End result 30 mins hiding behind Bezout. gusts to 102kmh at Roebourne airport.

10 minutes before the storm front arrived

Mate got these yesterday topped off a good day out.

I am looking at getting a Swag for the occasional fishing overnighter. Currently use a 3 man tent, which is fine when I go with 1 of my kids. But its too annoying to put up when I am on my own.

Just after some comments on what a swag is like to sleep in (particularly at the beach). Are they any good, or a waste of time. Stinkin hot?

I notice there are dozens on gumtree, so I was wondering why so many people are wanting to sell them ...."only used twice"..... or "never used, excellent condition"...???

Any suggestions as to what style? Any advice would be great. I dont want to be another one of these guys advertising a brand new swag on gumtree.

thanks

I dont trust the website's anymore after i got stuck in 4 m swell in freo.I use this http://www.fremantleports.com.au/Operations/Harbourcams/Pages/Harbourcam14.aspx

Seeing is believing.U get a basic understanding of what the weather will be like all along the coast.

Hasn't done me wrong yet.

Hi, I had the joy of getting up the creek for a fish over the weekend. Only to snap my Shimano T-curve on an unfortunately hooked turtle. So now I am in the hunt for a new barra rod. Any recommendations in the $100-$250 range? I have an Ian miller raider and am happy with that but just checking if there is something out there that may be better. Cheers.

Has anybody else bought the latest edition of Australian Fish Finder magazine?

I have never seen this mag before but it looked bloody good and it needed to be for the price $28 , there was only one on the stand at the local so though why not .

Apparently it comes out every couple of years and Im glad I got it , it has sattelite pics of all decent fishing spots from Perth right round to Sydney pretty much . It also has all the marine parks and exclusion zones with tips on areas to fish , boat ramp locations , and heaps of gps co-ords which obviously you would only use to get close to certain areas, they dont pin point fishing spots.

It will come in very handy this year as I have a couple of trips planned to exxy and other places and having never been there before had been wondering how I was going to get the info I was looking and this mag had most of my questions answered.

Recomend it for sure.

Cheers

Gaz 

Gday Gang.Going up to Kalbarri for a month of good ol fishing.Was thinking of crossing the murchison from the inside with an inflatible and walking up to the northern beaches(oysters) Can this be done or do i have to go around in a boat?Any advice would be good:)since i got no boat..Below is a map marked with 2 red circle's of where i wanna go.thanks

Hi ppl,

Up in Cervantes with my buddy and families, anyone keen to catch up for a chat or fish. Got a dhuie and 3 nice baldies in an hr today, and hope to do a couple deep drops in the week to.

Cheers

Dougie

0417961223

Hi all, new to fishwrecked. Headin up to wagoe for ozzie day weekend  just wondering if anybody

been up there recently. any feedback much appreciated.

Cheers

Hey guys,

Over the aussie day break i have four days off and am heading to mandurah with my 475 coastrunner.. Am hoping to get out into the deeper stuff looking for and good ground. My question is what can i expect to catch on the James Service Reef. I know its not far out but looks a good spot in close. Any tips or knowledge would be great.

Cheers rossco

 Heres a few screen grabs from a dodgy underwater video of the shark I spent 45mins taming on PE6 jig gear on Sat. Just wondering what type of shark it is, obviously some sort of whaler? Estimate it was 3m+ when boatside, hard to tell from the pics. That's my rod tip in the pics too incase anyone was wondering... poor monster mesh couldn't handle it! 

 What are the best trolling lures / rigs/ bait for mackies guys ?

Ta, Max

 Error code keeps flashing?? cheers Pete.

trying to search out some info for freo traffic bridge.. might head down there later today and try fish .. the search doesnt load for me... anyone else having this problem?   any advice to offer about the traffic bridge?  i was thinking of just smashing a huge burley slick out in a scaling bag with a brick and see what i can attract and fish my boat rod with a snapper lead an pasternoster maybe try some soft plastics as well... any use fishing there?

took my 2 sons down to try out the reel i got for him from a member here

got down there around 5:30pm man was it packed its a bit a joke realy you can hardly move and people half way down the jetty cast over my  gear in the water

got a few trumpeter

just after we got there i had a line in the water what ever it was bent my rod in half  headed towards shore then bit my line in half it was big

then got something else got on but it got of close to the jetty was using scallies from last week for bait

lots of crabs about taking whole baits to

but it was nice out as it was hot at home

just have to fie some else with not as many people man it was jam packed

i did see a few nice  size tailor being caught

im still finding the best rigs to use think i need a little help in that department

gday all long time since ive been in here

ive just moved to port hedland for work and im living here full time

 i need some tips on fishing port hedland ive got a boat but have no idea where to go or what fish there is to catch

was told the other day there is barra up here is that true? any advice is greatly appreciated

Hi guys

for those who know, troy(my son) has been kicking my arse out on the deep blue latley...until today!!

goodz, troy and myself headed to o/reef today with the full intentions of trolling for mackies, left the marina at 4.30am and headed out to start trolling and thats where it pretty much stoped, too much weed and made it near on impossible to troll for more that 30sec without having to clear the lures.

so we packed up and headed for the deep....

started well with alot of fish coming over the side...

ben was on the jigs with me and troy on baits, baits won hands down today.

went quite fo a couple of hours until we decided to send some burly out and have a floater in the trail...

all of a sudden some dollies showed up chasing bens placcy around but not wanting to hit it, about 5mins later bens floater goes off and ben is loaded up big time

turned out to be a 3.5-4mtr shark which put some serious hurt on ben and his rod(pics and maybe a video to follow)

i lost 2 big hookups, half way up each time, pulled hooks so maybe going to hard on them?

troy at this stage had not got alot, whatching dad do all the hard yards pulling fish after fish, some good, some shit.

then i get hit again with something solid, so took it a little slower and managed this nice size pinky 77cm...happy chappy and letting troy know all about it.

fish of the day goes to me and not troy for a change.

we ended up getting for the day

4 nice size baldies (2 kept)

8 dhuys all under size with only one needing the release wait.

4 nice size b/ass (2 kept) plus lots of small ones

about 4 big srgt bakers

skippy

my pinky

and all the normal shit like wrasse and football sweep.

all in all, this post is just to hang shit on troy, he dosent always catch all the fish!!!!

cheers ron

ben loaded up big time, with some serious hurt getting put on him

some serious hurt still getting put on ben with his seriously hurt rod

my pinky...fish of the day!!

A few dramas at Hillarys today that I witnessed while eye candying...... first the Sea Resuce boat towed in a boat about a  4.5M half cabin upside down and there was no top left when turned upright, another boat came in with someone distressed and had to be taken away in an ambulance and lastly a boat named Wicked came off the trailer as it was being launched. looked as though the ratchet pin on the winch snapped. anyone else see these mishaps? 

Hi all,

taking the missus to phuket in august, wondering if anyone has any experiences to share? tips to be had, hints to be dropped?    somewhere in between the ping pong shows and the copious drinking id like to find time to get my fish on, already doing some "big game charter" that was an option when i booked the4 holiday (expedia.com)  no idea how that will play out but 72$ for 9 hours. ill give it a go..   also thinking about doing a sea kayaking tour, ill just take a rod and some lures with me and get my troll on...

anyone fished there or all to busy drinking / rooting?

cheers :D

G'day All,

Just wondering if there is any do / don'ts of Catching some blue swimmer Crabs in the Swan River, with regards to fisheries giving you a fine.

I understand the size, more so is it illegal to use certain baits in your net??? and the boat limit is 20 yes?

What is the best bait, been using Chicken necks latly...Just thought I would ask the question so I dont get ANOTHER nasty fine from Fisheries.....

Cheers everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KEXUaIlqzA

Hope this works... If you surf this is hectic

What's everyones preferred method, What method best retains the quality ? 

Dispatching fish with a sharp point ?

Straight on Ice or Ice slurry ?

Wet Hessian bag ?

Bucket of water ?

Bleed the fish ? which types of fish should be bled ?

I was snorkeling the lower reaches of the swan and stumbled upon a patch of 6-10 dolphin or shark shaped holes 1.5-2m long probably 30cm deep at the deepest point, unlike stingray holes which are round, was in about 1-1.5m of water and looked pretty fresh, any ideas what could have done it?

So I went for a gidji today with my mate and got completly raped by a blue bottle or two and he said that if you piss on it it helps(which I ended up doing), Does anyone else have secrets and tips on how to cure a sting from a blue bottle from things I could take with me next time?

what would you do if you saw this comming towards you. i dont think you could out run it

 Anyone used a shout bobbin knotter.... and are they worth spending the extra dollars on .... or can someone recommend a good bobbin knotter?

was looking in my grandads pics an found this is that a G W head ?? an whats the other big head??

Hi Fishwrecked

Just one question about launching our boat.

When we back the boat in the water and start to undo the winch, the boat flies out of control and slips very quickly off the roller trailer, and you just have to let it run because theres nothing you can do. We tried to fix it by backing the boat further in the water so there is less strain on the winch, which worked a bit but am not that keen in taking the car for a swim. Also tried tying a rope from the boat to the winch post but it got tangled and didnt work.

Most of the time i drive on/ off but when theres a jetty there i plan on using it.

Any help would be much appreciated

Cheers SRF

With the forecast looking smick I had to go out for a Metro Mackerel sesh!

Trolling Rapala X-Rap 30 in bluesardine & Halco 190XDD green-gold in 25-30m of reefy structure, Black Pete Mirror teaser and many hours of trolling!

Hours into it I got a strike and the ratchet screeming, after two more solid runs I landed the Metro Mackerel that simply made my day. The conditions were awesome and I kept on trolling but no more strikes so I packed it in!

I was solo that day so I went pass my shop to get a picture (Thanks Blake) and get a weight.

Digital scales went just over 14kg  ........ Happy Days

14kg Metro Mackerel