Enjoy

How do you keep your fishing obsessed family, well two of them, amused over the school holidays – go fishing of course.  Our plans of travelling somewhere in this great state to chase piscatorial trophies went to crap because we were too lazy to organise anything properly, and the weather looked a bit dodgy to punt thousands of clams on it being good when you got there.  All there was to it, watch the Perth weather and take a day off when it looked ok.  That was today, although the swell and wind was borderline – and it was quite cold at 6am.

The target for today was to get YPM a good Sambo.  He has been worked by these beasts over the past months but has yet to get a big one to the boat.  He fishes with 30lb braid and the big ones always seem to take 100+m of line and “rock” him on the shallow reefs.  One thing we have learned over the last 6 months is that the big ones fight dirty.

Off to the ramp before dawn, and it is never a good sign that there was only one other trailer there.  We waited till it was light as the swell was still 3m at Rotto and we didn’t fancy taking on the “hole in the wall’ in the dark.  It was fairly spectacular to go “through” in the swell with big waves breaking either side of you.  There was one that looked like it could break in front of us and I was pleased we have a small fast maneuverable boat so we could react and “cross” it in a safe place.  Nothing like a “heart starter” in the morning.

We stopped off at 3 Mile to try the new burley – it worked a treat which is good seeing we have so much of it.  No big pinks unfortunately, but true to form YPM got smashed and busted off on the rocks.  We did however put this one down to a large ray as it really liked the bottom.  The 31cm black arse went back as it was just marginal and deserved to live.  We decided to go out further and try our luck as the swell was well spaced and there was not much chop.

Headed to some “solid” ground in about 30m and fired up the Minn to “hover” over it.  The next few hours were awesome, even though the easterly continued to increase.  The skippy were in plague proportions, and a good size as well.  We probably landed close to 40 with many over a kilo.  We returned every one and YPM commented that, “even though we don’t keep them, it is so much better than catching wrasse and parrot”.  Landing one big one did cause crossed lines though and we needed to take a break as I had to clean up the mess.

YPM decided that watching me incompetently untangle things was quite boring.  He threw down the bigger rig to fish the bottom with a whole snelled mulie whilst I did the work!  Within minutes, he was smashed and there was no doubt this was a big angry fish.  I must say he did really well in what was probably a 20+ minute fight.  There were tangled lines in the water that needed to be cleared through the fight, as well as the need to walk around the boat to keep the “pressure on”.  At last, that big sambo came to the boat and there was one very happy young fella who finally caught his prize.  Weighed, measured and photographs and back he went.

You gotta love it when a kid catches a PB.  He followed up immediately with a nice KG (mum really likes them) and it was time to come in.  It’s good when a plan comes together.  The weather looks ok for the last arvo of the school holidays tomorrow, so guess what!

Has anyone been off the busselton jetty recently after mulloway or is the mulloway run for the busselton jetty over

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/shark-death-investigated-as-video-goes-viral-20140717-ztw03.html

given the herring discussion , i thought there may be other bag limits/fisheries management changes that people would like to see

probably the no 1 is to have 1 dhufish per licnece holder

one of my choices would be to see the size limit on crabs increased from the curent 127mm , up to 135 mm , given the bag limit of only 10 per person blah blah , ten bigger crabs at 135 mm is a good feed

i like to see some changes in the shark bay pink snapper rules as well ,

would people want a shore based fishing licence to match the boat fishing licence , that excluded payment for kids under 14 and pensioners,

or my preference of general fishing licence that gave you access to both shore and boat, & when doing the application you can tick a box which one you do most or exclusivly for data info to fisheries on activity etc

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is the bag limit of squid too many ?

probly lots of others , fire away

hezzy

 I have it pritty good up here in Exxy ,we get out pritty often to put our set net in to catch some mullet and some trevs and queenfish for fishing out wide

 we also chase whiting thro the hotter mounths for a feed and bait also .

 What i was asking is what does ever other net fishers chase and where ,its just a general thing  ??

 i love getting out after work and setting the net and having a beer waiting

     jeff

 Any one catching any slimys? Do you get them this time of year metro? Wouldnt mind cactching a few

Thanks

Was just watching Ifish with Paul Worstling catching massive snapper when they spawn in South Oz. This made me think how good we used to have it with our sambos on the barges west of Rotto. How come there pinky schools aren't plagued by sharks like our sambo schools? Is this more evidence that we need pro shark fisherman locally?

Furuno FCV 627 for sale, Excellent cond $700.

Does anyone know any good whiting spots in Bunbury or Bussulton and what bait or lure to use 

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 with the cray season slowly approaching I wanted to set the boat up so its more user friendly. I have a 4.5m quintrex fishseeker ( tiller steer ) with 100mm gunnels, I was thinking of mounting a removable cray pot tipper on the left and a winch on the right. I will be using the normal 3/4 slat pots locally and plastics when I go away. water depths ranging anywhere from 6m to 30m.

I was wondering if anyone had a setup on a similar sized boat and how you found it? also roughly how much your setup cost, ive allowed $1400 to get the job done.   cheers in advance

I'm looking for a soft plastic rod for a Stella 4000fe. They were heavily reduced so couldn't pass it up!

I have brought the line, varivas 10x10 jigging braid 1.5 pe, 28lb

Rods that have caught my interest are:

G Loomis pro blue 7' 12-25lb

Lox Yoshi Blade 6 10', 6-8kg

Samurai Kestrel 7', 10-20lb

Temple Reef Mytho,  5 10', 1-3pe

NS Magic Eye Torque, 7 8', pe2-4

Shimano Type J spin 1.91m, pe1-3

What do you think? Is a big investment and will be my go to pinkie combo. Just too many choices

and any help would be greatly appreciated

 Hi,

I read an article today of two guys putting in alot of time and effort to catch a shark this time of year and they did it, just wondering has anyone else tried it?

Its got me in the mood to target them again as I thought there wouldn't be any around this time of year!

Also seen before someone use a shaker under a ballon to attract them? 

Thanks

 hey guys

just wondering if anyone has fished the artificial reef down at dunsborough recently

would like to know if they are producing some decent captures

thanks

Has the herring bag limit changed for the south west

Anyone currently in or going to Coral Bay over the next 2 weeks ? We are up there 19/7

I've always just sharpened the big hooks using a small file and it seems alright.

How much better is a dedicated hook sharpener?

 OK, I am not a tech freak but...what do you think about Fishwrecked having an App..?

My boat has a sticker for July (7) sticker on it does that mean it runs out at the end of July or the start of July as I'm yet to receive a renewal notice.

Well, full of enthusiasm for Perth Metro fishing after our first King George last week (http://fishwrecked.com/forum/first-metro-kgs), YPM (http://fishwrecked.com/forum/young-pinky-master) and I eagerly awaited the monthly MAAC monthly competition on Saturday.  Although we picked up the jackpot fish a couple of months ago (http://fishwrecked.com/forum/pb-3-mile-pink-snapper), the previous June comp was an absolute failure as we thought we could go to the 3 Mile with a 45km/h north easterly blowing (what a “schoolboy error” that was as we limped back in at 9.30am absolutely soaked, cold and miserable with the white towel being smashed by the breeze – our only success was going to the Club for the weigh in and presentation and learning from the members about what idiots we were).  The weather forecast for last Saturday was moderate to fresh easterlies dropping off to gentle in the middle of the day – conditions where you certainly wouldn’t go in the morning under normal circumstances.

Anyway, the day arrived and yes the wind was up.  The memories from a couple of months back were “flooding in” and we had made a conscious decision to stay very much inshore (hiding in the shadow of the land) and see what happened with conditions throughout the day.  There were plenty of fishos at the ramp as I think there was another comp on as well.  We launched at 6.30am and as you can’t leave the marina until 7am we had a chance to catch up with Ken, an octogenarian that that has won the yearly small boat and singles countless times and is a really good bloke – you need to commit to memory every bit of advice you ever receive from legends like Ken.  He was kind enough to hand over a bunch of squid tentacles and give us the technique to troll up pike and herring around the near shore reefs.

So that’s what we did first up.  The wind was howling but the reefs around the marina were relatively sheltered.  Out go the Halco Twistys and some circles around the reefs had a pike and a few herring on board – missed a nice tailor (comp points in the first half our on a windy day!).  The MAAC comps are all about the number of species you can catch (2 points per species and half a point per kilo) so it was time to assess spots and techniques and do something else.  We headed out to Tim-o’s “lump” about 1.5 miles off shore but the wind was horrendous and we soon gave up and came in with “our tails between our legs” to hide near the land.

We have a nice reliable spot for sand whiting down off Trigg so decided to head down there along the coast.  We trolled for a little bit but the sea was glass right on the coast so motored down at 20 knots a few hundred metres off shore to get to the spot.  Arrived and rigged up the really light gear (4lb line and size 6 long shank hooks with squid and peeled prawn combo) and proceeded to get a couple of sand whiting (2 points and no kilos).  It was a bit slow but we threw out the floating whole pillie and this was picked up by a 1m+ gummy that was a good fight to the boat (not on the 4lb rig though). 

The wind was starting to drop and we made the call to go to the spot where we got the 8.5kg pink a couple of months earlier – not too far away.  This was the first chance to really try the Bonito we caught on Thursday (carefully prepared with a lot of love).  Within minutes, we had a point scoring Skippy and a bonus King George.  Too many Wrasse and Parrot to waste all the bait on so the decision was made to head to our “new” spot even though it was half an hour away.

What a great spot - everything loved the Bonito.  Hooked into a solid KG that went 50cm+ (our first Metro half meterey).  The pinks were there but unfortunately the four we got were all undersized.  We has a double hookup and while mine was a 43cm pink, YPM pulled up the biggest black arse I have seen on the boat.  A 59cm Sambo was a good fight but you can’t weigh in undersized so back he went (the comps are the only reason why we ever keep one).  Although the fish were on, it was time to head off as you have to weigh in by 4pm and we had a lot to do in a couple of hours.  We were quite happy with our daily bag under adverse circumstances.

What do you know, YPM won the Junior Angler and had the biggest Break Sea Cod (1.444kg).  My Gummy was the only Shark weighed in and at 3.33kg picked up that award.  The 50cm+ KG weighed in at 0.881kg and was the biggest of the day as well.  4 prizes and $100 in vouchers – not too bad for the novices that don’t really have a clue about fishing in WA.  Lots of spots and lots of techniques seemed to do the trick on the day.

We have met some really nice people at the MAAC.  I have had a number of discussions about the merits of burley and the subtle nuances of its production referring to a previous post about burley recipes and techniques (http://fishwrecked.com/forum/burley-recipe-and-technique).  The burley post had a number of replies from FW members about the “industrial mincers of choice” that were eagerly picked up by a MAAC member to the point he purchased the suggested machine on ebay.  We arranged to collate all our “stuff” the next morning and “christen the beast”.

After much work constructing a suitable “workbench”, in went Herring, Whiting, Skippy, Snook, Tailor, Pilchards, Harlequin frames, Squid, Octopus, Cray shells, chicken layer pellets and heaps of Tuna oil.  A primary 12mm mince was followed by a 6mm one adding in pellets and oil to get the consistency right.  37 bags, that fit into the burley cages, were produced for the freezer so it shouldn’t have to be done again for quite a while.  Hopefully we can turn all of this brown to pink.

I have the most understanding wife in the world.  As we drove back from the burley making extravaganza along West Coast Drive at 3pm, conditions looked great.  She headed past us to the supermarket and I rang to enquire about her day without the kids, and the possibility of chasing sized pinks at our new spot.  Unbelievable, a favorable response (something to do with taking the kids away all day I guess).  Home to prep the boat with YPM and out we go.

The NW chop made it a fairly slow trip out but conditions were good when we got there.  Those fresh whiting from the day before seemed the go so out they went, along with the half and full pillies.  In what was a “quality” hour, we were constantly being smashed by pinks.  In the end we got 2 of size (little ones of 55cm+ and 3kg) but it certainly topped off the weekend and broke our month long “pink keeper drought”.

WA fishing is awesome.  5 bags of “desired species” frames to give to fisheries and kilos of 10/10 fillets to feed the family and friends.

 Family decided that we would go to Moore river tomorrow morning. They said that I could go for a fish while we were there. Heard there is some good bream in there. Can anyone give me a general location in the river for some good fishing? It would be great if it is close to the river mouth.

lachie

I want to do some mapping on my PC for transfer between my Lowrance LCX110c re routes, waypoints etc. What do you use/recommend.

It would be preferable it did not cost an arm and a leg. I brought a Navionics Gold card and are a bit disappointed that Navionics do not supply a free mapping solution for the PC to run as a standalone.

I believe they had PC App available for free a few years ago but that is no longer available and I can't get a copy of this. The web app is basic and does not let you save waypoints etc.

 Has anybody used these rods or have an opinion? Seem well priced and appatently Japanese made

2014 Hamachi HMG Jig  PE 1 - 2

Japanese Jig Rod

The latest in Nano techonolgy , Nano carbon , incredible sensitivity yet insane lifting power . 

These are an outstanding PE 1 to 2 (10 -20lb) jig rod that has been built to run with  spinning reels

We have team them up with shimano FJ5000 stradic spin reels running 10lb to 20lb braid and they have performed beautifully jig and being HMG carbon they are also very much at home flicking lures and soft plastics

Being built from IM7 carbon they are fast taper high response jig rod

Has anyone been off bunbury or the bussulton jetty for mulloway and caught anything

Hi everyone：

 I'm a beginner for peacockbass. I want to have some better lure fishing tackles.

 Are there any large tackle chain stores or any professional sales websites in the India

Thank you.

Hi Guys,

Can I please get some opinions on plastics vs baits. I have never used plastics before but are looking to give it a bash. Also any advice how to rig up plastics would be appreciated is it just a pasnoter rig? What the best plactic to use for Dhuies?

Im looking to get a light spin jigging set up. Whats your pic between a Blue Gomoku & T-curve revolution vertical 55-150?  

Both availibal on Motacke for $149. I will be running a 5000 reel with 30LB braid.

Or can anyone recomend anything else similar in the same price range?

hey guys I want to do some major work on my trailer which I need to get the boat off in order to do and I was wondering how much it would cost me to get the boat lifted off at the hillarys boat lifters and put on props(boat is 8.4m)? work will take 2 or 3 days hopefully. or is there anywhere that hire some props for me to do it myself? thanks in advance for any info. cheers.