hey guys

just a quike question, will a sustain 5000 be able to handle 30 pound braid on it ?
i am thinking it will but i just have a little bit of uncertainty about it.

thanks

...do I contact the DOT?

 Went out on the weekend looking for crays. Pulled two pots but nothing so pulled another 5 or so and still nothing. You guys need to start putting them on better ground or try different bait maybe. Might put some pots in myself this weekend.

Meet and greet night, Mr Jigging Master " Pony Liu"

Meet and greet night. One off Special night and limited numbers available.

* Pony Liu is the owner of Jigging Master and a legend to many. He has fished all over the world with many spots being exotic and has tangled with many big fish including 100kg plus dogtooth tuna on jig. Pony's range of products are world renowned and this night is about learning from one of the most knowledgeable jiggers & fisherman in the world so take this rare opportunity and throw as many questions his way.

* Also being apart of the night is Andrew Cox (Coxy) who is the Australian Agent of Jigging Master. Coxy also fishes a lot and travels extensively to many locations around the world and has a broad range of knowledge. He will be around to offer information on JM gear, techniques and answer any questions.

* Also being there for this special night is Ryan Thipthorp. He is the owner of Oceanside Tackle & Marine in O’Connor and the TV Presenter for Fishing Western Australia which is the longest running fishing TV show in Australia. Ryan is a co-author of his own fishing book "Fishing Guide to Western Australia" and very dedicated to all forms of fishing. Ryan doesn't normally do public meet & greet appearances but will be there to answer any questions relating to filming and all forms of fishing including super deep, super deep jigging & demersal jigging etc

*** Ryan, Blake and Josh will be sharing all their information on super deep fishing, super deep jigging and demersal jigging which is our Specialty.

*** Put your name down and be apart of this one off Special night. It will be approximately the first week of December so 2 weeks away. No exact date is supplied as we don't want people turning up unannounced. Time would be around 6.30pm - 8.30pm but feel free to hang around longer.

*** The shop will be stocked with many brands and all gear that night will be on SPECIAL 

*** We will also be fully loaded with Jigging Master gear. ALL JM GEAR will be on SPECIAL also including the new range of JM Fallings Rods. Some New JM products will also be on display that night.

  
*** Now limited numbers available so if FW members or Jigging Master enthusiasts are wanting to be apart of it then please " PM us “ or “ call the shop on 9337 5682 “ to register your name. We wont hold people to it but it will help with numbers and catering etc (light food and cool drinks available)

Sup Peeps

Heading up this weekend and was hoping for some advice on where to fish. Taking the kids so somewhere kiddy friendly would be awesome. Also have a 4x4 so your secret beach locations would go with me to my grave.

Also keen to go sand boarding so any suggestions on what to use on the dunes. I heard that cardboard is not the best.

Conrad

i have never used a shark shield but two of my mates that i have done hundreds of dives with have started using them of my mates says "well i don't if it works
haven't been harassed yet" the other mate says he isn't sure they work but his zapps him every 2 minutes when he is using it

dropped 4 Cray pots behind the sisters of Rocky on Friday checked them yesterday all there, when I checked them today found two missing , is pot pilfering realy that bad?? , this is my first year potting for crays ,all the pots had plenty of weight in them

 Been working hard to suss out this bream on artificials thing for last couple of years. Found a fairly reliable spot recently, been picking up a few most sessions until this weekend. Been the best winds for me, could see the buggers but over 6 hours in two sessions didn't pick up a thing. Found that blowies were twice as active this weekend. Just wondering if any bream fishos on here felt the same? Need to update my bream fishing theories:)

maybe to do with the wind and weather?

cheers

 6 for 146, Bugger I'm in my office back on site, I'd love to be home watching the test with a few beers.

cheers

Dale

 Hi guys,

looking to buy a tablet, not a ipad.  anyone have a near new or new looking to get rid of.

 Anyone used these mooloolabar pick anchors? Any experiences on their performance? Thoughts?

i need a decent reef pick for the dinghy, and I'm not a massive fan of the traditional reef anchors, as I've had 2 let go (bend) whilst diving... Not fun. 

Wouldn't be too hard to make my own either. 

 Does ANYONE know how to tie a dropper loop with snelled hooks? I just can't figure it out!

Thanks 

Ryan

Hey, could someone please advise me on the min legal size for sand whiting? I caught about a dozen today all about 25cm, but thinking they were King george I let them go. Now I know they were sand whiting because they didn't have the dots and but cannot find legal size for sand whiting or bag limit. So now P@# off, oh well more fish for someone else I guess.....

Cheers,

heard of the scalies being in at the sheds any other information on it.

 Hi guys

Looking at putting pots in this year for the first time ever.

I am in Busselton and plenty are being caught by the divers and there are heaps of pots out around Peppy Beach and Stratham on the larger reef structures.

I dont really want to put mine in the middle of everyone elses pots.I have a few spots in close that are just smaller reef bommies in the same depth as where most guys have their pots, we catch smaller dhuies, good pinkies,sambos and skippy on these spots and was wondering if the crays will hang out on bommies that are only the size of an average lounge room or do you need to go on the longer/larger reef?

Any help for a rookie would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers Choc.

went for my morning swim/exercise this morning along the hillarys north wall, must be billions of small baitfish there, from 2cm to about 8cm,unbieveable, don't know if there pushed in by the n/wester

 So as promised we took our Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to the outer reef on Friday and had a cracker of a day. We got two sites videoed with the first of the sites being coral gardens. Being a popular dive site , it consisted of a large coral wall running north south with plenty of ledges for crays. Location as follows. Video can be found here

S 31-39.816
E 115-37.866 

I will get the next site video edited and publish as soon as possible. 

Regards
Holland Sub-sea

just curious of what ppl think is the correct etiquette when buying and selling gear on here.  of course what Adam has listed in the buy and sell rules but eg should only deal with one buyer at a time or is a bidding war OK?

first person to PM has "rights" (by rights I mean correct etiquette only sometimes it's not that easy ......o fcourse the seller can do business however he/she wants) also what are peoples opinions on items that come up for sale way overpriced...have seen a few lately. ....do I think: not my business? or a friendly PM. after all I'm sure most here are genuine and may have bought an item when it was more expensive....or comment in the thread where all can see and maybe help a buyer from paying too much. but probably offend the seller?

some great deals on here.....and some ...not so....I certainly don't have all the info but have seen a few upset comments

 Where is a good place to buy bait near Quinns Rocks?

Surfer killed in grace town this morning.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/man-killed-in-shark-attack-at-lefthanders-beach-near-gracetown/story-fnhocxo3-1226766778852

not good at all, let alone just before holiday season, and also whilst there is a major event down there this weekend (food and wine festival).

condolences to their families. 

Hi all

Heading down to Cheynes Beach near Albany for a week at the middle to end of January with the family. I have a Ally 6.1 Ocean Sport Quintrex. I know it has no ramp and it is a hard beach in a protected part of the bay where they launch boats.

Does anyone have any experience or tips launching/retrieving a similar size or bigger size boat from the Cheynes boat launch area. I will be using my Prado 4WD and mackay drive-on boat trailer. Have a good sounder/GPS with navionics gold maps of area. Just want to make sure if the size of my boat will be a problem launching/retrieving.

Also looking for anyone who fishes from Cheynes from a a boat if they would kindly give me some general tips where to head out with my son to get to reasonable deepsea fishing ground. Same for or in close for squid etc if possible. Never fished this area before so any general tips - dangers to watch for - what to expect etc appreciated. PM me if like if you rather keep it off the forum.

If anyone is down that way around that time and would like another boat as company happy to go out with them-providing the launch site is suitable for my boat.

 How do you measure your pink snapper?

being up at shark bay talking to a fisheries volunteer doin research said they measure from nose to the inside the V.

We have always measured from nose to open tail seen others squeeze tail in and measure also, but as you would no the top of the tail is longer than the bottom. Why wouldn't they make it the same for everyone and do as the fisheries volunteer do to save confusion. From head to inside the v and change size limits to suit.

any info from the pro's on the site would be great, the old man has wanted this answered for a while

 G'day peoples. Just after some recommendations on trolling combos. I Will be looking at buying in the 10-15kg line class. What do the fellow members of fishwrecked use / recommend? Thank you for your time. 

Bought the wife a cray license last week but she does not want to come out in the boat to check pots so wondering if fisheries would credit me back the money or credit it so my son or daughter could use the fee for their license?

I was surprised how tough sombos were when I moved south from the Pilbara ( they are bloody tough) and then I started thinking YTK I haven't got one yet but what else is as tough on the end of your line compared to a n/w fish , at first I thought china man cod , but I thought nope sambo pulls harder , then I thought back to the days when you could fish in pond zero at Dampier salt and I found a tougher fish than a sambo ,,, its a milk fish they go of like a steam train lots of you blokes will shout me down but if you haven't done battle with a 10kg milk fish you don't realy know what a tough fish is

 I am thinking about heading down to D'Entrecasteaux NP for a few days next week. Does anybody have any hot tips on places I should try fishing (land based)? Are the main target tailor and salmon? Any suggestions on the best spot to camp - I was thinking of Moores Hut as my wife would appreciate toilets...

Finally, I know you're not supposed to use quad bikes in a national park, but is that policed in the area? Any people have stories of whether or not rangers are actually out policing this. 

Thanks 

any cray divers that want a dive of my boat tomorrow of rocky give a ring 0418935456

hey guys i saw a post recently about deep dropping with a 1 Kw transducer but a different unit to mine... anyone shed some light..

will i get the blue eye ;) or do i need to spend moooore money?????

Might be a question that our trusted museum Ichthyologist Glenn Moore can answer, but why is there plenty of flatties in Perth water, in estuaries up and down the coast, but they are scarse in the Peel Area.

I find this perplexing and have often wondered, but never asked.

Cheers

Neels

PS I live in Bouvard, within a 100m walk of what I would have thought would be pritine flathead waters. Have never bothered trying because of that knowledge, but hoping I am wrong.

 Anyone else find it surprisingly sloppy out?