Fishing Discussion
cockburn snapper
Submitted by TAPOUT on Sun, 2009-02-01 10:30So is anyone getting any snapper out of the sound. Thinking of heading out tonight.
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What Fish?
Submitted by Albee Mangles on Sat, 2009-01-31 22:21Anyone know what type of Cod this is?
See the land in the background!! Decent trip.
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W T B saltiga 56 hb rod
Submitted by allrounder on Sat, 2009-01-31 20:22If anyone wants to part with one of these or knows where one is for sale please PM me.
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crab bait
Submitted by Leemo on Sat, 2009-01-31 17:35ive recently heard that blowies make great crab bait. in my opinion, blowies are poisonous to us and if the crabs eat em, there has to be toxins past through the crabs. what are your opinions?
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How good is this forecast???? And about time too !!!!
Submitted by wrassinator on Sat, 2009-01-31 17:18Issued 1630hrs (WDST)
Sunday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots easing NE/SE'ly 5/10 knots during the morning. Winds shifting S/SW'ly and increasing to 15/20 knots during the afternoon and evening. Seas 1.0m to 1.5m. Swell to 1.0m.
Swell at Cottesloe: to 0.4m.
Winds on Melville Water: Similar.
Monday: S/SE winds 13/18 knots easing E/NE 5/10 knots during the morning, then tending S/SW 15/20 knots during the afternoon and evening. Seas to 1.5m. Swell below 1.0m.
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Swanfish
Submitted by schecky on Sat, 2009-01-31 13:57Just wondering who's doing swanfish this year?
Liam(SOI), James(Flangies), Nicson(OT) and I are doing it this year.
should be good
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Guilford bream
Submitted by Coops on Sat, 2009-01-31 13:15Hey guys...Anyone been gettin any bream in guilford? Heading to Lilac hill this arvo and haven't fished ther before....Any reports??
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A sucker born every minute
Submitted by Maine-iac on Sat, 2009-01-31 10:01I know I'm one expecially when it comes to fishing tackle. The attached link will lead you to some 40 remaining Diamond jigs on ebay, I am not indorsing the product nor do I know the seller or much about "Jiggin". But..... I got a winning bid on one @ .6 cents U S; of corse you have to factor in $ 4.99 shipping, But for $5.05 it's coming to WA with me. Sometimes the prep and "foreplay'' before a fishing trip become alittle consuming. Hope it works. Cheers http://cgi.ebay.com/Sea-Saltwater-Fishing-lure-Diamond-Vertical-Jigging-JIG_W0QQitemZ120370987610QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item120370987610
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bottom rigs
Submitted by callum on Sat, 2009-01-31 08:26heading out on a mates boat tomorrow to do some bottom bashing.
i want to be prepared so what types of rigs should i be looking at making?
we will be targeting dhu's and snapper plus others.
i will use 30lb main line and 50-60lb leader.
thanks
callum
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Dive sat morning
Submitted by GrahamM on Fri, 2009-01-30 20:57IM half keen for a shore dive tomorrow Sat mid morning NOR know some spots should get some crays anyone interested
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hillarys
Submitted by danobigfish on Fri, 2009-01-30 18:46hey guys going down hillarys tonight to do a semmi all nighter
going for sharks and anythin big
when i get home i will post up how i went
cheers
danobigfish
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Sunday fish deckie keen to chip in
Submitted by barneyboy on Fri, 2009-01-30 16:03Anybody on here from Bunners or Busso fishing on sunday. Keen for a fish. Will chip in to cover costs..
Otoshi's Mulloway
Submitted by Colin Hay on Fri, 2009-01-30 13:44
After some considerable hard work and perserverance Otoshi picked up this great Mulloway near the Narrows the other day.
Well done Otoshi
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small graphite vs small fibreglass-glasstip rod
Submitted by speedo on Fri, 2009-01-30 12:47eh guys, i'm currently using a 7'6" graphite rod to flick small lures and sp around, however i also have a 7'6" fibreglass rod with glass tip that i was using when i started baitfishing for breams...
which one would achieve greater casting distance with 8lb braid and 40cm of 8lb fluoro? i'm mainly using sps and little minnows
as well which one would better allow to feel the bites?
a last question not relating to rods, any tips on how to avoid weed when using sp's and lures?
thanks in advance for your comments
cheers
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Why the Redneck gave up fishin
Submitted by fishyink on Fri, 2009-01-30 12:05
Saturday morning I got up early, dressed quietly, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, slipped quietly into the garage to hook the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential down pour.
The wind was blowing 50 mph. I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad throughout the day.
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into & got in bed. There I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible.'
My loving wife of 20 yrs replied, 'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that shit?'
I still don't know to this day if she was joking, but I have stopped fishing.
BOAT FORSALE http://fishwrecked.com/node/19278
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Anyone ever heard of braid going off
Submitted by Colin Hay on Fri, 2009-01-30 11:45I had a spool of 8lb Fireline laying around and recently decided to put it on a cheap little reel. But it appears that the line has gone off. I reckon the breaking strain is about 8 grams now.
Has anyone heard of braid going bad after a period of time?
All the best, Colin Hay
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Prawns on the menu?
Submitted by Pete D on Fri, 2009-01-30 07:07Not wanting to hijack Bodie's thread http://fishwrecked.com/node/19268 and responding to Ryan's
"miyagi way" comment.
Yeah, I forgot my prawn net the other night, so resorted to catching big blues. I spent most of the dive just following Soupster around.
Getting sick of watching these big prawns wandering around, I thought I would try catching them by hand. I picked out only the big prawns - 15cm long, thinking more to grip. My hand approached slowly to within 20mm of the prawn...grab, flick, gone; prawn settles into the silt with just his eyes poking out. Arh, your mine now. Hand over him, grab, flick...gone...WTF..these critters are quick.
I tried this on about 10 prawns. ME - 0, prawns - 10. Hmm, back to the crabs...much easier to grab!
Anyway, got me thinking. Besides us divers, does the humble prawn have any other predators in the river? Do the mullas eat them? If they do, then I would think that they would have to have a big suction action (like a barra boof) to capture the prawn.
I have previously sat and watched a flathead for 20 minutes on a dive hoping to see him hunt. A few prawns (smaller river prawns)came within range(well 5cm), but no attack. Maybe they have to touch the flattie...or maybe the prawns reaction time is just too quick and the flatties don't bother with them....or the flatty was hiding from me!
Have any of you Mulla fishos found prawns in a captured mulla?
Cheers Pete
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Yet Another Sat/Sun/Mon Deckie Thread
Submitted by till on Fri, 2009-01-30 06:48
Pretty keen to get out somewhere, fish or a dive whatever! Always happy to chip in for bait and fuel etc.
Laters,
till
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flathead
Submitted by pro fisherman_95 on Thu, 2009-01-29 22:35Hey Guys,
My mate and I are going fishing looking for whiting, herring and best of all flathead. I would like to know any info on rigs, bait, lures? Best time of day? I'm going around bent street boat ramp towards tern island on the flats, is that a good place to start looking?
Cheers,
Any info much appreciated
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heavy surf/rock reel
Submitted by Leemo on Thu, 2009-01-29 22:14i am looking at getting a heavy surf/rock reel that i can use for sharks and rays and the like becuase i have finally been pressured out of an alvey by fishoreub.im looking at the rovex big boss 9500 mainly becasue its well within my budget and flangies one felt really nice and balanced. what are your suggestions? im lookingat a budget of 200 bucks and i would like a large spool capacity capable of handling 30lb braid and lotsa drag pressure.
thanks
Liam
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another sunday deckie available
Submitted by Blake.T. on Thu, 2009-01-29 19:25hey guys,
if anyones going out bootom bashing, jigging, fads whatever on sunday and need a deckie i am free.
have own gear, will split bait fuel etc.
thanks
HELP!!
Submitted by Roger Knife on Thu, 2009-01-29 18:12Alright boys am trying to buy a copy of this book but struggling to find a copy in the UK does anyone have a 2nd hand one they dont want or have anyideas on how i could get one..obviously happy to pay.
Book is fishing the wild west by rosscusack and mike roennfeldt
cheers Rayman
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4.2m seahawk 4sale $2900
Submitted by fishyink on Thu, 2009-01-29 16:504sale $2900 ono
boat: 4.2m seahawkstacer well sought after hull
motor: 1982 25h Jhono, runs well
comes with 3 life jackets
anchor wid chain and 50m of rope
marine radio (works) replaced the arial last year
2 docking spotlights
sounder works
boat licenced till jan 2010
trailor registerd
handles well
any more info pm me or email me
located mandurah
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Fisheries stickers
Submitted by allrounder on Thu, 2009-01-29 15:27Just got some of the new stickers from fisheries at hillarys .Just a heads up.
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Help!! need a cabinet maker or bloody good carpenter
Submitted by Tony Halliday on Thu, 2009-01-29 13:49I need someone who is a good cabinette maker / skilled carpenter and knows his beans.
I need to biscuit join two pieces of quality teack, about an inch thick to form one big plank about 600mm long x 500mm wide. The new dash for my tub.
I am not the greatest DIY around, so if one of you has good hands and tools, or can recommend a cabinetmaker, please yell. I don't mind paying for services in yellow paper or a slab or two..
cheers
Tony
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Swan river divers
Submitted by Bodie on Thu, 2009-01-29 10:40Went for a fish with a few mates last night down in the swan.
Not to sure of the name of the place, but its kinda mossy bay / pepermint gove area i think.
We were fishing there from about 7ish i guess, and had about 15 divers come along and jump in the water swimming up and down where we were fishing.
Found this bloody rude, and quite a few times my lure came within a metre of 2 of them.
Just thought I'd mention this because it was bloody annoying and these guys seemed to think they owned the water. As we said, we would take no responsibility for a treble through someones arm, or leg, or reg hose......
Not to mention, they didnt even have the decents to ask if we would mind if they swam about.....
Rant over!
ps: didnt get too many fish :(:(
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changing reel handles
Submitted by callum on Thu, 2009-01-29 10:30hey guys,
is it possible to change the t-handle on my penn 330gt2 overhead reel.?
i was hoping i could put a round handle on as i big hands and find them more comfy.
cheers
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More Two Rocks Information required
Submitted by Colin Hay on Thu, 2009-01-29 10:15I was looking at the Google satellite image of Two Rocks and noticed a beach just south of the marina where there looks to be a nice gap leading out from the beach into a reefy area. Does anyone know what the fishing is like there. It looks pretty good from the satellite, Many thanks, Colin Hay
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Exxie
Submitted by Mick on Thu, 2009-01-29 08:16G'day guys
Does anyone know if the water up there is dirty due to the cyclone. Got a few days off and thinking about a quick bolt up. Mr G and co is it worth it? Just wondering if the water is dirty on the Tanta side. Probably go and camp at Pilgramunna. I imagine it would be on the gulf side. Does it affect it on the gulf side if its really stirred up?
Cheers Mick
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Baits
Submitted by tommytomato on Thu, 2009-01-29 07:52
Hi all
Any one used Rock Crabs as bait before, we were at the North mole yesterday, got bored after catching nothing so the kids and I got stuck into catching a few of these rock crabs for bait trials.
We only caught three of them.
TT ( karl )
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