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hey guys, im looking to purchase a shimano stradic ci4 2500 for my shimano 7' catana rated 6-8kg, just wondering on some reports on this reel? is it worth paying an extra $80 from the new stradic fi? im looking to put on around 12-15lb braid on it. also wondering if there are any other shimano reels i should look at for the rod, it will be used for flicking small lures of rocks and jettys and im going to take it up to carnarvon in around a month so i need something small, strong and to hold a decent amount of 12-15lb braid.

any suggestions will be great.

Hey everybody

can anyone tell me if you are allowed to fish off the rocks at Coogee marina yet .I havnt been down there for a while but every time i went there for a look  i would get chased away by the Fun Police(security guard). 

It's knowing that I'm only a few hours away from my next landbased fishing adventure. It's the mystery and nervous anticipation that the waiting brings. In four hours I'll be waking up and heading off on my last trip to 'chase the big one' before our firstborn arrives.

Here's the plan. I'll be arriving at Hill River about 5am to soak a big bait for a few hours and bait cast for some morning tailor. All being well, by around 8am I'll have a couple of good sized tailor and a nice fat mullaway on the beach.

Then I'll head out to Cervantes service jetty for a bit of ballooning. Hopefully catch a reef shark or two and who knows - I might get lucky and land a sambo or something unexpected. I'll also flick out the little rod for some of those big 'stormies' - fat gardies and no doubt land a couple of herring at the same time.

Then I'll clean up my catch and head up to the house in Leeman for a couple of hours kip. When my mate arrives, we'll hit our secret spot for some squid and launch the balloons to see whats offshore. Some big sharks around the spot and some 'unknowns' that THIS TIME we will be ready for. Maybe sambos, perhaps a stray mack, or even a snapper close in.

If we feel like it we might just go another 'spot' to walk the reef for some crabs and cobbler. Not sure....but I might be getting a bit greedy if I do that :-p

Truth be told - I'll probably come home with a feed of herring and not much else. But I just LOVE the thought that all of the above might transpire. I also LOVE our country...where else in the world can you potentially do all this within a few hours of a major population!

I'll report back on Sunday. Wish me luck!

hi ppl i am new to boating and i am looking for a canopy/bimini/ fish finder combo but have limited funds can any one out there help me out

so if ive been  reading right will any aftermarket transducer match up with any sounder?

i have a hds 5 but im using the trans ducer from my old lms527c  it works  ok but  question is how much better will a aftermarket transducer made the sounder and in what way?

would it be better to get a better transducer or get the lowrace structure scan?

most of my boating is done below 80meters if that helps

It's a bit close to the event but I thought I'd put it up anyway. If you're looking for a light lure rod for the Exmouth Invitational, or if you just want a plastics rod for pinkies as we start moving towards the season check out the Lemax SlimMax SC.

The rods come in a range of sizes but the 6'6" and 7'0" rods are great plastics or light sportfishing rods and have accounted for some unbelievable fish locally, in the northern parts of WA and overseas. There's some YouTube footage at the bottom of the text if you want to see them in action and get a feel of what they're capable of.

The rods come with Lemax' custom silicon carbide guides, have a Fuji reel seat, they look great and they're competitively priced. If you're a Daiwa Sol user the gold and blue deco makes it a great match. There are a couple of baitcasting options which I think supplies are running low of at the moment but if you want one down the track then talk to any of the stockists and they'll be able to sort something out for you.

Giant Arapaima: the battle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUJeLZ3q6HA

Giant Arapaima: the victory - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjiel5AG3hQ

These are great rods that won't let you down.

before the question let me make it clear that in no way shape or form am i having a dig at anyone this is just out of interest so dont any one take it to heart.

i have noticed alot of fish id piks comming up on the sight wich is a great thing as you can learn from it BUT most of these piks are either paver shots or kill shots in the kitchen esky etc etc.
so my question is if you dont know what it is y kill it?? doesnt make sence at all. it just seems maybe its just kill for the hell of it . i have always been tought if you are unsure take the pik and release it safely get the id and it goes from there.
please can someone shed some light on the situation

Guys, I have always fished for Bream with bait but now want to start using lures. I have used them before for bream but not really put much effort in to it. I want to change that.

If you had to choose 6 to start with what would they be and why?

I know Brenz will automatically say the Zipbait Khamsin that he seems to be doing so well with but what else?

I will be dinghy based if that makes any difference.

Cheers

BJ 

Just chasing some recent info on the tantabiddi ramp, i have never seen it before and have never used it either obviously. I have searched on here and people are talking about bog mats on the low etc.

Tides are on the spring side of the scale and with the comp having the high in the middle of the days there is going to be lots of launches and retieves for all around the low tide marks so for those locals and those already there is there certian times to avoid the ramp. I'm hoping to get one very early start in and i'm considering just using Bundegi for this.

I have a Mitsubishi Pajero 08 model and my boat is a 5.3m Polycraft which is 1.6 tonnes BMT. Bog mats have been ordered and will hopefully be here in time.

Cheers guys

Just need some advice, I have a tld25 spooled with about 500m of 10kg that i use for sailies around dampier. I am not sure if I should re-spool with a heavier line class (15 or 24) or if I will get away with the 10 for exxy next week? going to be using it for trawling for blacks ect. Cheers

Hey Guys,

Anyone thinking of heading out this saturday as the weather looks fishiable for most of the day just gotta keep an eye on the sweel.

Just wondering if anyones thinking of heading out :)

well good luck to anyone heading out.

Cheers Dave

Just off to Burns for a couple of hours now in week Six of my Three week vacation thanks to that wonderful Icelandic volcano.

hey guys

 Trip has been booked to new guinea for chrissy this year to catch up with the olds,  were booked into all the usual resorts arround kavieng but also tufi dive resort which has black bass fishing down the Musa River.  Has anyone got any ideas on what lures gear etc to take, or any good articles in fishing mags I can track down.  So far im thinking it's a bit like red bass fishing just in creeks and with baitcasters which i have done a fair bit off.

Ive got so far

calcutta 400 30 pound live fibre 8-10 kilo rod

shimano curado 200e7 20lb 6-10 kilo t-curve

twin power 6000 30lb  lucanus jig spin pe2-3 

im thinkin lures like rmg scorps, rapala x raps just dont know what sizes and what depths

any help

Looking for software to link my GPS to PC.

I have a lowrance GPS with navionics charts.

Does anyone use Navplanner or something similar?

Hi guys

Caught this fish a while back and wondered what type of fish species it is. Caught in about 40meters South West of Rotto The fish was in poor shape as it surfaced due to it been fouled hooked in the guts.

Thanks
Justin

tell us about the trip and throw up some pics.Dont leave ANYTHING out I hear you got the Russell Coight award for the trip.

I found a great website to view really old newspapers in perth.
Just found a few swan river shark storys....

jan 1888

1904

1923

 Given all the recent debate on release methods .

What happens to all the sambo's that are being caught for sport in deep water  ?

Are people taking the time and effort to release these on a release weight ?

Well the reels are spolled , the gardies rigged and 4 weeks till she is on.

Team Baba Bing has 2 new members this year with Jay and another mate Quinny( billfish first) jumping on board.

The excitement is all ready building up for me as I have not done a hell of alot of fishing this year .Hope to see some freindly faces and best of luck to everybody.

See you there, Craig

hows this.....

my brother and my old man are away down south on holiday with wives, kids, etc. the old man took down his 19ft ocean whaler, and they went out fishing yesterday. bro reckons they would have done 30 odd mile scratchin around looking for fish/ground, and had caught nothing all day, except for a few shit fish.

with nothing in the esky (fish wise), around 3 oclock decided to call it a day, and just go in and get some squid so as not to come home empty handed. the squid ground was broken weed/ sand patches as per usual, and the old man thought it looked ok for a king george or 2, so threw down a small baited hook, on 4kg line.

15 minutes later, in 6m of water, 1.25kms from the boat ramp they launched at, he boated a 13kg dhuie.

Hi all,

Never posted on here before but here goes. My name is Rob and I'm studying film at uni and we're making a documentary about blowfish in the Swan River with the angle of how annoying they are and what a pest they are to our favourite fishing spots. I am looking for anybody, male or female, preferrably a little older and with lots of character who is willing to give up there time for a couple of hours so we can interview them about their experiences with catching blowfish. Just answering simple questions like do you think the blowfish in the Swan River are out of control? What do you think should be done? What do you do when you catch a blowfish? pretty simple stuff. Also if you are older or know someone who older who fished the Swan River 'back in the day', and could tell a few stories about what it used to be like fishing the river before the blowies took over that would be golden. Let me know if you are interested in sharing some stories on camera and helping out a fellow fisherman. Cheers!

Rob

P.S. Filming would be low key, only a crew of 4 people, probably down the river somewhere with a nice background. Nothing too intimidating.

Of all of the issues discussed recently I was suprised that no one has addressed the need for some common sense concerning release of fish that clearly not going to make it. 

The last few trips out every blackarse I pulled up from 110 metres was done for even one that was doubled up with a pinkie that had no effects of trauma.  Luckily I caught them before we reached our bag limit. 

I have given this some thought and for me it makes sense to have an option of bringing in fish that are severely injured or dead and contacting fisheries to pick them up and give to a charity.

My last question is;  is this a common problem with blackarse in deep water??.....by the way they weren't babies and were well over the limit.

I have always used my release weight since moving here from the states 2.5 years ago.  Good on the bloke who came up with the idea!

Ben

Would like to try prawning in the river am I right to assume that the right time to go is when the tide is high and just turned as soon as it gets dark?

On the attched tide pic is 7.04pm a good time to prawn? is the tide running fast enough or wait until there is a bigger high tide?

any tips appreiceated

i know there is a lot of ifs and buts about this question, just after a genaral guide.

a mate is looking at a 1999 northshore 6.5 mtr with a 1999 200 2 stroke yammy.

the whole thing is in poor to very average cond including boat,motor and trailer.(380 hrs)

they are still licenced but do req work.

rough run down...paint is badly faded, gelcoat is a bit rough to feel , few cracks in gelcoat, motor badly faded but dose seem to run ok, clears and canopy need to be replaced, interior is worn but not ripped, trailer is ok apart from the brakes.

the boat has not been in the water for a couple of years at least.

a couple of better points, it dose have a new s/steel tank, flush mount gps/sounder, cd, 27meg radio, digatal epirb, good jackets, deck wash, live wells in the rear, kill tanks in the floor, drive on trailer, etc etc

preety much all the standard equipment that they come with (if you know the boat)

just after a rough idea what it is worth,

as is or in top cond?

i have my own thoughts but i dont want to influence any one

cheers

can we play region 1 dvds on aussie dvd players, laptops etc or only region4? if only region 4 is there something you can do to play r1?

 Does anybody know where I can get a reef anchor suitable for a 42' boat ?

Or is there a better option available ?

hi

whats been going on lately at hillarys im thinking of going for a flick what do u reocn ill catch?

many thanks matt

hey guys,

planning on going out for a day with a few mates and we are currently working out if it is worth going with 4 of us on a 5m boat, or 2 each in 2 boats (5m and a tinny)...

anyone got any thoughts on how many is too many???

cheers,

Scott