How many of you got out there today.

Its been awhile for me we have been sick and this weekend had family commitments, next Saturday is my daughters birthday so I am looking at being in Dry Dock for awhile.

Meanwhile I will have to sit on FW and perve on all your fishing captures.

Lucky Buggers :D

 I see the Nigerian Navy ship the NNS Thunder just arrived in Freo, funny that they even have a Navy or that just one of their scams lol. Hear they are doing something with our navy.

 Over many years of boat fishing I've noticed that individual fishermen have a tendency to catch a particular species of fish. We are fishing from the same boat, same bait & similar rigs but one guy always seems to catch baldies, another nearly always get the dhuie and one is nicknamed wrasse boy and he curses the universe because thats all he ever catches. Maybe its the distance we keep our baits off the bottom or wheather or not we give the fish some line when it nibbles. It happens too often to be coincidence. Does the same happen in your boat?  

 Just came back from exmouth yesterday. Weather was very ordinary, the wind was relentless. Was wondering which are the best months to go up. Mate and i can only go up in august or september. Which of these 2 months are better, or were we just unlucky? 

Any feedback would be awsome.

Cheers Fab

Just saw this and thought it was hilarious. Not sure if its been up before
PETA protesters getting a bit of their own back by a bunch of bikers

http://www.fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/peta-crashes-biker-gathering-not-to-be-missed/27275

Motor repairs aren't going well

Just primed the outboard to test and there's fuel leaking. Will look at it tomorrow in the light but it could be an old fuel hose

Anyone heading out tomorrow late morning or arvo to chase Snapper in the sound and have a spot?

Have Pilch/Squid and own equipment plus 100L frostbite if you need an eski for the outing and money for fuel of course

 Who do these people think they are in the canal systems of mandurah. I was having a fish shore based not standing in anyones property and casting next to a jetty out the front of a house and this guy comes out and says you cant fish there i own that. Bullshit, the water is everybodys, I never touched his jetty, he had no boat moored on it and hey says I feed those fish. Good onya mate cause you obviously don't feed them enough as they really liked my zman grub. I can't stand pricks like this. I gave him a bit and moved on. What a wanker. It's not the first time either.

Hello follow fishers

i have a question about what line i should put on my penn 950 spinfisher

At the moment i have only 20lb mono line and do want to upgrade the line

So i was thinking of 401b mono or maybe 50lb or 301b

also i have never had braid on one of my reels so if thebraid id a better chose please tell me what to do.

Cheers FISH-ON

Hello ALL,

Just wondering if anyone is heading out in the sound tomorrow to hunt the pinkies after the storm front?
Im gonna give it a crack hopefully will catch some!

 Hi Guys, 

Anyone know where to catch yabbies in the perth hills are(mundaring, Glen forrest)?

Cheers, Charlie. 

Hey guys

A mate of mine is going to Shark Bay in a month and he has asked me to put a post on here to see if anyone had any reports or advice on where to fish and what to fish for? He has a 5.5 metre quintrex so can get out in the ocean a bit. Some tips would be great!! GPS points would be better but thats more than likely not hapenning!! hahahah

Cheers in advance

 the last week of october i am taken the family camping at parrys beach between denmark n walpole and would be nice to actually catch somthing other than the usual small sand whitting. any one fished in this area? dont mind traveling a bit  and would rather beach with having the kids with   

cats need to start preparing for mad Monday cant believe I talked all day about putting a bet on port at 4.50 to win and I didn't shit , port are playing another way of footy which is attack attack attack , where as freo play strangle strangle strangle I think hawks should be watching this game closely

 Where is the best place in Pemberton to fish?

What time of the year is best to fish the area/

What do you use including baits and lours?

Thankyou

 Heading off to New Zealand for a month of landbased fishing for Kings, just chasing some ideas on over head reel choice as I want to get some custom overhead rods built for the trip, casting types or livebaiting  dont matter. 

No need to suggest spin reels have that covered 

cheers syd 

so was looken at this evenings weather 10-15knts nw just wondering   what the sound will be like tonite was thinking 2-3 hrs just on sunset maybe at the d9 or somwhere around there?

Enjoy

the afl have a final 40 players now to narrow down to the all Australian team , although I am a Melbourne supporter how the fuxx did they leave Ryan Crowley out of the 40 something wrong there

Hi guys,

I'm off to Cocos Island for 10 days in October for a fishing trip.

Question I have .... Is there boat hire services there?

We want to hire our own boat. 

Any info would be great. 

Thanks

does any 1 know where I can get some cutting board material so I can jigsaw it to fit around my anchor well

Gday all - Im gearing up for Coral Bay and the soon to  come metro    pelagic season. Im a reef basher mostly but gonna give trolling more of a go this summer out at the trench for Marlin and tuna so looking for some advice. Went out end of last summer twice, got plenty of Mahi Mahi at the FADs but nothing on the big pushers we really didnt know what we were doing though

My three large overhead reels have got 80 and 100 pound braid on them and Ive put 200 pound richter wind on leaders on the braid on 24 and 37 kg rods. I thought i heard or read somewhere mono only is best for heavy gamefishing cos of the stretch - can I leave them with braid on or should I change them all to mono

Next question - My brothers carrying on that all bib lures like rapala X-raps, magnums ets  should have the trebles removed and replaced with a single hook for better hook-up rates I figure if thats better they would already come with single hooks on them what do other guys do do you change them

When trolling and you get a strike is it best to gun the motor to set the hook I read just keep going at same speed so if there are tuna around you have a good chance of multiple hookups

Drag settings - how hard do you set the drag while trolling before a strike - I figure not very hard at first to avoid pulling the hook.

Cheers guys

Crayfish season is coming up and it'll be my first now I've got the boat

Would it be considered douchey to put pots between Garden Island & Carnac as it serves as a bit of a channel to get out to FFB & Beyond

Thoughts?

 Hey all

Can anyone tell me what the action is like in the sound (are the snapper biting), mainly around the D9 or around any other spots. (If so anyone wanna shared some spots ;) haha

Cheers

Hello Everybody,

I am new to this and looking for advice, i will be moving to Rockingham area of Perth from Europe and looking for some clues on what i should be fishing for in this area with my 10 year old son. (Probably from land) What tackle / bait etc i will need.

Thanks Paul

hi all,
selling my 6.3m cat
not sure how to post the link but it is advertised
on boatsonline and gumtree

 Having a little holiday in singapore and just Google'd fishing tackle singapore.....

bonk bong...

about 6 stores very close to each other only a short cab ride away...

sorry family....

anyone know / experienced these?

Born 2 fish

deep sea sportsfishing tackle

hong guan pro-fishing

joe fishing tackle

lure heaven (sounds encouraging)

sabre tackle (stocks halco - worth a look)

Iv had mi own boat for few months now and didnt exactly know how to use or get the best out of my echo sounder.

On monday i was booked in for a sounder course with John Adams a very good bloke might i add, who just recently wrote a veryy knowledgable and helpful book for beginners and even to the experienced. 

Was very helpful and you will be surprised at some points mentioned about sounders so even the experienced could learn a thing or two. Iv definitely come out of this course understanding alot more ebout echo sounders and how to use them and how to get the best out of your sounder. I highly reccomend this course if you are interested in getting to know about/more on echo sounders. You also get one of his books included with the course so if u forget anything all the info is there.

Marko

Hi, recently I got a new Alvey reel (won it) and I am looking for a suitable rod to pair it up with.

I was speaking to a member at my club with regard to the Ozflex rods, he bought one and fitted his alvey to it (about 5 years a go I am guessing). There was excessive play in the reel seat and caused movement in the reel with it fitted. When they returned the rod to the store they demonstrated this issue on the other rods in the store before they bought another brand.

Ozflex get a good rap on this site and other fishing forums and for the price are almost a no brainer if this issue has been fixed. Does anyone know if the rods now seat and secure the alvey reels snugly?

If not Ozflex, then what are my other options? Wilson has bought snyder glas, are these still as good as they used to be?

The action the rod will see will be 100% surf fishing in any kind of weather on monthly club field days. Chasing anything from Salmon to Spanish mackeral from the beach. Big sinkers, baits and casting distance is the order of the day for this setup, I have other rods and reels for smaller species, more finesse fishing.

I think I am keen on about a 14-15ft rod, and i am happy to consider second hand options if a reliable source can be advised? Gumtree and the Quokka are not turning up many rods of late. I missed one for $50 the other week, but the rod was a bit shorter than I wanted (but would be good to get used to the alvey casting).

I will be speaking to other Alvey fishos at the club, but I have noted that their rods are years old and doubt that they would be readily available these days.

Any information greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
D80

 So what's up with the forecasts?

Seabreeze has

BOM has 

Fish ID Please