Fishing Discussion
Thieving cray pots
Submitted by baao on Mon, 2015-12-14 22:31I saw a guy suspiciously checking out cray pots with a snorkle on along north mole ocean side facing north if they are your pots probably want to move them. This was friday night
making/fitting a portable live bait tank to Ali boat?
Submitted by Markie on Mon, 2015-12-14 21:22Has anyone on here done it? I find it hard to keep my herring alive all the time with an aerator in a bucket(other than stopping and doing water changes) so I want some form of pump to get it continuously flowing . Any diy ideas/photos etc if any help please mention or pm . Cheers
Marko
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blue marlin pic will amaze you!
Submitted by ricey on Mon, 2015-12-14 20:46Kind of glad it wasn't me. Be careful at the boat people! Story goes Russell Ching got pinned by the 500-pound blue in Hawaii today after trying to pull the big fish into the boat 
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Crabbing - Busselton
Submitted by Hebbs on Mon, 2015-12-14 19:21Just picked up an onsite van down that way so will be heading down with the grandkids for our first stay over Xmas, are the beaches around Busselton good for dropping a pot or two?
Cheers
Hebbs
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bull shark on ch 9 news
Submitted by uncle on Mon, 2015-12-14 19:13what an animal, 3 m. 250kilo took 1 hour and released back into the hastings river, never seen a fatter shark!
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What now with crayfish
Submitted by Grey Ghost on Mon, 2015-12-14 09:53Sorry, I'm knew to the crayfish catching - actually my pots never went out this season, but wouldn't mind still using them.
So everyone is talking about the white crayfish run is finished.
Is it still possible to catch crays out from Perth over the next few months? Do they just go out deeper or stop feeding?
Is it therefore still worthwhile putting pots out over Jan/Feb march and roughly where should I be thinking about putting them?
Thanks for help and sorry about the amateurish questions.
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Homemade Pot
Submitted by DTrain on Mon, 2015-12-14 09:44I had a bit of old Jarrah lying around, so I decided to have a go at putting together a homemade cray pot. What do you guys think?
It's full sized with double bait baskets, jarrah bottom and I added 10kgs of ballast. The whole thing probably weighs about 35kg.

I finished one on Saturday and went and chucked it in at Ocean Reef on Sunday morning. I have never seen so many cray pots out there before. There was thousands of them out the back of 3 mile reef. I had trouble finding a spot that wasn't already covered in them. I hope there's still some crays left out there.
I've got the second one finished now too, so I'll put that in tomorrow morning.
I know it's coming to the end of the white run, but I'm hoping to get a couple of crays before christmas. Next year I'll be ready at the start of the season.
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Geraldton/Kalbarri Crays
Submitted by Lastchance on Mon, 2015-12-14 09:39Hi All, Chasing some info regarding the current 'run' of crays in the Midwest. I'm towing my boat down from Karratha to Gerro next week and was wondering if the crays are still a happening thing, or do I leave my pots at home? Any info will be greatly appreciated as it will make the 1100km tow a little more worth while!
Daisy
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End of ban??
Submitted by mcgoo on Mon, 2015-12-14 08:41Gday guys,
just seeking some some clarification regarding the end of the Demersal ban.. Can Demersal fish be taken on the 15th or is it closed for the 15th meaning that fish could only be taken on the 16th??
cheers
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Rottnest Kingfish and Landbased Fishing
Submitted by Sam_Wood on Mon, 2015-12-14 08:38Hi Guys,
I'm Heading to Rotto for a week in soon and i'm looking to catch some Yellow Tail Kings and anything bigger (eg. snapper, rays, sharks). I plan to get up early ride to some of the beachs in the west end.
What Bait and location is best for these things?
Cheers Sam
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stella 6000
Submitted by fishinguy on Sun, 2015-12-13 20:54hi guys, any good reviews on this? i am targeting makies, tuna(up to 30kg), mullys and other fish that size, is a 600 good for that? the 8000 is way to big for me. is 13kg drag enough?
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Defrosting crayfish
Submitted by CCC on Sun, 2015-12-13 16:35Have a few crays in the freezer for Christmas. What is the best way to defrost them to ensure the best quality? Also how long does it normally take to defrost them?
Thanks
CCC
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Mandurah Blues are Out
Submitted by Jackfrost80 on Sun, 2015-12-13 13:08Tried Pt Grey and Coodanup yesterday for nothing but undersizers yesterday but hit the honey hole today. Got 9 in 3 runs with 3 nets and then another 4 runs to get the final one. Only had to put the gauge on two of em. Sorry cant resize the pic on my phone.
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Fishing for Dhuies Ledge Point
Submitted by frog.hicks on Sun, 2015-12-13 12:54Hello fellow members,
Looking for some advice when fishing for Dhuies at Ledge point heading up there for a week with the kids want hook them their first dhuie any advice would be helpful thanks also dropping the craypotsin should do right in the shallows uo there?
Cheers.
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swan fishing
Submitted by duncan61 on Sun, 2015-12-13 11:02HI All,I am looking for anyone interested in fishing the swan at east fremantle.I have a 3.85 tattoo predator with a 15HP parson on a rebuilt trailer.I need someone with a car and towball.I would be willing to go in the ocean as well.I have a bit of time off over the break and my usual people are away
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Good Sunday
Submitted by Broome lad on Sun, 2015-12-13 10:22First pull after a five day soak out in 23m of GI happy days couple nice jumbos today two others went back fully berried up and another three when the back just on the gauge .. Bloody stoked ..
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Jumbo crays video
Submitted by crano on Sat, 2015-12-12 20:55Some video I took on friday in 33m off bunbury.It was taken with a gopro attatched to my goggles which explains why it is random and jerky.I was doing most of the catching as the other bloke had a knee replacement 3 weeks and 3 days before so he was taking it easy.
I hope this gives non divers an idea of what t is like down there.
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Ocean reef
Submitted by Bones 79 on Sat, 2015-12-12 20:45Anyone go out of ocean reef today if so what were the conditions like thinking of heading out tomorrow with daughter for a quick cruise to give the boat a run
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Trophy WA 2052
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Not Suspicious?
Submitted by Dale on Sat, 2015-12-12 12:17 Ok, so some poor dude gets found dead in the water off Trigg with his hands and feet bound and the police say it's not suspicious. They obviously know more than me, but if that's not suspicious, then what is?
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Drum winch
Submitted by ginodan on Sat, 2015-12-12 11:08Hi all needs some info please , just fitted a Savwinch to the boat and was wondering what knot is used to attach the rope to the eyelet on the drum ??
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Mandurah canals xmas lights.
Submitted by Glen.vit on Sat, 2015-12-12 08:25Hey fellas, looking at taking a few mates and there younger siblings out to look at the lights in mandurah, just wanted to know on where you guys recommend to launch from, i have a 7m boat so will the ramp at mary street be ok? cheers
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Few still there
Submitted by little johnny on Fri, 2015-12-11 20:28Slowing down in close .:):)
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Big Johns Jigs
Submitted by Brad Park on Fri, 2015-12-11 19:03Hi all, just got back from a great Quobba trip and want to send out a big thanks to Big John who made us some lead head jigs. They were fantastic, cast well and came through the water brilliantly leaving the best bubble trail I've seen from all the jigs I've used. If you are heading up there during the sharkie run I suggest you get onto him to make you some. I will get him to make some soft plastic heads as we had a ball on Cobia with them.
Cheers Brad.
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Best deck wash pumps?
Submitted by pricey10 on Fri, 2015-12-11 18:16Hi guys I'm looking to upgrade my deck wash system. I'm looking for something that is really powerful. With really high pressure or huge flo. I can almost piss harder then the current jabsco one I've been running
Has anyone got any reccomendations?
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{Compleat Angler Nedlands} New products thread #2
Submitted by Compleat Nedlands on Fri, 2015-12-11 17:19The other thread was getting a little long so here goes thread number 2!
Some of the popular brands that we stock..
Fishing stuff:
- Carpenter
- Ripple Fisher
- Yamaga
- Fisherman
- MC Works
- Craftbait
- Hots
- Hammerhead
- Strategic Angler
- Second Stage
- NS
- Smiths
- Temple Reef
- Valley Hill
- Shimano
- Daiwa (Tournament Dealer)
- Assassin
- Maria
- Zerek
- Eupro
- Gopro
- Nomad
- Feed
- ASWB
- Orion
- Narwhal
- Swage
- JDM Shimano
- Major Craft
- Megabass
- 13
- Swibo
- Jerry Brown
- Tas Line
- Marttiini
- BubbaBlade
- Spotters
- Tonic
- Costa
- Studio Ocean Mark
- Leatherman
- Yamashita
- Duel
- Breaden
- Gancraft
- Harimitsu
- Decoy
- Shout
- Sunline
- Versus
- Varivas
- Toray
- Living Dead Special
- Banett
- Nature Boys
- Lamble Bait
- Y2
- Zetz
- Adhek
- Duo
- NorthCraft
- Lucky Craft
- Eco Gear
- OSP
- Bassday
- Samurai
- Halco
- Fin Nor
- Quantum
- Mustad
- Rovex
Camping Stuff:
- Buff
- Companion
- Coleman
- Doble
- Goal Zero
- Sea to Summit
- Gasmate
- Waeco
- Primus
- Oztrail
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Cray Pots been Stolen
Submitted by hooty on Fri, 2015-12-11 15:49Went out the other day with my daughter and we decided to clean some of the beach. Here's 300m of the west side of Garden Island beach. Whilst we collected over 10 sets of floats that used to belong to pots, there was at least another 2 or 3 stuck in the rocks high and dry. How many pinched pots have had there ropes cut by propellers ?.
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Diamond deck
Submitted by Marineboy on Fri, 2015-12-11 15:37just had a new boat built and looking for an alternative to carpet for the floor, seen this product diamond deck, has anyone on here used it and if so what's your opinion, alternatively can anyone recommend another product.
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