hey all.

alright so im going to try and get into demersal jigging and during the ban im going to save my money and get some jigs and the gear organised.

so im asking people out there that use either reels to help me descied which one to buy..

im planning on running pe 3 if that helps.

cheers

danno

Hey Guys,

I just started with trolling, and i was wondering about the setup and I was hoping I could get some tips from you.

 The last time we went out we just following setup: One big teaser at the starboard side bout 7meter behind the boat. Then 2 teasers on the inner side with small skirts behind them bout 15meters behind the boat. And on the outriggers we had one lure ( Halco laser pro shallow about 2meter deep)  and a big Richter skirt both about 30meters behind the boat.

All up we just hooked one tuna, but we saw them next to the boat so ther where more they just didnt wanne bite. We did changed a few skirts and lures (colors and sizes as well as deep going to shallow running) around but nothing really seems to work. So I was wondering if we have a wrong setup or if we did some other mistakes. The hook up was on the inner teaser with small skirt.

If anyone could give me some advise that would be great!

Thanks

can someone please let me know how to slice up sashimi so it turns out beautifully and not stringy.

are you only supposed to use a certain part??

i keep stuffing it up. cheers!

Hey guys, i know alot of you are doing realy well catching tuna in the metro area and was wondering if i anyone could offer any advice as i want to target them on the jetski! Most importantly is how far from shore are people catching them, as fishing from the ski im only allowed up to 5NM out. What lures are working the best and what speeds are you trolling at? I bought a Richter Tornado skirt the other day but dont have a clue if thats something you would use to target tuna. Any other info would be great.

Cheers, Beau

i read all the time that frozen tailor makes bad eating for human consumption, but would they still make a good bait for beach fishing?

has any body purchased an electric reel off ebay just wanting some info on the tanacom bull

Wheres the best place to catch these fish in the Rockingham area?

Caught this fish at the back of rotto in 200m..

Thought it was a jobfish but i read on the web that they can only be caught north of sharkbay?

Gday chasing some info on rods and reels for soft plastics will be flicking plastics over shallow reefs for spangles and other reef fish i will be using 30lb braid  budget is about $600

hey guys, i have had my fair share of kgs in the past but only as a bycatch, been out targeting the buggers(heaps) but with squat to bring home. been trying all the usual ground for em and moving from spot to spot very often but once again with stuff all luck, starting to think ye old kgs are my elusive species and dont want that to be the case hahahaha help me please, i lost my touch lol

if the weather is good in perth i would be a keen deckie

anyway PM me if you might be motivated and have a spot

cheers

Brad

my oldest boy,

 fresh from getting his skippers ticket has taken my dingy and my 4wd for the first time down to launch of the beach at cockburn sound,  just to have a bit of fun with the rays, turned out to be an eventful day for him and his mate..

gave him my hand held gps with a couple of spots marked in close so the could get some skippy/hearing for me for bait.

when launching the fisheries have come over asking about a dolphin with some net wrapped around his tail, they found the dolphin and whatched while being rescued.

then they have seen a baby whale jumping around a bit out in the channel, no sign of mum though.

later on, while out having some fun with a couple of rays they got a bycatch of a 51cm pinky(pussy holding it with a rag) and then the shovel nose.

i must of trained him right as everything was released to swim away healthy.

even the 4wd/dingy come back ok.

very proud of the the oldest, starting to get out there by himself and do his own thing, looks like the dingy is going to get used a bit more from now on.

but he has got f/all chance of taking the big boat out by himself.....for a long long long time.

cheers ron

hey all

hi ive got a egi force type C rod and the tip of it has some greenish sort of rust. does anyone's rod have this? i believe its because i was lazy the first time i used it and didnt wash the tip. is there a way to get it off with out cemicals??

cheers

danno

Hi, as a newby to boat fishing I'm wondering what 'type' of sun glasses are worn out on the ocean ?

Are polarised sunglasses worth the money and as good as they are advertised to be  

Thanks in advance 

Went out for a squid in Geo Bay today and saw whale after whale. Never seen so many. Been talking to the guys at the lighthouse who record the numbers of whales that round the cape and they say they have recorded record numbers this year. Got me thinking how long will it be until whaling starts again or is this a thing of the past? I would hate to see this but if the whale population keeps growing it will be hard to stop the Japs?

Just wondering what others opinions are of eating Ambers and Sambos. Just finished dinner of beer battered amber and it was great! Have kept the odd smaller amber and sambo lately and found the ambers haven't had any of the red worms in the flesh like the sambos have. The flesh is nice and firm and cooks up well. It's definately no Dhuie but I recon well worth keeping one if theres nothing else in the esky. Prefer the ambers over the sambos though.

Also kept a 10kgish sambo down in Albany the other week and it didn't have any worms and tasted great pan fried with bread crums. Do you think the colder water fish would have less worms/parasites?

hey all.

ok so im getting a TLD15 for bottom bashing.

what would be a good Fiberglass rod to match it up with? i'll be running 30lb braid through it but i would like a lighter rod so that it REALLY bends. i was thinking a ugly stick 8-12kg rod and push it hard but the rod is a spining rod... any thing like that would be great.

any help would be great cheers.

So who all was out there?!

I was out with Cammos, And I we saw JohnF, Chrisp, shecky, Till, seaswirl (nice boat), Just1Morecast, fisho-ron, Luke R, was that you Honsu?, and I'm sure there were more people who I just don't recognise.

Plenty of Amberjack out there that's for sure! Was a nice day once the wind died down out there. We have a few issues with the sounder not working and not actually having the marks for the barges so just followed the crowd and managed plenty of fish between us!

Great day out thanks cammos!

we headed over to rotto pretty late sat arvo and got there just before dark,

but after anchoring up with my mate and i got my glass full of the good oil, i got the rods out for the boys.

my young bloke and his cousin(holding the kg) had a ball getting into some hearing,skippy,kg,and a couple of silver bream.

the pb kg for the cousin at 49cm and maybe a few to many jimmys for me.........is 1 bottle to much? no so i give the second one a tickle

got up early to hit the barges with the other 50 boats, but to my suprise....i was not feeling the best and it was a bit choppy out there my stomach said,

so we done some trolling at west end for a while until i was feeling better!!!

the boys picked up a couple of tuna, a first for both of them, my sons one give him a good fight for 10mins,

but the other one was like he wanted to get in the boat.

then we headed out to the barges....need traffic lights out there fore sure......sambo gettin caught every where you looked,

i didnt fish to much as the guts was still not feeling the best, but the boys got onto a couple and also 3 big skippy.

(camera died when i was trying to get pics of the whales)

released no probs, but kept the skippy for bait when the ban comes off.

it was great to see so many f/w members out there getting into them.

it wasnt till about 1pm when i had another couple of jimmys and then i was felling good again.

a good night/day out for the boys, and i am blaming my mate who decided to come at the last minute,

 for getting into the jimmy

cheers ron

cousin with his kg

proof for him

my youg bloke blake with his first tuna

cousin michael with his tuna

Had a fish in the swan this arvo and got this nice 31cm bream.

I got some YGK Dyneema yesterday to give tying my own hooks a shot but the dude in Oceanside couldn't tell me what weight #40 was, actually sorry he did estimate it being around 160kg.  I took a punt that given it was the only weight they had in stock there it would be heavy enough for tying for sambo jigging.

Just had a look on the the JDM website and they've put it at 130kg (I think it's the same gear), can anyone confirm a) the weighting; and b) whether that would be suitable or whether to go heavier?

looks like nice fishing line

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Has anyone else here been through a full fishing revolution at some stage in their life. I used to find myself grabbing a lure before anything else in the past, usually an RMG or a classic. These days i find myself buying more plastics than anything else. In fact i tied on one lure in my last trip and gave it a pretty half assed effort for one or two troll runs. Anyway decided i would post a few pics of the plastic species me and some mates have encountered over the last 6 months or so

I am interested to see everyone elses captures so post your plastic captures in this thread

Cheers

Brad

Trout

GT's

bazzas just love em

another on a prong

Threadys

Jacks

Brassies

a small rankin

anyway thats enough, show us your plastics captures

this been producin any fish these days?? been years since i been but thinkin about goin tonight

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hi guys, i am wanting to get into some giant herring on fly or spin. haven't had any success. could any1 please give me some info on locations, time, flies to use, stripping technigues, etc.

cheers, Tom

Ive just bought a shimano t curve spin PE3-5 2 piece and going to use it for drift baiting out the back of a boat and some lite jigging work in 30 to 60m depth max

Been chatting with my mates and have been looking at the daiwa seagate 4500h.......seems to be a reasonable reel for the price

http://www.rayannes.com.au/daiwa-shimano-reels-australia/rods-reels/daiwa/daiwa-spin-reels/daiwa-seagate-4500h-369/

anyone has this reel currently and yr thoughts..................and or other suggestions for a reel wth 8-10kg drag that wont cost the earth (ie saltiga) which is my preferred choice but cost is a deterrent given ill use it no more than half a dozens times a yr

cheers folks

Just had a great long weekend. We left Geraldton Friday evening for a 4 day Diving/fishing trip. Couldnt belive it the swell was down and nearly no wind makes a nice change to have a pleasent trip over to the islands and not get blown to bits. We got over to the Southern Group of islands about 10pm all keen as to catch a fish but not much bitting. Got up early to see if we had a change but still nothing on the chew. So down for a dive we went and saw lots of fish and schools of bait fish hence the bigger ones not bitting as they would have been full of whitting. I managed to score a 60cm Dhu but i did have to shoot him. There were crays everyware even the Anchor wasnt safe. I also saw an Occy that camoflaged well. We fished lots but without much sucess and not from a lack of trying by the skipper he was one of the best skippers i have ever had. He even proved himself more by drifting over a spot he said was good twice, without scoring any fish on a line but he insisted it was good, so we went over the side. What an amazing dive there where fish everyware just not bitting. I managed to shoot 2 Baldies 4 to 5 kgs as did my dive buddy and i think just about everyone else that went in that dive. I also saw Dhuies, Snapper, Coral Trout and the biggest Mackie i have ever seen would have gone 5 foot. All in all a great escape from the real world and came home with a feed of fish for my troubles. Thanks to the crew i went with had a blast

Hi Guys,

Anybody have a link or info on how to tie assist hook

im sure they have been on forum in the past just cant find them

Thanks Guys

Enjoy