Hi Guys,

I have a GME marine radio that has gone all dodgy - I won't switch off, sounds like it is recieving noise all the time, and won't transmit - It is about 2 years old and has been undercover the entire time.

Is there anyone that fixes these for less than the cost of a new one, or is there anyone with one in their shed they want to get rid of - I have it mounted in my boat in a GME flush mount bracket, so would prefer this brand.

Wanna go out to FFB on Saturday, but first need to sort this issue out...and don't have the 150 bucks for a new one...

Hey guys just chasing some advice on scooping crabs at night in Busselton at the moment. I've been trying around the southern Busso beaches and haven't seen too much, done some snorkelling recon too and it's pretty dry.

Is this the wrong area or is it the wrong time of year? Some of the posts I searched before I left indicated it would be a reasonable time of year.

Would appreciate any advice on improving my catch count... Cheers

Leemo yet again another busted ray at around 20kg

got him fighting for around 40mins...

typical Ginger....

hehehehe

On a side not got busted of by a 3kg buff bream....

hey people just wondering if anyone has caught any flatties around point walter lately?might give it a crack over the weekend.cheers

Sherbs, Max, Rig and the boys have arrived safely at Steep Point and have been fishing hard.

Judging by the photos Sherbs keeps sending me at work, the fishing is going well and they have caught a nice bag of Spanish and Shark mackeral already.

Old man Sherbs is pleased as punch with the 15 kilo mackie he picked up this arvo,

Lucky bastards

hi guys
i have a bit of a dilema
do i buy a boat or a house heres why i cant decide.
if we buy a house (it will be our first) we will be buying something we dont really want as at this stage all we can afford is a $350,000 house in the city we live in but we want to live semi rural and will need around the 500-550,000 as we want 4-6 acres,
so should we buy something we wont be happy in or
do we wait 4-5 years to buy exactly what we want and buy the boat ive been wanting for a while now its worth $25000 and would get used every weekend and holidays.
the wife doesnt care either way as she loves fishing as much as me.
what do i do

 Bring on the stickface season.Now all we need is some big yellowfin and i will be a happy camper.Now just need the time to target them again.Been too many years between seasons

hi guys i have a 200L ICY-TEK (gold coast made) icebox for sale or swap as i need a long mackeral style one for my boat chasing $150.00 firm , good condition has scratches from the boat but sound and will hold ice for a week(it can hold just about any size fish too!!!

ive just been told im going out on fri to the trench past rotto to try for hapuka ect

prob is i dont have a electric reel as we will be fishing 200 to 300 mtrs

only sutiable  reel i have is pen 330gti i have 1000 mtr spools of 80lb and 50lb

my sustain 8000 wont be upto the task nor will the 950pen

will this be ok as a one off trip will it hande a 30kg fish from that depth i know my arms going to be buggered after but its worth it  or does someone rent out electric reels?

Hi guys,

Does anyone know of any reputable fishing charters operating out of hamilton island?

Any first hand experience would be great. I'm heading there in march for a conference and we are looking at chartering a boat for us.

Cheers

Hi gang

We are heading out with Whitey on Seasports Charter this Saturday for some light jigging and to fish the FAD's.

I am all set with my selection of jigging tackle, but I need some help with what lures I should be using at the FAD's?

Any info will be much appreciated.

 Anyone ever used or handled a Van Staal reel or jigging rod? 

Thinking of getting one, but not sure..

Would be good to get some opinons

Cheers

Hey just thought id introduce myself my names Matt just joined the site recently.

Im a mad keen fisherman who fishes as much as possible i do all nighters every weekend all over the place

and would like to meet some new faces to fish with and pick up some more knowledge.

I fish the river alot all over and i fish freo area alot hope to meet up and have a fish with some of you soon.

Any advice would be greatley appreciated. A mate and myself are going fishing up north soon, and will be baitcasting mullies around bombies. My question is what is the better way to go, wire trace or mono leader?

What are the best times to fish, after a New Moon or a Full Moon ?

I'm sure the Almanac has black ( excellent ) days after a Full moon

just after some advice for boating conditions in the swan, a bit of a novice in the swan, iwas looking to have flick for some flatties or bream but looking for calm conditions for the tinnie..

high tide tomorrow looks to be southerly winds to around 18 knots late afternoon, would that be protected around the canning bridge area? if not where would you suggest??

any advice would be handy

cheers

Man attacked with swordfish skeleton

Police in Victoria have charged a man with attacking another man with a swordfish skeleton.

The 50-year-old man who has been charged is alleged to have attacked the other man with the bill of the fish at Colac, in Victoria's south-west, in October last year.

He has been charged with assault with a weapon, summary assault and possession of a weapon.

The victim received minor injuries.

Trying to decide what to defrost for Dinner tomorrow,

What do you reckon

Nannygai

Dhuie

Blackarse

More Dhuie

A big chunk of Cod

 It's a hard life and a tough choice

hey crew.

i dont know if this happens often but i wouldnt imagine it would?

i was at garret road bridge this morning in ascot. and these 3 kids came down with drop nets. i didn't think they would catch anyhing but they proved me wrong. they waded through the water and climbed up onto the bridge then before i left they came back with 8 massive blues all males. they told me they got 14 yesterday.alsowe saw 3 claws all washed up. they told me that they are selling the crabs for $5 each hahah sneaky little buggers. so is it unusual for crabs to be up that far? also theres bream around hungry as hell just couldnt get a hook up.

Hi there - so i've just found that scooping for crabs is a great way to spend an early sunday morning, good exercise and a feed for the family.  I really haven't done any crabbing since my granddad used to take me out 20 years ago - so it's all a bit new to me.

Went down to Mandurah yesterday and caught a few - however I'd love to know if it there are any scooping spots in the swan - or does it get too deep?  Would much prefer a 20min drive to an hour one.

Everyone seems to be catching monster crabs in the swan (albeit from drop nets) - i'd just like to chase a few around if there were any shallows that they might frequent.

As a last resort - i have a few pots - are there any decent jetty's worth throwing them in from - i did read that the long jetty off the como foreshore  (preston st i think) might be worth a shot - can anyone let me know how long the rope needs to be - the old pots I have I daresay are more geared up to the shallows of the peel estuary than the Swan

Sorry for the ramble and my newbie knowledge of anything to do with crabbing.

Baggy

 Any of the local stores stock the line twist remover? basically the sinker with a groove cut out of it.

Cheers

Alex

I know a fair few of you are headed up for the Exxy comp this year, but what else do you have planned regarding fishing trips this year? 

I'm hoping to do the Gibb river road just before the wet season and hopefully get a barra up around Kununurra way or into some of those isolated creeks for some exploring.

shimano acceration 8000hg

dont if i wana keep the stock handle or get one these babys to pimp my reel? http://www.fishingbuddy.com.sg/product_view.php?product_id=171

Hey guys i have a torium 30 and have used it once. Its got 600 yards of 50lb tufline and i originally bought it for land based sharking/bottom bouncing.I dont do that too often/barely ever so im thinking of turning it into a trolling reel, stripping the braid off and putting on mono, say 15kg.. Good idea or not ideal?

still good for landbased aswell i believe. any comments?

Marko

Hi all. I went down to the Swan yesturday for a bit of fun and in the hope of getting a flattie or two. We started down at the bottom of the Coombe. My mate Andrew picked up a nice Flounder on the fly. With not much more to offer and a lot of bloeies smashing the plastics, we decided to head to Chidley point. We arrived to find a lot of people there and a hell of a strong SW. With this in mind we headed for Mosman bay foreshore. With the sun going down and a lot more shelter from the SW i managed to pick up a nice flattie. Happy with a small feed we headed home for a nice cook up.

Lots of blowies, wind, a very high tide, drunk people on big boats and a few fish in the esky, we had a bit of fun on the swan.

The highlight was watching a stripper do her stuff on a near by cray boat. Topped off with a few beers and we were happy.

Get out there and enjoy.

Dave

I will heading down to karratha in july i was just wandering what the best species of fish to target is up there and if you can catch crabs or prawns up there and obviously any tips or reccomendations of what to do up there will be much appreciated cause i want to make this a very good trip.

i will also need to buy a new land based rod and reel does anyone no any good combos for up there not gonna spend huge amount, but will be gettin a descent one probz no more than $500

hope to hear from you

thanks danny

G'day fella's (and girlz) can anyone point me in the right direction as to a good monfilament line to put on my Saltiga surf, I'm running 15kg but think 8kg or 10kg would be better , I havn't respooled a reel with mono for a looong time and was wondering what the go-to stuff is these days.

CHEERS, Brendan / Maverick.

not happy no fishing wa today

Hi all

When we've been fishing lately out from The Cut, we've been bottom bouncing baits in around 40 - 45m of water and we've been using the standard paternoster rig with a sinker weight between 7 - 10oz. I'd like to try some soft plastics but I'm wondering whether I need to buy 7 - 10oz jigheads. I know it's reasonable to expect to use the same jighead weight as a normal sinker weight, but I can't ever remember seeing any jigheads this heavy in the local tackle stores in Mandurah.

Have I just flat out missed seeing them or do the rules change when fishing with SP???

I did try a soft plastic threaded onto a 3/0 hook and attached it to one of the paternoster hook loops and although it didn't catch anything, I thought the idea was sound. 

Your comments greatly appreciated, thanks.

regards
rusty...