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reel choice help

Submitted by Matt_McCarthy on Mon, 2011-09-19 19:39

Hi,

I recently bought a 4-6kg 6.6" FWA rod and im not sure what size or kind of reel to put on it. Im thinking about a Stradic 4000 as its going to be my light snapper gear so it needs good line capacity. Any Suggestions??

Cheers Matt

 


Are you man enough for a man's toy?

Submitted by till on Mon, 2011-09-19 18:02

I really want one, mostly just for the name, a little for the camo too.

Its a new heavy snakehead rod by Crony.


Westmoore Island

Submitted by Sean66 on Mon, 2011-09-19 16:41

Hi Guys

 

New to the site. Looking great so far. Im off to Westmoore Island in 2 weeks. Anyone been there before? Got any suggestions as to what kind of gear to take with me? Where are the best land based spots on the island?

Cheers

Sean66


Fishing Broome - Sailfish

Submitted by stubbyholder on Mon, 2011-09-19 13:41

Good Afternoon All,

 

I am keen to come over from Brisbane and fish Broome for your Sailfish season and what I was hoping to do, instead of potentially going for mainstream charter operators is looking for a knowledgable fellow fisherman that has a boat and gear that we can go and smash some sailfish.

 

Naturally, will assist with costs etc.

 

If there is any genuine interest, would be great to hear from you.

 

Cheers

 

Stubby.

 

 


The Tackle Shack Okuma Sale

Submitted by Tackleshack on Mon, 2011-09-19 13:19

25% off all okuma products for September 2011

lifetime warranty on all reels

 30% off euro boat rods

30% off Hearty rise boat rods

 

 

 

 

 

 

25% off all okuma products for September 2011

lifetime warranty on all reels

 


landbased Penguin Island meet up friday

Submitted by tailor marc on Mon, 2011-09-19 12:33

Just throwing it up as an idea so far.

Winds on seabreeze are showing 1 knot at 11am. I know seabreeze isnt acurate even the day before let alone 4 days away but im not really to fussed if its crappy weather. I just booked friday off work. Just keen for a long weekend ;)

 

Anyone keen to meet up and flick around for some whiting or go the ocean side for big skippy/ silver bream?


Shark bay LB suggestions

Submitted by Versus on Mon, 2011-09-19 12:12

heading to shark bay in about 2 weeks, gonna be camping up the north tip likely at bottle bay etc. have been there once before only for a couple days and caugth some small mackeral, tailor and long tom from shore all on metals. had a few quick goes with HB minnows (not really sure what i was hoping for but was just experimenting) but had no luck so stuck with metals mostly. tried a few soft plastics but either got nothing or ripped up by long toms (never thought id come across a fish worse than blowies!)

chucked bait out at night, got a sting ray first time and a tiny mulloway the next. anyone got some reccomendations of lures/bait/spots to try for some better 'eating' fish? remembering ill be stuck on land :(


Zipbait shirt giveaway

Submitted by Luke R on Mon, 2011-09-19 10:28

Hey all

For this week only we will be giving away a FREE Zipbait shirt with every Purchase over $200 worth of bream HB's or soft plastics. The shirts are valued at $79.95

Qauntities are limited to be quick if you would like to get one

Promotion ends Sunday 25/9


Seasport charters this Thursday

Submitted by Just1morecast on Mon, 2011-09-19 09:36

Hey all just trying to get a little crew going for this Thursday, I've never been and really keen. Spoke to Whitey and said he'll take a minimum of 4. Winds are great and he's said the swell should drop down considerably as its no where near what its forecasted for today.

Cost is $250 per person and I don't mind ppl car pooling with me(I live in Karrinyup).

Call me on 0416951400. Please only call if your 100% sure.

Thanks
Sha


Deep Drop Sunday

Submitted by Pete D on Mon, 2011-09-19 06:45

Inclement Sunday weather curtailed boating and gardening (hehehe), so killed an arvo producing these.
 
 
Ex. forklift pins and scaff legs.
 
Cheers Pete


Talica Vs. New Ocea Jigger

Submitted by John_M on Sun, 2011-09-18 22:58

Hi Guys,

 

I am in the market for a new small" overhead, running 40-50lb (pe2.5 - 3)

 

Now I have narrowed my choices down to getting either a Talica 8 Single Speed or the new Ocea Jigger 1500PG...

 

What are your thoughts?? Price difference isn't an issue.. Will be using it for jigging, drift baiting and a bit of trolling

 

 

 


reel choice?

Submitted by rockoe_ on Sun, 2011-09-18 20:04

hey all,

i bought a shimano terez 40-80lb the other day and i just went to put my fin nor on there to find that it doesnt fit on the rod. so i've decided to by a saragosa for it.the only problem is i dont know if i should buy the 14000 or the 18000 because there simular .would the 18000 be to big for the rod or is it a better option becasue i can get more line on the spool? .does any one have a reel that they favour that they may think will suit that rod?

cheers


Rod suggestions

Submitted by tim-o on Sun, 2011-09-18 19:13

I just purchased a Daiwa Caldia 2506 from rayannes for $189 delivered and Im wondering what others would suggest is a good rod to match. I do have an old 3-6kg 6'6 graphite shakespere catera that I still use but Im thinking of going a bit lighter rod (1-3kg or 2-4kg) and perhaps a bit longer (7ft or so) to target bream and flatties as well as trolling/casting from a boat for tailor and salmon and possibly target kg's with sp. I have 10lb powerpro to spool it with. Dont wanna spend mega bucks, have heard pfleuger trion and berkley dropshots are good budget options.


Planning a trip for landbased fishing at kalbarri

Submitted by captain jimbo on Sun, 2011-09-18 18:41

My old man has some spare holidays off work so we are going to head up to kalbarri for 10 days. Never been there myself, my dad has but never fished we would like to see if anyone can give us some helpful info reguarding some areas to fish, and target species. cheers James


Absolute Tragedy

Submitted by One Eyed Phil on Sun, 2011-09-18 16:50

Been working all day moving ten cubic metres of loam by hand Shovel in the barrow shovel out the barrow after wheeling it all around the back. Dodged the rain also

Had enough money on me to get a six pack. Got to my door, the bag broke and bye bye beer!!!!!

No more money available for a few days

Anyone got a 22 rifle available?????

Not happy Jan

 

Phil


Too much rubbish

Submitted by pembo6 on Sun, 2011-09-18 15:54

Was a bit disgusted to see how much rubbish needed to be picked up at Wilbinga earlier today.

Shame so many people think it is OK to leave so much crap behind.

Thanks to all who rocked up to lend a hand. Photo below of a few of the forumites who were able to help out with the cleanup.

HORRIBLE weather.......!!!!!!

 

P.S. Go Eagles.


Beelah dam

Submitted by Fish13 on Sun, 2011-09-18 12:11

Can you fish it? and anyone else know of brnswick river fishing spots?


Trout lures

Submitted by fish whisperer on Sun, 2011-09-18 09:55

I'm heading down to Karri Valley for a few days fishing soon. Have heard that corn and bugs are the best baits for the local trout. Can anyone recommend a few good lures?


Soft Plastics

Submitted by Matt_McCarthy on Sat, 2011-09-17 21:14

Hey,

What kind of plastics (size,colour etc) should i use for snapper and what size jig head. i will be fishing 8-14 metres of water

Cheers Matt.


What's the weirdest thing you've used for bait/lure etc and have caught?

Submitted by H.S. Chan on Sat, 2011-09-17 19:12

Just interested to see whats been used. Personally strangest for me was seeing someone using earplugs for tailor. flangies using moths, I think for herring, can't remember. But yea, what weird stuff's worked for ya?


Cast net questions

Submitted by flyingdutchfisherman on Sat, 2011-09-17 17:17

 Is a bigger cast net easier to trow?

I'm leaving in a month to the Western australia, to use cast nets in WA I need a linces right? The licens allows me to trow nets from Broome all the way down to Perth?

At the momment I live in Queensland where cast nets are legal and I also have one; A cotton one what was a big mistake but now I wanna buy an other one from mono. Now I'm not sure wich size I wanna buy. the one I have now is an 8 foot net and I can trow it really good but I was wondering if it is worth to buy a bigger one?

cheers


Sounder locks

Submitted by Tomcat on Sat, 2011-09-17 13:50

Just ordered them just remove knob from trunion mount replace with locking knob turn key then the knob just spins sounds good will post what there like when fitted


Electric Motor on Surf Ski

Submitted by Swan River Fisher on Sat, 2011-09-17 07:53

Hi guys, I just picked up 2 cool surf skiis from a garage sale for 20 bucks each. One is bigger than the other and i was thinking of putting an 18lb electric motor on the back. Do you think its possible? The surfski can take up to 80kg, and im only 55kg max. Would it work? Have any of you guys tried it?

Cheers Ben


plashproof-box-cover-furuno-fcv-295-update

Submitted by wangler on Fri, 2011-09-16 20:06

It has finally all come together


Ledge Point - anyone stayed there

Submitted by randall df223 on Fri, 2011-09-16 18:33

Has anyone stayed at Ledge Point Holiday Village?  What's it like?  What's the ramp like and importantly what's the fishing like?  Is there anywhere protected if the wind gets up?


uniden vhf

Submitted by grayzeee on Fri, 2011-09-16 16:46

gonna sling the GME 27meg as it's pretty useless out wider , and pony up for the vhf

i see uniden are a litttle more expensive.

anyone got any feedback on theirs please.

 


Knife sharpening now in store

Submitted by Luke R on Fri, 2011-09-16 10:27

Hey all

 

Something a little different here.

 

Not very good at sharpening your knives or just simply can't be bothered, well Tackle HQ can now sharpen them for you!

 

We are now doing knife sharpening in store, we have a commercial knife sharpening machine that will get your knife back to being razor sharp again!!

 

Just drop your knives in and we can get them sharpened and ready to go whilst you wait!!!

 

$10 per knife or $30 for 4 knives

 

 


Friday Funnys

Submitted by ledge64 on Fri, 2011-09-16 07:26

Enjoy


steep point n march

Submitted by bitten on Fri, 2011-09-16 03:18

hey guys am heading up to the point in march next year will be my first time there and i cant wait.

just a couple of questions any advice would be good

 

i will be spinning and bottom fishing only no balloning for me this time i am going to buy a daiwa emblem 6000 reel for spinning and need a a rod to match it too somthing reasonably light and about 10 foot i think any suggestions? i want to go for somthing that is going to give me good casting distance also with a bit of power though.

also i was thinking 30lb braid as mainline agree or disagree?

how heavy a line is good for bottom fishing there especialy in the shallow reefy areas for baldies etc..

will probably use my penn spinfisher 950 for bottom bouncing

 

any info would be good cheers guys

 

dan


MK2 Vernatone Muffler and B series Cummins Reivew

Submitted by SailFishQuepos on Fri, 2011-09-16 01:14



Just put on a new Vernatone MK2 round 2 chamber muffler on my B series Cummins and the results were enormous.  I have a 5.9 M3 330hp cummins and before I was running a Costa Rica engineered muffler system which just had some bends in the exhaust tube and was bad.  Here's the pros and cons I found

Cons:
We'll start with the negative as I don't want to end with it :)  This was hard to install.  Vernatone recommends you install this thing above the waterline (which in my case is the floor) so i had to install it above the engine.  Had to build a riser off the turbo so the muffler sits right above the engine.  Then I had to buy a ceramic insulation mat to guard against heat from the riser (it is dry until right before it hits the muffler)  and wrap the riser in Fiberglass tape.  I am going to cover that in Aluminum but haven't got to that part yet. I then had to sand and add on arms to the versatone so that it is removable but well installed when I am in rough water.  I built four tabs and put them around the motor in the side walls of the box, and the muffler has four arms that sit on those tabs with a big stainless bolt in each.  Lots of work, but the muffler is very secure, you can sit on it, and it comes out easily.  This might be easier on a different boat, but overall the installation was well worth it!  The only other con would be cruising.  It reduced the noise cruising a ton, but I thought it would knock 100 percent of it out.  I'd say it got rid of about half the cruising noise.  About 1200 rpm you can hear it throwing the water out of the muffler (a cool bubbling noise), and then about 1500 you start to hear exhaust.  At 2000 you can really hear the exhaust, but not as bad as before.

Pros:  It is dead silent trolling.  I mean nothing coming out of the pipe at all at 1000 rpms.  When we first started the boat, we all said "wow", nobody thought it would be dead silent.  You could here a little noise coming out of the motor box, but nothing out of the pipe.  I instantly heard one of the valves clicking out of adjustment, which I couldn't hear over the exhaust.  It reminds me of when I had a race car and we would put mufflers on it to hear if the motor sounded ok and then take them off to race.  You really can't hear what's going on with all that exhaust noise drowning out everything.

When we went out trolling, I never realized how noisy the wake is.  I couldn't hear any of that before, but now all we hear is wake while trolling.  The radio can be on low and heard very well as well.  My particular boat was a little poorly designed and the exhaust comes out right at the water line (I think the exhaust noise mostly matters when the exhaust comes out at the water line, otherwise you are scaring birds and not fish:) ).  The floor prevented me from raising the exhaust up, so I had to kill the noise instead of moving it. Mission accomplished. 

Since installing the muffler, we are in the middle of the lowest season for billfish here, and have gotten 5, 4, 2, 2, 4 to the boat on the last 5 trips.  Typical this time of year is 1 or 2, and I think this is mostly from the muffler.  The two days with 2 I was trying a smaller prop, and I switched it back out and got the last 4. Good fishing technique is vital, but it's nice not to have noise working against me. 

Before, we never had fish hit on the muffler side teaser, now both sides are very active.  First day out, I yelled to mike, short teaser and instinctively he ran to the non muffler side.  I had to yell, the other teaser, and he was like huh?  That almost never happened before.  I also used to not be able to make the lap and pick up billfish that bite but didn't get hooked as they would run off, but now I make the lap and they are still there.  Another interesting story, we had a sailfish on yesterday, and in the past they always ran straight from the boat after they were hooked. Yesterday, this fish swam right up to the boat, and about 5 feet away, the boat startled him and he took off the other direction.  He had no idea where we were at.  I've only done 5 trips with the muffler, but I can see a huge difference in the behavior of the fish.  And there are more of them. 

So overall, if you have the time to install it, or better yet, the money to pay someone else to do it, I think this is on par with the Barry control motor mounts I installed a while back.  Helps a ton with the fatigue, raises fish(which hang around longer as well), and definitely lets you hear the radio better. 

And on a side note, I am in no way connected or affiliated to Vernatone, just a paying satisfied customer.