anybody else having problems posting up pic,s?

i have been trying all arvo and every time i click upload the thing freazes.

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Hey guys, just picked up my new boat last weekend so was keen as mustard to get it out this weekend. I went out both saturday and sunday but had little to no luck either day. I went out to the mewstones for some tailor then headed out toward rotto from there and then back to the west end of garden island. I spent most of the day looking at the sounder, I have sussed out what ground looks like what but my problem is im not sure what i am meant to be looking for ground wise e.g lumps, holes, flat ground ect. Any help would be much appreciated.Thanx

Hi guys,

Just after someones experiences and/or thoughts on G Loomis DSR series rods.

I am looking at either a DSR820-S GL2 but am wondering if the extra $150 is worth spending on the GLX? I've read the GLX is made from a higher modulus carbon (bit more return) but i'm not sure i'd notice the difference in the real world, having just got into light spin stuff.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

hi there every one sorry to make another post bout salmon but its the most talked about atm so me and my brothers and ol' man heading down bout 4 weeks just wondering if the large skools up yet and will it be worth hitting south metro beaches round then.

 cheer all for any info

I was just wondering if anyone takes any interest in following the almanac.ive been using it for nearly 2 years now and have found it really helpfull in some circumstances such as trout fishing.i found on the black days(best)there will be fish rising everywhere and alot of activity and on the white day(poor)you would be lucky to get a redfin.i take note of what fish i catch and what time and by doing this i have found 1 day of the month(got 2 do with moon phases)that the black bream really go on the bite. its a well kept secret of mine:):)i dont let this tiny yellow book tell me when or not to go fishing but i just like to see if it really has an impact on fishes feeding.whats your thoughts about it??

Well Twelve months ago on the exi flats i decided that the fwd console tinny needed some serious mods to suit the style of fishing im getting into now and this is how it turned out.

90liter live well/ eski inder the cushion seat.

Hyd steering

watersnake electric

dry underfloor storage

Cost $4000

Anyways looking fwd to may in exmouth!!!

After havin more a less a domestic with my wife ( due to her drinkn to much at tha pub and me inocently trying to sleep caus I was getn up early to go fishn).  I met up with Matt T and Matt O at hillaries this morning.   Getn their bayliner out is always welcome.   After a under size skippy and a wras we pulled anchor and moved on to another spot.   Tha beer was finally startin to calm my nerves and Matt T pulled in a monster flathead no net, no gaf equaled no flathead on board!!!!What a loss that was his dinner no doubt!!!  We put out some more berley and waited for tha herring to start doing their thing.  Bang one bucket = 40 herring boat limit and we were stoked.   So glad to have got out today.  Thanks Matt's.  Plus a special shout out to Cascade for brewing beer!!!!

Spent the 1st week of my school hols at Coral Bay with a mate and his family/family friends. the wind was blowing it's guts out almost every day so didn't really get as much fishing as i would normally have done in and the water was murky, but was still a great trip with some good fishing, snorkeling and 4wd.
Trip started with a missing wheel on arrival in CB late avo followed by chill sesh.

4wd the second day.

3rd day took the boats out for a snorkel.

We were greeted back at the boat ramp by the local QLD Grouper.

4th day took the boats to the north passage followed by a change in plan to stay on the inside of the reef, Caught heaps of red throat, small spangles and chinamen.

5th day went fishing on my mate's, uncle's boat as my mate was sic the last 3 times. One of the most exciting fishing sessions of all time. Headed out the north passage and decided to troll, 5min's later we found a large bait ball being dive bombed by birds with tuna launching I rigged my starlo with a tristie and casted into the middle of the school. after seconds of the lure hitting the water fish of all species were all over it. hooked up to which was found out to be a yft that launched out of the water cutting through my 20lb leader with ease. I was gutted but quickly rigged a soft plastic and re-casted, hooked up and held on. After multiple runs I got colour and was faced with a gold spot. by the time it was landed we had drifted off the school. We drove back on to the school, I casted the SP out again was on, but this time it was bigger after some solid runs the hook pulled. Confused with how this could of happened I reeled the lure back in to find a straightened jig head. After this i moved to heavier gear. I tied a 200g sea rock onto my v-system and dropped down after a few lifts of the rod the water turned white under the boat. i watched as fish hit the jig and felt weight. i pulled up another large goldspot. happy with the catch we went in. unfortunately I didn’t have my camera on that boat so no photos whilst on the water.(normally I wouldn't keep goldspot but there were thousands and I wasn't the skipper but all fish that were kept were eaten.)

Day 6 got some flat water and went for some bottom fish.

It was hard work getting past the sharks but we still managed some respectable fish.

And some not so respectable.

happy with the feed we headed in for breaky. that afternoon we drove down to the beach for some oysters and beach cricket.
(sorry about the sideways pic)

Last day in CB we decided to relax and went out on the coral breeze.

And a vid of it all that I will post later.
Thanks for reading or just looking .

hi guys



i am organising a trip this year out to the remote coral sea reefs. some of the reefs we are going to are Fredrick reef, saumarez reef, taiwan reef and we will also be fishing the calder bank a remote sea mount that rises from 2200 meters to within 40 meters of the surface, which is where we caught a lot of wahoo up to 37 kg last trip.



the trip is for 2 weeks from the 1-15 november 2010. the boat departs from Gladstone in qld.

The fishing will be done from the mother ship and 5, 4.4m dorys, what type of fishing you do is totaly up to you.

There are 7 x 2 birth cabins and 2 x 4 birth cabins all air conditioned. All meals are cooked for you, you are fully catered for.

The price for the trip is $4015.You need your own fishing gear, you will also have to bring your own alcohol. Bait will be an extra $50-$80 i am still working out how much we need.





Any one interested will have to be easy going and be able to get along with other people.





you will also need to bring,

Hat & sunglasses, fishing gear, sunscreen lotion, towel for the tenders/beaches, snorkelling/diving gear, sand shoes for reef walking, Your favourite CDs & DVDs



A $500 deposit will need to be payed to me or the charter company to book your spot.



So if you or a few of mates are interested send me a pm.



cheers jim

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hey all fishwrecked members,

im thinking of buying some plastics and a hardbodie lure for salt water and fresh i want a lure that isnt exspencive ad works well also i was think for a hardbodie a rooster popper 80 ive got enough minows  and the plastics squidgies or gulp and what type i was thinking 3inch powerminows what flavour work well in them?

hey all fishwrecked members,

im thinking of buying some plastics and a hardbody lure for salt water and fresh. i want a lure that isnt expensive and works well. also i was thinking for a hardbody a rooster popper 80. ive got enough minnows  and the plastic squidgies or gulp and what type i was thinking is 3 inch powerminnows. what flavour works well in them?

Decided to go bream fishing last night since that weve had a bit of rain lately.pulled up to my usuall spot and within 10 minutes i had my first fish.only 25cm but still a bream:)ended up getting 7 bream from the 1 spot..all around the 25cm mark but managed to get a decent 1 at 31cm.had me on my feet racing through all the snags..good fight..all were caught on prawns had a hit and run with a softplastic but no hookups...good night fishing, you gotta love the bream

OK so this is not a fish topic.... But who gives a toss?

On the board... Just need to believe as I do.... Go guys!

Hey guys, I got myself a newer boat last weekend, its a 4.8m trailcraft and have been waiting all week to get her out. Just curious and not asking for any spots but is there much to be caught out the back of garden island?? I dont mind going a few k out the back of the island but not ready to head out around rotto yet. Im hoping to break a few pb's with the new rig and havent caught a local snapper, salmon or dhufish yet coz my previous boat was a old dinghy and spent most of my time fishing in and around the cockburn sound. Thanx for any advice

who is heading out saturday for a go at salmon or bottom bashing?

i am gunna head for a go at both and then try for some prawns sat night, plus a drink or 6.

also get to try my new sounder out!!!!!!!!

cheers

hey all.

just thought i would see who like to eat what types of fish.

mine is:

1. king george whiting.

2. black bum (arse) snapper.

3. dhuie

4. tailor

5. herring

so what urs????

cheers danno

heading down to prevelly for a few days next weekend, looking to do abit of fishing while am there... landbased!

what can i expect to catch, hoping i could maybe hook a few tailor off the beaches or even salmon if i'm lucky?

is there any good spots i should try etc :) thanks.

hey all. sorry bout pic quality is from a mag. the first ones not thats the one i brought.

i was wondering who out there uses scents on there squid jigs?

i picked up this one to day after reading a bit about it and it looks alright.its sort of like a high lighter pen but you put a bit one it and cast away.

i dont no how it will go. ill try it on my cheap jigs next to a good one and see how i got and if that fail ill try it  one of my good ones next to identical jig with out and see how i go.

cheers danno

i caught it at hillarys yesterday evning on mulies 35cm pretty happy with it but i put him back

Enjoy

Gday Guys,

Just a few pics of the fish ive been getting inbetween work over the last coupla weeks.

Surface Spangoes

Light tackle Rankin in 12m on plastic

Metre + Queenies by the hundreds

Boga Queendog

Rat of all Rats Black on my Hyper 4000 ~20kg

Jigging Ambers up to 12kg non stop

Ive got the tinny marlin bug and have been doing really well as of late. ~40kg

More tinny action. (sorry about the shit pic, its hard to contain a marlin boatside and take a photo while solo) ~30kg

One of my lumps are littered with Goldens...

And Blackspot Tuskys...

Light gear Longtails up to 8kg in the Gulf

Plenty of other bits and pieces suchs as good Brassies, Spaniards, Sharkys, Trout, Jacks, Diamonds, Goldspots etc etc..

Peace,

Sam

I'm currently trying to sort out a turtle dove shoal trip for a few people on FW that are interested, but being a one way trip, we need to sort out some transport back from Geraldton for it to go ahead.

I'm looking at hiring or borrowing a minivan in Perth and getting someone to drive it up so we can drive back. Would be able to get people to take over driving on the way back, so just one direction of driving for the driver. Alternatively if we cant hire something, then might be able to get two people to drive up with two cars. (as long as they have a bit of boot space). I may be able to get a 20 seater, but that would require an appropriate license, but will try for something with a standard license. Idea is to get to Geraldton around midday and get back in Perth around 6ish, so pretty much just a day (and only driving in the morning up to Geraldton).

So is anyone available to drive up and meet us up in Geraldton so we can get back to Perth?

Of course, we'll sort out a rate with the driver and fuel would be paid as well of course, and we should be able to send a few tasty fillets their way as well.

Anyone able to help so we can make this trip go ahead / anyone want to make some cash for half a days driving?

Hey guys i purchased a new rod yesterday :)

it is a Loomis Trigya i am quite happy with it too :)

i just need to match it up with a reel now any opinions? 

hi guys just wondering if anyone knows if i can hire a 18ft boat anywhere that i can take to steep point?

Learn soemthing new everyday.

Only justr ead that queen snapper are apart of the cat 1 fish (apart of the 2 per day bag limit).

am i the only one who didnt know this???

I thought it was only the V5 which im sure queenies are not apart of?

Cheers
Bodie

Geez!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really big Hammerhead.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1040089/1200kg-shark-heads-to-queensland

Gan Craft  

GLADIATOR tackle is proud to announce that they will be distributing Gan Craft squid jigs in Australia. Gan Craft are widely considered one of the best Egi manufacturers in Japan. The range includes size 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 in the traditional Egi lures. They also manufacture the UO-jya hard body jig which regularly sells out it's production run in Japan before it has started. This lure is available only in the 3.5 size and in 14 colours. The Egi range includes 14 colours for the 3.0 and 3.5 sizes and 6 colours in the 4.0. The stock will be in our warehouse next week. The finish on all lures and is second to none and the lures are perfectly balanced for perfect presentation. A great addition to any tackle bag if you are serious about Egi.

Cheers
Steve Blackmore

hit a very wet river side today in search of more bream this is what i come up with with the bigges going 32cm