Hi All,

Planning to head to Jurien on saturday to troll for mackies. The swell height is forecast to be a bit over 2m, and as im not overly familiar with the area (fished there a few times) thought I'd ask if there is any areas i should steer clear of with this type of swell?

Thanks in advance

 Ok, I've got navionics platinum on my tub.  When I bought it, it came with a genuine navionics SD card reader. 

I've plugged this into my PC and nothing's happened.  You can't look at the charts or anything.  I then read, that trying to access your charts on your PC can erase your card and its not covered by warranty (thankfully this didn't happen to me!).

am I doing something wrong? Should I be able to look at my charts on my laptop?  I just don't want to have to sit in the boat in the driveway every time I feel like casting an eye over possible new ground.

cheers for your help in advance. 

Justo

This season is the 1st time you're allowed to dive for crays at the Abrolhos Island and the charter boat we're going on doesn't allow tanks onboard. So we'll be freediving for them this time round, so just after a bit of a heads up from anyones that been there recently or remembers from prior seasons on what sort of depth we're likely to find them (hopefully not too deep). We'll be taking some pots also for insurance, heading out this Sunday.

Cheers Fozz

heading to moore river for the weekend hoping to fish both river and ocean anyone know how things are up there lately

Hows it going lads/ladies. :)

Delighted to be back in WA after an extended holiday away.

Just a quick few question's, relating to the Title of the post. A group of mates and I are heading down to the event for the end of the event, 22nd March - 24th.

There is about 2 of us out of a group of 15 people, that would be into the fishing lifestyle and was wondering is there anywhere near by that's close to the town of Margaret river itself that is landbased, that is available for some target fishing for the likes of Tailor, Herring, or anything decent.

I wont have much time to go hunting around for spots and time is precious as the Mrs and the gang won't be hanging around. Any help or info on the general area or stretch of beach or rock wall's (preferably) would be great. If you don't wish to disclose info over this publically, please send a PM..

All info greatly appreciated.

PS: Rods we have are: 10ft multi purpose Uglystick, 13 foot surf rod. (not much room in the car for more gear due to the ladies and their baggage.)

Cheers in advance.

Headed out from Ocean Reef last Saturday to try for Whiting. Normally fish 32 to 34 metres and dont have any problem catching. This trip however kept getting bitten off by Nor West Blowies. Got one to the surface to prove what they were and had a number of mangled and bitten off hooks as well

Any suggestions as to other areas / depths to try for a feed of whiting till these mongrels move away !

Saw on the news that a big blue was tagged but other than that I cant find out if the billies are about in any numbers . Nothing on the Exmouth web site as usual .

Looks like the weather has been good with lightish winds .

Anyone heard how the teams are going ?

  I was just putting this up with a little problem im having at the monent ,im going to the USA for a holiday for 4weeks and when i get back i will be looking for a  bigger boat

  here is the thing a good mate of mine has offered me his 25 foot Cobia WA to me for $50 000 , that is all of my bugget ,it has everthing ,there is nothing to spend but it is  0.5 to 1 m to big for what im looking at

 not to sure what to do, i do the gamefishing and camping with the family and this can do it all but there is not really that much deck space mmm what to do??????

       jeff

saw the vision on 9 with the bronzie attack at gero,are you as concerned about bronzies attacking,was after the speared fish

 Hey guys going to head south for Easter thinking Walpole or somewhere in that general direction. Wondering if anyone can give me a couple of tips/general area. 

Anyone got one of these, new model with gold card for around $1100,

Was interested in one as my old combo just died. any info would be good.

Cheers Glen

 G'day all , just wondering if anyone knows where you can get bulk mulie blocks , 12-15 , from at a decent price ? Have tried the tackle shops and get normal price only ,need a heap for Steep trip ..

Any info greatly appreciated .

CHeers Andy. 

i have been looking at getting some braid for beach fishing. about 30lb and it will be spooled on a penn 850. any ideas?

Hey all,

Looking for some advice on a new reel for exmouth in april.

I already have a daiwa ld20 2 speed with 50lb for most of my fishing, a spin reel with 30lb for popping, but want another reel for trolling/bottom bouncing and maybe even jigging. Was thinking of a overhead and not interested in a star drag. I will probably be spooling it with around 80lb braid.

I was thinking a single speed saltist lever drag? not sure on what size

Price range around $300 give or take. Or even buy from the states or second hand.

Any suggestions would be good.

Thanks

 just wondering how sand whiting goes for deep sea species. there are so manyvof them around im suprised people buy baitvthese days? i would assume the big fish would have a go at them no different to a squid or mulie?

 Went down to a beach in cottesloe, about 1k north of the groyne. Fairly calm day , but still decent chop on the water. Was throwing a 35g metal , before i noticed some large tailor cruising about 2m in front of me. Most would have been around the 40cm mark, but i saw a couple that would have been around 70-80cm. They were completely un interested in bait and lures. Was so annoying to see them so close to me but swim past my lure time after time. Managed to jig up a decent flathead on a metal, other than that got nothin. 

 Other than  the fact that it was fairly calm, why do u guys reckon that they didnt hit anything? 

 Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 hey guys, heading down to denmark next weekend and am in research mode. i have found a few spots worthy of a try. the main thing i am struggling with is finding a boat ramp.

the map i have looked at has said there is one at ocean beach. is that a beach launch? or is it a sealed ramp? i have never done a beach launch and not really that confident. is the ramp in the estuary sealed? at least one of the days i will be heading to albany and having a try out there but if i dont have to drive that far i wont. 

and lastly any reports on the salmon or is the water temp still too high??

any help or advice would be appreciated.

hey guys i have a furno LS 4100 fishfinder i was just wondering if people think these are anygood and if its worth to get a new fishfinder

 Heard a story on local ABC radio today where the police in the mid west have been cracking down on vehicles with non approved rod racks. They were giving yellow stickers for them and saying the law was changed against them a year ago. First time I've heard about that. Don't quite know what type of rod racks they are alluding to either.

cheers

Dale

 I've seen a few different ones for my ipad but is anyone using an app they can recommend? Not a game, but for peak feeds etc.

cheers

Dale

 I have heard ( cannot remember where) that if one becomes spiked from the spikes on the gills of a flathead that the pain will go away if you rub the area spiked on the belly slime of the flathead, would act a remedy to relieve pain, but think it was mentioned that it needs to be the same fish, 

has anyone heard this? Or better yet put it into practice? Or is it a load to be spat and not swallowed

Hi All,

WIll be down in Walpole these coming school holidays (late april), can anyone give me some help as to what the fishing is like down there at that time of the year. 
Any advice appreciated, also we have kayaks,

Andrew

Am noob at jigging and am seeking some help. I got a 200g. 150 and 120 g jigs, all with plain assists no skirts, i use a little rovex altus lw20 combo(not the best of them but im 14, and i dont have a boat, only use it when im out on a mates boat), i do the jigging --> lift drop lift drop etc, winding as fast as i can during that. And i get no hits, nothing, havent really tried that much but im wondering what im doing worng, o and i usuually use them in between 30-50m of water, for demersals and sambos.

What should i be doing?, Do i need skirted assists? and should i jig alll the way up from 50m or just a bit up then drop it back down? Should i rig with the assists at the top or the bottom? (One of my jigs if rigged so the assists at the bottom will sway side to side when going down)

Any help greatly appreciated.

Hi guys,

Its time for an upgrade. currently running a Northstar M81 combo unit (came with the boat - tournament 2250 walkaround). Starting to have issues with the sounder and have decided it will now just be used as my plotter.

We have up to $3000 to spend and generally fish the 40-90m range, although have been hitting the fads recently and wouldn't mind sounding out some deeper water and having a bit of a crack at dropping in the 200-400m range.

I'm not sure what transducer is on there at the moment so will be pissing it off and thinking that at the deeper depths we will need 1kw. So far the names that have been coming up are the furuno fvc585 and lowrance hds units, although I dont need a combo unit to do plotting as well. anyone used the simrads? also I do like to manually tweak a lot so easier manual modes would be better.

Interested to know what anyone with some deep knowledge thinks? Cheers Guys

As you know, over the past couple of years encounters between people and sharks have received a huge amount of attention, particularly in Western Australia. No doubt you’re also well aware that the WA government has recently changed policy concerning the management of sharks, such that Department of Fisheries can ‘track, catch and, if necessary, destroy sharks identified in close proximity to beachgoers’ (Gov. of WA, 27th September 2012).

We are two researchers working at the University of Wollongong and University of New England interested in learning more about the views of ocean-users on this issue. We want to better understand the WA government response to recent events, and the implications of the change in policy. As part of our project, we have made an online questionnaire to try to gauge the views of ocean-users towards sharks. In particular, we want to learn about the thoughts of ocean-users towards shark management in WA.

We think this project and survey might be of interest to WAUC members. So we’re writing to ask if you would be willing to circulate (via an email list, word of mouth etc.) and/or promote our survey on your website or Facebook page if you have one?

Our aim is to promote the survey as widely as we can, as soon as we can. You can access the survey here: 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ocean-usersandsharksinWA

As a long time ocean-user I am aware that a great deal of effort is currently being directed towards better mitigating the risk of human/shark encounters in WA. But we think that as yet the knowledge, views and opinions of ocean-users themselves have not been widely consulted. The goal of our research is to address the lack of ocean-user engagement with the hope of informing public policy.

Please see the attached Participant Information Sheet if you would like further information on the project. If you have any questions at all about the survey or our research, please feel free to contact us.



Thanks very much in advance. We hope to hear from you soon.



Kind regards



Andrew Warren and Leah Gibbs
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 Great to see the Shooters and Fisher party grabbing a seat in the upper house.

Another voice out there always helps!

http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/03/11/3712860.htm?site=perth

Gday guys, 

anyone know who stock mackbaits by lively lures?

been to a few stores but no luck.

cheers

took my grandson to the jetty in hillarys by aqua yesterday evening, unfortunatly I had a rant at a few people, one was keeping small pinkies for bait

, the other was catching them and throwing them to the shags,so I told him if was going to continue that hes mays as well leave them to die on the jetty, an another was putting them in a bucket,WTF, called fishwatch, the guys called me for info and recieved a call this morning that they had caught some with undersize pinkies,good result, their mobile is 1800815507, I did get into trouble when I got home for going off, the guys had checked hillarys 4 times allready yesterday,congratulations to them

 Hi guys

we are planning a quobba trip for sometime around dec/jan coming. I was wondering what people's experiences have been at these months weather wise. Unfortunately last time we went was end of September and we were greeted with westerly winds every day, and huge swells with dirty water which basically made fishing impossible. I'm hoping this time to plan it a bit better so we can actually fish most or every day up there. Any info would be greatly appreciated. 

Regards,

Ash

Just a reminder to those who upgraded their epirbs promptly when the new frequency was introduced - your epirb has probably expired - I hadn't realised it but my wife who is meticulous about such things pointed it out to me the other day and whilst it is registered as required they don't alert you either so check the date on yours before being turned back at the ramp