Fishing Discussion

General Fishing Chat

Two rocks boat ramp

 Hi guys

does anyone know if two rocks boat ramp is open yet?


Friday Funnys

Enjoy


Gimbal recommendations?

Hey guys I'm just chasing opinions on various gimbals because I'm planning on  chasing landbased sharks this summer and I'd rather not just have the rod digging straight into me hah.  I have no idea on what to look for,  the butt of the rod I'm using has crossing lines out of it if that helps to narrow down what I should be looking out for.

 

Cheers in advance 

Shaun.


Herring feed

hi everyone, I figured that probably the easiest fish to catch for a dinner is herring, because they school up in good numbers, they taste good, and easy to fillet. Anyway the main thing that I wanted to know is where, in metro waters, are the herring currently firing? I'm going to try and get out for a herring fish in a couple weeks time. I can probably travel to the dawesville cut but that would be the furthest that I can go. I do know that the cut is awesome for herring 

lachie


I've been a bit quiet on here

 Haven't been around here much or posted anything , haven't wet a line in ages but all is about to change , off to EnZed on Saturday for some trout action on the Sth Island then up to Coromandel on the Nth island chasing Snapper and Kings for a couple of weeks , will def be posting some pics , stay safe all ....

Definitely some Darwinian moments going on around the place LOL I mean whale surfing for christ's sake !!!!

Here's a quick one from last Gamex , after the comp bringing the boat back from Tantabiddi , it was the young ladies first billfish as well 


Mornings or evenings?!?

 Hey guys just got a quick question for you all to answer. I have been fishing the north mole lately in the evening catching herring and the odd tailor however I was woundering if it's worth waking up early in the morning and having a crack. Will there be bigger schools of smaller fish such as herring or garfish or will it just be the same as fishing in the evening?

cheers


Travelling lure Gallery

I followed the advise and tried to blood the travelling lure.

Cast it a few times in the cut going for tailor but no joy. Then decided to head up for a holiday to Shark Bay/Monkey Mia.

Again despite some cracking looking tailor water failed with the twisty. But somehow had to blood it.

Went out on Unreal Charter and can highly recommend the brothers as not only did we get some good fish but great laughs aswell.

In desperation jigged with the Twisty, and despite not being anything to brag about normally got the lures virginity broken.

So now its Beau go and Im sure he would have more success than this "getting to old for climbing down rocks" man. Good luck.

Conditions look flash dont they!!?

We caught between 5 fisherman the limit which I was a little upset about as we had no storage facility for our share, but the skipper doesnt like C&R as he believes that the fish are knackered and injured, and will only be taken by a shark etc. Pretty interesting view. 2 of the fishers onboard was a new couple with a family that makes the Brady bunch look small. 6 kids to one and 3 to the other, so 11 mouths to feed we gave ours to the family. Most wont believe this but out off 3 Rankin, 1 Pink, 2 Black (Bluelined) Snapper/emperor and heaps of Redthroat the misses and I kept 2 large Flags, which most rate as shitfish, and we dont. Have a few photos of the catch but dont believe in posting "kill" shots.

Have just copied this as the discussion can go on the Travelling lure what happened to it post, but this should be the story and photo!!!


Cray pot construction

 G'day all.

Just wondering why on timber cray pots all the battern's are held on with clouts and not screws. Is it just a cost saving thing or is there another reason behind it? 

Reason I ask is that I've got a couple of full jarrah pots that I'm getting ready to use, but they are a bit loose and rickety all over so I want to reinforce them but before I do I wanna make sure I'm doing it rite and not wasting my time. 

Cheers Paul


jurain bay boat spots help and advice

hey fellas heading up to jurian bay over christmas and just wondering if any one can give me some helpfull advice i have a lot of spots metro and sharkbay im willing to trade as i would like to get stuck into some fish up there with the misses it will all be catch and realise as i dont eat fish cheers in advance for any infomation

 

Sam :)


Moore River

With the swell up this weekend offshore and arms still hurting from last weekends sambos, I was looking at taking the tinnie up to Moore river for a bream fish. Does anyone know how much water is up there atm and obviously any reports of bream would be appreciated. cheers/Ben


2 new metro artifical reefs

wonder where, imagine the traffic around those reefs,f..... bedlum I reakon, pingers?????


Leaky Boat

 James 1989

I couldn't work out how to attach this photo on a pm.  So here it is on the forum.  This is on the hull of a trailcraft with inbuilt tank.  Looking for repair suggestions because a mate just found it on his boat and now the seasons here he doesn't want to rip the floor up if he doesn't have to.  Thanks


A couple of new builds- flats whiting/soft plastic bream sticks

These are a couple of rods I have just finished building. Both on MHX blanks and both 2 piece.

One is 7 ft 3 in and the other is 7 ft.

Both with the Fuji VSS soft touch reel seats and grey handle kits.

These were built with the new KR guide system.

These guides made me realise how big and cumbersome rods and their guides used to be.

1 of the wraps is a streamlined thunderbird and the other is a fish wrap.

They turned out a treat and Iam stoked with the finish.

 


New Products, Latest Products & Back in Stock " ongoing thread " NEW!!

Due to many requests from Fishwrecked members to keep them up to date on New Products, Latest Products & Back in Stock etc we have decided to run an ongoing thread which we will periodically update.

This will keep all members in the loop so stay tuned as gear is coming in thick and fast (Ps Not all new gear/latest gear etc will be posted due to busy trading periods)


** WE HAVE STARTED ANOTHER THREAD SO IT LOADS QUICKER WITH PICS, THANKS **


Back from the bush

 Gedday boys, just flew back in and wondering who catching crays. Anyone know what depth they are at presently?

P.S cant wait til the Demersal ban is lifted, the site has been a bit dull for a few weeks, I love watching what people are catching while Iam slaving away in the Pilbara heat. It keeps me going!!


Sand whiting

Hey guys I've only got a 4mt dinghy and was thinking of going out Saturday to get some whiting. I have been around Leighton beach before and done okay but didn't get heaps. Has anyone been out latley and wants to share?


what bait caster is best for barra

I'm looking for a bait caster for Barra trouble is I don't know much about bait casters.
What reel do you recommend for beginners under $200?


Dive Saturday

Have to free dive on a pot on saturday morning for a mate whos lending me his boat and its stuck on a nice little producing lump off hillarys so if anyones keen for a sneaky dive (Scuba or Free doesn't bother me, Pots only in 10m of water so easilly reachable) and maybe a bit of a fish for whiting after then let me know. Pm Me.


chasing tailor? - check this out...

 Picked up one of these from getaway outdoors midland.  Think the tailor will love them.  Limited number available.  This colour (gin clear) has been made for the South African market.


on big angry fush

bloody hell big pinkies in 1 metre of water in the mangroves, hectic!!


Deep water whiting

 Just a heads up to everyone, they must be getting some massive kgs in 400mtrs of water at the moment as there was a couple of boats out there on Saturday bottom fishing ???? 


Navman 27meg areial

Does anyone know where I can get an areial for my navman 7270 27 meg radio? Can't seem to find who stocks Navman marine products.


Swan River

 my mum says that I go fishing a lot now, and that she wants me to start getting a feed of fish most times that I go. I have restrictions, firstly that I have to get myself down to the river to fish in the first place, which is easy I can even take the kayak there on my own. And secondly I have to catch enough to feed 3-5 people.

my friend offered to take me through the river on his dinghy down at the mount pleasant part of the river down to the end of kent street wier. I am thinking that I will take the crab nets with extended rope that I will probably buy on Saturday, so that I have at least 30 meters of rope and I will probably drop the nets down near the Mount Henry bridge. We will probably lay about 10 nets down? Have no idea on where to drop the nets so could somebody please let me know but I'm thinking about the middle of the river or a little bit closer to the gun bream and flathead side of the river?

my second target species that I might target is tailor. So I think I might take a 6-15KG Rod and a paternoster rig with mulies on the end (might even get a ray), and flick some 10 gram twisties from about 50m out towards the bank with a bream Rod and hopefully get a few legal chopper tailor.

if the tailor aren't producing, we may flick some plastics for bream or flathead towards the bank.

so if anybody has any suggestions on what I should target, and please tell me about the crabs because I need to know please let me know!


Demand for answers over ocean death

makes you wonder how proffesional some of these operations are &how this could happen

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/25411022/demand-for-answers-over-ocean-death/


North mole petrol station area

 Hey guys planning on going for a fish at the north mole around the start of it just before the petrol station. Has anyone had any luck there?


Land base free dive

hey guys  

so I have just gone out and purchased all my gear for free diving 

is there any good spots you can go off the shore with a chance of a cray ? Would be a wicked achievement to pull one out 

not looking for ur golden spots but somthing to start and a bit of a clue on what to look for 

cheers guys 


Pissed on by a Dolphin

Just from my old shots. This is an X-US Navy dolphin in Tahiti that decided to show her displeasure at being handled by pissing on us. It stank like you wouldnt believe and the look on the bosses face clearly show that.


Barra outfit

 G'day guys

Long time no see!!

Well the barra are on the chew up here and I'm looking at getting a new combo specifically to target them. What would you guys recommend??


Lowrance HDS 12 network

Hi All

I am trying to connect my HDS12 to the old HDS10 using an Ethernet cable. Unfortunately while some information such as waypoints etc have transferred to the HDS12, at lot of information isn't showing up. Does anyone know who are the experts on Lowrance in Perth area so I can contact them?


Flying fish

Is it normal to see flying fish off perth this time of year? Saw about five or so on Saturday arvo