Anyone out there have any good recomendations for a cheap range >$200 fishfinder? no need for a GPS combo. Wanting to install on my tinny so not looking to get too elaberate.

Seen a few on the market but any brand/model better then the other?

Or does anyone have a decent second hand jobs lying around?

Thanks...

Gday,

I am heading down to Albany this weekend with family and friends and I am hoping that a local could point us in the right direction on where to catch a feed. I wont be taking the boat down so it will only be shore fishing. I will be taking beach rods and small rods down. Obviously I cant go rock fishing or anything a little more dangerous because we will have small kids with us aswell.

If anyone can give me any spots or pointers it would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Just curious to know what people find to be their most productive lures or colours when targeting mackies?

Been in to a couple different tackle stores lately looking for a few more for the collection and to take up to Exmouth in a few weeks time, and have found every person you speak to at the tackel stores has a different opinion.

Got me thinking as to weather there is actually a more productive colour in General or if colours really matter at all?

People have always said red heads work the best.. but personally, ive caught stuff all on them! I've found gold to the more productive colour and the lures to be 5m divers.

Whats everyone elses opinon? guess location, water clarity and so on probably all play a part too.

Bodie

FYI

Bunbury powerboat club is holding a fishing comp this weekend if you are interested

http://aquaspectacular.com.au/bunbury-districts-powerboat-club-fishing-competition/

 cheeky troll this mirning at the north mole...

saw heaps of bait schools, got a bonito, and figured there might be something chasing after them as well... threw a deep diver laser pro down... voila

first metro mack, 50 m off north mole...

 As a tourist to WA namely Exmouth where do I purchase a fishing license should I hire a tinny / kyak / spear fish,

cheers syd

 Hey guys heading to yallingup for the long weekend, I was wondering what some land based options are, are salmon around yet? Is there a good place to balloon/drift bait for sharks ? I mainly want salmon and sharks but I understand that there is probably not many salmon around yet.

cheers for responses I'm leaving on Friday and not sure what gear to take.

snapper_seeker

Hello,

Thinking about removing the trebles from my lures (Halco lasers 19dd and xdd if its relevant) and replaing with a single hook at the rear, mainly for safer and easier hook removal. Will this affect the way the lures swim? Also is this going to have a seriously negative impact on hook up rate?

Cheers

Rob

 Hi guys I plan on heading down to Albany in the next few weeks, iv never fished there before and just wanna know what are the best beaches that you can drive on and camp on and good for the usual species like salmon, skippy, whiting and sharks.

thanks 

 Just wondering if anyone has been getting any bonito around the metro area, if so where abouts, what times and what lures?

thanks guys

Hello all fellow fisherman I was wondering if anyone has fished Burns Beach recently for tailor and had any luck?   I have fished there twice and have had no luck catching nothing :/  If anyone knows any tips or spots it would be most appreicated

Regards Brendan

McCallum said they saw a police officer go out in a surf boat and shoot the shark.

"He fired about 20 shots."

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/world/man-dies-in-shark-attack-at-muriwai-beach-north-of-auckland/story-fnd14032-1226586856985

thats how it should be done!!

Hi Guys,

I am in the process in buying a new reel. I am deciding between the new Daiwa Certate 3000 or the Catalina 3500, or other suggestions are welcome. I wish to run PE2 / 20lb. I will then need to match it too a new rod. I would like to only have to buy 1. I would like to use it from my dinghy around the reefs at coral bay / exmouth throwing hard bodies lures, soft plastics , poppers for spangled emperior etc and hoping to be able to use it landbased as well for soft plastics. Is this possible. If so does anyone have any rod suggestions.

Josh

 anyone had any luck around the lower reaches of the canning around mount henry or toward s riverton

Bridge?? Landbased or on the yak, wouldnt mind spending some hours on the water chasing some bream

Thanks joel

 off to monkey mia in april and the blowholes at end of may.  my questions relate to what trolling patterns does everyone use.  in the past i have trolled at about 6.5 knts with 2 shallow lures straight behind each stern quarter, and two deep divers out wide on each side and closer to the boat.  i have read about trolling a popper or giant trembler in place of the shallow lures.  does anyone do this?  IMO, the popper could jump all over the place and tangle everything.  opinions?

also, i have seen trebles being replaced with single hooks.  is this worth while, and hook opening up or down?

If the weather decides to play nice going to head out from East Freo for a bash so need a deckie,must have sea legs and be able to hold his own no baby sitting on this vessel

Hi all, I am hoping to get some invaluable information to help plan a trip to W.A.

My wife and I plan on traveling across the Nullarbor in mid -April; we will be traveling from east to west, with a caravan in tow. We are also bringing a 3.5M Dart with a 15HP Yamaha, and a Mangrove Jack Trailer. We intend to hug the coast all the way to Broome and then into Darwin for early July. We will travel back the same route about mid to late August so we can catch up on the things we nay have missed or enjoyed so much on the way up

What I would like is some guidance on where we can use our tinny (given its limitations) and where to fish land based.

Where are we better off using bait? And what bait? Where are we better off using lures? And what are the best lures to use.

We each intend on bringing Surf Rods, Light Whiting gear, and a general a purpose rod such as a 2.2M Ugly Stick.

I can't tell you how much we are looking forward to this so any help and information that would assist us would be most gratefully received.

Thanks

Karl

We are looking to buy about 20-25Kgs of Salted Mulies. Can somebody tell me where or even if they can be bought?

We have thought about doing it ourselves, and maybe if we can't find then pre packed we will.

Reason, we simply do not have enough room in our freezer for 30-40Kgs of bait.

Thanks in advance

Stax

This is pretty cool.

http://fish.ala.org.au/

FishMap is a free online mapping tool that allows anyone interested in fish to discover which fish species occur at any location or depth throughout the marine waters of Australia's continental shelf and slope.

FishMap also lets people create regional illustrated species lists for almost all of Australia's marine fishes, detailed with photographs and illustrations, distribution maps and current scientific and common names.

FishMap was developed by CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship and the Atlas of Living Australia.

Full release is here.

Looking at getting a livewell put on the back of the boat where the rear cushion seat currently is can anyone suggest a mob that can build  one fit and wire and plumb so its all ready to go.boat is a 6.8 metre coraline hardtop

I am keen to launch a trailcraft 6.5 m boat off the beach at Lancelin. I have a troopie 4.2l turbo and was hoping that might be enough grunt. Maybe I need some mesh under the trailer tyres? Usually see tractors putting in boats of that size so am after any info.

 hello people.. I have decided to change my electrics in my tub. I Have two batteries,  an isolation switch ( batt 1, batt 2, both and off switchies). I got a cluster of six switchies for gps, bilge pump, sounder etc. Can any one point me in the right direction with a simplified drawing or info on how to set it up please. Wat I would like is wen I put isolation switch to off, everything is off. I find my battery is always flat every time I go out.. thanks in advanc guys...Don

Everyone

Planning the trip up to exxy hard now as its less then a month away when we depart perth. Looking at doing a couple over nighters at the islands,. Fished the murions pretty hard last years which resulted in our best fishing. Keen on heading further, i personally think Peak is viable for a day trip, but the islands furter north west, i think we may look at doing over nighters.

Currently Boat hold 300L of fuel (plenty), currently do round trips to the FADS and trench with roughly 140km driven, and only use just half a tank.

The catch is my boat is fiberglass, so over nighters are going to be tricky i think with the tides. Can anyone give me any advice whether they have done over nighters here and watch bays were easyiest to anchor up and easyier to work with the tides?

wondering is there any FW member who has this combo. if not the braid but the rod a reel tossing up on rods i have the reelamost payed off. and also who does the braid fish i believe its australian made??

any advice would hell heaps cheers

Heading down to Denmark for a few days next week with the family, probably only going to get time for one or two quick fishes, hoping to target some KG's. Has anyone got any tips as to where to go/what baits to use? Going to be completely landbased. Staying at the Williams Bay cottages so will be in the Greens pool kinda area.

Any help will be muchly appreciated!

 I have a 4.3 metre tinny with 25hp on the back. Will this be sufficient for a trip to Dorre Island in June?

G'day  

looking at getting an decent harness for the up coming exy trip, I bought a cheapy and took it back as it was next to usless.  I have been looking at the equaliser harness from black magic and would like some feed back from people actually using them. I tried on the other day and am curious to know how it goes from a trailer boat. Any feed back is appreciated 

If you have any other recomedndations I am all ears.

Cheers

The Wanderer

Hi Everyone,

Can someone give me some advice on reading sounders properly? When I read them, what seems to be a ledge or a nice mound at the bottom pulls me in nothing but wrasse most of the time! Photos would be great, pointing out what I should be looking for.

Thanks in advance 

 I have been diving the Swan River and Cockburn Sound for years and have noticed over the past 12 months that we are being invaded. Not sure if it is an invasion or a resurgents of stocks.

Anyway the first invasion is those feathery looking leather jackets, particularly in the lower reaches of the Swan River. I remember almost a decade ago one was presented at SwanFish and took out the prize for most unusual fish. These days I see heaps of them when diving around the lower reaches of the Swan. Have also noticed them in Cockburn Sound.

Second invader is those Razor Shells in Cockburn Sound. I have come across fields of these things with thousands of them. Are these any good to eat?

Me

about a month ago i was getting 2 or 3 flatties within an hour, hour n half at my local spot (east freo). This last week ive been a few times and only got one tiny flatty, plus a couple tarwhine and even whiting. Anyone catching a few?