Im going to east freo today at around 4:00 ill tell u guys if i catch anything.

Hey guys was thinking of heading down to Mindarie Marina for a fish tonight any tips?

Ive never used soft plastics before but would love to have a play with them, and I have always got my twisties-though havnt had much luck on them in the marina.

Any help would be much appreciated cheers!

 Hi All,

Would like to share my very interesting trip to coral bay recently. A couple of mates & I fished CB for three days with a nice mixed bag of emperors & tried our luck for a marlin. Majority of the trip was dedicated to bottom bashing with a little bit of trolling between spots, we only trolled for a 4 -5 hrs for the whole trip and managed to raise 5 marlin, hooked three & got one to the boat as well as a nice little dolly. So needless to say we were pretty happy with our efforts as none of us had fished CB before and are keen to go back there and spend more time dragging skirts around.

Now this is where the trip got interesting, on the way back to home we were about 150klms south of Carnarvon when I noticed that there was smoke coming out from the rear of the car, we pulled over and found that there was diesel gushing from the rear of the engine and then as my mate said, that is least of your worries as it is on fire, SHIT, raced to the boat to get the fire extinguisher to find that it was missing, so grabbed all the water we had & tried to fight the fire with no success. Time to make the call, get what possessions we could out of the car & get the boat off before we had more dramas on our hands. So to cut a really long story short a 12hr trip turned into 21hr journey of hitching rides in road trains & people that just wanted to help.

I must thank the two guys that pulled up to give us hand & tow my boat to Wooramel roadhouse after unhitching their boat & doing a 90klm round trip.

hey guys,  been hearing alot of people catching mulloway atm all over nortrhern beaches and freo area too,

the only mulloway i caught got  busted off right in front of me :( if  anyone has any tips,stories,spots etc

please share, also rig tactics?? moons tides  etc?

any info is much appreciated cheers  guys :D

Sunday 3 April

Want to improve your casting distances and accuracy?

Can you cast over 100 metres? You can do it easily with help from us. We had a junior who set casting records of 100 metres for 112 gram, and 97 metres for 56 gram when he was only 12. And he was not big for his age. Some adults regularly cast over 150 metres.

People who would like to see how it is possible to cast such long distances, how to cast accurately, and get some tips and tutition can come to the Surf Casting and Angling Club's dry casting day on Sunday 3 April.

Where:- Yokine Reserve, Wordsworth Avenue, Yokine. Competition starts at 8:30am, but club members are there from around 7:30am onwards for setup and practice.



Dry Casting is long distance casting and accuracy casting on a grassed area, where the distances and the accuracy can be measured.

We've all met the difficult situations where the water is rough, the wind is strong in your face or coming from one side, you need to land the sinker in a sand hole near reefs, cast a bait in front of a school of fish, avoid tangling with the person next to you, the person next to you is casting a bit further and catching all the fish, and so on. With the right gear and skills, you can fish almost anywhere and in almost any conditions.

You don't need any special gear to start dry casting. Many people use their regular fishing gear, particularly for the accuracy casting.

We can show you how to get the best out of your own fishing gear if you would like to bring it along. We can give advice on different rods and reels and show how these can go together, and also let you try out casting with different rod and reel combinations to find one that suits your fishing needs and your size and physical strength. This is important for the ladies and juniors, and those of us who aren't as young as we used to be, or for people who are struggling to cast the distances they want to.

Our visitors always get a lot of useful and practical tips, and often add 10 to 30 metres to their casts on the first day - and, no, we don't catch many fish at drycasting, but those skills certainly help when we go fishing.

After the competition and the lessons for the visitors, we get together over a sausage sizzle and soft drinks, and talk about anything to do with fishing and casting.

The Club has an airconditioned house in Kalbarri available for rent to public and members. Club members get a big discount on rates paid by the public. http://www.surfcasters.iinet.net.au/KalbarriHouseMain.html

Be in the draw for one year's free Club membership. In the second draw to be held in late June 2011, all members who have been accepted into the club between July 2010 and June 2011 will be in a draw to receive 1 year's free membership, valued at up to $120. http://www.surfcasters.iinet.net.au/index.html#Free

Check the Club's website http://www.surfcasters.iinet.net.au/ for other Club activities. PM / email me or the Surf Casting and Angling Club's Secretary or phone 9209 2117 for more information.

TerryF
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Hey all.

Ive been meaning to go for a troll all summer but never found the time so i think im to late but just wondering what lb leader i should be running to my wire?

Also which knot is the best for this, ive tryed the albright but its to bulky to go through the guides. Ive got a TLD 20  and a TLD 25 both with 30lb mono for trolling and two boxes of halcos 190dd, 160d, and a couple of 190xdd. Should i run a Xdd and a normal dd? or the shallower ones and a deep??

Ive heard that there is still mackies hanging around but how long do you guys expect them to hang around for? I will be trolling for them out from ocean reef around the 3mile. I read that 27m is a good starting point but what is a good range for mackies to be in?

With the halco lures does anyone change the standard trebles off their lures?

Whats the ideal trolling speed for them also? is 8knots a good speed?

Cheers Danno.

These are the lures i have.

Looking forward to a few reports from Exmouth during the F/W comp. As one of the folks that cant make it this year, we are hoping that the 'budding journos' up there will keep us up to speed with how it's all going.

Good luck to all attending, if you dont live there then have a safe journey there & back & i hope the weather gods are good to ya.   Good luck.

cheers Rob

I wounder if this is a good spot for fishing...

http://www.nearmap.com/?q=@-32.026634,115.757897&ll=-32.026634,115.757897&z=17&t=h&nmd=20110215

Hi all,

A mate of mine has his gillnet license and a 30mtr Gillnet, we are looking at going tonight and have no idea around perth where we can nett. The book provided with the license is really hard to understand and we dont want to do the wrong thing and get busted.

Any help is grealy appreciated.....

 Blowies to be exported:

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/trawlers-fish-swan-for-deadly-blowfish-delicacy/story-e6frg13u-1226031126868

But are they required to maintain the Swan as a native species?

our dear friends at Fisheries research have done it again!

moves are a foot to leglay allow one rod per anlger on a boat, limiting the number of lines that can be trolled or fished.

That means if my son and I go out, we can only have a small rod for him and I have to choose if I'm taking a trolling, bottom bounce or jigging rod.

At this rate will we be allowed hooks on lines by the end of the year..

i'm very pissed off at this!!!

Tony

Enjoy

A few months ago it was stormy weather and i was in east freo on a rock groyne. I looked to the side of a rock groyne and there was a school of fish that looked like herring darting past being chased by a school of fish that looked exactly like a spanish mackeral and around the same size, what could this be?

I am going to busselton this Easter and hopefully catch a few salmon. Can anyone tell me good poppers for salmon? I heard 105mm roosta poppers in bonito colour are good.

Hey guys, i need to know what sort of rod and line i should be able to use for live baiting mulloway.

hey guys, I  have one more spot available for the comp next week, maybe 2 yet, should be fun, will be fishing both days why the hell not, not doing game , we are going the bottom fidhing catagories,

great prizes , lots of fun, and hopefully we get onto some bombers, will be chasing dhuies,snapp, kg,s sambos to earn some coin,

let me know if anyone in,

also like to know any other crew involved,

Hi all,

I'm one of the unfortunate few not lucky enough to have access to a boat at this magical time when water temperates are up and the pelagics are running in metro waters. Being relatively new to fishing I don't know if this has happened in recent years or if the warm waters are a bit of a fluke event.

I'm just curious as to whether warm waters at this time of year will have an impact on our winter fishing? Keen to hear your thoughts purely from a learning angle.

Cheers,

Buschy

Got all my gear in the mail this week for the Fisheries survey, just need to get out now and get something to fill it all in.

Cheers

Dale

Mladin and I had a go off the north reefs today,strange day, very windy early,heaps of crappy weed. we had a double hookup on shark macks,they went berserk in the wind slop and spat the lures close to the boat, landed a spanish mack and 2 spotty macks[released],then it calmed down and was bright and no more strikes, trolled around for a while and got sick of clearing lines so came home, there was alot of late starters and it will be interesting to see how they went

Oh oh.  Not looking too good for the FW Exmouth Comp guys and girls.  I'm heading up to Coral Bay on Sunday for a week and it looks like the weather could be a bit nasty looking on the BOM website.  Tropical low maybe forming into cat 1 cyclone by tomorrow.  Hopefully it fizzles out to nothing or at least hopefully for the comp, it has been and gone by next weekend.  This is my first time to Coral Bay too.

Everyone better keep their fingers crossed.

Off to Exxy in 3 weeks.

Ill be launching a 5.5m glass boat at Tantas and Bundegi.

I have never been up there before, do people think anti bog mats are adviseable?

If so, has anyone had experience with these?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Max-Traction-Bog-Strip-Car-Recovery-Trax-4WD-Track-SAND-/300540944598?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item45f9a2e0d6

They dont look as good as the MaxTrax, but they are sure a hell of a lot cheaper.

Thinking about heading up Mindarie / Butler way on Saturday evening for a fish.  Can any of the locals give me a heads up on the weed factor on the beaches up there?

Hi all, I am going up to Exmouth in late April and was wondering if some fishos can give me some advice on teasers.  I do intend to troll for mackies and maybe head to deeper depths for billfish.

Do you use that angled block of wood with reflective sides?  I presume something like this needs to have a weighted nose to stay below the surface and troll accordingly.  I have heard of the long chain of rubber squids and broken CD's.

I have the fishing gear but these are things I have overlooked.

Thanks in anticipation

Chris

I was fishing in the river at succes hill and i always see this one fish about 35cm - 40 cm jump really far out of the water. It jumps around a meter and a half far and the colour of the fish is a pale white colour. Can anyone tell me what it is?

Hey guys bugger these early starts but its all for a good cause. We are off to Onslow then the Mackies for 10 days so good fishing too you all and we'll catch ya when we get back.

Cheers Mick and Sammy J (Black Pearl) 

At the last Federal Election Tony Abbott went to Mackay in Queensland and announced that if he got elected the decision making process for Marine Parks would be restructured so there was more local involvement and within days his popularity jumped past Julia Gillard so lets get him over here to listen to what we have to say. It can't be that hard and it's not like he wouldn't have anything to say with Mining Tax , Boat people and detention centres along with GST all on the agenda. I'll run it past the Member for Forrest Nola Marino to test the water and maybe you guys in metro can lobby for the same thing with your Federal Members. It's worth a go. from memory the reasons why he wanted to restructure the MPA was  the negative impact that marine parks have on local economies.

 i think we done well and got our point across!! cheers to the fellas from bluewater for the supply of the fishing rods im sure the kids will love them! and we certainly out numbered the greenies even if they teamed up with the gays and the nuclear freak who decided to knock over the poor kids at the front! im pretty scared myself as apparently the spirits are going to get me because i took a picture of her after she broadcast herself on live tv! go figure! so anyway i decided if these spirits are going to get me i may as well drink them first!! mm bourbon! good work fellas heres hoping they start to get the message!

thinking of heading up to jurien bay with the boat for a fish just wondering what the facilities are like and what the waters are like up that way in close and out wide any help would be great

ay fellas looking at doing a trip in QLD is there any good charter you recomend for some good sportfishing popperin jigging etc

cheers

Hi Guys,

I am going to Kalbarri in the school holidays for Easter and would like some good tips on where to fish and what techniques to use for lure fishing inside the Murchison. I have been there before so I know a couple of spots but I need a few landbased spots

cheers Dan,

P.S I have access to a Kayak and if you don't want to tell the whole of Fishwrecked about it you can P.M. me, I promise I won't tell anyone!