Fishing Discussion

General Fishing Chat

boat windscreen.

gday anyone got a windscreen laying around to suit a 6 mtre ,1700 wide,doesnt matter how high

and doesnt have to be a1,its a 2 piece panel setup ,also would be interested in frame if no perspects,

cheers


Impoundment fishing - Karratha style

Came across this picture on Nearmap.

I had forgotten the fun times had fishing here - although it is illegal now !


Advice on who to use to freight a rod

Rod is to long for Australia Post so need some suggestions on a company to freight it over east for me.

 

Thank

Conrad

 


rock fishing perth

 thinking about rying some ballooning/spinning from the stones but dont know if there are any around perth that hold decent sized fish like tuna or snapper ect? can anyone plz tell if there is ? 

 

cheers chris 


for sale winch and stuff winch image added price drop 275 ono

endurance capstan winch/windlass

model wch 600

comes with 12 volt solinoid,deck foot switch,circuit breaker

will lift 200lb at 31 fpm drawing 50 amps

          600lb at 24 fpm drawing 85 amps

all brand new in box winch can be mounted vertical or horizontial

asking $300.00 ONO

BOOK

SELOC Yamaha,Mercury & mariner 4 stroke outboards 1995 - 04 repair manual asking $25.00 SOLD

GME Transceiver UHF

model 4000R - remote head model comes with gutter mount ariel

Asking $150.00 ONO


salmon season 2012

hey all heading down busso in a few weeks just wondering how its fairing up down there??


Bent Peg in Denham Sound

Can someone tell what number shipping channel marker in Denham Sound is known as the "Bent Peg"?? as referred to by spainishmackeral in his great denham fishing report last year.


Weather question

 Hey guys only had my boat for a handful of months and still figuring out what days to get out on and wondering if tomorrow looks like I have a shot don't mind about the rain it's only water

Cheers

Mark


Coral Bay tips please

Hi guys

 

Heading up to Coral Bay and was wondering if there are any spots worth trying off the beach.We are taking a boat up and I know where the fish are out there but have never really fished off the shore.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

Regards Choc.


swan river in 2 weeks

hopeing to get up to the river after my exams finish to have a flick for some bream/ flatties. will be fishing around canning bridge the narrows and hopefully point walter if i can find a way to get there. anything bitibng at the moment ? new spots to try will also be appricaited :)

 

also if anyone wants to come they can :)

 

cheers chris 

 


Narrows??

 hey guys. 

Just wondering if there have been any reports of tailor in the swan around the narrows area or along mounts bay road?

I finish Uni at 5:00pm today, and i just want to avoid the city traffic, so i thought i might chuck a few lures around.

Also anyone who wants to join is more than welcome.


Karratha questions

Got a few Karratha questions:

What tidal range is the lowest for being able to get in at the back beach (town ramp?) - as in, when it start to get to 1m its time to be at the ramp etc?

Is it worth 'trying' and paying to become a member of Nickol Bay GFC (if nominated etc) to use the private ramp in Dampier?

I have a Minn Kota on my tinny and can't decide if it will get used up there in the creeks etc or if its just better using the motor for trolling?

Can you go netting for mullet anywhere (set net) (apart from creeks etc) or is it a bit of a frowned on practice up there?  Love sitting down for a beer and playing with the dog whilst getting bait down here.

Without looking at any DEC maps, are there any no-go zones, sanctuaries etc, the pipeline?  Whats the go with the ships in transit, just stay well clear?

Cheers,

Adam

 


Shark fishing from shore

 Hey guys just wondering if anyone here does a lot of shark fishing from the shore?

I've always wanted to try my hand at catching some sharks from the beach, I have a place at seabird so was thinking heading out along the coast between seabird and legde and kayaking a few baits out see what happens at sunset and into the night... Done alot of research into it and know all the set up etc but anyone got ideas on a new reel? Strongest reel i've got atm is a shimano tekota 800...

Anyway just wondering if anyone has any luck trying to catch sharks from shore, any info or advice would be awesome! 

Cheers,

Richard


live chat on fishwrecked

hi all i just had a thought, i would love to see a live chat on here so we all can chat live to each other and find out more about the thing we all come here for.

so admin if you read this what do you think?????????????


fishing Geraldton

hi all im heading up to gero this week end, and was hoping to find out from some locals or people returning from there on how the fishing is goin??!!

any info would help im not to familiar with the town


Bream

Hey guys,
I'm looking at taking my 3.5 year old son out for a fish tomorrow, was wondering if the bream are still on fire up stream or have they moved down stream, or are the flattys biting good somewhere, what's peoples thoughts, cheers Rick


Spots available for jurien charter with whitey on 14/5/12 !

Hey guys ive booked seasport charters at jurien on monday the 14 th of may , some other guys pulled out so got a few spots available , Usual 250 $ and will be fishing jigs and plastics, should have some spare seats in my car as well if you need a lift . Pm if keen
Cheers.


Any one want to go fishing saturday night for a few hours

im thinking of going out sat night for a few hours anyone want to join me

 

maybe longpoint or even freo


camera advice

Looking at buying a new camera. Not sure on the cannon 600D as there are some great packages out there atm or or to step up and get the 60D (dearer but better quality only prob is its late 2010 model) or should i be looking at the nikon range.???


egi rods?

I was just wondering if someone could tell me what the benifit of an egi rod is? and what makes a good one? From my experience squid are very agressive and will attack jigs on any type of retreive so i couldn't see them being extra usefull in inparting a particular action? also Squid jigs are not heavy so comfort in flicking all day would not be the concern. so im not sure if im missing something here but i cant for the life of me think of a reason why I would need to fork out 200+ on a dedicated squid rod. please shed some light

Cheers


gladiator snakeskin 6-8kg snapper rod

 has anyone used these, was thinking of getting one for up nirth ans light tackle salmon fishing and ofcourse soft plastics for snapper. found them for $139 buy one get one free., 

should i go for it ?


coral trout

Gday all just wondering if anyone had caught coral trout at night time ,out fishing last night in the tinnie off point samson me mate got one about 9pm good one to went 740mm have seen a couple more come over the side at night at the monties got 4 in a session all 700mm +


Silly question - What hooks and what size Red Emperor

It's probably a silly question, but what type and size of hooks do you guys use for Red Emperor?


Sounder picture

any opinions on what this looks like

i think mostly baitfish any other opinions appreciated had one drop on it got 1 small Ruby snapper bout 3 kg

cheers guys

 

p.s having another drop in the morning see how it goes


Error when posting pics on site

Just wondering if anybody has had this issue when posting pics on the site before?

"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 83886080 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 3456 bytes) in /home/fishwrec/public_html/includes/image.gd.inc on line 190"

I thought it might have been due to the size of the image, but I posted the image in a thread no probs. The issue only happens when I try to add an individual image.

Dan


Any Perth FW members up in Exmouth at the moment or will be coming back by 7th May!

I was wondering if any Perth FW members are up in Exmouth at the moment or will be coming back by 7th May!

 

I have my two Penn International 50W game outfits up there and wanting them back for another trip soon so was wondering if someone can bring them back!

 

I can freight them down if required but Exmouth is a popular spot for FW members so if you can help please PM me, happy to supply a bit of gear from my shop as a thankyou!


4 days at parry beach for 1 samon...grrrrrr

hi guys

well what can i say thats not in the heading?????

The wife, my son blake,grandaughter summer and myself packed up the new camper for the mayden voyage and off we go, i am

excited to say the least, new camper, break from work and oh boy the samon!!!! gunna be great!

 

we get there at about 11am on wed morn and set up camp, i crab my rods and straight to the beach, this goes on every morn and every arvo for 2-3 hours each go, for nothing.....and i mean nothing at all besides some small sandies.

no one is catching anything and there is alot of people trying, a small roumour goes around the camp of a samon getting caught at friday lunchtime???????

im thinking to myself, what alot of crap...there is no fish here at all.

i keep trying many differant spots around the place at many differant beaches for f...all!

 

with hopes fadding fast, i give it another go on sat morn, few more bites on the small rods with some more sandies coming in,

nothing on the big stuff, so i chuck on a sandie and let it soak while fishing with the small rods and finally it happens!!!

my one and only samon for the trip, back to camp a few hours later for a quick pic and then i donated the samon to another camping family, cause we all know they taste like shit....lol

then the stories fly around the campsite like wild fire and all of a sudden everyone was asking me where i got it....i felt like a star!!!!!

 

anyway here is a couple of pics from our trip, still beats working.

 

our first stop along the way (smoke break for the wife, no smoking in the car)

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summers first attempt at rock fishing

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our campsite

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blake leaving his mark while getting bored with no samon

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myself trying at another spot (elephant rocks)

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the one and only samon i got and seen for the whole time.

 

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haven't heard the hawks sing for a while

are they still fav. for the flag


salmon at whitehills preston yet?

anyone got any info on salmon arround these beaches thanks.


LB Lure size?

Hey folks,

I'm fairly new to fishing with lures (HBs, metals) and as I slowly catch more fish, I'm gradually getting more confident in using them as a genuine alternative to bait - particularly when conditions make lure the sensible choice.

With a 2-4kg Dropshot, I find I'm limited to lures 15g and less. Anything bigger seems to be just a little bit too much strain on the rod. I typically choose a 10g baitfish - absolutely love this size lure as it seems to cast and respond like a dream. I've caught fish of all sizes - tiny gobbleguts, blowies, the little stargazer yesterday - through to a 45cm tailor.

Last year, the lads flicking lures at Yeagarup for Salmon could not get into anything on the 30g lures, but dropping to 15g seemed to improve results drastically.

I get the distinct impression that I am better off staying small - as it seems the larger fare do not seem to be put off and are happy to pursue a small flash of metal. In fact, a lot of research into the stomach contents of larger fish will validate this - as even some monsters seem to prefer to snack on little bite size shads and baitfish.

Just wandering what other LB Fisho's have to say on the matter...whether they have more success chucking out larger varieties of metals - or more joy on the smaller lures?

Cheers,

 

Buschy