Hi lads, two rocks is now my local ramp and recently Ive been having a go for squid with the duo jigs. Im used to targeting them in 2-3 m around cockburn but most of two rocks area is a lot deeper.  Ive had a few cracks without any luck, and lost a few jigs to some pretty big snook in the area.

Ive been having a go in the 12m zone close in. Seems to be plenty weed on the sounder. 

Anyone got any advice in this area? 

Cheers

Grant.

I pulled into the "fishpark" between Carnac and Garden Islands late yesterday afternoon for the third time in the last week and counted 30 boats with more heading in on the horizon. On this occasion I was about the first to leave where on the other two occasions I've been last man standing. The question I ask is anybody catching any Snapper?

 Hi 

Does anyone know if timber wolf make stickers, if you have ever heard the brand, if you have please pm me.

Just sayign if you have never used a timber wolf stick you are missing out.

Jarz

 Can any tell me when the pros start out again for Crays??

Thanks

 Hi there, searching for some whole frozen mullet or something of the kind south of the river. Having some trouble locating them atm, can someone point me in the right direction of somewhere that may be able to hlep ? Thanks

 Went out around 10 this morning to coventrys to try for some kingfish, had a few bustoffs of nice fish to 10kg and landed a few skippy, then had a visit from this grey suit

 So mixed quota is here now in the Gascoyne region, instead of pinks and spaniards being the only quota species, now everything is. Allowed to catch 3 ton of mixed to every 5 ton of pink i think. Might be a bit of target shooting and fish getting thrown back and a bit less variety on the market. 

my name is Rene and i have moved over to Australia about a year and a half ago. Loving every minute of it. 

I am originally from the Netherlands, where i have lived for 33 years.

when i was young, between the age of 12-16, i was fishing every day back in the Netherlands.

Mainly freshwater as it was only a 5 min walk away, but have fished off the piers aswell.

My dad was always with me on the piers and tought me everything i know.

I have recently picked up fishing again, as this is such a great country for it. The Netherlands isn't what it used to be in that regard.

I have been fishing at woodman's point off the pier, and have been out on my workmate's boat, wich was great and i just enjoy being outdoors, taking in the sun and just relaxing. And maybe even catch something.

At the moment i have a 9ft penn rod with reel with 20lb mono line, have a few sinkers and the lot and some spinners/poppers to try out aswell. Making my own rigs and all that, just like i used to do back in the Netherlands ;-)

As it is at the moment, i don't have a boat and the likes to go fishing in deep waters out to sea to catch fish, so i will have to do it landbased for now.

Now i was looking into buying a shimano aerowave 13ft with a shimano biomaster SW AHG 10000 to increase my casting distance and maybe get more chance to catch a variety of fish. And probably will get braid on that spool to aid casting distance.

I usually and what i used to do is baitfishing.

( i am a bit of a shimano nut, always have been when i was younger too ;-))

What do you lads/lasses think about that setup?

My fishing will be landbased and probably mostly in the cockburn sound (off the piers) and or the dawesville cut (off the piers and beaches in between)

I am Mandurah based so those spots are most likely to be fished most, unless people can give me some other good options.

I don't mind getting up early or stay up late to get in the prime time for certain species, but i also like to be out during the day.

Any hints, tips and advice greatly appriciated.

Rene

 Hi Guys, 

My second query today is as follows..

My wife got me a Silver Navionics card from BCF for Fathers day yesterday, and I put it into my Lawrence Elite 5 - not the 5 chirp.., and I cant seem to get the unit to "plan a route" to a way point - the route from Safety bay Ramp to FFB takes me straight over Penguin Island???

Does the Navionics Silver card have the info/ability to route to a waypoint, around obstructions, Islands, shallow water and hazards, with the Elite 5?

Are my base settings incorrect, or something in the menu set wrong?

Thanks,

 Hi guys,

Anyone out there know how to set up, and connect a standard Mercury rev counter to the 90hp engine?

I have the manual, and had a look at the wiring diagrams, but they are all a little different.. I had the wire from the CDI unit going to the rev counter, grey I think it was, and it did not work, my manual indicated Yellow/black from the first coil, on plug 1 - the same wire that kills the engine, and I shocked the crap out of myself testing the signal, which seems to be a high voltage AC signal, similar to the plug output??? This did activate the rev counter, on the 3x setting on the rear of the rev counter(for amount of Cylinders, i thought), but when revving the motor, the needle just cruises around the 1000RPM mark, and wont drop off when I turn the ignition off?? The needle stays at 1000RPM with the engine off and only resets to 0 when the ignition is turned on and off again..

Anyone know what the correct color engine wire is to take to the signal of the RPM meter, and the correct setting on the RPM Meter?

Thanks,

 JUST WONDERED IF ANY MEMBERS HAVE DOWN LOADED THE NAVIONICS MAPS TO I PAD THE ONE THAT COST $70-80. IS IT THE SAME THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU BUY A SOUNDER/GPS UNIT . THE REASON I ASK IS THAT I HAVE A LOWRANCE COMBO AND IT WOULD BE HANDY.TO LOOK AT THE MAPS ON I PAD & LEAVE THE  COMBO UNIT ON SOUNDER. CHEAPER THAN BUYING A 2ND UNIT.

Well its time to spoil Dad this Sunday with Fathers Day.

Some of the products we have been selling of late are knives/tackle bags/fishing books/fishing DVD's/sea anchors/combo's/knife sharpeners etc for Fathers Day.

If your not too sure what to get him then why not a Oceanside Tackle and Marine "Gift Voucher"
 

Fishwrecked Discounts apply on what you purchase and with every purchase we will supply you a FREE Ugly Stik fishing hat valued @ $19.95 (Please mention this FREE hat at purchase)


Open 7 Days including today until 5pm and Sunday 9-5pm

 What are members thoughts on fishing Sunday quite new to boating have 5.5 surtees. Weather reports low wind but 2.5 swell. 

Gday fellas, anyone use these reels. I only use Daiwa and shimano but the quantum smoke  sl10 looks like a nice little reel. Any feedback appreciated, cheers.

Me and mate had a crazy session a few weeks ago on Salmon under the old traffic bridge in Fremantle.  Took this little vid.  They would have taken anything but we used a soft plastic rigged to a 40 pound handlne.  We thought it was halarious at the time sighting these fish and pulling em out on by hand.

www.youtube.com/watch

Hi guys I just wanted to say a big thank you to Ryan and the boys down at Oceanside after helping me out with a rod that I was after. Ryan is such an enthusiast sharing his wealth of knowledge really helped me to find the rod that I was chasing.

The rod exactly what I needed and couldn't be happier with the whole experience so if you are after some quality gear and great service get down and support these guys !

Cheers

Spicey

 Headed out from Two Rocks yesterday at gentelmans hours and headed up to Moore river for a bit. The river mouth must be open with a big splume of dirty water out to 3 mile.

Had a shocking day with just a few fish released due to size. The friendly fisheries blokes stopped by to check out the bait esky (as the fish esky was empty) and all was good.

On our return to the marina the fisheries were checking catches at the ramp. Well there were a few boats there so we hung out in the marina to wait our turn and while tonking around i spotted a pretty big Dhuie carcas that someone had tossed in the marina. As it came alongside us we realized it was a whole fish. Well our esky was empty so we grabbed it. A still cold from the esky 5kg dhu. Looks like someone was not following the rules and decided to drop it in when they saw the fisheries guys.

If you know who it was thank them for me.

Merv

Enjoy

If there’s one thing we get asked all the time it's “ when is Ryan Thipthorp/Oceanside going to do a super deep talk night”

We’ll its happening and our first night was done at CPBA recently and the outcome was great with plenty of people saying they learnt heaps.

There were plenty people there and we had to cap the crowd numbers (sorry to the people that missed out). We are doing another night and this will be the last one so don't miss out!!

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i need to get some anchor rope in the next couple weeks and I was wondering if anyone was using nylon anchor rope? In my previous boats I've just used the "silver"branded rope and I was wondering if the nylon was worth the extra $$? Will be using 8m of 8mm chain and 12mm diamater 3 strand nylon rope with a delta anchor.

 Also if you have personally used a delta style anchor what size would you recommend? Boat is a 590 trailcraft trailblazer 

evening gents,

in duns for a couple of nights from thurs

got the young bloke with me, whats happening down there at the moment? still to cold for whiting?

herring at the jetty? any beaches producing anything?

cheers

paddy

Looking at both 600W and 1000W winches. Both appear to have 2800kg holding power. Have a 5.8m Haines Hunter which have notoriously small anchor wells. Thinking GX1 just due to size. anyone have a lonestar and can provide insight. feedback much appreciated. Open to other brands / types.

Cheers
Adam

 I picked these beauty's up for my rock fishing adventures and I've been told that wading socks are the go can anyone recomend a good pair and wear to find them cause I've never herd of them.

I've been known to get soaked while trying to land fish on low ledges so want to get the best and even if they get wet i can still fish all day in comfort.  

Cheers guys

Hi folks, my brother in-law has a Voyager LTD, 18'6" I think.
He went out 2 weeks ago in a slightly choppy sea & on the way back dropped over the back of a wave & heard a rather loud "bang".
He kept going but noticed that the bilge pump was on, automatic switch on.
When he got back to the ramp & on the trailer he had a lot of water coming out of the rear bung even though the pump had been on for half the return journey.
After a quick inspection, he noticed about midships there was a crack across the hull, yes "across" the hull.
Has this happened to anyone else & what was the outcome. Is it repairable or not advised because of the cost to an older boat & the structural integrity of the repair ????
Your thoughts are gratefully accepted.

 Deckie available from Saturday the 5th till Friday the 10th!

keen as on jigs and plastics don't like bait generally  , keen to deep drop , green as with that kind of fishing and will use bait then , obviously .....

Split fuel costs clean boat do what's ever is required ....

the terboz

 hi guys caught this little guy in shallow NoR

just curious as i haven't seen one before

 G'day guys, just wandering if anyone has done any dusk/night fishing on the five fathom bank off mandurah. Was thinking about heading out on a still evening, anchoring and burley the crap out of the water and chucking a couple of baits out the back. Has anyone had much luck in doing somthing like that. 

Hey everyone,

Were heading to Bussleton this coming weekend, for the vintage motorcross, but were also gonna have a couple of days fishing. Havent really fished that area before so any tips for spots will be appreciated. Ill be fishing for smaller stuff like whiting and herring but also have a bigger rod out with something else.

Cheers in advance,

Vinnie

After some advise please.
I've got a mate with a fibreglass 7.2mtr Keywest hardtop.
He's is scraping the inboard and putting a 300hp Yamaha outboard on it.
So he's after some advise on how / who to add a fibreglass pod.
Has anyone recently put a pod on and if so who did you use.
Can anyone recommend anyone.
Is ally an option....
Cheers in advance