does eney body have eneygood fishing spots for offshore fishing at esperance

found this whilst surfin the net tonight, bit of a laugh  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgFhJN4H0T0

Besides blown its ring out, how are people doing this year( cant be any worst than the Billfish shootout weather wize)

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gday all,

I'm going to buy a top end large Spinner in the next few weeks, but I would like to get some use out it up north as well as local fishing.   We plan on popping for GTs at the Montes and other north trips, but I don't want to be limited to just that.  I would like to use it for jigging as well.

Would it be better to go for a lower gear ratio and thus a slower retreive so you can have the cranking power to Jig and haul up big brutes from the deep, and then if you want to pop then you just have to work harder to get the action on the lure.

It was my understanding that most of the crew that pop all the time have a reels with high ratios, then use another reel to do other types of fishing.  Is there a good happy medium, to get as much use out of one reel as you can.

Any advice or personal preferences would be great.

Jared

im looking for a rod for herring/whitting/ flat head  ect even some bigger fish in deeper water when require maybe odd shark pinkie

and i woud be using braid up to 30LB

i don't have a lot to spend used is fine with me

i do mostly land based from beach and from rocks

when trying to add pics to a new post, as soon as i put in the code and click on upload button the whole thing freezes and i have to reopen another new window to get back on FW.

this happens if i click on the browse button as well.

i am using the codes from photobucket, i have tried pasting the codes in the box first and then clicking upload, still freezes

obviously you are reading this so there is no probs posting, only when i try to add pics.

am i doing something wrong?

i have posted pics before

any help?

cheers

Just wondering where the top spot to catch herring and gardies around Garden Island is as I need to stock up on free bait??

Also what is the best technique for catching these fish as I've only ever targetted them once and that was from Busselton jetty.

I'm sick of mullies just falling apart and off my hooks so I figured getting fresh bait before I head out is the way to go. It's ashame no one has set up a business selling fresh bait from a pontoon like they do in the States.

Ps. Any good spots for catching slimey mackeral?

hey guys just wondering if anyone has fished around woodman point recently? any snapper around? and will it be flat this morning

cheers

live in secret harbour.....pm me if interested. cheers, ben

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYWZR10l9Vk if you can watch this and not laugh you need to invest a sense of humour

Is there anyone else who is sick of seabreeze getting the weather wrong? Went snapper fishing last night as they were forecasting south westerlies in the 10-15 knot mark which is great for snapper but ended up getting out to the fishing spot to find it was blowing north easterlies. How could they get it so wrong, it was the complete opposite to what they were saying all week.

Hey guys, my dad's gonna be over and I was thinking of teaching him how to wet a line here in Perth. Im not much of a bigtime boat fisherman, actually havent even been offshore fishing before so I would love to know if there is any point in going offshore druing the middle of August and what charter is good. I live in Perth so Exxy is defs outta the way for me. Thanks!

hey all,

havent really chased sharks too much but heard that hillarys is generally pretty good for it.

just wondering where abouts at hillarys you've been having the best luck? left/right of marina?

thanks :)

hey, my mate recently bought a boat so i need to get a boat rod. Im looking for something that can handle a bit of everything (if thats possible), to be paired with my torium 30. Looking for something fairly cheap but not too crappy maybe like $100-$150 and happy with second hands if anyone has something appropriate going?

I dont know a thing about boat fishing so any advice appreciated.
Cheers

from the old days.When they did it the hard wayhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp_Rs75-5vI

Steve taking Colin and myself and maybe one more if he can make it, To do some bottom bouncing hope the fish want to play tomorrow

GOOD LUCK ALL

I need to buy a heavy duty Battery Power Pack, can anyone recommend a good one ?cheers Pete.

one i got on tuesday went hard on the flats . other than that lost a horse at the boat when it decided to run past the kota wich i didnt expect lol.

brenz

Well the forecasters were a bit off and the predicted southwesterly didn't really come in. In fact it was hardly blowing at all where I went for a quick tailor session this arvo.

The fishing wasn't as good as I had hoped - but I did manage this solid tailor of about 50 cm on the 9 foot Prodigy rod I have been trying out.

The rod handled the job with aplomb - in fact using the lighter gear probably set this fish off as he was aerobatic pretty much all the way to the beach.

Even though the fishing wasn't as hot as I had hoped it was a good evening top be out for a fish - even with the constant drizzle.

Through there was the occassional bits of sunshine.

Look at the NPA policy on fishing wildlife reserves, we so have to get a fishing candidate in this election, they are now playing with definitions to kick us out.

INTRODUCTION Fishing (as defined below) is a form of hunting. As hunting and collecting are not permitted in terrestrial national parks and nature reserves under the National Parks and Wildlife Act (1974)(as amended) or under the Wilderness Act (1987), there is no logical reason for permitting fishing in any aquatic or marine parks or extensions of these reserves. NPA seeks complete compliance with the accepted IUCN definition of a national park (1969): ".... where the highest competent authority of the country has taken steps to prevent or eliminate as soon as possible exploitation (our emphasis) or occupation in the whole area ....". Fishing is exploitation. It interferes with both nature itself and other peoples' enjoyment of it. Fishing in marine national parks, marine nature reserves, and marine recreation areas is covered by a separate, but similar, NPA policy: MARINE NATIONAL PARKS, MARINE NATURE RESERVES, AND MARINE RECREATION AREAS. DEFINITIONS * Fishing. For the purposes of this policy, "fishing" means the commercial or recreational catching, taking, or removal, by any means, of any aquatic or marine animal life, whether free-swimming or sedentary. * Fish. For the purposes of this policy, "fish" means all aquatic or marine animal life. * Exotic fish. Foreign, introduced, not native fish, e.g. European carp, Loach, Pacific Oysters. * National parks and nature reserves are as provided for under the National Parks and Wildlife Act (1974)(as amended). * Wilderness is as provided for under the Wilderness Act (NSW 1987). POLICY 1. Fishing (as defined above) should not be permitted in national parks, nature reserves, or wilderness; whether in fresh, brackish, or marine waters; and whether commercial or otherwise, with the following exceptions: 1.1 Aboriginals, where the land concerned is owned by the local Aboriginal group to which they belong; for sustenance only; and with conditions and limits;, and using methods laid down by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of NSW. Limits should include a prohibition on the taking of endangered species. 1.2 Research, where no other location is satisfactory for the purpose, and capture, killing, or interference with native flora and fauna, is essential to that purpose, and providing it is authorised by the NPWS and in accordance with conditions laid down by the NPWS. 2. The National Parks and Wildlife Act should be amended to include fish (as defined here) and fish products, in the Act's definition of "fauna", and to provide for the prohibition of fishing in national parks and nature reserves. Similarly, the Wilderness Act should be amended to provide for the prohibition of fishing. 3. Where the National Parks and Wildlife Service Estate or wilderness is adjacent to marine or estuarine waters, its boundary should extend to Mean Low Water Mark, in order to give the NPWS full permanent authority over the intertidal area. Until this is effected, the NPWS should be given trusteeship over the area, with full management powers. 4. All streams, lakes, lagoons, wetlands and other water bodies situated within the National Parks and Wildlife Service Estate or in wilderness, should, both waters and beds, be made parts of those reserves or wilderness. 5. The NPWS, in consultation with NSW Fisheries, should investigate ways of removing exotic fish from waters enclosed by national parks, nature reserves, or wilderness, without a significant impact upon native fauna, flora, or ecosystems. Subsequent removal of exotic fish should be undertaken or supervised by NPWS itself. EXPLANATORY NOTES Clause 1: It should be remembered that other environmental policies have taken time to be generally accepted, such as opposition to the killing of koalas, whales and dolphins, and logging and clearance of rainforests. National parks are, according to international agreement endorsed by Australia and its States, very specific in their nature and purposes. They are reserved for the complete protection of whole natural environments, conserving all wildlife and living systems, and admitting recreation only of a kind which has minimal effects upon the maintenance of natural conditions and human enjoyment of them. As they occupy so little of the State's land area (about 1/20th of NSW), and serve so vital a function, their integrity should be zealously maintained, and no one should seek to compromise between truly appropriate recreation and crass exploitation by permitting a sport harvesting of natural resources within them. Where, other than these special places, can one go to escape man's incessant interference? This is not simply a case of impacting upon nature, but also of denying us the right of some undiminished delight in nature. Clause 1.1: European man's drastic superimposition of impact on the natural state of Australia over that of the Aboriginal has, as everyone knows, resulted in many animal species becoming extinct or endangered. Any hunting, whether terrestrial or aquatic, therefore represents a potential threat, and restrictions must be applied and observed. Aboriginals, having largely adopted the white man's ways and his more advantageous transport facilities (4WD vehicles, etc.) and weapons (guns), can hardly be expected to return to traditional hunting on foot or in canoes with spears. Therefore, they too must accept restriction, even in their own lands. Even so, we accept that some Aboriginal hunting (including fishing) should be permitted within national parks (etc.) within those lands, the conditions and limits being set by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Clauses 3 and 4: With few exceptions, the seaward or estuarine boundary of NSW coastal national parks and nature reserves is Mean High Water Mark. For many years environmentalists have been asking for the addition of the intertidal area or strip, i.e. between MHWM and MLWM, to the National Parks and Wildlife Service Estate, so that the NPWS could assume full management powers, and thus be enabled to control, and preferably prohibit, motor vehicles on the strip, along with the rest of the beach. The removal of motor vehicles from the whole of an NPWS beach is highly desirable. A similar situation exists in regard to waterways enclosed within NPWS land, where the Maritime Services Board, not the NPWS, has control over boat usage. It would be highly desirable that these waters be added to the NP&W Estate, giving the NPWS power to control and, hopefully, prohibit the use of motor craft, which would assist in the prohibition of fishing.

any one no any sites on the net were i can look at the charts off cockburn/rockingham.....was thinking of going CPBC early morning but i only have a 16 footer and would like to go a bit further than the five fathom bank but dont want to go tooooooo far!!!any suggestions?

hey guys im thinking of balooning for the 1st time some time next week when the easterly blows for sharks and anything els that cums along

Q.1. what rig. set up do i use im thinking justg a long leader say 100 lb with a big gang or sneel with a live herring or tailor on if i get any or just scaily macks with the baloon just floating on top of the water becouse im not using helium.

Q.2. im thinking of heading to madurah way and fish off the rocks i found a nice spot would there be any sharks or big fish there at night with this baloon rig and whats the best bait to use cherz guys

To all you landbased anglers who like to chase big tailor and salmon - this evening should really be prime time.

For the first time in ages there is a perfect south westerly forecast to be hitting the metro area this afternoon - and the reports are that the big tailor and salmon have been on the bite.

I know I will be hitting it up as soon as I can get out of the office.

I have my gear ready to go in the back of my car.

Enjoy

dad works in the mines in karratha  and he goes to the rivers every second sunday

his question is he keeps catching catfish and wants to know if its more beneficial to use floating mulies or something like those

Hi All,

Does anyone know where I can get well priced helium in perth, perhaps 80l jobs? any info would be awesome

chesky

When is the next competition? Does anyone know?

What does everyone think about the weather for a fish off FFB on Saturday? Seabreeze says its okay, but has been way off before - wind is howling here at Safety bay ATM??

heading to my favrit snapper spot land base tonight i have a great feeling about tonight should get something good e.g snapper or shark