A Merry Christmas to all. Hope you have a great day.

Im home in Perth for the holidays from Hedland. Normally I dont fish in the metro areas as Ive been spoilt by whats in the Pilbara. But Im itching to wet a line. Does anyone or will anyone tell me some spots where I can go bother the bream. Im strictly catch and release. No need to give away your secrect spots. I just want to kill some time and have a bit of fun.

Thanks in advance for any contributions.

Have now completed the tree change to Pingelly. Loving Xmas day here. Nice cool house, spa and lots of room for the dog to run. Chooks are happy and about to start laying. Sorry I've been a bit quiet but it's been a busy time with the move. It shouldn't be long before I pack the swag and head to the coast.

I hope you all have a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

 wishing every fishwreckers plus families etc a merry christmas and a happy ,safe new 2013 year wherever you all are from my family to all of you

 Have a friend overseas who wants a shark tooth. Anyone got any for sale? Real ones that is. Dont know if its illegal or not but yeh if u can help PM me plzz

Started off with a great night cruising through the canals seeing all the houses done up with the lights and hundreds of boats, some of them with no nav lights. But that's ok, that's where the fun stopped! Back out in the estuary about 8.30pm and heading back to Mary Street lagoon boat ramp, with all the nav lights on. And f##k ME this dickhead in a massive boat and it was called DISTRACTED was coming up behind us and going very fast! We did not have much room to move between us and the beach, he nearly ran us over. I was waving my arms to try and get there attention, they finally went past and made massive waves and wash. The f####ing smart ass and people on board just waved and smiled, what a cocked.

 Had a good couple of days before Xmas. Yesterday me and a mate headed out to rotto for a trawl and got 1 mackie. Was bout 10kg and also got few bluefin tuna. An undersized dhui was landed but returned. With the weather not being so great today, we headed out off mindarie. Came in with 2 baldchin groper at 57cm n 61cm and 1 dhui at 56cm. Got 4 bluefin tuna too. Now to rest over Xmas until Friday when we head back out to rotto.

Hi all,

do the Perth metro FAD locations change much from year to year? I have last years saved in the GPS but was wondering if they will be the same this year?

If someone has them on the computer could you please PM me.

Thanks!

Just finished setting up a 12 foot trampolene for the kids for tomorrow lucky we live on a large property otherwise there is no way we could hide it till tomorrow,try to follow the bloody instructions,then trying to fit that basketball board on most things are out by quite a few mm need to blasted mallet,if the wind wasnt up I would be taking the boat out for some chillout time.

 My brother got this 2.8m bronzie on Friday night on his 20th birthday, little guy was over the moon with it and took him 2 hours to get in on a torium 30 and sensor surf overhead. Not bad for his first big shark hey!!

Gday all , about to head out with some inlaws ,cant seem to find any info for a single day pass instaed of a 30 dollar yearly pass ,surely Im missing something or is that the go?

I thought a single pass was available ...

Any help appreciated ..

Thanks Andy

 what are the charter options in geraldton day trips only or whatever.

cheers syd

Hi all

During my trip to Darwin in July, my brother-in-law struck some trouble with one of his reels, a Penn eggbeater. After making some enquires, I ended up ringing Oceanside to enquire about the parts we needed. I spoke to Blake and explained who I was and what I was chasing, and the order was dispatched. Their supplier was out of stock of the required parts but eventually they arrived and posted to the NT....no hassle, no fuss, just real friendly service.

Anyway, yesterday I was heading to Myaree and as I was also chasing a last minute chrissy present for the boys, I rang the shop and Blake had what I wanted.....as we'd not met before, it would be a good chance to put a face to the name. When I called in, both Ryan and Blake were busy with unpacking new stock, carrying out a stocktake and serving customers, too.

However, both took a little time out for a quick chat and to show me the item I was chasing....all good, just what I was looking for and got a discount for being a FW member.

I just wanted to say thanks guys for the friendly customer service, especially during this busy time ...nice to meet you Blake and to catch up with Ryan again as I hadn't seen him in quite a while.

Although I don't go past the shop very often, knowing that you will always get great service is what sees you going back (either in person or over the phone).

Thanks again guys 

regards
rusty...

 Spent most of this weekend chasing sharks with mixed results. Sat night we got to our spot just after lunch paddled out baits and sat back and waited, first rod went off just after dark and dropped the bait before coming back and a knot failing. The next bait didn't get touched till 3am with something insane taking line at a crazy speed against full drag before biting through 600lb 49 strand wire!!!

Todays effort was mostly because we where bored so out we went again and not long after arriving we have 2 baits 3-500m out. Hour later the 40lb light gear goes off and after an hour fight we got this nice 2.3m bronzie up, few quick photo and he was on his way again.

hi all, just wondering what physical difference is between snook and pike. what kind of distinguishable features should i look out for when trying to identify the fish? and which one tastes better 8)

cheers

 Has anyone had any luck off the rockingham jetty lately? What's been getting around? Have had very little success in the river and my ride out for a dermersal fish has been canned for tomorrow so was going to head out to the roko jetty for a try early in the morning. Any help would be great. 

Anyone got any leads on a tackle store or website that actually has any witch doctor teasers in stock at the moment. Can be the Pakula or copy one
My usual haunts have none and escaping tackle and ocean storm are both out of stock as well...

Cheers

Hey fishwrecked, just wishing you all a merry xmas from over here in Canada. Haven't done any fishing so i cant report on anything as yet over here in Whistler. But i can say this place is absolutely amazing and so has this the amount of pow we have been getting. Il post up some pics when i have a bunch to show yas but other than that wish ya all a merry one and a happy new year!

Sha

I was just sent this from a member who bought a Shimano Brag mat yesterday from BCF.  Check out the measurements, a word of caution for anyone looking to measure fish.

Remember to check against a fisheries ruler as they are what the fisheries department will measure your fish against.

I'm moving to Busselton from Darwin in Febuary. I've heard that I'll need to get licenced! Only need trailer rego in NT. What types and prices please. I have 4.6m dinghy, fan of cast netting, don't like crabs. Cheers Kristo's one-man army.

On the way to perth yesterday coming from Gero seen Fisheries and the Police were stopping heaps of cars and performing searches which is good to see. Pretty sure it was out past Jurien on the highway. Admittedly its the first time ive ever seen fisheries in action.

G'day guys, can anyone tell me if the Bunbury jetty has closed down again? Also any good spots around town for kids to throw some crab nets from? Go to Collie bridge a bit but looking for somewhere in town, any other jetty's?   Cheers guys

Just wondering if you're allowed to use drop nets for catching crays in WA, like they do in other parts of the world and if so would it actually work here in WA? Basically it's a very similar system to crabbing, just much heavier gear like thicker steel ring, heavier net, longer thicker rope  etc. Typically 6 nets per boat, baited up with a net bag and dropped on your favourite spot. After 20-30 mins pull the nets, release any small one's and hopefully get a keeper or two. No need for leaving pots over night, no pot winch required and you can go crayfisdhing at a moments notice. 

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/holiday-dip-turns-to-horror-after-mum-speared-in-ear-with-flying-fish-spike/story-e6freoof-1226542388183

A BRISBANE mum has suffered hearing loss after she was speared in the ear by a rogue garfish.

Julie Fison, 46, was swimming chest-deep at Port Douglas in September when the garfish leapt up and plunged a 2.5cm barb into her eardrum.

Mrs Fison, a children's adventure book writer, is still recovering from surgery.

"It was excruciating - it hit me hard enough in the head to make me collapse and bleed out of my ear," the mother of two said.

She was left with facial palsy - unable to smile or blink on one side of her face - for more than a month after the barb perforated the eardrum and penetrated a facial nerve near her brain.

It took three hours of surgery at Cairns Base Hospital to remove the barb and she has since made numerous trips to ear specialists, physio sessions, an ophthamologist and now a speech therapist - and yet she still suffers hearing loss in her left ear.

got out to day to try out my new jigging rod that i picked up recently from Dusborough outdoor sports thanks to the help of Dave ,  and managed to land a Blue groper on my first drop off the day .

Wasnt the biggest ive seen but pritty happy to nail it on a jig and christen my new rod and reel  . Ended up with a few small Dhu that went back and a crazy session on sambos.

I have a 10ft and 8ft ugly stick rods, and am in need for a cheapyish(under/around $40-$50) reel for them. was going to use them for throwing lures at salmon and tailor down in esperece in january. Any idead greatly appreciated am going to use 20lb mono. 

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Rods:

Ugly Stick Platinum 10ft, 6-10kg

Jarvis Walker 8ft 4-10kg, 25-56g

 have got a saltist 6500 and want to fill it with fireline, who does large spools of the stuff?, can i get it online?

Has anyone been down lately? Does anyone know if people have been catching?

Cheers

Has anyone on the forum bought anything from Anglers Warehouse? was there any dramas with payment or postage?

 I know this has been posted recently but I can find the post. Is there ny updates as to blue swimmers in the swan and if so whet are they being caught. Went for a look last night  near the canning bridge. Saw heaps of prawns but no crabs. 

I would just like to say thanks to the person who nicked our cray pot from the james service. Have a merry christmas ya prick.