B J and I fished cockburn on wed. Arfo and yesterday.armed with some intel from a F.W member we caught 3 nice ones wednesday.back down at sparrows all hyped up we hit the same spot.place just didn't  have the same feel.shity wind bad current between the islands.we cruised the sound got hit with the cold front and we missed the fish on the rock wall. It brightened up so we headed out again.current was still strong so we put small lead on the floaters.BJ said last cast and he got hit and I dropped one.then we got a double, cast out again got another  double, as we were fighting these the other 2 rods got smashed.we landed the 4 of them and kept 4. The d9 was going off at the same time we heard.good thing we perservered. It was a good 2 sessions. So it was back in and on the freeway home.

Have the option to either purchase a new talica 16 single speed or a new torsa 30

their is not much difference between the two, the line capacity is exactly the same, ratio the same, line retrieve the same.

only thing that is different is the weight of the reel

torsa 30.1 oz

talica 26.5 oz

I know the torsa are discontinued and the talica now have take their place

but if you had to chose one from your experiences what would it be ?

older model tecnology vs newer model technology, but they are probly internally both the same

The reel will be mainly used for droping dead and live baits for kings and samsons, aswell as down rigging/trolling and possibly jigging on the rare occasion.

Cheers

 I don't dive,but have been reading on this Forum whats been going on, and thought I would put a Link to RecfishWA's latest update.

http://recfishwest.org.au/news/cray-diving-rules-set-to-be-clarified/

 hey,

heading up to peron staying at gregories camp site in a few weeks

would be good to get a small bit of advice and hear other peoples experence 

up that way.

looking at doing some land based fishing at night, will be taking up the light gear

to throw small lures and will have my hobie kayak with me

for some offshore stuff.

cheers

 I'm after a bit of help with setting up a start point for soft plastics targetting pink snapper. yes I know the season is about to close. I will be able to practice for next year.

I have some 6 inch gulp and a 1oz lead hook that I have rarely used.

this week in the sound I had great sounder readings but couldn't get get a bait to last more than a few minutes, (mulies and squid heads)

I put a small bait down and got about a doxen 80mm - 120mm pinkies in 5 mins then moved. I think there were bigger fish among the small ones and could have targeted them with some plastics that catch.

the ones Ive seen guys using seem to be mostly whitish.

what size jig heads are the go?

Put pad on lawrance rather than just using it as gps. Pretty impressed 100 percent pinks. Could see them chasing plastic . No hit , bait went in bang. I will keep trying .

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Hey guys, Im looking for a saltwater fishing rod that i can use on the rock walls for general species e.g. Skippy, herring and the general but has enough power to pull in that bigger fish if needed like a bonito my budget is $150 max im going to pair up the rod with a shimano Sienna 4000 (Please tell me if this is that good of an option of reel)

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 Hi crew,

just wondering when chasing snapper around 15m and under what do most of you prefer when burleyng up, drifting or anchoring?? what do you find most effective??

 Hi Fellow Fishers, Looking on any ways i can breed my own maggots all year round for herring. Trying to use little money as possible. Any tips would help

 Can anyone provide an update on the  beach up there ?hopeing to launch a 6m boat up there next weekend.thanks 

Hey all

Just seeing what peoples thought are on the NOCO GB40 Jump starter packs if anyone has used them or something similar?

Just bought one. From the reviews, they look OK, reason I went with that model is the safety (this one doesnt spark etc) and durability (they seem to be pretty tough) aspects. Theres one numpty on youtube who thinks hes a battery pack guru and slates them- but the guy is trying to start a yankee 5.7L F150 with it, clearly out of the specs range on the box.

Theres a weaker (GB20) and stronger (GB70 but double the price), but those look under/overkill from what I can tell.

Will mainly be used for the boat (Yammy 150) and for the Prado if neeeded... Im guessing from the specs it will work well enough for bot, but if anyone with any actual sparky knowledge or first hand expereince could confirm, would be greatly appreciated(Im pretty naieve when it comes to sparky type stuff)...?

Im guessing a Yam 150 wouldnt draw/ require anywhere near as much pep to kick it over, compared to a car anyway? (but again, thats just my assumption... please confirm or tell me Im way wrong if so)

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 I'm looking for some lure suggestions for targetting post-rain Mulloway. Have had luck with small metal slices on the smaller models, should I just increase lure size to find the larger ones ? I try to fish the clean-dirty water border and I've had strikes on broomhandle lures too. I'm using a 9ft Angler rod and a 4000 Cazna with 20lb braid. Cheers in advance. 

 Was in BCF the other day and they had the new carbons on display but the price tag was for the old HDS 2 units at $1080 so I thought I would try the shop assistant and ended up getting it at that price so couldnt resist. 

The unit came with a total scan all in one transducer, are these any good? Will be fishing in depths upto 50m max but usually 15 - 30m. What would the bsst transduced be for this situation? Would prefer to stay at a 600w rather than going to 1000w.

Also with the SD card slots, do the chart and storage cards go on left or right side or doesnt it matter? Noticed it isnt labelled.

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 Anyone been snapper fishing off dawesville cut rocks with this stormy weather if so how did you go? Thinking about heading down there

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Hi guys, I'm new to fishing and have only caught snapper, herring and bream so far. I was fishing at Coogee Beach today and caught the fish in the picture that will hopefully appear in this post. Is anybody please able to tell me what it is?

Thanks

 Went out yesterday arvo and ended up getting into some good fish with a dhu first drop followed by a 98 cm pinky which is lacking a good photo as i wanted to get it back in the water for a successful release, then another pinky which fought alot harder than the first smoked my sp and killed my old abu garcia ambassador 5500 which was almost as useless as tits on a bull by now, somehow landed this 92 cm pink on the oldest cheapest soft plastic i owned! Luck was on my side for sure with this one haha

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 Went out for a play yesterday evening in a south metro, not so secret place along with 25 other boats and kayaks. Launched at 4:45, anchored in 10m of flat, protected water with burley in at 5. First fish was as the sun kissed the water and as the first targeted pinky on the boat (got an 85cm fluke three years ago) at around 60cm. Around 30 minutes later, the rod went off again with a Big Johns pink jig but it was rediculously small for the fish we were targeting and pulled. 

Over the next hour and a half, we landed another two fish (70 and 80), got a ray, Port Jackson, and two other significant runs that pulled out.

Best fish of the night was the final (80cm, 7kg), about 3 minutes after I said 'let's give I think another 30'. Stuffed up netting it and actually managed to hook the net with the bottom hook. Threw the net at the fish and got it in. When on the boat, both the leader on the hook in the net broke and the hook in the thinnest part of the fishes mouth snapped whilst trying to pick it up. 

If anyone else was in the area, we were the two blokes screaming and shouting like school girls when we got a fish...

After doing miles and miles and throwing thousands of dollars at these fish, was funny to get them where we did.

Pretty sure the Shore Catch block of burley was the winner as the fish were very much around us. Only heard one other boat catch something and when we left, two other boats moved to where we were.

Gotta be the most rewarding session I have had, perhaps ever. Total of 2.1m of fish at 17kg

Everything caught on Bait. Plastics, per usual, proved beyond useless.

 What was your pic of the bunch?

For me-

Dreaming - Fawsome, what a weapon

Reality - Caribbean Reef runner, that was my boat! Pick it up next w/end, can't wait!

Hit the water solo on Monday to give the new transducer a sea trial. Having installed a TM260 I was pretty happy with the results, not much wind with a little swell made for pretty consistent readings. Spent most of my time out there going over known ground, especially a couple of spots I've dived before to get an idea of what the sounder was showing up. Solid returns even when doing 35 knots on the way back in.

Only using jigs and plastics, was able to keep busy whilst grabbing a feed and some bait for next time out. Highlight was the tuna which took the abrolhos crayfish 100g jig I threw at it on the way back in. Managed to birds nest the spool on the cast and still get it in. Not often you see these guys busting the surface 200m offshore from bunbury.

 Ive never caught an LB snapper, So if you have any tips on rigs and general Snappe fishing please tell me (Fishing from cockburn sound rockwalls)

This video explains how to use wind direction to tell when wind offshore is going to be stronger than it is onshore.  A handy general rule for predicting what conditions are going to be like on the water.

youtu.be/Xpa-M2aapps

hi guys

Sunday's weather conditions have changed for the better but....

Seabreeze says NW winds between 6-10am but Fishranger is forecasting ENE both low report low winds of approx < 5 knots but the direction is different. Which to believe?

cheers

Stumpie

 Been going most years to mandurah, this year not to sure.

went the other night to  the venue cost me $30 just for parking.