cyclone above the NT is turning a cat 1 hope it pisses off by january the 1st! im heading that way...well 1/3 the way

been over at rotto all day doing a charter and was chatting with the local fisheries officers over there! they have been busy, busted a cpl boats with undersize dhuis and over bag limits. Will these peanuts never learn! they were saying that unfortunately because of the hours they work most get away with it as they wait till dark to come back in with their catch but they were getting a few today! wont say how they were doing it but it is a very effective method and seems to be working so if any of you know of any guys that got nabbed today over here tell em to suck eggs cos thats wot you get for doing the wrong thing! Good to see they are trying their best with what they have to work with! and the note pad was filling up when we were there! so beware if you think you can get away with it cos you might just be suprised!

FISH FOR THE FUTURE NOT THE FREEZER!

hi guys

i want to get out after new years for a overnight beach fish, its been ages since i had a fish off the beach and would like to have a go before i go back to work.

we are thinking of the s bend and would love to here how its going up there? anyone been latley?

what about sandy cape?, i have heard the fishing is not as good though!!

or any other nice beach to get the 4wd on and park up for the night, sleep in the car so no big tents or anything like that.

proberly stay up and fish most of the night anyway.

north or south dosent matter, 3-4 hrs.

thanks in advance

ron

Hey guys,

Just wondering what everyone uses to backup and plan their trips/routes/waypoints .... etc

Do you spend some time on the boat the night before, with your plotter hooked up to the cradle, planning where you'll go? Do you run a PC/Mac program, and get it transferred to your Plotter? Or you just launch your boat, and head to your best spot?

Also how do you backup your waypoints, write them down manually ... etc? And last but certainly not least, how do you transfer your waypoints to a new unit that you just bought?

I know there where some topics posted before about this, and they go back to 2007, but just wanted to talk about the latest tech with this.

Options are NavPlanner (Navionics users only) .... $200+ for Oceania ... any feedback? http://www.navionics.com/MarineFeatures_NavPlanner.asp

What about C-Map? Any good? ...$230  (https://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?cat=114&item=45981&intAbsolutePage=1)

Do anyone run an Apple App (Navionics Aust/NZ) to plan their trip at home, on similar chart of what you've got on your boat?.... for $46!!!

I guess discussing this will help most of us, defiantly me, when it comes to reliability, safety and efficiency of rec fishing ...

Cheers

Hesh

 sad news to all project boat builders!

http://www.marinebusiness.com.au/news/fandb-publisher-sea-media-in-liquidation

was by far the best and most unbiased of the magazines in the marine trade.

They always called a spade a spade and called it as they saw it.

Sad to see Peter, Ruth and their crew go under. 

RIP F&B 

Hi All...just hunting for small combo for the tinny was going to grab the lowrance... then silly me come across the raymarine and thought that looks alright as well.I presume both will do the job well in 30 - 40m tops...just thought I'd run it past you guys prior to biting the bullet ...just in case I'm missing something significantly between the specs ...

Hope the links work , thanks and best xmas wishes

Raymarine www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?item=46176

Lowrance http://www.lowrance.com/Products/Marine/HDS-High-Definition-System/HDS-5-FishfinderGPS-Chartplotter/Specifications/

Want to buy a new bait casting rod to suit an abu 5600 needs to be 6'6" or less , $ not an issue  and without cork grips.I will be passing by ,The Tackle Shack ,Oceanside and all boat business on friday .Give me some ideas guys.  

,

Hey ya'll.
Impulse-purchased a shakespeare slingshot rod (2-4kg) the other day. It was super cheap for what it appears to be.
So far I'm stoked with it as a bream rod, and I took it out to GI today to give it a bit of grief. Teamed with an old sienna 2500 it worked well on the KG's and skippy.
 

Anybody else heard of/know of/use one of these rods?  Interested to hear your thoughts guys.

Cheers,

Sam.

anybody want some free mags??,

got a box full, 20+, the wife brings them home for me when they got goodies attached!!

all still in plastic (missing the goodies)

all brands of mags and a couple with dvd's, some current issues in there as well i think.

if no one wants them there going in the bin.

cheers ron

Hi guys
Heading to Broome on Friday and all i seem to read on the net today is how bad the ramp facilities are and how tourists and even locals have trouble launching there boats. With some real horror storries.

Was after advice from people who ave used the facilities... its a 7m Assassin and dont laugh but it will actually be only the 5th time ive launched it, or any boat. Maybe some tips in general would be good.

so far ive got
- tides, tides, tides is the key, launch on incoming (quickly) & retrieve on out going so i have time up my sleeve
- be very organised
- carry a snatch strap

what else

Thanks guys

 Here's one for the debate, I was talking to a mate who saw a boat filleting fish and stowing away before returning to marina... It's illegal yes but whats the deal with filleting/cooking on board. And especially people who do this tend to throw the remains overboard which is semi wasteful anyone know of the punishment as we all know fisheries have more power than the 5-0

I was just wondering if there is a boat limit on pink snapper in shark bay? if so does anybody know what it is?

cheers Big chop

 Could someone please give me the heads up for the best time to go fishing for Barramundi in North WA. Am looking to get a few friends over from Victoria and just need to know an approx time of year. Would the end of September be ok?

Hi all was wondering if these anchors were as good as their price suggests.

Anyone tried these stainless steel fishing rods before?  Interesting design but looks so small like a kid's fishing rod.

emmrodsoz.com.au/main/page_products_products_page_1.html

does anybody know where i can find or buy a lead ingot.

I called FishWatch on the way home from work last night after noticing something going on in the Canning that I thought was a bit suss.  They took my details and said they would get someone to look into it.

Later that night I got a call back from one of the officers who wanted to clarify the details and explained that the situation was fine, what was happening was known to the Fisheries Officers and that it was legal.  We had a chat for a while and he clarified what the regs said etc.

I then got another call from FishWatch this morning just checking to see if my call had been followed up on to which I replied that it had.

I thought it was pretty cool to see that the phone call didn't just disappear into the ether leaving me wondering if anything ever happened.

My one complaint was that I didn't have the number entered into my phone (do it now if you haven't got it either - 1800 815 507) and it was difficult to find it on the Fisheries website (mobile) as it's quite hidden on the Contact Us page.  It wouldn't take much to put a FishWatch banner on the homepage or even drop it into one of the top or bottom menus.

Anyway just wanted to put it out there that I was impressed with the level of service.

Me and the boys had a few drinks and made some sinckers getting ready for steep point next year and my lovely wife filed them

Is there any reef less than 500m off the shore of mylup and preston beach? if so where?

Well I just got my old penn 9500 reel back and was wondering if anybody knows who service them in the mandurah area.

cheers

Hey there Guys an Girls

           Just thought that some of you might like to know that a fellow fishwrecked member is currently in an induced coma in ICU at royal peth hospital after a car accident on saturday night. He was hell stoked that he caught his first dhuie an first queenie out the back of rotto with one sick skipper that shouldn't have gone out at all (me). All i can say is good on him i was glad to hear he had such a good timeout on the water an i couldn't have wished for such a good trip for such a nice guy.

          So from me an my family i hope you pull through soon mate so we can go an catch some more fish. Our wishes for a speedy recovery to you an your family.

                                                                                    GET WELL BENNO

 Hi guys,

Im trying to fish from the beach tonight and it's hell windy my bait keeps getn washed out even though I hav a huge sinker on. Is there anything I could do, or shld I just call it quits?

If someone could help with some advice it would be awesome

Thanks

Abz

 im heading down to the dunsborough area from the 26th till the 2nd. im taking my boat its a 21ft centre console with a 140hp. just wondering how deep/ what direction to head for demersals (not asking for spots just general area to find them) aswell as crays. 

cheers

andrew

 Hi guys,

I have been getting a few flatties lately and tried it with pan fried butter. Wasn't that nice.

Could you please recommend the best way to cook flathead.

Thanks in advance.

 Does anyone know If theres many Dhuies around on the 48-50metre mark? hope fully head out there soon to a fav spot.

Two like peas out of a pod from 45 metres hard bottom / coral  on Saturday .............they seem to be featuring in quite a number of catches which I find a little unusual.

Bagged out with a dhuie and a great black bum by 9.30am to go with these two   

Sunshine    

My hds7 (combo) sounder function didn't work for some reason. It's just reading 0.8m (water depth), and bla bla sounding! I've tried everything while we're in the water, reboot, disconnect and reconnect cables, even made sure that the trance ducker is correctly positioned .... Luckily I had my backup Furuno, to finish our session.

Anyone faced this problem with any hds unit before? It's still not working, and haven't checked the cable running from traced ulcer to display yet, just trying to get ideas before starting hardware work on it.

Any help would be appreciated

Cheers

The bro-in-law went out behind Rotto today to try out the new electric reels. He was very keen to also test the performance of his HDS7 with the standard transducer. I've uploaded an image that he MMS'd to me from Rotto of 282m with a solid bottom echo showing features that i can only assume to be Coral or other such growth. He hit 400m+ and reckons the picture was as clear as this without noise. Not too bad a performance with a bog standard tranny and straight out of the box. Sure surprised me.

By the way, he managed a couple of smallish Red Snapper but he was as pleased as punch with the HDS.

 Ha, probably caught half of you out with that subject line but really just wondering if any of you blokes have artificial turf instead of carpet on the deck of your boat and if so can you offer the pros n cons of doing so.

Thanks

Jude

 Under the medium risk species it says 12 mix bag limit per person, does this mean i can catch 10 tailor, 1 flattie, 1 flounder, or does it mean max 8 tailor 4 flatties? any help appreciated