Hi all,

We're heading for the lodge in July and taking a boat with us. I have never been to Dirk Hartog and was wondering what the boat fishing is like in the bay heading North from the lodge? Any chance of catching pelagics in the bay or do you need to go south round the channel to get ocean side west of the island?

Cheers, Kev

 Hey guys 

first post on the site and just looking for some help regarding what these fish ive been seeing might be.

Ive been heading to the south mole recently to pick up squid for big baits for the river and been seeing heaps of 3 - 5kg fish cruising close to the rocks. ive seen them in packs of 2 or 3 and sometimes just by themselves. my best guess would be mullet but hoping they might be some early season salmon, which might explain why theyre popping up only in small packs. plus ive only ever seen mullet in schools of 10+ and never outside of the river. never bothered to have a crack at them coz the gear that i take down for squid probly wouldnt stand up to them very well. any info or opinions would be great.

Also any tips on squidding from the rock walls around freo would be awesome as i only seem to be catching the littler ones and never more than 4 every 2 hour session

thanks

 Hey guys. 

doing a favour for a mate who wants to organise a trip for her husband at the end of june. looks like its end of season for the abrolhos etc, so she was wondering where might be good to send him?

how is the fishinig down south that time of year, and any good charters poeple can reccomend?

or anythng north? think he has 5 days available. mad keen fisho, and doesnt get seasick, has all his own gear etc.

i was thiking of looking into the mackrel islands for him etc?

any suggestions would be really appreciated!

cheers!

goat

 Who's heading out tomorrow guys and where ya heading and what ya chasing I finally have a free weekend so line's need to be wet 

Enjoy 

Just saw this on good ol' facey. I didn't know this was a law? The only time I strap mine down is on long hauls.

Am I the only one? 

 Picture of the cables I make up.

 Hi, went for a fish at the South Mole on Thursday, when I got there it was a carpark, BUT, all the cars were empty, and nobody fishing off the rocks, no room to park my car anywhere, so I gave up, who is parking thier car there and leaving it? Was a pain.

Mal.

 Hey Guys 

We are currently Running a  $1000 for the longest Dhufish competition on instagram

Which finishes on the  midnight 14th October 2021.

Entrants will need to Tag emission fishing apparel with a pic of a the longest sized dhufish they can, Whilst they are wearing any of our Hoody's.

Along with another photo of the fish on a brag mat, fisheries sticker or a tape measure so we can confirm the size.

the winner will be the person who has the longest Dhufish by the start of Demersal Ban  Midnight 14th September 2021.

 we will transfer $1000 to your bank.    

If its too close to call we will have a sudden death.... And you can enter as many times as you like!!

Follow our instagram for more 

Fishwreck members can hit me up and we will give you a 10% promo code for purchase of hoodys for this competition.

Also we will be getting our petiton together to help us secure a fish cleaning station down at Hillarys boat harbour,

You may see us down there from time to time over the next few weeks getting signitures.

feel free to come say gday for a chat and sign the petition!!  

 Currently we are using individual small batteries for our 3 electric reels 

looking at running 1 big battery with 3 reels coming off that 

as it is now we can use the normal leads as batteries live in side pocket but with 1 big battery it would be a bit further away and we would need longer leads 

question is how long has anyone made their leads and they are still effective? 
do they suffer from voltage drop? 
Any dramas with using Anderson plugs?
 

cheers 

A couple of PBs from a trip to Shark Bay a couple of weeks back, one for my 12 year old grandson with a pinkie that went 70cm (his previous was around 68cm).

This one he managed on a rod & reel without assistance (last one was on an Alvey winch).

And a 66cm bluebone for myself, previous PB was WAY smaller !

Hey guys got one for the jigging gurus wanting to get a new set up for jigs and soft plastics usually like the fish on the lighter side of things so looking for some good recommendations with a budget of about 7-800ish 

 Gday guys, ive just finished a complete refurbish of a voyager marquis (old school 7.2m fibreglass ) and done pod extension after removing the big old chev v8 inboard. Whacked a new 4st 250hp yamaha on , sea trialed a few times and i couldnt be happier with her. Ive had 6 smaller boats previously and none of them ever had trim tabs. I know the main reason for trim tabs is to level boat off if its leaning due to poor weight distribution. Apart from that is there any other good reason to add trim tabs? Its just that ive always found uneven weight distribution is not to hard to solve by moving gear around.  any pro's and con's for trim tabs greatly appreciated cheers dave 

 Morning lads, has anyone got any recomendations for barra fishing tours or guides in darwin. I figure i can fish a creek, but if i wanna catch a decent fish, paid is the way to go. Mud crab would be awesome too. I cant remember if there is a search function, i looked but couldnt find one. It may stop me asking repeated questions

Cheers

 I've been out the five lately snapper fishing and have been doing ok, but has any one else been out there and noticed the apparent increase in shark activity. I have fished the back of the five for a lot of years and never seen as many bronzies as i have lately.

i have been getting three or four hook ups every time, it's a pain in the proverbial. To say nothing of a waste of snapper fishing time.

Have the bag limits been dropped to 10kg like they were talking about doing a few months ago

heading away soon want to make sure following the rules

Left ramp at sun up, bagged out by 8am, then caught and released a few more.

They are on fire at the moment !

 Out early this morning to throw some plastics around behind Garden Island, just drifting over some nice looking spots was getting to the stage mid morning where I was thinking that I couldn't even catch a cold when I finally hooked a reasonable size wrasse, decided bugger the plastics and cut the wrasse up and put it on a bottom meat, half hour later landed my PB harlequin, one of my favourite eating fish. 

Temporarily taken down, pending resolution. 

 Morning fisher people. Anyone got some info on fishing creeks for any species. Also would love to hook a muddie or two. I'm heading to kununarra today and would love to get a line wet
cheers 
andrew 

Enjoy 

Hi guys in the market for a new VHF radio c/w aerial.

For the radio I am contemplating the uniden um455 or the icom ic m330ge.

The Icom based on previous post are the way to go. However, it will involve more work for install as the hole in the dash will need to be filled.

The uniden um455 appears to tick all the boxes including a straight forward install into existing dash slot. However, I am unsure of there quality/ performance. Any feedback on this unit will be appreciated.

The next question is the antenna to pair it with. I am thinking 2.4m 6db ?

 I was wondering how far do you have to go off of two rocks to get to some good dhu/baldie/snap ground?

Just got back from an extended weekend break from Walpole/Nornalup.

We head down that way at least twice every year, and have done so for over 20 years now. This time we took my Mum down for a break from covid reality Perth! (She's 84 and just LOVE'S her fishing!!)

Fishing was awesome to say the least.

(As I've recently sold my boat, we were shore based but it mattered little.)

Over the 3 days I estimate over 200 bream, with anything under 27-28cm released. (plus some over that when we had enough for dinner + some take home's!)

The biggest was stonker at a tad over 38cm (mum's!), with another slightly under that (mine!), and the missus's was level pegging with that. (we enjoy sharing the spoils!heehhe)

Also caught tailor, herring, silver bream and a juvenile salmon all in the same spot.

One of Western Australia's best family fishing spots I reckon - have never failed to get a good feed in over 2 decades!

(Have even caught a couple of giant herring from the Frankland River 2 & 3 years ago.)

Anyway enjoy the piccs, and think of them grilled whole with Asian spices as thats how we cook them - Yummo!

Cheers.

Browny.

 Have tried the search function for this question but it doesnt seem to be working. Im gonna be in Denham for 3 days and intending to go out past shelter bay into the ocean and do some trolling for a mackie along the cliffs (have done it a couple times already). Just wondering if its worth pulling a lure inside the bay anywhere? If so any tips on the general area in the bay to troll would be appreciated also what type lure have people had success with in there cheers dave 

 Hi fellows, I was wondering if anyone had a Tow ball weight scale I could borrow, I am located Morley area, cheers

 Second T - Curve to bight the dust .

 Looking for recommendations for mobile marine mechanic servicing south of the river. Just need a once over, service before heading up north shortly. If not mobile mechanic who do you recomend for a quality service.

Cheers

Dhue went 16 kg . Still got it up . Rod broke while in holder ( drag wasn’t set) basically high sticking without holding rod in stand up rod holder

Have had a search and nothing posted within last 5 years that I could see

chasing some decent mulies individually frozen if that's still an option 

lately have just had blocks that when defrosted turn to absolute mush and are basically burley only

anyone know where some decent mulies are for sale

don't mind paying more just want some that last past 830am  

cheers