saw a great boat name today it was called "the wife wanted a bigger one" bbest belly laugh I have had in a long time

Hi all,

I'm in the market to buy a new ice box for the boat. 

Are there any opinions out there for brands?  Looking for something between 80-100L.  Are they all much of a muchness?

Thank you in advance

Chris

I'm organising a cleanup of the Wonnerup Wetlands in an attempt to remove the remaining dead fish left behind by the City of Busselton.There are still virtually thousands of fish remaining around the edges that are close to decomposition and this weekend is probably the last chance we'll get. I'm looking for guys with tinnies and oars to carefully work their way around the edges and scoop up any fish without disturbing the environment to much.I'd just like to warn everyone that it's not going to be pleasant and it stinks to high heaven but it's something that needs to be done.The cleanup is on this Sunday morning at 8 o-clock.I don't want to hear from you heathens about having to go to church on Sunday but it gives us fisho's the opportunity to show we care about the environment.

Hey Guys,

Planning a trip down south in Dec 2013.

If you were to chosse where to go would you go:

Bremer Bay or Cape Arid/Israelite Bay

We all have capable 4x4 vehicles and love camping, 4x4n and fishing...oh and drinking.

Will have ~3 to 5 nights to play with.

No boat but possibly bring a Hobie Kayak. So will be landbased fishing.

I've never been to Esperance but have fished Albany all the way along the coast back upto Perth.

Cheers guys,

Scott

I have never fished at the E Sheds and was wondering where you park and is your car safe

Cheers

BWS

Gday fisho's -  Sunday arvo lookin flat Im thinking of taking the boat out either from Hillarys, oceanreef or Mindarie anybody got any tips in particular where to go - I wana catch a snapper or Dhuie for a sunday barbie was thinking back of three mile from Mindarie in 20+ metre line any other advice also what about trolling for Mackies now - pretty much waste of time or what?

Cheers Dave  

has anyone used the platipus super 100 mono line before? realy thin for its weight. just wondering if its thin diameter means its strength is questionable. ill be spooling it on an old penn 850 as the old line has streached and changed colour from clear to light gray.

Did a couple of quick basic builds for a mate and his parents who have a hut on the Daintree River they let us stay at from time to time. This was a thanks for past and future trips. The lighter rod has a double foot stripper and singles the rest of the way, Fuji Alconites. I like it better than the heavier one although the pattern on that came up nice. Time to build one for myself I reckon.

 Hi all,

ive been looking for a jigging outfit and have come across these two reels, the okuma Salina III and the shimano stradic in the 5000 size.  Both are in my budget and on the surface appear to meet my needs. 

I want to use it for 

jigging - pe 1-3

bottom bouncing

spinning

in your experience/opinion how do they compare?

thanks

justo

thinking of taking some releys from o/s down to Mandurah tomorrow are there still crabs there or should I try the swan river

 Hey looking into buying a new transducer can anyone recommend a good one that will sound up ground around 50-60m? I have the stock tranny that comes with the Lorawnce hds 5 at the moment and it only picks up depth.. Cheers

Hi guys quick question. I'm based in SA and looking at a release weight for the boat. Ray and Anne's used to stock them but I can no longer track them down anywhere here

i have seen some homemade versions but where abouts could I locate a proper moulded version that they would use out on the sambo charters etc. is there any site sponsors or online stockists to consider?

cheers in advance 

Got this via email today, apparently caught on the Fitzroy river and could not be released because it got attacked by a croc alongside the boat, massive!

 Hi all, just new(ish) in town but just wanted say a big thanks to Ryan and Josh for their great customer service. And to Ryan for going above and beyond good/great service and giving up a few hours of his time.

 Just wondering if any salmon schools are showing up around Bunbury or surrounding areas

 Hey all just scored the day off, keen to go fishing. Has anyone had any luck during the day land based within an hour of perth?

Gday All,

Just thought i would share my first pic, nothing major but just really nice colours of a Black Ass, not a bad size and never seen one quite as bright.

fishing about 40km of Mandurah

 hey fellas um me and the old boy are planning on wetting some lines might b last time as he is getting on we where thinking kalbarri way but havnt done much fishing up there if any 1 can give us some info or some spots can feel free to inbox me and my lips are sealed haha as u can no just wanna make it a good trip with the old man 

Cheers boys

Been losing a fair few fish of the beach lately (all be it mainly sharks), however have been noticing slips in the braid the mono connection. Mainly just tie a double uni, just wondering whatevery one else mainly ties when beach fishing?

Regards

 Hi all, as the post name suggests, off to the zamebzi to chase tiger fish again this year and cant decide between a samaki or G loomis for casting smallish rapala lures. Will be using a stella 4000 if that helps, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please let anyone you know that uses the place, that I have found used hypodermic needles in the past couple of days, simply dumped/ left lying around on the sandy beaches in the Narrows area, lot of kids play, swim, fish there. Past it on. Ta

 Hi guys 

Due to some shipping delays my new bass boat won't arrive in time for the up coming ABT @ Blackwood river May 18-19 

I am after a loan boat for the comp !!!!

Only requirement is needs to be ABT specs Divided live well , kill switch and be bigger then 3.8m with 25 hp or more 

I am happy to work a deal out with somone who is willing  few fishin trips etc 

Any boat yards want some advertising or get a boat out in the market etc 

pleas pm me or my email is vegasbreamman @yahoo.com.au phone number 0424404001 

Thanks 

Alex 

Sorry mods I was not sure if this was the right section 

We drove from Perth to Yagerup beach near Pemberton on Saturday, and arrived at 2;30pm. we did a lap of the beach to suss out spots and gutters, as well as gathering intelligence on other fisherman's rigs and catches. We settled for a likely looking gutter. I rigged up my Ugly Stick 12ft beach rod and Penn slammer 760 with 330m of 25lb green mono. tried on a gang/surf popper paternoster, put a mulie on and cast out. 4 casts later a few big bangs and I strike, I'm on! The salmon gave a good run parallel with the beach, I walked along following him. The penn reel was screaming, pump wind, pump wind, after a few runs in the shallows while we were trying to grab him and we got him to the safety of the beach. My first ever salmon.

We caught 2 big bull herring that day, and another 7 salmon on Sunday. The salmon fought hard on Sunday with aerial jumps and acrobatics resulting in some lost fish, but nonetheless Sunday morning was a hot session with 10 fish hooked, and 6 landed. The surf poppers were gold, 5 of 7 landed fish were caught on them, and only 2 on bait. We lost 7+ salmon due to the hooks bending, and in once case a big salmon bit straight through the gangs.

A while back on fish wrecked reeltime there was an article on homemade surf poppers so in MacGyver style I whipped some up with balsa wood shaped with my swiss army knife, some glue and nail polish, and a tail made of feathers. After the premade rig was bit through by a big salmon, I tied on the sad looking homemade surf popper, not expecting anything. But after a few minutes I was on. The homemade surf popper actually worked, and better still, unlike the cheap premade surf popper rigs, the hooks didn't bend.

You can just see it hanging out of the fish's mouth (the yellow thing). (FAIL, derpy eyes -_- Sun was shining strait in the face)

I was stoked four 4/5kg salmon and numerous long battles lost with bigger fish due to bent/straightened hooks, I will be back next year, with better quality hooks, more surf poppers and a longer weekend. :)

Heading there tonight, thinking of doing some ballooning, what bait/tackle would I need?

Heading up to leeman this weekend was wondering if any one know any cheap accom, normally we sleep on beach in tent but thinking its gonna be a bit cold for that this weekend , any tips or anyone got a spare room or yard we can set up tent

The amount of rubbish being left behind on beaches is just getting out of hand.  Who are these morons who think it;s acceptable to leave shit everywhere. No reasonable person can accept that leaving stubbies and fishing line on the beach is Ok. I figure these are the same crew who reckon it;s a great idea to cut sick in the sand dunes too.......Sooooooo does anyone have any better soloutions to beach litter than my current method of picking up other peoples rubbish and taking it home. Perhaps if you have been fined for littering the persons involved could be banned from the beach for 12 months. Your vehical license and details could be put into a data base for rangers to monitor. 

Open season on scum who trash our beach environment

got a message last night at 12 am asking iif i wanted to go fishing today

so i did went to mossman bay i think its called fresh water bay

any way total of 6 bream caught biggest 38cm

i got 2 34 and 29 both kept for a feed

for a nice 35 cm snappa returned to the swan

heres a pic

Heading up to lefroy - point billie on the 13th of may in a 5.8m ally boat, it will be my first boat trip to the area and just after a little advise on a general area to start looking for some good bottom bouncing grounds to play with some decent demersals, not after anyones GPS spots, but some general areas to start looking?? Any advice would by much appreciated!!

Cheers, Matt

 Well after 5 years of just an annual "see if it still works" run, the tinny finally got into some salt water when wife, kids and I went for a fish out of woodmans point.

Firstly we headed south to the cliffs for a drift for a squid, and first cast, while trying to settle the brown dog, we got a small squid. That was where the fishing success ended, but we drifted around for another hour, trawled along the cliffs then headed to the actual woodmans point for another drift without luck.

Overall a very enjoyable morning on the water. The motor didn't miss a beat which was really pleasing.

Next up is a week in Yallingup after a week at work. Have everything I need for salmon, apart from ability, then Exmouth for a week in July (was up there for a week in 2005, spent $300 at the local blue water and didn't catch a thing hence my comment about ability).

I will report in from down south if anything interesting happens, fishing wise :-p

but this is worth its own thread