hey was just wondering if anyone could help us out and tell me out and tell me if there is any weed in lano or wedge

cheers

 Well is coming closer to that time of the yet when I go chasing sand whiting. Any of you blokes fish for them down mandurah dawesville way? What depth do you fish in chasing the bigger ones?

Cheers

Hi Guys , we are looking to hire a additional outboard machanic . Would prefer someone who has worked on Evinrude and Honda outboards but it is not a necessity . We are a family owned and run bussiness and we all pitch in were it is needed so we will be looking for someone with the same values . If you know of anyone drop me a mail at .

I lost my SW8000PG overboard, and getting it replaced.

However I am an older fisho that dont use that many clubs, and tend to be versatile (but that still dont answer the Mrs question about why I have 30 odd rods and reels, excluding every fly wt from 4-12!!!). I found the 8000 to be overkill for the sort off fishing I do. Not often you need 25k's off drag.

Plus there is a chance I would not be chasing Northern species, and will have to settle with the SW. All boat based use, mostly BB with SP, baits, but would like to get into jigging aswell. Up here only Coral trout and Rankins, but not reds for some reason go the jigs and there is nothing wrong with that, but for the SW the Stella should be up to that aswell.

What do you recon would be the best alround for what I would do. Doesnt have to fit the glove perfectly, because yrs off fishing do make you adaptable.

Just wondering about going lighter.

Gday, Does anyone know about greyband and rubies offshore mandurah? Ive got plenty of good Dhu spots but getting a new big bass straight 24 ft soon and am gonna start looking for some spots off mandurah. Any advice is helpful, Depth and structure to look for especially helpful

Cheers

 Plus the footage will be on 7 news!

Balls of steel podman!

http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/WACabinetMinistersSearch.aspx?ItemId=150444&minister=Moore&admin=Barnett

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa-ban-on-shark-cages/story-e6frg12c-1226419829214

Portfolio: Fisheries

• Regulations to rule out tourism ventures based on attracting sharks
• Research shows potential for these operations to change shark behaviour
• State policy set for potential operators

Fisheries Minister Norman Moore today announced that regulations were being drafted for a State ban on targeted or dedicated shark tourism ventures, including cage diving operations, based on the attraction of sharks.

“I have decided that Western Australia will not be the place for shark cage tourism, like those currently operating in South Australia and South Africa,” Mr Moore said.

“There have been no formal applications for such ventures in WA as yet, but I have acted to let any potential operators know this State’s policy.

“While such ventures may generate direct or indirect economic benefits, there are also concerns that sustained activities to attract sharks to feeding opportunities have the potential to change the behaviour patterns of those sharks.”

The Minister said South Australia and South Africa had cage diving operations at specific sites where white sharks were known to form significant aggregations, but WA did not have any known areas where sharks congregated.

“Lack of such sites in WA may result in operators wanting to maximise berleying and baiting to attract sharks to meet tourist expectations, which may have unwanted consequences,” he said.

“CSIRO research at shark cage diving sites in South Australia found that white sharks in the study area changed their distribution to align with areas of active berleying and, while there was no determination from the study about the longer term effects on shark behaviour or outside the study area, I would prefer to take no risks until more is known.

“With four fatalities in WA from shark interactions, since last September, the Government is not willing to allow any ventures that may raise even greater public fears than already exist.”

 I'm confused. How can a boat that is advertised in a south of the river boat yard have apparently been sold and yet it is now advertised in a north of the river boatyard for the same price. 

G'day this is my first post on this website.  I have been a long time stalker but been a bit slack on sorting a membership out.  I will post some picturers etc. soon.  I usually fish about 25nm north of two rocks and I have been reasonably successful with Dhuies and Baldies recently but I am real keen to change tactics a bit and see if I can pick up some King George next time I am out.  I mainly fish on direction bank (as shallow as 30m) and the drop off behind it (down to 100m).  I was wondering if anyone who fishes out that far has any success with king George or if I am too far out for them.  I understand that you can get them in close, but I am really interested in hearing from people who do chase them out wide.  Funnily enough I have only ever caught one as bi catch which is a suprisingly low rate compared to the amount of Dhuies and baldies we catch.  We use either fresh occy or any of the small wrasses or saergent bakers we catch for bait, usually on pattenoster rigs either with dropper loops or snelled hooks on a wide range of hooks, usually about the size of a hoodlum 6/0 ( alot bigger than a standard whiting hook but everybody tells me they should be able to swallow a hook that size).  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Glenn

 any one running a 2-3kw transducer in a wet box in a ali hull ?? 

furuno only mention it in glass hulls and nothing mentioned in ali at all .. is it possible to do ???

 Anyone use the Xzoga jigging rods, interested in some feedback, Youtube clips, anything.

I'm looking at the TAKA SI and SA rods.

Cheers!

Im thinking of planning a trip to albany for a fish. What bites this time of year? Are salmon there in any good numbers this late in the season, or are they there all year round?

Also, i was wondering about what good spots are there 2wd?

Cheers!

here is a heap more tailor all caught on lures over the last week, they where caught at different spots north of mindarie and most where caught well before sunset. only being going down for less than 30 mins each night just for a quick flick and im sure i could get close to bagging out each night if i wanted.

today and I was told it blew away last week, is this correct

Hey guys just wondering were some good spots for tailor would be I live in port kennedy and am landbased

Cheers in advance

Ash

So wellingham breaks a guys jaw with a head high shirtfront and not watching the ball and gets 3 weeks.

Shuey gives a guy a love tap and gets 2 weeks

WTF

 Me and me mate made a spontaneous decision yesterday to go to fitzroy river leaving this Saturday. Can anyone tell me where to camp where the pools are tidal and I can get my 12 foot tinny in. I'm chasin samon, jacks and barra. Crabs would be a bonus please help me

Now I am normally all for crushed barbs, but on saturday rushed a new lure with 2 sets of trebles on, and didnt.

End result a sharky mack that ate the lure before it was even set for the troll. Got it to the boat and the inevitable. As I was trying to get the hook out it gave a nice headshake and I had a treble embedded in my Right thumb.

No way she was coming out backwards, so removal of ring, cut arm off treble and much to the dismay of the loved one had to shove it through. Not pleasant but you have to do things if you want to keep fishing.

This whole episode could have been prevented with crushed barbs, as the hook would have been pulled back, rather than shoved through.

Now a pathway for infection, 2 holes and a sore thumb, and more importantly a hurt pride that I forgot to crush them. Lesson learned with pain. Using lures, crush the fng barbs.

Neels

 Hi Guys, looking at maybe getting some gear for shark fishing in the surf. I've been concidering a Shimano TLD 50 due to its relatively low price, and as a rod a Daiwa Sensor Surf Overhead. I would probably be livebaiting most of the time, but sometimes prefer casting dead baits and also probably use the combo for ballooning at some stage aswell. Just wandering if anyone else has any experience or ideas in this area.

Cheers

 I know this has come up before but though I would see if any new ideas come up, recently had a few problems with some big sharks swallowing the hooks and biting through my wind on leaders. I find this happens when I use whole heads as bait because I'm guessing they tend to swallow it rather than chew it like a whole fish or big fillet bait. So what I'm after is a way of adding another meter or 2 of 200lb wire before the stop ring to stop them swallowing the whole slide rig. The hardest bit is finding a castable join or even a join from 200lb windons to wire that the slide will go over.

Cheers Chris.

 Hey guys I'm off down margeret river on Thursday for a weekend away any one know of any good spots around prevelly area any advise would be great even inland stuff for trout thanx guys 

Hi guys

Just wanting some info from those who have taken a trailer boat to steep point before we have been several times before but normally towing a camper trailer. This year we going to take the 4.8m ally boat so just want to know what you do to prepare for the trip in. I am putting on new springs and an axle on the weekend along with new.tyres im taking 2 spares with us what else can I do. do I strap it down solid to the trailer. Its has keel rollers and skids on the sides.

Cheers Rod

I've caught a few of these of Bunbury and again on Saturday night up near Binningup. Does anyone have any idea what they are?

anyone ever had any luck just throwing poppers from the beach over the reefs in the laggon chasing tailor,

or are you best to walk the reef and cast out???

so we are just waiting for the cheque to clear and should have to new tub by wednesday, perfectly in time for the coming weekends predicted nice weather. sold our boat almost 6 weeks ago and i cant stand land based fishing so will be good to get out and get amongst it. its a 2007 240 outrage with twin 150 verados with only 84 hours on both motors. its fully optioned with everything and ready to head out deep. cant wait to fill up the 662l fuel tank.

Just did a quick search and this was on a while ago on Fox, but it's up on iView now and well worth checking out... an amazing doco on beakies - swords, sails and marlin - some epic footage.

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/docs - and scroll down to the bottom, can't miss it.

heading down to dawsville tomorrow, just curious as to what the weed situation is like down there at the moment, cheers 

Went for a fish last night from around 3pm till 10pm in mindarie marina, all i can say is that nothing was caught that was worth keeping :/ just wondered what are some good spots around the marina for night fishing. I know hillarys has the lighthouse for herring and tailor at night but i havnt seen any herring been caught so far, could anyone please give me some advince for fishing the marina at night. thanks

by the way, some guys were tagreting squid aswell under the jettys next to the light. what would be the best tactic for them and what conditions are best in general for fishing in the marina :) like full moon, high tide. that sort of thing :)

cheers guys!

Was just reading the sunday times, and i read that thevenard is closed to fishing. Does anyone know anything about this? And if its true, how long is it closed for? I cant believe it, as i go every year, and absolutely love the place.

 Hey guys,

Just wondering where I should go and what time (sunrise? sunset? dark?) to catch a nice winter tailor. 

Have a week off so keen to chase a few (landbased)!

Cheers, Jase.