We left my house with my 12ft dingy to head to leeuwin boat ramp, then motor out about 7nm to our snapper spot in about 22meters of water.

sounded out a lump and anchored up a bit so we drift over the spot with our lines, the current was strong pushing our baits opposite to the drift, very annoying

anyway pulled out the 5k stradic and put a floater rig on it with a whole squid as bait, this was the first rod in the water just as the sun had hit the water, turned around to make my other rod with a patternoster on it, just looped the sinker on when all of sudden the stradic starts screeming off, couple really good runs later and up pops my PB snapper of 92cm, stoked! havent even got the berly in the water yet haha my mate isn't even in the water yet and i've already got a stonker pinky :P

thats when i called up my old man and bragged about the catch :P apparently he wasnt very happy hahaha, now he is annoyed and is going tonight

then it went quiet for a bit for about 30mins, then the bottom bashing rod went off and up comes a port jackson.. great.

couple minuites later the skippy start coming on the bite, for there size the skippy put up a really good fight, going to take my bream rod next time

over the night we ended up getting the 92cm pinky, 50cm kg, small pinkies, 2 dhuys(one was 15cm), hammer head, 2 gummy sharks, bronzie, a big ass cray!, heaps skippy, couple port jacksons, massive yellow tail bream?, think thats all i can remember lol.

ended up being a very good night and it's the 4th time we have been in this spot fishing at night for pinkies and cleaned up on dhuys/pinkies it is also the second time we have got a crayfish on the rod, big ones aswell.  going again tonight on dads boat, lets see how they go

this was my previous pb

my cray from last trip

my new pb from the tinny last night

So after the Easter holiday madness I have some whinghing to do about drivers. To put it in context i'll go back in time a little; when i was young the old man would take us down south in an old yellow Volvo which tonked along at about 80-90k's. Not only was it slow already, he'd pull over fairly frequently to allow others past, adding more time to the travel (which I whinged about, as younguns do). When he got a better car, the situation was reversed and we'd get people pull over for us, just occasionally, and i suddenly could appreciate the practice.

I don't think I can remember anyone doing this since I've been driving. It's pretty friggin selfish behaviour (caravan drivers, boat trailers etc take note) to be doing 80k's along Indian Ocean Drive on Easter, (along the stretch from-correct me if i'm wrong- before Jurien all the way to where it rejoins the Brand Hwy, where there are no overtaking lanes) with 20+ cars banked up behind you wanting to get past... And the road is fairly lacking in nice straight stretches where you can safely overtake, especially at night... and not to just pull over for 1 minute or less to let some people past. Plus, its friggin dangerous to actually overtake people on this stretch of road, at night, etc. Its made especially worse when the cars immediately behind the slow driver wont overtake, which means you either have to try and overtake 5 or more cars at a time or frog-hop along overtaking 1 or more at a time to finally overtake the slowpoke at the front.

I consider myself a fairly safe driver, my mates even call me a nana at times, but on these long drives if i can do the speed limit I will, and nothing over. If its a stretch with fairly regular overtaking lanes than its not so much of an issue. Sitting on cruise control at 110 I even had half a dozen people overtake me; when there behind me obviously wanting to overtake, I simply do what the truckies do and give em the right indicator and slow down a bit when its safe to overtake me. Not my problem if they want to speed, I'd rather let them past than have them sitting up my ass.

Which brings me to an incident on the way up on Thursday night. I'm guessing it was about 30k's before Jurien, when i found myself behind a 4wd doing about 100. I wasn't right up his ass, but just close enough to overtake if i got the opportunity (I hate tailgaters). Anyway, I've been behind this guy for atleast 5 or 6 minutes when suddenly all his lights go off; initially i thought "shit maybe somethings wrong with his car". Then as he kept driving along like this i began to suspect something was up. I figured, the only light he's got is my headlights...he thinks my headlights are bright enough to drive...He thinks my high beams are on?? Sure enough, he flicks his lights back on and then slows right down. Righto, whatever i'll overtake then. Of course he speeds straight up behind me and chucks his high-beams on, and starts tailgaiting me. I tried flicking my high beams a few times to say "look dickhead, they wern't on" but he doesn't get it. I slowed down to about 70 for a while to annoy him back but realised it was pretty dumb and accellerated up to 110 and away from him. If by any chance you're on this site, what a knob-end you are.

Anyway thats my rant. People with traliers/caravans/boats no doubt have their own views and reasons, but its pretty ridiculous when (especially on the way back on Monday) theres literally 30 or more cars banked up behind them doing 80k's. Rant over.

Hey guys just started heading out to canning bridge and the little jetty behind raffles these past few weeks so thought i'de let ya know how I've gone. Went out last week tuesday and caught alot of 20cm bream and a few just over 25 from about 12pm-5pm. Went out again on thursday and again alot of little bream around but caught about 5 aorund the 27cm mark. Decided to head out again tonight and got my pb so far with 29.5cm (only just started fishing again this past month) and a couple of 35cm tailor. Also been round the flats chuckign soft plastics around, been doing alright with 1 or 2 a session and generally spooking another 2 at least >.<
Im yet to get onto a bream on soft plastics tho past few trips have all been on baits. Are there any tips for bream on soft plasitcs or even hard bodies round that area?

 hey, i was woundering how people are doing with squid atm? or if its to early for squid,might go out in the little dingy with the 5 hp :) on it just at woodies when the winds low. maybe a snorkle aswell if its not to cold haha.

Just a matter of curiosity.  I will be fishing Exmouth in a few weeks time and would like thoughts on what fish is good for bait up there.

Similar to our humble wrasse and seargent Bakers for dhuies, what fish would you use fresh whilst fishing?

In the past I have found a nice big piece of tuna works well along with some Cally squid.  Trevally doesn't have as much bang with the fish.

Any thoughts?

Thank you

If the owner of a 6-7m cat that was about 3 miles north of cape nat around 4.30pm today is a F/W member, just to let you know that you chopped off my lure as you belted past my stern today.

In the future it might pay to give other boats a bit more room, especially when they`re travelling at 5 knots and have two slightly bent rods sitting in the rear rod holders.

Cheers

Hi guys (and gals),

it's been decided that I'm taking a friend and going fishing in the morning

bad news is I've no bait, but I know the shop at woodies sells it,

but don't know what time it opens. anyone know?

Or does anyone know of an alternate place to get bait from on the

way from armadale to woodmans point from 5am onwards..

I know you used to be able to get bait from petrol stations, but must confess

I havent seen any on sale for ages

Thanks in Advance

Paul

 been getting into the crabs lately. fresh malted shells n full of meat! gona be a good year for this year finally. 

a quick cpl hours this arvo got the boat limit!!

I haven't herd many reports from the e shed this year. so far it looks like the beach is the go for a mulla. ill be hitting the sheds or the moles this weekend as the tides look to be moveing a lot over sat and sunday. any one else giving it a go???

while i was FIFOing my ass off over the easter long weekend, it really cheers you up when your mates are sending you this sort of stuff... NOT

and before the usual suspects start climbing on their soapboxes, the limit is 8 per person up here and this is 2 sessions of shore free diving over 2 days...

regardless, their still pricks :)

Hi all,

After some opinions of the above as to which is better.  construction and drag wise. 

I realise the JM has 35kg or drag.....something I only use when targeting the BIG KG whiting ......but seriously is it a better drag system?  and if I'm after sails....hence the bigger spool size, then does it affect it running it at a much lower drag than that. 

any info or anyone who has used one of these with anything to tell ...much apreciated.

voids the shimano warranty????....if they find out ? ...lol

Also if anyone has one of these to sell PM me.

Cheers  

 just wondering what the optimum rod length for soft placcys snapper and dhuie type stuff would be i would imagine around 6'6

is 7'0 getting too long to be comfortable to use

i wanted to do some light line stuff on a bit of a budget as i dont get out on a boat very often how about the daiwa aird combos? im looking at getting the 2500 aird with a 3000 spare spool as it will double when i target the big greenbacks this winter nailed a 6kg tailor on 15lb line last year would like to do it on 8 - 10 lb this year

cheers for your responses guys

dan

 Hi Everyone

I have been out of the country for a few months and am redy to get back into my fishing. Just wondering whats happening fishing wise down at Hillary's at the moment? Where the hot spots are? What species are biting? And if theres any chance of snagging a stingray or something big, and if so whats the best method?

Many thanks in advance

Tom

I was thinking the Lowrance HDS 12 Touch...

Don't want to spend more than $5k all up.

What is the best value for money in your opinion?

Thanks in advance boys.

Cheers

JW

Gday fellow Fisho's.

Aiming to land my first Chopper or Tailor. will be in rockingham/shoalwater area for a week this sunday!!!

Can i ask any of the experts please what bait/tackle should i be using????

What is the best time to try and catch a tailor???

ive noticed it will be a full moon i think on the monday 8TH will this help my chances???

Any hints or tips are greatly appreciated as i only get a chance to fish probably once a year coz i live in

Kalgoorlie :(

 just wondering if anyone else has been told to leave the jetty while 

fishing in the marina? one of the foot patrol guards told myself and the 

rest of the people om the jetty they had to leave. he must be thinking of near the dome 

area right?

anyway just a heads up..

 Went out of Friday very early, dark but with good moonlight. Passing through the GI /Carnac channel I could clearly see a boat at anchor with correct anchor light and nav lights illuminated and deliberately ensured I was well south of him only to find a virtually unlit boat directly in my path and also anchored with one tiny red flashing single low intensity led located somewhere low on the hull

What gives, but for the moon and a spotlessly clear windscreen could so easily have slammed into it ...........there are some absolute idiots out there 

 went out at a gentlemans start this morning with old bangaz n son on the big rig. straight to the spot from the first drop it was on! dhuis big red throats baldies pinkies. threw so many fish back and just kept the best of them! amazing spot and left them biting! good day out on the honey hole! thanks to bangaz for the big rig and good day with the boys! paradise is real!!

I think this is worth a read by those who take people on their boat who don't have a RFBL, and catch fish when you assume thay have a licence. It's a bit long winded but worth the effor IMO

http://decisions.justice.wa.gov.au/supreme/supdcsn.nsf/judgment.xsp?documentId=941D49C0E4C4C4AF48257B33001B5DCB&action=openDocument&SessionID=DFT9723BQG

Ok so we were out quite a good distace doing some jigging for ambers and sambos. We were the only boat around until they started rocking up. So after some time there were 3-4 boats and even a charter super close, i could have thrown my lure into every boat by hand. Where has the respect and courtisy gone.  The charter even circled and backed up within 15- 20 m while we were fishing. All we could say is "ARE U SERIOUS". 

will try again tomorrow,must be due a feed soon

 Somehow i've managed to lose the tm260 off the back of the boat on its third outting out. It was professionally mounted and has appeared to fail where the plastic of the transducer meets the bracket - ill post a pic tonight. I didnt hit anything, but it was quite sloppy on the 20nm steam out.

before i pay the excess to replace im keen to be comfortable that it doesnt happen again. Has anyone heard of this happening before? My other option is to wire the other p66 on the hull into the unit and be done with it.

Also the tm260 was second hand so no warranty recourse there.

 It behoves me to make this comment but there are some sorry idiots out there, like the one who had to verbally abuse my 13 year old son who was tending my boat moored onto the finger jetty at the casuarina boat ramp on Sunday whilst I got car to retrieve the boat ( did not take me more than 2 minutes to get trailer into water and a further 1.5 minutes to have boat out and ramp cleared).  Yet this tool ( not an impatient idiot cause that implies some sort of reasonability) not only mouthed off at my son but also nudged into the back of my boat to make his point - my son told me once home.

If the owner of boat "overkill" is a forum member I have a pm for you; please contact me.

Hi All,

I have just installed a new transducer, at slow speeds it seemed to work ok, but when i reached speeds of 6 knots or over it started to have a snow storm of red pixels.

After a few swear words and playing around - i stumbled across the manual depth setting, i adjusted to the depth i was in - this seemed to work but did not give a strong signal.

My previous transcducer would automatically tune to the depth, do you need to manually tune a new tranducer before it starts to adjust automatically.

sorry again for the questions - but would really appreciate some feedback without having to take it back to the installation company.

Cheers Dan

I know evryone says to click the thumbnail under 'image uploads' or something but there isn't anything there for me.

 Hi fellas, just wondering if any of you guys own a sw Stella, can you take the drag knob off and look on the top of the spool to see if there is a bearing on the spool?. Went to my brothers house to check out his new 2013 Stella, took off the drag knob on his 5000 and saw a bearing on the spool which the knob sits on.

i thought this was a new thing because I didn't remember my 5000 having one before I sold it. Then I saw his previous 5000sw which he picked up from bcf a couple of months ago also having the same bearing on the spool.

went home checked my 8000 and 20000(both 2008) one local and one jdm, both doesn't have it.

so is it just the 5000 that has the bearing on the spool?

cheers

 Heading to Warra Station in early May, would like any info from people who have visited, taking a 4.6mtre Ali camping at Sandy Point. 

 hi all, I hope everybody had a great easter.  Managed to get out yesterday with my two boys and my wife. Caught I white tip shark, ras and 4000 northwest blowies. Dunsborough out door world is going to love me as I lost so many hooks and need to restock...lol...Anywsy you all know im an apprentice wen it comes to my sounder.  I believe I need to b on coral to be catching decent fish. Finding it hard distinguishing between rocks, coral mud etc. Do I need to increase my ground thickness to see the ground better.? is coral orangey in color?  Wen I travel along it all looks the same to be honest..any tips or input would be greatly appreciated. .thanks so much in advance. ..cherrs Don

 I just wanted to say what a breath of fresh air it was at the Hillarys boat ramp this afternoon.

I went to launch my boat this afternoon (for the first time at hillarys) and a nice guy kindly came across to tell me that i was in the wrong lane to launch.  Even though the lane did say launch and retrieve i was told that at that time of the day when its a bit busy people will only use it to retrieve. Just thought it was nice of someone to explain that to me rather than have some guy bite my ear off...which i seen before at boat ramps for people not doing whats expected. 

As a nice bonus i also caught a load of fish :) Happy days!