Just wondering if anyones ken to head our for a fish?

if i went fishing tomora morning at long point can i expect tailor around there yet im reely keen for a fish or what can i get sharks or anything if i berly up any help guys would be great

me and the misses want to go out for a fish this weekend or next on a fishing charter boat was just wondering if any 1 can help with what charter we should go on and what fish we are capable to catch how much and wer from any sugestions cherz

Gday crew - just a quickie no pics sorry

Picked spooled up at 1430 for a arvo sesh at a spot north of gero i thought looked the goods once before on a scouting mish. quick stop at the 440 for some H20 and we hit the beach. Quick let down of the tyres but otherwise uneventful trip we arrived at the spot. looked the goods! had some new gear i was keen to try out so we suncreamed up donned the gear and swum out for a geez at the crayfish realestate. it was suprisingly deep just the 50-60m (between 5-8m) off the beach so the first few dives where a test but quickly settled down into a rythem and we began the hunt. first spots drew a dissapointing 1 size but atleast it was a start. back into the cruiser and up the beach another 100m and straight back into it... this time the spots where on fire! crays everywhere! spooled was on fire couldnt miss wheres i struggled but still managed to nab a couple. some lovely big ledges and a couple of deep caves where spied full of kakkerz out of reach! also seen 2 baldies which got the trigger finger itching for the start of the season! anyways i had a nightshift to get to at 1900 so after a quick gauge out we ended with 5 keepers and 13 released. not a bad effort off the beach but i rekon we can do better lol! tomorrows forecast looks good!! =)

cheers poddy

A truckie who has been out on the road for three weeks stops
into a brothel outside Kalgoorlie.

He walks straight up to the Madam, drops down $500 and says,
I want your ugliest woman and a burnt chop.!!

The Madam is astonished. 'But sir, for that kind of money you
could have one of my finest ladies and a lovely three-course meal.

The truckie replies, 'I'm not horny . . . . ... I'm homesick.

Difference between men & women 

HER DIARY
Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a bar to have a drink. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no comment on it. Conversation wasn't flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we could talk. He agreed, but he didn't say much. I asked him what was wrong; he said, 'Nothing.' I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said he wasn't upset, that it had nothing to do with me, and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly, and kept driving. I can't explain his behaviour. I don't know why he didn't say, 'I love you, too.' When we got home, I felt as if I had lost him completely, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore. He just sat there quietly, and watched TV. He continued to seem distant and absent. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. To my surprise, he responded to my caress, and we made love. But I still felt that he was distracted, and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep - I cried. I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster.

HIS DIARY:
The boat wouldn't start today and I can't figure out why, but at least I got laid.

A man moves into a nudist colony.
He receives a letter from his grandmother asking him to send her a current photo of himself in his new location.
Too embarrassed to let her know that he lives in a nudist colony,
he cuts a photo in half and mails it.

The next day he discovers that he had accidentally sent the bottom half of the photo. He's really worried but then remembers how bad his grandmother's eyesight is, and hopes she won't notice.

A few weeks later, he receives a letter from his Grandmother.
It says: "Thank you for the picture.
Changed your hairstyle... it makes your nose look too short.
Love, Grandma"

hi guy im new to fish wrecked. I was looking to go up to steep just after christmas 2 days to be excate. spoke to pam she said most of the time it windy then is it safe enough for a tinnie at that time of the year. can anyone help

Heading out tomorrow afternoon with the old man for some crabbing, has anyone had any luck recently? If so, what depth of water?
Cheers
Bryan

Im looking to get some bream soon and my mate has been telling me the about switch blade lure's. Im hopefully going to get some soon and i want to know the cheapest place to get them and the best technique to use them.

All help is much appreciated

Edited from Tracy Spicer The Daily Telegraph

November 23, 2009 08:04am

Delaware North now owns three islands in the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef - Wilson, Lizard and Heron and Kings Canyon Resort in Watarrka National Park, midway between Uluru and Alice Springs.

And the ink is almost dry on the contract to buy El Questro Wilderness Park & Homestead on one million acres in WA's remote Kimberley.

Delaware North has a 20-year history Down Under.  Since the free trade agreement was signed in 2005, the US has been able to invest up to $1 billion at a time without seeking approval.  China has asked for the same deal, during its free trade negotiations.

At the same time, foreign companies are covertly buying up adjacent farms in Australia to use as a "salad bowl" in the case of global food shortages.

Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait want to purchase more than $1 billion worth of our farmland to feed their own people.

Australia is ripe for the picking.  It's difficult to accept the loss of what makes this place special - the coral cays of the Great Barrier Reef; the red rawness of the Kimberley; the land of the Never Never.

Could you imagine the US Government agreeing to such a thing?

The Grand Aussie Canyon.  The Statue of Liberty, holding aloft a meat pie. Snags at the Smithsonian.  It would never happen.

Delaware North says the purchase of its reef and wilderness properties is part of an overt strategy to move into hotels and resorts in Australia. It makes you wonder what's next.

Hi Guys,

We were fishing the Rotto Trench yesterday in about 800m of water when we trolled past a dead sheep in the water.  We also found a sheeps head floating seperately. We assumed they were thrown overboard by a sheep ship. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this and how often it occurs?

We caught one dolphin fish and missed another from the fist sheep but the head didn't seem to be working as a FAD quite as well. :-)

Cheers,

Grant.

Innovative program to recycle and dispose of old fishing gear expands to Newport News, VA with special collection event

Press Release

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Fishing for Energy, the innovative partnership that provides a cost-free solution for fishermen to dispose of old fishing gear and turns it into renewable energy has expanded to Virginia. Newport News is the latest port community on the east coast and first in the state of Virginia to participate.

An initiative between Covanta Energy (Covanta), the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program, and Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., the Fishing for Energy partnership is holding a day-long commercial fishing gear collection event at King Lincoln Park to collect old, abandoned or lost fishing gear on November 20. Also partnering with the program is the City of Newport News, resulting in a diverse, community-focused partnership aimed at reducing the burden on area fishermen posed by the need to dispose of old fishing gear. Abandoned or lost fishing equipment threatens marine life, impacts navigational safety, and has economic repercussions on fishing and shipping enterprises and, most importantly, coastal communities.

"This event is an important opportunity to clean up our waterways by working collaboratively with committed organizations," said Newport News Mayor Joe S. Frank. "We are proud to sponsor the initiative locally at our Seafood Industrial Park, which has evolved into a major seafood hub of the east coast. As the location of the first Fishing for Energy event in Virginia, we're confident we'll assist in continuing the valuable work being done by the partnership."

The Fishing for Energy partnership depends on extensive cooperation between local organizations and the fishing community. In Newport News, the City has worked collaboratively with the partnership to raise awareness within the fishing community of the new no-cost disposal option and to organize the collection event. Because disposal is free and it's easy for fisherman to participate, it is expected that the collection will significantly increase the likelihood that derelict gear is disposed of properly and does not end up in the marine environment.

"Since 2008, Fishing for Energy has worked with ports across the country to collect more than 220 tons of dangerous derelict gear. On behalf of the partnership, we are proud to expand our program to the state of Virginia and partner with such a vibrant commercial fishing hub like Newport News," said Paul Gilman, Chief Sustainability Officer for Covanta Energy. "We look forward to helping the Newport News fishing community properly dispose of the port's old gear while recycling and creating renewable energy from something otherwise seen as junk."

The Fishing for Energy partnership is holding a marine debris collection event today Friday, November 20 at King Lincoln Park (south end of Jefferson Ave, Newport News), beginning at 2 p.m.

Since launching in 2008, the Fishing for Energy partnership has reeled in more than 220 tons of old fishing gear, a portion of which has been retrieved directly from the ocean by fishermen. This year, the partnership has expanded to work with ports on both the east and west coasts of the United States, hosting a series of launch events which aim to promote retired or derelict fishing gear collection through community education and outreach. For more information on the partnership visit: www.nfwf.org/fishingforenergy.

About Newport News, VA

What is now known as the Newport News Seafood Industrial Park was formed in 1915 as the Municipal Industrial Commission. The facility soon became a haven for both inshore and offshore fishing boats unloading their catch for transfer to market. Today the City-owned facility is one of the busiest Atlantic scallop ports on the east coast.

About Covanta

Covanta Energy is an internationally recognized owner and operator of large-scale Energy-from-Waste and renewable energy projects and a recipient of the Energy Innovator Award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Covanta's 44 Energy-from-Waste facilities provide communities with an environmentally sound solution to their solid waste disposal needs by using that municipal solid waste to generate clean, renewable energy. Annually, Covanta's modern Energy-from-Waste facilities safely and securely convert approximately 20 million tons of waste into more than 9 million megawatt hours of clean renewable electricity and create over 10 billion pounds of steam that are sold to a variety of industries. For more information, visit www.covantaenergy.com.

About National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

A nonprofit established by Congress in 1984, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation sustains, restores and enhances the Nation's fish, wildlife, plants and habitats. Through leadership conservation investments with public and private partners, NFWF is dedicated to achieving maximum conservation impact by developing and applying best practices and innovative methods for measurable outcomes. Since its establishment, NFWF has awarded nearly 9,500 grants to over 3,000 organizations in the United States and abroad and leveraged - with its partners - more than $400 million in federal funds into more than $1.3 billion for on-the-ground conservation. For more information, visit www.nfwf.org.

About NOAA

NOAA understands and predicts changes in the Earth's environment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and conserves and manages our coastal and marine resources.

The NOAA Marine Debris Program, housed within the Office of Response & Restoration, coordinates, strengthens, and increases the visibility of marine debris issues and efforts within the agency, its partners, and the public. The program supports activities at both a national and international level focused on identifying, reducing and preventing debris from entering the marine environment. NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) protects coastal and marine resources, mitigates threats, reduces harm, and restores ecological function. The Office provides comprehensive solutions to environmental hazards caused by oil, chemicals, and marine debris. For more information, visit: www.noaa.gov.

About Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. is one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of recycled ferrous metal products in the United States. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Schnitzer Steel operates 42 facilities in 13 states, including seven export facilities on both the East and West coasts, as well as in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The company's vertically integrated operating platform also includes its auto parts and steel manufacturing businesses. The auto parts business sells used auto parts through its 38 self-service facilities and 18 full-service facilities located in 16 states and western Canada. With an annual production capacity of nearly 800,000 tons, Schnitzer's steel manufacturing business produces finished steel products, including rebar, wire rod and other specialty products. Schnitzer Steel Industries commenced its 103rd year of operations in 2009.

Hi all wanting to get some advise on what is the best tool or knife to shuck the Abs. I use a small knife but was thinking maybe a spoon as it is round.

Cleaning of Abs,  Do you remove the fringe from the Abs or does it remain. 

Thanks in advance 

pick up my boat this week....woohoo... now to catch my first wa fish...can someone recommend anny areas to get a feed of king george whiting???? i live donw mandurah way few ppl have told me to go to cockburn sound...any ideas will be grrreat thanks

Finally got a little weather window to give the travelling lure a swim.

Headed to the reliable queenie spot but they weren't really on the chew, apart from two 60cm rats. Hooked a nice 8-9kg brassy trevally on it but the hooks pulled just as we put the landing net in the water, got some nice tooth marks only!

Eventually got a little golden which was worthy of a pic. Strange thing was I got it by letting the richter sink to the bottom in 10m and working it like I usually fish my banana jigs.

PM me your address Adam and I'll post it over (unless Brad/Huggy want it and will send it you when they are done).

Finally got the second lane of the boat ramp installed at Onslow. Never gets really busy anyway but will certainly help when ma and pa tourist who have no idea freeze up one lane.

Caution still needs to be taken on the very low springs. Had to use low range on a 100 series on the new lane to pull my 6m vessel out recently.

Lighting has also been installed in the carpark.

couple of things.

Hit the water yesterday and went to rotto to check the pots. Got a few crays so this was good.

Went for a cruise around tommos, and saw the police boat (the big one) doing convoys of boats out towards parker point??
Then saw a fisheries boat doing another convoy?? all leaving from tommos bay, maybe 15-18 boats at a time.

Anyone know what that was all about??

Spotter plane was up and about yesterday and today, doing laps of rotto.

Today saw 2 flares go off in tomo's bay?? whats the penalty for setting off a false flare?? anyone know?

Today was a great day on the water, got our abs, got some crays, got in for a dip.

Managed to hit a nice KG with the straight hook which was a bonus!!

Ok ,your fishing in your boat, a friend comes over in his boat and gives you some crays (he is over his limit ) . If you have a licence , can you bring them in? I think the answer is no. cheers Pete

Was fishing in Karratha this morning and somewhere between 6:30 and 7am heard a Mayday call, didnt get the vessels name and no co-ordinates were given, never heard anything related again, was on VHF channel 16. Did anyone else hear this or did I mishear?

as there is alot of divers on the sight i was wondering if there is any tricks to over come the fear of sharks? used to be fine with them but had a couple of not so pleasent experiences wich have givin me the heebee geebies ever since and now im really missing the whole freedive / spear fish thing and wanna get back in the water
cheers brenz

hey ive read that redfin were intreoduced to the preston river and have heard people say that they are in there but has anyone on here actually seen or caught one from the preston river below Glen Mervyn Dam??? or seen one because dad and i fish there often and went fishing there today and weve seen some carp but never a redfin... any info on this topic would be greatly appreciated!

I went off shore at the northern reefs near Burns and was amazed at the low tide,the weather was perfect for it,no swell and very good vis.Thats the best part,Due to the whale carcass only a big lump of decomposed blubber now the Dept of Conservation were up there warning people and putting up notices,as there had been a couple of sharks seen.most,if not all ignored these warnings ,but you get that.I saw two Calm officers,one male and the other female,doing their best to,(1) enforce the 0700 start and 0800 finish,the young female did the best job I have ever seen any one one due,she waded out over waist deep to tell the Fishers to stop .I saw one fisheries officer,he did diddly squat,(2) the amount of over fishing,Exceeding the bag limit was shocking,he did not even try ,I did see a block telling him but I dont think he could give a she it. jersey

I overnighted north of Two Rocks. The evening was tough going with an annoying SW breeze and some weed floating around. I had the beach to myself until a couple of vehicles decided to pull up alongside and fish my burley trail. I don't know what it is but this happens quite a bit. To make matters worse they unloaded a quad so the kids could cut loose. On dark they decided to illuminate things with what I counted as 10 front and roof mounted spotlights. To make matters worse. they departed leaving a mound of empty beer bottles and their bait bags on the beach. From memory, the signage on the vehicle was Dominator Homes. If your a member here, shame on you.

Anyway, Tailor did run for a short time just on dark and I bagged a couple of nice fish for the BBQ. Some nice Herring were there for a while also.

I woke at 4:30am and went straight at it. At 5am I landed the first Tailor. I missed 2 more before things went off the boil. UncleStu turned up a little later. The burley trail was working a treat with lots of bait fish activity close to shore. UncleStu and his son got into the action with some nice fat Herring and a good enough Flathead for a feed. No Tailor. After a couple of hours we packed it in and headed off in our own directions. It was a great morning for it and it's always nice to see one of the fellas come up and join in.

No pics today.. Sorry.

Oh; BTW Mr Dominator Homes, UncleStu looked after your sorry mess.

hey guys

going out on the river today 

and wont to be cloes to black wall reach 

the problam is have never put out boat in down there where can i do this ?

cheers 

dane

Some of these photos have been posted, but im tying them all together and have put up a mud map for the rivermouth.

Sat 7th nov went down to walpole with Hlokk for a few days until he had to go back to work, then my friends came down until the 15t.  At the Coalmine beach caravan park office Matt was there as I walked in, so we said hello, checked in and got to our campsite to set up the gear.  After putting the tents and general camp together we rigged up and went fishing.

The boatramp at the yacht club next to coalmine beach is out of action with a new ramp being built at the moment, so it was a short drive into town to launch the boat.  We were in the water by about 3:30-4:00pm.  My boat is a quintrex fishabout 4.3 with a 40 hp Johnson, perfect for Walpole and its rivers.  So we headed straight for a spot near the deep rivermouth as Matt told me he had never caught a kgw before.  There was another boat there anchored in the deeper waters of the mouth with two old fellas in it, who were saying they were getting small bream.  So we set up in the shallows near by and got to fishing.  I was fishing half prawns on a running sinker rig and Matt was into soft plastics and hardbodies.  We were getting bites and it wasnt long till I hooked into the first kg, it was about 30cm, so small, but size.  After that we both got hookups but bait was proving more effective in getting the fish to the boat.  Matt landed his first kg with a soft plastic and few casts later.  I think we got about 6-7 around the same size as the light faded and we headed in.

We got back to the campsite after cleaning the fish and decided to eat and go to bed relatively early so we could fish the next day.  So we set up the gas stove and frypans to discover that we had no oil or butter in the tuckerbox.  Matt proved skilled with some alfoil engineering to cook up the kg's steaming style to be had on plain bread with salt and pepper.  A great improv feed, but a few more kg's would have been good.  The next morning Matt again went macguyver on the cooking to knock out some fried eggs.

So up early (so we thought at 5am) to discover the sun had beaten us by a good 45 mins or more.  Anyway after a quick feed it was back to the ramp and out on the water.  This was the moment we had been waiting for, Fairly still conditions and a chance head outside. As we got to the mouth I could see that it was as flat as I had ever seen it, so we stuck to the right hand side at about 10knts and headed out over a millpond.  As we cleared the rocky headland the swells could be felt, but it wasnt too bad.  Within 20mts of the rocks it drops off to 20mts+.  We had heard good things about the back of Saddle island and headed out to see if we could find some ground.  We found some lumps between goose and saddle island and attempted a drift, but we were moving too fast so we headed into the lee of the eastern side of saddle island.  There was ground here, and in the lee the drift was slower.

We set up a few drifts with no action and were going to look for other area, when we had one final go.  I was fishing with a surecatch 5'6" 15-24 kg boat rod with a cruiser overhead reel with 30lb fireline.  Using a simple paternoster with two dropper loops, one with a snapper hook with some squid and the other with a large hook for a soft plastic squid.  Matt was using soft plastics and some lighter gear.  Pretty much as soon as the weight hit the bottom i was getting good bites and  set the hooks to bring up a 31cm pink snapper. At least we were onto something! So we went back over the spot, anchored and got the burley trail going.  Pretty soon I had landed a few more undersize pink snapper and some wrasse. Matt hooked into something that was taking drag, but busted him off at the leader.  Since we didnt seem to be having any luck finding some bigger edible fish, I changed the rig to two snapper hooks, and swapped bait to some sand whiting heads and frames.  This was still getting bites, and then it got hit and I was onto the first of two harlequin fish.  Both caught on the gut section of a whiting frame threaded on a hook.  The first one was about 44cm and the other over 50cm.

The wind swung and with no more action we headed in.  We refueled the boat in town, and bought up on the kitchen supplies I would need for the next week.  

Matt and I also fished the channel and flats near the franklin and up into the franklin without much success, but I did land a 34cm bream and Matt hooked a dark river herring on a hardbodie while trolling.  Matt had to head back home and my friends arrived.

The conditions were the same most mornings, but we were up earlier and generally my crew was hungover.  We fished outside a few more mornings, with only wrasse and small pinkies caughte.  Although I had a big hookup and run near saddle island again, that was taking drag quickly, I felt it go round the reef and I lost my rig.

Inside the inlet, we fished all over with catches of kgw, flathead, bream.  Though  not in huge numbers, just a couple here and there.  Fishing coalmine beach itself at night was worth the effort with some big bream and flatties taken in the wee hours. Also the rockwall of the yacht club claimed a few bream too.

The rivermouth isnt as scary as it looks, although I had not seen it this flat in numerous trips to walpole over the last two years.  Obviously prevailing westerlies helped us out, and as such we didnt even look at going to peaceful bay.

I had a great trip, thanks Matt for the photos as I dropped my phone in the water and its cactus:D Hope the mudmap helps.

hi guys taking my boat up to step point anyone got some spot or point on catching macks out at the fault line or any where good around thier 4 reds or pinkies. cheers matt

Hey all,

 A mate and myself have decided we're gonna give fishing a go to entertain us during the uni holidays, only problem is we have no idea how to get started. We got some basic second hand rods from a garage sale (we're poor uni students ) and tried out North Mole and the Hillary's disabled platform, but everytime we went, we got nothing, while the people around us kept pulling in fish. We also got quite a few dirty looks from what we assumed were the 'regulars' for stealing their 'space' despite being there a few hours before they got there.

 We're hoping for some advice on line type and bait and such, and possible some good landbased spots. Perhaps even some secret spots lol. We can hope. We're just hoping to catch something other than the basic yellowtails. Hopefully some squid would be good fun.

We were also hoping to attempt scooping for crabs in Mandurah, but again we're not sure where to go. We're just after some adventures to make our summer holidays a little interesting. Any advice would be great. 

Maz & Nadine

Wondering if and where you're allowed to use a cast net SOR?

I've seen some nice schools of mullet around Point Peron before and would love to collect some for bait with the cast net. On the fisheries website it says that no net fishing is allowed anywhere within 800m or shore in that area.. but on the DEC website it shows a map of the shoalwater marine park and most of the top of point peron area is a general use area where cast netting is allowed (with the net licence) Is that right?

Does anyone use a cast net down this way?

I finally got out for a dive this morning just a lazy one from the shore Metro as well and got 4 keepers vis was poor about 3m but still managed to get a few

decided to rough it today and go for a fish.
i didnt get out of the channel till 9.30 and it was a bit choppy.
after deciding that a run to the islands was a bad idea i headed along to the mids.
sitting in about 7 meters i burleyed up and set up, one rod with a drifted mulie and another with a paternoster rig,hoping to snag a few kg's
after about 20 quiet minutes the mulie went off,a flattie of around 50cms.
only small herring where interested in the other rig, after another half hour the mulie went off again and after a long fight a gummie shark was in the net,as i had never even seen a gummie shark let alone caught one i was stoked.
no sooner had the mulie hit the water again another run, this time a larger gummie,he had managed to get my line wrapped around his middle so it was difficult to turn him.patience prevailed and he was nicely landed.
as it was quite rough i decided to finish off in oyster harbour, caught a few kgs but all released as the size was too close to call.had a run on the mulie that tried to pull my arms off,for every meter of line i gained it took 2 back,eventually i got it below the boat and feeling a bit too confident i loaded up a bit too much and the rig broke :huh:

i finished the day with,4 large flatties,2 gummies and about a dozen herring,and a very well fed pelican that ate all my left over mulies.

cheers

Hey guys,

 I'm wanting to know were is the best place to take my boat for some freshwateer action? I know Harvey has a nice boat ramp but it's a little bit to far and you can't use your motor. I don't feel like getting stuck some where on the dam if my leccy battery goes flat. But i don't know what the launching facilitys are like at waroona dam. Any help would be great.

Cheers

Tim