For the GT Fishermen out there,

Can anyone recommend a Popper rod, that is shorter than the normal GT rods... I am looking for a rod to be used to throw poppers at GT's from a boat while up north later this year.

Problem is that I don't want a 8 foot type rod (ie Saltiga, Shimano GT Special etc) as I need to find a use for it locally (ie jigging - note I already have a jig setup and this would act as a second combo).  

I will be running a Saragosa 18000 on which ever rod I go for...

Any thoughts?

Gday all, received my new Luvias 3000 just before the weekend and love it, out of the box anyway. Plan on changing the handle and replacing the washers soon, should I wait and see if the original washers stuff up or just straight in with the replacements for peace of mind? Can't wait to get out and use it, hopefully can test the drag on some hard running fish.

hey guys

just wondring if anybody noes of any jobs out the that has to do with fishing marine anything on the warter or anything in that sort of things fish farms ect

thanks heaps

danobigfish

With much anticipation, Sherbs, Tackleshack Doug, Uncle Stu and myself left Perth last Friday to hit the south west in the search for salmon.
With reports that salmon schools were marauding a number of different beaches in the south west corner, we squeezed ourselves into the two 4WDs.
As you can imagine, the two vehicles were packed to the rafters with fishing rods, tackle boxes and eskys, but somehow we managed to all fit in and survive the 4 hour drive to our first destination - Uncle Stu’s “Southern Hideaway”.


I won’t give away the final location, but I will say the “old farts” were pleasantly surprised to find that Uncle Stu’s family holiday house was a beautiful home, fit with all the mod cons, including a great fire place, three fridges - and more than enough bed rooms so that we didn’t have to put up with each others “night noises”.

With the enthusiasm of a bunch of youngsters on our first trip away, we were up until 12.30pm checking our gear, making new rigs and deciding which of our many rods and reels we would be taking with us for our first soiree in the hunt for salmon in the morning.
The next morning, we were up and at them when Uncle Stu woke us at 5am with the smell of a delicious full breakfast.
A quick re-check of our gear and we all piled into the two wagons and headed off to Salmon Beach with hopes high. With a name like that, it just had to be good.
Unfortunately, we arrived to find the beach was being pounded by massive swells, and the low tide meant that the gutter we were going to be targeting was not available to us.
Nevertheless, we made our way onto what is a beautiful looking beach and set to work casting mulies into what little “green water” was available.
A heap of weed washing around in the big waves wasn’t helping - and after four hours we had one herring between us.
Time for a new plan.
This time we headed for nearby Windy Harbour where we ran into a south west local fishing near the boat ramp. He suggested we hit the sand in our 4WDs and head to a spot where a reef was located close to the beach.
The conditions at Windy Harbour couldn’t have been more different. Hardly any swell and not much wind. But with the tide rising, we would only have a short amount of time to test out this spot.
While we only managed a small whiting in the limited time available, this did look like a very promising spot, which we decided we would try the following morning.

With tummies rumbling it was time to head back to camp and to try the local pubs famed “counter” lunches.
Of course we had to see if the beer was okay and if the pool table still worked (watch out for Sherbs) he is a bit of a pool shark).
Stomachs full, it was time to return home to sort out our gear for the planned afternoon hunt for Redfin in the local river.
With Uncle Stu leading the way we made the short trip the beautiful local river and soon began making our way up and down the banks throwing a variety of lures. After I hooked a small Redfin in the first five minutes on a small vibe, we were pretty hopeful. But that was to be it for the afternoon.
Back to camp we headed to fill our boots and to get ready for another salmon hunt in the morning.

With Sherbs itching to get back into the action, we were up and 4.30 to partake of another massive breakfast before hitting the road to Windy Harbour to try out the reef spot we had tested the day before.
After a quick drive along the beach we hit our chosen location in what looked to be fantastic conditions.
Out went the baits and it was soon clear there were some good fish around, if we could get our baits away from the swarms of small whiting and a big school of herring.
I still had a whiting from the day before and no sooner than it hit the water than it was monstered by a nice tailor.
Doug soon hooked onto something decent, but after a quick jump and a big splash the fish was off. We called that for a salmon.
Doug had another good hit, with the fish again throwing the hooks, and then the herring moved in and began monstering our baits.
Sherbs (also known as “Stingray Steve”) soon hooked up to a pretty sizeable stingray, which thankfully broke off in the shore wash. He then landed a smaller Eagle Ray and I hooked onto another big ray, which thankfully threw the hooks before it took my braid around the reef.
After that it was a matter of catching our fill of herring, while hoping the salmon would turn up.
Uncle Stu managed a “mini” salmon, but unfortunately that was the only one we landed.
With the tide rising and a long trip back to Perth in front of us, we reluctantly made our way back to the camp to clean up and pack the rest of our gear.

While the salmon didn’t turn up - we had a fantastic time. A great host, great company, beautiful countryside, lots of laughs, some good fishing. You couldn’t ask for more.

I will post a few more pics when I get my camera back from the back of Doug’s wagon.

Hi All,

Just want an opinion regarding CVT transmissions.

Are they any good for towing?

the car in question is the new Murano with 6 speed in manual mode.

191KW and 330 or something torque.

Will be towing a 5M ali centre console!

Took a mate fishing out in the sound yesterday afternoon out from woodies boat ramp and noticed lots of window glass where people park their trailers,spoke to the caretaker from the power boat club and he mentioned that car's are getting broken in to more often and that he has seen one bloke but has not managed to get his rego yet he drives a white toyota corolla,Its a real shame as you used to be able to park your car there overnight go for a fish and not have to worry,this bloke mainly seems to target Saturday,Sunday and Tuesday nights.

Anyway went to have a fish but ended up getting harrased by junior snappers,the largest being 38cm they are in plague proportions couldnt even catch a herring without a little snapper jumping on the line all released without harm with words go foward grow large and I will catch you next time.

Fished Yeagarup on the weekend. Fished hard all day Saturday for no result apart from Herring. Talked to other people on the beach and no one caught Salmon. Sunday was different with most catching fish up to about 9.30am. All Salmon kept were not wasted.

hi guys just seein if any1 can tel me where i can catch sambos never caught 1 i hav a boat n sounder i wil b catch n release just wanna hav abit of fun any help wil b appreciated thanxs

heyy all

i know lots of you guys are situated at exmouth or fish there regurly 

plannning on going on a trip there from april 13th until april 23rd

going to be land based and was wondering if you guys could give me  a few tips on some good locations 

really hoping to hook into some nice GT's Queenies and spangleds 

and also what tackle, lures (poppers. sp's, metal slices etc)  and line classes atm got the shimano spheros 1400 loaded up with 50 lb braid for GT's but was lookin at an upgrade 

any help much appreciated 

brad93

finally i got out for a fish today.
being new to albany i was grateful for colin (dreamweaver) to show me around.
we put the boat in at around 9am, then out again around 9.02am to empty the water from the hull and put the bungs in that i had previously forgot :-)
colin was catching fish from the start and had around 10 good sized bream to his name before i had any :-(
after colin kindly re rigged me with flourocarbon leader i started to catch a few and had a great mornings fishing.
Final count was well in excess of 40 bream (mostly colins)

Thank you colin for putting up with me and getting me into some fish,I'm looking forward to next time
cheers
Dave

Hi People

I am looking for a surf rod 14'+ to suit an Alvey low mount i recently purchased. Doensn't have to be brand new but good enough to get some good use out of.

Cheers

Rig

i told my mate

5 more fish and he can retire

gday all,i have brought my fist jig ,thought id have a go ,does it matter what end u put the hook on ,if one ends heavyer,to me if u put it on the heavy end it would dance around more ,got a 500g sea rock for out in 45m ,want to throw it at some of these big bait balls out there atm

Hi Guys,

My wife requested i go and buy a new rod so she can use my old one and come out fishing with me (BOOYAH!), so i've been eyeing off the Tiralejo rods which look really nice.

Has anyone had any experience with these rods for beach fishing and what sizes would you recommend?

Also, since i'm going a new rod, i need to get a new reel :) Any suggestions on what you would recommend to pair with the Tiralejo?

BTW, it'll mostly be used for fishing and Hillarys, Floreat Basin and Dawesville

Last week I was unfortunate enough to lose my 10ft Ugly stick combo. (Long story so let's not go there). I am left with a 9ft Ugly I use with light braid and my 12ft Ugly stick for serious beach work. It's like a missing spanner not having that middle of the road option for Tailor, Salmon and Mulloway in lighter conditions.

Rather than rush out and buy a new stick I was woundering if any of you have a good condition spare lying around that you may want to part with for a reasonable sum.

Can any of you guys help out here?

Cheers,

hey every one is that sate wide fishing comp on tommrow if so he ramps will be packed with such nice weather

Hi all

im heading over to exmouth at the end of april from sydney and im just wondering if anyone could steer me towards a good charter boat or am i better hiring one myself to have a crack at the west coast marlin which i hear the bite is hot in april 

Cheers

Shaun 

Hey Crew,

Check out this youtube video I found, pretty damn wild!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2kQF7eWkIs&feature=related

Cheers,

Adam

might be taking the boat out for first time in aggessss on sunday

thinking bout heading to the 3 mile straight out from hilarys

any reports from that area lately?

what to expect etc.?

does anyone troll the 3 mile?

cheers,

Reuben

Just going through some of my photos. When I was cleaning a 6kg yellowfin tuna earlier this year I found about 15-20 of these in its stomach. Anyone else found anything similar in their stomachs? Wouldn't have thought a pelagic like them would eat something like this.

thers the clicker that hooks onto the drag cog whats it do it just floates ther ?, is it a gravitational anti revers ?

upgraded my 200b, running 15pound braid so i upgraded my drag to keep up also made it a bit smoother( jack erskines carbontex drag). also while i was ther i put in some abec 5 ceramic bearings. and lube them up with some rocket fuel for longer casting. the drag washes i coated in jack erskines drag grease then lightly wiped them clean. and coatedwhat i could in a light coat of anti corosion greas and wipe off to help with keeping the reel in good nick, im getting about 40 seconds of freespool, the drag upgrade is suppode to get me about 24pound of drag 

heres a few picks, 

Wondering if anyone can recommend a good fish finder for around $800.....Thats all the allowance the boss will give me

Hi everyone,

I have just recently bought my first little dinghy (off danobigfish!) and am currently looking around for a decent sounder under $500 if possible. It doesnt have to be too flash or powerful, cos all I intend to use it is for fishing on the Swan..as long as it can tell the me depth, water temp (and where all the big fish are, and what bait to use) I'll be happy :P

Also, can anyone reccomend a decent gps too?

Cheers!

Justin

heres  my best double header to date.

felt like a truck hit my rod! the torsa handled them like a  beaut.

spewin i dont have three hooks on my paternoster!

hi guys,

i want to find out as much info as i can about mullaway.

I live in east freo and am land based.

who can tell me how to catch one.

best time of the year, moon phases, bait, rig and where to possible catch them.

I have heard of blokes hooking up from shore to one,

i have heard that they are a magic fish to catch and i have only really been catching smaller species.

i love catching flatties, whiting and herring but i really want to hook onto something really worthwhile.

what can you tell me guys

Went for a cruise on the river today to show the folks the new boat lots of marine patrol bots on the water but while heading back to the ramp at east freo was following a large launch that had the usual business types on board enjoying their drink when 4 lovely blonds emerged from inside one carrying a tray of drinks the other a platter of food and the other two stood around mingling but the best thing of all they were in their birthday suits and boy the pictures that the young bloke took turned out quite well was in no hurry to pass them,would post them up but I think the mods may disapprove,a marine and harbours boat came past us and straight away turned around and started following along side me and mentioned it was the highlight of their day

gidday all anyone lookin at heading out sunday?

The weather forecasts for tomorrow off Bunbury on Seabreeze and BOM look ok for off shore with light Easterlies but GWN weather says its going to be S/W 15 - 20knots. What do you guys think the weather will be like tomorrow?

Kev

Hi Guys,

Just wondering what the minimum size boat would be that you would recommend for trips to Rotto and FADs on a fairly regular basis. I'm a scuba diver and keen fisherman so would be used for both as well as taking the family on day trips to the local islands...

Budget isn't really important at this point, i want to know what would be most practical given our weather conditions from some of you more experienced skippers... Also some comments on what your boat size/type is and how you feel it handles the weather regularly.

Cheers,

Snort