Hi Guys,

I'm chasing some advice on what would be a good match to a Saltiga 20 reel. 

I'm wanting to use it mainly for bottom bouncing and jigging. Something mid range, with a bit of bend to it. I'll be using 30 pound braid.

Cheers.

heading out from woodies once i can get someone else, one mates in nz the others in broome the others at work and i guess the others passed out in a gutter somewhere...    

anyone keen?     hitting mewstones, gi and a few lumps...  

 Anyone out tomorrow weather dosent look to shabby

Down at my local lake there is thousands of these little fish i have been catching for my barras, thought they were tadpoles but got them home and they look exactly like baby guppies

question is, can guppies survive in a lake or would it get too cold? or is it some sort of other feeder fish, will try get a photo of them to post up.

 Hi all, I'm off to busso tomorrow for the week. Whats been biting down that way, are there any crabsand squid around at the moment.  Hope all had a Great Xmas and an even better new year.

Has anyone been to the Perth or Jurien FADS recently? If so, did you catch anything and did you notice the water temp?....thanks 

Whats the first thing you do when u visit fishwrecked.com. As in what section do you visit first, and what do you do after?

Im creating this thread so that people can share what they find interesting about the site, and visit different sections that they would normally miss. Because i know that i only click on a certian few sections and hardy ever visit others.

This is my "routine"

1. Read the "new forum topics" on the right hand side under "tackle bag"

2. Go to buy sell swap section

3. Latest image

4. go into forums and browse through the first 3 forums.

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Santa delivered this year and in place of the usual piece of coal was an accurate bx400n. Plan on using it for bottom bashing/jigging will be loaded with pe4. What rod to buy keep in mind it will do more bottom bashing duty than jigging.

Heres a short list of a few im looking at any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated.

Smith AMJ-S56M

Jigging Master OCEAN GOD 280g 50b

Jigging Master EVOLUTION TITANIUM 250b

Xzoga Black Buster BB59B

Xzoga Takadum Taka BA250-58

Cheers.

 Hi all heading up to exmouth in 2 days for the first time with a group of friends we are all taking our boats up most around 6m. I know a lot of u guys have been up there and was just wondering what peoples opinions are about must do or must things to do whilst up there. Including obviously fishing and diving and general things like pub or restaurants also any info is much appreciated. Looking very forward to the 10 day stay there. Thanks all and merry christmas and happy new years in advance. 

Cheers Sammy 

Went down for a flattie fish around Claremont this morning and pulled 8 flatties but all pretty small....

BUT as we were fishing, a school of bright orange fish swam past?? the school was only about 2 square meters but they were bright orange, looked like small carp or goldfish???

this is the second time i have seen this school of orange fish in the past month, last time was around point roe.....

Has anyone else seen these fish?

they do look like they have been introduced or something and could possibly cause some harm to native fish in the swan??

cheers, Tom.

Looking at hitting the beach for an evening fish tomorow or next day and wondering if anyone has been up there recebtly and can advise of the weed situation? I see we are still getting Sw winds in mornings but here is some easterly to the breeze in the evenings so hoping weed is managable.

Hi Guys

Got a new Penn Jigmaster rod and reel combo for christmas from BCF, was about to put line on it but i noticed it has no guide to spread it evenly on the reel- just 3 holes as shown in the picture below.

When i fed line through the middle hole it just piled up on itself.

Am I meant to feed it through the 3 holes? There were no parts that came with it

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks

Ben

Anyone know if it will be windy today?

 After last years non event and with the water temps like they are at the moment, Does anyone reckon we will get any salmon this season???? I have heard a few rumours that some young blokes getting into a few smaller models down the capes already? Is this a good sign?

 After last years non event and with the water temps like they are at the moment, Does anyone reckon we will get any salmon this season???? I have heard a few rumours that some young blokes getting into a few smaller models down the capes already? Is this a good sign?

I got a new TLD 25 for krissy today but im not a big fan of the plate where a harness can be clipped on. im happy to leave it but if theres a way to get it off or even if you can would be good to know how. thanks

Well I finally finished my first rod. It's an old stripped down one so the reel seat and grips are still the original. The guides and binding is what's new. I reckon this rod is worth a pretty penny as it's the perfect rod to take to rod building classes to show "What not to do" .
I had no directions or anything with this so started with just a picture or two and that was the first of about 17 stupid mistakes I also had a crack at Abalone . Boy that stuff is tough to work with.
I was pretty happy with the diamond except I squashed it, got that sorted now.

I also heard that double overbinding in A thread is a good way instead of D and since I didn't even have any D I had no choice. I won't be doing that again......ever. Mind you most of the work was when the kids went to bed and the light was not too good.

I didn't know you had to file the guide feet which was stupid mistake number 15. Imagine trying to get A thread over the top of an unfiled cheap guide in poor light? You can imagine the results.

All in all though I learnt a lot including a good epoxy job hides such poor work and the result actually came up not too bad in the end. The Abalone in particular ended up looking pretty good even though it was cracked to the #$%&.

I've since done another rod with my brother and the results are 100% on this one and I'm in the middle of a couple more including one I'm trying dragon scales on. Boy this is addictive

Thread was Prowrap and guides were some cheap things from Jaws that look quite good and have SIC rings to boot

 

Hi Guy's,

this may have been covered before, but i have searched the forum and haven't found anything.

Has anyone had a problem with their 620 not powering up? I have checked all the usuall culprits, fuses, wiring etc, all has power, but when connected to the unit it just doesn't power up at all. only recently happened, every other time it has never given me grief.

thanks

Hey every one first of all merry christmas!!!
And second of all im looking around for some where to get bait today because i want to head up to willbing for a overniter any help would be great thanx!

just wondering if there is a fishwrecked app in the making? if there isnt what do people think what features it could have?

happy Xmas

Sorry to all that i may of upset with recent pictures i put up. i had these pictures on my computer from when a mate took me out about 3 years ago. There was a picture of the catches of the day and there was 3 dhufish and i hadnt stated when i caught these fish and some people jumped to the conclusion that we were keeping more than the bag limit. i didnt know the rules back when we caught these fish but i know the skipper wouldnt break the rules ecspecialy the fact we were back at the boat ramp by 10:30am ;) awesome day that ill never forget. i dont fish to eat i fish to have a fun and to get them little butterflys flapping when i get a beauty.

hope every one has an awesome Christmas and dont drink too much;)

cheers

 Merry Christams everyone,

Have a good one!

Hi all

Went out today with my daughter for a dive, hoping to snare a few crays. Headed out from The Cut but the conditions on the water mirrored the forecast on seabreeze....bugger. The swell was quite big and the water in close was dirty and churned up so we decided against going in.

Decided to sound around and check out some possible new dive sites and came across a patch of ground that gave up these pics. To me, they look like caves and overhangs....just wondering what you guys make of them. *Sorry about the quality of the pics...it was a bit rough out there today.

I'm pretty keen to have a dive on the site when the water clears up a bit...when I do, I'll take some underwater pics for comparison.

The weather looks pretty good next Tuesday and Wednesday....fingers crossed!

Have a great Christmas and enjoy the time with your families.

regards
rusty...

Hi guys,

Picked up the new tub this week and want to take it out next week for a fish off ocean reef marina.

Not trying to ask people for there gps spots but are there any good areas i can go chase sambos, dhu, snapper etc or am i wasting my time. have put some cray pots off there for the first time ever today. how deep shoud i me looking at??

Are the any mackies out there atm?? is it worth a troll?

Would really appreciate it if someone could give me some guidance. Need to impress the father in law and my old man. wana stretch their arms.

Cheers and have a good chrissy.

First of all, Hi guys, new here, enjoyed fishing as a kid but I rarely find the time to go out.

Now I have kids of my own who like fishing and I want to take them out to the river, I live NoR near Mindarie so I'm in between the swan and moore rivers.  Does anyone know of nice spots I can take the family this time of year, I'll probably go in the evening?  I'm using rods with spinning reels and have very little idea on what tackle and baits to use.

 AnyOne here eaten trumpeter before?  It's never crossed my mind until today. 

FW Crew,

Lookina at replacing my B & W sounder in my Tinni with a Coloured model. Will spend up to a grand can anyone give me their opinion on the best value for money sounders on the market in that price range. I guess the fishing I use it most for is bottom bouncing in the 30-50 mtr mark.

Look forward to hearing your opinions,

Timboon

Have just bought a new Lowrance Elite 5 DSI, but the instruction manual is really limited. Am trying to work out how to get the sonar to show actual fish. At the moment I am only getting basic ground composition. Is there a tip to get the DSI to work also?

Thanks