Hi im wondering if anyone is heading to wagoe on saturday?,

I would like to catch up,

Cheers adam.

Hi All I am coming up to Perth for a few day going to Tow my tinny 4.2 with 504stroke honda up and take my gradfather out for a fish .i am from the north origionally and dont really know much about fishing south of the 26th I fish a bit here in Hopetoun but its Hit and miss for me I sometimes get a few pinkies sometimes get a groper or halequin now and a gain get plenty of tuna and bonito and half a million skippys and sweep .My question is for a small boat wheres the best place to Launch from and wheres the best place to chase fish or squid in a small boat that is I wont be doing any huge hauls as Pop's 87 and not in for a long days fish but I hope I still have his passion for it at his age as it blows me away he always catches the best fish too .

Cheers Jase

Enjoy :-))

Hello im just wondering if anyone has any info regarding fishing in Vanuatu such as recommended Charters, fishing in santo or Port Villa? Gonna be going there over new years and looking 2 do 4-5 days of fishing. I really want to tanlge with the doggies and gt's. any info would be great. cheers

Hi guys, heading up to Kalbarri for the holidays and I was wondering what there is to catch at this time of year. We will be taking the boat up so where are some good areas to troll/bottom bounce ect. Also are there any mullys/tailor around land based and what's there to catch from the jetty. As a side note, is ballooning for sharks/mackeral at this time of year any good? Cheers, Snapper_seeker

 hello all,

im recently new to perth and am thinking of joining a fishing club, any reccomendations ?

thinking of joining the Surf Casting and Angling Club of W.A

as so far its the easiest to get info on and im strictly LB,

any thoughts or comments will be appreciated

cheers

Albany DEC Fire Officers working in the Cheynes Beach area recently assisted Fisheries Officers with the disposal of a 2.5 metre wide Devil Ray that had washed ashore. Devil Rays are traditionally found in warmer sub-tropical waters.

 Got these on first dive of the season. We usually dont take many but we like to clear the commitments with friends and relatives early on.

The big one was 196mm carapace and the front legs were 650mm long.The photo of crays on the floor was after the first dive and the fish box was after the second dive.

See a lot of "for sale" stuff here and i like going through the forum to be honest.  but when ppl are selling a reel and say "but I paid $100 for the braid alone" and "only used the braid 2 times" it sounds strange to say the least.

I have no problem with buying a second hand reel or rod but if I did then the first thing I would do is rip the line off and bin it.  surely it's just a consumable.

Would anyone here actually buy a second hand reel and not respool it?  for me, line on a reel adds zero value.  just like when you are at the shop getting your new reel spooled and you step in and say "sorry and no offence but I'd like to tie the knot for the spool and backing thanks"  (I can live with it if MY knot pulls but just cant if it pulls and someone else has tied it)

just don't think I could handle loosing that "FOALT" cos I didn't put line I could trust on my reel

Is it just me, am I being wasteful?

Had the rellos up from Perth, ski bisciuting and swimming in Norbill bay,water was like glass, kids got the rods out for the little ones to ave a crack at (no joy but had a ball), cruised  past a 200k tonne ore carrier under way, watched a drill rig sail by, then got a icy pole and said gday to Red Dog, livin the dream in Ktown.

 With the weather looking mint for sunday I am thinking of trying my first bait free dhu session. Thing is folks, Im feeling very anxious about not taking some form of bait and my knowledge of jigging is one step above f##k all. My best succes with placys has come from leaving the rod in the holder while rolling a champion or cracking a brew and then hooking up to fish without twiching, yanking, freespooling, etc. I am really keen to give it a go and I have reliable ground that I know produces when using bait but I need to break the ice. Would appreciate if any of you guys can give me any tips/techniques/gear I need etc? I have a rough idea about weight of jigs in relation to depth. I mostly fish depths from 30 to 45m. Would appreciate any advice or even storys about breaking away from bait. At the end of the day I think Im just paranoid about not brinnging home a feed.

Hi,

My name is Joshua Gilbert and I work for a production company called Prospero Productions. I am currently working on a National Geographic TV series called Life On The Edge.

One of our episodes is focused on North West area with particular emphasis on Cliff Fishing at Steep Point and on Dirk Hartog Island. I am looking for an experienced fisherman farmilair with ballooning and other techniques with their own extensive kit to chat to one of our presenters about cliff fishing as we film. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A REAL CHARACTER - Someone who loves to have a chat!!

We are on a serious deadline that will have us up there between the 20th and 23rd of April 2013. 

If you, or anyone you know is heading out there at that time, or you are willing to schedule a trip to come with us please email me at

I hope to hear from you soon...

Josh

Afternoon all,

Hope everyones having a good day and making plans for the weekends fishing.

Was just wondering if anyone knows of a supplier in Perth where i can buy lead in bulk.

Heading down tommorrow for one day so somewhere near the airport would be handy.

Cheers,

Wayno

G'day All,

Myself and a mate headed 8nm south west from the Dawesville cut around 830am to a patch of ground I found a few weeks ago in 25m of water. I’m always pretty safety concious so on the way through the cut I logged on with Mandurah Sea Rescue notifying them I would be back by 1300hrs.

Once at our location we anchor up and mark our spot to ensure we were not drifting, 10mins later its all good haven’t moved at all. Had been trying to call in to MSR to notify them we were about to commence our dive but to reply. They could hear me I couldn’t hear them (VHF 73). “Ahh well, we're logged on to return at 1300hrs if worse come to worst!”

Once on the bottom checked anchor and she was holding under a ledge beautifully! As I swam along the ledge there were crays galore, Id never been to ground this good before but Vis was Sh*t house 1.5m-2m at the max, swell was knocking us around a bit and weed was everywhere! We caught a few keepers and headed up for a safety stop.

Once on the surface the chop had picked up a bit. We looked around and no boat! Its a 5.8m Genesis so pretty easy to spot. I then heard Tryson “Ohh get F*#KED”, the boat was about 500m away. We started swimming to it but it was getting further away. At this point I made the call to off load my weights into my catch bag and give them to Tryson as I would chase the boat! I told him if gear gets to heavy drop it!

I swam west past a cray pot that we were 500m east of and at this point I was thinking survival (along with other things, never diving again was one) should I give up and hang onto the buoy? At least the pros will find me tomorrow! No I have to get that boat! I knew the wind was dropping at 11 and this would be my chance.

I got to 200m of it and I thought about dropping everything so I could smash out a freestyle and catch her, but I was exhausted and if I didn’t catch her, it would all be over. I still had my torch with my noose attached to it which I was planning on keeping to flag someone down once the sun fell.

The wind ended dropping down to 3knots and allowed me the chance to catch her! But Tryson was still out there! I got on-board dumped my gear and jumped up the front, I could hear him yelling. I pulled the anchor rope but no anchor. Either the shackle came loose or broke in the ruff conditions...

Where I caught the boat it was 1.5km from our dive mark and I spotted Tryson waving his flipper in between the two spots. If I hadn’t heard him calling when I jumped on-board I was going to radio through EMERGENCY straight away because I don’t believe you can be “To Careful” when it comes to safety on the water.

If the winds hadn’t dropped I wouldn’t have caught the boat and who knows if Id even be able to tell the story... A learning lesson to us all! Ill never leave the boat unattended again and will always log in every trip!

On a positive note, Tryson dumped his weights (and is now looking for 1 weight pocket for a Cressie BCD) but kept the Crays haha!

Thanks for reading
Robbo

Gday all......Quick question.....A bloke at work was tellin me he caught a heap of blue swimmer crabs in the bay just outside Beadon creek......Just wondering if anyone else knows of this and wether or not it would be worth a go???

Cheers.....Quarters

Any one on here got a daiwa saltist bayrubber pe 1-3 rod just after some feedback on what you think of them.Thinking of getting one and matching it to a certate 2500-3000 reel cheers in advance

spent 10 hours today all over 5 fathom bank did about 120ks there are no fish out there unless you like wrasse

HI people , Just curious if somebody could help me with a reel problem . I have a Plueger Torsion 060 an its seems the drag clicker on it is broken, I have taken the reel apart and the tiny spring which im assuming used to be hooked up is gone. (literally disintegrated) after I hooked up to a decent sized mulloway . Is this common and could there have been anything I could have done to have prevented it , also what is the best solution to fix this can I buy the small spring to re-attach it or would the problem be something more serious ?

Cheers in advance

Look, the "chair-sniffing/bra-snapping/dry humping Kailis at a party" shenanigans  tells me he's a regular bloke...but very good at his job...reminds me of Bill Clinton. But what does he know about fisheries? Remember when Alannah was Minister for Road Safety and got done for drink driving? Call me old-fashioned but I think if you're going to make somebody the minister of something, they should have some sort of a background in that field...

does anyone have a stormy seas pfd jacket? the full sleeves one that the sleeves zip off. just after some reviews on them and if they are worth the $400 or is there another brand that will do the same job

 Heading up to Onslow for a few days next week pre-exmouth, anyone have any tips for fishing the place?

Looks like a ton of little creeks, any good ones accesable from town or by 4x4 worth a look on foot or by kayak? Any close inshore spots worth a look on the yaks?

Any info appreciated.

Evening all,

I have a copy of the fisheries handbook but I reckon it is as confusing as all fook,

Can someone confirm if the demersal limit for the gascoyne is 5 fish per boat

or 5 fish per person on a boat.

Thanks in advance Marty (clogwog)

Last minute dicision for a late arvo dive yesterday. Payed off. These were taken in 16m

To give ya an idea im 6'2 and 95kg

 just wondering what the best way to catch these buggers that keep killing my liveies. i had one come  up on a live slimey that was about 2-3 kg i jiged a big pink jig and put a fresh slimey down on a pananoster rig with a spike but they just seemed more interested in chewin the head off every live slimey i put down i've herd there good chewin and had great sucsess on kingies and bottom spiecies rond rotto any idea how to get a couple in the esky and how heavy should i fish cause the cuttly i seen yesterday would have eaten my 6 pound squid setup for breakfast

Hi thinking about getting a watersnake electric motor.........I will not be running it continuiousley much, more just to pull away from snags and re-positioning.

Has anyone had much to do with these motors. Given my intended usage will i need an expensive deep cycle battery?

Im looking at a rear mount 54lb unit for my 3.9 V hull dinghy. Do you think windage will be a problem with the rear mount compared to a front mount.

Any info will be appreciated

ANy reports of what been caught from busso jetty and times , heading down next weekend with kidletts and hoping to drop a line in just curious as to how big of tasckle to bring.

or is there any other places to look at , (not ya secret locations ) just general other known fishing spots

 Hey guys,

going for a night fish on Friday in and around Cockburn Sound; does anyone know if the D9 is still holding snapper or is it a little late in the season ie have they moved out deeper/ into open water?

I usually fish the 5 Fathom but its good to have options closer to shore at night especially if the weather picks up unexpectedly.

cheers

James

Hi all , went for a crab in the river yesterday and bagged out in a hour all crabs where over 65cm and some pushing 75 and full of meat , perfect weather nice crab cant ask for more

Hi all, thinking of taking the boats up to Jurien this weekend . Does anyone know how the fishing has been off shore there , Macks , dhues , baldies any info would be much appreciated , will go for a dive too is there good reef around 20m ?

Hi guys,

After multiple unsuccessful trips out in 30-40m past the five fathom with drifting paternoster, I have decided on change of tactics and will try fishing the back of the five fathom bank.

Would you recommend sounding around for fish at the back of the bank and then drift ( if drift would I use drifbait or paternoster ) or would anchoring and burley be the better option?

Cheers for any tips for fishing this area.

Joycey