Hi, me and the mrs are heading to broome 7th to 10th jan and me being me i can go three days in broome without having to go for a fish. Im just wondering if anyone could recommend a charter/tour where me and the mrs could get out and catch some fish creek or ocean not fussed just dont wanna have to extent the morgage for it tho if you know what i mean. Any help will be much appreciated.

ocean reef marina carpark is chockers and boat trailers are parked on the main roads verges all along Ocean Reef Boulevard.
In other words mayhem!

 Out pulling my pots today ffb out of garden island northern end 25\26 m of water found a yellow rope floating been cut of didn't pull it as I had a spare small float on board which I attached to it rope looked fairly new not been in the water that long very clean hope someone claims it I'll give fisheries the Lat and long they can pull it to see if it has I'd on the pot . 

 On the market for a new outboard .

Seems the 2 stroke market hasnt had a facelift for a long time and all seems old tech except for the etecs.

The Honda/Tohatsu 4 strokes seem to have a very good power to weight ratio. Not sure on the price though

Everyone seems to rave about the Yamys but they are the most expensive (reminds me alot of toyota)

 Hi guys,

can anyone give me some help on off shore fishing mandurah, 

Been out wide a couple of times and struggling to get any fish.

Where is best to head?

 Made crayfish thermidor for the missus on xmas day with my three biggest Crays for the year came out a treat . 

The phone has been ringing off the hook this morning asking if we're open today!! The answer is YES WE ARE OPEN UNTIL 5.00pm this afternoon!! and we will be OPEN ALL LONG WEEKEND including Sunday 9.00am till 5.00pm and Monday 9.00am till 5.00pm.

For any of your fishing tackle, bait or marine accessories drop into OCEANSIDE TACKLE AND MARINE.

OPEN 7 DAYS!!!

 He guys,

I was thinking about trying some poppers and live bait ballooning off radar reef on Rottnest. Is this a good idea? If so what would I catch? (Other than tailor) I'm hoping for a yellow tail king

cheers Sam

merry christmass all!

just wondering if anyone has been fishing  at Moore river recently,land based,tinny or yak,ocean or river, also what about breamskis up the river?does it hold any nice size ones at the moment??

 Hey guys. I am taking the boat out in esperance over when the wind drops down over the next few weeks. 

I have done a little bit of research but havent found a great deal on where to start.

Was thinking of bottom bashing around some of the big drop offs near the islands.

Just wondering if anyone knows of where would be the best place to start or at least point me in the right direction?

Would trolling be any good around here??

Hi all

We are heading up to Lancelin over the coming weeks to do some bottom fishing chasing some Duhis, baldies etc I have heard of a spot of Direction bank and also something along the lines of Keepers Gate or Keepers gale.

Would any be able to advise some reasonable spots and depths to catch some good eating fish

Enjoy

Gave the wife a present this morning. It was just wrapping with nothing inside. She said "There's nothing?"
I said "I got that for you to wear tonight."
We just laughed and laughed.

I need a place to stay....

good result for fisheries &hopefully the word gets around to others who might be tempted

hezzy

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Media-releases/Pages/Big-fines-for-interfering-with-rock-lobster-fishing-gear.aspx

Big fines for interfering with rock lobster fishing gear
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​Two men have been ordered to pay a total of more than $87,700 for a range of joint and individual fishing offences – one of them personally having hundreds of rock lobster tails and dozens of whole lobsters stored at home and the other being found with more than 60 packaged or frozen lobster tails at his residence.

A Joondalup Court yesterday heard the men had been under surveillance by Fisheries and Marine Officers on 23 December 2013 and again on a number of days in November and December last year; before they were apprehended, interviewed and later charged.

Russell Ewen, aged 61, from Greenwood was fined $14,000 and issued with an additional mandatory penalty of $46,250 and court costs of $169.10.

Christopher Stickland, aged 66, of Kallaroo was fined $14,000, given an additional mandatory penalty of $13,200 and $169.10 in court costs.

Among their offences, they faced 11 joint charges of interfering with fishing gear that did not belong to either of the accused.

The magistrate also ordered Ewen to forfeit his boat and trailer used to commit the joint offences, along with the 230 rock lobster tails, 24 whole western rock lobsters and three lobster pots, which had also been seized by Fisheries and Marine officers.

Stickland was ordered to forfeit 68 rock lobster tails and three pots that were seized.

North Metropolitan Compliance Manager Todd A’Vard said the court had issued the appropriate penalties for the offenders.

“Cases of interference with fishing gear are difficult to prove and the good work of Fisheries and Marine Officers to build a strong case against these men was a credit to the department’s compliance efforts,” Mr A’Vard said.

“We know that many recreational fishers are out there doing the right thing and some have suffered from such illegal activities. When you set your lobsters pots there’s nothing worse than finding, or suspecting, they have been raided by someone else.

“We ask anyone with information about illegal fishing activities to not get involved, but to carefully observe what you see and give FISHWATCH a call on 1800 815 507”.

More information on WA’s rock lobster fishing rules and limits is available in the Recreational fishing for rock lobster guide 2015/16. Find that at www.fish.wa.gov.au, or collect the guide from departmental offices, or Information Outlets.

 Went down this morn. Just throwing nets in canals (  vacant blocks). Yummy

 eery time i go snorkling at rottnest i see heaps if parrot fish in the 2 to 3kg mark, i was just wondering what is the best way to catch them? thanks

To all our Fishwrecked members, we would like to thank you for your ongoing support and wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2015/16

 I was wondering if anyone knew where I can get an up to date web site of where the Leeuwin current is at the moment?

We've just had heaps more gear turn up so the shops FULL and ready for Christmas.

We're Open today until 6:00pm, so if your needing any Fishing/Boating/Dive/Marine gear etc we're happy to help.
 

Fri 25th December: " CLOSED " - Christmas Day

hey fellas may be heading up to carnavon for a few days i have fished the jetty many off times so wanting somewhere new to try i have fished quobba etc hoping some people can put me and the misses in the right direction if we do head up or be happy to catch up with anyone from this page for a beer :)

This week we had some pretty epic weather, well at least for a small 2-3 hour window. So I made the most of it and went spearing 3 times along the FFB. I dont have a GPS or sounder on board that works so it was a jump in and check the ground scenario. Found some awesome new ground along the way also. 

Been running a new wetsuit the last 3 dives - perhaps its been my good luck charm. 

Highlights are:

- my first speared tuna in over 6 years of diving, these fish are quick and dont hang around for a shot, lucky to land this 6.5kg stripey. Saw them busting up some bait on the surface, and jumped in and two models swum past me close enought for a shot. Next is hopefully a yellow fin on spear.

- PB 1.2kg KGW, 57cm long

- The shot on the small sambo, from the ocean floor shooting above me - long shot and landed it, stoked with that. 

- Fish in the freezer again finally!

Sorry for the pics being side on, no idea why that happens or how to fix. 

ps the foxy in one of the pics was shot by my dive buddy. 

pps the blue groper is only the 2nd I've shot in my life. 

hey guys wanting to no how the fads are doing atm we are thinking of trying out luck.
can anybody let me no where it is as I cant seem to find it.thanks guys

I fyou want to test your skill competency at boating at night, take a trip down the various canals at Mandurah.

The traffic on the water is like the causeway at 5 o'clock on a work day. Boats, launches of all sizes with a wide variety of skippers with some, and no knowledge of the "rules of the road" are as thick as.

A lot of the houses have really gone to great lengths to put up a lot of yule tide decorations and are very impressive. However if you are the skipper you are only going to snatch a quick glance at them as you will be very busy keeping a sharp look out for all the other boats doing the same thing in very confined waters.

Hats off to the local water police for doing a great job on the water with help to those who perhaps might not feel comfortable being on the water in close company with so many other boats that range from 3 metres to 20 metres.

It's well worth having a look at and being on the estuary with the kids who are all oohs and arrhs at the lights.

Magic conditions today. fishing was a bit slow but managed  a feed

 Had an amazing day on the water yet again. Was asked by a couple of work mates from eastern states to guide them on there first trip out of Perth. Left Two Rocks around 5:30 and streight to one of my go to spots to see if I could get them there first Dhuy. Well almost every drop resulted in quality fish with with multiple 8 to 10 kg Dhuys coming aboard almost every drift. All were brought up slowly and released well. Kept 2 and decided to head out for a troll out wide. These guys were set up for serious game fishing but I had my doubt about any results to be honest. But to my amazement after two hours of trolling one reel started to scream like I've never heard before. I was told to grab the rod and hang on. So I did. Then to my amazement a 250kg ( there estimate) blue marlin leaps clear of the water 50mtrs behind the boat. 300mtrs of line peeled of at high speed until suddenly everything went slack. It was gone and so was the lure. I was absolutly stunned at what just happened. Didn't even care that we missed the fish I was just in shock at what just happened. Trolled for another few hours with no results but didn't even care. My day was perfect and these guys were so appreciative of being put onto some good fish. Defiantly one for the books.

 Still Pmsl . Sometimes a little sun can help. Better than fish photo:):):)

 Any an all advice for launching at Lancelin beach/s appreciated. I have a 19 foot centre console fibre glass and a 200 series cruiser. Where do I launch from, what do I need to be mindful of and phone numbers if i F@#k up and need pulling out quick smart.

Cheers

 Another couple of dives off bunbury. There was about 15 dhuies but none size on the first dive You cannot see them all in the video as the water was not clean

enough. On a big screen you can see them better.We always seem to see lots of fish when all the baitfish are around.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWM5c7-Zd1o

 Finally managed to get out early this morning for a quick fish. Had a great session with a 65cm and then 55cm Dhu coming in the first 30 minutes. An undersize pinky and 2 small Dhu and a fox fish were all returned. Then the sambos moved in in a plague. If you hooked 1 there would be 10 more follow it to the boat. I have a sounder pic somewhere I will add which looked awesome. No pics of the fish but here is the deckie fighting a sambo.

EDIT: Added sounder shot of the sambos.

just found this story on the abc , not looking good id think for the wedge community ,
makes you wonder if this might be the catalyst for removing them and opening it up for other developers

story below
hezzy

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-22/wedge-island-shack.jpg/7048466

Two Western Australian seaside shack associations will meet the authors of a report which examines asbestos levels at one of Australia's largest shack communities.
The report by independent consultants found more than 250 shacks at Wedge Island and Grey, south of Jurien Bay on the state's mid-west coast, appear to contain asbestos-related material.
Murray Knowles from the Wedge Island Protection Association said it would work with the Department of Parks and Wildlife to appropriately manage the asbestos.
He said the association would meet the department and the report's authors in mid-January.
"It's the issue of what to do to make sure that it's managed in an appropriate way and health issues are addressed," he said.
"So that's what we want to find out with the presentation.
"We need to hear the presentation and have those questions answered or other information supplied before we make a formal position on it."