Hey guys leaving on thursday for 2 weeks fishing in broome, the fitzroy river, exmouth and anything in between. Havine been scouring all forums for hints and tips like a mad man. I realise possibly not the greatest time to get a barra, but that'd be the main goal. Other than that 2weeks of no kids, missus, bills and general rat race pretty much feels/looks like ive died and gone to heaven

Taking up a well kitted out 4x4 + 4.2m tinny, have got a good selection of hardbodies( accumulated over years + bought after night & nights of reading) and a big selection of soft plastics, beeen practising my knots so much even my 6 year old can whip out a fair bimini now! Feeling pretty prepared but.......Just wondering if anyone up there or recently returned could throw any tips, pointers, reports and especially advice on what/where NOT to go or do.

Cheers guys

Went out with my brother,neice and the old man in my brothers profisher for a squid sesh out from freo in 3.5 to 4.0m of water and did quite well with a few rippers over the 300mm mark . Probably took an hour or two get this feed then picked up some skippy from behind mewstones to finish the day and zipped home in glass conditions for some salt and pepper squid and home made chips.

Doesnt get much easier than that.

Cheers

Gaz

Hi All,

Just after some help/advice on running single hooks on lures. Have used the search function already and know the deal with standard singles but im wanting to try something a bit different and see if it works. Aim is to use a 10g chrome twisty with a single small assist hook to catch herring, as im sick of them spitting the trebles. Have attached 3 pictures with different setups and hoping you can suggest which setup may work best.

Setup 1 is just the assist looped thru the bottom hole on the twisty.

Setup 2 is just the assist looped thru the top hole.

Setup 3 is the assist looped thru a solid ring attatched to the top split ring.

Cheers Sam.

Does anyone have thoughts on the effective life of braid?  I have some braid that is several years old and recently have had it fail a couple of times at a knot on a swivel when hit with a good strike.  The drag was not set particularly hard - about half breaking strength.  I usually include several metres of mono to take the shock but in  this case I had just rigged the braid to the swivel with a short length of leader below the swivel.  Any thoughts appreciated.

 Just seeing if there are any good guys ou there who have found 3 rods and reels down the safety bay boat ramp where you beach launch. My mate left them on the side. There was three young lads there in a tinny and a 4x4 just after us sorting there boat. My guess is they took them. We only left them there for 5 mins and realised and went bk and they was gone.

Hope someone can help.

Reward given

I see the Dorkers people in here are a bit slow coming forward so I guess I will play devil's advocate and start the thread.

1st half was like watching a school yard match. Plenty of numbers but no where to go. Second half saw the lazy buggers try to do the same. Suprise suprise.. game breaks open and we have a team with their hands on their hips. TOUGH. IMO dorkers battling hard to make the 8 at the end of season and Eagles being there with reserves coming back. Plenty of build up from Freo guys prior to this. How are you feeling now?

I went breaming with a mate on saturday and we were not getting too many hits on the soft plastics. After a couple of hours of nothing we decided to put some of the squidgy s factor scent on the lures with imediate result! after a few good hits and a couple of bream landed we were painting the stuff on. I found that after letting it sink and giving it a twitch, letting it sit for up to or over a minuit the bream were coming up and biting it like a piece of bait. however when all the scent had come off the bream woulden't touch it. i recomend giving it a go and seeing if it improves your breaming chances :)

 hey guys, just wondering if anyone has had luck with squid from the shore in the sound. if so where abouts?

havnt been fishing for a while so thinking of going for a fish next weekend. i live metro and would like to no where the best spot would be to fish bearing in mind i dont have a boat. i dont have heavy gear so ballooning is not an option. i want to catch something big and edible but not having the right gear to balloon makes this hard. so any suggestions on locations, bait,  rigs are all appreciated

I realise that I am going to get many comments on this subject but it is one I would like answered.

I regularly see photos on this site of good fish that have been caught prior to release, And it goes without saying the regular fishing shows from around Australia where the same thing occurs, EG: the fish is caught,the fish is landed, filmed/photographed, in some cases Kissed. The bearded wobbler made this act famous, then the fish are released..

My question is this, As I have never seen a fish with sunglases what effect does the bright Aussie sun have on a Creature in those cases. fish that has no eye lids, yes, I know sharks have the nicortating membrane but I have never seen one one a fish. So we pull them from a diffused light depth of water. bring them into a bright sunny environment and all this time the eyes are unprotected.

If I, or any one else was to hold a persons head to the sun with their eyes forced open, apart from the damage it would cause to the eyes it would also be termed a form of torture. So if we pull up a fish, any fish, is any one knowledgable to tell me the effect the sun has on the creatures eyes?

I suggest that if you think this is a silly question, then go outside at midday without sun glasses and look at the sun. I think it may make you re think what I am asking. As a suggestion, put a wet (Sea water cloth ) over the head of the fish, it may just help it. I will sit back now and wait for the views of you alldiver

 hI, 

THERE IS A GUY ON HERE THAT HIRES OUT LIMOS, CAN SOMEONE PLEAE TELL ME WHO IT ITS?

THANKS 

JOE

Headed out from Mindarie at about 6am, got to first spot about 7am first drift dad hooks up to his first dhuie on a JIG! he was stocked and so was i, once step closer to becoming a full time jigger!
it was pretty quiet in the morning so we headed out to the 60s only to get small dhuies and pinks, as the water flatten off we headed out deep 200-300m looking for ground, not really knowing what to look for we drooped bait down at a slight drop off, but no luck. Hopefully we can get into some good ground soon.

we headed back into the 40s to a few spots, as the sun was setting i managed a small dhuie, put back to fight another day, all in all was a long but good day, rough in the morning but worth it in the end.

Hey guys how are you all,
Just wondering what people use for shoes for rock fishing, are those small chain hook slip on things any good, sport shoes, work boots, what are other fishos using for rock hoping around the waters.

Hey everyone how are we??

Well im off on Teusday for our annual Broome trip and am absolutely frothing! just wondering if anyone has heard any reports of what its like lately ( bottom bouncing, are the sails in yet?? any barra still hanging around the local creeks??) and if anyone is up that way and keen for a brew and a fish!!

Cheers!

Hi

Can anyone tell me if live trumpeter are any good for live bait, targeting big dimersal fish

same result,won 14 out of 15 on the road,crows didn't look too barbaric ha ha

Well wouldn't you know it today we had 4 dhuies on deck at the same time..... 

Now based on this pic alone you could draw a number of conclusions, but the correct conclusion would be that three were put down on a shotline with tags 76987, 76988 and 76989 in them and the biggest one necked and put on ice for dinner.

Amazingly enough our first drop on new ground and we both had double headers of dhuie. First time that has happened to me. They went 56,50,62 and 66cm

 Hey guys

Been sitting on the sidelines for a while and thought I should introduce myself. New to fishing metro and only bought my first boat a year ago but thanks to the wealth of knowledge and help on this site, am slowly learning my way around. Fantastic forum. Enjoy reading all the reports and hopefully posting some myself soon. Am keen to decky if someone needs a spot filled and to meet new people to take out. Look forward to meeting some of you guys for a beer and a tale or two

Cheers graham

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Hey guys never done this before so i thought i'd ask for some help in what size hook and how to hook a whiting to use as a live bait to get the best results.

Cheers

Ash

 Hi All,

I'm new to this fishing caper and in the process of building up my tackle box. Just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on what are the essential items items that should be in the tackle box.

Cheers for any advice

Mark

 hey everyone im thinking of fishing from the rocks at dawesville channel but i dont know what fish expect, a mix of saltwater fish or just esturary fish? any help would be great! thanks

 Hey guys looking going out tomorrow what's the best method to catch some good sized snapper then thanx

G'day guys! I cannot manage to catch a bream if my life depended on it! What tips do you guys have to catch them? Im a complete rookie, so im not into lures, just baits!
Cheers in advance!

 Hi everyone,

I'm going up to Karratha for a week next week, and hope to squeeze some fishing time in :)

just wondering if anyone can give me any general pointers on the fishing up there?

I know the tides are pretty full on, I'll have a 4x4, just wondering what species will be around at this time of year..

Cheers guys

Jo :)

Anyone know of where I could find a spool of braided dacron?  Need some in 50lb for making up some wind ons for exmouth.  Can get a little bit from a mate, but would prefer to have a full spool as we go through leaders up there quite a bit when chasing spanglies and trout around coral.

Just confirming...

Im heading out with two others tomorrow in the boat off margs. 

I know we can only take 2 dhuies for the day (boat limit)- thats fine by me.

But say we get them, what else can we take before we limit out.  Im under the impression that if I get a dhuie, I can get one pinky or one BA then im pretty much done with taking fish for the day.  Where do the individual limits change over to boat limits?

Am I correct to say the max bag for the day would be 2 dhuies and 4 pinkies/other fish for the 3 anglers?

Ive never had to worry about it before as its only my third time out under these rules and the two previous trips resulted in 1 keeper dhuie each time.  Just thought it best to confirm in case everything aligns and we get a decent day.

Hi

I am wanting to catch some mulloway, but dont really know the setup for it. If someone could explain it to be or have a pic that be much appreciated.

Thanks

just wondering if theres still scalies at E-shed, want to catch some bait in anticipation of trip to kalbarri in july

Went out from mandurah yesterday, and saw the biggest turtle i have ever seen, was about 1.7m longx1m wide it was huge, saw another baby one but it was dead, i have never seen a turle down this way only up north, does anyone know if their frequent?

Wish i got a photo if it, it was bloody huuuuuge!