Me, Daz, my old man and my bro in law spend a very pleasant weekend taking the old mans Riviera "The Floating Gin Palace" back down to Mandurah after having use of it for the past 3 weeks.....it will be hard going back to the 17 ft Trailcraft!!!!

The Riviera was excellent, a luxurious way to go trolling, thats for sure. Basically trolled from Mindarie to Rotto Friday, moored at rotto Friday night then trolled and jigged all the way to Mandurah Saturday. Was pretty windy Friday night with 20knot north easterlies, so was quite choppy in Thompson bay, but we all  had  a few nightcaps at the pub so slept OK.

Hello All

Well the new 4000 and 4000H saltiga 2010 are now available and in stock. After fishing with mine over the weekend i would have to say this is definaitly my favourite reel so far and alot nicer then any other spinning reel i have owned.

some of the features of the 4000's

• reel four
• Mag Sealed
• Zaion Air Rotor
• UTD – Ultimate Tournament Drag
• Hyper Digigear
• Twistbuster II
• Tough Air Bail
• Minimum Offset Gearing
• ABS II
• Super Metal Housing (body and sideplate)
• New CRBB system
• Hybrid carbon/forged aluminium spool
• Silent Oscillation
• Rotor Break
• Manual Bail Return
• Wide Open roller for heavy shock leader
• 2BB line roller with rubber seal
• 2BB oscillating slider
• Linear Rotation
• Metal drag knob cap
• 2 piece light weight aluminium round knob

Has anyone been out with Nebraska since Tony sold the boat?  If so, any good?

Hoping they are operating the boat over the Easter Break.

Cam

Hi Guys

I have ordered one of these for the Easter holidays, however as we are going to the Monties I am not going to have the computer to charge the battery (thats how I understand you charge it anyway). Question is.... can you charge it with a 12v plug and is it specific to the unit or can I charge it with another appliance 12v? 

Cheers

Mullows 

Outfished by my partner Lisa as always, Full report and photos to come.

It was caught on white feather jig head.

Hi all

Im looking at taking the step and buying the first "real" boat. Ive spent a fair bit of time looking and have found something that im pretty keen on, but the only problem is I live in Carnarvon and the boat is in fremantle. That in itself isnt a problem, Ive got people who are prepared to go and look at it, and if necisary, do the bargaining for me, but they dont know a whole lot about boats. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a place in the freo area I could arrange to take it and get the outboard checked over, similar to the RAC check they do on cars etc...?

thanks guys, bit of an urgent one this one, any help would be much appreciated!!!!
 

To me it appeared usual media sensationalism was employed & the only person whom I thought actually provided a valid discussion was given a 10 second time slot. What took place next from a pro fishing perspective was rather embarrassing & quite clearly handpicked to tarnish our reputation.

We need to become more media savvy putting forward more articulate & measured spokespeople before we are crucified. Enough is enough!     

hey guys ive finished school so planning to go balooning for sharks of woodmans point tomorw with the southeasterlies would there still be any sharks around?

Does anyone know about the water quality in Kalbarri at the moment, is it  still dirty or is has it cleared up?

Guys im looking for some fresh occy for a feed as well as bait. I have hooked them by accident on occasion but im looking for a more reliable method. I have read a bit about a method used in other countries where red strips of cloth are tied to either a gaff or 2 large hooks on some heavy line. This is dropped into rock holes on low tide in hopes the occy comes out to defend his hole and you can jag him.

Anyone heard of this before?

Any other ideas?

Thanks

recently i pulled my medial ligiment playing footy and i will struggle to walk along soft beaches so i was wondering if anyone can help me out and tell me if they have had any recent succes on decent tailor at metro jettys

Hey all

finally put a few carnarvon pics up... highlights of the last year or so

hope this link will work

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.42308594388.55610.703599388

cheers

so i have done some squidding in the past - never had outstanding success..and to be honest the last few times ive been the guy who goes home empty handed and frustrated and walks past people with buckets with a dozen+ squid in them.

Im down south near bunbury and go squidding off the busso jetty

I have used the search function on this site and done reading and had a read on squidfishing.net so i dont want you to think im being lazy haha ive done some research!

i see people using a float with the squid on a metre or two trace, ive seen people chuck out a jig and wait, ive seen people jigging and trawling and ive used all the methods with about the same success. (not much)

Ive seen people use glow sticks above their jigs.

what do you guys recommend? 

i have attached pics of my jigs - is it that i have crappy jigs?

also with their sizes - is it the number on the bit of lead?

sorry about all the newby questions guys and i appreciate your advice

i am going out again tonight off the jetty with my bro and i will put up a report tomorrow letting you know how i went!

their sizes are 4.0, 4.0, 3.5 and 4.0

are they too big/small?

has any one else heard of mackeral being caught at the beachs around warnbro sound if so tell us any info u got.

Hey guys, I'm way overdue for a couple of days off so a mate and I are keen on a couple of days fishing, drinking and carrying on. Will be heading down the wednesday after Easter so hopefully everything isnt too crowded still...

Anyways we want to travel south maybe 4 hours tops, so probably max walpole area. Would love to get into some salmon but really, at a minimum just looking for a good spot on the coast to pitch a tent and relax with a rod out. 

Does anyone have any spots they recommend? Have a 4x4 but nothing too hardcore as its only a standard bravo. Would you guys suggest west coast between Augusta/yallingup or south coast between augusta/walpole?

Thanks for any input!!

 Hi everyone,

Been using bait all my life and now I would like to start using soft plastics/hard lures for primarily river fishing Swan/Canning area. Need to get a setup which is going to suit a beginner but also something I'm not gonna want to upgrade too soon here is what I have so far let me know what you think also line/softplastic/lure recommendations would be appreciated. Got my eye on the Atomic Hard Cranks 38 mid at the moment as I have heard good things. FIRST POST BTW!! Here are the links for the rod and reel I have seen let me know any suggestions.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TOKUSHIMA-THX1000-SOFT-PLASTICS-SPIN-FLICK-FISHING-REEL-/200512229294?pt=AU_FishingReels&hash=item2eaf75cfae#ht_2268wt_1139

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PELAGIC-PRO-HYPA-X-SOFT-PLASTICS-FISHING-ROD-6FT-2-6kg-/330553654013?pt=AU_FishingRods&hash=item4cf6887afd#ht_2300wt_1139

Cheers,

Matt

Guys haven't been fishing North Mole for a while.

Any updates how fishing going down there anyone...

Still getting Tailors?

Ta 

goin to kalbarri next sunday i just wanna no what type of line would be recomend for in the murchinson and is it easy to catch mangrove jacks on shore

Anyone know what the water temp is at the fads or in Jurien? 

I have a powerspell PE4-8 and need to work out what reel is going on it.

I am planning to get some of Till's PE5/70lb and use this as a heavy outfit.  Would run the PE6 if I can get enough of it onto a reel which doesn't weigh a ton.

I have a Torsa 20 but am concerned that I won't get enough braid on it for the weight of the thing (awesome reel but).

How much braid do you guys recommend, assuming that on a charter I end up dropping in 150m?

Cam

Does anyone one else seem unable to find the search bar used to find specific topics on fishwrecked? 

 Im looking to buy a plate alloy boat around the 6.5 - 7m mark. Looking to spend around $40-50k. Any recommendations or any on the Dont buy list?

 having a few days down south, keen to know any [vague] areas to head to as i am GREEN in that area. looking at some crabbing in the river and if weather permitting, a bash outside. who else heading that way??

went out with a mate today and even though it was as rough as guts, still got the end result,

on the bbq when i got home.... oilve oil, garlic,rock salt and parsley..........mmmmm......downed with a couple of jimmys.........ok ....10 jimmys it was.

this could get adictive??

sorry for the shit phone pic.

cheers ron

hi guys

just a couple of pics from the exxy comp, not much for myself with only one day and a late arvo/night out on the boat due to the shitty weather and flying home monday morn.(which turned out to be the best day of the whole week...just my luck)

also had a great day down on the beach on sunday morn, with some good catches.

still caught a heap of fish i have never got before, just nothing really big to get excited about. all the usal's like, gt's, spangalds, goldbands, cod's so on and so on.

met some great guys over the weekend including our house mates, andy mac and pete d, coudnt get a couple of nicer blokes who enjoy a laugh.

thanks for the great time guys!!!

this was a scholl of tuna we come across,  the water was boiling with them...bit of fun for 1/2 hour

mr whale shark that come and rubbed him self against the boat, 1 of 4 we seen that day

the skipper..gaz with his double on the octojig...they were very hungry oviously

gaz with his 60cm spangald from the beach sunday morn

my cuda that was no good for nothing, but the biggest thing for me anyway!!!

big teeth on these suckers!!

cheers guys and hopefully take my own boat next year and stay for at least a week.

Hiyas,

I'm booked to fly up to Exmouth for those dates, but just to get around the weight restrictions, I was wondering if anyone might be able to ferry up some of my gear?

Is anyone else from FW heading up for those dates?

Ta,

till

Just wondering if anyone on F/W will be in Exxy at the beginning of May.  Due to circumstances beyond our control, we couldnt make it for the F/W comp but we are determined to make up for it in May.  Staying at the Lighthouse from 5th - 14th in one of the chalets, so if ya there pop in for a chat. Good ta put faces to names. 

cheers Rob

 Heyguys,

Does anyone know what you can catch on baitchasers?

Thanks

anyone know if theres weed at club capicorn

cheers john

any one know if the mackies are still around out at the abrohlos and what lures are doing the damage

any info would be great

cheers