hi guys i have just finished making a shark rig but i dont know how long the whole rig has to be. i will be targeting 2 to 2.5m sharks. i havent cut the wire yet. does anyone know how long it has to be to survive tail whips and other stuff?

 After a bit of advise about trolling have purchased a 30kg rod and over head reel. I have a 19ft baron half cab with a Suzuki 115hp 4 stroke, would like to no we're I could start trolling around the perth area what lures to use and how fast to operate the boat and any other tips would be great.

 hi guys,what would be a better reel out of the spinfisher v 95000 or spinfisher ssm 950

 a few photos from the past, love the steep point one!

 Hi all.

early April I am heading North for work, I don't have much time but will be staying in Carnarvon 1 afternoon/night and Exmouth 1 afternoon/night.

was hoping to get a couple of ideas as to where to fish Land based unfortunately.

 Why the hell do lures come with split rings on the tie point of lures? Annoys the shit out of me. If you can't tie a loop knot, learn how to! Instead of a split ring they should have a 'how to tie a loop knot' card. Pretty sure a bit of paper should be cheaper than an under sized key ring!

 Hi guys just wondering what everyones thoughts are on Dawia Saltiga Hyper PE 8 Braid + SI

Anybody used it??  and if so, good reports or bad??

Cheers for any reply 

Just wondering if anyone has bothered dropping small sabiki's into those offshore schools which are popping up on sounder screens a fair bit at the moment. Keen to secure some fresh bait but i've never tried it myself (yet).

Any tips would be appreciated.

Gents

I have just moved to Atwell from South Perth.
Can anyone advise on any good spots to go fishing off the beach round this area?

Hey guys, Have not been on here for a while, I was thinking of getting into some jigging for small species like skippy and baby sambos and was after some advice on what gear to look for . Need a reel to fish about 8lb braid and possibly under $250. Rod I have no clue. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers Aaron

 hi guys, is anyone going to eshed tonight for some mulloway, if so what time.

With the crays being in shallow at the moment, wondering if they are hungry yet and getting in the pots???

 Just wondering whether anyone has used this ramp. I was down there the other day and initially I thought it looked like a easy launch but then I noticed the slime particularly on the Western side of the ramp. Has this caused anyone problems in the past. The East side looks less slimey. I will only be launching a dinghy but may be single handed

Enjoy 

Hi fishos,

Looking for any fishwrecked members that may be from Ledge Point.... I wanted to pick your brain!!

I have recently bought a house in Ledge (By recent I mean a year ago) and I have yet to take my boat out up there, but I am planning on taking it up at easter. I have been down to the beach when some locals have pulled their boats out, some skull drag the boat up the beach and some just back the trailer down in the water with their tractor and drive the boat on and drive out.....

My question is how easy is it lauching and retrieving there at the moment? I have a 6.7 barcrusher and have a tractor at the house and wanted to know if its necessary to have to skull drag it up the beach first or will I get away with backing the trailer in the water and driving the boat on?

Also if anyone cares to share if they are getting many crays at the moment? And whats the fishing been like?

Theres a fair few questions but was hoping a local could assist!

Cheers in advance!!

howdy all,

The crab festival has just come and gone, but do the crabs come from Mandurah? Does this mean there's bugger all left? 100,000 people eat a heck of a lot of crab

Also, with the rains about to fall, the river usually shuts down. What about Mandurah and the sound?

cheers

Its been a while so thought I would throw some random photos up. Could have posted a sheeeet load more but just never bothered to take photos dunno why...

Swan river tailor

Two rocks pinky

2 rocks KG my first at 58cm

pink

flatty

cooked flatty

sounder

15min off scabs

chilli mussels

chilli crab

cray on line

little tailor

mixed bag Cervantes

one fast bali boat

what would cause Braid to weaken

Hi folks

I bought a talica 12 II and got the shop to spooled it with 600m of YGK PE 5 braid.

My reels drag is : strike 19 Lbs, full 39Lbs.

I've now lost 4 fish due to line breakage. I though it was my Knot, then I check the eyes of my rod.

Finally I went to the beach with my daughter and tested it. It seems to be only in certain areas. I set the drag to the minimum and walk back, with 60-100m of line out I slowly tightened the drag and pulled. it tends to snap just over the strike drag setting. (one snapped as I was starting to pull) 3 trys, 3 breakages, at differnet lengths, but none at the knots.

I'm going to replace the braid but don't want the same to happen (fairly expensive exercise).

Could the braid get damaged when it's wound on? (through heat, friction).

would the more expensive (therefore, thinner braids), be more likely to be affected?

my "ebay special" braid is still going strong, and I've had it the longest?

cheers

Hi Guys

You would have to be Crazy at the moment to buy a Reel advertised on any forum, 2nd hand site or face book, with no receipt unused, no box in new condition.With the Black market hot and flooded with high end gear of late from all the break & enters not to mention the unknown fraud,i would be thinking this is being looked at by WA Police i imagine.

I guess though if some one does buy one of these reels on the black market its a gamble if you get caught or notor your just that dumb to not think they are stolen.If the original thief is caught and ends up in Jail for Fraud or Theft is he going to pass on the info of the person-people whom help sell the products and the buyers, if he doesnt then the feds will go through there phone accounts and messages forum accounts and proceed to find the reels or rods and retreive stolen property.Just a thought Buyer Beware i say.

 Hey guys new to the page and heading down to Augusta this weekend what's biting and any tips 

cheers

Bart

any ideas on a travel rod which can handle maccies, wahoo etc. preferably in o/head

 just curious to know whats a good reel to use for setting out big baits, i heard the fin-nor offshore is reliable with a high drag pressure & can hold alot of line. also what rod would suit it?

i was interested in the sneider glass and ozflex brands in a 15ft one peice size.

any info would b widely appreciated

cheers, caughtup

G'day all. Long time, first time.
Shortly returning to WA after an extended period in the Eastern states mainly Victoria, where one of the prime fisheries was the annual run of SBT out of towns like Portland and Port Mac SA. A quick glance at the map shows the shelf running along Albany at about the same distances. Pretty sure that these tuna migrate all along the Southern Ocean
does that mean the south coast WA gets these same fish. I really haven't heard anything from over here. Anyone?

Has anyone had anything to do with SAS Braid. And if so, where can you buy it other than Ebgay?

Hey all, dropping my gf in the city saturday and got a few hours early to mid afternoon to kill before going to pick her up. the weather reports arnt looking to great but as long as its not raining, and seeing as all recent attempts to get out for a fish have failed, i was thinking of heading to claremont or along that stretch to try my luck for some flathead or whatever. ive had very limited luck in the swan and this summer has seen me a total 1 sized flathead and 2 tarwhine. so thort id seek some advice before i rush out, would i be wasting my time heading out saturday or are there spots between the city and freo that will still produce on a not so great day weatherwise? ive got a handfull of smaller lures and suitable rod/reel with 6lb braid and heaps of varrying sized mono leaders, so am prepared to swap and change until sumthing works. any help would be greatly appreciated, plus once i get some more experience under my belt ill glady do the same for others, as i no how slow it is getting started into metro fishing.

Cheers, Niko

 I have a GME  G-Combo fishinder/chartplotter combo, no more than 2 years old. Chartplotter and everything works fine but the fishfinder stopped  working not long ago.

When i use the fish finder all that appears are 3 question marks where the depth should be and a blank screen were the sonar reading should appear.

It still tells me the water temperature and SOG(speed over ground) so the transducer is still working just not getting a reading of whats underneath. 

Any ideas on that the problem could be?

 Anyone used Varivas Super PE. 

Varivas gets a pretty good rap around here but this particular product is alot cheaper than other Vaivas braids. I'm a beliver of you get what you pay for but just wondering if its as good as some of the other Varivas braids. Specs - 13kg - 0.19mm - 8 weave comes in 270m and 450m spools

 Fishing up at ex mouth today caught us a few mangrove jack haven't caught or eaten theses before just wondering others thoughts on  how to cook a couple up

 Anyone lost a kiteboard in Safety Bay?

 Managed to score a last spot on Seasport for this coming Sunday.  Headin up Pat Malone Sat arvo.

Anyone from here gonna be on board Sunday?

Can't wait!

Cheers

Wazza