Enjoy

hi all. Ive recentley bought a 5m ally boat, 75 merc on the back, hydrolic steering bout 14 years old that seems to always want to turn right. basically as soon as its under power it pulls right. trimming the motor up dose help but not fix it. at full speed its not to bad but still noticible. Ive seen this same question asked on other sites and the general answer is the trim tab thingy. I can safely say its not the trim tab. Ive played with it out on the water and it made no real difference.(both directions) from what ive read it may be the motor torque. prop size, motor position? Everything looks fine and straight. Hoping somone else has had a simirlar problem and can point me in the right direction. any help is appreciated.

 Hi all,

Heading downwith the family to busso for a weeks R & R taking the boat and after some help on where to go. Dont mind heading out 20 to 30 kms. Would like to get onto some pinkies or dhuies. Obvously not after anyones secret spots but just a general depth and area, any help would be really awesome.

Hope all have a great year 13 fishing.

thanks much

Hi everyone

i was just wondering i have a 4m dinghy and was heading to dongara in a few day just wanted to know if the boat was to small to fish the area keeping in mind i am new to boating any info would be greatly appreciated

i am hanging to get out for a drop, did go to well down south due to wether, so keen to get back into local waters.

anyone fish the storms?

 Anyone caught anything decent here ?

Wondering if mullaway are still around there,

thanks

 hey guys im looking for some info on a live bait rig and ballooning rig for beach fishing, if anyone has any.links to diagrams and info also previouse pages on fwrecked, it will b much appreciated, i thinkin of tagetting other fish.now instead of tailor, might throw out a live tailor or herring and start.trying for.mulloway or sharks, just need to know the proper rig since , ive never tried it before 

FW Crew,

Looking at replacing my old sounder with a new one. As the Dingi is getting a little older I`m thinking something below the $500 mark. On Cabelas site you can get the Elite-5X DSI for $349 at the moment ( USD ) on sale... I havent looked into them freighting to Aus yet but if they can`t I thought you guys might recommend a mob that do??

If someone can suggest a better unit for bouncing baits in a Dingi then let me know, as well as any info to help me get one sent.

With the AUD so strong at the moment it seems the best way to go??

Cheers,

Timboon

got some good quality surf gear for sale all is in a1 condition .

garry howard (higher reel seat than normal to assist casting further) su400 $120

ozflex su400 same deal with real seat as above $120

ozflex mt8144 custom. upgraded guides , custom clank and binding colour (orange blank , blue/black bindings) , higher reel seat. $140

century carbon metal SRE 16.5ft uk o/h this rod WILL assist you to cast further and will not dissapoint new cost $600 will let go for $300.

loomis franklin shockwave 10ft o/h $100

torium 30 fully loaded ready to slide 400mt 50lb whiplash backing 150mt platypus lowstretch topshot 200lb leader the reel has been used 1 time $250

saltist bg 20h used only a handfull of times $200

please do not send any ridiculous offers as i will not reply .

brenz

Can someone tell me some places in Perth metro or just out of Perth metro that are good for land based fishing at the moment.

Just wherever I don't seem to catch anything decent and sometimes nothing at all.

I was wondering about two rocks but I don't know what its like because I've never been there but I would be very thankful of other peoples ideas.

After reading the "Boat Rant" thread below, I was thinking I seem to hear a lot about bad behaviour in Boating, and thought I'd like to hear more about the good things that get done out there, good 'ol Aussie behaviour helping out a mate in need when the props fouled, the motors sh!t itself, Dakka steering cable last week, waters got into the fuel, I've drifted too far and ran out of fuel, I'm sure we all have a story or could tell a story.

Here's mine and it's really simple, we've only had our boat just on 12 months now, we're starting to get it set up how we require it, family, fun, fishing.

Between myself, the Mrs, daughter & son (12 & 13yo) were obviously very new especially around the boat ramps, and have been weary of how much time we take on launching and retrieve, that being said with the help of everyone hear and lots of reading, we're going ok, we get all our ropes and tie ons all off out of the way before we back down etc, were very contious of the boat ramp rules so we don't get in everyone way and become a pain in the butt. We also have limited ourselves to certain ramps around the swan river that have the floating jettys to make it easier until we got better at it.

Tuesday we decided to get down to Point Walter, we didn't end up getting there as early as planned (my fault) and it was a bit breezy, no floating jetty....lets just say for our family it was a challenge, going in was ok cause we were the only one at the ramp getting in, but coming home it was busy, bloody hell....two trailers backing down at a time boats not coming in staright onto trailers, some skippers having the skill to drive it on.

Me I had to obviously wait my turn, back the trailer down, help the family walk the boat across from the sand, it was difficult but we didn't do too bad under the conditions.

To the Guy/Family who was after us again I say "Thankyou" for their patience, once we were both pulled out the wa and all tied down, we went across and thanked them and they were so nice and said like, "No no we were like that when we started out, no problem, he said I wanted to come and help you, but you're never sure what peoples response will be, but I also wanted to see you guys also do it as a crew" which I thought was fantastic....so again to the family in the Brown/Silver. Commodore with Ali. Stacer I think thankyou very much.

That being said from some of the stories I hear, I'm bound to run into one of these "NUTTERS" sooner or later.

Cheers. 

Is there anywhere that you can wash your boat down after a day out at jurien?

 Fishing on the jetty tonight got a few herring. While putting a Mullie on heard a thud and a flying fish hit the hand rail and landed on the jetty. Quite surprised and so were the people around us. 

Can someone help me I've never done it before.

Can you please post pics of the best rigs to use and tell me how I do it.

Would a ten foot beach rod work for ballooning?

Hi All

My Son in law caught this down south, we are thinking baby wobby?? It was approx 650mm in length..

First time post so any help advice would be appreciated.

Off to Monkey Mia / Shark Bay area next week and taking the boat (5.7m).

Safety first; are there any local volunteer sea rescue radio services to log on to whilst on the water. If so what channel and their hours of operation would be good to know.

Secondly; gear - any ideas what to take, what local species to target / expect. Only ever fished North Metro before so it will be new ground and only had the boat since May.

Third; what's the ground like generally (not asking for GPS marks so your crown jewels are safe), distance to good ground - fuel conscious.

Thanks.

Steve.

I was wondering if anyone out there could help me out. I would like to trade a couple of spots off yalling up for a couple off Bunbury. I live in Collie and would much prefer to fish off Bunbury as it is closer for me than a 2.5hr drive to canal rocks. The spots of Canal rocks i will trade have always given me good fish Dhuies, Nannangai, Queen Snapper, black arse and caught a nice fox fish there on monday.

Every time i have gone off bunbury its like being in a desert. i catch Gurnards. Shit. Any help would be appreciated.

PM me if anyone is willing. Thanks fellas

 I have recently replaced my old 50/200khz transducer with a new 1kw model more forced by a launching rope mishap and a slightly less than attentive/experienced decky who is now pulling faces at me and threatening not to cook my dinner after reading this back before I post.

Anyway, I'm now thinking I wouldn't mind looking for fish a bit further afield. My question is to the people who are doing the deep drop thing regularly, what rods are you using with your electric reels as I've got not much knowledge on the whole thing.

Does any1 know wear to get teflon washers for my alvey or know of any other upgrades for my drag, it's model 651e5 for beach fishin, it's a fixed handle deep spool. Thanks

Hi Guys (and gals)

ok so after my last 2 cray pots went missing

I'm going to give it another whirl,

for the ease of spotting my floats from everyone elses

is it acceptable to paint them in fluro colours ie yellow / orange or

some other combination as well as the fishing licence number

would painting the pot somehow scare off the crays as

the plastic brown ones would i guess blend in with weed / reef stuff.

Is fitting a small pole / flag to the floats allowed (like on postie bikes)

for ease of spotting them, i'm normally out solo and looking for white floats

in the glare can sometimes be a bit tricky.

constructive help suggestions welcome

Cheers

Sup

Taking the family camping down in Pemberton and hoping to catch a few marron with the kids. Happy to travel from home base to get a feed.

Any assistance will be much appreciated. PM me if you do not want the general community to know your secrets and I swear I will take the knowledge to my grave.

Conrad

I need to lengthen the rope on the crab nets I bought last year so I can go into deeper water in the Swan.

Not being overly knowledgeable (actually no knowledge at all) - what thickness rope would I need?

Not having pulled up crab pots for many a year - i don't want to buy something too thin, but similarly it doesn't need to be over-engineered.

Also - if I was to crab around Claremont / Mossie Park - what lengths should I have on?  20metres enough?

Any help greatly appreciated. 

(I'll be the one spending $100 in fuel/bait/parking to catch two crabs worth $12)

 Down at left bank today flicking around a few bits of squid, plenty of blowies, couple of bream, then decided to try my luck on plastics. Chucked out a SnapBack paddle tail in white and the blowies destroyed it 1st cast.  Then switched to a 5" atomic grub in a dark brown.  Flicked that around for 15-20 mins then BANG!   Not a monster, but a reasonable fight none the less.  The feeling of catching something on a piece of rubbery plastic is awesome. I was so stoked I thanked the flatty by putting it back to fight another day.  Seeing it swim off healthy was great.  It's amazing how hard they smash them!

anyway, I'm stoked, and now hooked on plastics after trying many times with no success.  

Hey guys, Which day Sat or Sunday look the better forecast to go just out of Hillarys ?

 G'day everyone

I recently got kitted up for demersal jigging thanks to the boys at Oceanside!! I am up at jurien at the moment and have been having a bit of trouble getting the hang of it! 

So far have managed only an undersized dhu and heaps of reef fish I am having trouble getting 120 - 150g jigs to work well in 30- 50m of water, and deeper if possible

does anyone have some advice for a noob it would be much appreciated thanx :)

Haven't heard or seen to many reports or pictures of mulloway lately. Any info would be appreciated

 hey guys just needing some advice on how to AVOID catching stingrays.  im up in dunsboutgh for a few days after leaving jurien and all i seem too hook up on to is these mini freight trains.  At the moment ive been fishing of the rock point neqr the old boat ramp and my last 3 trips have seen me with more rays than fish.  Any sort of help appreiciated

 Morning fellow fishermen, does anyone know where I can get a ocean/estuary fishing net in the mandurah area.

cheers 

went out for a deep drop sunday just gone, and we ended up getting 9 dhuies, 8 where under size and 1 was a keeper, all under size went back done nice and easy, also got 2 black ass so was a nice day out on the water, just good to see so many under size dhiues around atm, this was all of one lump we found in 40m in metro water, only useing plastics for the day.

 hi guys. My family and i have relocated to yallingup about 5 months ago. I drive in and out of perth every 6day shift.  I was wondering if anyone is kind enough to point me in the right direction or even catchup for a fish offshore sometime. I take my 7/5 yr olds out most times. I was advised to go out to 15-18m make off eagle bay, which i did and sound around which i did but didn't find any productive spots. If someone can give any advice i would b most greatful. Message or replies would really b great.  I have a little 18ft fibre glass boat with a relatively new hds 5 sounder, still learning to navigate with.i know no fisho gives his spots away but anything would b great.. tight lines. . Regards Don