HEY GUYS HEADING TO GREEN HEAD FOR BOXING DAY BEACH FISHING BOATING FOR A DHU HOPFULLY AND SOME CRAYS IF ANYONE HAS REPORTS OR ANY INFO ON WHERE THEIR BITTING IT WOULD BR APPRECATED THANKS.

MERRYCHRISTMAS TO ALL

I usualy fish between Corronation Beach and Bowes river and quite often there are hundreds of crabs running all over the beach.

Last weekend we had caught a couple of Wobygongs a Tailor, a Herring, a Snook, a shovel nose ray and a heap of small Mulloway............

For something different a caught one of these crabs and baited it up with a strip of Mullet and chucked it in.........couple of minutes latter and "bang" .....a 90cm Mulloway.

Do other people use crabs as bait? Are they regarded as good bait or do you reckon it was just arse and he took it because of the mullet?

Cheers

I have a spare voucher for free fishing charter this Wednesday 21st off Mandurah - breakfast and lunch included.

I was going to take a different mate, but he is off on holiday.

So here is my offer, best offer I get to take me out on their boat some other time (covering my fuel share too) get the invite. I can probably arrange transport for you if you are anywhere near Greenwood or Joondalup.

PM me  and I will get back to the winning skipper tomorrow.

cheers

RICEY

Heard that the professionals netted 6 tonnes of tailor last week along the northern beaches of Bunbury... And apparently they were sent off for cat food. 

Whats the point of having bag limits for us recreational anglers when the pro's can take so much?

Well with the ban being lifted yesterday I was just itching to get back out. I love the Super Deep fish and ever more so jigging that depth for them. The current and drift speed often works against me out there but these Japanese Super Deep 750 & 1kg jigs sorted that out!

Blake my shop manager was also keen to get his arm stretched so off we went. I sounded around and located fish on an edge and down went my Super Deep Jig. This is the first time using this jig and holy shit its flutter action is far better than I expected (being so heavy) but the centre weight is awesome and had plenty of flash & action!

First drop I got a small Bass groper, Blake then got a nice Greyband (shark had a swipe on the way up), I then got a Hapuku and Blake finished off with a cracker Bass Groper on the Super Deep 1kg which put a massive smile on his dial!

We could feel the action of the jig in 400m of water and all fish smashed the Super Deep jigs hard. Aggressive hits indeed and some fish hit the jigs on the up jig and some on the flutter down! 


 

My small Bass on the Super Deep Jig!

Blakes Greybanded cod on the Super Deep Jig!


 

My Hapuku on the Super Deep Jig!

Blakes Bass Groper on the Super Deep Jig!

Well done Blake getting quality fish on jig & good company mate

Has anyone made a Bait Cannon (not spud gun)

Seen some on you tube but at $799 cost to much.

Im going to use air to shoot bait out over the surf

Any tips on the build :o)

Thanks

 A 2.5m and two 3m shark sighted this morn at scabs from the chopper

heading off to kalbarri tomorrow at 5 and will be bak on friday so ill post up a full report about the whole trip and wat we get

Made a last minute decision to head out yesterday. Found a few dhuies and also caught a blue grouper. Bit of an unusual catch from a school of dhufish.

Hi everyone...

I'm in the market for a Shimano stella 5000sw.. if you have one and are thinking of selling.

Please let me no.... also if you no where a can score a cheap Let me no........

Please Pm if you want to sell yours.....

Cheers Jesse

One of me ol' mates Max Cramer (RIP) , told me after a dive that we humans have a weird sense of what is  an edible seafood species and what is regarded as inedible. He has showed me some weird stuff found whilst  diving and offered it to me as a  snack and more often then not (being raw) it was quite good, sometimes excellent.

Now I know a few secrets, and not willing to spill the beans on his secrets, and fisheries wanting in on the act.

I will however recommend the humble King Wrasse (yep Dhuie bait) if cooked right  is 1.3X better then Baldy and possibly the best eating fish in WA...yep big call

I reckon crumbed Eagle Ray is better then Dhufish, maybe I have strange taste buds....going to do a side by side soon and see what wins, bet the ray does

hi guys, open season is here!!!!! i went out of mindarie this morning on the good ship "barred up" (a well known 560 barcrusher cc) we headed out at 5.15 this morning and we could have  bagged out on dhu by 7am!! we started at a favorite ledge in 32m with an 8kg  male which went straight into the icebox 5 minutes later we landed another male around 7kg which we released with confidence we would find a big one before the morning was out, then we moved to our most reliable kg spot which was on the way to the next dhu lump and quickly added 5 kg's to 65cm to the box, what then followed was awesome the next 3 spots (of 1 drop each) produced 3 more dhu's betwwen 8-10kg all of which released strongly (we were still confident of a "big" dhu for open day) the next drop added 2 of the biggest breaksea i have ever seen including my new pb of over 2kg! and a nice 550mm baldie , the icebox was looking awesome by this stage!! the next 2 small lumps produced 3 more dhu between 5-8kg in 2 drops including a triple header of 2 dhu and a pink for the three of us, and the last spot for the day produced the 'big one" for the day for my mate Craig (easily his new pb at 15ish kg) which gave him a solid tussle on my stella 8k and tcurve 200 combo.(photo attatched)after an awesome morning we put a spreadf of lures out and headed for home around 12ish we hooked 2 nice blues on the troll and they both came unstuck near the boat, so we headed in . all in all an awesome start to the season!!!!!. cheers    by the way big props to the skipper Joffa who did an awesome job again!!!!!

Dived with Joe this morning and wet a line at the same time and hoked up with these tow. Was happy with mine at 52cm, but Joe's baldie was a real bad boy!

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Hey everyone

I just went out and brought a penn combo which consists of a penn 560 slammer (reel) and a 7ft rod. I choose for them to put braid on and they insisted that a theram something fireline was a way to go. Ive got it on with 20lb braid.

As this is the first time ive used braid i am completly unsure on what to do?

For just some bait fishing off the rocks  Do you tie the braid directlty to a mono leader?? or do you use a swivel??

And using a lure do you tie directly to the braid or do you use a leader??

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

 Why is it that the fishing license here in WA require you to have a separate license for each type of fish you wish to catch. In my opinion your fishing license should cover everything ie rock lobster, fishing from a boat, fresh water ect.

In Victoria and NSW (unsure about the other states but I think it would be the same) your fishing license covers you or everything. Freshwater, Abalone, Rock Lobster, Fishing from a boat ect. AND IT COST JUST $25 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe we are getting taken advantage of over here and need to make a stance, where does all of this money go?, WA is not as jammed packed full of people as the east coast so my thinking would be that the cost of not needing people (fisheries employees) the whole way up the entire cost would be a massive saving per year due to only needing a few of them, and then on top of that especially when some people would have purchased 2 or more different licenses to catch different types of fish I presume there would be a good stash of cash somewhere.

Laterly Ive seen Whiting being caught on Hard body lures and popper, but i dont know what type of lures and poppers and how to work them, anyone got any tips?
thanks

 Hey guys seems alot of people are catching tailor in the river atm. I never really fish the river and was thinking of giving it a go landbased. Where would some good locations landbased be for tailor on lure. Canning bridge or narrows any good? What lures/sizes would be good for a big landbased cast aswlll.. cheers

Marko

Hi,  my boss bought a boat with a Garmin 3206 plotter without a card. Does anyone have a card suitiable for this model, or even a plotter with a card they are looking sell?

Cheers

We've had some pretty good fishing stories come through on the forums this year: Till's shortbilled spearfish, the monster hapuka Matt and the boys got down south, chrisp and Daz at CI, some big tailor coming in from the river and northern beaches and some pretty epic plastics sessions.

Overall how would you rate your year of fishing and what was the best session / highlight?

Unfortunately for me fishing has been pretty light on this year but the standout moment would have to be spending a day fishing in Amsterdam.  To fish for different species in a different country was pretty unique and something I won't forget in a hurry.

Anyone used Tokushima reels before? Are they good enough to last a season?

www.ebay.com.au/itm/TOKUSHIMA-SK7000-BIG-SURF-BEACH-SPINNING-FISHING-REEL-/180773142771

The 3rd China Guangzhou International Fishing Fair 2012 (Fish Guangzhou 2012) will be held in the largest exhibition hall in Asia--China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex during March 9th ~11th, 2012. The exhibits scope includes fishing tackle and related products.

Fish Guangzhou had been held successfully twice under the support of some famous brands, such as Etuoh, Shimano, American Eagle Claw, ANATEC, M.K, M&W,BLUE EYE, etc. China is the largest producer of fishing tackle in the world and Guangzhou is a important trading center. The mission of Fish Guangzhou is to afford an international platform for domestic and overseas enterprises to communicate and cooperate, thereby promoting development of fishing tackle industry worldwide.

International Casting Sport Federation(ICSF) will attend this show for the second time as the co-organizer, and they will held the 2nd China International Casting Sports Championships on-site, which will take up 200m2. Welcome to participate.

Concurrent activities:

1.The 2nd Global Lure Cultural Festival 2012.

2.The 2nd China International Casting Sports Championships.

3.The Top 10 Brands Selection 2012.

Contact person: Carina Du (Ms.)

Tel: +86-20-23318547

Fax: +86-20-82579220

Mobile: +86-13699704648

E-mail: info8@grandeurhk.com | carinadu2011@yahoo.com.cn

MSN: carinadu2011@hotmail.com

Website: http://www.guangzhoufish.com

Just wanna know if anyone has been to the moore river or beaches around there. Thinkin about going there for the next trip. Whats being caught?? I know the bream are everywhere in the river.  how do the beaches around there fish?

Enjoy

 Does anyone notice parasites on flathead ?

 Went for a flick this arvo at Swan and hit a flathead. Took home to gut and scale it. When I was marinating it with salt, realise two worms wriggling out from the mouth. Took some shots of the worms...they can't stop wriggling on the plate. Not sure if it is the salt making them uncomfy.... Pull off another 4 from the mouth area after those 2 on the photo. 

Honestly speaking, this is the 3rd flathead I took home from the river and all 3 have these little black parasites. I am pretty sure now most if not ALL flatheads from the swan have these little buggers.

1. Did anyone share the same experience from keeping a Swan flatty ?
2. Is that a leech or a paraiste worm ?
3. Does it pose any harm to humans or it is just a harmless parasite that affects fish ?

Thanks... 

 Hi guys there seems to be a shit load of cray pots at south and north moles does anyone know if they are really catching there or just hoping for the best?

Guys,

Any luck with these guys on Demersals? Too big? I'm planning to put it on a 2-4Oz Jighead. I know they work on Jigging for Sambos ... etc

I got couple of packets to try, quite expensive @ $19 for a packet of 2!

Does anyone know if there are any tackle shops open early in the mornings in mandurah...

cheers

 Hi Guys

Taking the boat out into the swan early tomorrow for the first crack of hitting some tailor, going to put in at deep water point and then make our way up to the narrows and near the old brewry, as I have heard that there is a fair bit of a bite going on! Hoping to give some lures a crack, whith a variety of metal twistys, divers and poppers, taking out a couple of first timers fishers, see if we cant get into some! (but some mulies as a bit of backup)

Also on another topic, just got the 50 etec serviced up at waterworld, pretty happy with the service, but we got done a deal when we bought it, being told it had at most 440 hours on it, printout says 1609. :( But the good news is steve said that everything is looking good in side, and should last a long while yet :)

Josh - 14 foot white dehavilland with blue etec on the back.

 You know it's been too long since you've had a fish when your offsider tripping on the string line you're trying to pull tight makes you think you've got a FISH ON!!!!

I bet theres a few of us out there looking forwards to a fish over the next few days!