Enjoy

 I just came to the obvious realisation that i should keep the poor tasting fishing and just feed them to my dog, such as wrasse or garfish. Its great for the dog they love the taste and you will save hundreds of $ depending on the size of your dog. I would catch atleast 5-10 wrasse every trip which i just throw back.

Was a great day on the water today. Didn't want to come back in.. But what a difference coming home in glassed off conditions makes.. 33knots all the way in as opposed to the usuall 10-15.

Got a nice 5.5 kg pinkie and black ass. And plenty of non keepers... Plagued by bolt cutters today. And also sharks..

 Im looking for a bit of help making a tin can teaser. Is it as easy as just getting a few red bull cans and stringing them together, or put a knot inbetween them and space them out a bit more so they push a bit more water. Just wondering if any one has experimented and had success with them as a teaser or are they a wast of time. I cant find any photo's on any forums to help. 

Just wondering what water temp readings people are getting?

I was 2km off back of Garden Island last week recording 25.2C, palegics jumping out of the water every where.

Recorded same temp in Cockburn Sound while crabbing ( prob why no squid around).

My warmest temp i have recorded in the past 10 years was 23.8C.

Im heading down to Busselton with the family this weekend to campaign and was thinking of taking the kids out after dark to get some cobbler, I havent done it for years down there so was wondering if its still ok to do so?

Any advice is appreciated

Daniel 

 was out on a mark today and after the 2nd time over it got a small pinkie and while releasing it  with release weight had this wa*#er come up behind us, Ping my spot and fish it so we couldn't get on it so we moved on.

Peoplelike this should be shot!  I've done the hard hrs getting my marks and when people are to lazy to do it them self they need to lean some respect or  have  some one like myself teach them when we see them back at the ramp but lucky we didn't come back across them.  Thought i would post a pic so if u see this wa*#er you know what t to expect! ! 

 Just a quick post, thinking of heading out on one of the beaches around Mandurah at the weekend, anyone been out there lately ? Or can point me in the best areas to target a shark or ray ? 

I intend to put a big bait out whilst fishing lighter gear 

any advice will be greatly appreciated

Cheers

Paul

I have some freshly caught herring that i plan on baking.

Current plan
1. Cover in olive oil, some garlic, rosemary and ground pepper.
2. Wrap in aluminium foil.
3. Bake at 180 for 10 minutes on each side.

Will this work? 

Please share your baking method, cheers.

Me and the Boys are heading up to Jurien this week end for a well deserved boys weekend away.

i was wondering whats been happening up there lately we have two boats both 5.5m.

Any advice on whats biting would be great as i am keen to gets some fish in the freezer its been empty for to long :)

Cheers Guys Dave

For all the land based shark fisho's out there i have a question for you! Just wanting to know do people get more hook ups on balloon or bottom baits?

Reason i ask is im heading to a spot this saturday and it is possible to balloon there, although it isn't extremely deep. Would it be worth going somewhere off the beach with some chop and a little deeper having bottom baits out? (obviously means we wont get the bait out as far and wont be able to use such big baits and heavy long rigs as the balloons)

Can't make up my mind which option would be best

 Hey everyone, I have family over from interstate and have been dying to get into some Samson's, but with the weather looking crap on the weekend it looks like they may miss out, unless I fish the sound? Is there any reliable areas that hold Samson's Inside protected waters?

Thanks in advance

what is biting at malimup beach near windy harbour.

 Went out today 25 miles weather was fantastic and fishing not bad either got some Pinkies 1 at 70cm Great Day

 SwanFish is coming up this weekend as most of you would know and what i want to know is who is entering and where they are going to fish after registration because i've never entered and just wanted to know what/where the best spots to fish are not after exact spots just rough spots and am landbased not to fussed any where to get and a couple of species at the same time.

Thanks, fisher12

Are there any small lures for whiting.

G'Day all

am off to exmouth in may and am looking to borrow if i can some dvds on game fishing etc

would like some that show how to rig from line to the bait and a range of different methods ie trolling switch baiting etc

anything that gives some info and inspiration

so if anyone has some i could borrow or buy cheaply that would be great

pm me

Lee

Was using my throw net in the Leschenault Estuary The other day gathering some small mullet for a Tailor expedition and was quite surprised by a couple of my catches. One throw yielded 8 tiny black bream, 5-6cm (all safely returned)and in another i got 4 tiny kg whiting which i havent personally caught in this system for 15 years(all Returned)
Hope this is a sign of the systems health and hopefully good catches in the future :)

Hi all, thinking of trolling a few lures for tuna, mackerel, ect out off Bunbury tomorrow. Haven't tried it here yet and was wondering if anyone knows if there's any around? and if so what lures have been performing best?

Hey guys,

Just wanting a few opinions on a new reel to purchase. Basically at the moment i have a shimano baitrunner 6000D that i use for all my beach fishing. The last two times i have been to "Spot x" i have been spooled one was definately a big shark and the other took 300 meters in 60 seconds flat banging head shakes.

The only way i can see around this from getting spooled is upgrading to a bigger reel size. Just wondering what reel i should get out of the shimano range spending a max of $250. Wanting it to hold around 400 meters of 40-50 pound braid and at the same time having a good drag pressure? And definitely a spinning reel! I have two overheads already. Need this for casting baits into the surf..

If anyone has any idea's on what i should get please post, would be much appreciated! Reason i am sticking with shimano is because they have been so reliable and durable!

Cheers!

 question above

thanks all

brett

Hey guys,

So the tacho in the boat stopped working and found a new one online with a price I couldn't refuse so I have bought it and installed it. Problem is it's a white tacho and the rest of mine are black. I still have the old broken black one so what I was wondering is does anyone know how to take these things apart? I was thinking of swaping the seal and black face into the new tacho but can't get the old one apart to look at how hard this would be. Or is this a stupid idea and me being picky and should I just leave the white one in there? I've included some photos so you can see what I mean.

Hi All,

I am going out to Direction Bank in the morning for what looks to be an awesome day on the water! Just want to know what most peoples setup is for there. Last time I was there I picked up a 57cm KG and a couple of Baldies but I missed so so many good bites.

I am running a padernoster rig with 1 running 4/0 hook to a 7/0 circle. 

There were quite a lot of pickers there last time as well, pretty common I would suspect? (haven't been boat fishing much)

Targeting Baldies, Pinkies, Dhuies, KGs, Black Ass

Ryan

Can anyone tell me if there are wash down facilities at Two Rocks ramp. Had a search on the net and this site but cant find any info on it.

 G'day all just in the process of getting a electronic brake control unit fitted to my car for my boat trailer that is fitted with a Carlisle hydrastar braking unit .been quoted about $500 for fitting and wondering if that is about the going price for this to be done .cheers for any help

 Hi all

Going up to DHI at the start of May, in the process of buying a new rod and reel. I was looking at getting a Shimano Stradic 8000 loaded with 50lb braid and matching that witha 13' Daiwa sensor surf. Very much a novice when it comes to heavier gear so any feedback on this set up would be appreciated.

cheers

Buzzer

 heading to steep march 1st anyone else going up that weekend?

Was speaking with the brother inlaw who is a mad snapper fisherman in Victoria and uses chicken oil he gets from the chicken shops question is has anyone on here tryed that to attract fish would say it would be cheaper that buying tuna oil,the brother said that it really gets the fish on the bite

OK, I'm a diver, I see some different stuff, I believe what everyone calls a "Buffy" might not be acurate?

I reckon there are 3 different species catorigised as one, not only major color variations but slight change in shape, hey I aint no Marine Biologist but certainly seen lots of difference in them for the last 15 yrs of filming stuff underwater in WA.

3 buffs or just 1 with colour variations?

hey all i was just wondering if the saltwater fishing on a boat  in point samson is any good if so what kind of species do you get there might also try for a barra while there.