Thinking about going to mosmans jetty this Friday night, possibly chasing some mulloway Aswell are there any being held there at all? I'll chase some tailor and flathead Aswell please let me know! 

Also HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!

Hello knowledgeable Fishwrecked Members,

For some time now I have watched this site with interest and am constantly amazed by the quality of the content posted by members.  The information provided, and the search engine, has helped me no end with the unfamiliar waters of Perth Metro and I wanted to introduce myself to Fishwrecked, detail my novice experiences and seek any further advice that members may be able to provide.

For 8 months last year I had the "wonderful" experience of commuting to Perth from Brisbane on a weekly basis (there is nothing like 15 hours of travel each week).  The ASX-200 company that I work for requested that I come to "fix" a business, and in the end it is not a short term proposition and the option of relocating to Perth with my family was put.  It is a long story that I won't go into however my wife is from Perth and her very extended family is here so needles to say we moved in December 2013.

I have fished all my life, although not as often as I would have liked at times.  Throughout my childrens upbringing we would on regular occasions head north from Brisbane to Cooloola Beach, north of Noosa, where you could camp in the dunes and fish the magnificent waters of the 40 mile beach.  Through a project I did on the Noosa North Shore, I became good friends with "The Bear", who is a local tailor fishing legend in his own lifetime, and through the many hours of enjoyable times (and lots of Bundys) with him I learned a lot about reading water, rigs, baits and strategy and would constantly annoy my friends with images od sucessful trips.  I have used the image of my daughter with a couple of nice tailor from the Noosa River mouth, taken from The Bear's front yard, as my "ID Image" to remind me of the good times we had.  Similarly, I attach an image of one trip with the boys.   

Hi guys, after some advice

Looking to buy a rod for metro demersal soft plastic fishing .

Will be using it for range of locations including snapper in cockburn sound, inshore reefs, FFB and upto the 30-40m depths

Will be pairing it with a 4000 or 5000 spin reel

Budget $100-200.

Cheers for any recommendations

Joycey 

 Tristen had a nice little jumbo in one of his pots today. he's going to give this one and five others to his Uncle

 The Drum lines down south have been set today in mass(10+) watch out for the line as already seen a boat underestimate the length(up to 20m) and come to a quick halt. 

 Took the kayak out for a few hours today, managed 2 under size KGs, 25 and 27cm, god knows how many trumps and a couple of nw blowies that wouldn't f#*> off, bit the hooks off all my rigs! Had 2 squid jigs out with no joy, any one havin more luck than me? Was round a km out fishin the holes in the weed.

 Hey guys, I've some how ended up with Lots of very faint scratches on my furuno 585. You can't even fell them with your hand, long shot I know but is there any way these can be buffed out any way

 hey guys 

Booked a trip away to chase GT's/Doggies and need a rod to suit.. been looking at the Temple Reef 711 PE 8-10. Needs to match a 18k stella SWB

Any suggestions for simular price range or comments on the 711's??

Cheers, James

 right here comes a rant....to the low life f$&k heads out there that broke into mine and my missus car and stoll all my fishing tackle which I had ready to go fishing today I hope u get caught I worked hard for all that and now all I can do is go for a flick down the river...I have no boat gear n no beach gear left. the police have been notified and they are looking into cctv if u get caught I hope u get severe pinishment I dont steal gear I woek for it. GET UR OWN JOB N UR OWN GEAR. Im not on a good pay but at least i work for my own gear. i live in the high wycombe area and the police are on your tail so watch out if you get court because i'm going all the way. 

on amother note with my missus car u take anything that belongs too my kids and you better hope that the cops catch you before i do because it wont be nice

rant over, now I either need to find a garage sale to find more tackle or wait for tye hand me downs coz it is going to take me a long time to get my gear again

gday had an interesting day a few weeks ago firstly given all the ocean to find a group of five boats drifting over the same area on the edge of the shelf my friend and I in a 19ft tinny were quiet concerned when a larger vessel,i,ll go as far as saying it,s first name was excallabar or something pretty close to that name came very close to having a midship collision,even though there were 5 people on this boat all concentrating on 1 person who had hooked up I would like to add a very small piece of advice,there was only 2 on my boat and as designated skipper my firstresponsibility was to make sure of our drifting line up and where our other fishing companions were,i have done the rotto channel swim twice but don't think I could do quadripple it in one afternoon,and was also wondering what is the gentleman,s rule on diving at the fad,s as far as approaching with care to get the skippers attention or do you just throw your lures out and hope for the best,interesed to hear your feed back,cheers and keep it safe out wide....

 Pleased to say that the crabs are on fire. Got our limit tonight without too much trouble. Nice size too. 

 Going out in the morning, hope weater plays nice then Natualist will be the go

Anybody gor some info on some spots even if they are deeper

G'day
Looking for some info on weed situation up at Jurien at the moment and if theirs any mackerel or so on the bite
maybe. I'm looking to go up next weekend with the jetski if anyone can help pls.

Tanks

hey all,

learnt how to do a bimini twist last night and then tie a cats paw to a wind on leader when I complete the cats paw I cant pull it tight so the braid bunches together at the end of the wind on loop. the braid grips on the rope/cord section of the wind on so it leaves an open loop, I can pull like hell and it doesn't slip but is there an easy way to get around it? or is that how it is meant to be done?? cheers

 Carrington tackle was done over recently. By the damage done they were not professionals. More like meth zombies with sledge hammers.

 If I don't have to work tomorrow ( I will find out at 5pm today). I will need a couple of crew. Early bottom bash and then to the FADS, and maybe a deep drop, weather permitting. Message me or call if interested. ....0402484048. ..Russ. ...26ft Boston Whaler

ENJOY

thought I would share this. from facebook

http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MjM5NDM0NTA2Mg%3D%3D&mid=10100142&idx=7&sn=2338d5d305296bc264ba02c8620c3c69&scene=4#rd

are you alowed to use them to get cobbler in the estury or river

 G'day members,

I have a question about Engels, I'm heading down to Albany for the long weekend with the lady and unfortunately the cruiser is out of commission due to a gearbox issue so I'm taking the ute down, my problem is I have a hard tornue cover on the back and my engel does not fit standing up, I've done a crazy amount of "googling" to try find out if it's will destroy or effect the engel if I lay it on it's side, the engel will NOT be running when on it's side, any info or opinions on this topic would be much appreciated.

regards 

Matt

 Went down to walpole over christmas for a holiday, manages to get out two days out of the 3 the boat went out and on seperate days i got my pb dhuie and pb pinky. The dhuie was a good reward after getting sea sick on the second day with out any quells. stoked.

Pinky 70cm

Dhuie 78cm

 Hi guys

 currently back in Perth for a weeks holiday and been doing a bit of diving on some spots we used to dive out of Hillarys. Diving depts between 8 and 14 metres and finding heaps of crays!! but very few that are size and the ones that are are only just. Just wondering are others finding the same thing or are we just diving the wrong places.

thanks 

Reece

Hey guys,

Anyone launched a 6m boat at Sandy Point before? Have a 6m Haines (2 ton) and toying with the idea of beach launching at Warra, rather than motoring down from Coral Bay. Heard some larger tinnies to 7m been launched at Sandy Point....Have only ever launched tinnies at Maggies and the Lagoon.  

Any tips or info would be great. Dont have a third beach wheel, but thinking of taking some plastic lattice to reverse down on if needed.

Cheers,

Adam.

 Anyone able to shed light if there any squid around, as keen to head deep on Saturday with fresh baits.

Got this emailed to me today.

Fisheries Bight Redfish tagging study starts. They will be tagged with Green dart tags.

Info here from fisheries website.
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/recreational_fishing/rap_newsletters/rap_newsletter_27.pdf

If you open up the pdf there is info about the study, but also further down there is also info about the Eight Bar Grouper(Grey Banded Cod) study, and Herring Study.

Quiet interesting :-)

is it illegal to use a cray snare to snare marron ????

 Hi all,

Has anyone here been itching to get up north to the Montebello Islands? I'm at Compleat Angler Nedlands and we have organised a couple of charters to the Montebello Islands of which I still have a couple of spots available in September. The first trip has been fully booked, but there is still a couple of spots in September 4-12 this year - 7 days with Blue Lightning Charters out of Karratha. I will be there to help out anyone who comes on with us, with gear and techniques for the 8 customers. We will be staying on their 55' Conquest and also have access to their 26' Boston Whaler and even can hire their 40' Blackwatch for game fishing. There should be great fishing available in September including GT's, Coral Trout, Billfish and anything else you would normally expect.

I can't wait for this trip and hope to find some people to fill the spaces! Please contact me for the pricing as it is a bit cheaper than normal, either through PM or just call me at the shop on 9389 1337. Hope to hear back from a few of you, if there is any information you want to find out, let me know.

Ben Hough

Compleat Angler Nedlands

08 9389 1337

One day I went fishing.  It was a beautiful hot day with a bright yellow sun.  The tide was low and the mangroves were sitting high and dry.

I was struggling with the insect life attacking me and drinking my beer.

Anyway, after a while sweating in the sun, I landed a nice 107cm barra.

Our family is heading down to busselton this Monday and i was wondering what is being caught there?
Anything going off? And what baits or rigs would be suitable there?

Ps. We are all landbased
Thnx

 I have seen on Fisheries NT facebook page an article on a barotrauma study on golden snapper.  Interesting read and I have tried to cut and paste the link and text herr but my phone isnt allowing me to.  If someone else can great - do it please. 

Its finding are that survival rates for reef fish from deeper than 10 metres are significantly reduced when released (using a weight, not vented).

There is an interesting comment attached putting forward an argument for purely bag limits for these fish, not size limits.  Basically saying that as soon as you catch your bag limit you stop fishing.  Ie keep what you catch no matter how small.  Argument is that less of the bigger breeders would be dragged up, released and die anyway.

Have a read and post your thoughts.

Would be interested if WA Fisheries are doing similiar studies?