Nice bag from Mindarie today beautiful conditions early then breezy for the ride home , got the job done again .my deckie had a terrible time watching me get the bag while he struggled all day on undersized dhu and wrasse! He did however wash the boat while i did the filletting/cryovacing so he came good in the end!

 Hi guys,

Just trying to get a gauge on some fishing locations or pretty much any tips or tricks when fishing Wyndham area. Will be heading that way for work in the near future and have some time to explore a few rivers and creeks. I will not have a boat for the start but may have the opportunity to freight one up in the near future if i think it will be worth it. I understand it is a pretty broad topic but I have never been there nor have I got any idea where to start. 

Any advice is welcome and encouraged. 

Cheers guys. 

Hey All

Looks like have finally made up the minds about Kalbarri replacement due to the flooding river.

looks like we are going up Jurien Greenhead way

have never really fished up there from beach or boat, just wondering if anyone has hint and tips not after your secret spots or anything.

but just like what depths and stuff like that

Thanks in advance all

Tight lines all 

Hey Peeps. I have had a massive break from fishing other than deep sea fishing which i love but i cant keep going out on charters because ill be bankrupt before i know it. I just wanting to see if there are any groups of peeps out there that go fishing on regular basis that wouldnt mind a chick tagging along to help me get back up to speed seeing i have been M.I.A the last 5 years or so and cant remember anything. Unfortunateky i dont know anyone with a boat and im hopeless at casting so thinking some jetty based stuff is the best for me to get back into it. Probably why i only really seem to be good at deep sea fishing. Actually would love to give squidding another crack too. Or advice on locations for a new newbie to landbased fishing would be heaps handy. Thanks in advance everyone 

Enoy

 Hi all just wanted some advice/opinions on sounders/gps units.

I have been looking for a while and im a bit torn on what to get.

Its going on a Stabicraft 1410 frontier, i was looking at spending between $1400 to $1900.

I have had a fair bit of time using a lowrance hds10 on my last boat and i suppose i have not used any others with much time, but was looking for something different from a Lowrance.

The type of fishing/spearfishing i do is anything from river work, around metro and  up north trips e.g exmouth , steep point Gnarloo etc.

Any opinions welcome.

Cheers

Has anybody tried chasing crabs in the swan after a big rain?

With all the fresh water around from Monday not really shore if it's worth a crack or maybe just head to Mandurah.

Any thoughts? 

 Just saw this on Youtube and it is a reminder to always keep a watch while you are driving your boat and to always wear a life jacket as it can all change in a blink of an eye.

gcaptain.com/watch-fishermen-dive-overboard-before-being-run-over-by-speedboat/

Cheers guys

 Heading out tommoro around the 40s 

Been fishing out of Hillarys for a few years now mainly along the 3 mile. I have tried deeper with no success. Seems like trying to find a needle in haystack out there. I have a 5.4m cc and I’m looking for fishing buddy with lots of experience, maybe someone who does not have a boat who wants to get out on a regular basis for a fish and know where to find fish in the deeper water 20-40m out of Hillarys. Saturday looks like a possible go so send me a pm if interested.

 hi Guys

short notice.  A mate has six visitors from Mongolia and is looking for a day/morning fishing charter for this Sunday. 7 people in total. Jazz charters is full and I’ve lost Alan’s details. Anyone know of a good day service. 

Cheers

dave

 I have been looking at all the screen shots here using chirp tranducers and I am not seeing any variation in the image of the bottom. In the shots of furunos with conventional transducers I can clearly see differences the bottom. Am I missing something or am I better off sticking with my old school gear for looking for dive spots.

was at rotto for a few days and during a windless spell decided to hit the fads - few reports of mahi mahi being picked up - (gave FADS a miss as there was a couple of boats knocking around) - whilst heading out further west noticed something in the water hoping there might be a few fish under it but sadly not - turns out it was a coconut with a myriad of life clinging to it - clams, crabs and tiny fish - pretty amazing what life clings to out there and easy to see how it can bring in the bigger fish- was returned to the sea

 Hey 

Just wondering what it is like fishing down Esperance might be going there in few weeks.

i heard beach fishing is good but what about from the boat 

I had a late start yesterday morning and left from Woodies ramp hoping to find a YTK. Spent some time casting lures but had no luck, changed plans and headed to the back edge of the FFB to sound around.

Things were pretty quiet on the sounder, I found a good show and picked up a small sambo from it. I re drifted and got a blackarse but after that it seemed to shutdown. I pushed out to deeper and found some warmer water with lots of bait holding in the area, however I didn’t sound any bigger fish around it. Was all out of ideas so went with the last resort and chased squid.

First drift resulted in a few average sized squid and a 34cm hood, which I was stoked with. My previous PB was a 33cm hood. The next drift I upgraded that to a 36cm hood. Good to see some big squid about in the metro waters, I didn’t think I would crack 33cm for a while.

How did everyone else find the fishing yesterday? 

Hi All

Just after some advice. Looking to take my son up to Ledge/ Lancelin area on Saturday arvo into the night and doing some beach fishing. Have never fished land based up that way. Any pointers as to where I should be starting to look?

Thanks in advance.

 Hey All

One of my Cray pots is well stuck on the western side of the 5 Fathom Bank in 22m of water.

Is there anyone on here that would be willing to un-snag it for me?

Thank you.

Heard yesterday from a Caltex station operator that they will be phasing out LPG within 18 months.
Not sure if it is all companies, but he was saying it is just not worth having. Sales and demand have dropped dramatically.
I am thinking that would affect a few members on here.
Has anyone else heard anything like this ???

 Hi.

Looking to do a quick trip up to Kalbarri with the. family next week. I've been up a few times and fished from the shore but never done any fishing from the boat. (18 foot pacemaker)

Can someone confirm the likely target species at this time of year and also give some direction on areas that fish well. (Not looking for your specific spots) any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Marty

Some pictures of recent catch cook-up's.

 Gday everyone, just wondering how the squid and crab situation is looking in warnbro sound. Gonna check it out in the morning. Any info apreciated

cheers

Decided today myself and brother will be heading up to Wagoe Friday and fishing sat/sun, weather is looking pretty good for Saturday particularly. I have been there for a few days over xmas but didn't do any fishing as it was blowing 30-knt southerlies the whole time but did get to scope the place out. Just wondering what peoples opinions would be of where to fish and what for this time of year (no easterlies forecast). is it even worth going all the way up there this time of year. We'll likely stay at the Wagoe chalets camp site, so thinking either fishing out the front on the reef for snapper and the likes or driving down to lucky bay to fish the beach for Mulloway. Also keen for the chance of small sharks. Happy to hear FW members advice and any recent reports.
thanks/Ben

Cockburn Power Boat Association is putting on a workshop for juniors between the ages of 10 -14 on or around the 21st Jan and the 4th Feb depending on weather.

This workshop is being run with the assistance of RecfishWest, Oceanside Tackle and Marine and CPBA club members at the CPBA Club.

At present we have 15 openings for the event so if you have a child or know of a child between those ages who is keen to learn and have a go at fishing please contact Cindy at the CPBA, telephone 9418 5868, or come in and see the guys at Oceanside for a registration form.

Please note that all attendees will be presented with a rod and reel courtesy of Oceanside.”

Open 7 Days.

 I'm getting fed up with this.

I have a surf rod (12 ft Abu Garcia acquired second hand) loaded with 50 lb braid (cheap ebay braid: 

For a rig I'm using a 100 lb crane swivel, connected to 60 lb fluoro, with a #2 star sinker and a couple of snelled #5/0 and #6/0 circle hooks.  All knots are Uni-knots (except for the paternoster knot for the sinker)

The problem I'm having is that it's snapping off on the cast. 

After it happened twice, I inspected the guides and found one that was cracked, so replaced that.

The next time I went fishing it happened again.  I retied a rig without a sinker and cast a 20cm herring, and landed a 70cm eagle ray (released) -- so the braid and guides can take some load.

In frustration I rigged up some of the braid in the workshop, tried a couple of knots, and when lifting a 20 kg oil drum with a bimini and palomar knot, the braid snapped right in the middle (not near the knot) at around 15 kg or so.

So my questions are:

1) What's a good brand, type and breaking strain of line for beach fishing.  Should I even be using braid at all?  Braid does tend to wrap around seaweed.  I'm want to be able to land a good sized salmon / tailor / mulloway.

2) Should I be using a casting leader?  If so, what brand, breaking strain, etc.

3) Is Rovex D:8 braid any good?  

Thanks in advance.

 Got out for the first decent fish for the year. Entered the mangles bay fishing comp. Left the ramp just after 5am and headed out to 35m, then out to 40m. Ended up with a nice little mixed bag. PB baldie for me.

So, like a while heap of other people, we headed down to Esperance for a few weeks over the brake, staying at Esperance Seafront Caravan Park
Due to constant wind blowing onto the beach out the front of the accommodation and two small people, I found the opportunities to fish to be slim, but we still had a few goes. First was from the jetty at the yacht club having a go at squid. The breeze would have been blowing 25’s so casting down wind was the only option. Didn’t see a single sign of life down there so moved over to the charter boat jetty and there were a couple of fellas catching 50c piece sized skippy and releasing them. Plenty of signs of squid but nothing to show on the day.

Headed out to Lucky Bay next, a day before a front was forecasted. Overcast sky had me thinking the squid may hang around for a bit longer but with 3 adults and two kids fishing, we saw and caught nothing. Ended up giving up on squid after losing two jigs and cast prawns into the sand patches hoping for a KG but again, not even a tap. After two hours, falling into a hole and one of the other blokes ending up in the drink, we headed home via Le Grand Beach

After a week and a half, and with the forecast looking OK for half a day, two of us opted to jump on Blackjack Charters for a half day fish. Shayne is a great skipper. Got right involved in the banter and wasn’t aggressive or protective when I was asking questions or came in to look at the sounder/plotter like some metro operators are. Happy to explain how and why. Must be a country thing.

After 40 or so minutes out, first drop, baits hit the bottom, we were landing keepers. Next spot, more keepers, Next spot, more keepers. Over the 4 or so hours we fished, we were getting keepers each drop. Mainly Nannygai with a few Harli’s, Charlie Courts, Black Arse and sweep Got one red snapper on the last drop of the day.

The skipper was great and was putting back sized fish once he knew we had a feed and was half tour guide. Fishing 20m off an island in 30m of clear water was pretty cool.

We spent most of the time fishing around Long Island, Sandy Hook Island and Remark Island which are all spectacular in their own rights. The clear water just blew my mind

In the end, 21 fish back to the beach between 7 fishers and three groups. We all got a feed. Personally I thought the Nannygai were extremely overrated or it may have just been the way my Weber destroyed it but the Harli was fantastic.

Whilst down there, I met fellow FW’er Flash As, along with his family who were camping around 50m away from us who had a few trips out with another local FW’er.

Hey just wondering if anyone here has any feedback on this rod. (TJ582S) I've used it once and not caught anything to brag about. Demersal metro jigging. got the backbone to deal with a decent dhu? seems just a tad too short but does seem to work the jigs nicely.
cheers guys ....also tossing up on the saltiga rod on buy and sell here. :)

See local rocko store got them in today. Daiwa bought duo out . And have started to export them back to Australia. Good size ones 95. And there cheaper now ,with new colours .