Has anyone on here tried Aquaponics? Ive been looking around at a few setups and might be good to run a couple of Barra in a bathtub or something like that. Good bit of a water feature. Ive seen a couple of varieties now. Pretty cool idea. And you can get some fresh vegies or herbs to put on the barra once they are big enough. Might do some grow and release. See how many I can put back into the water system. Should be able to get them to a decent size to give them a better chance of survival. 

Anyone got any photos of their setups or mates setups? To buy one off the shelf they are pretty expensive. Might try and sikaflex the hell out of some pipes and try make my own. 

 G'day,

Im thinking of changing my baitcasting setup for this years barra season to get a bit lighter and better capability to cast a range of lures and SP's. Ive currently got a Cacutta 200B and a Calcutta 400TE. The 400 is an awsome reel for trolling and live baiting but the 200B is a bit of an awkward size. I might look towards the Low Profile reels. Possibly Shimano or, worst case scenario, a Daiwa. Anyone get any recommendations or any one used one of the higher end Low Profile baitcaster? 

The Curado seems to be quite a popular reel and being used on some charters it should be able to take a few hits. The Daiwa Zillion with the 7.1:1 wind ratio would be great for a variety of lures, especially around some structure. And it has a pretty good line capacity and decent drag.

Any info is much appreciated.

Cheers.

 Hi guys, I'm heading up to coral bay these holidays and have purchased a tyronos 30 with a 15kg backbone rod.  Have put 15kg mono on and will mainly be targeting mackies and trying to land our first billfish!

does anybody have any tips/ secrets for targeting them lure wise, location, rigs ?

any help will be greatly appricated!

 hi..was just wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same issues.  I have a furuno 627 only about 4mths old..It was working great until the other day I went out and switched it on.it came on but wouldn't show the depth, the contours were showing  but no bottom. So I turned it off and on a few times and unplugged it a few times then it worked. .but the next few times it did it again. I checked all cables and connections they seem all fine. I have noticed though that wen I first bought it and tested it at hm it made a pulsing sound wen turned on..but the other day I turned it on no pulsing and no bottom reading.does anyone have any ideas that I can try pls..thanks in advance. .cheers don

A few places are selling these copys that look ok for around $130. Comes with various mounts, remote, can flip video after uploading, so I was told, 2.4" touch screen. I dont want to fork out for a hero3 just to get some deck footage and I like the idea of the remote and the screen for playback. Wondering if anyone has any feedback on them, Ill probably buy one anyhow unless a few people say they got one and they were rubbish, cheers

Went to Anaconda Cannington today and they are having a clearance on Black Pete custom wind on leaders on sale for $2 I ended up buying a dozen 300lb of them just the snap swivels are worth about $6 each definately a bargin there

 Not sure until I see the wind tonight at rotto will look around nine and if she has dropped I will be heading out.,Anyone keen.

Wind is dropping  will be lumpy but we are heading   out 600am from two rocks , Hopefully a quick run home lunch or just after.  Still need one 

This time it was the EWS, an old lugger that was about 100 years old that ran aground south of the Quobba Blowholes beach one morning.

We were having breakfast before going out mackie fishing and saw a flare in the sky south of Black Rock.

She didn't look so good after a couple of bad days of weather unfortunately!

 what would be best to use to pollish up some old metal lures i've got sittin around that are quite dul now thinking silver pollish but would the smell put the fish off i've got a old twisty that the misses grandad used that i'd really like to restore think it would be a good omen

Here's some photos taken a couple of days after she ran aground. Shows you the power of the ocean the way the hull is peeled back like a tin

After seeing the Pike pic on here it sparked my interest.Years a go I remember my old nan&pop used to catch a few out the front of Duns.

I have never tried myself and was wondering if anyone can enlighten me on the best way to catch them? From memory they used to troll with para veins and baits? What are the best water depths, bottom type, trolling speeds etc? Are they any good on the chew? 

Any other pearls of wisdom you could pass onto me would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Butters

i always see anyone want a deckie well i have my RST recently and well i got no boat and wife wont let me buy one so

does anyone want a skipper i can go during the week and some weekends wensdays mostly or anyday my wife works

tinny to bigger is ok ok if u want to drive as well ill just be onboard fishing then

All bull shit aside what is honestly the biggest Duh fish people have caught/ seen caught?

My PB on a line is only 14kg.

I can remember 20 years ago we caught one off Augusta on a pro boat on a drop line that went 28kg gilled and gutted. I was only about 14 and my old an had a pic on his shed fridge for years but it deteriorated and we couldn't find the negative.

Awesome fish wish it was weighed before being gutted. Anyone elce seen or caught a simalar/bigger. 

 HI EVERYONE WONDERING IF ANYONE NEEDS A DECKIE FOR SUNDAY OR MONDAY HAVE ALL MY OWN GEAR, JIGS, TERMINAL TACKLE, BFL, SKIPPERS TICKET, WILLING TO CHIP IN FOR FUEL BAIT AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED COSTS. WOULD LOVE TO GO CHASE SOME PINKS OR DHUIES BUT REALLY JUST WANT TO GET OUT ON THE WATER. WILLING TO TRAVEL I AM IN ROCKINGHAM PLEASE PM IF SOMEONE HAS A SPOT AVAILABLE. THANKS DAVO 

morning all

heading to the monties next week (first time). originally we were supposed to haul up to dampier and meet up with some guys from Hedland for the trip across.

(i'd organised a place to leave car/trailer for a week at Karratha)....

however the guys from Hedland have pulled out so now we figure we may as well leave from Onslow.

so i have a few questions for guys whov'e done the islands from Onslow...

-can anyone suggest a place to contact re - leaving car/trailer for a week (or if anyone has a contact up there who likes beer)

-any advice on the course to take from Onslow-Monties / things to lookout for along the way (hazards)

any pointers/general info greatly appreciated

thanks

Paul

hi, today i might be fishing in madurah off the beach to catch some fish at 5.00pm. I've got a padanoster rig with ganged hooks on it and i will be flicking 20g metal lures. will that work.

Thanks

hi just wondering how many barra fry can live togeather.

So Sunday is looking like the first day of light winds, according to seabreeze 5 knot southerly and dropping during the day! With this forecast I'm looking for some advise on the conditions out there. Our intentions are to take my 5.8m Genesis and head to one of our marks 45-50km out from the Dawesville Cut nice and early to fish the high tide (6am-9am) and hopefully snag a Dhu or Pinky. I'm unsure if the seas will still be rough after the recent blows? Also what are your thoughts on demersal activity after such weather, will the fish be on the bite or hidden away?

We haven't had any luck fishing for Pinkys or Dhuies and it not due to lack of trying, but this time around we're making sure every box is ticked haha. Any advise on increasing our chance's of catching one of these very common fish will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance fellas!
Robbo

Hey

Heading up to Dampier for a week in late Sept. Just after some tips for chasing demersals out that way. We will be taking our Trailcraft 570 so have the tools to head out wide. Been told to head for the pipeline and follow that out??

Any info would be great.

Cheers

Mason

can some one let me know what the official bag limit is for squid

With the nice weather forecasted (yes forecast) I reckon there will be a few guys jigging and baiting offshore.

For the bait guys that love their premium local ocky (plenty out there) we just received a big order this arvo (mmhhhhh Fresh)

Premium Local Ocky (Commercial Pot Ocky);

Full food grade and comes off the commercial boats to us within 24-48hours.

$21.95 (cryovaced)

If u r south of the river

Willie from Bullet welding in rocko does amazing work

Just got throw net license and scored some hardies , may be an obvious question but , are they good for pinkys and jewis ? Have not heard mention of them much as a fresh or frozen after capture for sw species . Cheers in advance !

GETAWAY OUTDOORS is running an awesome Fathers Day competition....

Head to www.facebook.com/getawayoutdoors and simply LIKE our page and you can go into the running to

WIN A SEASPORT FISHING CHARTER FOR 4 PEOPLE!!

See www.getawayoutdoors.com.au/promos for competition terms and conditions. The competition will be drawn on 30th August and the winner will be notified via Facebook.

Head on over there guys and get in with a chance to win! We have lots of regular competitons and deals popping up.

Cheers

Lou

It's about time , Sunday onwards and most of next week light winds , yay !

Enjoy

 Hi guys. I have booked a week off in march. After my little one is born. Has anyone got some pointers for fishing steep in march taking my 6.4 trail craft. How far out out is the areA for chasin red emps. Taking a few lures for macks. Has any one use ocky lures up thier for say chasing mahi mahi. Many ppl use jigs or plastics up thier. I'm puttin in at shark bay and driven down been told its a easy cruzy trip down. Lures be over the min I get out of channel markers. Cheers matt

Just would like to know from all of those who have purchased from Minstor whether they got the reel(sic) deal, or else some type of copy/fake. Their prices are soooo good, maybe too good to be true ? grateful for feedback first before I spend any money.

 a mate just showed me this page and cant help but wonder if its actually true and happening??? 

http://www.themindunleashed.org/2013/08/fukushima-now-in-state-of-emergency.html?m=1 - http://www.themindunleashed.org/2013/08/fukushima-now-in-state-of-emergency.html?m=1 -state-of-emergency.html?m= http://www.themindunleashed.org/2013/08/fukushima-now-in-state-of-emergency.html?m=1" rel="nofollow">www.themindunleashed.org/2013/08/fukushima- http://www.themindunleashed.org/2013/08/fukushima-now-in-state-of-emergency.html

 Seen this rod holders in BCF, look the goods. Was thinking of putting one of the jetski, has anyone got them or used them?