8.10 am . Car park full. Overflow still locked up at park( council job). I parked half a click away on side road. Noticed when I got back after lunch ,good old ranger done his rounds.tickets on car windows with trailers on . In my books absolutely crap. Sunday half decent weather (car park not open). 100 percent sure set up. More money no dought.wankers . I never got one( ticket) many did.

Hey guys, will be there later in the month with kids in tow. Wouldnt mind having a flick for some redfin as have never tried before - is it worth having a crack in the Bridgetown area? Any tips or advice on what type of water I should be hitting at this time of year? I'm assuming look for deeper still pools.

Was planning to probably baitcast whatever I find in the area, or possibly flick some lures in less snaggy spots.

Cheers

 Hi 

Does anyone know of any cheap vehicle/small truck for sale that can legally tow 4500kg?

Cheers 

 HI GUYS I HAVE A HDS10 AND LOOKING FOR A GOOD TRANSDUCER FOR THE UNIT,I FISH IN DEPTHS OF 8MTRS UP TO 50MTS JUST WANT SOMTHING THAT WILL GIVE ME A GOOD READING AND READ WHILE DOIN15-20 KNOTS ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED...

 we're booked in at Tent Landing for the first week of the school holidays--not intending to camp there , just using it to launch and store the ute and trailer while we do a few nights out around the bottom of the bight, and around to the Tea Tree camp side. Just a bit of a shake down for camping aboard for the two of us, before we do the bigger trips. Theresa at the station reckoned that Tent Landing was better launching than Baba Head for a boat of this size, but was still tide dependent--I've never looked at it, but have launched at Baba Head, and felt it would be OK on most tides? Anyone have any input re Tent Landing launching?

Hey everyone I’m going to coral bay on the 22 of September, we are taking our boat and kayak. I was wondering if I could get some spots and tips for fishing for pelagic fish, red emperor, big spangled emperor, dolphin fish and Spanish Mackeral. Would like to know about rigs, baits and combos that I should take to catch these fish.

 Hi FW Members,

 Store now is in its last couple of weeks of closing.  Everything is a mimimum 40% Off store wide.  There are still plenty of Daiwa Certate reels left now at 40% Off!

After 12 years we are closing down our Bluewater Tackle Mindarie store.  Thanks to all the members who have shopped there over the years.  We will be doing a sale over the next month or so to clear through everything in store.  Feel free to drop in and see the guys and grab a bargain.  Below are some of the sale items with a lot more in store.

MINDARIE CLOSING DOWN SALE

STORE WIDE 40-70% OFF EVERYTHING
Products                                              Pricing
 
Snorkelling                                          60% Off
Rods                                                      40 to 70% Off
Reels                                                     40 to 70% Off
Braid                                                      40% Off
Line and Leader                                40% Off
Hooks                                                   40 to 70% Off
Terminal Tackle                                 40% Off
Clothing                                               60% Off
Lures                                                    40 to 80% Off

Cnr Sarasota & Pensacola
                            Clarkson  WA  6030

Thanks,

Bluewater Mindarie

 Hey All

just wondering if any of you wear prescription Sunny's

i need to get some and was just wondering what everyone has, i was looking at spotter but they will set me back a fair bit,

is there any other good options out there

THanks 

Enjoy

 Leaving town.. need to empty freezer of burley i made. Skippy sambo pilchard shread with chook pellets.. anout 10 x2kg bag. Need to take the lot. 1st in best dressed 

Here is a question for those in the know. I was surfing around Dunbier's site and noticed that under their FAQs they state that the towball weight should not exceed 5 - 7% of the BMT. I was always under the impression it was supposed to be around 10% (which my setup is)? Further surfing then revealed a couple of schools of thought. One school saying under 10% increases the chance of sway whilst another school says over 7% puts undue pressure on the towing vehicle potentially presenting unsafe conditions and increasing the wear on the vehicle.

What are your thoughts?

 Picked up some good Reds in Kalbarri yesterday, the spot was also loaded with Mulloway. I sent a jig down hoping for a trout and a Red took it.

ok , so my gps units could do with an upgrade

currently I am running two ,,original is a Furuno ,with about 800 + waypoints still works well , but id like to have a bigger screen , colour etc and upgrade it as the screen lettering is starting to fade

second unit I acquired a few years ago with a boat buy is a hummingbird , its colour and works well ,has about 675 waypoints on it

so I have always had good life with no hassles from the Furuno , so I was thinking to upgrade with Furuno … it will likely be a gps, sounder combo … but ill only be wanting to run it as a full gps as I have a good Furuno 620fcv, with a 2kw transducer that does all I need

so talking to a few peeps , some are advising to go with Lowrance ? , as Furuno are exy and Lowrance will be better value and make better gps ??

to date iv not done a lot of research , been too busy ……

so who runs what and why ?? looking for feedback on the both as just gps units ??

price range is around the 2-2.5 k mark ?

what peoples thoughs on either ? have you got either and what are the differences for the gurus to chime in with ??

hezzy

 Gday Guys

Myself and 5 mates are heading to Shelter Bay in Shark Bay from Sept 28th till the 8th

We have 2 boats and looking for any advice on Trolling for Macks and Getting bigger Snapper? is it warm enough? 

Last time we did well with catching plenty of Blue line Empror and Baldies in the shallows but all the Pinkies were tiny

Also if anyone is in the area around that time if there keen to catch up for a beer?

 Hi 

Has anybody here tried using C map genesis and if so what do you think ?

 Got out for a fish Friday arvo for pinks with my youngest boy then a fish Saturday that you all know about ! 

 Done my bit of chasing big fish off the rocks but these guy are next level..... check out Gido's land based game on YouTube . 

 Took Staggies daughter, Darline, out today to honour her Dad on the water. 

 My daughter, Sarah, came out as well for a nice fathers day on a perfect ocean in the early afternoon. 

 We got a good bag. 

 So Saturday we had a challenge to crack some Harpuka considering the weather. Took off and grabed some fresh bait firstup at 5am. Headed out to 300's and as soon as we started sounding around we had some good ground. Sounder lit up with blue streaks 5m of the bottom. We were hopeful. First drop on my new rod and bang less than 5 secs and i was on. Snap!!!!!!! line broke. Very unhappy person to say the least. Next turn around reriggen dropped down two rods and bang both on. Snap again for me. 600m of line gone. veryunimpressed, My mate locked on and started the long haul. Half way up his rod got even heavier. Up come a nice Harpuka wrapped in my loely brand new red line. OMG star handline pulling in the line and 100m off the back is a big fish floating. Managed to haul in the Grey bandand reclaim my first drop fish. It was going to be a good day.Ended up over the next few hours Harpuka and a small grey band. All up 90L of juice and a boat load of good quality fish. Hope its not just our lucky first. Biggest Harp went 7kg GB 8KG. Tatsed great and the Best Farthers day presents to My dads too

 Heading to nanga in a few weeks, after some advice on beach fishing in the area.

Mainly after whiting, is there particular times/tides to fish?

Any info would be much appreciated 

 About 5 years I would drift in 20-30m of water 5km off mindarie and pull one up every drop. Now im struggling to find them.

Is Swanbourne still producing?

Would appreciate any ball park areas (eg 10m depth off Scarborough)

Also, is burley ever a good idea for Whiting? Or are you asking for wrasse and other undesirables.

 Had a good day on the water today,Unfortunely was pinged twice,early in the day a black barcrusher named Back in Black came out of nowhere and dropped in on my drift(under50m),sounded around and quickly left(after a few choice words)

Later in the day a older fibreglass boat did something similar.

Its a big ocean out there especially when your 30km+ out.

I understand i dont own the ocean and guys can have the sames marks.

There have been times i have got to a spot and found someone on it and have given it a wide berth and gone to the next spot as the its a big ocean.

 Went off bunno today and my mate got a 590mm nanny. Hardly seen them before so wondering how big do they get ?

 Hi guys new to the site so hopefully this post works. Thinking of heading out of Point Peron tommorow and head over to rotto for a spot of fishing just check to see if the ramps down there have been dug out and there's enough water to launch without having to back your car into the water 

cheers

 took my 11yr old son Jesse out off Hillarys this afternoon for a quick fish , launched the crusher at 12pm and headed to a spot in 12m down the coast a bit , got the  burley trail going and the pinks came on hard , my son got 4 smallish ones on a paternoster and 1/2 mulies then one of my floaters went off with a nice 80cm model which went into the icebox , the young fella then scored a 66cm fish on his green gomoku rod which we kept for his dinner. I then had a double hookup with a pair of 70 - 75cm fish that were both released and we pulled anchor and headed in happy. Great afternoon with my boy. 

Lookiing good for tomorrow morning, overcast but flat with light easterlies so gonna head out of two rocks first thing tomorrow morning. We usually go west/north west out of two rocks but this time gonna head out in a more north westerly direction than we usually go looking for new ground, any tips on what depths to be looking in around that area greatly appreciated cheers dave

Enjoy

 Hi I have a 4.88 M Quintrex runabout, at present I am towing it with a Ford Territory AWD, my wife wants us to downsize and buy a Nissan x-trail, with a 4 cylinder 2.2 petrol engine, anyone here tow a similar rig with an X-trail ? (it will be an 2017 model).

Just wondering.....Mal.

Hello Fishos

When fishing floaters for Mackerel and other large pelagic species,
What size hook and brand do you use? Cheers tight lines.

Hi all,

Heading down to Dunsborough this weekend and thinking of hitting the flats out front of town for YFW or flathead but given the mild weather, am I better focusing on other species?

Cheers
C