Fishing Discussion
Anyone watching masterchef tonight
Submitted by Troy Summers on Sun, 2013-06-30 20:14Whats the rules with trawlers?? nets full of seaweed whiting, foxfish, scallops and prawns.. blabbing about sustainable... like F!!!! I thought they werent allowed within miles of shoreline... they had phone service to call the rest of the team to know what to get from the shops....
Apart from that, gotta love our beautiful state advertised as somewhere we can get good seafood.. ;)
Troy
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Rod Advice
Submitted by Bubedwards on Sun, 2013-06-30 20:10I have two Daiwa Saltiga LD 35 2speed I want to put on good rods for bottom bouncing recommendations ready and go?
Shane
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rockingham lasndbased
Submitted by jimmy1987 on Sun, 2013-06-30 19:05hi guys recently moved to the rockingham area was wondering if there is anywhere around the area to throw some poppers and stickbaits for tailor and so on any advice would be greatly appreciated and even just some general ideas on where to fish thanks guys
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Searching for Yamaha parts
Submitted by derko5000 on Sun, 2013-06-30 18:39Just wondering if anyone knows of a place where i could find yamaha parts from wrecked outboards?
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New boat trailer advice
Submitted by C.P on Sun, 2013-06-30 17:51Took the boat out today and I have realised its time for a new trailer or some major repairs to the old one
I've been puting it off but rust has got the better of it & I reckon its about to fall apart
Any recommendations or things to avoid?
4.5 mtr pressed aluminium boat so it doesnt need to be particularly robust
I would appreciate some guidence
Abrolhos trip deckies wanted
Submitted by Paul G on Sun, 2013-06-30 16:31Am heading up to the islands maybe this weekend ,am looking for two crew ,diving mostly and some fishing ,pm me for more info All weather dependant.
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Rod for van staal vm150
Submitted by Noxious on Sun, 2013-06-30 16:02Hey fellas
looking for some advice/personal experience. Recently bought a VM150, haven't spooled it up just yet. Go with 30-40lb braid.
looking for a rod to match. Is mainly going to be used in 40-70m off the back of rotto fishing mainly for demersals with bait with some soft plastic fishing being thrown in. But predominantly bait.
I want the rod to be effective, but also like some decent aesthetics to go with the good looks of the VM.
The rods I have been looking at are the samurai reaction bluwater 532 or 602 or the Xzoga taka-pi 7525 or 7626.
what are people's thoughts?
cheers.
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Boat Accident in Kalbarri
Submitted by dodgy on Sun, 2013-06-30 13:12Rumour has it there was an accident at the Kalbarri bar this morning with possible loss of life. Anyone able to confirm?
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Shark bay advice
Submitted by 6157 on Sun, 2013-06-30 12:17Hey guys im heading to shark bay tomorrow and was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on some good general areas to fish/spearfish.
Any advice would be greatly apreciated as i have never been up there before.
Thanks
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What's your dream fishing boat?
Submitted by Dale on Sun, 2013-06-30 10:14Mine would have to be the Caribbean 27ft flybridge Sports Fisherman as in my avatar, but need a lotto win for that or maybe later when we sell up. Been for a ride in one of these and they travel exceptionally well.
http://www.caribbeanboats.com/27fsf.html
Cheers
Dale
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rod advice
Submitted by jimmy1987 on Sun, 2013-06-30 09:26hi guys looking at a new rod either the saltist demonblood 962 or the seajigger anybody with experience using these rods would be greatly appreciated cheers
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King George
Submitted by Gray on Sun, 2013-06-30 07:07Went out off hillarys yesterday for the first time in months while my boat was getting refurbed. I lost all my spots (not that I had many) since having to replace my gps. Picked an area in about 35 meters and sounded round for something interesting did a few drifts till my brother scores a plump kg. Sounded and drifted the area for the rest of the day for another 5 nice kg and one baldy. I've been out and got the odd kg but never a bag like that. My question is did I get lucky or have I stumbled across some potential kg ground. It was quite broken ground as i have read here before
P.s if you see a baron sportsman with grey paint and black canopy might be me, feel free to say g'day
Cheers
Gray
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Steep point 2013
Submitted by Chris fish on Sat, 2013-06-29 22:02Just a quick preview of our 3 day trip to steep fishing and diving. Once I've been through all the cameras and go pro's footage ill post a full report but I can't help but share this. My brother is a legend!!! 3 hours after getting there he had his first hookup on ballon on his first time ever helium ballooning. Another epic fish for him and so glad to put him onto it.

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reef anchor retrieval
Submitted by petermac on Sat, 2013-06-29 21:53i nearly lost the boat today while i was trying to pull up a stuck reef anchor using the boat motor first tryed to reverse it out and couldnt budge it so i tryed a couple of differet angles then decided to try and get it up by driving over which beryed the bow just as we got smashed by a huge swell luckily i hit reverse and got the bow back out and the anchor rope snapped otherwise we would have had heaps of water over the bow and being a center console would have been in the boat has any onne out there got another method for getting up stuck anchors
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Stickbait Carry Bag?
Submitted by Knot Big Enuff on Sat, 2013-06-29 20:12Hey guys, what sort of bag (soft) would be used for small to medium poppers and stickbaits? Got an HPA one big ones ... but they're way too big for smaller stuff (3" and under).
I usually take off my trebles and assist hooks while placing them back into bag.... hence looking for soft bag, also to protect paint etc... too much $$$ for these things nowadays!
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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unwanted surprise
Submitted by Gav475 on Sat, 2013-06-29 19:43In exy at the moment on holidays, staying in a rental in town. Had a great day out yesterday with my oldest lad bagging out on rankin, goldband, sharp tooth, saddle back and spangldies. Lost a heap to sharks and had an unusual catch of catfish from 120mtrs, hadnt seen that before.Had whaale sharks next to the boat and mantas swimming by. Got up this morning and strated cleaning the boat. Looked in the cab and WTF, a used condom and an empty bottle of wine in there. Some dirty skanks have climbed in there during the night, had a shag and left their mess behind. On watch tonight cause if they try it again they are going to hospital with permanent injuries.
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Oceanside Tackle and Marine - Combo Deals
Submitted by Oceanside Tackle on Sat, 2013-06-29 17:34Many of our FW members and customers are wanting us to sort out combo deals on Super Deep electric outfits so we thought we'd post up a few.
At the same time we thought we'd add in a few top end demersal jigging outfits. We also stock low to medium dollar value demersal jigging combo's so pop in and check them out.
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The reel is a Daiwa Seaborg Megatwin 1000MT, this reel is ideal for Super Deep fishing and what we use.
For a limited time only or until stocks sold out
Electric Super Deep Combo # 1
Daiwa Seaborg Megatwin 1000MT reel
Jigging Master Ocean Devil Overhead MH 50B jig rod
PE8 Combo and ideal for jigging or baits
Ideal for fighting fish with rod & reel
Normally $ Combo Special $ with FREE;
* A FREE Daiwa Hat
* A FREE Daiwa Beanie
* A FREE Daiwa Shirt
(Limited FREE gear so get in quick)

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Electric Super Deep Combo # 2
Daiwa Seaborg Megatwin 1000MT reel
Xzoga Takadum JI 5518 Overhead Jig Rod
PE8 Combo and ideal for jigging or baits
Ideal for fighting fish with rod & reel
Normally $ Combo Special $ with FREE;
* A FREE Daiwa Hat
* A FREE Daiwa Beanie
* A FREE Daiwa Shirt
(Limited FREE gear so get in quick)

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Electric Super Deep Combo # 3
Daiwa Seaborg Megatwin 1000MT reel
Ozflex Custom Braid Master Electric rod
Mini Bent Butt rod with swivel tip
Ideal for leaving in rod holder and pressing the electric button
Can still be used out of the rod holder ie fighting fish with rod & reel
PE8 Combo and ideal for baits in particular
Normally $ Combo Special $
* A FREE Daiwa Hat
* A FREE Daiwa Beanie
* A FREE Daiwa Shirt
(Limited FREE gear so get in quick)



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Demersal jigging Combo
New - Shimano Stella SW4000XG
Jigging Master Evolution Titanium
Spin Max 150g Jig 5'3 PE 1-3 color:gold
Normally $ Combo Special $
This isnt a load test, just a combo picture and a sweet jigging combo indeed.
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Metro shark mack
Submitted by TROYM on Sat, 2013-06-29 17:06Took my brother out for a fish today after having him whinging at me for never taking him. Seen some commotion on the top water south of Rotto while on our way to a mark. So on went a deep diver and within 30 seconds the s-extreme was screaming. After a short fight up comes my bros first mack and biggest fish to date by far.
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woodmans point ? anything around ?
Submitted by perth fisher on Sat, 2013-06-29 11:00i was thinking of taking some kids down to woodmans point on the weekend
any garfish, or something easy to catch around ?
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New Saragosa Sw
Submitted by calstar on Sat, 2013-06-29 09:41Any thoughts on the new Saragosa sw?.,Check it out on Alan Hawks web site.
Trolling speeds
Submitted by outdoinit on Sat, 2013-06-29 08:20Up at Barn Hill at the moment and yesterday took the dingy out trolling for some macks and was wondering what speeds others like to troll at??? I realize this is all dependent on what lure you are using but as a rule of thumb what speeds do you like??
We were trolling Halco's 190 2+ mtr lures and starting speed of approx 15 kilometers per hour
at this speed we picked up one good mack and I got a PB 108cm Queenie.
But then things went quite for a couple of hours, so on the way home I cranked up the speed to approx 21 kph and bang got another Mackie.. Go figure
At 23 kph the lures would start to skip across the water.
Ps: Forgot the bloody camera (Again) so no photos... :-(
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e shed scalies
Submitted by FISH-ON on Sat, 2013-06-29 07:53going to E shed tonight and really want t know if the scalies are in or not
Cheers FISH-ON
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Sunday deckie
Submitted by Paul G on Fri, 2013-06-28 17:06Could be looking for a crew member for deep drop Sunday ,if conditions are good other wise just a bottom bash .Anyone intrested.
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Time for Exmouth
Submitted by Swompa on Fri, 2013-06-28 10:11Heading up to Exmouth on Thursday for a long weekend (whale shark dive on Friday).
Lots of people heading up for the holidays so it seems.
I will be taking two rods and a few metal lures to try and interest something from the shore. Last time I was up there, I am sure that I supported Bluewater while I was there, and even with a boat, I didn’t catch a thing, so fingers crossed that I wake something up this time
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Anyone catching any Sailys up near Ktown?
Submitted by Braxi on Fri, 2013-06-28 09:48We've got a guest coming over from Melbourne for a fishing trip and want to head out wide. The wind doesnt look like letting up so we might end up doing a fair bit of trolling getting out to some spots. The water temps definitely dropped off, especially after all that rain. Just wondering if anyone has had any luck getting any Sailys? Cheers. Maybe the water can just calm off???
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Night fish
Submitted by Beggers on Fri, 2013-06-28 08:23Need some advise guys....we are thinking of heading out this afternoon at about 4pm, staying out till about 10pm. Winds look good but the worry is the swell (3-4m)..this is our first night time session so your thoughts would be appreciated
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Calcutta 400 drag upgrade
Submitted by Wannafish on Fri, 2013-06-28 07:20Hi all,
I have just bought a Calcutta 400 from the buy/sell section, and want to upgrade the drag with carbontex. Does anyone know if the Calcutta uses .5mm or 1mm drag washers? Also, is there anywhere in WA I can buy Carbontex sheets from?
Thanks
Drew
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Lures + WD40
Submitted by Griffo84 on Fri, 2013-06-28 07:16G'day all,
A mate just mentioned he heard soaking your lures in WD40 can potentially act as a fish attractant because it is rumoured to be made out of fish oils? Just wondering if anyone has heard the same.
Cheers
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Albany-salmon hole
Submitted by goreetie on Thu, 2013-06-27 21:21Can someone please gove me advices if salmon still able to catch down Albany ?
and where is salmon hole ?
thanks in advance fellas
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