Just wondering if anybody has had any luck trolling west end recently ?any Mackies ?any tuna we are thinking of going saturday looks like the weather gonna be awesome. Also how about sambo's out at the wrecks are sharks still a pain in the arse

Just put the finishing touches on this whoopin stick. The pic's dont do it justice unfortunately(was in a hurry).

Calstar blank with Aftco short curved stand up butt, guides and tip.

A nice leather front grip and 7 or 8 coats of epoxy.

Will look nice in a rod holder if anything..

 Hey guys, sorry if I've put this on the wrong thread but I'm after a 60hp-75hp outboard with low hours and a late model would be good. Looking at spending around 3k for the right one! Two stroke or four stroke not fussed :)

cheers 

Hey guys me and my dad were thinking of going out this weekend to the five fathom bank and anchor and burling to try catch a few big sambos. I was just wondering if we should anchor on the inner side or on the slightly deeper side(western side) Also hoping to throw around a few plastics.

Any help would be great
cheers Boyd

Ive got a weekoff from tomoz and cant work out were to fish ive got a 5m tinny I was thinking maybe fortesque or dampier arcapeligo so I can stay on  an island and somewhere that holds gts . Anyone got any suggestions 

Hey guys,

Has anyone here upgraded the drag on a Sustain 5000FG to carbontex? Im considering it for an upcoming exy trip as this reel will be on a tuna stickbait setup. From what i have found on the site the carbontex upgrade is worthwhile for all reels except Stellas?

Cheers

Hi everyone, I havent been on here much - I've had bugger all time for fishing and havent been over to WA for ages.  That is now about to change!  I am heading over this weekend and will get to visit Rott for the first time.  This is where I need your help....

Firstly can anyone point me in the right direction to some good land based spots at Rotto.  I am not after monster fish (but they are always welcome).  Just want to get out, have some fun and maybe get a feed too.  What sort of species should I be targetting now?

Secondly, what sort of gear will I need over there?

And lastly, if anyone is at Rotto this coming weekend with a boat and is keen to have a deckie, drop me a line. 

Thanks all

Gus

 hi everyone. On Sunday morning I'm gonna head out to the club cap rocks to get a couple tailor but I have got a problem. Last time that I got hooks, they were 4/0 tarpon hooks. But this time I went into dinga to order 100 open eye ganged hooks but I accidentally clicked on 5/0 hooks .

i will have to make do with what I have and thought, should I make a 4 hook gang, and put a whole mulie on, or should I make a 2 hook gang and put half a mulie on? Or should do a 3 hook gang and put a mulie on, even though the mulie will probably be a bit big, and cut the tail off?

 Hi just woundering were a good spot to chase some herring on metal slices would be for tonight?

Hi everyone,
Just wanted to ask if anyone has been to the Montes with Bernie on the Mahi Mahi III in the last 12 months.
If so what was your best highlight or must do fishing/diving experience for the trip.
Look forward to your opinions.

Stoinka

 Hi all has anyone been on the rotto convoy I think is comming up in the next few weeks. Thoughs on if they considered  it  worthwhile or good fun.

 G'day all, I need to replace my cray pot escape gaps and just wondering where I can get replacements from? 

Also for pots in 20m's of water, how much rope would be ideal?

cheers Paul

Interested in any actual experiences with the P66 transducer fitted off the Furuno sounder especially for use deeper water i.e. 100 to 150 metres of water. Is the P66 still effective at picking up fish at these depths?

Likewise what's the TM260 like in shallower water 10 to 50metres does it lose (or gain) much over the P66 transducer. I am buying a Furuno FCV587 and heard you set in Dual frequency mode to be effective in shallower water??

Still weighing up the pros and cons of the transducer type (Real world performance- not manufacturer). It will have to be transom mount (on my 6M Ali Quintrex).

Hi guys, just putting feelers out to see if anyone would be interested in pot sharing, As i do a week on week off FIFO role it would make sense for the potts to be used while i am away, change floats last pull, leave coordinates as to whereabouts etc, If interested please pm me and i will give contact details.

Cheers Clunk

 Hi fishos,

Just got back from a 3 day trip across to DHI from Denham in the boat and didn't bring back any fish! Everything we caught was either oversized, undersized or illegal to keep (potato cod) every pink snapper we caught was 750mm and bigger so couldn't bring them back.. Managed a good sized rankin cod a Spanish mack and a few crabs. Will post pics up of the trip soon.

Wind was terrible and made us drift at about 1.2 - 1.5 knots so holding ground was hard work... The trip back last night was pretty hairy with 30 knot winds.... Boat handled it well.

We are heading to monkey Mia today to go for a fish out of there.... If there are any locals or fishos that have fished there can anyone give us some pointers on where to go so at least we can bring some fish home?

cheers 

Hi Everyone Im new to the group and I hope this post works. We are taking our kids and dinghy on a long overdue road trip next week and are heading up to 80 mile then down the west coast. Just wondering if anyone can suggest some mud crabbing spots and some fishing spots pretty please.

Please no laughing.

Has anyone ever come across a 3 way Ball Bearing swivel?

I use BB swivels exclusively ( except for 3 ways ) from 4 lb  right up to 65 lb line.

They are the perfect swivel & if you spend money on the best, you will never have a swivel problem.

By spend I mean you only get what you pay for.

Some are as you would expect cheap & nasty through to well made pices of engineering.

Some of the well known brands are not necessarily the best. Not sying they are garbage, just

saying they are not necessarily the best.

As I said, do not laugh, they might just exist, despite not seeing any on the net.

Cheers fellas.

Russell

Its finally arrived. A week of fitting out and we are good to go. Excited and can't wait.

 Top day out on the water yesterday with a few crays .weather was spot on also

Huge Extreme order has arrived including Jigging Rods,Soft Plastics rods, Casting Rods, Beach Rods, Hooks, swivels, Extreme rigs, and Braid (4ply & 8ply, 150-300m)

Some of the popular rods that we have in store:

FWA series spinning rod 7' 8-10kg
FWA series spinning rod 9'0'' 6-10kg
FWA series beach rod 11'6'' 8-15kg
FWA series jigging 5'8''  PE 1-3 OH
FWA series jigging 5'4'' PE 3-5 OH
FWA series jigging 5'3'' PE 6-8 OH
FWA series jigging 5'8'' PE 1-3 Spin
FWA series jigging 5'4'' PE 3-5 Spin
FWA series  jigging 5'3'' PE 6-8 Spin
FWA series jigging Combi jerk 6'4'' PE 2-4 Spin

Now is your chance to pick up one of these very popular rods since they will now last long!

We are doing a deal here at Oceanside, buy any Extreme rods and recive either a free spool off extreme 4PLY braid 150m or 300m or a compelete DVD set of the FWA tv series!

This offer wont last long so get in quick before stocks are gone.

hi all was thinking on buying a reel from america costs approx 300.00 aus./- paypal...  just wondering if there were import duty ,or will the all up  cost be reel +freight?

 I have a question regarding the public moorings at the Southern group. I have utilised the 2 moorings around Middle Island, however have not yet ventured to the westerly moorings on the inside. My question is how difficult is it to travel through these passages in regards to risk of coming into contact with bomies etc.

The reason for my question is that the wife has been asking to go to the islands with me & she & the kids want to get there feet on dry land & explore during the day. It seems that these moorings offer an opportunity to access the Long Island, according to my charts it is a sand bottom all the way from the mooring to the beach. 

Any advise on which are the easiest Islands within the southern group to access would be appreciated 

well ,

we had a clown attack today ,

son and I went south today to check pots ,

arrived at the beach , could see our mate diver dan right near one of our pots, very swelly and sloppy heading out towards our gear , arrived at the first pot,to find two divers getting back in their boat & to find the clown owner of the boat , free diver 1 is actually anchored right over our pot, within 3 metrs of me as I pull the pot rope up,no dive flag I asked him what he thought he was doing right on our gear , and it looked bad for him and his mate like that ?told him looks suss mate ??

he said nah we haven't touched your pots , he reckoned we had 6 crays in our pot, just you wait till you pull it and see , we would not rat your pot mate, ........

anyway , we hit his boat several times as we pulled the pot,no choice as he was anchored that close on it , our pot even became jagged on his still set anchor rope ,finally we got it onboard after untangling it from his anchor rope anyway yep six crays in the pot , he also had 2 on the floor of his tinnie that we could see ,

both where free divers , no air, after 10 mins he pulled his anchor and motored off ,

4 of the crays where keepers , 2 went back
next 3 pots produced nothing ,

last two trips out have had all 4 pots catch , total of 41 crays potted , today , 3 pots empty , same ground , one pot with 6 in ,was imo about to be emptied when we rocked up on it in the boat

now question is did the divers rat em ?? imho absolutely yes, given what we have been getting , there is no way we lucked out so badly,...what can we do about it ??....sfa

to all the divers who don't use flags , you bloody well should , to those who want to anchor on someones pots & dive there be prepared to be blamed if the owner comes along & find his catch rate has suddenly dropped right off the radar low,

for the honest guys morally you know it aint right , how about raising the bar and using peer pressure to stamp this shite out hey ?, make it your code to not anchor on set pots ?? can it be that hard to move elsewhere ? when the crays are about like now ?

this bloke today thinks where stupid, however experience tells me he did rat our pots ,

he will keep for now

hezzy

hezzy

Anyone getting into them yet?  I had a crack around the Como Scout Hall over the weekend but it's still very weeded up through there.  Further north towards the city starts to clear out a lot more but I haven't fished up there yet, I've just noticed it when I'm riding to work.

Not surprisingly I didn’t see any fish other than a chaotic amount of blowies... need the weed to clear out.

 Anyone been catching anything down cottesloe way? Planning on going for a fish there on Sunday.

Recently went for a short trip up to Denham. Sadly didnt take the boat but was amazed at the quality or the boat ramps and fish cleaning facilities.

There was 2 fish cleaning stations within 100m of each other both the same as the photo below. Bins for fish carcases and lights for night cleaning. Each also had numerous taps on it to wash down and large drain hole in the middle. Top quality and shade too!!!

Got me wondering where our $7+ goes?? i can only gather these facilities were council funded and good on them. But as you all know if you go to Hillarys, Ocean Reef, Mindarie or Two Rocks on a nice weather weekend there would be an average of 100+ boats at each. times this by 100 nice days fishing a years = $$$$$$$$. Why can they not provide quality facilities like these ones? Jurien also has fantastic facilities and one 200th of the population of Perth.

I can only hope some of the money goes to Sea Rescue?

Enjoy

 Hi is their anyone that you could recommend to fix my Daiwa reel that is good and honest and not too expensive?

 Hey guys is their many good catches of sambos of two rocks?