I've had to lower my expectations a little and it looks like all i'll be able to afford in the way of a new (to me) sounder is a furuno fcv 667, can any body give an oppinion on their experiances with this model or have they heard about this models performance. Any info appreciated (i've had a look at the USA site and not much help) thanks for all replies

hi guys, i was wondering if any of you have tried flyfishing for squid?, i have found this site http://www.squidfish.net/forums/index.php?/topic/912-squid-fly/

i was wondering if flies for squid are available to buy anywhere or would it be a case of trying to make my own?

just a thought, any help will be appreciated.

Cheers Yewie

Hi fellow fishers, just  wanted to find out what others thought of the current training required in obtaining your skippers ticket ??

I for one think that the training must be improved as it is just not possible to obtain the skills that are reqiured to take command of a vessel and head out into the deep blue after just a couple of days training. I know that cost will no doubt raise its head  should I receive any feed back but you only have to look at recent events over the past couple of years to see that it additional traings is long overdue. 

Would you let your son or daughter loose on the roads  and drive V8 car that was capable of 200kph after a couple of days training. Food for thought.

How many times have we all seen the boat in front leaving from Hillaries, Ocean Reef, Mindarrie etc on the wrong side and speeding out of the 5k zone and they are not even out of of the marina area,also the same on the way back in.

Should the following topics be included and be mandatory,  boat and engine maintenance, radio and communication, basic chart reading , and GPS  to name but a few.

Unless the course has changed since I obtained my licence (approx 6 years ago) none of the topics mentioned were covered and when I did mine we were assured that no one would fail, you do not get that promise when you do your car licence and even then there are stipulations upon obtaining your driving licence.

Can you imagine the outcome, you obtain you skippers ticked and you are now free to head out on your first excursion with a coule of mates, the weathers not too bad 15k of wind with 1mtr swell.  3 hours into your fishing trip it turns pear shape, its now blowing 25k of wind and the swell is now on 1.5 and heading up to 2mtr swell and you are 20k from port ??. I have the feeling we have a potential rescue on the cards. 

You do not get or gain boating experience after a couple of days training.

What are your thoughts.             

on 10 news PETAs latest add draws a link between those who torture fish by cruel methods and drag them up thru the water drowning them are likely to be family beater uppers, think I've heard it all now, what next!!!!!  of course by the sheer wieght of numbers there must be some!!!!!!!!!!

Gday Guys,

Im sure its been talked about before but does anyone know when this shithouse sanctuary come into effect?? is it already a park and i cant go fishing in all my normal spots? cheers hey, hope you,ve all been catching lots of fish!

Hi All

Looking to do some fishing no more than 5 Mile out from the Perth Coast. What species are common at this time of year? Would prefer to do some bait/soft plastic bottom fishing for Snapper, Dhu's etc. Is this doable this time of year? Any other info would also be appreciated.

Cheers

Jarrod

 Hi folks,

Im planning on travelling to WA in January to fish theExmouth area. Does anyone know if there is somewhere in Exmouth where you can hire good quality spinning tackle? I want two heavier set ups for chasing big GTs etc and two lighter set ups for a bit of fun. If there's nothing up there, is there anywhere in the Perth area that can do this?

Thanks as always!

Tim

So after my first jigging session produced the goods and got me keen, I'm in the market for a good jigging combo.The Stella 10000 has taken my eye, but with the price tag it has me asking the question - is there another reel with similar qualities that I could possibly be looking at? Or should I just bite the bullet and get the Stella?
As for a rod, I'd like one that can handle jig weights from around 80 - 300 grams and around 6'6" - 7'. Looking for a quality setup. Also wanted to know a bit about jigging braid.

Any opinions would be great :)

Just putting this up for any forum members who may be into kayak fishing and would like the opportunity to come on a weekend mothership trip to the Abrolhos Islands between Friday 13th July to Sunday 15th July on the Island Leader II.

We have approx 8 - 10 free spots at the moment and the cost will be $360 including catering (BYOG).

If anyone is definitely wanting to do such a trip, please let me know.

You will need all the required safety gear as per boating regs applicable to kayaks, although we should be able to share some EPIRBS & radios between groups of fishos.

Should be a great weekend of yak fishing!

Reply here for more details.

Cheers

Gadsy

here is a great link to help u find the best times to fish, based on the Solunar predictions, moon, tides etc, it from the 720 ABC radio perth & its the saturday fishing report that is updated every saturday, its great help for everyone who dosnt already know about it, it also gives u a report on what is being caught around the metro hot spots, beaches rock walls etc. and it is far better than the sunday times fishing report or many others i have seen

Some people seem in doubt that these fish have been caught. While you have to take our word that they were taken from a popular metro location you can't doubt that the fish were landed. If need be I'll even post a pic of the combo I used to land them. The first photo is of my smallest fish for the night, that's a 1.5lt water bottle & an estimated 60cm fish. The second fish is estimated at around 70cm. The last fish I measured at home for 79cm & that's a big sink I've got it sitting over.

Hey fellas
I'm in the hunt for a good filleting knife, just been buying the cheap stuff so far, think its time to invest in a desent set. has anyone got any recommendations,
Thanks Rick

If you had to make a soft plastics starter kit, what would be in it. Iv just started using them, well one, the squidgy flickbait in pilly, and its been successfull on several species, even got me first sambo on one today. Would love some more recomendations for inshore stuff including pinkies.

 Hey everyone, in south America ATM heading up to centrals for a couple of months and dying to get some fishing in, was wondering if anyone knows of some decent charters. Have looked on the net but most of them are catering towards cashed up seppos. Any help in the right direction would be appreciated! 

Have heard/read on here that stormy weather can turn on the fish at spots like north mole, anyone can confirm this? thinkin of hittin it up tomorrow, depending how bad it is

So this morning I had teed up with a fellow FW member to go out to the Sound to dangle a line but unfortunately his missus' car broke down (hope it gets fixed soon!) and he was unable to make it. Being fairly new to boating it took me a while to decide I was going out by myself. So after MUCH screwing around I managed to be launched and out in the water, I was drifting around squidding when THIS happend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uLFW6AtgNc&feature=youtu.be

I thought it was cool, up until 10 minutes after I took the video, the seal came back and tried climbing INTO the boat, over the motor well. I won't lie, I was ready to abandon ship haha, but luckily the seal couldn't quite make it in and eventually gave up.

The seal seemed to be around CHASING my squid jigs whenever I had them in the water, I was wondering if this is normal? Makes squidding hard. Haha...

Apart from that minor upset, it was a great day out and ccame home with 9 squid and about 3 cuttlefish which I was pretty rapped with, considering it was my first time catching a squid. One final question though, how the hell do you not get EVERYTHING you own covered in ink!?
 

anyone else suffer a long slow trip back in today???

11 knots all the way back in, from the back of the bank. 2 hours +

got a few keepers , baldies and a red  , but on bait with a 20oz sinker. lol

Planning on heading up to jurien in a few weeks time with a bunch of the lads for mates birthday. Looking at going out on a charter and was wondering what company was the best to go with? Good reputation and stuff?

Cheers,

Jamie

 Well that time has come around to polish the boat, I was wondering what polish you prefer and The cheapest place to buy it. The 3M products look good.

Hey fellas, just got back surfing sumatra and had some diving footage from rotto as well as a touch of fishing in WA, check it out and let me know what you think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCxrA1qv07I&feature=youtu.be

Hi all , am heading north over the coming month was thinking of fishing Point Samson and Port Hedland on 10-20lb with plastic's for GT, Queeenies and palagics mainly.Was wondering if anyone out there has had any luck with this style of fishing in these or similar  areas?I have a 6m ali boat with roughly 100nm range.Any info appreciated.

Stewie

One of my mates is spearfishing out of rockingham right now. he just lost a wahoo!! spooled his reel (50m) and snapped it all of in 5 seconds. this spot he is at is still holding shoals of mackerel (big mackerel 20kg+) but never did we expect a wahoo. and not this late!! anyone else get any wahoo metro this season?

.

 Hi guys,

Im heading to Broome next year and was wondering what the fishing is like up there and where to go for a fish/mud crab ,I'll prob go on a charter when I'm up there too 

Cheers

Hi guys

Just wondering wat is the best moon phase and tide to catch tailor?

Hi everyone

Has anyone got a preference with either of these reels. Want to run 20lb braid. it will be used or some light jigging, might throw it on a longer rod for soft plastics from the shore up north.

Others have suggest the new Caldia, have had a feel, nice but not great. New Sustain looks good but yet to see one.

Any thought would be good

Can I shorten the butt section by cutting it off with a hacksaw.

Hi everyone,

Been having a look around for a "general purpose" rod for light PE3 jigging and some SP work. I am leaning strongly towards the Demond Blood CJ64.

As for a reel to match I am thinking the Caldia 4000, Sustain 5000 or the Sargosa 5000.

Anyone have input from their experiences which might help in making the decision.

Cheers Steve

thinking of going fishing today cos i can't be bothered studying for exams, but i was just wondering whether it would be worth going fishing what with all the rain we've had over the past couple of days. i was thinking of going around the canning bridge to south perth yacht club area, or would the fish be headed further downstream cos of the rain?? also im targeting bream on soft plastics and hardbodies...

Hi Guys,

I've just bought myself a you-beaut kayak and i'm interested in trying to target black bream on fly in the Swan/Canning from it. If anyone could share some knowledge on this topic that would be greatly appreciated (flies, places, times, leaders etc etc). I am a super keen kayak fisherman and if anyone would like to join me for a bream session on the kayaks let me know.

Thanks guys,

Rick