hey i was just wondering if anyone could give me a helping hand to point me in the right direction of when to fish for snapper this winter and what types of rigs to use and where. not asking for special rigs or spots but any info would be appricated. cheers.

heading for ezzy in 4 weeks but have a serious problem with left shoulder, does anyone know if the tynos 30 can be swapped to a left hand drive action

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/fremantle-line-shut-down-after-boat-hits-rail-bridge-20110503-1e5nk.html

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/9301360/ship-hits-fremantle-bridge-trains-halted/

I said four years ago we  going to have a major fuel spill one day in Freo harbour and an incoming tide will carry it all the way to Guildford.

This was a very close call and more reason to remove commercail shipping from Freo harbour and to a better suited port where a major marine fuel spill will be contained.

We got very lucky this morning, it could have been a death warrant to the Canning and Swan River!!! Thats not a small vessel to be crashing around!

anyone bought lures on ebay before? theres heaps of stuff on there, mostly 'brandless' as far as i can tell. mostly coming from hong kong and china. dont wanna buy a heap of lures only to find out their cheap junk.

With all these mackies down south of late I'm wondering how far up north do you get them all year round? Just wondering how far I have to go hahaha. Any info would be great.

Thanks Rob

I have been using the old IMP clips for a while, great things and true to the claim on the packaging they really were clever little devils. Added a good 20m to the casting distance with a scalie and 5oz. Picked up a pack of the new ones from blue water about a week ago, called the IMP2. Either im doing something wrong or these are one of the most useless products I have ever come across!

The idea, for those who havent used them, is that it clips your hook to your sinker, stopping that hellicopter action during the cast, making the whole package more streamlined. When it hits the water, the impact of the water on the bottom part of the bait clip pushes it back, releasing the hook and bait. This means that to use these clips the leader to your sinker needs to be longer than the leader to your hook and bait. An added benefit of the clips is that you can use a light leader to your sinker which would break during the force of the cast without the clip. This is because during the cast the sinker is clipped to the hook, so all the weight goes through the hook leader.

So heres the problem! In the new IMP2 clips, the part referred to on the package as the fast link (I'll call it the frame) has been extended at the top by about 5mm and is now made out of a weaker material (see pics 1 and 2). This solved a problem the old clips had, in that they used to be very difficult to put together, generally requiring a pair of pliers if assembling more than 5 at a time. They are now very easy to assemble, but the problem is the extra 5mm and the weaker material means when loaded during the cast the part of the frame that the bait clip (the bit you clip the hook on to) is attached to, bends out away from the rest of the frame, allowing the bait clip to come loose from the frame and after a few casts, falls off (See pic 3).

I was fishing someone else a couple of months ago and their clips kept falling apart, I couldnt understand it at the time but now with a closer look at this new version it all makes sense. I was hoping there was a new way of putting them together or something but after speaking to the guys at bluewater where I bought them, they had no explanation and after a bit of discussion seemed to agreed it was a dodgy product. The boss didnt seem to agree as I wasn't offered a refund ($20 for a pack of 10 by the way, not cheap) but as I said to the guys its not about the money, its the fact that a good product has been replaced with a dodgy one and the shops seem happy to stock it?!?

Im still hoping someone can point out something im doing wrong. Used to cast 8oz sinkers with these things, then fishing on Friday destoyed them using 5oz. Has anyone else used the IMP2 and had the same problem, or is it just me? Anyone know where I can find the origional IMP clips?

Cheers,
Adam


 

ever1 wants to come fishing and chip in for fuel and clean the boat, but what about the wear n tare on the boat motor no 1 wants to chip in for a service. whats 50 bucks worth of fuel pffft i laugh guys really think about what your asking before you want a deckie spot not meaning every1 just a couple people on here that have asked me  

I fly back from up North today and dont have much on all week so if anyone needs a deckie Im keen. Put in for all the usuals and own gear. Would love to get into a metro mack if anyone is chasing them this week. Also if anyone wants to offload any mackeral fillets Im keen to work something out.

Round 2 ;)

Feel free to post any pics that you love. Feel free to ask any questions for tips. Im happy to help...

I will start....

This 7m vessel collided with the jetty at JoJo's Cafe, causing extensive damage to the boat and jetty. Picture: Nine News Source: PerthNow

A MAN is in hospital after his boat smashed into a jetty at JoJo's cafe in Nedlands this morning.

The 7.2m vessel collided with the jetty about 1.30am, causing extensive damage to the vessel and to the jetty.

The skipper of the boat was taken to Royal Perth Hospital for treatment for chest injuries and a knock to the head.

Insp Steve Bradley said police divers were called in to make sure there were no other passengers on the vessel.

"The vessel has taken on water and is in danger of sinking," he said.

"It is not known at this time how or why the collision occured, and police and marine officers will investigate the matter."

 

absolute mess,

read  on Perthnow today.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/02/3205331.htm

BIN LADEN IS DEAD!

I have just returned from a week up in Exmouth which started on Easter Saturday.

About 120Km south of Carnarvon (10.00pm) we noticed a brand new 6m glass boat smashed on side of road with its trailer mangled about 32m away ( opp side of road).

West side of road we saw heaps of personal items like fishing gear and items strewn in the scrub with a 4WD wheel.

The crash had been reported as it had the orange sticker.

I hope no one was hurt, but it certainly looked like carnage.

Does anyone have some info about this?

Chris

Hi All,

 Will be coming home from Victoria this week. If any deckie spots available i am available. Petrol, bait and cleaning to be shared of course. Fly in tomorrrow.

Thanks

hi guys just a quick one, i have just got back from Dunsborough and after 9 days i have not seen one salmon, we tried every location we know in the area and did not even hear of one!!!! a good time was still had by my family and the kids caught plenty of whiting,herring etc but very dissapointing on the salmon!!   cheers

 is a 6m pole gaff the biggest i can get and where do i buy a gaff this big... the biggest i have seen in stores is 2.5m? if anyone has a big pole gaff to sell or know where i can get one would be great to hear from yas cheers

need to waste a couple of hours in the city tomorrow thought i mite throw a line in under the cuaseway bridge anyone got any thoughts on this .

cheers.

 Hey there.  I am new to perth and have mainly only done river fishing on the murray.  I am wanting to do some sea fishing, but i do not have a boat.  Just wondering what the best spots are for good eating fish.  Also what types of jigs should be used or bait fishing.  Love going for squid.  Am willing to travel around 45 minutes to an hour from Forrestfield to get a good catch.  Have tried woodies on the short rock wall and the end of the car park as i was told this was good but did not have much luck.  Possibly due to my setup of rigs.  Rig setups would also be a great help.

Thanks all,

Gday Guys & Girls,

Ive got a big favour to ask...

Im heading up to Exmouth on Friday the 6th May 2011 and usually drive but this time Im flying and I cant get all my rods to fit in my 6 inch PVC Rod Tube.

I was hoping someone would be interested in selling me theirs or even better lending it to me for 2 weeks.

I live NOR but would be happy to drive to collect.

I would prefer a Carmate Rodtube or a Sportube Guide Case but not fussy as long as it holds 10 rods for my Monte Bellow trip.

If anyone could help me out I would appreciate It.

Thanks SamC for offering me yours buddy but you need it for the following week :)

Cheers

Steve Hart

0419929116

With town getting back to normal after the easter break and the weather looking great I decided to head out for a fish.

Decided to head straight to a spot that has been producing some good fish. First drop resulted in a solid dhuy for my mate on a fresh squid head and a smaller dhuy for myself on a SP. Mine released itself boat side and swam back down.

Next drift my mate decided to give an old school hand line a go and I sent down an 11 inch McArthy SP in the hope of something bigger. As soon as we hit the bottom we both were on. Troy had a battle on his hands with his fish ripping line out of his hands a few times. Mine felt really solid and was taken line off my PE2 outfit at a rate of knots. Troys was up first and ended up being a douple header of dhuys. First time he had used a hand line and what a result. Mine was still given me heaps. Just as I had the fish half way up my rod snapped. Managed to get the fish up with the snapped rod. Turned out to be a big sambo.

Decieded to have one more drift and drop a metal down which resulted in another nice dhuy for me that was quickly sent back home.

Was another great day out with not one other boat spotted out of the bay.

Hi all.

I'm off to Rotto on Wednesday with a few guys for a snorkel (they havent done it before - rotto that is) and I was thinking of a solo SCUBE for a possible cray or two seeing it's only going to be 3-5 meters.

I know all the buddy only rules and it has its dangers, but I figure that from 5 meters, I can head up at anytime even without the gear if need be. I'll be anchoring in 2-3 meters so depth isn't going to be the issue.

am I missing any major dangers in this depth? Hear of a few people solo diving in 10 meters. Is it jsut plain dumb or are the risks so reduced in 5 odd meters that you could surface without gear adn resuce it later or go straight up ikf needed?

Cheers

But in this case... the worst one ever...

Went down to the usual spot again today. Good conditions but.... tons of blowies. Literally. Tried out the new HRT lures, but could only get loads of blowies coming out the dark chasing it down.

I was fishing with bait for awhile, getting smashed by blowies over and over again, but i had seen in the water 4 nice sized Bream and knew they were around. At one point i was reeling up my bait (cause it had weed stuck to it) and 2 massive sized Bream, the biggest thing ive seen in the water before were following next to the bait (must of been atleast 50/45cm each). But unfortunately the blowies were hounding at the bait and the bream werent going for it :( 

By the time i got my bait out there again they were gone. No luck this time either.

Mitch

Hey all

Went down to woodies again today to try and get some fresh squid for lunch. Got there about 7 and there was quite a few people around, two people where squidding and they got two before i had a cast. I cast my everegreen jig in the water and had a follow almost straight away, it took me three little flicks into the same area to get this squid, i got it in and it was about 18cm hood so the size had improved from the other night i was there. Any way that was all the action i sore for a while. I walked to the other side and hooked a nice squid. As i was winding it in it's friend followed it in and was keen to eat its bigger mate. I told my dad to cast the little white egixile jig at it and it didnt like the look over it??? that was a first as squid normaly love that jig. Any way the squid was lossing interest so i made the choice to pull the hooked squid out of the water and get my jig back in to try and keep it exited. My jig had ink all over the barbs so i didnt think i would get it but as soon as the jig started sinking i hooked it solidly. That was all the action from woodies so moved to another spot that brenz and i found one day by accident.

I got there and told my dad to cast into a lovely looking spot and he said nar ill walk up the rocks a bit so i cast into the spot instead. First cast got one only small but eating size still, next cast another one. Then i sore a smalller squid cruising around and got that as well. Antoher cast into the good spot and got another smaller one. At that stage my dad wasnt to happy lol. Anyway that was the end of the squidding day with no more seen or hooked. Ended up with 7 and a nice lunch. The winning jig was a 3.0 harimitsu green/red.

One thing though was that there was 4 people plus me squidding all with high quality gear but they were not letting there jigs work the way they are ment to so they werent catching anything. It was good to see more people getting into squidding around perth.

I have some pics but my computer is still brocken so i cant make them smaller, im going to upload some that ive downsized from the other days session.

Thanks for reading.

Danno

few questions but bear with me!

heading to coral bay in june for the first time, just after some general tackle advice as i've only ever fished the metro and down south(shorebased) area. my brother will be bringing his dinghy so although we cant go too far out should be able to get onto some larger fish. my problem is ive only got a 6ft bream rod or my 12ft beach rod. ive basically never fished for larger species so i dont know where to start when it comes to getting a new setup- any advice on a basic rod/reel/line combo (preferably as cheap- but reliable- as possible)?

Also im not completely up to date on the different braid vs mono rigs etc (i wont ask here), there is books on these in most tackles stores but right?

lastly, ill probly stock up on some metal slices, HB's and soft plastics, but does anyone have a 'dynamite' rig they wish to share?

cheers vince

G'day all.

I have just moved to Geraldton due to work commitments and was wondering if anyone could give me any hot tips as to where to go for a land based fish untill i get a little boat. im pickin up a new 4wd next week as the old 40 series doesnt really like the great open roads!!! so beach access will not be a problem. if anyone has a road atlas and give some close enough directions it would be much appretiated.

Cheers

 I have a young family and want to get into the whole fishing thing. Went out yesterday to freo south mole but kids kept getting snagged on the rocks and wife a little worried about the kids climbing on the rocks and falling in.

Seeing a few people getting into some great bream latley and was wondering how i should go about it. I used to fish for them alot as a kid with soft placcys and did well but now with the new blade type lures out im keen to try them. Ive youtubed the technique which im sure i could suss out. Just a question on what line to use, currently 8lb braid on my 2500 stradic and im not sure if its too high. Should i be going for something smaller?

Also leader what do you use and do you tie the leader straight to the blade or to a tine clip swivel?

Cheers

Sha

I'm heading out to one of the FAD's for the first time on Thursday (if the forecast stays the same). Does any one have any tips on lures etc and which one is closest in. I'm going in my 20ft Bertram/Caribbean that holds 120L of fuel powered by a 150hp Yamaha. I have just had the boat refurbed since buying it last year (thanks to Allan at Boat Fix in Balcatta and Maz and the people at Allboat in Kingsley). If any one else has plans to go out there on Thursday from Hillarys/Ocean Reef, let me know if you're keen to make a convoy.

Hi guys, just wanted to get some suggestions for a rod to match with my new TD sol 2500?

Just want to be able to flick light plastics and hard body lures for mainly river fishing, some action off the moles occasionally.

Got 6lb fireline loaded up and ready to get tested out but cant think of a new rod to match it with.

I should know this as I used to work at Bluewater Myaree but that was a few years ago and I have dropped out of the loop since then.

Could someone update me on what rod would be best suited please??

Cheers !!!!!!

The things you see on Ebay!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/marlin-rod-and-reel-/190528279672?pt=AU_FishingReels&hash=item2c5c5ed478

Hey all,

never fished the drain before, but there's an easterly tomorrow morning... worth a try?  if not, where?  got a leave pass.....

Cam