Has anyone been to the andamsn islsnds goibg at the end of this month want some advice

hi all

i have seen this motor for sale, I know you get what you pay for but just wanting genuine thoughts about this motor for a replacement for my old 1990 90hp v4 evinrude two stroker, enough power to run my 5.25m western craft any thoughts or comments about this are welcome and helpful cheers.

Just wondering if anybody knows if any mackies have been caught off the back of the islands at Jurien Bay. Gonna be up there in a couple of weeks still deciding whether to take the boat or not cheers

 morning, i am chasing some info for steep point, am looking first week of June to camp at shelter bay. 

Am going to tow my 5.2m westerberg up there.

any advice or tips to get up there and condions of the track up there 

TIA much appreciatted 

 i have recently upgraded from a tinny to a half cabin. I’m looking to explore more around garden and Carnac and have seen lots of boats head out to five fathom bank.

do you fish on the bank or east or west of it? What are main species out there?

in between Carnac and garden is that any good for fishing? Do you fish on the reef or sand?

I use the same old running sinker rig most of the time, any time I have tried lures I have come up with nothing.

i use light gear upto 10kg but might have to upgrade as I have been snapped off the last couple of times.

i am a pro at catching butterfish

mainly after squid, whiting, herring and snapper.

i am just starting to eat fish as my 16 month old son loves fish, my wife does t eat it.

i have only ever fished for the fun of it but never done much boat fishing except for the past few years.

any tips on rigs or what to look for would be great. 

I only really drift as I find anchoring I’m always on a shit spot. What is a decent burley? I just throw out that packet mix stuff.

 anyone know what this is, got a whiting head but slimy and dark like a wrasse

 Went out of Hillaries yesterday arvo with my brother to pull his pot. On the way out I was telling him about the many sightings of blue-ringed occys in pots and I was a bit surprised he had not heard of any of the reports. He was bare foot driving the boat and i told him he should put his shoes on before we pull the pot onboard. Anyway we get to his pot and pull it, had a good look around and in the pot for blue-rings couldnt see any so baited it and we both lifted the pot and tossed it over. Guess what dropped off the bottom of the pot and landed right next to his BARE!! foot?  yep - a good sized blue-ring about 5cm across and squirming towards his foot! As he jumped back from it I squashed it with my shoe and he just looked at me in disbelief saying  FUUUCCKKK at the same time. So - good lesson learnt by him. After about 5 minutes into the trip back to the marina I came up behing him while he was concentrating driving in the rough conditions and pinched the side of his foot - wish i had filmed his reaction! would have loved to have posted it on here for all to see  - got him a beauty ha ha  anyway watch out for them blue-rings boys  cheers dave   

 Had my first Tuna and Marlin trip last week, was just going wide to see what I could find as a recon mission, had a few surprises through the day!

 Been fishing a bit with the old fella round 

the corner for a while now ! Good too have 

cold can and listen too his stories from 

when he was back in tassie and wet a 

line.. I got smoked earlier on by what I 

thought was a nice shark on half a snook

being line cleanly snipped at hooks then 

it was Oldman s turn on what first thought 

too be a large eagle any how 15mins later

i beached him his first hammer... he was 

a happy man with a new story for me and 

him too share ! Nailed a fresh herring from 

my bait supply! Cheers pirate.

 heading out tomorrow for a fish, generally try just get some squid and whiting around woodmans point. Would like to head out behind garden or around Carnac but not sure what bait or if I should be using lures. I see a lot of people jig these days but I wouldn’t know where to start with that. Any help would be much appreciated. Also is it worth using burley 

 Early at it for the last day of the year with my young bloke and the first mark we hit had a big patch ,dropped a jig or two and one at 20kg one at 14 a couple released, left them on the bite home at 9

 Hi, everyone. I posted a WTB on the Buy/Sell for a Shimano Ci4+ Stradic 2500FA spare spool. After some looking around I realiased that lots of shimano spools from different models are 100% compatible with others. I couldn't find any info online for my Stradic Ci4+ 2500FA, so I was wondering if anyone knew which (if any) other models have compatible spools.

Cheers!

Poor bugger .

 Howdy

Is there anyone around warnbro or Rockingham who can straighten out my anchor for me please, I got it stuck and bent it at right angles driving it out cheers and thanx.

 Good afternoon guys. I'm interested to hear from people that own or have fished on the Boston whaler boats. Prefer info on the outrage 240 but other models welcome .. Specifically want to know what the stability is like at rest. Is it possible to stand up the nose in choppy conditions ?? 

 Got out today chasing some more beach

bait for the warm nights ! After pulling pots

out !! Bloody glad getting up early then 

work has knobs on it but ended up with a 

few which was worth it .. knab these pike

biggest at 78cm on little lasers and some

herring on metals I have a nice resuply

Good day out lads and left em biting

inclose mindaire.. cheers pirate

 Miss 9 and I headed out from the Augusta boat harbour about 630 am, by 8am we had a 56 and 64 cm dhuie in the boat so went exploring. I got smashed by what was either a samson or a ytk and Miss 9 landed another dhuie, a 49cm model on a soft plastic. Once I positioned the rod correctly in her hands she did it all herself.

 Looks like there is a new launching facility in Kenwick 

 Fellas can anyone tell me how to set North up on the screen so it's not going round in circles.

 G'Day all , compliments of the season to everyone.

I'm wondering if anybody has used heavy braid instead of wire to reduce bite-offs. I know they use woven dyneema for cut resistant gloves and I imagine it would (possibly) give better bait/ lure presentation and spook fish less. Any personal observations or thoughts appreciated, Thanks in advance,    John

 Hey all

just wondering how much rope do people use to set up a drift anchor, my boat is 5.25m fibreglass cheers

Hi folks, 

Last couple of trips out I've been having a few issues with my sounder. 

First up it wouldn't turn on when I got to the boat. I fiddled with the cables, unplugged them and plugged them in again, tapped it, slapped it and swore at it. After about 40 minutes I gave up and sure enough a couple of minutes later it turned on by itself and ran fine until I shut it off when the day was done.

This morning I went out to pull my pots and it started fine when I got onto the boat but after pulling the pots out the back of the bank it stopped and wouldnt go again. no amount of swearing and fiddling could change its mind this time. 

It looks to me as if the back of the yellow plug (structure scan?) is badly perished but all other plugs look fine. Could this perished plug affect the units operation? or does anyone else have any other ideas what could be wrong? My thoughts would be to plug it into someone else's cabling and see if the unit runs fine therefore meaning I have an issue with my cables. trouble is I don't know anyone running a Lowrance.....

All constructive advice welcome :)

 Hi lads I went out today in the boat and after hitching the boat up and towing it home iv realized something wasn't right had a look at the trailer and the 3 cross bars have cracked( as in the photos below) is it just worth getting a new trailer as a few other things are buggered on it too or should I get it fixed the boat sitting on it is a quintrex 5.7 bow rider any suggestion would be appreciated new ,second hand ,good trailer brands ,fixing solutions etc cheers guys and more annoying is I had my jurien bay boat trip lined upfor the 4th of January

There has been a lot of people that have had there pots pulled and taken in the mandurah ate

Enjoy

 Heading down to Denmark tomorrow with a 6.8m boat and keen to know how the Wilson inlet has been fishing lately? Never been before but I hear there are decent kgw, bread and butter fish and the odd snapper cruising around. Does anyone know if it's worth taking the crab nets up this time of year? 

Hi Guys,

I'm heading over to Rotto in mid Jan and looking for some good cray spots.

Ill be Snuba diving from the shore and staying over at longreach side.

Are they any hotspots out there?

Hey guys me and the misso are heading to Esperance tomorrow in our 5.8m Haines. The area looks incredible with so much ground it’s overwhelming. Could anyone point us in the right direction for areas to jig/bait fish?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks guys!  

 Well we launched early this morning and wind was up a bit so stayed close and caught a few whiting and squid. 

We had enough around 10 and headed in. After pulling the boat out I was chatting to another fishermen who had caught a dhuie and was heading home today. He pointed me in the direction and I asked miss 9 what she thought we should do, her reply was to relaunch so we did.

We got to the spot 15 mins later and started drifting, 2 drifts in and Miss 9 comes up solid on a 56cm shy, her first. She handled it well with just a little help from dad. An hour later on our last drift I had a nice hit on the 5 inch abrohlos tackle paddle tail and landed a 65 ish dhuie too.

Time to head back to camp 

Thanks to the guys who gave advice e on my other thread.

Hi

Heading to Rotto for a few days and wondering where it would be best to drop a pot. Staying at Longreach. Just wondering if I still need to drop them in sand or rather very close to a bit of reef and what sort of depth

Cheers

Eric