Hey fishos. I haven't been doing any serious fishing for a few years now due to work, shit roster, and a bit of depression on the side, suddenly I realise I don't know what used to. So to get myself back, I have jumped in with a mate to go up to cockatoo island and have a fish at the buccaneer classic in a few weeks.

Anyone familiar with the area that can give me an idea on what gear I need to take up there to be prepared? Coins not an issue, but time is. Pretty much will just have the tues after Easter to grab what I need before flying up.

I have dusted off my gear so current ammo is demonblood 64cj with 30lb stradic 4000. Tcurve deep jig 200 with 60ish lb saragosa 8000. I will take.my.trusty overheads tyros 20s one with heavy braid one with heavy mono, 24kg backbone for bottom bouncing. Are any of these not suitable to the area?

Any suggestions on a decent trolling oh rod for the other tyrnos too. I have never been a big fan of the 24kg backbone so ideas on a replacement for that one would be good too. Any rods around suitable for bottom and troll? 

I have a reasonable swag of jigs for the spin setups, but any particular weight and variety I should stock up on? 

Thanks in advance

 Anyone planning to go out of Two Rocks over the Easter break needs to know that capital works being done has very seriously limited the parking space available. 
The grassed area above the marina is absolutely not available. This area has been packed with parking in previous years.
Parking along the marina wall is also unavailable. 

Could be a lot of very frustrated boaties this weekend  

 Well, just back from the annual trek to CB...what to say about 2022-well here goes the summary !!!

Left home 5am for the 2 day, 19 hr trek to CB on the boys only trip..absolute no dramas other than the price of fuel..ouch...forecast looking sketchy with pending 'possible'cyclone..but not worried as usually bettert than they say...

New Furuno 295 with 2KW transducers only went in 2 weeks prior...couldn't wait to test it out.

Day 1- arrive mid pm, unpack into the house, straight to pub for well earnt coldies....work on my standard plan of going both nth and sth in the first 2 days to see where the fish are at..and shallow or deep. listen to the people at the cleaning station with a keen ear for any info that can help...using some common sense and experience you can work out a lot form the cleaning station and what fish are being cleaned....good ideas in my head to help with the plan for the first few days

Day 2- weather shmick ..headed North to try the normal red ground..fishing slow, but managed 6 good reds, 6 x XL spangos and a few others to make up the bag- good start..

Day 3- weather good form 10am onwards.... head South..fishing slowish in the 70-80m marks, head out to the 100's and it picks up..good bag of reds/goldband and usual suspects of robbos/spangos/rankins etc

Day 4 and 5- wet, wet, wet.......rum, rum, rum- no more to say

day 6- weather absolute hollywood so head out to South indonesia to hit up the Rubies.....sounder looks normal- BUT can't beleive it...not a single bite...bit of sounding around and we rustle up a fish/drift on some new ground. Then heading in found some new ground in 170m..looks ok so we drop and its on..fish every drop for all 3 fishos...work through some fish to keep the better ones and off we go happy and content

Day 7- weather looks awesome for day 8/9 so have a crusiy day doing some snorkling/sightseeing for the crew that hadn't been before....cpl more crew driving 13 hrs straight to fish hard for 2 days, then drive home-they roll in 1130pm...

Day 8- full boat of fishos, i decide to hit up my fav  never miss''  Goldband spots 55 kms sth...lets just say after hitting 4 of my 'never miss' spots...we had doughnuts on board and 5 pretty downhearted fishos....hit spot 5 and we see some fish and the right colours too-plus some unexpected reds from 120m...not a great day as we head in i thought, then decided to hit some old shallow spots i haven't been to for years and we rustled up some nice fish to end up with an ok day

Day 9- head back Nth to try and get some better fish for the boys who travelled up. Fish where on the chew early and a cpl of trophy reds boated along with a great bag of reds, robbos, spangos, trout etc...ended up a great day for all

Day 10 and 11- lazy days cleaning the boat/gear and  pub lunches...noice !!!

Day 12 and 13- pretty much the same for the last 2 days of fishing...headed out to fish the 150-200m marks for a mixed bag and the fish where super hungry..nice mix of top quality fish and done nice and early both days...i like that !!!

Day 14- pub lunch, tidy and pack up...ready for the 2 day return home.

To address some questions that  I know will come, here goes....Sharks...i touched on this in last years summary...if people are fishing marks they have been given, strong chance its been fished a bit..once again we caught a lot of our fish on newly found ground. a lot of the time we seemed to get fish on the 1st drop on new country, then nothing.. i took this on board so for the last 4-5 days fishing we only did one drop on any mark and it proved true...hence we where not wasting time needlessly...this would be my best year for sharks in the last 4-5 years...maybe only losing 1-2 fish/day....my advice is the same as last year- if u get sharked-  MOVE, don't have 'just 1 more drop'....still the same story at the cleaning station of people whinging about getting sharked on the same spot as yesterday etc...tut tut..

Highlights-

Reds where really good sized with a few trophy sized ones...as normal the best red [ has to be 8kg plus]  of the trip makes the angler 'the King'  for the trip  and until he is dismantled he doesnt need to get his wallet out at the pub untill he is knocked off....this wasn't good for me and the other crew when The King was knighted on day 2..then on day 9 I dethroned him - then late on day 9 he decided to trump me again !!!!! just  to make sure he didn't need to pay a cent....what an arsehole !!! [ just jealous ] 

More Good coronation trout than i have ever seen before

Spanish Mack on a bottom meat jig half way up on light gear...entertaining

Red Emp wings for tea pretty much every night..yummo

New Furuno 295 was AWESOME....picking up fish shows in 170 m at 45km's / hr..i like that !!!  Can't say enough thanks to 'person A'  for basically setting it up. 30 years of experince i couldn't possibly emulate..which was handy as it was like i had been tweaking it for 30 trips on day 1 !!!

Lowlight- boat getting drained of 200 l of fuel on the very wet night..at $2.50/l it hurts..ouch

I hate to say but Covid still lurks there with staff issues etc..The bakery/pubs etc still just aren't like they used to- probably i need to move forward as they are not likely to get back to those hights for  years...

3 x rods had to got to the graveyard...not ideal, but accidents happen.

Overall this was one of the best trips as weather was great, compnay even better, the fishing was challenging but with experience and knowledge we still got top qualitity fillets for days...

Still love the Bay and can't wait till next year..already counting down

Hope you all can get amongst it and live life to the fullest- FISH ON !!!!!!!

 Gday guys im gonna be with friends in Jurien for all of easter. If wind blowing im not gonna bother towing the boat up there so was just wondering if anybody could suggest a few land based fishing spots just for a few herring or taillor (we will have 2 4WD's)  cheers for any help

I recently saw some fisheries catching some guys who had been taking lots of undersized tailor.

just wondering how you can check or search for what prosecutions that they have done ?

 5461 km 

1269 litres of diesel

83 hrs of driving over seven days

Avg speed of 66 kmh

Diesel burn of 23.5 litres per hundred km

11.5 tonne truck trailer and boat load

C'von to Flying Fish Point Qld 

Zero fuck ups, zero breakdowns, zero dramas 

Some of the worst roads in Australia were driven 

Victoria Hwy NT. Avoid at all costs 

Cloncurry to Hughenden was abysmal to say the least.Two and a half hours to cover 113km in one section, beyond fucked. How this is a national highway has got me stumped.

Big shout out to Duralite trailers, they built me a bombproof trailer that shat all over any road conditions even with a 3.8 ton load. No boat damage at all. Even bigger praises to my ancient 88 Mitsubishi who not once complained and just kept on moving us forward, sometimes at 50kph and sometimes at 90kph all dependent on road conditions. 
 

Thank fuck that trip is done and dusted. Never again!.

 
looking to repair/refurbish Dunbier 6.5m duel axle trailer any recommendations NOR ? Or anyone selling a good trailer 

Cheers 

Ledge64

I bought a watersnake electric motor for my kayak, all I want is reverse (drag)  to stop being dragged out to sea or into the mangroves , even  little catfish have towed me into the unknowns, let alone 30 kg Northern Mulloway......can be fun....can turn into a nightmare with tides, crocs, sharks etc. real fast.

I need  a battery, manufacture (Jarvis walker) says never go lithium, too many volts will cook the motor? Lots of videos on youtube showing blokes "testing" the motors but can't seem to find many that are still using the motors? They BBQ"d them? I dunno

So.....is anyone out there running a watersnake on Lithium batteries?

OH.... Department of transport reqiures my kayak to be registered now, I need to get a HIN, proof of ownership, serial # of motor......FFS

Hmmm sorry guys not sure what happened last week so here are again ENJOY  

 People working on solutions to catching and eating fish. While I still fish for enjoyment and catching fish is a bonus there looks to be a new alternative to creating a new type of fish.

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 Hi all,

Will be targeting the listed species. Mostly off the beach, and some around the mangroves.

What does everyone recommend! 

Personally I like using hard bodies and metals.

I was thinking of just using tailor lures for the beach and the threadfin salmon.

Cheers

Vs Tainawa mustard hooks . JNT have wider gap they cost $12 to $14 bucks per hundred. From Taylor’s marine . What we used when I fished with my son on pro boat around Abrolhos islands to Kalbarri. They caught everything from big tigers . Reds. Pinks , coral trout . Even that small marlin I put up years ago .and that huge Queensland gropper . Unreal local for dhues down to kgs . Cheap as chips . Invincible . Skipper was using singles .( big hanging baits ) whole calli squid with whole small fish over the top . Ruby’s and cod in deep water .excellent hook rate . I was using them double snell. Don’t know how to put pic on your post .

I have just read Recfishwest's questionaire, and it gives you multiple choice questions that you must answer to submit the survey.  It does not give you options to accept none of these alternatives, and blindly accepts the goverment and fisheries assumptions that there is a need to reduce the catch.  I would be happy to support a reduction if I believed or was convinced there was a problem.  In their previous report Fisheries said stocks were recovering well and there is no need for further action.  In the latest report the same scientists using the same data working for the same department decide that there is now a problem.  Were they correct last year or this year, it can only be one of the two.  Which proves their science is crap.

The survey is biased as you must choose an undesirable option.  Recfishwest should be ashamed for blindly accepting the fisheries report without any investigation.  I guess the goverment grants them the funds so they must agree???

Heading to Airlie Beach over the holidays and wondering if anyone has any recommendations for charters? I have googled just seeing if there is any recommendations on here.

 Hi guys 

Im planning on hitting the road and traveling the WA coast line over winter with the tinny in tow. Looking to have a custom made canvas cover made. 

Chasing some recommendations as who is the best people to contact. 

Any info is welcome! 

Thanks  

 Hi guys 

Im planning on hitting the road and traveling the WA coast line over winter with the tinny in tow. Looking to have a custom made canvas cover made. 

Chasing some recommendations as who is the best people to contact. 

Any info is welcome! 

Thanks  

 Fishos

Planning to do a sneaky Abrolhos island trip for a couple of nights probably around May. Have another Mackeral Islands trip planned later in the year so this Abrolhos trip will be just to get away for a couple of days. We have been over a fair few times staying at the middle island group. Over the years we have had plenty of luck on the trout, baldies and dhuies, but I wanted to ask whether many of you on here have cought Red Emperor out off there? We have never caught one nor seen one caught there. A quick search on the search bar Ive found limited info with a few people saying they caught them on charters. Anyway if anyone has caught them off there and can give me an indication on depth it would be much appreciated.

Pic of the bombies we were fishing last time we were there...... Amazing place!!

Cheers

 G'day all, just looking at Mustad Big Gun hooks online specifically 8/0-9/0 

Has anyone used them? Rate them?

Cheers 

 Hi all, Im hoping someone can provide some advice 

 I dont have the drivers side seat installed as it only gets in the way. The passenger side seat became stuck and would not budge at all. Normally the seat can be taken out or turned around to the required position. 

 I had to cut it off and cut inside the shaft to get it out because i needed to get the floor boards out. You can see from the pic i cut too far and cut into the pvc housing. Hopefully that wont matter. 

 So now i want to install the other seat back into the passenger side but the shaft still wont fit back in. It seems the plastic has expanded or whatever, i dont know but it wont  fit. So can pvc be filed or sanded? Would be difficult to sand inside the pvc pipe. What do you suggest .             

 Anyone needing a crewie this week please keep me in mind. Cheers

Enjoy 

  Just Sharing, surely a better way than just believing West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource (WCDSR) Harvest Strategy Reference Groups recommendations immediately being a 50% reduction.

  Our WA's great fishing community who the vast majority 99% do the right thing to date and will contiune to do so demand better research and better data presented for consideration.

  Penalising Recreational Fishers is not the answer to sustainable fishing so many factors are at play including but not limited too, commercial, increase shark populations, environmental considerations etc.

  https://www.change.org/p/don-t-take-our-fishing-freedom?cs_tk=AkECEWmxdg7EMW2SS2IAAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvOaeTLBCQbk44NSilIlVAQY%3D&utm_campaign=abbe277c312d46fda5d3fb9317cfc549&utm_content=initial_v0_3_0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_signer_receipt&utm_term=cs

  cheers Adam for sharing !

Went for quick run. Got 4or 5 exceptional ones .1 to 1.2 kg jobs.using white duos only . Not heaps around . But wasn’t hard either

 First opportunity to get out, given the weather. Launched from Denham as was ne. Wasn't expecting this! Lost 3 others in same area as no traces and really wasn't prepared for a mack, was floating a mulie in the hope of a snapper!  30lb line, t-curve and bait runner 5000. Went like a freight train. 18.5 kg!

 Hi guys. Wondering if anyone knows hose to log on in Denham? I can't seem to find the details? Cheers!

Hey guys, I want to bring a 5.4m boat over from Vic to Perth. It's on a trailer but I dont know if I trust the bearings for a trip like that. 

On the trailer overall length is ~7.1m, 2.2m wide, I'm guessing something like 1400kg all up. Can anyone recommend trucking companies to reach to and get a quote for somthing like this?

thanks.

I live close to a COVID test area. Some lovely person ( waiting in massive cue to get test done)seen a 19 year old pet of my kids . Lying out front . ( steals it ) and takes it back to where they live . ( Lakeland s) miles away from where it lives .then Phones ranger Saying it looked lost. ( no wonder the cat prob thought WTF ). Thing can barley walk its that old .Now I have to pay . What a wonderful world . My books that’s theft . And they should pay bill . Absolutely crap . Far out love a dollar for every time I see a pet on someone’s front lawn .

 Did day trip to the dam . Little 

quiet in the morning my mate

lost massive Redfin first up .

shifted spots had lunch . Arv

kicked in lots of little reds got 

little brown and snag a pb red. 
good day trip Celtas doin the 

damage again . Put the brown

and red in the smoke turned out

nice . Cheers pirate.

Enjoy 

 Hi all, 

I was chasing some info on splicing tm185 10 pin furuno transducer to a 7 pin Simrad adapter. 

Is this doable and is it as easy as just soldering the same colour wires together.

I can't seem to find a 10 pin adapter that runs to a 7 pin simrad/ lowrance on the internet.

Cheers