Fishing Discussion
yamaha 50 hp
Submitted by Carry on Sat, 2011-05-07 13:45just sold my tohatsu 50 hp off my tinny and lookin at a 50hp yammie 2 stroke elec start and trim tilt ,tiller steer any suggestions on decent dealers any info be good.
Regards Carry
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quobba or steep point??
Submitted by breno1985 on Sat, 2011-05-07 10:39hay guys
ive finaly got the go ahead from the wife to go away
just wanting to know where to go Quobba or steep point?
mostly spinning lures and bait casting.
So wheres better this time o year?
PS we are leaving the 21 of this month
Any help would be great
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Swan River Sambos
Submitted by TJ on Sat, 2011-05-07 09:42Hi guys.
Can anyone offer some advice on where to chase baby sambos in the Swan River?
It seems like a few are moving in.
I've got a kayak, that I have yet to catch a fish on, so I want to christen it with a nice sambo on the bream gear.
Cheers :)
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when is a rod being overpowered??
Submitted by grayzeee on Sat, 2011-05-07 09:13aside from snapping , when is a rod being overloaded??
i was looking at a decent rod and we were loading it right up.
the top 4 eye's were pointing dead straight at the fish so all the fighting power was coming from further down the rod.
i guess it had a faster action but is that normal??
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Vacum sealers
Submitted by Tandawg on Fri, 2011-05-06 20:34Hi all, I am contemplating purchasing a vacum sealer for my fish fillets.
Is it a case of "pay for what you get"?
I see some good cheapies on ebay with brands like Maxcon featuring alot.
Any feedback from owners would be appreciated.
Regards
Chris
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BRIGHT BRAID
Submitted by billstar on Fri, 2011-05-06 20:27does anyone know if bright braid can effect breaming
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upgrading
Submitted by harro on Fri, 2011-05-06 20:22can anyone post up some good links for new & used boats, i want to upgrade, not sure wwhether a cat or big 7.5-8m cat, i do like ally though,
cheers
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Please Help Fuel Useage and Gauge problems
Submitted by gib77 on Fri, 2011-05-06 20:07 I have a 1993 Grady White 24 with a 225 Yami 4stroke, and am having a few fuel issues. Mainly yamaha gauge doesnt seem calibrated/working consistently. I may be getting a air bubble in fuel tank when filling up also, meaning im finding it very difficult to sort out my consumption and amount of fuel left. Thinking of a fuel flow metre, or new sender. I run a lowrance HDS8, so wondering if there is a sender/flow metre that hooks up to it? Any help on subject would be greatly appreciated.
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Down Rocko Way
Submitted by juan pablo on Fri, 2011-05-06 16:38Heading down to rockingham tomorrow for a mates daughters birthday so i was thinking i might as well take the tinny. Havent seen any reports recently about action down there so wondering if theres much around the sound or even dawesville area. Just wondering if anyone knows whats biting and/or wheres best to wet a line for some fishy fun. Cheers
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Soft plastics at Hillarys
Submitted by Mattyvaus on Fri, 2011-05-06 12:00Hi guys what soft plastics are best to use in the marina. and where are the best areas to fish?
Also who has caught and what have you caught there on soft plastics
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inside the marina
Submitted by uncle on Fri, 2011-05-06 11:57went for our walk thru hillarys this morning, huge amount of sardine style baitfish around by the jetty in front of aqua, also a school of about 40 small salmon on the boat ramp side on the board walk, they were not mullet or kgs
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Need advice on new combo purchase
Submitted by Pezdog on Fri, 2011-05-06 10:58Hi guys
Hoping some can help me with my dilemma. Need advice on a new combo I want to buy. Heading down south with my old man and he can use my current old Abu combo and I will buy something new. Heading off the Busso Jetty and a few landbased spots in the bay.
Will be for smallish species. Bream, Whiting, Tailor, Squid and Herring etc for landbased mainly.
Budget hoping for combo around $400 max
Stradic, Luvius etc look good but more direction plus rod selection would be great!!
Thanks in advance guys!
Cheers
Pezdog
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Car Turning Circle with Boat
Submitted by PerthGlory on Fri, 2011-05-06 10:55I am designing a new building and carpark in a coastal location.
Carpark must be capable of allowing a car and 22foot boat on trailer to turn 180degrees.
Really a question for all the landcruiser and big boat owners out there. The turning circle of a new landcruiser is 11.8m.
When you hitch a 22 foot boat on the back can you still do a 180degree turn on full lock and turn within the 11.8m
Cheers
PG
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hillarys fishing
Submitted by mulloway_hunter on Fri, 2011-05-06 10:29hey i was just wondering if any one went down to hillarys last night to go fishing and if any one caught any thing... thinking bout going dowen tonight to try for some taylor at my usual spot
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Dexter russell, Any shops have them?
Submitted by Rig on Fri, 2011-05-06 10:24Hi Guys
I am looking at getting a better filleting knife and like the look/reputation of Dexter Russell.
I cant seem to find any knife shops that stock them so I can take a look.
rig
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tld 20 2 speed
Submitted by fisho-ron on Thu, 2011-05-05 19:58anyone want to get rid of one?
must be in good nic!
cheers ron
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Salmon
Submitted by cool41 on Thu, 2011-05-05 19:08Hey all, any one know were the salmn are at and wen they will be off he west end
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Broome's big wet
Submitted by chriso 308 on Thu, 2011-05-05 18:39I'm heading to broome at the end of this month and I'm wondering how this years BIG wet has affected the fishing
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magellan gps?
Submitted by fords_rule85 on Thu, 2011-05-05 18:01Hey guys, just recently my magellan gps decided to give up on me and now i have a sd card with a few of my fishing marks on it that i cant use. Does any1 know if i can get the data off the card so i can use it in a new gps? Thinking about going to a plotter so want the gps co-ords to put in the new unit. Cheers
Ryobi Artica II
Submitted by dshoot on Thu, 2011-05-05 15:07Hey guys just recently i purchased a whole range of Ryobi's 2000 4000 6000 8000
i just have to mention that its a great reel
smooth and feels very durable at the same time.
gear ratio = 5.0:1
Max.Drag Power = 7.5kg
Ball bearings = 5+1
(based on a 6000 model)
from $129.00
great price for a designed and engineered reel from Japan
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Salom Combos'
Submitted by FishermanShaun on Thu, 2011-05-05 12:39Just wondering what would be a good Salom Combo?
I'm heading out on the w.e and I've never been salom fishing before, so I'm not sure what to use....
any advise would be good!
Cheers!
Shauno
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Charter for a Bucks Day
Submitted by Pezdog on Thu, 2011-05-05 12:20Hey All
Trying to look into a Bucks Day Fishing Charter. Anyone organised one that went well and has some advice would be greatly appreciated.
Metro area, BYO booze, good crew that doesnt mind a few rowdy boys (tough one I know).
Looking at some good fishing crews that will get everyone onto some fish. Doesn't have to be prize catches just enough to keep them interested for the day.
Cheers
Pezdog
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uploading photos from the iphone4
Submitted by dshoot on Thu, 2011-05-05 11:51Hey folks just wandering if anyone can upload photos from the iphone4.????
i can comment and write by turning off rich text but having probs uploading photos?????
thanks
Drew
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Daiwa seajigger surf rods
Submitted by lunker on Thu, 2011-05-05 10:31Hey guys I'm interested to hear anybody's opinions on these, they seem to look the goods for lure throwing.
I've been using an 8ft xzoga mastery for lure and unweighted mulie chucking, but sometimes I feel it's just a bit short and I'm missing ground I should be hitting. Has anybody got any other rods in mind, either 9 or 10ft of a similar price? Mainly tailor, salmon etc
Cheers!
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Jig Fest off Cape Nat
Submitted by Seaquest on Thu, 2011-05-05 09:55Went out for another fish yesterday. Had Honsu down from Perth and Clint and Dave on board. Todays plan was to get a few dhuys early and then head deep and search for some nannys. Was to be a jig only day also.
Got to my dhuy spot at 7.30am and it wasn't long after that we had two on board. Dave caught the biggest which bottomed out a pair of 30lb boga grips. It was a new PB for him caught on his favourite Dawia jig.


Just as we were leaving Harro and crew turned up. Decided to push on and catch up with them out wider.
Fished a few spots in the hundreds with not much luck besides a couple small pinks and a shark.
Harro decided to go deeper and we decided to keep looking around where we were.
After about half an hour got a call from Harro saying he had found a good school of nannies so we headed out to where he was.
On the way out we spotted a water spout that looked quite spectacular. Was a little slow getting the camera out and got the shot just after it started breaking up.

When we arrived we could see the boys on Harro boat were on. First drift for us resulted in a triple hook up on jigs.
A few more drifts and we bagged out. Honsu managed a nice pinky as well.


Decided to give one more spot a go on the way home that Lamby had said he was getting some YTK and sambos on.
This turned out to be a good move as the next hour turned out to be a hot little jigging session with sambos, YTKs and one SBT caught.
After this we headed home. It was a top day out with all fish except the shark caught on jigs. Can't wait to do it again.

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food for fish
Submitted by uncle on Thu, 2011-05-05 08:55love all these con. theorys about the dead terrorist, easy solution get the terrorist to deny it in a video!!!!!!!!
Rigging pre-rigged Tuna skirts to braid?
Submitted by beau on Thu, 2011-05-05 02:00Hey guys, im pretty new to using braid so just a quick question, how do i tie a pre-rigged xmas tree or richter tornado to my braided line? The leaders on the skirts seem to have a loop thats crimped at the end, do i just use a snap swivel to connect it? If so, do i tie a bimini twist to the clip?
Using a bimini twist still confuses me, I've only used the GT knot so far where you use the actual loop created by the bimini, but how do you tie your bimini to a swivel? Or dont you use a bimini for terminal tackle? Do you just tie a knot as normal and pretend ur looped line is a single strand?
Hope this makes sense to someone as im planning on heading out early in the morning!
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New to Hilliaries
Submitted by meglodon on Thu, 2011-05-05 01:37Can anybody help with a bit of info on how to get to the back of three mile reef.
I have not been out to this area before and after looking at a chart of the area my plan is this.
Exit the boat harbour on clearing the southern groyne alter course to 250 deg true and travel approx 4 nm then alter to350 deg true and travel approx 5 nm this by my calculations should put me to the west of three mile.
Comments on the above plan welcomed.
Thanks
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Black Bream
Submitted by Nickjg on Wed, 2011-05-04 20:21I was reading a book of the sizes of fish, and I saw black bream got up to 60cm? Just wondering if anybody has seen or heard of such monsters? Ive only caught them around the 45cm mark at the most
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