hey guys ive put one of these on hold at my local tackle wondering if use think there any good for balooning for sharks and to spool with mono or braid

Just after a few tips on deep frying fish. I have a heap of gummy shark that I was going to try deep fried.

What is the best oil to use and what can be reused.

Also after a good recipe for a batter.

Any tips would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Brendan

gday just wondering if there is any one out there that happens to have gps coordinats for flat rocks or any other good camping and fishin spots in the area.

What fish are expected at this time of year LB and BOAT???

ay fellas im inexperienced in the sharking game

looking at buying a new tiagra 30lrs or 30svw

i am unsure wether to spool it with braid or mono

as i doo want at least a 1km of minium 50lb

i already have a 30lrs tiagra spooled with 1100 m of 30lb mono

so thats my lighter setup

now one a bit heaver as all mi fishin will be done off jettys and wil hav to be balloooned out about 300m

i may even upgrade to a size 50vsw or 50lrs but i find ther a bit bulkeyer for jetty fishing.

so my question is in shark fishing should i spool the 30vsw / lrs with xample 50lb braid then do a top shot of 50/80lb mono

or stick with jst mono

im abit stuck on this one i no theres no rights or rongs but in my situation wat would be best from you experience and knowledge

thanks boys

A couple of side scan shots in shallow water.

                                                                 Still praticing though will post some more when i get some good ones.

Cheers

Hows mandurah going for the big stuff out deep at the moment - hoping to get out soon. Are there many Dhus around?

Anyone heading up kalbarri or monkey mia xmas through to new year?

Name Max depth site LONMAX LONMIN LATMAX LATMIN When_Built When_Lost Position_info Found

Ben Dearg, Ben Dear 9 (not a shipwreck)


112°00
129°00
10°00
36°00
1920
1951


N

Knowsley ex-Anna Maria Schwalbe


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1864
1923/10/03


N

Norwhale (Site 13)


115°18.609
115°18.609
32°02.98098
32°02.98098
1943
1968/06/20


Y

Concordia


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1890
1948/04/20


N

County of Caithness


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1876
1931/04/02


N

Dragon


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1906
1948/01/02


N

Robert Moore


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1939
1968/07/10


N

Sesa


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1869
1928/07/04


N

Thornliebank


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1886
1928/04/18


N

Tocopilla


112°00
129°00
10°00
36°00
1865
1924/02/26


N

Adventure


115°20
115°20
32°04
32°04
unknown
1945/02
RAN Hydrographic Department
N

Cape Otway (Site 01)


115°22.35198
115°22.35198
32°03.58998
32°03.58998
1931
1968/09/07


Y

Nirimba


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1895
1945/02


N

Bankfields


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1876
1950/06/07


N

Clevedon


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1873
1930/10


N

Glenbank


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00


1928


N

Lalla










1874
1917/08/18


N

Tamerlane


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1861
1926/09/10


N

Topopilla


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1865
1924


N

Gannet


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00






N

Victoria


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00






N

Governor










1898
1955/10/07


N

Koorda










1896
1945/02


N

Rockingham


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1903
1948/01/02


N

Derwent HMAS


115°12.288817
115°12.288817
32° 03.455892
32° 03.455892
1961/64
1994/12/21
Position of scuttling: 32°2.55 – 115°12

Y

Junee (Site 02)


115°22.78902
115°22.78902
32°03.39498
32°03.39498
1943
1968/09/07


Y

Caravan


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00


1970/09/30


N

Duchess


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1899
c.1945


N

Swan


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00


1972/10/13


N

Gunga Din MWL 251


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1944




N

Loch Ness


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1869
1926


N

Eucla (Site 09) ex Wexford


115°20.72898
115°20.72898
32°04.61598
32°04.61598
1901
1932/03/09


Y

Adroit HMAS


114°45
114°45
32°04
32°04
1968
1994/08/08
RAN Hydrographic Department
N

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 04)


115°22.1346
115°22.1346
32°04.2399
32°04.2399




DGPS 2002
Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 14)


115°13.588796
115°13.588796
32°01.668323
32°01.668323




DGPS 2005
Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 12)


115°19.541413
115°19.541413
32°01.887652
32°01.887652




DGPS 2005
Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 03)


115°22.194
115°22.194
32°03.158
32°03.158




DGPS 2005
Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 06)


115°23.051
115°23.051
32°05.153
32°05.153




DGPS 2002
Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 10)


115°21.914
115°21.914
32°03.665
32°03.665




DGPS 2002
Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 11)


115°20.514
115°20.514
32°01.572
32°01.572




DGPS 2002
Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 34)


115°18.831
115°18.831
32°08.315
32°08.315






Y

Graveyard Unidentified (Site 35)


115°20.7116667
115°20.7116667
32°03.914667
32°03.914667






Y

Commiles


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1918
1953/05/15


N

K11


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1924
1946 also mentioned 1952


N

Kirkcudbrightshire


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1884
1934/04/04


N

Maranda


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1867
1933/06/16


N

Kos 7 (Site 05)


115°22.46802
115°22.46802
32°04.93002
32°04.93002
1929
1968/06/22


Y

Premier


112°00
116°00
31°30
33°00
1893
1938
Position of scuttling: 32° 04 – 115° 22
N

Hi guys

Im after some advice suggestions on a couple of rods to add to the stockpile:

1) baitcaster- around 30lb, 6.5 foot: to be used in airly heavy saltwater applications, paired with a abu revo toro spooled with 30lb. about the only things ive found that come close to fitting the bill are a daiwa zillion rod and the  egrell bear B6 (havent seen one of these in the flesh yet, if anyone has, what are they like?)... both the tcurve and gloomis range dont seem to have something quite heavy enough...?

2) spin: about 6.5-7 ft: 20lb, paired will a sol 4000... fast action etc... for plastics/ stickbaits/ metals etc.. any suggestions?

dont mind paying somewhere around the $200-400 for each...

thanks in advance for any advice

Stella pimping in progress, just gotta add the YGK Ultrajig braid and then wait for the sambos.........seabreeze getting a hammering......does not look good for a while.

going jiggin on friday - hearing of all teh sharks aroudn thought id go and pickup some gear just in case they are on the bite...

came home with some 9/0 hooks 100lb wire trace some other wire leader(singlestrand chrome nickle) at 105lb some 150lb wind on leaders

im thinking.. mainline (50lb) to wind on, to wire leader to hook?

am i thinking along the right path? can i double uni the wind on to my braid main line?

also, where would i throw a sinker?  im not sure about wire leader and sinkers... :L any ideas?

cheers

any one heading to the barges friday?

also, i couldnty find any assist hooks today, would it be okay to use say 150lb leader crimped ? aroudn 6 cm from split to hook?

this may be a stupid question but oh well

is it necessary while jigging to have a good pair of polaroids. just unsure how the water and glare is over there

if yes what brands models you recommend are good quality and sturdy cheers boys

I'm having problems with my hds 5. I've taken it out for a run on the river and seems the transducer is working well except for the water temp is showing 33-34 degrees. Is there something that needs to be calibrated or could there be something wrong with the transducer or unit??

cheers

hi all , does anybody have a ball style aftermarket knob for a 4000 stella they want to sell?    cheers

Hey guys,looking to buy a new reel for gamex next year,already have the tiagra 30w for my 15kg outfit

and am looking to buy a 50w for my 24kg outfit.I was intending to buy the tiagra 50w lrs but after some research and speaking

to the staff at bluewater tackle im seriously looking at the okuma makaira 50w11,they seem to be an exceptionly well built reel

and they really seem to of done there homework.I think the main issue for most people will be getting there head around the fact

that they have okuma stamped on them, what are your thoughts

Does anyone Know if the tailor are biting this time of year at White hills. And has anyone caught any salmon down there lately?

Hello all

Can anyone tell me where to catch Spanish mackerel in Perth ?
Thanks

Just wondering if anyone has used a Navman Fish 4500 at moderate depth?  Say over 100m on the standard tranny?

Im finding mine loses the bottom as soon as I get over the 100m mark, and is patchy even from around 85m.  This is on 200khz, 50 doesnt seem any/much better.

Dont know whether to trade up the sounder or the tranny, or if this is just a configuration issue.  Saw the HDS post up there about getting into 300m with a 600watt tranny so thinking I should be fine with 100m.

They advertise that the unit can get depth at 1000m and I have heard of others in the states using them at around 450ft+ with no worries, so wondering if its a setting or something?

Dan

Just received a text from user 'simmo ryan' who is up in Exmouth with 'shaw_catch' and another mate. It is day 3 for them and after catching plenty of small GTs and dropping a few queenies LB they decided to hire a boat today.

Simmo landed a nice golden trev and during the photo the fish gave a good shake.

Simmo now has a treble stuck in his hand and is en route to Exmouth hospital!!

Sounds like he doesn't find it as funny as I do though!

Hey all

Just wondering if anyone has used the Shimano Sephia Squidding rod??

Im looking at getting the 6'10 one for on the boat.

So if anyone has used them i would like to hear feed back.

Cheers Danno

amping for cray season so me and my dad have knocked up some bee hive pots from 8mm reo bar. we followed the specification on the fisheries website and all but were still unclear on what is allowed to go on the outside..

we were thinking of putting just rabbit wire. like the real thick gauge stuff...does any1 know if ur alowwed to or does it HAVE to be cane. any1 heard of using thick split bambo because i know that bends well.

cane isnt that accessible for us at the moment and tea tree would take forever..

 As u may hav read from the western australian, the carp from the margaret river is now long gone. :)

we ended up wacking it with a 120mm gun after hours of intensive searching...

i regret to admit that it's not as big i thought before. i spose i thought it would have grown a bit more. genuinely sorry guys :( it weighed a 6.6 kilos and measured only 72cm

anyway. heres a bit of a recount: After we spotted it, Luke bailed over the side flooding our canoe full of gear. i told him to go quickly and ill get the gear back. i looked over to see him staking the fish with the loaded gun and just as he was in range it turned and began to run, hence the crappy gut shot, haha (i gave him so much crap for that), which is better than spending hours looking for it after it had been spooked. the fish but up a short but tough fight, going ballistic on the water surface. by now i had the gear and canoe ready and it was chucked in as we paddled back feeling stoked...

Hey guys

Heading up to Shark Bay on Firday, and am keen to see if we can take the boat out to Steep Point. Could you please advise if there are any launching facilities near to Steep Point, or if we have to make the long treck out from Denham. Also how far is it from Denham to Steep Point via boat (nautical miles)?

Anyone else up there for the next week from Friday, send me a pm if you are keen for a catch up and fish.

Cheers

Sails

im just wondering what is the best beachfishing reel for a 12 ft rod and the cheapest,as im new to this game,

any info would be helpful

Hey,

I off to canada at the end of the year. was just wondering if anyone knew anything about it over there. Like......rods, reels, styles, baits, locations, fish species etc....

Gday fishos.

I'm just wondering how i can get my hands on any kind of map which outlines all the tracks that can take you from Fisheries road to Israelite Bay. Me and a couple of mates are gonna spend a couple of weeks out there over the New Year's break.

I'd be guessing i could find out from a servo or tackle store down in esperance, but i wanna spend a bit of time studying the maps before i get there (i live in freo).

Also, anyone who has done the treck previously, i'd love to hear about your experiences. I get the impression that i should be very well prepared before i take off, so any advice or knowledge you could pass on to me would be very, very much appreciated.

Cheers!

For those interested, here's a few shots of the HDS10 with transom mount 200/50kHz 600W transducer out in the deeper stuff.
Sambos:

Derwent

Out in the 300's. Still not sure if I like the way the bottom lock displays and the lack of fixed manual shift but it seems to get a good reading in 300m. Just tossing up whether to go 1kW.

here's one for you tackle afficionado"s  i have a saltist 4500 spin and i would like to have a lower gear ratio ideally  5.1/4.9 to one , i asked my tackle shop to find out if there was replacement gears (lower ratio) and they said the diawa rep said no , now will 4500 catalina's gears fit or a 4500 excellers gears(4.3 i think?) and are they strong enough? . any light shed on this will be appreciated   cheers.

Hi Guys,

Just checking that a saltiga 6500 spool will fit a catalina 6500?

Cheers