Hi guys Im heading up to sandy cape jurien bay in about 4 weeks.I have got all sorts of gear from bottom bouncing to trolling for mack to tailor. My biggest thing is a dhuie never ever caught one. I am taking my boat up 4.2 with a 30hp on it will have any chance up there to catch anything like a dhuie.

 Hi guys, 

Me and a mate are heading out for the first by ourselves on the boat. Looking at chasing some dermsals and sambos etc. Got the boat moored at east freo wo will be looking somewhere around freo/rotto to head out.

Any got any spots to try? I don't know any, so even like common spots or if you wana pm me a spot etc.

And also, if anyone can give some quick advice on how to use a fish finder aha

John

Pretty painful shot from Woodman's ramp last week.

From what we could see the boat was detached from the trailer and reversed down the ramp, until the trailer hit the curb on the side of the ramp and the boat slid off... into one inch of water.  After the shock wore off some of the guys got in behind it and did what they could to lift it while one of them grabbed the winch and dragged the sucker back up on to the trailer.

Couldn't see how much damage was done to the leg but I reckon they didn't get out for the rest of the day.

 Anyone heading out on a charter within the next week or two?

 Hi guys, 

anyone heading out needing a deckie or 2? will chip in for fuel etc and got all the gear. prefer dermsal/jigging

Hi all, a very Happy New Year to everyone.

I am (up to this point) an uncoverted bait fisherman.

I would really like to broaden my fishing horizon by targetting some of the more popular demersals using jigs and SPs.

Knowing that I will only be doing this type of fishing in less frequency than bait fishing, I am chasing a combo which certainly wont damage the bank.

Is $150-200 too little to ask?  Don`t want to sound like a cheap skate, but I cant warrant buying expensive gear for something I won`t do as often.

Probably be spooling with 30lbs max.

Thanks in advance

Chris

 hey guys how is woodmans point fishing for squid? also which part is better to squid at the groyne or jetty?

With the weather looking fairly good tomorow i've decided to take the boat out to rotto. I mainly fish inshore around the 3 mile and havent done much fishing around rotto or deep (30m +) for that matter. Which side of the island has the best grounds to target demersal? It is necessary to go out deaper to the 30's + or is fishing close to the island just as productive? Is there a reef system i should try? Mainly after dhu's, queenie's and KG's.

Also was going to pull in to a bay for lunch and a swim/freedive. Which would be the best where i can anchor and freedive for some crays. (out of the sanctuary zones etc)

Appreciate any help

Cheers

im thinking of buying one of these reels

for light bottom bashing.

but my only concern is, how do i get an even spread of line on the reel when retrieving line?

could anyone please explain on how i get it even.

thanks in advance for anyhelp.

hEYS guys with the weather all over the place who is going out tomorow , and bhow do you think the weather gods will play it ?

 hi looking for gps spots in busso if anyone can help that would be good

Hi guys,

Want to take the family down and around the swan river, looking at launching as south as possible tommorrow, coming from Rockingham into the city, on the Kwinina freeway. Any ideas on what the best ramp is to launch at, where there will be parking, and where my car will be safe for the day?

Any must see spots or dangers for boating around the swan/canning rivers and down to Freo?

Any help appreciated..

Thanks...

Dave

My cousin (David) and I went down to our local beach last night to soak a bait.

There was a dude already fishing so we decided to park up next to him in the gutter.

We rigged up and tossed a few baits out only to land a few undersixed tailor, which went back.

Half an hour later, a large group of at least 3 families pulled up the other side of this dude. We recognised each other from previous fishing trips and they came over and said hello.

A while later David and I watched this dude catch and dispatch an undersized mulloway, this thing was DEFINATELY undersized, no more than 400mm. This got our blood boiling. He soon after caught an undersized tailor. By tis time 2 of his mates and there girlfriends had walked down and joined him.

David and I decided we would try and report him, So I wondered back to the carpark and took pictures of his car and plates. I then walked down to the families the other side of him and we decided to go over and have a friendly word.

"How you going mate?" i said, "caught anything?".

"Yer," he boasted, "got a mulloway and a tailor."

"So you know what they are?" I asked, " so you know that there undersized?!?"

"Yer only a little." he quaffed.

"Wouldnt want to get caught!" we said.

"NA I WONT GET CAUGHT!" he laughed.

As he said this I was about to take my camera out and ask him to hold it up, when out of the corner of my eye I spotted 2 lights coming down the beach. Now I knew they werent 4wds, as there is no access and they are not allowd.

YOU BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!

David and I couldnt stop smiling as the fisheries threw the dead fish back into the water and pulled the book out.

Best fishing day ever!!!!!!!!!!

btw. we didnt catch fuk all.

Went to a bream spot i use to goto, with my cousin a keen fisho from victoria. Many choppers, bream and a couple small flatties. Between us there was about 50 bream caught mainly around the 25-30 cm mark. Caught two bigger ones at 35 and 37 and lost a monster which took me to the pylons. Still no 40cm bream for me yet(dont fish for them much anyhow) but will keep trying. Sorry no pics had my phone but waste of time usin the piece of rubbish. All were released, good fun.

 i was just wondering if anyone knows where the best shark spots are from land based, i'm sick of stingrays taking my bait so i wanted to go ballooning out for sharks 

thanks :)

Hey guys im going with my friend fishing tomorrow and i NEED a spot for tomorrow thats good for fishing and what would you catch there, you can PM me your spots if you want and i will never tell anyone. I just want to help my friend catch a fish because he hasnt caught a fish before.

was down in the swan today around guildford, never seen so much action on the surface in the swan before, i wasnt sure if it was larger fish chasing smaller fish up to the surface or fish hitting insects, i was watching a few closer splashes and i couldn't see any insects around where they were splashing, any one know what this is? i was thinking of going back down with the fly gear tomorrow.

Had a reasonable session on some middle swan flats with a few mates today.

Between us we landed 6 or 7 flatties, 2 tailor and 3 bream.

Pic is of my best fish for the day, a plump 43cm flattie

Cheers

 Are they still hanging around in large numbers and how big are they??

Cheers, Andrew

I've got my brother in law over for the week and we've been diving all week but now the wind is stopping all day, I was going to take him for a fish.Problem is I got a bit of the "fishing is a bit boring... not much out there. They are all small" from him. So my plan of attack is really quite simple.

1. Leave about 5.00am Monday.

2. Head to the sound and get a bait tank full of live squid

3. drop it on the heads of a few sambo's

4. kick back with a beer and watch the little girl cry

Just wondering if you guys could let me know if the bigger sambos are still hanging off Rotto? or should I head to the barges off Hillarys?

Cheers

Hi,

does anyone have the Navionics App for there phone, does it use up much data?

With some fine weather approaching (fingers crossed I haven't spoken too soon), who is heading out?

I was speaking to some mates & mentioned I'd give the holiday season a skip due to ramp crowds etc.

However, it's pretty tough not taking advantage of good weather at this time of the year.

I recall allrounder mentioning to keep an eye out for pingers a while back. I was out with another boat (John F) a few weeks back & we had 3 boats come out of no where, stop between us, hit the mark button & get back on the plane.

Mongrels... but how do you prevent that - you can't can you? I don't fish often with a sea anchor, although, John was at the time & I raised the alarm over the radio, but it's not easy to get the sea anchor in within seconds & shoot off.

The oceans a large place. It's like having a picnic in the park. You wouldn't go set your picnic blanket up next to someone & put your arm around their missus would you?

The ocean does belong to everyone, but where's common courtesy these days?

hi all

just a quick question , with the snapper ban on till 31-01-11 in warnbro and cockburn souud. does the 5 fathom bank from G.I to Coventry Reef fall into this durastriction or not .
                                                                        cheers

                                                                          dakka

heading to esperance on sunday and wondering if eney body has herd how the fishing is going down there at the moment ;)

 Have a spot available for another fisho. Currently only fishing with one regular.  A few simple rules we follow:

we share fish no matter who catches it...

boat gets cleaned up inside and out at my house in Secret Harbour

we like to fish out wide and in close

we don't bring out 20 rods.....usually two each,  3 sometimes

we share bait, drinks and food and tackle if needed

normally meet up to tie rigs when conditions suck 

no GPS.....boat spots stay on the boat

we mainly use bait and bottom bash but starting to use SPs and jigs (if you have expertise in that..highly regarded)

My deckie buys all fuel and usually brings food and drinks.....not my rule just something nice he does since I have to pay for boat, oil, insurance, gas in cruiser.  I would expect you to split fuel costs with him

Deckie has access to my boat when I am stuck at work...so many opportunities to fish

If this hasn't scared you off yet, give me a ring at 0410019881.

Heading out deep on Monday 50+ metres.

Cheers, Ben

Went out with Whitey (Seasport Marine, Jurien) and caught these little beuties.

Between me  the missus we caught,

3 Dhuies

1 pinkie

2 Sharks

2 Baldies

1 Skippy

2 Sambos

3 Tuna

and a whole lot more that went back because they were undersize, oh and one of the Dhuies went back too (just to clarify)

Hi guys I have some mates heading to Perth late in Febuary and they are keen to chase some sambos for a few days, I am sure there has been threads on this before but if I can just have two or three names of the best charters there to pass on to them that would be great.

Cheers Coxy

Gday all and I hope you all had a good chrissie

 posted in the boating section as well as i wasnt sure the best spot

I just returned from working in exxy for 3 months and had left my 17.5 ft haine hunter in perth and my return i found out why it was a bad idea to leave the boat dormant for that period.

Flat batteries  -  fixed that pretty straight forward

Trailor - though it might be a good idea to replace/regrease the bearings however my boat has an axel with thos greas nipples on the ends. When i took the wheels off i discovered that i cant get into the bearings - do i need to or do i just fill the void with grease and use the nipple to pump it in.

Steering - i have no steering it seems to have siezed up. Not sure what to do here as it feels as though something will snap if i try any harder?

Any help with all or part of these problems will be much appriciated

Michael

Enjoy Happy New Year