I must eat humble pie and thank the Rockingham Sea Rescue boys.....

I admit that I didn't quite make it back to Point Peron yesterday....  Coming back from a day at Penguin Is with the family and as we came around the North Cardinal marker near the coat hanger...  Iran out of fuel. SHAME ON ME...  Thanks to the boys for towing us in. 

recently my mrs bought a cple of marron from a local seafood shop, $8 each and they were small, so instead i have put them in the fish tank, they seem happy so far,

but does anyone know what i can feed them with, feeder fish or pellets, I have 2 large cichlids that now get on nicely with them, enjoying the tentacle massage haha,

cheers

Anyone here watched the movie Blue streak with martin lawrence?

If so. what are your favourite quotes?

I just re-watched it and damn it was funny!

hey was just wondering if anyone has bin catching any taylor latley down in the mornings or evenings anywhere of beaches nor. been getting a few but just seeing how else every one else is doing

hey just wanted to see what u guys could come up with :) im after a liight beach reel for my 12ft daiwa heartland. i'd be using it mainly for tailor and salmon and under 200 buks would be good. was thinking maybe spheros 6000 or 8000? let me know what u guys think im open to suggestions

 hey guys and ladys i was thinking about fishing movies that i have seen and i only come up with a couple was just just if any one has got any other movies or film that you have watched mine are

a river runs threw it

perfect strom 

old man and the sea

theres a couple of others but cant think of them at this moment 

spotted 200 metres from rotto jetty by ariel patrol, bugger some beaches closed

magic yesterday except for the stingers, never seen them this early, hopefully get out fishing friday

hi fellas,

im after a trolling and ballooning overhead reel, im new to the whole trolling and ballooning scene so im undecided and unsure of what reel would be best. im not after a huge reel, something small that can hold a good amount of line. im planning on spooling it up with 30lb fireline. so far ive been looking at the tiagra 12, but unsure on line capacity.. anyone have one that can let me know how much line it can take? how does it compare to lets say a torsa 20?

its just going to be used for trolling for pelagics, and ballooning for mackies up north, if tiagra 12 is slightly to small, might look at the 16.. although id prefer if there was something else a bit smaller and lighter. any suggestions will be great!

Hey guys
I was just reading an article in modern fishing magazine that stated mulloway don't spawn until they are around 700mm long, so with our minimum size limit being 500mm any fish this size haven't spawned according to that info.
Anyone involved in the mulloway project fisheries and tafe(I think) are/were running and can shed any light to whether this is true or not

Anyone tried the new squid jigs from Yo Zuri ?

 Hey Everyone one!

I am new to fishing in Bunbury, I have a 4 metre dinghy and I need to know hwer to go to catch some decent fish. 

I would love to catch something good to keep and eat.

I seam to catch alot of whiting, stingrays and fish nothing too exciting! 

Please give me some local knowledge

Jamie 

hey guys

provided quantas sorts itself out , me and the missus are heading to broome in a weeks time.

be keen to hear any recommendations of restaurants / charters / must see's  and the like.

have a place to stay already.

cheers

Well, finally got the boat back in the water after about 3 months. Complete with a 200mm raised casting deck, carpet and a few new accesories.

Fished friday arvo and bagged out on skippy. Not big fish, 30 to 40cm. Had to work pretty hard for em though. But I did score a few on plastics and small metals.

Me thinks they have been getting smashed pretty hard with this ban on.

Anyways, went out this morning. Had until 10am to track down a feed.

The aim was squid and KGW.

The fella I took got a few squid and we both got a mixture of assorted reefies.

He did manage to hook a fairly large ocky on a standard bait. Thought he was snagged and preceeds to wind up a chunk of rock /coral.

I look over the side and the ocky is clinging for dear life to this rock and didnt wanna let it go. It wasnt until a bit of persuasion tha the ocky finally let go of his rock. Haha. Funny as.

We hit up a KGW spot that I regularly get good fish on for nada.

It was like the sand that had been covering the top of this reef had been washed away.

It was like a totally different spot with a plague of reefies over it.

Before we never got reefies off it just whiting and the odd scorpion fish. Very strange indeed.

Has anyone experienced something like this before?

Happy fishing!!

Three backpackers went to a hostel in America.

The cost of an overnight stay was $30 for the three friends, so they split the cost 3 ways, ($10 each).

the next day the owner was so happy with their behaviour, he gave them a $5 disount and asked the bell boy to give the three men their $5.

to make things simple, the three men gave the bell boy a $2 tip so they could split the remainder $3 evenly, ($1 each)

so end of the day, the three men paid $9 each, and the bell boy kept $2.

9x3=27 plus the $2 the bell boy kept = $29.

WHERE IS THE MISSING DOLLAR?!

what reel to buy? pe 6-8 outfit, jigging/bottom bashing. any thoughts?

rod will more than likely be a JM powerspell 450.

the ocea jiggers look nice but is it worth the extra coin over the trinidad, was also thinking a 2sp would be good but the ocea jigger covers that with a 4:1 gear ratio.

 Is anyone else getting pissed off by this wind? I cant justify going out to my local because of it..... I need to catch something decent before i start exams next week!

Have been thinking about a radar for my Haines Hunter 800 for a while, as it seems most 8M boats have 'em...but just aint sure why to be honest. Anyone got any input on the pro's and con's??

I've got a Shakespeare Abyss Spinning Combo (3-7kg) that was cheap but I really like. My problem is that the reel spool is made of plastic & has colapsed & Shakespeare doesn't do replacement parts for this reel. The reel is the Abyss 50 & I'm wondering if anyone knows of another spool that would fit on it? I took some measurements as best as I could from the mangled one, they should be pretty accurate:

Spool Diameter at bottom: 58mm

Height (overall): 55mm

Line Height (top to bottom): 25mm

Drag Washer Depth: 9mm

Internal base of spool to very bottom lip:  23.5mm

If more info is needed please let me know & I'll post it up ASAP. Thanks.

I just bought a couple of extream coolers (eskies) off Dave.  And i would just like to say that they are a top notch product that are very

resonalby priced topped with second to none service, and i will highly recomend them to everyone

thanks again Dave  

Hi guys,

Couple of questions here, so thanks in advance for any help.

I am looking at getting a 5000SW Stella to match my PE3 Xzoga for demersal jigging, etc.  I am thinking of spooling the 5000 with Varivas Big One PE3 but am wondering where the best place to get the braid is?  I prefer to get the Stella locally, but am not bothered about where the braid comes from.  Also, if i go with the reel and braid above, am i naive to think i could match it with a different rod to cast for spangos, trevally, etc up north?

I am also looking at a Stella 20000SW for sambo jigging and general bigger stuff and am wondering what good braid i should spool this with?  Again, if i go a 20000SW, will the reel and braid be appropriate for GT popping and some deeper bottom bashing?  I don't want to spend a bucket load of money to have a single purpose reel.

Cheers,

Alex

 Politics and the law gone crazy.Cant be bothered putting up link because you can all google.

Was playing with my new saltist 40hs and was thinking the drag is a bit sticky...... anyone else who owns a saltist oh notice this or is it just me? Havnt used it yet so cant be %100 sure but is there upgraded washers available and if so what brand?

hey guys looks like next week should be alright ( i hope) looking to go jigging next week from thursday 4th to the tuesday if anyone has spots let me know :)

Marko 

 Is there a ban at all on crabs in the swan?

if not has anyone been hearing reports of the guys about at the moment?

brett

after seeing whipass,s thread, i thought i would share this info, very helpfull for all furuno users,

enjoy

www.fishtec.co.za/furuno_setup.pdf

You just cant beat the Red emperor. If they are size they are one of the best to eat IMO.

And when they are not they just dazzle you with beauty.

Problem is lately just getting the little ones, but were certainly not targetting them in our night fish snapper city. The good news as far as I am concerned is there are plenty of these toddlers around, this just about the smallest buby I have caught.

Neels

HI All

I live in the Rockingham area and was wondering where the best landbased spots

are for Gardies?? Best bait, Burley etc...

i had a few good spots when i had my boat but had to sell her

Any info would be great cheers.

 just curious to know if anyone can confirm this? 

Hi guys, Did anyone head out metro Perth today with the strong ESE blowing What was it like out there ? Thinking of going out rotto way on Sunday