Hey all anyone planning on heading out tomorrow morn or afternoon? Sat is looking promising!

Myself and my mate are looking at buying a cheap dinghy togethor as our first boat is 15hp enough? We would on be fishing in sheltered waters really to start off with. We are looking at spending around 5k is this enough? Any ideas of any other options? 

 Greetings just joined up to this amazeing site have just recently moved back to Perth after living in not so sunny Melbourne for the last 5 years hopeing to get back in to some good fishing since being in doomy Melbourne has restricted my fishing species for awhile look forward to contributing a few fish pics in the future I recently moved in to Canning Vale so not far for me to launch the boat may need a deckie every now and then have a 670 Bar crusher and do all sorts of fishing from squidding to dropping out in the deep

Was interested to know if anybody on the this forum had fished the Swains reef and surrounding area out of Gladstone, QLD.

I have a week's fishing on the MV Iron Joy.

Interested to hear personal opinions about your experiences fishing the area ? Essential items to take ? Tackle ?

Or, better still, if you have been on the same charter boat !!

Cheers

Just went for a spin around Eagle bay and saw a tinny with 2 guys out off point pique ! Only less than a k out , but would you bother ? Small tin too 4m or less

 Can someone please tell me what wetline fishing is??

i can't find it anywhere

is it a bit like longlining??

cheers

Here's a few photos that I have off my phone,
I'm really bored at home and obsessed with sounder shots!
What's your best sounder shot?

 Hey all new to site and this is my first post.  I recently purchased a 16ft ally dinghy with a 40hp yamaha enduro on the back. Looking to head out cockburn sound Friday to d9 and was wondering if any1 could give me an idea of how rough it would be there blowing 20knots westerly? Cheers tim

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Yes it was a bit rough out there. Sideways rain is always fun, had to swim across the carpark.

Caught this on a recent trip to Monkey Mia.  North West of the resort in about 8 metres of water.  On 6kg gear it was pretty good fun.  I called it as some time of trevally but not sure what type.  quick photo and released.  referred to a camping neighbour's fish idenification book and guessed it to be a diamond trevally.

Thoughts and opinions?  No good to eat so wasn't upset about putting it back.

 hey guys got a wedding in bali in june so i wanna get some tackle whilst im there. been to a big tackle store there once before but from memory no fanky jigs.

Which store sells the fankys and do you know the name of it or where it is??

thanks

marko

Hey guys,

Taking a 6.4metre boat up to exmouth on May 18th.

I know how to fish the west side of the cape, eg tantabiddi, was looking at fishing more on the east side this trip and in the gulf.

Never attempted this before so I'm looking for any tips!

Cheers guys

 Has anybody heard any reports from Waroora?There are 8 big boat trailers at the Coral Bay boat ramp that I assume are for boats at Waroora and it blew its guts out here last night.I reckon they were pretty brave leaving them in the water Knowing what was coming. I hope they all ended up OK

 Fishing off coral bay yesterday and I caught a 20-25kg sambo.It may have been an amberjack as I am not sure of the difference.

I was wondering if anyone else has caught them up this far.I have never heard of one before.

 Few photos from last night's presentation night in the PGFC, at RPYC

Presentation was for World Champ Angler at the last OWC - Whitey, first Oz Angler to win this ... great effort between him and Ivan  

Also was presenting the Australian and West Australian Record for Small Fry, catching the 3Kg Mahi on 3Kg line ... great reward for Zeyad (9yo), after spending hours and hours with us trolling around ... well done Son 

Great appreciation for the PGFC Committee for making this happen, and outstanding efforts from these guys, making the Club the way it is today ... 

 Just want to know if anyone on here knows of any good shark fishing grounds out from Perth or if anyone fishes for sharks regularly, iv done some land based shark fishing but now have a boat. I would most likely be launching from woodman point. 

Thanks

From my understanding... the daily bag limits now apply from midnight to midnight...

This in essence means we cant go out fishing Saturday and catch a bag limit, and then do the same on the following day.. (Sunday)

This also means you cant do an overnighter and come home with 2 days bag limit!!!

Does anyone actually truely knows if this is actually the case??

Two weeks later, I get that phone call that all Deckies want to get, Paul G asking if I would like to go to back to the Abrolhos on Anzac Day.

"Let me think about that, hmmmmm YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!, as long as we leave after the Dawn Service, who needs to watch the Pies & the Bombers.

Ohh and by the way, on this trip we are going to be joined by a "New & Mysterious Deckie" never fished before were Pauls final words before he hung up,

Hmmm Who Could It Be

So this trip saw us getting into Geraldton at 4pm to be joined by Kane & his new Trophy along with Dan on his Rigid Inflatable, State of the Art.

After getting the boats ready, we headed  out and through the heads into a howling SW, & 3m - 4m Swell.

After almost 3 hours and a very tough trip across saw us getting into the Abrolhos just after dark, making the passage through the reefs very tight and scarey.

Jesse with his trusty torch showing us the way.

We woke to a beautiful day and headed out for our first fish

New Deckie with the First Fish of the Day - Is there a Fish There???

Ahhh the Old Fart still Has It

Thank Goodness for Warm Weather

Hope It Get Hotter

Cool Off Abeldog, Let's Go for a Snorkel. Yes Yes

Back To The Fishing

We ended the day with a night fish, Funniest Hour, Bust Off after Bust Off, Big Bruiser Fish of all species

Day Two had The New Deckie First On The Board Again,

Hope the Weather Warms Up

Who Said No Reds, Nice One To Release, And So We Did

My PB Sambo, Forgot about the Tape Measure

Love That Warm Weather

Must Be Time For Another Snorkel

And so the Day Ended with Paul & Jesse Going for a Dive in Search of that Missing Go Pro only to be harrased by the biggest bronzies.

Once the boys were on the boat I dropped a whole squid, it was smashed half way down.

Now when you have 50lb Varivas vrs an Anchor Rope, who do you think will loose, Yep The Anchor Rope.

As the shark flew past the anchor, the Talica 12 fully locked, my thumb on the spool and reel is still  spilling line, the Varivas cut through the rope as if it was butter.

The Next morning had Paul & Jesse dive to get the anchor back and then we headed home.

Another Great Trip, New Friends & Great Company and that Magical Paradise known as The Abrolhos.

Me and a mate went down to Henderson groin tonight next to the old image yard.Got fukn soaked and one port Jackson.
anyone else have any luck?

lost on the 6/5/13 overhead jigging outfit
1 pe2-5 live fibre venom
1 fin nor marquesa 2 speed ma 20
lost somewhere on the 22 meter mark out from Two Rocks

ps I know Ill never see her again but Im ready too laugh
never buy plastic rod holders

GDay FW crew,

Does anyone know anything about the Tranni`s Koala are advertising at the moment as part of a special they are running.

They are a Transon Mount Tri-Ducer 50/200khz.

I did the backwards thing and ordered one and am now shitting/hoping its a good unit for a 627 sounder. I`m hoping it can be used with bottom lock but I dont know much about them and am having trouble on the net finding any info on them,

I know there will be brainiacs on here that will be all over it.

As always your help is appreciated,

Tim 

Hey guys and girls.ive recently been thinking about buying a new bream oufit.i would like to keep thsi outfit under the 200$ line .i will mainly be using this outfit for landbased lure fishing .any help will be greatly appreiated.




Cheers nick

 Gday 

I'm thinking of trying for some snapper and or mullas on friday evening.

Just wondering where would be best?

Does the Eshed produce pinkies at all with this type of weather or is the North or South mole better all round?

On the Moles what is better for these fish the end, inside, outside, halfway down? Never had any real luck from them before.

Any advice would be great and a pm is welcome if you don't want to post any spots publicly.

Cheers

Brendon

anyone brave enough to have a fish tomorrow in this predicted weather? im super keen on my first land based pinky so i'll be hitting the north mole if its open, if not i'll be finding a rock wall to fish from. super keen!!!

Hi All,

After a long time in the wilderness, I thought it was time to resurface with an editorial on my  last two trips to the Abrolhos.

I have been fortunate to join Paul G & Jesse as part of the crew.

The first trip six weeks ago started with the five hour trip to Geraldton arriving about 10.00pm.  The wonderpot of stew was magical, filled us up, then off to bed on the jetty for an early morning start.

We were joined by Outdoinit & Rusty on what was going to be more diving than fishing, Ahh well someone has to look after the gear.

The run across took about two hours, once we were at the islands, quick coffee, bacon and eggs for breakfast then getting ready for the first dive.

I couldnt help myself, I cast a soft plastic in the translucent colour and I was on straight away.

Coral Trout in the first 30 seconds, quick photo then release.

Then it was "The Divers Turn" 

Rusty with a Great Trout on his first Dive

Jesse with another double, Dhui Trout

The Squid were jumping in the Boat

The Fisher not to be out done

And another to be released

Even the "Jumbo Yellowfin Tuna" were in the mix

We released more fish than we took home, about 20kg of fillets between four of us plus 10 Jumbo Crays.

Do we really need anymore when it all is still waiting there for next time.

The weather was great, we had shark action at night, Snorkling, Diving, Fishing(Plastics, Jigs, Baits whatever is your thing), Kyaking, Swimming,

Nature Walks, History, Myths, Legends, One Lost Go Pro with photos of schools of Dhufish in their thousands, okay maybe in the hundreds.

The Abrolhos has it all.

To be cont....................

fished the d9 in Cockburn sound last night 5 to about 10 there was 4 boats out there nobody had any joy

hey guys,

I got back late last night from fishing and decided to leave the squid in the fridge to clean this morning. So When i pulled them out of the dish today, a little worm like creature was left crawling around the dish.... WTF is it? can i still eat the squid? from what i understand i should be able to as i am only eating the meat/muscle not the whole thing.

found this on google while trying to find some info on the little worm thing.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/7109066/Squid-sperm-inseminate-diners-mouth

thanks

matt

 Hey guys,,,, selling rod for a friend,,, tis the gold colour jigging master evolution titanium

53s. Jigg max 150g pe 1-3  he bought It bout a month ago from tackle hq... Took it to exxy 

were they didn't get out due to weather so it's never been used,, somehow during transport it ha obtained a small white stain on the handle,,,,,,,he was pretty happy wen he bought it so I'm not sure wat it is exactly,,;)  he got it at a super good price of 610 and is hoping to get 500 firm,,   Rods in Craigie to view anytime,,,,, cheers lads,,,, Ben 0451114858

 Are my mates soft? or am I crazy? I wanna head out tonight round the freo area maybe moles if either is open or the sheds but my mates don't wanna know bout it so it looks like I'm on my own again. Anyone else in the same dilemma? 

 G'day,

I've been looking at getting a boat built and found oceanuc fabrications in Henderson... I've tried looking on here and on other sites for reviews but can't find much info.

just wanted to know if anyone has one of their boats and want to know what they are like?

any info would be good