I have to go visit my partners rellies in Augustra in a couple of weeks, thinking of detouring to Deepdene for a night.

Has anyone been out there lately, whats the beach like for access/driving and any fish around.

Thanks

 I have a mate who purchased a highend fishing reel off the internet. He received it this morning with a broked reel foot. It looks as though it was broken during transport and insufficent packaging and padding seems to be the cause. Would it be the companies fault that they didnt package it properly, or would it be Fedex's fault that they were careless in transporting the reel? who would you direct your claim to??

Hey everyone just wanted to introduce my self and just abit of info about me so my names ash i'm 23 been fishing for a long time I live in Port Kennedy and this may sound weird but even if i don't catch anything i'm still happy been out there. I'm currently land based so i fish anywhere i can really and I used to live near broome where I really got into fishing so yer thats pretty much it. 

 hi guys love the site heaps of useful information and advice 

so being new hear i should introduce myself most people call me brenno most of my recreational fishing time has been spent up north in the pilbara but i have worked on commercial fishing boats of the south coast of nz and antarctica when i was younger and also have done a couple of prawn seasons up in the gulf as well currently i normally work offshore and have heaps of marine and boating experience including boat repairs maintenance painting wiring etc i can also get gunnel rubber and perspex relativly cheap so if you need you boat windows replacing or new gunnel rubber hit me up im more han willing to share my knowledge 

i have just started fishing in the metro area so any useful advice would be good im slowly replacing most of my tackle as there was nothing smaller than an 8/0 hook in there before lol i use a 6 yr old starlo stick with a corvalus 400 overhead with 80lb braid and have just bought a smaller flick rod with 8lb mono 

hoping to get out as often as i can no particular sort that im chasing as i mostly catch and release anyway unless its a decent snapper or mackie 

look forward to seeing and meeting some of you guys out and about 

cheers brenno

I know that the 2 marine radios of choice seem to be the 27meg and the VHF for close offshore boats.

Need some advice on the choice of radio for general chit chat between a couple boats of the same fishing crew. The most the two boats would be apart is about 4 to 7km in exmouth area. Can you/or do you use a VHF radio for this type of banter if so what channel.

Or do you advise the use of the 27 meg instead?? Currently of our boats-one boat has the 27meg the other VHF. We have tried handhelds UHF radios but they tend to be useless. We are trying to work out the best way to go re radios for normal banter between our boats. Just not sure of the legality or protocol for the use of VHF re general chat??

Any advice appreciated. 

gday guys just wondering if anyone has had any luck arround these ereas with salmon and mulloway am thinking about heading down that way for a night/morning fishing trip soon and would like to know whats happening down that way thanks dan.

hey all , just seeking some advice for this weekend , ive organised a fishing trip for the local cricket club , just chasing any tips or advicw on fishing loonies/wilbingya want to try and get a couple of the boys a bit more interested in fishing so ive got some one to go with  :P

cheers j.d

Hey all,

My brother and I are heading up to Exmouth for a weeks fishing, leaving afternoon of 1st May (arriving morning 2nd May) and returning on 7th May (arriving Perth late evening/night) and are offering a lift for one or two people for a share of the fuel costs (thinking $80 each way for one person or $120 for two).

Will be travelling in a near new Nissan Patrol and towing a tinny. Both mature (30s), easy going guys and experienced drivers. If you're interested, drop me a PM and let me know which direction(s) your interested in and maybe a quick bit about yourself so we know that you're not an axe murderer.

Hey all

Just seeing who has a navman colour sounder? I have a 4600 that came with my boat and just wanting to see people experiences with them. It has a 50/200khz transom mounted transducer 600w. Also wondering you the auto functions are any good or people are getting more success with manually setting the gain, range ect. I'm not too sure I trust it that much when sounding for fish, sometimes it has displayed large fish, I have dropped a line and nothing at all.

Thanks

2 times this month i heard and seen photos of crew aboard the iron ore ships off karratha hauling sailfish up the back of the ships, (cliff gaff).

From what i have heard:

A) Foreign ships cannot catch fish in australian waters?

B) Would they need a fishing license?

The fella showing me the photos said he spoke to fisheries and they cant do anything about it...

Thoughts?

 one thing i never cheap out on is Squid jigs. even though i lose plently, i just cant bring myself to buy a $3 jarvis walker jig.

One thing i dont mind cheaping out on is terminal tackle, like hooks, sinkers, swivles etc. i will more often than not buy the mustards, mako hooks over the gamakatsu's and black magics. 

   Hello........I have a 474 stacer with 40 horsepower johnson.......my problem is that when im going at any sort of speed it always wants to lean to one side.......my load is evenly distributed and sits level when not underway......only happens at speed.......what could be causing this???.........

Hey guys just had a few questions about the small reef that runs up for around 50m literally north of mindari marina or the northern shore line...

I have a friend who does landbased spear-fishing and he told me that he's seen a few sambos crusing in and out of the harbour mostly around 5 - 10kg

just wondering if anyone else knows about them and to make sure its true before i go for them :P

if it is true what tackle and rigs do u recomend for landbased sambo fishing, i presume live-baiting of herring or mullet... with a balloon or float???

so what pound line and leader and size hooks????

any help will be appriciated :)

cheers

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 Hey guys

Looking at buying a drift anchor for a 26ft fiberglass boat.  I have a parachute material one ATM of my old Allie. Prob not big enough.

I have seen the ones made out of tarp material but don't think they hold as well

Anyone have any ideas what I may need

Cheers

Jc85

 G'day I've been fishing Australind estuary for 2 weeks now but I'm looking for something differ to catch apart from whiting and a few odd flounder is their any other species in their and what are they biting? 

Thanks parry!

Caught about 5miles back of carnac island can someone please ID.

Thanks Darryl

Hey all,

anyone having any luck with any metro macks still??

Went out to the fads sunday just gone... PGFC and furuno... nothing around, no birds, nuthin...water temps still pretty good at 23...

Hi All,

As promised more photos of our time in Exmouth.

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Sharks on Bait Ball, 80cm Trout, Great Time.

Hey guys/ girls
Pinjarra river, not sure of the proper name, it's the river that runs next to pinjarra, any way my question is , would there be redfin perch in there, or can anyone point me in a direction where I could find same, not to far away from Perth, 1-2 hour max, and do I need a fresh water licence to target them, anything would be great guys.
Cheers in advance
Rails

I'm new to fishing soft plastics and interested to hear what you guys think of them. Like what are your favourite colours, sizes, jighead weights and what species do you target with them? Also what do you find is the max depth you can fish them?

hey guys the cold weather is ahead and ive heard it can be the best season for some of the bigger fish !!! ive never really done well in winter and i do know the bigger tailor come out and theirs more pinkys around and are closer in but is that all? what else can we target and have some success with in the cold weather

sincerly billstar

went for a 4 day trip south went to nyamup mill town for 2 days first no water in river realy was a few small spots with a few meters of water in  one spot i got my first redfin on a feathered salt water lure

went down towards walpole as well to fernhook camping ground but no fish there besides black herring i did catch a whooper of a marron on a peice of prawn though seprize me lots

Gday fellas

Up in exmouth at the moment and looking to throw some sticks and poppers but not sure exactly where to go. the weather has blew up a little so hope to get out later in the week. the weather has been great but the fishing has been a bit ordinary until yesterday when we raised and succesfully released a small black about 7 foot long caught on a jig 400 and trinidad 30a,50lb braid. this will be the highlight of the trip. we came across some coral ground at the back of tantabidi down just south of south passage in 6:8m of water coming to the ocesn side of the reef, we think this may hold some GTs. any thoughs will be greatlyl appreciated.

cheers neville 

 Hey guys.

i think my stella 5k is up for a service.

just want to know where would be the place to get this done.

i dont want to take it just anywhere, i want to get it properly done. dont mind paying the extra dollars for a good job.

sending it to shimano would be last choice.

cheers guys.

 Crew,

Almost need a shoulder to cry or at least some reassuring haha

Finally about to take the plunge and get rid of my first true love - the first boat I paid my own hard earns for - my Fraser 595

Bought new and after spending my first 20 odd years on the water in various different sized and quality boats owned by firstly my Dad and other family members this thing was delux (obviously not flash by today's standards).

Most of all it how wet it is and the fact that a flushing toilet is all but demanded by the misses and daughter that is paramount to my decision but gee it's hard to let go - I trust this old tub so much andi know it inside out (got me home when it blew up to 40plus anda 3m swell from the bank to mindarie about 10 years ago and trust in a boat like that I am afraid won't ever be realized again).

Anywayverymuch a post about nothing other than maybe food for thought or comment...

Hahahaha what a classic!!!!!

http://youtu.be/QhCRmFfFeRQ

Hi all,

Have decided to try go for a night fishing session at North Mole but not too sure what to expect, as I have never been night fishing. 

What sort of fish hang around there at night? Any other advise would be much appreciated. :D

Hey guys just wondering if anyone has used these spooler tools before, and weather there any good or has a different type they can recomend, that would make it much easier , cheers rails

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I had rigged a couple of single hook assists for my 500 gram jigs

after bringing it back up , i found the hook wrapped up around the swivel, so quickly stuck on a ready made one off a cheap sambo jig with the shrink.

When making them up,do you generally always heat shrink the longer assists to stiffen ??