I was wondering what everyone uses as their main source of light when camping (and fishing). Im keen on a dual fuel type but am concerned with the fire risk, can these set fire to tents or bush if they are knocked over? 

G'day everyone, Ive joined up to the site as I am planning a trip from Qld over the top end and down the coast of WA next year and Im trying to make an ittinerary of where I should be at the best times. Im a lure fishing fanatic but Im not afraid of using livies or bait if reqd. Any pointers on when I should be hitting various spots down the WA coast when certain runs of fish species are active would be greatly appreciated. Im not asking for anyones spot x....just general areas and times would be great. Im towing a Horizon 452 side console with a 60hp four stroke behind a hilux 4x4 so beach launches are possible. Any tips or advice would be warmly received....cheers, Billy.

Showing my ignorance now....

If I am looking at barrell sinkers (onlline) is a #1 smaller or larger than a #4???

http://www.berkley-fishing.com/products/soft-bait/gulp/peeler-crab-gulp

And what are they like for baldies?

G'day guys

I'm headin to Gnaraloo station this sunday and so far the weather looks pretty blowy ( about 20-25 knots at times). just wondering if everyone thinks we should still cart the boat up there and fish around the bay, away from the sanctuary zones of course. also has anyone fish around the bay at night time or is it to dangerous? I think it will be a great trip either way as last year we caught a fair variety of fish land based but would love to see what the place has to offer out of casting distance. let me know what ya's think.

cheers

AJ

So who is heading out to the Rottnest trench tomo or Thursday?

Hey guys, looking to head out for a fish on Friday as the weekend is looking like crap.

If anyone has the day off and keen for a fish let me know.

Cheers

Hi all

I have just bought a boat capable of getting out onto Direction Bank (on a good day), but I haven't fished there very much at all (the old 4.2 m tinnie was just a tad too small!).  Does anyone have any tips on spots where I might find some bottom dwellers, dhuies, cod, snapper  etc etc, or even whiting closer in?.  Very happy to receive GPS spots via private email if you don't want to publish them, or just general directions, distances and water depths and I'll try to find them myself.  I am in Aveley, so the closest boat ramps are probably Hillarys or Ocean Reef.

Cheers

Randall

thinking about going up to canning bridge/narrows for a bream bash, anybody wanna join me ?

I see Airmar have now released the '

1KW in Hull, like the M260, now compatible with :-  CHIRP transducers can also be used with Furuno sounders and fishfinders that have selectable frequencies, including the FCV-295, BBFF3 and DFF3 models.  Question is, at almost half the price of a R199 2Kw, are they going to be twice a good ?

Hey guys, Im looking to go to shark bay in October and really want to take a boat, was thinking there might be somewhere that I can rent a small 14-16 foot dinghy or something to tow up with me for a week, cant seem to find anything on the internet and was just wondering if any of you guys would know of anything?

Hey guys,

Thinking of heading out in the next couple of days with the good weather was wondering if anyone had been down the quindalup boat ramp and seen what condition it is in. Dont wanna drive down there from bunbury only to find it covered with tonnes of weed or something .

Cheers

i have an old boat rod, belive its my grandfathers. about a 5-10kg 5ish ft. the top guide is missing the incert and would like to have some new guides put on. is it worth much to have someone do this? if you would be interested in taking on this task PM me and we will sort something out.

Thanks

Jim

-Hello fellow fisherman

                                 I was wondering if anyone new what the laws are for fishing overnight on the beach?

              If i take me swag and sleep in it for a couple of hours is this classed as camping.

               If i fish all night and dont sleep is this classed as camping?

               Pretty much what is camping and what isnt if any one knows the answer to this it would much apreciated.

                I like to head down to white hills a couple of times a year and other such places and herd of

               stories of people being busted by the rangers.

               Cheers Rusty

Dont you just love the little reds. This one was as small as they get. And the good news, we caught a stack of the little critters, but no big ones

Neels

Hi wondering if anyone has had any experences with the coleman hot water unit.

What do you think are the pros and cons of the unit and is it worth the money.

cheers

My LGC 3000 gps module is pooped, anyone got a LGC 4000 gps module they would like to sell ?

Cheers

Dougie 0417961223

i just bought a second hand lowrance  x35m sounder for the tinny and i was wondering if anyone had one and if they thought much of them?

my new fishing combo is a 400te calcutta and a FWA baitcaster rod,going to load it with 30lb platypus braid,hope it goes ok

The best Billfisher in the Pilbara bar none (Except Scotty, RT, Booza, Wazza, Phil, Stevo, Luke, Leachy, Daisy and Troy....but still pretty good) with a wittoool Marwin from Glomar. Well done CHAMP!

Hey everyone?? was just wondering if anyone is heading out for a snapper bash this week day or night, north or south that needs a very keen deckie?? happy to help clean boat chip in fuel and bait etc... unfortunately its a constant struggle to get my mates to come fishing with me as they are not quite as addicted as me... its proving to be a losing battle now its cold :) thanks everyone, good luck with the calm conditions this week!

After the Bloke trying to sell his squid I thought what do we do. Someone posted saying should we notify him?

The question I thought was simple -- Yes. But then are we helping him escape the law, and he might have sold some.

I have to admit that I (and the Mrs who was a VFLO -- Yellow shirt) were never short of telling someone at the Cut that what they were doing, keeping was illegal. More often to be greeted by some string of X Rated banter about "minding your own business". The fairly loud conversation to Darren Schofield (X fisheries mandurah, now Rocho based I think)on the Mobile sson had most scurrying to leave or throw u/size tailor back, again with a string of XXXX. But once a big Italian ladd wanted to take it further, and try and beat the living crap out of me. I played state Rugby years ago, but I am no "brick dunny" and if it wasnt for other fishos around to the rescue I probably would have been pulverised.

I still would and do the same. Up here I see a lot less rape and pillage than previous.

The question is what should we do, and what do we do?

Perhaps as a responsible fishing community we can lead in some way to educate etc.

Just interested.

Neels

Chasing couple spots of Mandurah if anyone has some, wouldn't mind trying to catch a dhuie I heard there are a few around. I don't want a glory hole just a helping hand :-)

had not a bad day out yesterday....

me and a mate braved the early north slop with a mate, and hit the 40's, and ended up releasing 10 dhus, all around the 5 - 6kg mark, keeping 2 for a feed.

around 10:30 this little bugger came and made an appearance around the sea anchor, and lucky for me (but unlucky for him...), i had a gang on a trace in the rig bag, ready to rumble, and had a whole herring floating down to his feeding level in less than 30 seconds.

by all accounts, the fight was pretty embarrasing for the mako, and he was subdued on 15kg in about 4 mins, without so much as a decent run, let alone the ariel acrobatics makos are renowned for. the only time he showed a bit of how-ya-goin, was when we decided that he was coming home with us, and dispatched him with the bat. he measured around 1.4m long, and approx 50-60kgs.

we removed the fins and head, and trunked him into the esky. the noticeable thing was the lack of stench of ammonia in the shark (literally no smell at all), and i can now see why they are regarded as such high-quality table fare. we had some last night for dinner in egg and breadcrumbs, and it was absolutely superb. i reckon you would be hard-pushed to tell the difference between that, and most other pelagics like macky, swordfish, etc, and i wont be hesitating to get another one onboard when/if the opportunity arises!!

scotto

ps, sorry about the blood. if i had've known it was that bloody, i would have given him a wash.

delete this please moderators.

Appologies if everyone knows about this already, just thought it would be interesting for everyone else...

Just came across the article on PerthNow during my lunch break..

http://www.perthnow.com.au/lifestyle/kayak-ace-brett-ozanne-hits-big-screen/story-e6frg3sl-1226110760384

Ill definitely be going, would be cool to see this on the big screen i reckon.

hey guys.  got a few spots available for fishing with Whitey in Jurien this Saturday if anyone is keen.

0422493192

Just heard on ABC regional news that Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has received 35.000 submissions on the proposed Marine Parks across Southern Aus. Interesting to see how many from people with environmental backgrounds and those from fishers.

http://perth.gumtree.com.au/c-Stuff-for-Sale-sports-fishing-Fresh-caught-Squid-W0QQAdIdZ303812806

I have a Jigwrex s5103 pe3 which needs a reel matched to it. Will be Mainly used for jigging. What do you guys recommend?

Thanks
Justin