I've been fishing 4 pound nanofil on my small stradic but find my knot connecting to my Fluro leader to break when I give it a medium-heavy tug between my two hands. I generally tie a double uni knot as these lines are so thin and I don't have the patience to tie a more complex knot when I can barely see the dental floss. I've read somewhere that people tie the double uni knot with the nanofil doubled over- is this a case of tying to a double using a spider hitch then using the double uni?

Otherwise the line is awesome and casts so far you can sell all your boats ;)

 Hey all,   just wondering if anyone can suggest something here- had a crack in the hull- got it patched up but after taking it out yesterday- seems its still leaking.   is it possible to do a weld over a weld? ill take it to a shop to get it done doesnt matter the cost- cant put a price on my life.   

can they cut out the shitty weld and put a patch over it? its an older hull- rego papers say trimcraft ; im guessing 80s.. so it will be pretty average..

failing that should i just sikaflex and hope for the best?

cheers, 

Hekser

Yesterday's bag ... liked the variety! Water was awesome out deep (not very deep!). Had 4 gummies in 180m of water! ... is that usual? (just kept one)

No nice photos unfortunatly

Thanks

Just a quick report on yesterdays fishing, was pretty slow day, early morning being the best. Sounded over a big school of snapper with only a queenie being caught.
Lots and lots of sargent bakers and small dhuies, next came my little pink, which was good to get since its my first on jig.

Dad got a little sweet lip on bait which was a surprise, not to sure if there that common in metro waters?

jigs that stood out where,
135g yambal cakra
130g Andaman pink glow (new favourite jig!)

 My first trip out of 2 rocks didn't prove too successful on Friday. Started with losing sunnies over side in the marina. First drop on a lump with a good show on the sounder with new smith mejume jig resulted in a lost jig to a sambo. Had a bit of fun with the sambos for a while and then headed out deeper. 20nm offshore after a baldie came over the side by my deckie I decided to Ike jime him with the wrong tool. A filleting knife!! All I can say is OUCH! Sliced straight thru finger, cutting tendons, nerves and scraping the bone! Many a swear word and plenty of blood spilt on the deck was occurring. Luckily I had recently updated my medical kit so all wrapped up and panadol accompanied by beer and I carried on fishing. Not good idea. To cut a long story short I have just overnighted at the hospital with an operation by plastic surgeon to repair tendon and nerve damage! 

Moral of this story. Don't Ike jime with a filleting knife to save time in looking for the right tool!

 8hrs 3spots only fish landed .. Didn't have scales on me but I reckon it was about a kilo ;)

The forecast was good and a plan had been made during the week to chase some demersals off Two Rocks today.  Wayne Glew a mate from my Woodside Pluto days had invited me on his boat.  I’ve been out a few times with Wayne and from pics of days when I haven’t been on board he gets amongst some good sized dhuies on a regular basis but we had never managed to crack a good one with me on board.

Well today changed that.  Over the day we caught 8 dhuies.  Of those probably 3 were undersized and the non keepers all released well.  After we had our 2 keepers we moved away the ground to target baldies or a pink but to no avail, we still caught dhuies.

I’m happy the call the fish below a joint catch.  There was some fast and furious action happening onboard with 3 lines out and as there were only 2 of us on board there was some interchanging of rods.  Wayne hooked it on my rod and generously offered for me to take over.  The fish was over the 1m mark and whilst it was called for maybe a 20kg fish at the time it went 18kg on need I say tested scales.

Thanks for the day out Wayne.  It’s a PB for me and I’m stoked.

 Hi Guys

First time fishing exmouth. Not having much success. Have trolled up a few trout and rankins.

Can't find anything whilst drifting using standard paternoster. What sort of bottom is the go to fish and what is a good general area to start this time of year.

Any general help would be appreciated. Not asking for co-ordinates more general areas.

Thanks

Put the new key west in the water today at two rocks heading out at 5 o'clock this morn sitting on 30 knots my reference book flew of the dash and into the drink has all my waypoints including Gnaraloo this book I use for recording catches against way points.
Shit if anyone finds it I hope every thing is smudged hahahah

took the G/kids out today to catch a few skippy, they were a bit shy bit they did manage 7 rocky cod type things, they were happy and were happy to put them all back

Does anyone use butterfly baits with great success? I was under the impression that it gave the illusion of the fish swimming but it seems it just attracts the crabs and pickers. Am I better off where live bait is unavailabe to just use just a dead bait whole to avoid pickers? Is it mainly for boat fishing or can it be used LB? I don't think I have read much on people using this method and I am wondering why???

Thanks

Well done eagles tonight. Good to see you back on the horse again. Now need to back it up with a good win over port and who knows maybe top four not out of reach. Welcome back embley we missed you. Was at the game and the umpiring in the first half was possibly the worst I have seem all year and that is saying something bring on the tirade from the anti eagles brigade

 hey guys just joined need some advice..got a week left in the red dirt..hopeing too hit the beach with the new navara and have a cast...anyone know where the tailor are biting..if they are biting... north or south...was thinking about hitting whitehills reefs...any info would be appreciated..

Planin on launchin at Hillarys 2moz @ 4ish solo for a snappa bash in me 15ft tinny, been a few reports of sharks this week tho, somebody put me at ease, do ya really need to be concerened of one having a go at or nudge the boat. I will be burleying up as usuall, not my first time doin this either.

Heading out early in morning from Palm Beach to 5 FB if any one would like to go for a fish leaving about 630 message on 0409138683

hey guys

its been a long long time since i have been a deckie on someone elses boat, heading out tomorow on my cousins boat for a 40mtr bash out from woodys, im finding it hard not to have input on where to go!!

gunna sit back and enjoy the day for a change????, i dont have to tow the boat either, so the jimmys are packed.

if the skipper dont get me onto the fish he's gunna know about it..lol

cheers

hi fellas, looking for a quick response.

thinking to change my line on my reel later tonight. anyone of you filled your stella 5000sw with pe4? i wanna know how much line in meters does it take? the reel only has mono and mm values.

also is all pe4 line the same thickness?

thanks 

I was recently sent a link to a US site which advertised these.  Has anyone seen these in Oz.  I don't recall ever having seen anything like them over here.  They retail for US59.95.

Heard on the radio that 3 fishermen are missing off Leman since yesterday.

Hope they're found safely!

(No doubt the excellent work by the sea rescue groups will come to the fore.)

ENJOY

Hey guys does anyone know where I could buy a replacement for my crony duel 702 spin rod that was broken tonight. Alternatively can a carbon rod be repaired - the tip is broken off ?. I realise the repair is a long shot. Cheers

At the moment it looks like Gumtree.

I guess ppl stil think 1 mans trash is another mans treasure

 oh yes heading to denmark this weekend for some fishing and catch ups with family any one been fishing down there lately

Hi guys lately I have not been catching fish on plastics.I am using un scented ones.Is this stoping me from catching fish

Just another challenge. Want to try and catch one of these sportsfish. Know they hang around the cyclone moorings. But has anyone got any better tips than blind casting a lure to them.

Are there certain moorings, or even the old barges that sit there for ages that would be a better option to try.

Was going to use some R2S Triho's which I have and have been told is the go. Any other lures etc worth a go.

Neels

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  • Thinking of headin out Saturday morning for a snapper fish, thinking try out the back of garden island around some reef, burley up oh drift? And pointers oh starting points would be awesome any advice well appreciated!! 

 hey guys thinking of heading out for a fish tonight, know of any spots where the fish are biting lately, i cant catch much around perth without traveling hours north or south, cheers 

Anyone thinking of heading up to jurien tomorrow weathers looking ok at this stage might be on the cards, could link up got a few spots to try that we found over summer

is there any sharks in bunbury? i am going down in 2 weeks and just wondering what i could catch? hoping for a big shark and where should i fish? is there a jetty?

Just wondering whether anyone is keen to go out on Shikari charters on Saturday? Weather just looks too good to pass up! Cost $200