Lookin to use 5" jerk shads/ 110mm flick baits and 7" jerk shads/145mm flickbaits, just wonderin wot size hooks are ideal for each. Do people use diff hook sizes say with the 5" if targeting flatties or pinkies. Im not refering to weight, I mean the gape size

Hows it going all,

I'm after getting a half day off work, need a break so im heading to hilarys today for a few hours.

Just wondering has anyone any reports over the last few days?

Is it worth my while to try Ocean reef maybe??  Any suggestions would be great.

Im not heading away for another hour or so. So any updates in that time would be great. Cheers.

 Is there a way to stop braid cutting into your finger when casting?

Do gloves fix this? Tried some gloves from work (ninja mechanics gloves) and the first cast cut straight through them.

A mate emailed me this ridiculous bloody thing.

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/smallfish_info.php?products_id=48108

I cant believe they are being serious!

I'm tempted to buy one for a laugh and go do a jigging charter with Whitey using it or something

 Hey guys,

We go out to Busso jetty a bit to catch squid. Just wondering if there is anywhere else south that has as many or more?

Don't have a boat so will have to be off jetty or shore.

Hey guys, am looking at buying a light outfit for breaming, flicking chromies for herrings. 

Was looking at the Pflueger trion, seems to get good reviews from here. Or should I put in the extra for a T-Curve T series?

Will there be a big difference in the 6'6 and 7' rods and difference in 1-3kg and 2-4kg?

For the reel I'm torn between the Daiwa Freams and Ballistic. 2000 or 2500? 

Cheers 

hey guys

well as the title states.....tonite was the worst night ever and i should of canned it from the start???

to start of with my mate was late and then it went down hill from there....

got to the ramp and f...k me..... i left my keys at home........never done that before ever!!!!

on the way back to the ramp, everyone decided it was time to sit on 40klm, all the way down canning hwy...

back at the ramp.... keys in and off we goooo.......cant get the boat off the jetty, its like someone has a rope tied to us????

head out to our spot and then i cant drop the anchor in the right spot.....30 mins later we are set??? to the amusement of a few others....hope you guys are enjoying the show as theres more to come......

get the nets out..... and my mates from a previous night have taken the wrong end of the 2 piece poles and we are left with short nets

40mins later the anchor starts to drift and we are at it again.....by now i am very pissed off and my mates are taking the piss out of me big time!!!

all the jokes come out, and trust me there were some rippers!!..ON YA GUYS

we finally get 30mins of prawning in with no issues and then we start drifting again.....fffaaarrrkkkk!!!... right towards another boat...

sorry guys i have done this before..... many times?....trust me????

crank up the donk and drag the anchor forward until it grabs again,, solid this time!!  right next to the guys who had seen our show for the last 1 1/2hrs.

how you going guys??? enjoying the show??

the pack up and back on the trailer didnt go any better, except for the part when we left the ramp....

i am going to cop it big time from the mates for the next week or so... its not like i havent done this before, but tonight was one of them nights you want to forget!!!!!

still managed a few prawns, even though the biggest of the night was myself.

i apologize to any f/w members that seen this fiasco.

i blame it all on goodz....who should of been my deckie...he knows what he is doing!!!!

god help us all

ron

Hi,

Wonder if anyone can clarify for me as I use the AU Tide Pro App and its showing a high tide in Mandurah on Friday 22nd June at 21:14 while Willy Weather is showing it as a low tide. Can anyone confirm one or the other for me and also if you have a suggestion for a better tide tracking app it would be appreciated.

Cheers

Lisa

Another steep point video, after going through all the our footage i came across this clip filmed from the boat with a contour on a pole. 

We had a couple of sharks circling the boat so we chucked the camera in to film, we assumed they were more whalers..

The second shark, to me looks very much like a white.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYThozV3EpU&feature=plcp

What does everybody think?

 Just wondering what knot or how do people go about connecting their braid mainline to their first swivel of a shark rig? The whole rig is crimped just curious about the top connection

hi all im looking at going to quobba later this year my main question is can i get to the fishing places with a 2wd i have got a 1985 ford f100 and whats a good time of year to go

 Hi guys am looking at a spare spool for my saltiga 4000

I know RCS have a 4000PE spool that fits it but line capacity is quite minimal (200m of 25lb saltiga

8 braid)

Does anyone know of any other options want to fit around 300 pe3 which is roughly what the standard spool holds....

Cheers

Turts

Not sure if this has been posted before

http://www.gizmag.com/deeper-fishfinder/22997/

Sounder transducer that links via wireless to your phone. Idea seems to be that you cast it out to the area you are fishing and lets you see if there are fish there. Guessing it would only work in glass flat conditions though?!

Got emailed this document, nice to see some research that actually compliments the exisitng rules and closures, and states we do not need anymore.

http://www.goldendolphin.com/WSarticles/Australia's%20Unappreciated%20and%20Maligned%20Fisheries.pdf

G'day All , First Post , am off to Fiji on Friday , for 3 months , so will hope to send some posts of a few captures.

The Fremantle Premium pot ocky is very popular with our customers and FW members so just a heads up we got another big deliver today. It comes straight from the boat to the processor where its cryovaced and delivered to us within 1-2 days so VERY fresh. Premium octopus that is fully food grade, head off and descent size tenticles.

We all know demersals love fresh local ocky and the weekend forecast looking very nice at the moment for us boaties.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/top-stories/mullaloo-man-escapes-shark-attack/story-e6frg12l-1226402770493

Hi guys i have managed to get next week of work looking for some good places to fish no more than 3 hrs from perth.Will be landbased and just unsure where would be hitting atm as im not much of a winter fisherman i do have a 4x4 so any places you could suggest would be much appreciated.

I would love more to go for mulloway, sharks but anything in the ocean really as its been i while since ive stretched my arms.

Thanks in advance Matt

When in Shark Bay last year, camping up near cape peron I was snorkelling around some reef with a gidgee and saw what looked liked spangled emperor.

There was quite a few in schools of around a dozen-20, mostly pretty small but i followed them around and speared one that was about 1kilo. It was similar to the one in the image below, but was a real brassy color all over, almost olivey, no splotches or anything, and I think it had very minor colour around the eyes (going off memory here). Inside the mouth was orangey.

Anyway i was quite proud of myself until my dad told me it was some kind of crap not good eating emperor, so we ended up using it for bait :s

Been bugging me for a while and i cant seem to find any good ID/pictures of one, maybe because they arent a target species? Does anyone know of or have seen such a fish?

Hey Guys,

I think everyone should jump on this.

The text below clearly shows some of the things that are happening with marine reserves are just crazy.

Normally I don't push this stuff on to other people but after reading about Damon's experience I think we all need to get in on this before it spirals further out of control. Read below:

Recreational anglers in Australia are being steamrolled by green group pressure so a marginal government can stay in power. If you don't like being told what you can and can't do by green groups pressuring the government, or if you value the Coral Sea, then you need to act now!

You can make a difference in under 60 seconds...

The Short Story is that if you value recreational fishing anywhere in Australia, not just the Coral Sea, you need to click the link below and fill out your name and email address, and then press submit, and you'll have sent a letter to the minister for environment, expressing your concern over current marine reserve closures. He will then recieve this as an email from your personal address. I would urge you to act regardless of where you are in the world. You can read the letter and send it at the below link.

http://nomadsportfishing.com.au/wordpress/sustainable-recreational-fishing/

If you have already sent a letter, thanks for your support! Concerned fishermen from around the world have so far sent over 5000 letters to the minister since last Thursday, and we're just getting started, so I would urge you to please do whatever you can to spread the word on this, it affects recreational fishermen all over Australia.

The Full Story started over 3 years ago, and I've been involved the whole way, with many many meetings with the heads of the environment department and other various scientists, culminating in a meeting with the Federal Environment Minister, Mr Tony Burke, about 4 weeks ago. I hate to get political, but I can only tell you what I've seen in this process and what I've been told by the various government representatives along the way, and hope this inspires you to do something, and also to spread the word in every way you can. What is happenning here is just not right and not fair to recreational anglers.

I do need to make clear straight up that the whole of the Coral Sea is not being closed to recreational anglers, and nor should it be, with many areas still open to recreational angling, HOWEVER, the closure of Marion, Kenn and Osprey Reefs in the Coral Sea is a prime example of recreational anglers being steamrolled by green group pressure so a marginal government can stay in power. These reefs are unique, special places that every Australian angler, and every future generation of anglers should have the right to access when they choose to do so. Again, if you don't like being told what you can and can't do by green groups, then you need to act now!!!!

The environment department reviewed the Coral Sea marine reserve, starting this process 3 years ago, and then proposed a very practical zoning proposal early in 2012, which was entirely acceptable to recreational fishermen, and which would actually benefit recreational anglers. This proposal was based on sound scientific research and facts. I was shown a zoning map in March 2012, which was the final draft prepared by government scientists, and it was a great plan, which would protect the reef, but also allow access for recreational anglers, by way of pelagic only yellow zones, essentially allowing for catch and release fishing, but also for the keeping of a few pelagic fish for immediate consumption at sea only(no take back to land). The scientists from the environment department had listened, and come up with a wonderful, world leading management plan.

This draft plan then went to the politicians and came back a month later with green zones everywhere, and when we were again shown the map in April, it had completely changed, but there was absolutley no science to explain why it had changed. We could see that even the environment department's own people were dissapointed that all their good work had been ignored and had been for nothing.

The fact is that the green groups, led by PEW, a US-based environmental organisation funded by oil money, applied huge pressure to a labor government who relies on greens support to stay in power and the government dutifully pulled out their green highlighter and started drawing random and unexplained green zones all over the place to keep the green groups happy.

If you are happy to get told where you can and cannot fish by green group pressure and no scientific facts or research, then just sit back and do nothing, and it will keep happening, the green groups will have won, and soon we'll be locked out of everywhere in Australia just because it suits the greens and makes them feel all warm and fuzzy. Some interesting key facts here:-

• The PEW environmntal group started lobbying the Australian Government 3 years ago, and managed to force Peter Garret to make the Coral Sea a Marine Reserve about 18 months ago. This had no impact other than the name, but it was the start of a slippery slope.
• The PEW environmental group is from the USA and is funded by oil company charitable trust money, and is a way for oil companies to feel good about themselves by passing on tax deductable profits to green groups to try and make up for their environmental pillaging. This group has lots of money and lots of lobbying power, and they think they can get whatever they want, whenever they want just by adding more money! 
• Before this process started, there was over 60% of the entire Coral Reef mass in the Coral Sea already marked as green zones. This huge green zone covering Lihou and Coringa Herald Reefs has been in place for the past 20 years or more. With 60% of the Reefs in the Coral Sea already a no take green zone, do we really need more? Of course we don't, and that is also what many leading scientists have said!!! The scientists got told by politicians that this was not enough green area and were told to make more green zones happen. Shouldn't that work the other way around?
• PEW wanted the entire Coral Sea made into a huge green zone, and locked up to everything. The Australian Government managed to resist this push, and implemented a strategic sientific appraisal of the area, with the science based zoning maps released in March 2012, these being praised by all recreational fishing groups as a huge step forwards in conservation, tourism and access. The scientific approach recommended pelagic only fishing zones be implemented at many Coral Sea reefs, this is because these zones have the same conservation value as green zones, but they allow access for low impact activities that won't harm the reef. Pelagics are the main species targetted in the Coral Sea, and this zoning would allow for recreational fishing access, with the same environmental outcomes as Green zones!!! PERFECT!! A great solution you would think.
• HOWEVER - After proposing this zoning before the final round of public consultation, the politicians got involved, reviewed the zoning and decided there needed to be more green on the map just to keep their mates in the Greens Party happy. The Environment department even proposed the pelagic only zone be a different shade of green, to keep the green groups happy, but not acceptable was the government reply! 
• This then resulted in the current zoning map we have today, that has been determined by politicians being pressured by green groups, rather than by solid scientific evidence and processes. If we as recreational fishermen allow this to happen, it will set a frightening precedent that shows that green group pressure can win out over scientific process and that the concerns of 5 million Australian recreational fishers can just be ignored. This is simply how these green groups operate, and if we allow the flood gates to open, heaven help recreational fishing in Australia.

So, what can you do?

We need marine reserves, and properley managed marine parks in Australia, but they must be implemented with conservation and access for low impact activities as their primary goals, not be implemented just to keep green groups happy.

To tell the minister you are not happy with this process, and to tell him you want it changed, simply click the link below, write your name and email address and click submit. Could not be easier.

ALSO, make sure you send this to every concerned recreational angler you know, post the issue on your facebook page, talk about it on forums, email it to people.  

MAKE SOME NOISE ABOUT THIS. It effects every recreational angler in Australia, and we simply cannot sit back and be steamrolled by a bunch of green groups pressuring a marginal government. We want marine reserve implementation based on scientific processes and to keep access for low impact activities as a priority. Not too much to ask I think!!

This all sounds very dramatic I know, but if you care about recreational fishing in Australia, or want access to your local waterways, now is the time to take 60 seconds of your day and make a difference. Just click below to open the web page. You can also put comments on our facebook page and tell us what you think, or just email us.

http://nomadsportfishing.com.au/wordpress/sustainable-recreational-fishing/

On a much lighter note, we will be sending out an awesome newsletter video

featuring some great Bligh Reef action in the next few days, so keep an eye out for that soon.

Best Regards

 Cant wait for this to be finished.... update of my new rig ... just finished in the paint shop

I'm needing a new overhead for bottom bouncing, $300 budget, 

Been looking at the Fin-Nor Marquesa MA20 or 30, Daiwa Saltist single speed LD30, or the Shimano Tyrnos,

I was looking for some feedback on the pro's and cons of these three reels, the Fin-Nor looks good value for the spec/drag (18K)

Any comments would be appreciated.

Hey guys,

Last time i was in denham i left my bream rod loose in the car - and, well, after the trip home from cape peron it was not so much intact as i would have liked.

Just the tip has snapped off, does anybody know where i could get it repaired? Perth metro.

Not good form when you have a verbal agreement on the phone and have distance stopping a pick up of item for a few days, only to have a message that its sold . No apology or sorry , Doesn't that s#$t ya !  Not just me is it ?

 what is the line to use? need to fit around 500m of 50lb braid on a stella 10k sw.

wanna use it for deep jiggin.

i know the high gear isnt ideal, but i will cope.

what brands have the thinnest strength to diameter ratio?

cheers.

hey guys!

was just wondering if anyone could give me a few tips on how to land an eagle ray, ive been trying for a couple of years now, using large butter-fish as bait!

what is the desired line strength, i was thinking 30lb fireline???

what leader???

what rig would i actually use, i know the trick is to keep the bait on the bottom but nothin seems to work with the rigs i use... i usually use 5/0 hooks?

running sinker or fixed sinker?

wire trace or just a mono leader?

cheers guys!

Hi Guys

Im heading to Kalbarri in three weeks and was wondering if anyone has heard any reports?

Any help would be appreciated.

hey all,

so ill be heading up to quobaa in a fortnights time with another mate of mine. iv been told the weathers looking good but the winds been a lill all over the place but forecasts are averaging mostly 20 knot eatsterlys. is there anyone whos just recently been up there who can shed a lill light on the weather situation?

iv got the car ready and the gear packed but my mate is in need of a cheapy spinning rod just for the trip, 8ft+ 30lb and only wants to spend $100. so if anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

plus im sure to knock up some sort of a report for guys when im back 

cheers Jay

Hey, just wondering has anyone had any luck at the sheds lately? Fished the north mole last night for a few hours and got nothin, didnt see anyone get anything either. Beaches nor seem pretty weeded up too

 does anyone have one, are they as good as they say they are, im thinkin if gettin one