Tomorrow is looking fricking awesome.

Wonder if I'll actually catch any fish this time??

looks like a good day out 2moro for the perth boys, should be a few entries coming out of this.

theres not long to go to the end of the comp.

i know of one person heading out deep(lucky prick) i just cant have the time off with work being quiet

good luck to those heading out! and hope you get some big ones!!

ron

 Hi,

I have bought a heap of stickbaits (yo zuri sashimi, xrap walk, saltiga dorado slider and tango dancers) for an upcoming exmouth trip. However, i am looking at changing out the trebles for singles. I know opinions are varied on this, but i am keen to give it a shot. 

My question is, what kind of single hooks should i be using?? At the moment i was thinking of either the Decoy Sergeant Jigging Singles or Owner Stinger singles. Also, what are everyones thoughts on how they should be rigged. I have seen some that have singles rigged back-to-back and also some that have assist hooks off the tow point.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

My time off work and family has been very precious of late thus why I never get much time off to go fishing.  I did manage to get away with some mates to NZ for 2 days of fishing.  We were blessed with the weather and also the fishing.  Anyhow I got in touch with Mark Armistead of Extreme Fishing in NZ and the trip was booked. Met all the boys at Auckland airport and got a very comfy transfer to Tauranga where we checked in to the very comfy Sebel. Next morning we were greeted by a very sunny and still day and the water looking like a swimming pool. I was SOOO excited by this stage that I could not sit still . Anyhow after the buffet breakfast we headed to the hotel’s wharf where we met Mark and the skipper of the second boat – this was fishing in style.

So we split up over the 2 boats (3 in each) and headed out to the grounds. Oh I could not contain my excitement by this stage. We get out there and Mark shows us how to jig properly as one of my mates had never fished before and the other only a couple of times. He drops the jig over the side and after about 3 cranks he is in to a small kingie. Anyhow off we went and started jigging and not long after I was onto a fish. I thought he might have had a bit of size to him but turns out he was just a small fish (by local standards). It was great to see my two mates get stuck into some good kingies – our mate who had never been fishing opened up his account with an 80cm kingie – not a bad first fish!

The boys in the other boat got stuck into some good snapper on plastics and eventually came to join us on our ‘kingie reef’. I got a couple of decent kings that gave the 24kg gear and me a good workout. Our boat ended up with about 30 odd kings for the day and I managed the biggest at 119cm which meant I won the cash prize of $20 from each angler for the day.

That night we all had long hot showers, big meals and a few beers to dull the tired and aching muscles.

Next morning same deal, great weather, buffet brekkie and of to fish different grounds where we expected a lesser number of fish but bigger size. We tried to get some live baits in the harbour but no joy. We tried for a few small salmon on the way out but again, no joy. Bugger, we would have to rely on jigs again – oh my tired, sore, aching muscles. Anyhow we got out there and excitement took over and I forgot all about my muscles and got stuck into jigging again. Fish proved much harder to come by and we worked pretty hard all day to get into them. We got a few smaller fish then went to chase reds. On the light gear we hooked up to what we think may have been kings as they were unstoppable and we got busted off. We decided to try over some shallow reefs for reds and while the boys did that I was throwing around a stickbait for some kings. One of the highlights of the trip was seeing a big kingie come up from nowhere, try a few times to smash the stickbait then disappear. Amazing sight and I reckon my heart was beating at about 400 beats per minute, man it was awesome!!! Anyhow try as we might we could not raise him again.

The day was growing long, the sun was getting low but we didn’t give up. The other boat had gone back to chasing reds, we have moved into deeper water and kept looking for kings. It was hard work at the end of a long day to jig in 100-120m of water with 400gm jigs. I got blown away by two decent kings that were unstoppable on 65lb gear. One we put down to gear failure as we think a ‘couta we caught earlier may have nicked the line but the second one just sounded and I could not stop him on 65lb gear. Just as we were about to go we had ‘one last cast’ and I was on to something decent. The drag was screaming, I was screaming in a combination of pain and excitement and eventually managed to haul up the biggest king for the trip going 124cm. I was over the moon and when our skipper announced it over the radio to the other boat there was some rather colourful language across the airwaves. I had scooped the pool and picked up the $20 from each of them again and also had bragging rights. I ended up using the winning to pay for lost gear anyway.

What an awesome experience, we had perfect weather and most of all the fish decided to turn it on for us. Mark certainly knows his stuff and it was pleasure to fish with top of line gear. Now I know why people spend big bikkies on good gear – you need it when doing this sort of fishing. Anyhow, we had a great time with mates and many, many memories. I can’t wait to go back, I am trying to convince the wife that a holiday in NZ is a good idea.

Thinking of making this journey one way or the other...... a fully kitted out top of the wazza jet ski with all the fruit and an Extractor Conquest Utility Sled loaded with fuel (and cold beer), have a heap of fuel dumped by helicopter or get it from the cruise boats..pre-arranged of course.....

thoughts?

Hey guys,

The weather looks perfect for wednesday, so me, dad and my uncle are thinking of heading out from ocean reef for a fish. As we haven't been out in soo long we're not sure weather to go inside (E) or outside (W) of the reef, depending on what's biting. Can anyone give me some advice?

Is anyone else going to make the most of this break in the weather?

cheers Rob

Hey I know it super late notice.

My booking for a group 0f 6 turned in to 4 then 3 and now only 2. So there is a spare spot in my car and in the chalet i have booked. We plan on ballooning most days unless the wind is not in our favour then we will be spinning.

Leaving this friday 15/7/11 at 7pm come back to perth sat 23/7/11.

Will needa to split fuel and accomodation costs.

If interested PM or msg my mobile 0419 198 977.

Thanks Kris

 Hey guys. The family and I are taking the 4wd and boat up to Exmouth next week. Does anybody have any news on what is running up there at the moment? Or any advice on fishing spots and tackle advice would be muchly appreciciated :) 

I was up there in november and caught 2 Golden trevally (60cm), a Queenie (51cm) and a sized Spangly off Tandibitti boat ramp one night. I am unusure what the go is this time of year though :/

Hillarys Boat Harbour

The replacement of D Jetty is part of Department of Transport's rolling jetty replacement program, which began with the replacement of E Jetty in 2006. As with the E Jetty replacement, the works were undertaken by Engineered Water Systems (EWS).

Prior to the replacement, D Jetty was a 22 year old concrete and wood structure. This has now been replaced with a modern pen system featuring an aluminium frame requiring minimal maintenance. The new pens were constructed using high density polyethylene for the pontoons and decking, which is significantly wider than the original.

The new modern world class pen system added four new pens, catering for 20 metre vessels, bringing the total number of vessels accommodated on D Jetty to 52. Penholders will also benefit from improved fire, state of the art security systems including keycard access gates for all penholders and future provisions for CCTV, and fendering systems on the upgraded structure.

Other construction projects recently completed at Hillarys Boat Harbour include:

• 42 new pens in a floating pen system in the South-West corner of the harbour.
• A new universal access pontoon was built adjacent to the existing boat ramps.

A $1.9 million construction contract for the project at Batavia Marina was awarded to Engineered Water Systems (EWS) in January 2011. EWS have been contracted to design and construct a new state of the art floating pen system in the marina, which is now Geraldton's busiest recreational boating facility.

EWS have previously completed pen construction projects at Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour, Hillarys Boat Harbour (E Jetty and W-Z Jetties) and a universal access pontoon at Hillarys.

The 42 pen Geraldton project will help meet growing demand at the marina which has seen the waiting list for a mooring at the facility grow to more than 70 in the recent years. In the past decade there has been a significant increase in the number of vessels over 7.5 metres in length in WA resulting in a shortage of pens in some locations.

Design work commenced in the marina in early 2011 and work onsite commenced in May 2011. Construction of the pens is now complete, and final project completion is expected in August with the installation of the gangway and security gate and the connection of all services.

As with the Hillarys and Fremantle projects, the new facilities include state of the art security systems including keycard access gates for all penholders and future provisions for CCTV.

Department of Transport July 2011

Hi Crew,

It seems lately that a few people may have had some bad experiences with fishing charters up and down the coast.  Whilst I appreciate you guys putting up your reports here, which is fine for you to do, how about you contact the operator and let them know that you weren't happy and see what they are willing to do about it.  Many people have high expectations (and differing expectations) when it comes to these sorts of things.  Try and put yourselves in their shoes, if the fish aren't biting, then there's not much you can do about it all you can do is try your best.  Just try and think about it from their perspective before going all keyboard warrior styles and ripping into their business and doing untold damage just because you got the bad day.  Everyone's heard the story, you shoulda been here yesterday!!

This thread only serves as notice that I will be monitoring this stuff closely from now on as; a) because I don't want defamation suits or the threats that go with, b) because these guys try bloody hard to get you fish and it's not always easy, c) because you wouldn't like it if it was your business being dragged through the mud.  So rather than jumping on the net and going to town, try ring the guys first and see what outcome you get and then if you aren't happy, have a good hard think before posting and try and keep it objective and tell your story and we will go from there.

Cheers,

Adam

G'day guys and girls

I'm heading up to Gnaraloo station in 5 weeks and was wondering if anyone has been up there recently.. If so hows the road in and what did ya catch?

would love to hear random stories about the place to.

Cheers

AJ

After looking at tow cams and how expensive they are i wanted to do something with my Go pro.

I have to give www.bloodydecks.com for this info and Pepe (pepekauai) for the design.....

The video..... ( not as stable as the real towcam but i recon if you ad small wings it will sit level)

The rig is just a long funnel and an old ono trolling lead. I put a strip of aluminum in the funnel, bolted on the camera mount, lead and swivel. It handles up to 14 knots and is super stable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRvybj6bCHM

Pics added......

Pepe's Go pro Tow cam set up by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr Pepe's Go pro Tow cam set up by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr Pepe's Go pro Tow cam set up by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

Hey guys,

Been sitting round waiting for this wind to stop blowing, hopefully tomorrow (Tuesday) looks OK. Never been out in Exmouth before and thus am only planning our tack by guess.

Think we will put boat in the water at Exmouth Boat Harbour and head SE to Cooper Shoals, Camplin and Bennett Shoals after that.

Looking for a feed, not so worried about trawling too much, although would do so if I was told it was worth it on the way.

Anyone suggest this is a bad idea, or suggest a different direction we should head.

Simon

hi guys

please read

some people are still strugling with the sending of the pics.

you send them from your normal email page not from the f/w page ie: outlook express, just like sending a email to a freind

you do a new mail and use the attach file button at the top of the page to attach your 3x pics

in the text area you type..f/w user name, your name, species, lenght recorded, team name if you have one and north or south

copy and paste both links into the address bar(1 at a time with a space in between)

fishwrecked@hotmail.com 

fishwreckedphotocomp.33094@uploads.photobucket.com

push send

this way the 1 email is sent to both places at once, this is only required because no text will come through to photobucket and the only way we can see it is via the hotmail link.

if someone knows how to make it easier please do tell!!!

 copy the links into your address book, i found this is easier and then its there for the next entry without having to copy and paste links all the time.

clear as mud??????

cheers ron

Ok people... Can of worms.... Politics.

Carbon tax.

For $9.90 average a week for a family, why can't this money just go straight to solar panels, electric cars, planting trees and everyone suck it up VS giving 90% back to lower incomes and helping industry polluters? What does everyone think? I understand that we don't want to kill off jobs, stop mining etc but will it? The reason I question that; if it'll effect many jobs, is that I can't see myself turning off a light and sit in the dark casue of $3.30 a week or turning off my heater for $1.50 a week. Maybe mining is different if production significanlty drops, but will it?

Im not a red head fan but trying toget a better fix on this tax and more opinions make a better judgment.

Facts, not fights please....

Have a Lowrance HDS 5 sounder. I have gone through 2 mounting brackets so far with it in the space of 12 months. Has anyone else had the same problem? The bracket has been correctly installed. I am looking for a solution as I will either have to buy a 3rd bracket for another $25 at the chance of it snapping or find an alternative. Does any one have any suggestions? Cheers.

looking for a  NEW  trolling /bottom bouncing rod. It  will be  in the 15 - 24 kg range  also  has anybody seen the new Okuma Cedros  range of rods  and where.I am going to match the rod with my Saltist  LD5O  2 Speed.

 Bought  a Shimano Off Shore Revolution.

Bought a pack of Occy and found this guy in there.... Blue ring maybe?

Found in bait bag, blue ringed occy? by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

Found in bait bag, blue ringed occy? by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

Yesterd day i got a Phone call from my wife telling me i needed to come home as a young boy 17years had just lost controll of his mums car which was going to be his in a couple off weeks when he could drive it as at this stage he only had his L plate and should nothave been driving without supervision of course mum and dad were out so he thought he would sneak in a spin while they were out. The lucky boy didn't get hurt or hit any one but did write off the commodore and wreak my fence and vegie patch out the front of my house. Lucky for me the mum and dad are good people and the boy is and will be in the shit for a while as mum and dad have ofered to pay to fix and replace the garden/fence back to how it was. what do we do with the kids of today im dreading mine growing up.

Five people have been rescued from the cold ocean after the hull of their boat split and it overturned about 20km off the coast of Mindarie this morning.

Those onboard were able to activate an EPIRB and make a mayday call to police before they went into the water just before 9am.

The rescue helicopter found the group in the ocean clinging to the hull of the stricken vessel. The police helicopter hovered over them until a Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue boat arrived to pull them to safety about 9.35am.

The group told rescuers the hull of the catamaran began splitting and the boat took on water. It then rolled and began sinking.

Rescuers are bringing the five people to shore at Mindarie and towing their boat in.

Water Police and sea rescue groups said it was the latest in a series of rescues over the weekend and it was unusual to have so many emergencies during winter.

Three men were pulled from the water yesterday afternoon after their fishing boat overturned near Garden Island.

Water Police Sgt Michael Wear urged skippers to carefully check weather conditions before heading out. “Check not just the wind but the sea and swell,” he said.

He said cases water police were involved with over the weekend, which included five separate rescues around WA, showed the importance of having safety equipment such as EPIRBs onboard.

“Lives were saved this weekend because the boats all had EPIRBs and searchers could be directed straight to the stricken vessels,” he said.

“Boaties need to have the correct safety equipment, making sure EPIRBs are registered and ensure they let people know where they are going.”

Fremantle Volunteer Sea Rescue Group operations officer Frank Pisani said the high level of boating activity had prompted rescue groups to man more vessels than they would normally in winter.

He also urged boat owners to ensure they had working radios and log in with their local sea rescue group before heading out.

 hi guys

i coming home to WA tomorrow, wish to start fishing with u all and try out new gears, i only have abt a month to play before flying back

so make them count for me :)

see u all on monday

Anyone off here??

 I've heard about people using small rock crabs for bream in the Swan, but where can you find them??

Cheers, Andrew

Managed to get out yesterday off the cape in weather that wasn't the best but managed to get a couple dhu up one kept,and couple nanni and one pinky.was a rough ride home

To my inexpiriences eyes , It looks like a half decent weekend of fishing coming up this very weekend.

so who is going?

Or,... Am I wrong in what I think the weather will be like?

I certainly will if it is nice and flat with easterly, south easterly winds, just to wet the lines burns some carbon (about $2,30 of it I fI can) and have another day in paradise!

Hey all got no work for a week if ya need/ got room for one please let meh know. Cheers, marko

Oceanside Tackle and Marine in O'Connor is looking for a Full-time staff member. Ideally wanting to employ someone thats a keen angler and boat fishing an advantage.

Please send all enquiries via PM to the Oceanside Account marked ATTN: Ryan Thipthorp (Owner)

Took the mrs out with 2 of her friends and managed to land this tuna. One of her mates sent it in to the West and won a prize haha. Thats me in the blue singlet with the tired arms lol Won a Halco prize pack.

This is from a newspaper article a few years back.

Does anyone know if its a common occurance for sharks to predate upon others of their own?

Cheers.

Browny.

Enjoy