I am a recent new member and sponsor with our polarised sunnies, I love my fishing ! mainly estuary for mulloway or bream and crabs here on the Hawkesbury River ,Sydney. The variety and size of the fish you guys get is amazing. We sponsored a couple of gamefish tournaments over last summer, at Port Stephens in Feb where 55 boats tagged and released 114 marlin over 2 days and Sydney in May where the YFT were on the chew !

Ian

im looking for spots between freo and mand even around perth

that i can get to easy with a 4x4 as  this is my first 4x4 and i want to go fishing

im a newbie in 4x4 its only a small nissan terrano/pathfinder 1991 model i dont want to get in over my head

Word is the next Calamari Classic will be on Sunday 14th November.

Registration etc at woodies Cockburn Boat Storage and Shop.

More details to follow

Hail the humble squid- yum

Righteo, who's making it up for the comp next year?

Team Gully

Team Fishwrecked

Team Deepwater

Team MJ

I know of a few others already locked in but will let them add their name.  Please add your name to the list if you can make it.  L/B fisho's more than welcome as well.

Cheers,

Adam

Anybody been fishing s-bend recently, heading up there this weekend, staying at the caravan park with the misses, would appreciate some advice on where to go and what to target. never been there before.

I was wondering if any one could tell me what months are the best for billfish in Exmouth? Additionally do they get many Blues down that way or is it more Blacks and sails.

Cheers

Pete

Have had a dodgy fuel gauge for a while - so I ripped up the hatch in the floor and replaced the compete sender unit -

When you power up the unit to test it stays on FULL and when you move the Float level arm Manually  it moves from FULL to OVER FULL!  - I read somewhere that if it is not earthed properly it can read Full all the time . Checked that and its still the same .- Any Ideas ?????

Hey guys, heading up to steep point for a week soon and just wanna give my reels a clean up before i go. What im not sure about is when you have cleaned any dirt off the drag washers do you put anything on them e.g grease or oil before re-assembling them??? Cheers

Will a bimini to gt be alright for my main line to leader connection for sambo jigging? Then a uni knot for the jig?

Heading down to Marmian Angling Club to hear Peter Pakula talk gamefishing tonight starting at 7pm. Hope to meet a few other FW people there.

Just always wondering why there is always about 10 times as many guests on line as users. Come and join this fantastic and friendly fishing forum and have your say.

Cheers

Neels

Hey guys,

I"ve done a quick search of the forums, seems like getting a charter in Thailand is a bit hit and miss.

Has anyone actually gone on a charter in Thailand and had some success? They seem to be selling the whole Sailfish, GT, Tuna thing a fair bit...

Thinking of booking with these guys:

http://www.phuketfishingcharters.com

Any feedback would be welcome!

Cheers

More opinions please......

Looking to replace the disgraceful standard knob on my Stella 10,000.....how a reel can cost $1k and have such a banger knob is beyond  me..............

Have looked at either a new ali knob (45 mm JM??) or JM T bar, but the T bar always looked very awkward and uncomfortable....until I tried a JM reel the other day which had a T bar......did not like the JM OH reel, but LOVED the T bar.......at least to hold in  the shop.

Has anyone used either one for extended jigging, and opinions....will be for 300-400 g jigs on the Stella, so will be getting a workout......the existing knob will be going....it is a dunger!  

Just getting some feed back on what your favourite flick rod, reel and line is. In the market for somethng new

Looking at making a teaser just something basic for mackies and tuna as i will only be doing a couple trips next year and dont really want to spend money on buying teasers if i dont own a boat. Any suggestions how and what to use?

Where does everyone launch from to get out to the wrecks im north of the river hillarys. have a 5m centre console with a 2 stroke on the back not exactly fuel efficent but not to bad.  should be no worries heading out there and getting amongst it this season? are there aggragations striaght of hillarys as well or mainly of west end rotto

What ali bait board does everyone have on their boats? In particular trailcraft owners with the storage box at rear. Im looking at getting one made up but not sure what configuration with rod holders. Should i get it welded on or bolt on? any pics would be good too

cheers

just finished spooling up my new saltist 30 2speed overhead. i was able to fit 550m of 50lb easily with minimal backing. I thought i would struggle to fit the lot on but ended up falling short of a full spool.

Im wondering whether its worth stripping the spool to add more backing or would i be wasting my time. i assume would only get say 50 more metres max of mono backing, cause have to consider I still need to attach my wind-on.....

also do people tend to use the external fixation to mount the reel more securely to the seat/rod? i doubt it is necessary but i could be wrong?

hi all

just wondering how to keep mulies from going shitty and wrecking a camping/fishing trip, it would be really good if i can save some of my bait insted of falling off the hook everycast. i am sure that someone has a trick to preserving bait longer

cheers

gday guys just after peoples thoughts on this reel. I own the 135H and not very familiar to overheads im more of a spin person.

What are peoples thoughts on it as a barra reel? is there anything that would limit it for this use eg. casting lures up north?

if so what strength line would you recommend to spool it with? from my understanding river barra fishing is not so much about capacity but you need something decent strength ie. 20-30lb? is this reel too small for this kind of fishing?

cheers

turts

Does anyone know where to pick up some cray pot bait boxes north of the river? I was told there was somewhere in ocean Reef that sells them...

thinking about buying a new spinning rod soon for casting lures between 1 and 2 oz, mainly off the beaches chasing tailor/salmon in season... would anyone who owns the shimano shorespin be able to help by telling me how it handles the heavier lures... 40 gram metal slices, 2oz richter plugs, halco 135 roosta's!

thanks

Hi - does anyone know of any good fishing charters in Exmouth?  We want to organise one for the boys for Steve's bucks do in May next year.  Needs to be ablet to take about 15-20 guys...

hey crew

ok im heading upto karratha in december then driving down through carnarvon for a fish on the jetty.

now being in high school i cant afford all the high end gear. ive got all my rods and reels sorted out i just dont know what lures poppers jigs soft plastics i should take. ill be mostly land based but will be getting out on a boat once.

can you guys and girls just suggest some of the above mentioned gear i should take?

Hey, Jst wondering whats the best fish to target off the floreat beach (Drain). And wats the best rig and time to go.

A mate and I have been asked by the shire and CALM to remove a large koi from a local river system.. this thing has been living in a stretch of river(about 250 meters contained by rock walls) for about 5 years and is easily a meter long and 4-6 kilo..its fricken huge..its easisly spotted on the surface and with some stalking from the bank u can stand about 2 meters from it. but its also very cautious and will take off as soon as it sees u.. same goes with a coanoe but u cant get as close..
we been trying for years for the fun, with all sorts of bait and light tackle, soft plastics, we've set gill nets, we even spent hours stalking it with gigis and guns in the water in 5 mm diving suits and weight belts...
but recently weve decided to try and take it alive..Does Anyone out there have any idea how to catch this smart ass fish with some sort of trap design, net or tackle..
its needs to go as its eating all the endangered marron and ruining the river floor.
any help would be much appreciated..

Hey all.

With all the sambo jigging talk i want in haha.

What is a good jigging over head reel for under 250??? im planning on running pe 4/5

Then what is a good rod to match for under 200??

Cheers

Danno

Hey people,

it was my birthday today and i was given a fair amount of $$$... so off i went to bunnings and purchased a blue tarp; 7.2m x 9.0m for $80, stupid lady wouldnt give it to me for $77!!!! but i managed to get some money kindly from people i knew....

My mate and i set up the tarp and nearly dropped dead on how big it was!!!! and when i took the first pull it was soo intense!!!

we spent about 2-3hours mucking around with it and having some goood waves and barrels!!!!!

One wave must have pushed double head hight, but no camera was there to capture it....

anywayz here is a few pics....

Enjoy

Hey guys. Couple questions to ask. I have a TLD30 2 speed and a torium 30 both on 15 to 24 kilo overheads. Are these any good for trolling for mackies etc up north? If so what line will i need because i currently have braid on both? Braid is no good for trolling is it? Thanks marko

what is the land based fishing like at exmouth and what gear is required any info will be apprecciated