Hope no one got hurt.

Good time to rape and pillage all the sanctuary zones

Looking at getting some new cray pots for this season.  Have heard about round plastic ones with flat bottoms.  Has anyone seen these?

I usually only fish of Lancelin on long weekends etc so I am not sure how good wooden ones would be.  I believe you need to soak them for 24 hours before use so probably not an option.

I currently have plastic pots with average success.  I have heard that covering them in shade cloth helps with plastic pots.  Anyone tried this?

Any advice would be great.

Tony

going to be chasing some squid tomorow and thought i might be able to save the ground work by asking for some info
also taking boat 10 ft punt(very seaworthy) never fear and might need a dekie so pm if keen round 9 am

Hi All,

I've decided to take the plunge and am attempting some modifications to the console on my profish 540. I've cut out an area to position my GPS and sounder. They were on the top of the console though in choppy weather my instruments would get wet, plus I have to take both the sounder and the GPS off the brackets every time I want to get the boat in and out of the garage as they would hit the roller door.

 My plan next is to mount both the GPS and sounder in position and then I was going to get some aluminum sheet and box in the surrounding area to a) provide protection from the spray and b) to have them in the shade so the screens are easier to view in the direct sunlight.I was thinking of buying some aluminum sheet and some stainless steel rivets to box in the area.I was wondering if anyone has done similar ali modifications to their boats, eg, using rivets and ali sheets? Any comments/advice/pics would be much appreciated.

I don’t want it to look dodgy so I have thought about getting an ali fabricator out though thought I would try and save some $$$.

If anyone else has a centre, or side, console would be great to see some pics of their setups:)

Cheers

Wayne

Well at last things are looking up ,might be a good day ,anyone going out .

anybody going to be in wagoe/kalbarri this weekend?

i'm lookin at hading up friday n comin back sunday if anyone wants to tag along 

hey people

my dad and i are going to waroona dam we were wondering what the proper rules are and can people who have been there tell us about it!

they say no fresh bait like prawns or real earthworms but can we use like softplastic like the gulp worm and like corn or peas etc. and it says no berley does that include dog pelets cat pelets etc.

Plz respond thnx

DieHard

hey all egi people.

ive found a game on a squidding website its in japanese but youll get the hang of it.

its sort of cartoon but its fun if your bored give it ago

http://www.cut-with.com/aorigame1.2

cheers danno

can anyone tell me if the busso jetty is open or when it dose open

G'day guys

Went fishing on Sunday in the shallows north of Kalbarri and finally decided to give the Octo snipers and a Lucanos a go. Plenty of hits but no bingo. They just didn't seem to hook up. Anyone else seen this problem or know how to rectify it. Ended up with 3 nice pinky's to about 700mm. Had an awesome experience with whales. We pulled up about 600m from a group of 3 to take some photo's and they turned and started coming towards us. within a couple of hundred metres they dissapeared. Myself and Leckie thought they buggered off only to have the absolute shit scared out of us with them popping up beside the boat. They circled around us a couple of times, then from the rear of the boat directly under us missing the bottom of the boat by bugger all. Leckie, a scotman with one hell of a broad accent, starting shitting himself. " This is joost fooking daft " in his broadest accent. They repeated this another 3 times and by then he had calmed down. Another couple of laps of the boat and off they went. Absolutely mind blowing 

We went to Yanchep for the long weekend and on Sunday we took the kids to Yanchep Lagoon for a fish. 

We set up on the beach just at the mouth of the Lagoon.  The spot was absolutly magic.  We do not usually beach fish as the kids have trouble casting any great distance.  Yanchep Lagoon was great as it is very protected with very little wave at the beach so we had half a chance. 

We caught and released one very small Sand Whiting and three blow fish for a two hour fish.  It was great fun and everyone had a good time.

Just purchased a new boat, iam currently in the market for a sounder/plotter. has anyone had any experience with the northstar m84 unit? if so what are your thoughts and opinions? any info would be greatly appreaciated.

wouldnt mind your opinion on other units with a price range of about 2.5-3k

thanks

Went out twice and got a "little" feed on Friday. Bloody windy. Sunday pm when the wind was to dropped NAFA (not a fishers asshole). Gillian manged a ROCK fish that appeared to fight well, current seem to do that, but it will be displayed in the garden because it is rather nice. I offered to fillet it but she said that not even Ryan expensive knife sharpener could resharpen the knife after that.

But one of our friends just bought a boat and got a beauty bluebone on spinner crabs. He has a photo to prove it and I have invited him to join and brag.

Hope he does

Neels

Hi Crew,

I'm looking to bring some mudcrabs down to Perth soon and I need a few ideas on the best way to transport them.  I will tie them up and put in foam box etc, but I haven't been able to find any hessian bags to cover them.  Can I simply cover them with a wet blanket?  Does that blanket need to be soaked in salt water?  Should I refresh the blanket on the way down?  I hopefully plan to catch them the day before, but want to try and keep them alive as long as possible.

Cheers,

Adam

NOT HAPPY ONE BIT!

last night went down to the beach and set up our lil camp 4 the night got all my gear ready put the stella 18000 on the rod everything is all good riged up ect

first cast my reel fell of the rod  picked it up to have a look what had happend and the reel foor has clean snapped of the support arm

i pay all this $ hoping i could have this reel 4 the rest of my life and now this goes and happens i have thought over many things on what could of happend 

so got dad to bring me down another reel from home

cheers

i know how all you cheap buggers on this site like stuff at a cheap rate. just picked up a new stradic 1000 for $170 and a few zipbaits for $16 bucks each at GOT ONE at woodvale. save myself about $100. they are having a pretty big sale.  

hopefully you guys score yourselves a bargain as well. goodluck cen

The riotinto cracker jack fishing comp is on this Saturday, are there any frishwreck members besides myself going in it ?

I was hoping for some info on Bremer bay as we may head down for a couple of days. Can anyone tell me what sort of fish we might encounter down there? Have 6m tub and are hoping to get offshore, have been told the bottom drops off quite quick. Will be taking some land based gear in case the wind picks up. Is there anything we need to be aware of? Any help would be great, as have not been there before. If anyone wants to share any "areas" that may hold fish offshore and land based it would be appreciated. Thanks for any help.

GO BLUES.

Ryan / Hon-su, I still need a couple of rods, a 10kg one for my Okuma V System V 55 reel and another at maybe 24kg one for my Okuma SALINA II 16000 Spinning Jigging Reel. Have you guys got something up there you can recommend that I can look at, maybe $250 - $300.

Cheers
Dale

does anybody fish the claremont cliff face into freshwater bay?  around bindaring pde/the esplanade

i did some searching today and came across what i thought would be some excellent bream snags.

the tide was very low this afternoon so no luck.
just wondering if anybody has had any luck around the area, and if so using what (bait/lures)?

do people eat leather jackets cause we caught   quite a few big ones and if so how do u skin them

Well it gives me great pleasure to be able to talk direct with fellow fishing enthusiast. my name is Phil Alder and I own Bozos Fishing who make the katch 1 jigs as well as a full range of soft plastic lures designed to catch every species of fish found in Australian waters. I am just a fisherman with a big heart. 3 years ago I started Bozos as I was sick of lures being shoved down our throats that were designed for America or Japan and not for us. Generally bottom bashing lures did not have enough weight and I was fed up with lures being bitten in half on the first bite. I started by making a Mullet as that is the main bait fish in our waters and then I went on and made a Pilchard ( I call this Smelt Galaxia). I just love fishing and I hope you really enjoy using whatever lures you chose to buy but please give Bozos a go. I am really proud of what I have done and already Bozos bosts many records and astounding catches. Some are the World record GT shown in our banner advert that was caught on a Bozos Katch1 jig. Then we had a 120gk Blue marlin caught on one of my "Thumper Grub"bottom bashing lures with  an 8oz jighead. Marlin were not even being targeted and this Blue chased the lure up as it was retreived. Then we have had 100kg Dogtooth Tuna caught on my 5" Mullets with TT jigheads fitted by Damon Olsen of Nomad Sportfishing. We have also had 25lb Coral Trout caught on the same lures. I also make spinner baits, chatterbox lures and Buzz baits and we have been fortunate enough to dominate the Murray Cod Market on the East Coast and South Australia. The Chatterbox style lures have also landed sensational Barra due to their slow retreive speeds and increased amount of flash.

I dont want to rave on or do the old sell but just wanted to let you know who I am, what I do and I am looking forward to passing on any of the knowledge I may have been fortunate enough to gain from talking and fishing along side some of our best fisherman. Everone can learn something every time we go fishing. Always please feel free to contact me at anytime. Very best regards to you all - Phil Alder Bozos Fishing Pty Ltd - 100% Australian grown   

going down pinaroo point tonight 4 a all nighter

hopefully get into some sharks ect

pop down if yu have nothin to do 

Headed out today with the wind at around 22knot ,not a plesant start to the day .the drift was quite good for the amount of wind ,we started fishing around the 14 mile mark with not much luck one undersize dhuie and some small fish. after lunch the wind droped of and the fish started to bite.finished the day with four dhuies and a baldy.released a six foot carpet shark one dhuie a blackass and a hammerhead shark in all good to be out on the water again.

hey everybody, im.............unfortunetly moving up to the mackeral island system within the next couple of weeks (notice the sarcasim) and im just looking for information as to what i might encounter fish wise. i dont have a boat, but love land based fishing so thats not a problem. ive done many trips up to the northern region (as a youngster) with family mainly around exmouth, but the last couple of years ive REALLY gotten into my fishing. i havnt heard much about these islands but i know that they do hold fish, im just not sure what type and how big. any information would be greatly valued!  

hi

have just brought my new/secondhand boat, southwind sf655 with the 200 yammy and was wanting to know what is the best weather for fishing behind rotto.

i have had a smaller boat and have manly fished the bank at garden island all the time and as long as it was no more than 15kts winds, 1.5seas and 1.5swell was ok to go out.

now with the bigger boat i want to go further and would like to know the best wind dirrection,speed,swell,seas to go out behind rotto and maybe to the fads and try some trolling and some deep sea bottom bouncing.

also if anybody would bee so kind to give me some gps cordinates for some deep sea fishing spots in perth, (mandurah-two rocks) would be great, i dont expect you to give me premium spots but anything to get me out there would be fine

any help you can give will be great

ron

Are people headed out for LB fish today or are you all playing couch potatos and watching footy? Personally, I'm packing up the dog and heading up to my old stomping ground north of Two Rocks. Anyone headed up that way?

hey guys is there any cpba members on this site ?i really want to get a membership but need 2 signatures if any1 can help would mean alot can pay in beer lol

Finally going to get into some action (I hope) next week as I'm headin down to Albany on Weds for 5 days of showing a mate from sydney what the great south west has to offer... mostly the fish but some scenery too! I've been told theres a lot of salmon around the beaches down there, "the best year of salmon fishing I've ever seen" ( to quote a mate who's lived down that way his whole life) so will go have a play with them and hopefully get out deep in the boat if the weather and swell permits. Anyone fished down that way lately? I'll be sure to post up a good report when I return with many photos of fish :)

Are there many fishwrecked member from Albany (or Denmark/Walpole)?

two farmers were talking to eachother across the fence First farmer says "If you give me one of your sheep , i will have twice as many sheep as you have." The second farmer then says "No dont be greedy, you give me one of yours and we will have the same amount".  How many sheep did each farmer have?  PM me cheers Pete