them being in the shallows to the 5.

i have been looking for small reefs and sitting next to them and burling hard but still not getting any action with the big horses.

maybe I need to be there for daylight

whats your thoughts

 G'day guys. Starting a plan for an exmouth trip next year. Been a while between trips. Be 3 boats and about 9 people. A few suggestions on accommodation would be appreciated. Thanks..

Here’s a good one open for discussion. My boys car got smashed into plus guy he shares with car ( smashed windows) Next door neighbours house and fair few others on street . Wallet/ cash/ Id gone. House hold goods from other people on street. Reports to police after event didn’t do anything. This was called in while there running away 1 am.Cut a long story short later that day around lunch time gets a call from local ranger . Your dog has attacked someone last night and dog needs to be put in pound.( needle). Anonymous caller. What a friggin joke. Obviously they also tried getting in his back yard also. Wtf is wrong with people ,dog protecting house in back yard. According to ranger doesn’t matter. The caller hasn’t gone in to fill out forms at rangers as of yet. But you bet your last dollar if they did nothing will happen to one of the many people doing stealing that night. And there was a few of them.( due to there indigenous back ground). Gero.

 Hi all

What lures are the go to for barra.

We are in the final stages of packing for our trip around oz and I'm super keen to land a barramundi so what lures should I pack I have never fished for one before. I have plenty of lures for Mack's and shallow water trout, emperors and the likes. do Barra like a particular action? We are taking a dinghy so will fish land and boat for them.

Cheers

Rod

hey guys, one of my pots is stuck in about 15m just behind the 3 mile out of hillary's. was  wondering if any divers on here which help with this sort of thing, and what sort of cost might be involved?

cheers!

Hi people

First post from me, another long time stalker.

 I’m going to be in CB from the afternoon of the 1st of May for 10 nights

and was wondering if there was going to be any other FW members around. 

I’m just looking for a contact on the water (radio,

for safety reasons ) I’m solo this trip , family too young for outside the reef.

 I have fished CB 1/2 doz times before so I’m not looking for spots.

Cheers 

Geoff

Hi all, looking to get into squidding for the first time. Anyone know of any land based spots within 20 minutes of Bunbury (preferably around town or south, I'm in dalyellup) where I could try my hand? I had a look around on google maps satellite view but couldn't see any weed beds nearby, other than maaaaaaybe next to the old bunbury power house on the eastern side of koombana or just north of the lighthouse? Busselton jetty seems to be recommended but was looking for somewhere closer where I could zip down after work for an hour or two.

 hey guys, if you were going to spend up to $2500.00 for a new GPS / fish finder combo, including transducer, what would you recomend please.

Hi there, I need to upgrade the old hzj75 as a tow vehicle and am looking at either a 2004 Lexus lx470 (4.7petrol v8) or a newer Isuzu mux 2014 3 litre turbo diesel. My boat is a 6m Haines hunter at approx 2600kg. Is there anyone currently towing with these vehicles of similar weight? Any feedback would be appreciated, cheers.

Hi Guys,

Heading out to the Monties in a few days from Fortescue and I was wondering if the river crossing and the ramp is still in good condition for what it is. We will be launching a 7.8m plate boat and are aiming for high tide. Also is it still pretty safe to leave vehicles out there? 

I have done a fair bit of research buy can’t find anything current on the condition of the track. 

Any other tips would be appreciated. I’ve got a mooring rig if needed, 480L of fuel (300hp Verado), 5 days, spear and line fish. Maybe a couple of bubble dives too.

TIA for any assistance. 

 Gday all - gonna camp at shelter bay with 4 mates and 2 boats in a few weeks. Just wondering if anybody on here has been there recently and can give a report on what the fishings been like lately (reef bashing and mackie trolling) Also would like to have a crack at goldbar as none of us have ever caught one - what starting depths should we look at ?150m?  200m?  or more?    cheers dave

 Hi all , just wondering if there is a way / site etc to predict the current in May ? Got caught out in Cervanties last year and it was horrible 

Thanks for any help

 Just curious as to thoughts on releasing big Mulloway. A 16kg model was caught up our way last night and kept but I was of the thinking it's better to let them go?  Not sure of the story of the condition at time of capture regarding a healthy release. Are they any good to eat at this size? 

 Had a ball in Ningloo at the start of the month, Caught some good fish but as always with this area when the wind blows it blows hard which shut it down for 5 days. All our good fish were caught on lures, all undersized fish on bait, very weird. Caught alot of queenies and trevelly off the beach right in front of camp

also made a little movie to capture out trip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42bNVHtLHWY&t=24s

If anyone has boat moored out from mangles bay may want to check it. 2/3 nights in a row scum have been stealing stuff. I believe they have been caught last night .

 Finally got my pb  126cm 16.8 kg....,lost a bigger model too the reef.... i want too get this fish taxidermy can anyone point me in the right direction and roughly how much something like this would cost??? 

Has any on used a Simrad HS60 or HS70 GPS?

If so do they really take out the swell and waves from the bottom soundings or am I wasting my $$

Cheers

 Hi all - heading out from monkey Mia to the channels. Not sure whether to anchor (and burley?) or drift?

Planning to be out around high tide. Anyone have a recommendation either way?

Cheers.

 What does everybody do on those hard days when it seems like nothing is working to try and get Snapper to bite?

In this video I was struggling to buy a bite from a Snapper!

 Was that your dad I have just seen on ABC news restoring the catalina fly boat Adam? Must have been, he had a Fishwrecked shirt on! Well done to him I say, would love for you to put pics up Adam?

Hey Gents,

Up in Jurien bay for a few days with the kids and boat.. wondering if anyone can point me in the  direction of some squid in the bay for the kids? do they get a few? Will be mostly heading out wide.. but the kids love a squid.

Thanks in advance 

Jim