Hi Guys,

Can somebody please tell me what is the capacity for an 18 foot half cabin boat, I want to take the family crabbing in Mandurah with my mates family as well just wondering how many we are allowed on the boat in the estuary.

 Gents I recently bought a new boat bloody awesome 5.2 twinfisher included was what's called a down rrigger has anyone had any experience with these or are they a east coat thing as that where the boat came frame

welcome advice

I have had the pleasure of dealing with John (carnarvonite) recently over a knife issue.  John lost his favourite knife of many years (I’ll let him tell the story if he wishes) and we needed to source the identical replacement.

It is fair to say it was a bit of a challenge to find the knife and get it to Perth.  We thought we had it, but when I sent it to John the knife was too short (18cm).  We selected the right one (25cm), but it had to be “imported” so took some time to arrive.  Happily, the order has just turned up.

This knife is a “beast”.  It is the ultimate big fish processing knife, and no doubt would work well with most animals.  18cm and 25cm blade models are shown below.

We have affectionately branded the 25cm knife as “The Carnarvonite”.  All the selection work has been done by a legend, and out of the hundreds of knives you could choose from this is a very good one for the purpose of processing big fish.

$110 retail and it will last a lifetime, if you look after it.  Our specialist fish processing retail knife selection, to cater for different requirements, is now complete. 

Hiya Guys

I've got a new 6-8kg line rated rod matched with a 4000 series reel and using it mainly for demersals e.g. pinkies, dhuies etc. I'm using braid for the first time (20 lb) and planning to put on a fluoro leader (40 lb). I need some advice on the following;

1. How long should my leader be? I'm thinking about 2m...?

2. I'm planning to use a double uni knot to join the 2 lines, would this be strong enough?

Cheers

Stumpie

 Hi all been fishing an area thats had tuna hanging around it a fair bit, not real big id say average around 600mm. Ive bought a t curve 5-10kg rod to throw some hard body lures out. Im keen on doing some trolling to and wondering if your better off having a dedicated rod for this set up with mono or if the t curve would be fine for both, havnt done much trolling so pritty green with it thanks

Enjoy

 Was just curious is anyone from w.a is entering the big hammer challange now america has classed Australian waters as part of there competition ??

We have some awesome COMBO DEALS that will certainly impress and especially the MASSIVE SAVINGS!!

See below for the Special Deals;

Shimano Stella 6000 SWBPG Spin with Shimano Grappler 8’ PE5
Ideal 40-60lb line class. Perfect for LBG for mackys/tuna etc
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Daiwa Catalina 500H Spin with Jigging Master 9’8 Shore Game M
Ideal 30-60lb line class. Perfect for LBG quick retrieve of stickbaits etc and a long
cast for mackys/tuna etc
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Daiwa Saltiga 6500 Spin with Temple Reef Reefer 711 (7’11)
Ideal for 80-100lb line class. Perfect for GT popping and stickbaiting etc
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Daiwa Tanacom 1000 Overhead with Daiwa Grand Wave 5’6 (37kg) mini bent butt. Can be used in the rod holder or in a gimbal belt. Ideal 80-100lb line class. Perfect for Super Deep fishing ie 200-500m
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Daiwa Megatwin Seaborg 1000MT Overhead (2 speed) with Jignesis X-Predator PE5-10 4’10 high end rod. This is the same outfit that shop owner Ryan Thipthorp uses for Super Deep fishing both baits and jigs. This setup is perfect for fighting fish manually/standup and you can put this outfit in a rod holder to wind up (via electric) an empty rig or jig. Ideal 80-100lb line class. Perfect for Super Deep fishing ie 200-500m
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Shimano Sustain 1000FG Spin with Daiwa Battler “Noodle Master” 6’8 1-3kg Ideal for 1-3 or 2-4kg (4-8lb). Perfect for bream & whiting etc. Casting and working lures is a breeze with this light weight outfit offering maximum sensitivity.
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Pflueger Patriarch 30 Spin with Abu Garcia Salty Stage KR-X 6’10 1-3kg Ideal for 1-3 or 2-4kg (4-8lb). Perfect for bream & whiting etc. Casting and working lures is a breeze with this light weight outfit offering good sensitivity. Also suitable for herring and skippy etc
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Daiwa Saltiga 15H Overhead with Eupro Captain 6’3 Slow Pitch PE0.8-2.5 Ideal for 20-40lb line class. Perfect for slow pitch jigging for demersal species. Ideal jig weight 60-160g
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Daiwa Saltiga 10H Overhead with Eupro Shogun 6’2 Slow Pitch PE2
Ideal for 20-40lb line class. Perfect for slow pitch jigging for demersal species. Ideal jig weight 60-150g
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Shimano Talica 8 Overhead with Jignesis X-Fighting Slow Pitch 6’3 PE1-2.5 Ideal 30-50lb line class. Perfect for slow pitch jigging for demersal species. Ideal jig weight 60-200g +
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Shimano Stella 4000 SWBXG Spin with Shimano Game Type J 6’4 PE1-3 Ideal 20-40lb line class. Perfect for jigging metals & SP’s for demersal species.
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Daiwa TDSOL11 400H Spin with Abrolhos Demersal Jigger 6’ PE3/4
Ideal for 30-50lb line class. Perfect for jigging metals & SP’s for demersal species.
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Daiwa Catalina 4000 Spin with jignesis X-Fighting Slow Pitch 6’3 PE1.5-3 Ideal 30-50lb line class. Perfect for demersal slow pitch jigging and heavier jigs.
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Daiwa Saltiga 35N Overhead with Daiwa Saltiga 6’ PE3-4
Ideal for 30-60lb line class. Versatile for live baiting, SP’s, fast or slow pitch jigging.
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Daiwa Saltiga LD20 (2 speed) Overhead with Jignesis X-Fighting 5’3 PE2-4 Ideal 30-50lb line class. Good for livebaiting kingfish/tuna, bottom fishing and jigging.
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Shimano Talica 10 Overhead with Jignesis X-Fighting 5’2 PE3-6
Ideal 30-60lb line class. Ideal for trolling, bottom fishing and metal jigging.
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Daiwa Saltiga 4500 Spin with Daiwa Saltist Hyper 5’3 PE5-6
Ideal for 50-80lb line class. Ideal for bottom fishing & heavy jigging etc
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Daiwa Saltiga 4000 Spin with Daiwa Saltiga 6’ PE3-4
Ideal for 40-60lb line class. Perfect for SP’s, slow & fast metal jigging plus surface casting.
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Shimano Stella 10000 SWBPG Spin with Temple Reef R9 5’5 PE6-8
Ideal for 60-100lb line class. Perfect for serious jigging ie for dogtooth, big sambos, big YTK and super deep species. Also suitable for heavy bottom fishing up north where you need to turn big fish from sharks.
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Shimano Stradic Ci4 3000HG Spin with Gomoku Erito 6’ PE1.5
Ideal for 15-20Lb line class. Perfect for micro jigging with SP’s and metals.
This outfit is super lightweight and very stylish.
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Shimano Rarenium 4000FB Spin with Gomoku Kodachi (Black grip) PE2-4 Ideal for 20-30Lb+ line class. Perfect for jigging metals & SP’s for demersal species.
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Shimano Rarenium 4000FB Spin with Shimano Trevala 6’3 30-40lb
Ideal for 20-30Lb line class. Perfect for SP’s and light metals for demersal species.
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** With every combo deal purchase we're also offering % OFF your choice of braid instore (if you require) and we can spool your reel.

* ONLY whilst stocks last
* Floor stock only.
* No Holds.
* No Lay-by's.
* Country purchases can be made via EFT (postage cost needs to be applied)
* Plenty more gear in store
* PM us, call on 9337 5682 or Pop in for more info
* OPEN 7 Days

Cheers from the Oceanside Team.

We have been working to refine our wholesale packaged bait and burley products. 

One of our “missions” has been to produce high quality fresh fish based burly in Perth, and our interim products have gained good market acceptance so far.  Our medium sized burley offering will be 100mm diameter x 200mm long logs, frozen and vacuum sealed as this is a good size to suit the majority of existing burley equipment.  The “recipe” for the mulie shred blocks and the minced fish/tuna oil/protein filler blocks has been carefully developed and tested by many customers, and we have evaluated the requirements, and nuances, of wholesale supply over the last six months.  We are ready to make these products our “standard” burley log offering to tackle shops.

We have also refined our wholesale bait offering.  We will not replicate any products currently offered by WA Bait or Early Bird Bait but focus on the quality “processed” and vacuum sealed items that you currently cannot buy at retail outlets.  Our list is nearing completion and will be sent to shops soon.  If you would like our products at convenient locations, ask your local shop staff to contact us.

Our wholesale baits will fall into the following categories:

Fin Fish Fillet – Mullet fillet (1kg and 0,5kg) and Bonito fillet (0.5kg)

Cephalopod – Whole Shark Bay Squid (1kg and 0.5kg), Shark Bay Squid head and tentacle (0.2kg), Shark Bay Squid cleaned tubes (0.2kg), small whole NW Cuttlefish (1kg and 0.5kg)

Crustacean – Peeled Coral Prawn (0.1kg)

Bait Packs – Beach (0.5kg), Inshore (1kg) and Offshore (2kg)

Our wholesale fish based burley products will be:

Shredded Fish – Mulies, Tuna, Mullet and Mixed Fish (1kg)

Shredded Mulies Block – 1.5kg and 5kg

Fish Based Minced Burley Block – Mixed Fish (50% mulies), Tuna Oil and Protein Fillers (1.5kg and 5kg)

We will also offer the shops occasional products on seasonal availability, and can supply others on request.  Currently we have Storm Garfish at 4-6 fish per kilo (while stock lasts).

Our retail outlet in Wangara stocks a larger range of retail bait and burley products and you are certainly encouraged to contact us about this, or come and have a look.

Thanks for your interest, and as always any comments or suggestions are welcome. 

Hi all

Heading out to the look in the 40s tomorrow off mandurah as the weather looks awesome.

The last couple of times i have been out this far my sounder, Lowrance Elite-5, only reads in water less than 30m deep, and doesnt read at all after driving at speed for a while. Taking its time to start reading again in the shallow water.

I have tried changing the sonar settings when im out there to a lower frequency, or as the sounder says "its deep setting."

Has anyone had a similar issue because it woudl be awesome if i could get it going for tommorrow.

Cheers

 Few fish over the holiday break

 Well looks like the public have scared the local council with dredging coming to a stop today only half way done. Contractor packing up, so guess we the local ratepayers will still cop the price for the whole project plus I understand from the contractor that council is going to reclaim all the dredging spoils from the beach and relocate, that is another huge cost. Well thought out and planned project again. Expect this will have a significant impact on the viability of this ramp.

We all know fish and fisherman love fresh local ocky.

We have been getting more request's for smaller size amount and that we have organised. We have just received a large batch of Fremantle Local Ocky that is 1kg (just over) Cryovaced so it can stay in the freezer for a long time without the freezer burn.

This ocky was only caught a few days ago so VERY FRESH INDEED!!

 Hi guys,

went out this morning and have never had the need to use the radio before as we were in the canals, went to go out of the estuary and the radio would power on but nothing else. had a look under and the wires in the photo came out(the end coming from the unit not the aerial side). we not attached or had corroded, would this be a good reason as to why there was no sound?

Also the metal bit that screws into the back of the unit looks like it has been broken, it holds in place without being screwed in so i think that is ok.

 Sounds like my sensbrake actuator has done a seal on the air tank somewhere. Its a LT1000

Has anyone ever stripped one of these down and replaced seals. Is it a headache or straightforward process ?

cheers

Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that the Calamari Classic 2017 will be on Saturday March 18 and this year it will be held at Fremantle Sailing Club and is open to the public. there are 3 divisions, Boat, Land & Kayak. lots of fun and prizes..... it is only $25 to enter, this gives you a membership to the club for they day, it also includes dinner at the prize giving. there will be a live band and entertainment for the kids. so please check out www.calamariclassic.com.au

 Hi guys,

anyone got any suggestions what kind of pot I can use / can get one that is easy to melt up some lead in for sinkers? If anyone has something they would sell to me please PM me. Will be using my crab cooker to melt it down. Cheers

Gents
For all the mully hunters
The Avon river is in full flood in toodyay so only a matter of hours before the swan gets a flush and based on the rain fall it will be worth while watching the Moore and hill river levels over the next week
Looks like its time to soak a mullet fillet

Hello I am currently planning a 5 day holiday/fishing trip to kalbarri,i will be taking up my 4.8mtr quintrex and was wondering if any one could give me some tips such as water depths ,rigs & some areas I could hunt around, I will be going out mainly mornings as long as the swell & winds permit, will be trolling for pelagics if they show, bottom bashing with soft plastics & baits for baldies,cod,trout also plan on throwing out a un-weighted mulie any info would be much appreciated.

 Thought some people would like to know

 i know its not a storm and howling winds or even big swells but does any one think land based pinkys could be on the cards?

 Has anyone renewed their Hillarys parking pass since the DOT office at the marina closed down?

What DOT office has the passes to give when you renew?

Thanks in advance.

Hey All

I just wanted to get everyones thoughts on eating crabs caught in the Swan River.

I know that it is not recomended to eat shellfish from the river and was wondering if there was any reason to not eat crabs from the river to the pollutants that may be hanging around.

I always see heaps of people out there crabbing and see plenty of huge crabs being caught so I assume that there is no risk but I thought I would check just in case.

Thanks.

 hi does anyone know where i can get a spare spool for this reel or a deeper spool that will fit this reel thanks

 5.00am start with new deckie on board plus a regular .Newbee brings in first fish a fox fish and I said yes you can eat it .He then follows that up with a couple of undersized dhus then a massive black ass a nice sized flathead and a couple of snapper to finish off . Home cleaned and in the car to watch the scorchers win at the waca . Top day I reckon

any advice for bait type for Ruby's?

deep dropping out of tantas in march

planning to top hook large squid and butterfly whole sanmar/herring/blue mack on bottom hook - sound okay?

 Im looking for a couple of pinky spots to get to in my runabout. I see that the ban ends Tuesday. I don't have a finder but can probably use phone gps. I don't eat fish I'm just looking to catch some pinkys with the old man. Also what's the best bait and rig? Feel free to pm me.

 There is a craypot about 14 miles out that has been there for a while. I was wondering if someone has lost it as it does not appear to have a long enough rope on it as the rope is pretty much vertical. If someone knows who has pot number ST098x could they ask them if it is lost and if so and they can provide the last number I will send the coordinates.

I was anchored not far from it yesterday and the missus dropped a good fish she was calling for a dhu so after a while I decided to put the dive gear on and go and finish the job with the gun. While I was getting ready my rod took off and we gor about a 10 kg dhu.

Hi All,

Trying to plan a trip to Barrow/Montebellos around June/July. Just wondering who done it and what the best spot to depart from is?

Ive read about people leaving from Fortescue river mouth but I cant see any tracks in there or anything and wondering if its easy enough to launch a big boat there?

Any info including somewhere to have a look for some GTs would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers guys

Looking for some advice on a bait caster combo. Currently have a basic shimano combo and looking to upgrade. 

Something in the 6'0 up range and capable of dealing with soft plastics targeting pinkies etc. 

many ideas or advice on what to look at would be great. 

Thanks