Hi guys.

I have put some rods and reels in the buy/sell/swap section. If anyone is interested, please pm me.

Cheers

Baz

Can anyone tell me the model and approximate year of this Penn Reel? My old man has had it for years.

Also have an old Spint which was my pops, I used to use it surf fishing on the east coast and it still works perfect. Does anyone know what happened to Spint? 

Although past their time, both these reels handle the test of time better than any of the new stuff!

 Hit up the local this morning after 2 hot coffees 

I met brown364 at rather chilly time of 4.30am 

flicking mullets strips hoping for that beach pink

only to be busted off on something in a hurry!!

with neighbour have connection but too lose

it due too split guide . My good friend grantarctic 

made it down with me being stoked as it's been 

a long time since we last fished ! He drops 

his gear and within 5mins he was onto a 

quality salmon.. great start .. he followed up 

with another little later .. cheers for a good 

morning and great too see ya bro .. and you

too neighbour !! Tight lines and fresh bait boys! 

Pirate..

 Got the first Sambo from the new tinny today and on a really light rod and reel setup. It was a great fight and a lot of fun! Cheers to everyone giving me tips on where to start having a play. I appreciate all the guidance. 

 Good job by fisheries

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/perth-men-reel-in-hefty-fines-for-fouling-fish-limits-20180628-p4zoeo.html

Hi all

I know the general ground to look for. Just looking for information on when they start to be there in numbers?

Are they there now or is spring/summer the best time to get them there?

Also, does anyone have a diagram or can describe the rig Doug Clegg used to use, cant find it anywhere.

Thanks in advance

Jamie

Enjoy back from Bali just missed the Volcano distrupting flights 

Does anyone have an ingenious way of tying off braid when snagged up bottom bouncing. I'd rather not lock up the drag on the reel and hold on tight. Whilst I have done this before it is probably not particularly good for the reel. I've tried gloves but can never seem to find them handy when I need them. Of recent time I've been crisscrossing the braid in a figure 8s on a boat cleat and letting the boat do all the work but that's not always as easy as it sounds if you don't get enough wraps on the cleat quickly enough. A short piece of dowel, 200-250mm long, broom handle size and doing the crisscross method with that may be the way to go but I thought I would ask on here if anyone has a simpler solution. I don't want to reduce the breaking strain of my leader / trace material which is normally around the 80lb mark. Most times I find that either that breaks at a knot or the hooks straighten and I'm fine with that. It's finding a way of safely and quickly locking up the braid in a hand held device that I'm after.

Does anyone know where I can get some descent occy, both Oceanside and Bluewater totally out and cannot advise when new stocks might arrive....don't want small ones as I skin them so bigger than 1.7kg ? 

 Hi all

Heading to Coral Bay 13th July for two weeks with our 6.8 mt Barcrusher. Just after general advice as to what sort of depths we should be trying for Reds and Goldband. Also areas to try for squid. Thanks in advance.

Will be giving this little guy, hopefully a flogging at the Monties soon.  

Not to dissimilar to the FK but much better suited jigger being a PG. and comming standard with a jigging handle

No stupid antireverse switch.  (never a fan)

Carbon Drag and a few extra O-rings to make it a bit more watertight.  

If it stands up as well as previous stradics it will be a great low priced jigger.

 EOFY SALE AT ALL BLUEWATER TACKLE STORES THIS THURSDAY TO SUNDAY

SOME OF THE ITEMS ON SALE INCLUDE:

• Pflueger Salt 70 SW  $69.00 save $100
• All YGK Braid 40% Off
• All Mares Snorkelling Gear 50% Off
• Last seasons TW sublimated shirts 50% Off 
• 20% Off all Yozuri Lures
• Plano KVD Tackle Bag 50% Off now $35.00 
• Instinct Whiting Prowler Rigs 50% Off  now $2.00
• Instinct Performance Rig  Buy one get one free
• Dogtooth Jig assist hooks $2.00
• 30% Off all Daiwa Gen Black Rods
• 50% Off all Azusa Rods
• 40% Off Shimano Ocea Switchbait rods
• 30% Off all Jackson Lures

VARIOUS OTHER SPECIALS AT EACH STORE

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 Hey Guys

Hoping someone will have a broken jig rod that they don't want anymore.  Have a few repairs I'd like to do on my my own gear and need something to practice on ....not really after big diameter surf troll rod etc.  so was really wanting to strip the guides etc and "make" a practice rod, so would rather if you still had whole rod even if it's in a couple of pieces.  Certainly dosn't have to a premium rod or titanium guides or anything expensive like that just something similar to what my repairs will be. 

more than happy to exchange a few beers or whatever.  

 Hi Folks

Heading up to Mackerel Islands next April. Will be taking the boat across from Onslow. Any tips / tricks for fishing out of the island would be appreciated as would any tips on what to take over.

Thanks in advance!

 Went on a trip to Shark Bay. Was planning to arrive on Sunday arvo 3/6, but as weather forecast for Monday was filthy, got there about lunch time. Unpacked and got the boats in. Went out into the bay and caught some black snapper. Left on dark, was nearly back at boatramp and Nathaniel's boat started making horrible noises.  So we had to tow him in. Rained in Monday/Tuesday so took grandkids to Ocean Park. Nathaniel went to Kalbarri and picked up hire boat. Wednesday forecast looked great so went back out into the bay. Could only find undersize pinkies but caught some more black snapper. Thursday Nathaniel, Rach, Josh, Bud and Jo headed out to Steep Point but was too rough so settled for more fishing in the bay and came home with their limit of blackies, black spot tusk fish. Friday we all headed out to the Shoals, caught 2 nice pinkies then the hoards of sharks moved in. Went into Turtle Bay into deeper water found more pinkies which only fed the sharks. We decided to move back to the Shoals and shallower water to try and get past the sharks - no joy. Then Nathaniel and crew who stayed in Turtle Bay called us to say they had caught a wahoo and 2 spanish mackerel. We decided to head back out and try our luck. We managed to boat 2 mackerel and watched Nathaniel catch a his PB wahoo at 1.6m long guessing at 35-40kg. They managed 3 wahoo and 2 mackerel on the hire boat. Next day took it easy, then on Sunday (our last day) we all went back to Turtle Bay, still couldn't manage to get anything past the grey coated taxman. So put lures out and trolled for mackerel. Josh managed a nice 1.3m wahoo and we also caught 2 mackerel. Bud got nice big eye tuna. On the way back in decided to troll close along the cliffs of Turtle Bay and saw about 12 manta rays cruising round. Awesome day. Grandkids saw turtles, sea snakes, manta rays many sharks etc. All-in-all great holiday with family.

 hey crew here’s a few pics of recent captures. 

17kilo dhu in under 30m on jig

and big pink cracked a meter 

 A fun day out on the west coast originally targetting Kingfish, but turning to Snapper on slow jigs

 I currently own a big Madfish cooler bag. great bit of kit, but I am chasing something a bit smaller and more compact, to fit in the underfloor storage of the Reefrunner. Overall length, from memory is 1450mm, so something between 1400 and 1500, and not too bulky would be ideal, as it has  to get stuffed into one hatch then dragged along. I've seen some cheaper bags around that would fit the bill, anyone know of any that are stocked in Perth?

 Fished two Rocks today for the first time in years , no spots to go too but found a few on the Furuno and got the bag limit, satisfaction comes after starting from scratch again in a new area and getting the job done , great conditions this afternoon too! 

 me and shore catch cal headed offshore for 

few hrs ! At the gentlemans hrs of 10am lines 

in the water! Hopes were high with cal bringing 

some quality shore catch cuttle fresh from a 

skipper in Lancelin. Get in store and pick some 

up ! It looked eating quality!!! Very slow 

for me with a pinned cattle while chasing a 

demersal .. cal scale down too smaller fare 

and pinned this nice flounder .. unfortunately 

cut it short with my key start playing up and 

shed drinking time getting shorter ??? 

Great conditions .. good little few hours 

floating.. cheers pirate .. 

Hey guys and gals. Has anyone here used the Abu Garcia Veritas 3.0 pe1-3 or pe2-4 spin jig rods? Looking for something light for the occasional boat trip microjigging, jigging plastics for snapper and trolling lures. Ideally would like to keep the price around $150. Was looking at the Gokmoku then read how some folk have had them snap. Already have a Stradic FK5000 spooled with 20lb braid to match (also have 30lb if a better match?) Apologies for the typical 'which rod?' question, just thought this would be the best place to ask. Cheers everyone! 

 Anyone heard of or have a kickass 12v fridge was thinking of getting one as my beach set up needing another 

Hi Guys, I want to buy a bulk spool of 50lb braid for spooling overhead reels. Any suggestions of websites that are good or shops that would be good to buy from?

Cheers

 Hey guys, I have done a lot of search on here in preparation for my trip next month.

Any latest advice / stories you can share?

Where can I safely leave my car/ trailer in Derby?

Whats the fishing like in July.

Thanks for any advice.... will put up a story upon return.

 Enjoy from Bali 

Hi,

My fishing goals are pretty simple since this isn't a dedicated fishing trip. The idea would be something I get to do maybe a little bit here or there. I don't really care what I catch, but I'd like to catch something. Ideally, it'd be nice to provide a fish dinner for us once or twice on the trip, but that means more cooking equipment too so I can easily be talked out of that as well.

Please Help.

I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.

References:-

https://isleroyaleforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=3306

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Thanks

 Whiteys are having a sale. Looks like some real good bargains to be had according to thier facebook page.

Just a little bit aside from the new regulations that are coming in re drink driving and boating, those on this forum who also engage in a bit of shooting notice that the police are conducting an auditing programme on firearm owners who have rifles exceeding 308n Winchester in "power" to see if there reason for having such a powerful weapon can still be sustained. The West Australian newspaper had an article on this last week I think it was.
To those members who like to hunt as well as fish this could become an "interesting time" and expensive if you have to run around and get up to date property letters etc.

any feedback on clamp on rocket launchers (the opnes that clamp to the bimini?)

im in need of more rod storage, but a permanent fixture would be a nuisance as would have to take off everytime to get in garage.

cheers!