Last sunday out on the swan having a fish with the missus and kids, was pretty slow we got a few bream, flounder and tarwine but I was stoked and suprised to pull this little guy up. I tell ya what on light bream gear he put up one hell of a fight. Made my day 

Can anyone recommend a good vest that is comfortable to fish in. I'm only 170cm so nothing too bulky.cheers

We have just received another big order of BIG JOHN JIGS!!

Big Johns Jigs are handmade right here in Perth WA (Proudly a Fishwrecked Member) and scream quality, they’re truly a Jig made by a fisherman for fisherman. These jigs are extremely versatile including;

Flathead in the Swan
Skippy/Herring/Tailor
Shallow water Pink snapper when the ban lifts
Metro Demersals like dhufish/blackarse/pinkys/baldchin etc
Northern bottom species like reds/rankins/trout/blackjew etc
Spinning for northern species like Mackerel/tuna/wahoo/dolphinfish
Landbase pelagics and bottom species @ Quobba & Steep

I've tossing up whether to get an anchor winch as the deckies keep complaining about having to pull anchor haha. Seen all the usual brand like stress free, lone star, sav, micks and came across tuff winch. Tuff winch seems to be considerably cheaper, ($1000) made in aus with 5 year warranty. Are they any good ? Can't seem to find any reviews on them? 

 So in the market for a new rig and spent a few hours in Bunbury today going over my final 2 choices, Cruise Craft 625HT and BarCrusher 670HT. I know they are completely different boats and not really comparable, but I'm after something with a bit of luxury for when the family come down from Perth like river/canal cruises and the Cruise Craft fits the bill. Also want a boat which will get me deep offshore for fishing being the BarCrusher. When I saw the 670HT today I was a little disappointed with the deck space and vision out the windscreen. The Cruise Craft on the other hand had a noticeable bigger deck space and better finish being a glass boat. I've only ever had ally boats so im used to the harshness of the ride but how are the Cruise Crafts deep offshore when the wind and swell pick up? Any feed back on either boat? Cruise Craft is about 10k more and at the top end of the budget so want to make sure it's worth it. Cheers 

With more request of late for the Rippa Gauges, we now have in STOCK!!!

These are laser cut from 3mm 316 stainless steel, laser etched, hand polished/finished so you WONT find a better quality gauge than the RIPPA.

Proudly locally made with the highest precision quality. The RIPPA gauges are designed by fishermen for fishermen.

Hi guys
Pretty familiar with this out of Perth. But not around Mandurah area. The silly question is that I thought "the Bank" stopped about the Singleton area, but had someone telling me off Bouvard they caught some large whiting from the 5FB.
Does it stretch that far and then as a newby offshore from Mandurah how far is this off the Cut for example roughly.
Cheers

Enjoy

 Few nice reddies. Few stubbies was a good day

 Hey guys

just wondering if there is a cray white run along the coast between yallingup and augusta, like what we get metro and west coast ??

Also, what times is it normally, because you normally hear the whites starting north (around jurien) before they hit perth. would it be later for the crays down south ??

any info would be much appreciated 

Thanks 

Nathan

Just wanted to find out the the more experience crew out there if anyone has issue with the end of the pot coming adrift? Went out first thing this morning from Mindarie and the first three pots all had the end door open and empty of coarse. I didn't see it once last year or in the past three weeks this year then 3 in a row!!

I want to assume that there are no twats out there (that I has been proved a dilution)and we all respect the time and effort that we all put in this time of year although this episode is bringing on doubt!

just wanted to see if others have had the same issue (explainable) or is there just cause for my concern.

Thanks in advance

 bobby corking for mulloway in the swan  could this work?

Hi everyone,

Just curious about peoples experiences/opinions about beach travel rods. I'm looking to get something that I can use down the beach targetting salmon/tailor/mulloway, etc... but will fit into a backpack.  I have a savage 5 piece 8kg rod which is great, but only 7 foot. I'm looking for something longer in the 12 foot range.  I can find some telescopic ones onlne, but I'm not sure how strong they'd be.

Can anyone give any advice or provide any insight?

 Hey people,

Heading up to Steep in March for first time, normally ead to Falsies but are taking 3 tinnies up staying t Kels camp Shelter Bay. ( Bloody excited ) Can you just bottom bounce South Passage and around DHI from tinnies.

Also wanting a new spin rod for lures for Mack's etc from the rocks thinking,

Assassin Amia

Shimano Revolution Coastal

Penn Prevail 

Any help would be greatly appreciated . 

Cheers 

lucky buggers no ban and skips like these,good to see bigjohnsjigs work down south

just reading this article , I cant help but wonder if the seal was just trying to stay in the shallows and seek out other company that resembled its own kind in some way for safety in numbers kind of thing

would be interesting to know if any untagged sharks had been sighted in that area around the same time ...?

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/33302612/playful-seal-stuns-perth-beach-swimmers-leaping-out-the-water/#page1

hezzy

Here is a bit of uncut Vid footage from last week with a few pinks having a chew on me camera.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxx2QpuLsl8

Howdy all,

Doing a 2 nighter in Augusta next weekend.

I've done some searching and shortlisted a few areas such as Cosy Corner and Hamelin Bay.

Will not have 4x4 access this trip and my 64 year old man will be coming along.  

Mostly fishing off the rocks. Day and night!

Any recommendations would be good. (i.e flatter type rock area)

Cheers

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on how to determine the maximum size outboard that a tinny can handle, if it is too old to have a compliance plate.

Just from experience I have a rough idea of what suits what, e.g. "that's a touch big!" or "that's way too small for that boat."

Is there any hard and fast rule with regards to legality of outboard size on older boats, or is it just a common sense and weight thing?

I guess what I'm asking is how do they determine the max. size that's written on the compliance plate?

Cheers

Dane

consistantly

will have another look tomorrow,their coming!!

 Has anyone fished the beach north of Gulderton recenty? Thinking of heading there Friday  and wondering whatte beach is like to drive on. 

over the last few years we have been seeing more and more sharks when cray fishing out on the 3 mile from Hillarys.

we have been going out here for the last 15 years now and it's got to the point where we pull the pot then before throwing back in most days we get a visit.

They seem to be attached to the splash of the float when we do throw the pot back in a always check it out.

I like seeing them from the boat but never really saw so many when we where diving. It's about 12-15meters to 17-20m in this area.

We get the feeling they are attracted to our boat as its a single screw desiel and must sound like a cray boat.

Smart fish, or just lazy.

 Hey guys,

anyone having any luck with the crays at the moment? I been going out of mindarie (first year potting so bit of a rookie) and haven't had any luck since dropping them in 2 weeks ago. I know the super moon would not have helped and talking to ppl at the ramp it seems I'm not the only one coming in empty handed. I here a lot of different opinions on where to drop this time of year. It seems ppl who have got a few are getting them in close. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 

 was fishing for tailor last night on a rockwall perth metro landed a few 40cm fish then this shark took off like a rocket on a 20lb fluro carbon leader was thinking bronzie or reef shark any help would be good thanks

Hi Everyone, I was hoping someone could give me advise on bow mounted trolling motors for a rooftop dinghy.

I'm being relocated by work to Townsville, and I'm using the situation as a catalyst to ramp up my fishing game. I have a pretty good setup on my ute, with a 12 foot punt on top, which has had a dent amount of work done to it lately. I'm thinking of adding a bow mounted trolling motor on it in the near future. As its a roof topper, there'd been to be some form of quick disconnect on the bow, otherwise it'll be to fiddly, and I'll be less likely to set it up before heading off. I have a 105 AH deep cycle battery in the boat to run the sounder at the moment, which I would use to power it. The boat sits quite low to the water - maybe 400 mm from the gunwhale to waterline. Its quite light, I estimate that the total weight of myself, the engine, boat, and peripherals would be around 300kg.

I'm looking for something that would be able to be controlled with a remote, and not just foot controls, and something that would have anchor lock. It would need to be strong enough to deal with northern tides in creeks, and able to move upstream while I flicked lures at mangroves, I wouldn't be using the engine for moving around places, I have a brand new yahama for that, it just needs to hold its own while I'm fishing.

I'm at that point in my life where I'm not really interested in trying to go for the cheapest option, and having something sub-par. I dont want to be justifying that something is "just as good as the other brand" and being worried that things wont work. I'm putting this post out there asking for help from people who've had experience in a similar situation, and can provide feedback on options, if I'm going to put the time, money and effort into it, I want to do it right.

Thanks guys, I look forward to your responses.

Has anyone seen the picture of the biggest wave surfed in the Sunday Times newspaper. Holy hell, 27 metre at a place called Nazare and there is one hell of a brave Aussie surfing down its face. For those who have seen the photo just imagine that you are just coming out of the cut at Mandurah and that thing rears up in front of you. What would you do

Before purchasing a whole new mounting bracket kit - wondering if anyone has a spare shim lying around for the P66?

Cheers
Adam

 Hey guys just wondering if anyone has been out of Kalbarri lately and can report on the water temp at the moment ? Also if anyone has any reports on the Pelagics in the area that be awesome! Happy fishing lads 

Hi

Seems the question has been asked but I was unable to find a definitive answer. Question is are there Blue swimmer crabs in the Estuary at Walpole. Answers much appreciated

Thanks

Eric