G'day, got the day off. cant find a deckie. dont really like to go out solo.   got a 16 ft ali runabout, thinking bout heading out from freo. hit inshore for a feed of whatever i can get , stragglers, garden, ffb..  if u have good ground and care to share we can head out. wind picking up round 2 so would like to be back at the ramp by then.  head out round 6.30-7..

any interest?

 It makes me wonder why some people book in for a fishing charter not only during the school holidays but on a long weekend and expect to get accomodation at the last minute.

We would like to remind everyone if you are heading up here to go on one of our charters and are expecting to stay overnight we suggest booking accomodation at the same time as you book a charter.

On our website www.luckylastcast.com it has links to accomodation here in Jurien Bay.

There is also camping grounds in Sandy Cape which is aprox 12 kls out of Jurien which is a really nice spot to stay however they do not have showers. We have seen large caravans as well as motor homes camped up in there so larger vehicles do fit!

Jurien Bay council also offer a over flow camping ground when it is needed. If you want to enquire about the over flow camping ground you can do so by calling the Dandaragan Council here in Jurien Bay.

We would also like to inform you all that we offer gift vouchers which can be emailed to you for you to print off at home and give to your loved one!

We look forward to meeting some of you fisherman and fisher ladies soon!

Tight lines everyone

Dave and Kate

Lucky Last Fishing Charters In Jurien Bay

Be interested to see how these progress. Should be an annual thing I reckon where Recreational Fishing Licence money supports the establishment of two new reefs each year in different regions of WA.

www.news.com.au/national/was-artificial-reef-trial-on-track/story-fndo4e3y-1226561001515

Not sure if this has been posted recently, but can't hurt even if it has.

Last chance to have a say about Burkes Marine Park proposals, who knows we may change his mind about fishing the 'Perth Canyon' aka Rottnest Trench.

www.keepaustraliafishing.com.au/

 Been having lots of fun out the jetty with my fishing crew this week(TJR,scottnot n all the other lads who have been coming out with us n loving it),have been cleaning up pretty much every night at our usual haven,catching tailor(choppers n greenbacks 40-50+cms then the odd 60+ later on in the evening 10pm),bonito(40-50cm),big squid(footlongs),some 25-30cm bull herring n good size snook upto 75cm,scottnot will be out there again 2nite and maybe myself to if the missus lets me out,lol,its guna be stiff southerly 15-20knts off there today,swinging to a south-easterly 15-20knts in the late evening,high tide 0.9m is at 7:30 pm,got a new camera now will be putting up video n photos,from this day forward n remember fish for the future n please keep our Jetty clean when uve finished,im sick and tired of picking up rubbish as im walking in each night!!! n to chook ur legend keep up the good work mate!!

I am involved in a project looking at trying to identify different species of skippy (Silver Trevally, not Sand Trevally) on the west coast.  We are chasing skippy from the northern part of their range - from Geraldton, Abrolhos , Shark Bay or anywhere even further north than that!  We are interested in anything really, but especially interested in getting some from deeper water (40m +) up that way.

Can anyone help with some donations?

PM if you prefer

Cheers,

Glenn

 Is it best to fish at the peaks or slopes? If so why?

Tuesday and Wednesday have an unusual tide pattern, good fishing? orrrr...

Hi Guys heading up to Leeman this weekend (finally got approval from the missus) got a few spots I wanna try , but have just a couple of questions

any tackle size info would be appreciated I have never been there before so not sure whats gonna be attacking my baits

thinking my beach outfit and 80 pound braid and a lighter set up rod for the fun and live baits

Also in regards to baits is there bait avail up there or should i take it with me .

thanks

Hi guys,

Has anyone been out to the islands the past few days? Was hoping for a report on whether the clear offshore water is pushing in or whether the visibility is not good at the moment? Heading up this weekend so trying to work out conditions for a dive or not

Cheers

Can anyone help me out with where to purchas plastic bait baskets for a cray pots?

 Guys how do you secure your trailerboats in your driveways?

Any methods that are more secure than others?

Also, can anyone reccomend a good insurance mob to go through for a 5m trailerboat?

Had my 5.8m Haines Hunter stolen from Mount Lawley Wednesday afternoon 23/1/13

Older hull - early 90's with a 2007 115etec on it.

Red trim inside, Red paint under gunnel and red fibreglass mudgards.

If you've seen it please let us know. Please see photos. Beers provided.

Ben 0428970880

Michael 0414753563

Thanks

 My son is looking around for a versitile outfit that can fish 30 on he wants something that is good for sofies......enough grunt to pull a Baldie off the bottom he's got around $500 saved for rod and reel......so a mid priced outfit......

 Went out tonight for a quick shark fish after work, sent out the balloons with some smallish baits just hoping for a shark and finally got one small enough to keep instead of the usual 2m+ ones. Mate josh and myself where stoked to get one and is the first land based hammer we have seen.

Hi everyone,

Im looking to purchase a new light demersal jigging combo for jigs 80-120g being used in 30-50m... The reels I am considering at the moment are the Shimano Ocea Jigger 1500PG or the JM Powerspell PE3. Possibly the Trinidad 16A could get a look in, but it is a lot heavier than the OJ with similar specs.

I understand that quite a few guys on here own the OJ and seem to rate them, but I am a little concerned on the longevity of the 8kg drag rating once a few decent dhus or sambos have been hooked, and the fact there seems to be no upgrade available for the 1500. The star drag will be a new experience on a jigging reel for me also, but of less importance. On the other hand though there seems to be little feedback or user reviews at all for the JM and Trinidad.

If my concerns for the drag were put to rest I'd probably prefer the OJ, so any feedback on that point would be helpful. Any experiences at all with using the others would be appreciated, as the JM seems a solid unit.

Cheers.

 So, I've been fishing for about 2 years, and I absolutely love it. I'm learning so much every time I go out. In that time I think I've done quite well, originally starting off boat fishing, and then going land based as well.  

So far I've done well on the following species

whiting

king George whiting

flat head

herring

pink snapper

dhu fish

skippy

Gummies

leather jacket

sambos

and plenty of undesirables.

what I really want to get into is some baldies, marks, tuna, and tailor.  Any pointers would be great. 

Thanks

I am chasing a thermostat for my yammy 40. Was wondering where the best place is to get yamaha spare parts NOR?

could be a project for someone? looks like a lot of work

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/rockingham/motorboats-powerboats/centre-console-project-5-3m-guardian-free/1012982404

Here are couple of photos from last weekend

Puka came from "new grounds" that we spotted, and was firing fish on the sounder ... few Green Eyes though .... 

and Dollie from the FADs ...

Gday members,

I've just got myself a Go Pro (hero 2) to try and get some footage of some of the fish I catch, just wondering where the majority of you guys and girls get your accesories from? I'm not overly keen on purchasing online due to a couple bad experiences, so I suppose the real question is, what Perth based store is best for buying accesories? Any help would be much apprieciated.

Regards

Matt

Hey Guys,

Off early friday morning down to Lucky Bay for the long weekend. Havent fished the south coast before and hoping to do a bit of beach fishing, diving and 4wding. Any advice on target species, places to try, bait etc would be great...

Cheers

Mat

Hi to all the FW users

I am new to the forum and new to the country, I live in Mandurah, can anybody offer me some advice of which beaches  I should try down this way to have a decent chance of hooking / catching a shark ? not bothered about size or types, would like to have a realistic chance of catching one.

Cheers in advance

Paul

 Hi All,

I've been doing a bit of reserch on the internet trying to find tackle/rig wallets that have heavy duty snap lock bags attached and can only find one that ships from the UK.  The postage is a bit steep so looking for a local/Australian option.  Any ideas?

Went out last night with a mate for tailor from the beach.  While I got nothing, he picked up a couple of thumpers, one close to 60-65 cm and a suicidal herring.  I'll post a picture when he sends it through.

Thanks

hi
heading to woodmans point today to try and stock up on crab bait for the nets
planing on using the sabiki rig with burley
what time of the day i should go?
and is the sabiki rig the best method to use catching them?

any help would be appreciated
thanks

 Managed to get out a few times lately chasing a lot of different things, haven't targeted big sharks for a bit so I focused on just having some fun on squid, bream, diving/ spearfishing and looking for some new spots, found an awesome ledge that I'm going to helium balloon from for southern bluefin or maybe a Mack ( fair few Spanish and shark Mack's have been seen lately and a few caught), went for a dive Sunday morning and did ok with a horse queeny and nice grouper from bad vis so wasn't to bad either.  

The next few weekends I'll be after some big sharks so hopefully I'll get some photos and the salmon are starting to show with schools passing by every few days at most of the good beaches with some huge fish going 10kg.

Hi guys, I have a few questions about Shark Bay Denham hopefully someone out there can help. I have a small aluminium runabout 4.75m quintrex coast runner with a 50hp honda on the back.  Im looking at holidaying in Shark Bay around late July.  Is this a good time of year to go for fishing weather conditions?  Will my boat be big enough to get around to steep point, what sort of fishing is on offer within the relatively calm waters of the bay and my final question is there a possibility of catching palagics within a few nautical miles of Denham without having to go all the way out to the west side of dirk hartog island.  Any help will be much appreciated.  Cheers. 

I am new to the forum and recently got a tinny and mainly fish the 3 mile around Hillarys and Ocean Reef with a fly rod. I have noted some other part time swoffas on here and was wondering if there were other’s that waive the fly around on the 3 mile reef and what has been your experience and success or failure. As for me I have not had that much success mainly some reef fish but I am enjoying the challenge and navigating around the 3 mile.

Hope to hear from some of the other swoffas out there.

 Was wondering if anyone had fished or fishes around canberra and would be happy to give me some info re. spots etc.  

Cheers

Dean

Hey Guys and Girls,

Gearing up slowly for the big round Aus trip towards the end of there year, and a mate of mine gave me a ARB steel roof rack......cheers mate :-)

One small problem.......it has a bit of surface rust so it really needs a sand back and repaint.

So i decided id give it a go.......after about a hour of sanding i realised that it really isnt a job for someone with my patience and lack of tools.

So my question is does anybody know anyone who would maybe sand blast and respray or similar and could give me a rough price or any other ideas or is it just not worth the trouble??

Any help would be greatly appreciated..

Cheers Belly....

 I would like to Congratulate Lamby and his wife on the arrival of their baby boy 21/1/13. Great stuff Cuz.

Reelax, the Mrs and Turbo.