The drag on my Penn Spin SSV7500 was starting to stick so decided to strip the drag and re grease it following instruction from the local tackle shop. Cleaned it all up and put a very light coating of Shimano drag grease on the steel washers then put it all back together. It felt heaps better just spinning it with my hand on different drag settings so headed off to the local rock wall.

First cast out, go to set the drag and it is sticky as hell! Way worse than it was before and very little if any clicking sound. It was chucking it down with rain and thinking maybe I did something wrong that allowed some water to get in there?

Could anyone give me an indication where I went wrong?

 Just wondering people's knowledge on the trailcraft- 5-6.5 mtr runabouts??

The design looks great and deep berth and rear door but iv heard they are very rocky and slap in chop?

Any info would b great

Over the years I have become frustrated with not being able to purchase a good quality fishing shirt that isn’t plastered with heaps of logos making me look like a billboard.  I don’t get it where you have to pay heaps for the shirts just to advertise for those that you give the cash to.

As an element of a fishing related family business that we are establishing, I have put together a few logo free shirt designs.  It is likely that at some stage I will sell these through FishWrecked, once I have arranged the relevant sponsorship details with Adam.  We will also make custom shirts in small numbers but that is down the track.

We have teamed with a local Western Australian manufacturer so the shirts will be made here in Perth to guarantee the quality.  The design of the stock shirts is basically complete, after purchasing all of the images used, and we will start the manufacture next week.  I have to put together the numbers for each design and this is the reason for the post.

I would like to know which shirt design you think will be of most interest.  This will help me in placing the order in that I get the most of the favored design(s).  I am not asking for any commitment or trying to sell anything and am just seeking knowledgeable Members opinions.  In time, they will likely be available but I will obey all site rules regarding commercial sales and will launch the business in due course - ignore the website link that will be under the back seam as it won't work.

I would really appreciate you letting me know your thoughts.  Set out below are images of the 4 initial designs (Ocean, Nearshore, Beach and Nearshore Pink) and a comment or PM about the designs, or anything in general, would be great.  Thanks.  Mick

Ocean

Nearshore

Beach

Nearshore Pink

 Hi all, firstly are there any perch in the the Swan river? I come over  from the UK regularly to see my daughter and have had the odd fish around Guildford but only caught the odd bream, was thinking of bringing over some floats, swim feeders and try UK style approach with groundbait and worms ,im sure it will work if there present. If they are in the Swan is Guildford a good area dont know much about the river so any pointers anyone can give me would be more than welcome. Also are there any other waters in the area worth a go Cheers.

We make and use a lot of burley.  Having upgraded to the use of a commercial mincer we still had the hazardous use of a band saw to cut up the frames, etc to a manageable size that fit into the mincer.  I don’t think it is a matter of if, but when a serious injury would be caused by handling wet frozen fish in the presence of a moving saw.

Dean owns and runs an engineering workshop and turned his mind to a better option for making large fish into small pieces.  The brief was to be able to load a whole frame and turn it into something that could be minced.  After quite a bit of research the concept of the Shredder was born.

It started with the steel plates that could all be cut out of a single sheet using the computer controlled flatbed plasma cutter.  Forge the axels and gears, assemble and lathe for consistency, add the bearings, construct the mounting box and the cutting bed was made.

Next was the housing as you wouldn’t want to get any part of your body near the cutting bed.  Add the motor and chain drive and it was ready for a test.

Let’s just say the Shredder is evil.  It absolutely destroyed anything that was put in it to make chunks 10mm by 6mm.  The test was a complete success, although some minor adjustments will make it even better.

Next up is the hopper, stand and wheels so it can be moved without the forklift.  Dean and Wal should be congratulated in making such an awesome device so that all fish waste is reused and nothing is wasted.

Yes...I've used the search function.....lol....extensively.

trying to find a suitable dedicated plastics rod for boat. usually fish 35-60m but I guess would like to also target snapper in the shallows occasionally as well.

Seems to be lots out there but my dilemma is that I need a two piece. travelling to monties soon and also anything over 6 foot is a bit of a hassle to go into storage on my boat. would also have to buy/make a new rod tube.

looked at the DB64 CJ but fear it's slightly too heavy for my purposes. (might be fine though ????)

really welcome any suggestions.

Was thinking of hitting rotto trench next weekend if conditions stay as seabreeze is predicting at the moment cos we never got out there this summer  (only got a 19 footer so has to be pretty much flat with no wind for us to go out there) Had a look at Meteye on the BOM site and looks to me like theres still plenty of warm water out there. Anybody think its a waste of time? were still pumped to get our first marlin after Olwyn ruined our  Exxy marlin trip (still havent F*&$%n gotten over that!!)  Does anybody reckon we wasting our time? the FADs arent out there either im guessing?  thanks for any feedback

Hi All,

I am chasing mud crab pots, are we able to use the large trap style pots in WA like these ones

http://www.bcf.com.au/online-store/products/Rogue-4-Entry-Round-Crab-Pot.aspx?pid=120362#Recommendations

If not what are people using in the kimberly?

Thanks

Just noticed the latest warnings for this weekends weather say Geographe Bay will be the worst hit by tidal surge's

"HIGHER THAN NORMAL TIDES may cause FLOODING OF LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS. DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS are likely which could cause SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. The Geographe Bay area is likely to experience the worst of these tidal conditions, with the storm surge expected to peak during Saturday morning, with a secondary lower peak late Saturday evening."

Guess it's that time of year but it look's like we are going to get dumped with a considerable amount of rain and a lot of the local rivers could be subject to flooding as well.

"For the 24 hours to 9am Saturday rainfall totals of 20mm to 40mm are forecast for the South West District. Widespread rainfall of 30mm to 50mm with isolated falls up to 80mm are forecast for the 24 hours to 9am Sunday. Isolated falls are likely to be in the coastal parts of the District.

Catchments where flooding may develop include:

Harvey River

Collie River

Preston River

Bussleton Coast Catchment

Lower Blackwood River

Donnelly River

Warren River

Shannon River"

We are planning to have a go at netting for mullet in the estuaries down around Mandurah, have a 30 metre net and studied up the rules, all ok with that.  We will be shore based and other than knowing the rules don't have a clue as to what to look out for in regards to good water to place the net.  Our basic plan is to look for areas the fish may use to travel around e.g. Shallow channels etc..

If anyone has any helpful advice to help us out in getting a few Mullet e.g. Tide timing, weed v sand, edge of sandbars etc I'd be happy to hear from you.

Thanks

G

The picture says it all.

We're running a super special on our Delux Braid this Sunday (17 May 2015).

The first 40 customers to come in and spend over $20 on anything in store and mention this promotion will receive a free spool of Delux Monster Braid valued at $29.95. PLUS 50% off all Deluxe Amigo and Amigo Plus braid for this Sunday only!

We think this is one of the nicest/best value for money braids on the market and has become a favourite with the staff! Get in a try it out!

Remember to mention you are from fishwrecked to get your 10% discount on almost everything else in the shop (excluding bait).

Cheers Josh

 Hay guys just seeing if anyone has been out in bunbury and got any pinkys in close or have they still not come in yet 

Cheers damo 

Enjoy

I'm with Telstra for my mobile phone as is my wife. We have noticed in the past 3 weeks we seem to be using our phone internet data a lot quicker than we have in the past and we are not using our phones anymore than usual. I was talking to a workmate and he was saying the same thing. I was wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing?  I'll be ringing Telstra to see what they say...

Adult Funnies

just out of interest I wanted to know what people's thoughts on tackle were. Would you rather have the the action and suspense of a light tackle battle or whinch them in with heavy tackle. Personaly I like the light gear. 

Enjoys

 Hey guys and girls,

new to site and thought I'd say hi, I fish estuary ,dams and ocean- love it all .

just been getting into a bit of plastics fishing in the 16 mtr waters off bunno to huts and wondering on any aadvice on best tatics on the demersals - plastic selection? Drift speed and so on??

im also struggling to find good numbers of kg whiting- iv tried sum spots in 14 mtrs and got a couple good ones but never had a hot session on them-iv used squid on paternoster rigs?

 Nice arvo session with a few beers

Hi all,

Looking at buying a new demersal jig rod for metro jigging ( PE 1-3 ).

Will be matched to Stradic 5000.

Thinking around $200 mark.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Hi folks, just chasing some ideas/opinions on a dinghy.
Thinking of taking one into Steep Point next year to widen our options.
Looking at a trailer topper (4mtr), fish 3 guys, stable & roomy.
I appreciate your input & will take it all on board.

cheers & stay safe

 Anyone else heading out tomorrow arvo??

As I have just flown in from work and every break for the last 4 have been very average wind wise I was hoping that this break would be different..... Nope!! So seeing there was a bit of a break in the wind tomorrow arvo I was thinking about heading out wide to try drop a line!! Anyone else doing the same??

Hey guys,

recently snapped the helm in the boat and needed to rip the floor out to access the cables to replace the entire system, its a Savage 15ft ali centre console, middle seat removed and floor and console put in by previous owner.

needed to remove the foam from under the floor and stupidly threw the foam away thinking itl be easy to replace it with better stuff... well ive been doing alot of searching on the net to find out about the correct foam to use and have found so many

do's and donts that contradict each other its killing me!

 does anyone know which boat floation :

 is the most cost affective (fairly important)

will give the most floation,

wont disolve after fuel /oil and wont absorb water

reaction with the ali is also a worry

ive heard pool noodles are good but that could just be a rumour...

any help will be extremly handy and appreciated.

 Bit the bullet and heading off to the Monties for a week early next month - cant wait!

We'll be hitting up the tackle shops to stock up on new toys before we go, any suggestions from seasoned Monties campaigners would be welcome. Planning on a bit of everything, bottom bouncing, trolling, flicking in the shallows, snorkelling etc.

Any must have bits of kit? Favourite lures or rigs? Basically any suggestions from those that have been there and done that.

Cheers,

BD.

Hi folks, we returned from Steep Point on Thursday 30/4/15 after a week there.
We lost a green steel jerry can full of diesel somewhere on the track in.
If anyone here has or finds it, can you please let me know as it is not mine.
I am just interested to see how good our Fishwrecked network is. Lol

cheers & be safe

Hi Guys

First report in a while, 14 months building a house plus a motor rebuild to the (New Old Boat) 115 Johno 2 stroke let go of the rings...long story. any way trip out wiht a mate started slow but ended well with my first decent metro dhue on plastic...by this stage my mate had change to bait after a small dhue and baldie caught on plastic...the persistance paid off, squid came from 55m and tube went 31cm, suprised to catch blow fish at the same depth also. Baby elf and halco jig with imprivised assist hooks helping.

 Been out a few times to known, producing spots - from inshore out to the 30's, no fat sand whiting to be seen (none at all), small flatties, yep... 

Pro's dragging nets?? Been like this for 12 months or so. 

Any ideas?? 

 Hi all any body going this year.We are going again leaving Sat 23rd early morn. 

Cheers Davo