Dont normally post on here much but found 60 minutes very interesting last night on their report on great white sharks in shark ally off south africa. I thought it was amazing to see the guy in there who had been studying the whites for years was that confident with them to swim/ dive with them at will with out a cage. Dont get me wrong he had a great respect for them. Even the reporter Allison Langdon gets in with him for look. They also showed a shark deterant that they had trialled with great succes over there. The other marine biologist on there said that there would be lucky to be 500 of them over there which raises a point of how few there is left in the world compared to thier findings a few years ago.

Any way was wondring if any one else had seen it and what your thoughts are on it.

Here is the link on some of the report http://www.jump-in.com.au/show/60minutes/extraminutes/3784171893001/

 Fished out wide in the bay on Saturday with Rhys and managed 2pinkies and a couple of baldies .couple of photos of the better fish landed

This place never ceases to amaze me.  Having joined the MAAC to participate in the monthly competitions I have learned that the Club rules for fishing competitions have been carefully designed to “level the playing field”.  It is not the guy with the big boat that can go out wide and bag a big dhu, or the bloke that targets and brings in a heap of huge Sampson that will win the day.  The rules provide for 2 points per species and 1 point per kilo for the total bag, with a maximum of 10 points for a Sampson where you can only weigh in one.  The emphasis then becomes one of targeting lots of species in daylight hours and that is the challenge.

Being new to WA, this was indeed a challenge.  After gaining a lot of knowledge from this site, spending a lot of hours on the water and talking to members, that have become my friends, my young fella and I are starting to learn. The main message is that to catch a range of fish in limited time on a set day with unknown weather conditions requires lots of different techniques (rigs and baits) at different spots that provide habitat for different species.  Adaption to the prevailing conditions is also very necessary.

Anyway, we probably had our best day out on Saturday.  Tried and tested lures for tailor around near shore reef first up, burley and bobby corks for herring and flashing lures for pike over shallow “patchy” ground, shallow beach with very light gear and small hooks for sand whiting and other bread and butter species, and then 20+m depth with burley on a range of “structure” for demersals and others using bottom bashing and floating rigs of various types.  The image shows our bag (the competition day is the only time I would ever keep a lot of these – destined for the burley).  We only fish near shore as we have a little boat.

Being an avid “pink hunter” that targets “missions” very carefully, it is really refreshing to chase other species on a given day when conditions are not ideal because the completion rules dictate that you do.  I don’t care about winning, it is just nice to challenge yourself in a place that provides such diversity and quality of fishing experience.  We still have a long way to go as there are a lot more species techniques that need to be learned – you never stop learning.

 eversince a coupple of years ago when me and a mate went out the 4 mile to chase pinkies ive been hooked. we landed 3 pinkies with the smallest at 2.5kgs and the biggest going the full 7.5 kilo and spent a good 2 hours using the last of the bait to catch and release monster skippy well over 30cm. since that day my winter time pinkie seshons have been put off due to football and other events and only had one chance last year where i only caught undersized pinkies and my dad took the glory baging a dhuie and a pinkiear i was kenn to hit them hard but study and work has kept me grounded.

who else has been deprived of pink snapper this winter so far? 

 Hi,

I know it's been done to death and I have been looking at all the old posts with the search function but I was wondering if anyone is using the furuno GP1870F combo. I'm looking for a new combo and I'm limited on space otherwise it would be two seperate units. I have measured the available space and I think that I can fit the HDS10 combo. I've used Lowrance combos in the past and would like to try something new. Everyone says that the Furuno sounders are good as fish finders and the Lowrance plotters are better than Furuno for charts and the navigation side of things. As the fish finder is the thing that will find the fish, I wanted to try the Furuno combo as the 1870F is compatable with a 1kW or 600w transducer and I want to start fishing in the 200m+. Is there anyone using this unit and are they happy with it?

Thanks,

Ken

 all my mates r workn. Im headed to the d9 possibly tomorrow arvo depending on weather.. anyone else heading out? Im still yet to land one of these sized mythical creatures commonly known as the pink snapper lol... best yet is 350mm hopefully tomorrow is my day... 

 hey guys just wondering where the scalies are atm

 Looking for some help with what I'm seeing on my sounder. This is my favorite fishing spot. I catch a lot of Dhufish here & not much else. (Although none today) Not that I'm complaining but I cant see any thing special on the sounder. There's nothing much different from the surrouding area as far as i can tell. So can you tell me what I'm looking at? Why are there Dhufish there? Knowing the answer might help me to find other areas to fish.n

 I've never paid much attention to squid other than buying them for bait but I've recently started to get some interest in actually catching them myself. Is it worth trying for them in the lower sections of the swan at the moment, say from bicton down to freo or will they have mostly headed out with the colder water coming down? 

 hi, a few months ago i caught this shovel nose shark and dident have time to measure it since i relesed it. how many cm's do u guys think this is and how many kilos?

thanks

Lads...

i need to most likely purcahse a PE 8 combo for the kings ...

i have been going throrugh the specs, and i have just came to the conclusion that there is one extra SS bearing in the power spells. I am most likely missing something...

any tackle gurus wanna give me the heads up with what the actuel difference is in the two reals at PE 8 size....?

or reccomend another PE 8 reel to look at?

any info would be appreciated eh!

Brett 

I got the ok to go for a fish left around 5:30 went to coogee marina wall  only thing i got there was a fresh attacked cuttle fish... so i got that out of the water for bait decided it was time to move on..

i got to challenger beach around 8pm  parked on the boat ramp and fished i was using mullie on a 3 snell rig.

well  i was thinkin gof packing up to go home then i got a run it run up the beach towards the shacks so strong at 1.4 meters .

Caught on a timber wolf beach rod and a fin nor biscayne 80  line 50lb braid and mono 50 lb berkley pwr for rig making

that is the best thing ive caught in years and always new the spot would produce im happy as

it went home with me and is now lunch today it has so much meat on it..

thanks

 hi, when me and my mate went to a remote part of the swan river a few months ago, we saw mullet jumping, what type are the ones that you see in the swan river?

 Was fishing in some serious tiger country in 25m in Exmouth in July when number 1 deckie hooks up. A few meters up he gets whacked and as you do up there you mutter an expletive towards the shark and try to pop him off. You could of knocked us both over when this bad boy popped up - 18lb and the biggest we have seen in 8 years of going north!

 G'day guys .. Been up in exxy for nearly a week now

so far a couple of trout and rankin and school macks and a dollie

struggling hard to get onto some gold though so if anyone can help me out plz send me a pm

Any help would go a long way

thx guys

 I know there was a forum topic on people chasing whales a couple of months ago,Went out about 25km from hillarys today, never seen so many whales out there, breaching waving fins and tails etc.  literally dozens, hanging around the boat, all the way in and out

Hi all

i am heading up to kalbari next Friday and was just wondering if there is any crabs in the murchison river at the moment just incase we have no luck with the fish.

Adam

 Hi Guys,

Have picked up an 8.5 meter rib in Sydney and need it either dragged or carried across the flat.

Weight is about 2.8, width 2.5, length 29ft and 3m high. Trailer brakes etc and trailer in good nick.

Couple of options, either I can drive someones 4WD towing boat, I'll cover fuel or if anyone knows of anyone experienced coming back to Perth I can cover a fair whack of their fuel costs.

I have spare bearings and wheel, trailer and boat registered and insured.

Boat located in Parramatta.

Cheers.

 I'm looking at getting a overhead reel and trying to decide between the two, my mate thinks I should go the Calcutta as the ryogas are crap. But I've got a feeling he's only saying that as it's his dream reel and doesn't want me to get one before him.

what is everyone's opinion? 

Cheers

reece

It is only a small item, but some one left it at Harvey dam and may very well like it back, if you are missing something let me know, it was on the bank running of the 3rd causway.

Mike.

 Just wondering if anyone has been getting scalies or other baitfish around Woodies lately, the last couple times I went down (few monthes ago) didn't see one..

Cheers

 Hey guys, heading up to wagon on the 22nd what do you reckon the weather will be like, I could only get the forecast till Friday and seems to be getting better everyday, let me know what you reckon I'm just curious to what you guys think. 

Cheers guys 

 went out for an early fishing this morning with matt ended up bagging out with dhus and baldies. There was heaps of bait around and alot of sharks. Came in to have fisheries check catch and licences they was happy until i we all found out my wife didnt renew my licence like she said she did, so i ended up losing my fish and a $200 fine. Was all my fault for not double checking and i very good lesson. The worst thing wasnt getting the fine it was losing a baldie and a dhu.

Everyone learn from my mistake and double check everything before heading out

I am thinking of using either this boat ramp tomorrow or going to the point perron boat ramp in Rockingham.

Anyone had trouble with break-ins etc and what is the security like.

Also what does the parking cost at either boat ramp??

 Hey guys

I'm heading down to Mandurah on Saturday morning and planning on taking the kayak. Was wondering if anything is biting down there atm. 

Cheers

HI All,

I'm heading down to Busselton to have a crack off the Jetty at the end of the month without the wife for 5 nights.  Anyone able to tell me what's going on down there right now?  Haven't fished in ages so don't really care but if there happens to be anything particularly decent, I'd like to make sure I've geared up the right way to have a bit of fun.

Thanks very much in advance.

Cam

 Anyone know if ocean whaler marine is still in business and if so what is their current address ? 

I have been trying to contact them but can't get a reply to text messages or voicemail messages. 

Thanks. 

 Soz only got iPhone can't copy and paste the link 

google navionics sonarphone 

Would someone paste the link pls

Once they get a better ducer than a suction cup mounted one...

for A little more than the  price of a navionics platinum card u could have a cheap iPad/ tablet with navionics app. Add transmitter /ducer. Bingo

wonder if airmar gonna start making proper ducers for it 

Enjoy 

Following the successful re-launch of the Hornet (see: http://fishwrecked.com/forum/back-water-25kg-quality), I needed to continue my part of the deal whereby I had to teach the “expert repairer” the techniques YPM and I have learned to catch the awesome WA pinks over the recent winter.  I have had the most success when the water is still a bit “dirty” following storm events and has planned tonight from a week or so out.  It seems a fairly regular pattern that after the fronts pass through it calms right down for a couple of days and once the swell drops to “safe” size, a trip out is really worth a shot.

Over the stormy period we added a few more upgrades, particularly the enhancement of the Minn Kota longevity by the addition of another battery to take “spot lock” duration above 6 hours on maximum draw.  We also found another small leak through the deterioration of a plastic live bait tank fitting that was also fixed.  There was also some corrosion of the tilt switch controls on the E-tech that also had to be fixed.  All were desired or minor maintenance items and the Hornet is in really good shape now, thanks largely to the great job done by Dean.

The plan was to head out at 4pm from Hillarys for the pinking hour.  The “Perth Pilchard Shortage” meant a bit of work to find the baits but we managed.  Unfortunately, YPM couldn’t come due to his footy team making the Granny this Sunday and he couldn’t miss training.  We arrived at our spot about 4.45pm, out with the home made burley in really nice conditions.

The first experience was the sounder “lighting up” with something really really big?  A couple of minutes later two whales surfaced near the boat and we were really pleased that we had Minn and no anchor lines in the water.  They were really close and I guess came to have a look at what we were.  People pay a lot of money to whale watch so I suppose we were privileged.

The burley started to work and on came the fish.  We caught some by-catch with a huge Sargent Baker, some Morwong, Skippy, and 20 minutes later a couple of legal dhu.  Not huge dhu but good quality, and eating, for a near-shore spot.  And then came the pinks, and more small dhu.

There is nothing like a good pink run in the late afternoon.  With the 2 dhu we could only keep a couple of pinks.  We were lucky that it was “all happening” so we could choose the ones we kept.  A 690mm and a 670mm went in the tank and we released a couple of 630-650s, after photos (below).  Unfortunately, I lost one that spat the hooks which was probably 7kg+ but that’s the way it goes.

It really doesn’t get much better than that and to keep my end of the “bargain” is quite satisfying.  My mates over east still can’t believe how good the pinks are over here.