Has anyone fished the Derwent wreck in recent times or tried the Mandurah artificial reef. I should think that there should be something around the reef by now, even if it is only sambos. Time has just escaped me from doing so but I'll have to get out to both places when some good weather comes along and I can dodge cutting the lawn.

I'm looking a the Reflex Chianti 635 and the Formosa Searod.

i have a family of 5 boys and the wife wants to go for a fish so I'm shopping really hard for a suitable boat for reef and creek fishing. 75% of the time it's me and a couple of mates then the rest of the time I need the family boat.

Any recommendations or a favourite out of the two I mentioned?

thanks in advance.

 Any one considering going to the Perth shot show at the Claremont show grounds you can certainly pick up some bargins there is also a display by one of the tackle stores there plus quite a few stalls that have quite an array of filleting knives,plenty of parking in the grounds and pretty cheap to get in was $18 and kids under 16 were free took my young bloke with me and he had lots of fun 

 Anyone heading out for a crack tomoz? Taking my eldest boy out Rotto way to try and hunt down some Sambo's on jig. Will probably try for King George and Squid. I'll be on 27meg chan 96 if anyone wants to say g'day.

 WAS TALKING TO AN OLD TIME FISHERMAN THIS MORNING AND HE SAYS SHOULD TURN OFF SOUNDER WHEN GETTING TO MARK OR WHEN FISH LOCATED AS HE BELIEVES SOUNDER SPOOKS FISH AND HIS CATCH RATE IS ALWAYS BETTER WHEN HE DOES THIS, IS HE PULLING MY LEG OR IS THIS THE CASE. WHAT DO OTHERS THINK ? I COULD CERTANLY DO WITH SOME HELP AS ONLY MANAGED TO CATCH UNDERSIZE DHU & SNAPPER THIS LAST YEAR. IF THIS IS THE CONSENSOUS, AS I HAVE A COMBO LOURANCE UNIT WOULD THE SOUNDER STILL TRANSMIT WHEN ON GPS.

 What do other members do for temporary sleds on their craypots when they take them into area where required. A metal rod wired across the middle of the entrance seems easiest to me but I wonder if this will affect how many crays go in or anyone uses another method?

 Hi guys,

the time has come and we are looking for solar panels with battery backup, we are averaging 44 units a day. We have a spa and reverse cycle aircon, not sure what size system or company to go through.

Needs to be one that has payment plans.

Thanks

Shane

 Hi guys

The missus wants me to take her out and show her some whales.

Has anybody seen any recently and where

Cheers Katman

 Hi all, I have a 6m boat and I am looking for some advice on the opening between Dirkhartog Isl and Steep Point. I was up there earlier this year and I didn't want to chance crossing the opening because of the Unknown. Can anyone please give me some advice on where to cross and what are the favourable conditions for crossing. Thanks.

Have to admit that ive always felt a bit safer scuba diving out there at night rather than diving at day. My thoughts being that at night your very brightly "lit up" with your torches and probably don't resemble "food" but at day my understanding is that divers and swimmers are mistaken for seals by great whites because they hunt and attack by sight. Have there been cases of scuba divers taken at night? all the cases ive seen have been at day or low-light conditions but not at night. Just a thought. Interested to hear what others think?

 Made another bid on a reel last night after quite a few brews, ended up winning it, little 4000 Stradic Ci4. Third time I've done that this year for 2 Shimano Stradics and 1 Daiwa TDR, the misses is going to ban me from fleabay when I've been drinking.  Need a new rod now. 

 Does anyone know if I can get my canopy replaced by club marine insurance?  The canvas and metal structure is badly damaged.

thanks

My usual team who fishes with me in Game fishing Tournaments are unable to make this one due to work commitments.

I have a 625 Cruisecraft with a 175 Yamaha 4 stroke 2015 model that is all set up for game fishing. Just throwing it out there to see if 1 or 2 fishwrecked members may be interested in fishing the Billfish Bonanza Tournament in Exmouth with me on the 11th, 12th & 13th November.

I am 42 years old, easy going & love a beer.  I have plenty of game fishing experience and am happy to share what I know and look forward to learning some new tricks from whoever may wish to join me.

My plan is to leave Mindarie just after lunch on Tuesday 8th November and return Monday 14th November.

We will arrive in Exmouth around luch time on the Wednesday and prep the gear for a prefish Thursday.  The tournament is Fri, Sat & Sun 8am - 4pm.

I am happy to drive the boat so whoever joins me can have all the strikes.

It is a Billfish only tournament and we will be skipping and swimming baits west of Tantabiddi.

There will be no time for bottom fishing so please don't reply unless you like trolling around all day, listening to Marlin tunes & having a can.

I have listed come costings that I believe to be accurate give or take $50 so you know what your up for.

Tournament nomination - $125

Exmouth Game Fishing Club Membership - $120 (not required if you are already a member of a GFAA club)

1st night accomodation at the Overlander - $50

Cabin at Big 4 Exmouth - $270

Boat Fuel - $75 per day for 4 days $300

Bait, Ice & Tackle - $100 for the trip

Food & drinks will be additional to this (presentation night dinner included)

I will take care of the car fuel there and back to assist with keeping the costs down.

This comes to a total of $965 for one person and would be obviously cheaper if we had 2 starters. (I reckon this is pretty good value for 4 days fishing in Exmouth)

I've had a pretty good run with the tournaments this year coming 2nd in the Exmouth Billfish Tournament in March & crewing for the Champion Female WA Open, Champion Junior Billfish at the Dampier Classic & Champion Smallfry Team at last months Australian Junior Billfish Tournament held in Exmouth.

If anyone is interested send me a PM and I'll get back to you in the coming days.

Cheers

Scott.

 anyone know any good sites to get cheap stickbaits and also  has anybody ever used the black magic raw stick baits i can get them for a good price $14 a lure but just wanted to know any ones opinions on them first thanks in advance

Enjoy

 Gday guys!

Thought Id share a way i save a bit of space in my tackle box. I use rainy days to make my rigs and use the vac sealer to put them in individual squares. I double seal between each square so you can cut one rig off at a time without piercing the seal on another one.

Might be a little more expensive then other ways but it is a very tidy way for me!

Does anyone else have any little tricks like this for storing tackle?

Cheers!!

My apologies for not writing this post sooner.  It has been a reasonably difficult job to evaluate exactly the cray bait we will supply in 2016 and the associated costs.  Add in the bulky nature of the frozen bait and it is quite a logistical exercise.

We will stock Blue Mackerel, Tuna Heads, Orange Roughy Heads and Mixed Fish Pieces and Heads (blue mackerel chunks, mullet chunks, reef fish heads and wings, tuna heads, roughy heads, and other assorted suitable material with composition depending on availability). 

You can purchase cray bait from us in 20kg boxes or 5kg bags (9-12 pieces per bag).  We have arrangements with suppliers where we will receive daily delivery of bulk bait as required, although there are sometimes supply issues with different baits from time to time.  An image of the freezer holding the 5kg bags is below.

As mentioned in a previous post comment, the price of cray bait varies considerably across the retail suppliers and we would really appreciate Member comment on whether our pricing is appropriate.  We have set our initial prices on the basis of bulk distribution so margins don’t have to be inflated and unreasonable.  Do you think we are high, low, or right on each size offering as set out below?  Is there anything else?

$65 – 20kg Blue Mackerel

$60 – 20kg Mixed Fish Pieces

$55 – 20kg Tuna Heads

$50 – 20kg Orange Roughy Heads

$45 – 18kg Mulie Seconds

$20 – 5kg Blue Mackerel

$20 – 5kg Mixed Fish Pieces

$17.50 – 5kg Tuna Heads

$17.50 – 5kg Orange Roughy Heads

The best way to ensure we can supply your requirements is to order in advance.  We will have shop stock every day but certain items do sell out.  You can come in, order through our web site, or for orders over 50kg contact us to arrange.

It looks like it will be a good season.  Our aim is to supply quality bait for a fair price from a business in Wangara that has all the required approvals to do so.

Thanks again for your support.  Mick

Hi all looking for some advice here , never potted before but im gearing up and keen as.
What bait works what doesn't ,whats illegal.
Any secrets you would like to share LOLO PM me.

Thanks

Was gonna drop them in on the ocean side of Staggie reef on Sat arvo and pull them sunday morning - just wondering if its worth doing yet. Has anybody got any in that area yet? any tips appreciated cheers dave

Use to dive for crays, but developed a wheeze during a Hooka dive once, so thought the better off this. But also those biteys out there would almost certainly stop me (down here only)now.
Whats to consensus?

Hey dudes

Looking for general areas where it's max 5m depth where I can catch some crays. Was thinking around burns rocks. Would there still be whites around there? Or have they walked into deeper waters.

Any general advice or direction would be great, only ever used pots, never dived but have a loop handy.

 Hmm cray season must have started and time to dredge the bent street boat ramp Safety Bay, seems like it was only 12 months ago they closed off part of this boat ramp, wait on it was 12 months ago. Great timing council.

 Not in yet 

 went north of perth over the weekend and threw some lures around hoping for some big greenbacks that we heard lurk these areas 5am start and the rapala xrap hit the water few twitches followed by a massive splash behind the lure yep there here had around a 1 hour sesssion with fish between the 40-60cm mark almost every cast  not the big ones we where hoping for but all in all was a great weekend went to the same spot of a night using baits and again every cast was a fish not tailor but school mulloway ranging from around  50cm to 60cm also lost somthing big after loosing around 100m of line off the reel then the line pinged on the reef  no idea what this fish was any way all in all was a great weekend and thanks wazza upton for the advice top bloke heres a few pics of some fish All where released

 Have seen a few good catches of crays by divers already and I'm keen to get the pots out Friday arvo.  I've heard it's hard going before the whites for pots (I've got plastic) but the last few years I've tried half heartedly and I'm going to give it a good crack this year. Pots in by Friday arvo then cart up by 3am sat sun mon tue... see how I go (weather pending)

My clears are about 3-4 years old and apart from them being dirty they appear to be going opaque, I'm looking for suggestions on how to make them sparkle again

Cheers & TIA

hey all,

I have a budget of $500 for a sounder/GPS combo and tossing up between the Garmin 5dv and the Lowrance Hook 4, the Garmin has a bigger screen in better orientation although I haven't heard a lot about the Garmin units, any feed back or advice between the 2 or which way I should go? both seem to be evenly spec'd feature wise

mainly used for off shore fishing

thanks in advance

 The last few times out on the water my boat has taken in a fair bit of water

 It seems to be getting worse - Yesterday when i removed the bungs, a worrying amount of water poured out   

 Boat is pressed aluminium & has a plywood floor which is difficult if not impossible to remove 

 Can any one give some ideas how to figure out where the problem is? 

 Does anyone know where to dispose off old epirbs and flares safely

cheers rob

 First dive for season in 16m with terrible conditions