im thinking of giving the mole a bash these holidays for snapper

i have no clue on the best methods

so can anyone fill me in on what bait i need, line class, rig, weather conditions, tides and moon etc and anything else vital to get me a snapper?

Hey guys,

Can someone please tell me the current bag limits for fish. I have been to

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/WestLimits/westcoast_rules_2008.pdf

there is a bit that says from 1st Jan 2009 boat limits for high risk fish will be 8 if there is 2-4 people on board a boat. 

Does this mean that currently i am only limited to the restrictions specidfied on this link. so in theory you could take 2 barracude, 1 bill fish, 4 cobbler, 2 cobia, 1 coral trout, 4 cod etc

obviously i wouldnt take all these fish but is there currently a limit apart form the species bag limits.

cheers.

just wondering your opinons on eating large swan river mussels. got a few real big ones while fishing for bream at the canning bridge and i didnt bother. apparently they can taste pretty muddy nd disgusting. i am a bit iffy about eating local shellfish

thanks

I was looking at the tackle shop at wanneroo markets today and saw all the brands like gladiator(banax), viva etc

i was thinking to myself are these cheap because they are crap or just because they aren't selling a logo like daiwa or shimano

are these brands quality and just cheap because they aren't brand name or are they cheap simply because you are getting what you pay for?

i bought a cheap viva pelican beach rod for something like 40 bucks so ill give that a try for a while and see for myself

but anyone have an idea on the quality of this gear or have any previous expierience with it?

Looking at buying an outfit for spinning with 15-20lb braid. Will hopefully get amongst some tuna and mackies using metals and stickbaits so want a rod that can throw up to 30-40g maybe but also want to be able to use it for soft plastics offshore on some reefies. One that has caught my eye is the Nitro Distance Spin Magg Butt, is their anything that can compare? Want to match it with either a 4000-5000 Shimano or 3000-4000 Daiwa with a smooth, strong drag that will stand up to big fish. Budget of around $350 for the reel and $300 for the rod. Looking for quality. What are my options?

Any help would be terrific

Damo

Are any South West Members interested in catching up for Xmas drinks on Friday 19th at the Parade Hotel in Bunbury? If so please PM me.

Be good to meet some of you!

This was a few years back while spearing off Steep Point (bout a mile south of Steeps)

I was just wondering if anyone on this site has fished Gamex in resent years.

hey just adding to the post i put up on tuesday morning about the pinks at the 5's. Went out monday as i said and got 4 tuesday was good day got 5 and about 6 bust off's and yesterday got 2 but lost alot one of which was 72cm and 5kg which i got on my berkley dropshot 7"2 2-4kg matched with penn applause 4000 with 8lb braid and 20lb mono leader on the new octojigs which im totally stoked about. If you want to get into the snapper i suggest getting out asap as there is no shortage of them and i dont know how long they will hang around for im going out again tommorow but will be releasing probley all but 1 which i promised one of my mates

heading down to busselton early january.

what's there at this time?

any bonito,

my mate is there now n the trout salmon are there in force. will theys till be around

Anyone got one?

Are they inherently any better than a standard baitcaster?

Can anyone give a comparison or pros and cons to a spiral wrapped baitcaster?

If anyone has some dive gear they would let me borrow for the weekend give me a call on.

Need Bc, Regs and tank

0415 777 565

Heading up to wedge.

Cheers
Dean

HOPING the tailor were still around, five hardy souls (Jody, Sherbs, Dean, Doug and myself), headed down to Pinaroo Point last night. While a solid breeze and fair amount of weed made the conditions far from ideal, it looked like it was going to be a really good night when Jody, Doug and I arrived to see two of Sherb and Dean's rods bending right over with line screaming off their reels.
The excitement was mounting in the hope that at least one of the rods had a mulloway attached as Dean and Sherbs settled in to try and stop whatever was on the other end. After a bit of a tussle, Dean's line came free and then it was up to Sherbs. Some five or 10 minutes later he had a pretty angry, flapping ray on the sand. A bit of manhandling, a few pics and the ray was soon headiong off at a rate of knotts. We weren't sure if Dean had also had a ray on or if the lines had crossed and tghe one ray was pulling both lines out.
After that thigs quietened down as we tried to find the best way to get our baits to hold in the right spot without getting weeded up.
While there was some sporadic bites, the catch was restricted to one herring landed by Dean until I managed a pretty decent tailor.
That was pretty much it for the night, with the wind and weed winning out. There were some fish there, but the tricky conditions made solid connectionds hard to come by.
Hopefully summer will eventually arrive and we will get a chance to really see what is down at Pinaroo Point.

Sherbs took a few pics, so I expect he will post them up when he gets a chance,
All the best, Colin Hay

A couple of pics for ya Feral

Can anybody help me out with some info, fishing out of bunbury over new years for two days. Never fished down there before and would like to get a feed for the people we are staying with. Any help would be great, I have a 5m center console and dont mind heading offshore. Cheers

Got this Dolly while out the back chasing Bill's, hit a big black and purple skirt and this Mackie came from the cape while playing around Nor West Reef.

Anyone got a nice surf rod that I would be able to buy off them second hand...

looking for something in the 10-15kg range with about 10-12ft in length

cheers,

Reuben

hi

took my boat out yesterday morning form deepwater ramp near canning bridge for a bit of fishing but couldn't get any fish except blowies

tried from canning bridge till mosman bay all the way but no sign for any good fish

can anybody suggest any area that would produce any good fish (bream etc.)

this was my first time in the swan but it's disspointing

cheers

my first attempt at making poppers from dowel.

one on the left is amde from two spoons. and the one on the right is a drilled face

open to any 'constructive' critacism.

cheers.

Anyone ever bought one of these rods? I personally have never heard of them. They are well cheap on Ebay but like my old man says "If somethings too good to be true, it probably is."

They look the part but are they...???

Cheers 

hey does anyone know of a decent charter operation from the metro area or even mandurah if thats better??

im looking at getting a seat for a chrissy present so any advice would be great

- Cheers 

any body ever made any poppers?

its the holidays n when the fishing is bad i'll try and make a few.

i've got the basic tools, but how do you get the concave shape in the face?

cheers

Does anyone know the new position of the FADS this year or are they the same as last year????

PGFC website doesn't have this years locations up yet thats all...

Cheers...Jarrad

Hey all,

 Have been floating around on the forums for the last week or so and thought i'd sign up and say G'day!

As the topic says im a newbie and trying to find my way around and learn as much as i can about fishing and general boating in the future.

I recently got my RST and am currently in the market for a boat around the 15-20k mark. I was originally looking at fibreglass hulls (fraser, carribean etc) but after some thought and lack of boat handling experience i am thinking it may be a smarter choice to go for an ali hull (bonito/trailcraft) to try and save some $$$ on possible hull repairs! If anybody is looking to pass on there pride and joy and around this price range please pass on the details and i will be keen to have a look! (looking for anything between 16-20 foot).

I am currently looking at a 1996 bonito 170 with a 70hp johnson on the back. Has anybody had one of these before? Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Brendo

what is the best braid under $60 for overheads,

will be using it for bottom bouncing and a little bit og trolling ing my penn 330gt2

what does everyone else use 

In essence, I need to run as much backing as humanly possible on my 10wt fly reel, so thinner is better!

At the moment it holds about 200yds of 30lb dacron and a 10wt fly line, but as most know dacron is like rope in comparison to braid and I wanna up the poundage and increase the capacity.

So I guess I am looking for the lowest PE rating/highest BS line available. So what else is available beside the spools of gold (Varivas)?

few more pix from the xzoga jig day

I think im getting an opus bull 6000 for my birthday but does anyone know how these handle? (http://www.campbellsprotackle.com/store/product.asp?ID=4538)

i have heard they aren't bad for what you pay.

my main use will be going for mulloway, sharks and rays etc

any info on them would be great

hi guys, i'm a newbee here and just wanted to say hi, my name is marc, and unfortunately i dont reside in aussie, south african i am, but merely wanted to get in touch with people fishing all over on a similar equator line, hence similiar fish. I have a small boat, nothing of the size i have seen in your guys pics, but would like to hear from you, possibly share stories and learn a little, and share our techniques on catching similar fish. anyway all in all great to meet you. :-)

have heard that this morning the fisheries inspected a boat coming back into geraldton after he had been out getting crays.

He had his boat limit "12"

But they searched the boat and found an additional 25 crayfish onboard.
apparently they searched his house also, finding under size crays and equipment for illegal selling of crayfish.

He then had his $100,000 razorline confiscated.

Personally i hope they can sell his boat to someone for $1,000 then fine him $99,000 for the crayfish ontop.

dirty dog....

No doubt this wouldnt be the only case going around during cray season.