Reported in the West Breaking News  http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/14933442/fishermen-winched-from-water/

"Three adults and a teenager have been winched from the water by the rescue helicopter after their boat overturned when it was hit by a wave near Garden Island this morning.

The stricken dinghy set off an EPIRB (emergency position-indicating radio beacon) to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority just after 7am and the RAC rescue helicopter was sent to the scene.

All four of the men, who were uninjured, were winched to safety and are being taken to Jandakot Airport where they will be met by family."

Big swells today, so hopefully nobody else got caught out by the conditions.

Finally looking at getting a 585 with a transom mount transducer for the tub and was after a bit of advice from anyone who has had some expereince with them plz... I havent been seriously looking at them for long but have been doing a fair bit of reading but have some rookie questions:

-Tranny: will a 1kw make much of a difference in terms of speed I will be able to do while still getting a decent read? Or does it only really help in deeper water etc?

-Tranny: I have noticed there are 2 1kw models that get regularly mentioned: the TM258 and TM260. Whats the main differences between these? Im prepared to pay the extra for the 260 if people recommend it being worthwhile?

-If set up properly, what sort of speed can I realistically expect to be able to do while still getting a decent bottom read? I understand that a lot of variables come into play (correct mounting/ settings etc) but what is the usual results with a decent installation and set up? I know it should read alright at trolling speed (correct me if Im wrong, but it should be able to still not just read the bottom but also pick up fish etc at 8-11knts?) but will it be able to do 20-30knts and still give a decent read?

No doubt I will be asking more questions when I get it (waiting on the tax return to hopefully be able to afford it!) but any basic advice on what sort of settings etc to use for this type of searching would be much appreciated as well

Cheers in advance, i know its a heap of questions, but any help n advice would be much appreciated

 Hi, I have on old speargun from the late 1970s. My dad gave it to me a while back. It is a Mares Pnuematic gun but it leaks and doesnt hold pressure. I tried contacting Mares but they were not much help. Ended up emailing some lady from Italy that said there probably not any service kits available for it. Does anyone know if there are any dive stores or anywhere I can send it to have it repaired? It is an awsome gun with the two chambers and the handle in the centre like a bazooka. Took it into Karratha and they told me it couldnt be fixed and then tried to sell me a WAY overpriced new gun. Best gun Ive used and dont want to see it go to waste. Cheers.

 hey guys,

Has anyone caught any bream in either of these spots. Or knows of any good spots to find bream in the Shark Bay region ?

 Ok time to buy some new bling. Looking at an outfit to suit bottom bashing mostly using 8oz but some jigging and trolling. I am looking at talica 10 single speed on a Wilson live fibre pe 1-3.i think rating is way out on that one after spending time comparing it to other rods in the range I am after. Hung a 12oz off it and handled it well! Just not convinced on the rod. Any advice on these rods would be good and any other suggestions in that price range of $400 for a rod would be appreciated. Searched old posts but not much on them.

A question for those that have fished out of Geraldton or live there and fish, I 'm possibly tagging along on an Abrohlas trip this weekend and have been keeping an eye on the weather and have noticed that the swell is hanging around {winds tend to be variable }

So my question does the swell play an important part fishing out of there ie travel to and from the islands { I presume the islands would shelter once closer} . I know there are reef breaks further to the north of the town but what about leaving the town ramp { havent looked at the gps yet }.???

Cheers fishfish

 here are some landbased pics of my Aug-Sept trip in exmouth, 

alll I can say is the landbased scene was a lot of walking and no fish, my usal haunts produced zip but did see a lot of whales on the horizon and turtles one even knee capped me in the surf, 

I might mention that this was where my lures had the most hits where I waded out to the reefs edge but for the life of me could not get a solid hookup, maybe if I dropped the lure size down, who knows.

well anyway here are some of my exmouth monster fish and echidna on the beach 

 Wanting to swap shimano terez 7'2 15-30lb for a good condition eupro 6'2 twincraft rods in great condition just a bit long for what i wont. Pm for details

I recently bought a stella 10k sw with new 30lb fireline on it. My saltist LD30-2 has saltiga braid on it but needs replacing. I was thinking of winding the fireline onto the saltist and buying new braid for the stella but not sure which type. any opinions on which way i should go? i use the saltist for bottom drop and stella for jigging.

thanks

 brought these lures a couple of days before my exmouth trip, glad I did too cast great and easy to work, Andrea and I both had success on these poppers, real fish callers.

 what to get for christmas?  popping,landbased popping and jigging rods any suggestions  

 Anybody know if there's still A few squid about in Cockburn? Was gonna head deep tomoro but might reconsider with the predicted swell report.

I need a fishing hit but not sure what day to go out in the cockburn  sound. I was thinking tomorrow (Sunday 23rd) but thinking more Monday(24th). What do you recomend ?

anyone like to have a guess at what this weather will do to the snapper schools in the sound and is anyone going to have a go on sunday if the weather is ok

 im looking at gettin my hands on another toy and was lookin for some ideas just to get me goin. ill prob spend up to 25 on it. any makes or models i should really look out for? any info would be handy. and i fish in the ocean not rivers so dont want a pimped bream boat that someone wants to offload. cheers

watching the gummy shark (Worsterling) waiting to catch that bluefin after seeing a pod of dolphins...

"thats the beauty of fishing... you get to see things you'll never see anywhere else..."

thanks for that info, your a genius mate... I guess I can stop looking for dolphins when Im driving to work in the morning now buddy. cheers

And side note: toughen up champ, Matt from the Ultimate fishing show knocked his over on stand up gear

caught this in cockburn among pinks ..the only thing i can find with same fins and slight red throat is a banded groper ...had same teeth as cod even on its tonge,,,? unsure def cod or gropper family..let it go anyway....if it is one they only grow to 3 kilo max.and only supposed to be caught as far down as gero?

Decki spot available for tomorrow Saturday the 22-09-2012. The plan is to launch about 4pm from Woddies for a arvo evening Snapper bash in the sound! (I thought I give the sound one more try). Must have own gear and the usual chip in bla bla bla.

Please pm if interested!

If the weather doesnt calm down as predicted atm then the plan might needs changing!

Cheers Seb

just verfiying that I should be ticking another species off the "to do" list..?

 So, who can help me.  I'm assuming I'll just head to my local tackle shop, but as I've only been fishing for 12 months have never had to get a rod repaired before.  

The broken guide is the one on the tip if the rod.  It appears to insert into the end and is then attached to the shaft for stability.  The rod is a shimano starlo classix 2-5kg. I use it for whiting through to skippy and small snapper. 

Cheers

where my deck joins hull (inside boat) ripped carpet up right where the nice endangered critter hit below.. i have a really nice split (1m long...i thought swifty were tough not any more...l.o.l ...smart fish put me out of action,,,3 day job now.

hi guys,

just wondering if anyone has info on fishing green head?

how far you need to head out to find dhuie gound?

what to watch out for - reefs etc...

please PM me with any helpfull info it'd be much appreciated.

cheers

pauls big 275kg tuna is on ONE tonight at 7:30 might get some beers put the telle on mute and watch it! ;)

i bet he or she has tooth ache ...it was no accident ,,,left off pic i have got 2 peices off tooth out off hull ..trying to get other out .(keeps breaking) .under side off boat 1 meter in from back and 1 foot away from keel .....

A friend and I took the dinghy out for a bit of a test run in the river after a long lay off yesterday and we fished some spots in the canning river.  We anchored up in the lee of a point for a bit and benno was working a small popper around.  In two seperate casts he had something big have two or three strikes at the popper but no hookup, had both of us thinking what it might be.  I know people say mulloway get caught on sp's and other lures, what about a popper?

If it was a bream, it was the grandaddy of them all, but aside from a mulloway, I dont know of anything else with a thick body profile in silver like that?

Aside from about 300 blowies, I managed to bring a nice black bream to the side of the boat, but lose it while trying to boat it as we had left the net behind.

Not a bad day in all.

Thawt Id fill in for Ledge....enjoy

In the past, (in Shark Bay) I (or others on the boat) have caught good size snapper and rankin cod on lures.... trolling.

I have a down rigger, which i haven't actually set up on on this boat since i upgraded, and i am wondering what peoples thoughts are about putting a metal slice lure or mulie deep on a down rigger and trolling that around to see if it gets taken by a pinkie, and in doing so, find new ground?

Has anyone used this method before with any success?

had great night out until i came into ramp....someone f---ed with my trailer and made me late picking up my daughter from work...the dumb ass done it straight in front off sea rescue building ,,,i pray they have rego or person who did it,,,dont mess with another persons property..low life .. just watch your trailers guys ,,iam am going to rescue mob tomoz ,see if i can find out any info..all good .for now.

THE BIG BLACK SCHNAPPER SLAYING thread is a very good one and needs to be highlighted! Its a shame it has been locked.

I too could have easily acted upon what I first read but chose to read on further.

Thanks scotto for the links to what had taken place earlier, it highlights how easy it is to get things wrong and falsley accuse people of doing wrong.

Happy fishing and fish for the future.

Good luck to all.

 thought id let you all knw whats been caught in barri!

the pinkys have come in early to spawn. a cpl of mates and myself went to a local beach targeting croakers and ended up having probably the best LBF session ever! 13 pinkys average size 5-6kg landed between 4 of us. we all got dusted on some honkers but was well worth it. some large whaler sharks around if you fancy stretching your arms! wittacarra has been good for pinkys tailor and mullaway at night. chinamans has been fishing well for tailor and the occassional pinky on the tides. the south cliffs have been fishing really well for pinkys and mullaway at certain spots.

the river is the healthiest ive seen it with bream sambos mullaway jacks muddies bluies whiting on the in coming tide. 

just on a qick note. one of the boys came in this arvo with some photage of a nice sailfish caught just north of the mouth! its gona be a great summer for mackirs n bill fish up year this season! 

anyway was just a quick one enjoy the fishi g.