Went to In a loo fish shop yesterday. They had Black Bream, alot of them around 25-35cm. This i did not have an issue with. What i did have an issue with was the Bream sitting in the middle on the ice. It was around 3kg or more and 60-65cm. It was so big and old looking it didnt look like a Bream. Its width was around 4 inches. Why? Frigin why? the things is probably 30-40 years old or more. It is gonna taste like crap. Put it back. Why does some dickhead feel it has to go to a fish shop. I cant stand all these people that take all these huge fish and yes Jewfish, Pinkys, Baldchin all those. Fish in W.A are on such low numbers its un real.

The ones that look like your grandparents on your wifes side. Why take them. There the breeders. Take the younger healthy fish that are of a decent size. Not the Pinky with the ball like a baseball sticking out of its head so you can take a picture and show it to ya mates, only to then eat it, and find the 40cm Pinky you had the week before was way better and you have just wasted it. Take your picture and put the thing back. Take the middle size ones. And take your limit and im sure most of you take your limit all the guys here seem fantastic. Im talking about the ones that arnt!

Thats my rant. If it gets me into trouble i dont care. Im passionate about the state of W.As fish stocks and so on.

Thank you.

Hey, I've just gotten a stradic 2500fj and want to put a small jigging knob on it... Was just wanting to know what brands are compatible with them, cheers!

Freshly caught today, battered and cooked tonight.  Lovely!  26 nice sized whiting caught off Hillarys and Scarborough.  Bit windy, bit wet!  But a great day on the water.

Just wondering if someone could help. We tried doing a bit of fishing off the beach at Legde point a couple of weekends ago. We are heading up to lancelin this weekend coming. There was HUGE amount of weed along the coast line and it was pointless. Are there any Lancelin locals who could help and tell me if the weed is still there or if there are any areas that aren't affected? 

Thanks

 Wondering how many other people have caught demersals while not targetting them during the ban? Any decent accidental captures that had to be released?

Went out targetting some shallow water sambos this morning and somehow managed a solid dhu that hit the jig on the bottom before I could even start my retrieve and a just size snapper that smashed a fast jig 20m off the bottom. (Both released of course) Couldn't even get any sambos onboard with only one boatside and a few lost after short hook ups. Only spent an hour out before coming in for a squid and a few KGs in the sound.

Need a rod transported to karratha and was hoping someone might be heading up that way that might be able to take it to its new owner, thought i would put it out there b4 arranging a quote for shipping, as i know its not cheap , even though the new owner is paying  still nice to not have to hand over alot of $$ to a courier company.

if anyomne is going soon can they please get in contact with me please

Hey all,

I'm updating all my old gear and need to replace the old land-based rods from AGES ago with ones suitable for the boat : Jigging / Bottom Bouncing, Trolling.

I've got a fair few of old reels, but the only 2 decent ones that will make it onto the boat - both nice Shimano Stradics that are basically new.

I've just added 2 new reels, so the collection so far is

* Shimano Saragosa 18000F  (on it's way)

* Daiwa Saltist LD30 (2-speed O/Head)

* Shimano Stradic 4000 (with spare spool)

* Shimano Stradic 2000 (with spare spool)

I'm wanting to cover Sambo's, Demersals, KG's, Squidding - plus possibly some trolling for fun stuff.

Obviously the Stradics will be targeting the lighter end - so was thinking the 4000 could go on a rod for Lighter Jigging plus a lighter spool for KG, flathead etc and the 2000 could be set up for squid ??

Both have spare spools, so could be rigged differently if required.

Any & all suggestions will be appreciated.

eg "Saragosa spooled with PE6-8 on a XXXX Rod for XXXX Fish / Jigging"

A shitload has changed since the last time I fished from a boat pulling up monster Dhuies with my grandfather back in the late 70's / early 80's in Geographe Bay

on hand-lines, old Alvey boat reels and boat rods that resembled broome sticks !

- so I'm WAY out of touch with modern gear.

I'd like to get some decent gear, without going overboard 1st up.

Budgets ?

Was thinking $200-300 for the Saragosa & Saltist

And maybe $125-200 for the Stradics.

If there's any suggestions for another Rod/Reel combo to add to the "arsenal" that would be better suited to the bigger target fish, that would be great too.

Regards,

Dizz.

hi guys

took my 2 boys out today for some squiding in the sound, not much around with only one big squid caught by blake.

weather was pretty average to say the least, but they wanted to hit the bank, anchor up and burly hard for some sambo action hopefully.

well... within anchoring and burlying for 10 mins a nice 1.5-2mtr mako come and said hello and even give the boat a nudge!!!

so on goes a live bait and it didnt take long for him to grab it, after a short fight he managed a jump or 2 and the boys were pumped, meanwhile i was setting the underwater camera up for a look (although i wasnt to keen in sticking my hands in the water, were is pole cam when you need it...lol)

so we managed to get a short video of him along the side of the boat, bit shaky on the camera but it was also pretty rough out there.

got him to the boat and we were gunna gaff him , but at that moment he spat the fish out and took off never to be seen again.

other than that it was a very quiet day and only a ray, few skippy and shit fish caught, shitty weather and back home by lunch.

check out the short video!!!

clik on the video and it should play...well it did for me!!!!!

cheers ron

how do yous guys clean ur stella's ?

i know own 7 of them and like to know  do and donts to cleaning them  cheers aaron

Dear all,  

I hope someone can help a newbie here with baitcasters. Has anyone used baits ( herring, prawn, etc ) on a round baitcaster like a conquest 51 ? because i understand that baitcasters are usually used for casting lures .Just wondering if anyone has experience hooking baits instead of lures,  cast it out and wait. 

thnx

hi, has any one heard any good or bad reports on these rods at under $300 they didnt seam to bad.

thanks lee

Recently I have started tying the bimini twist to join leader to my braid. I am having a problem with the bimini loop catching on the first guide and snapping my lures off. The actual bimini and join to the leader ends up fine (after i untangle it from the guide), but the line snaps at the join to the lure (standard uni knot, 40lb leader to hawian snap or clip).

The problem is not with the join to the lure or the mainline/braid join. For some reason the bimini loop just catches the guides. My bimini twists seem pretty decent (have practised lots and they are nice and slim).

Does anyone else have this problem or have any solutions? It only seems to happen when belting out lures. I am trying to land them on Rottnest so maybe I should just back off a bit and not try to throw them so hard??

The obvious would be to shorten my leader so it doesnt go through the guides, but I really prefer having a nice long mono shock leader.

Thanks for any comments.

Hey guys and girls, Im flying to Qingdao China on friday to catch up with Jeffree from FW, and read from his post that a few guys on FW has been there before. Can anyone point me in the direction of some places of interest to visit. Mainly Fishing related, but non fishing related suggestions are also welcome :) I know a few hour drive up the cost there is a place called Weihai, and it is the Primary exporter of Fishing tackle in whole of China to Australia and the US, so i'll be visiting that city :) Thanks in advance :) xo

once again tonights fishing cancelled due to someone being "busy" personally knowing his gf it translates to i wear the pants and you're not going:) anyone else have this problem?

Hi All,

New to the site and have been loving reading all the great article, checking all the cool pics and vids.

I'm heading up to Gnaraloo in a week and was wondering if it is possible to fish off of the coast. I have heard there are fishing restrictions up there but can't seem to find any information on exactly where I can and cannot throw a line in. I haven't got access to a boat or kayak unfortunately but for previous fishing trip reports it sounds like there are plenty of fish I could catch off the beach if I am allowed.

Any help regarding restricted zones, rod/reel preferences, lures, plastics would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Mez

Hi everyone

Just showing off my new saltwater fish tank ( lots of work )

Tank size 6ft x2.5ft x 2.5 ft

Hope pics dont end up to big think I did the resize right

 Hey guys, Will be down at Hillaries north wall this arvo, so if any of you are gonna go down, come say Hi. I will have a Spinfisher and Alvey with me, easy to find haha. Hoping to get a shark or stingray........ 

Gday people, i may be looking for some one who would like to do the cray season with me, i have a 5m trailcarft with a 60hp merc, must be willing to go halfs in bait and fuel, must have their 2 pots and licence etc, i live in yangebup which is only 5 mins from woodies point boat ramp, also i will be looking at going out every second day, or if possible every day but depending on the weather,  i start work at 9am so be leaving the ramp around 6 to 6.30ish, i have done the cray season befor and got my fair share, pm me if ur keen

cheers Andy 

heading out early sunday from hillarys to see if we can catch a feed of kgs and sand whiting.   And this time, i am going to fill the fuel tank!!!!

With egi/squiding becoming increasingly popular Banax has introduced a new egi rod called the " Valkyrie " which wont disappoint the enthusiast's. Photos dont do it justice as this rod is very stylish with a great action.

Specs;

8ft 2pce (with velco rod wraps)

Line Wt PE #0.6 ~ 1.2

Lure Wt 7 ~ 21gr

Egi Wt #2.5 ~ 3.5

Fuji new concept SIC guides

99% Carbon

Action Med/Light

Normally $

FW Special $

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Theres no doubt Ima Ro jigs are awesome for demersal/reef species and they are back in stock by popular demand.

Ima Ro 80g plus the 120g are in stock with all the popular colours. The New arrival to Oceanside is the Ima Gunz 40g which is gonna be a hit with the light tackle jiggers & yakers.

Ima Gunz 40g $

Ima Ro 80g $

Ima Ro 120g $

anyone heading out tomoz for some sambos and kingies ?

Hey Guys goin out for a jig for sambos and kings tomora,

Need 3 more guys to come out!

Get there at 6am
Price ONLY $150


Cheers Guys Shallow water sambos have been firing of late

Give Craig a call on 0427280770

Hi all planning to head out crabbing this weekend... wondering if anyone is doing weell around bunno or geograph bay?? and wether spleen or fish frames are the go??? wanting a feed of chilli crabs yyyuuummm 

im going fishing tomorrow dowm rocko way maybe down wanbro as well  is there much around down that way at present

Unless you are a duck it's probably an understatement to say that the weather is CRAP ATM. So much rain etc. How are the conditions affecting you? Any reports from up and down the coast re: fish action and conditions?

 Anyone know of a aircon repairer in Rockingham area

guys are we about to be owned by PEW,

this is a chance to have your say, not just geo bay but the west coast is going to be locked down by an overseas group whom apparently own our government, or it seems anyway, they have no idea what damage it will do to wa, tourism, familes, business,s etc have your say.

www.6pr.com.au/contact-us.html

select paul murray,

this is the only contact i have been able to find as it is going to head, we need voices people, as a community, all forums, fishing families etc, this is serious, we will all be taking photos of trees soon, we all need to chp in together here,

they have tried to take out cairns and the coral see , and that was rejected,

this is the shit they tried in cairns..

www.fishingworld.com.au/news/fisho-s-pew-interview

Hi Everyone,

I want to look at some cars (4x4) to tow a 3.5 ton boat but not sure on what ones will do the job

Anyone have some advice on the car (4x4) or own one that could help me out on what ones would do the job

10k is what I was looking at paying

List below are some I thought might be best

1995 -2000 Nissan Patrol GQ11 RX / DX

1995 Toyota Landcruiser HZJ80R

1996 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY TDI 

ill be working in karratha for a week, would love to have a fish after work and will do as much as possible haha.. any landbased spots i should hit, type of species to chase? any help cheers, james.