With a studio ocean mark on the stella 10 000 and a gt max knob on the stella 4000, the stella 8000 is feeling left out. Ive searched the internet and local shops but carnt find anything. Any one know where to get a custom handle for the 8000?? Cheers Darren

Hey guys, does anyone know of any articles in any of the fishing mags about the v5 fising ban?

i have to write a feature article for english at school and i thought i would do it on this. i would like to have a look at some articles if i can, just to get an idea on how to write it.

any help would be appreciated.

Blake

Righto you site sponsors,

forever i am hearing about fishwrecked members sales and i never get a bit of the action because of the geographical boundaries. I am coming to Perth next month for a fly by visit. I will have Wednesday the 13th off and i am looking to stock up on some lures, namely BIGGG! Poppers like the black Jack or Nomad range etc. Who is going to jump on board and help me out with a discount?cm on, i will spend enough to make it worth your while

Cheers

brad

Anyone know a roof tiler , had quite a few blow off last night  and want to get it fixed asap then sort it out with the insurance rather than wait ?

Hi all,

Just arrived in Safety Bay a few weeks ago, settled the family and started working to buy some new fishing equipment.

Just completed a quick refurb on a 18ft Guardian half cabin, aquired a few rods and ready to fish.......when the rain stops.

Tested the boat - all okay now and staying a few hundred metres from the slipway, ready to go....

Where should I avoid and where can I get some of the beautiful specimens I see you guys catching?

What bait is good and where do I start....

Any tips will be greatly appreciated..

Regards

Dave

everytime i go down to the cut i seem to catch nuthin

im using a running bean sinker,not too large,dont know what size it is

stopped by a barrell swivel,20 pound leader onto a snap swivel and hook

i been tryin squid and occy but yet i seem to catch nuthin and constantly get caught on watever is in there

any advice on what i should use or different baits/methods i should use,im only like a km away so i dont have to go far for a fish and i can riide my pushy there too

cheers

Brad

can you experienced fish finders point out the obvious differences between Tuskfish and juvenile Baldys. Last year at Shark Bay we threw back heaps of nice fish because a local expert told us they were juvenile Baldies. On our second last day we were told from description to a local pro that they were actually Tuskfish. I have looked at Feral's photo and the teeth look the same  - but so does a Tuskfish on a web photo. Any obvious differences as i can't afford any mor fines this year - haven't been fined for fish naughties, just tree removal.

Pretty crap, but I've found out how to do it, so hopefully a few more to come in the future with some proper fish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNfSSk92Dqo

Cheers
Dean

Could someone please give me the location on google maps where the north mole is located?

What is the best time to go there?

What sort of fish do they catch there?

Cheers, Tommo.

Had a fun day out with a mate Brad and his boys on Saturday!!

The first drop producing a nice KG for one of the boys(Tom)

We got a couple of Dhuies then left for another spot

My mate(Brad) was itching to get a dhuie(he was bagging me for catching the two earlier)!!!! On the second drift on the second spot he nailed a pearler of a Harli

Another drift and he got his wish!!!! This nice 9kg Dhuie

A bit more looking around and it was time to go home! But a great day was had by all and a couple of families fed again!

Once again to all the members of the site we are currently full swing into our Fathers Day raffle.

First prize is a $900 Frenzy kayak.

Second prize is a boat rod and reel, tackle bag and accessories valued approx $300

Third prize is an ugly stick rod and reel combo, tackle box and accessories valued approx $175

For every $30 spent in store you will recieve 1 ticket into the draw to be held on Fathers Day 7th September at 2pm.

To be eligable for the first prize draw, you must attend the raffle draw.

Good Luck

Hey all,

Just wondering where some good locations are for fishing which is protected from rain and wind a bit?

Looking to get out in the next few days because my theory is big fish love the rough stuff ha :P

Cheers, Tommo

me and paul g are heading out from two rocks in the morning, is anybody else heading out? the forcast on seabreeze looks like it could be a good day. thats what they said last week and it was like a washing machine. keeping my fingers crossed that its good and that we bag a few good duhies before the new limits apply

last school holidays i was in cape range natinal park exmouth every day my morning consisted of waking up and going fishing i used soft plastics to see if what i had been told was true it was 1st cast on a gold atomic a trevelly .and then i had gone to a gulp 1 intch pogey minnow i found a piece of structure only got charlie caughts.so i put a new pogey on and found some brocken ground 1st cast 45cm sweetlips and then i thiught i had to go back and have break fast .rhis is what happend most days i would walk from kurrajong camp to pilgramanna casting softies into any structure i saw 9 times out of ten i would get a hit or if the tides were high i would walk from kurrajong to bloodwood creek same same .i think that the key to useing soft plastics in exmouth is to just keep em moving the fish just cant resist the temptation .nuclear chicken gulp and gulp pogey minnows are great and and squidgies and also gold atomic soft plastics were great especialy for treveley.

Just had a workmate ring through his footy tips fromDenham - current score is Sharks 6 and Ray nil - but he has the makings of fish head soup. Just off Dirk Hartog apparently.

Went down to Hillarys for a fish yesterday at my little 'secret spot' and i chucked a mulie in just in front of me as i saw some monster skippy or buff bream just guarding their territory as they were swimming backwards and forwards between rocks, just as i was swaying it around for the blowies to chase they got scared off and suddenly a massive school of skippy came out from the water ranging in sizes from about 10cm to 20cm there must of been hundreds of them ... skippy populations are in good numbers there.

Has anyone had any luck there lately? I had no luck there yesterday on a weighted mulie besides one hit ...

Having trouble finding someone that stocks user card for Navman GPS, you can take your map card out and put a data card in and store your data waypoints etc. I've been told you can use a flash card to do the same thing? Anybody have an info on this?

I keep a record of my GPS spots, but if my GPS does go bang at least It would be easy to transfer with a card rather than maually.

Thanks Jason.

G'day,

One of my old girl's has given up the ghost, Its so old it has the brand rubbed off, cut a long story short, the reel seat just spins on the but. How can re-fix it the butt.

Sorry its a bit off the fishing subject but ive had the worst week! People say it happens in threes and there not to far off it!

Monday: Drive to work from landsdale to secret habour and blew the rear axels and broke all the studs off the back wheels! Fun and expensive. Had to get it towed and fixed and u dont want to know what it costs.

Tuesday: Take the misses car to work while the trucks getting fixed and run over her mobile phone at 6am! Drive to secret harbour and blow the gearbox in the car. Great have to get it towed back home and fixed.

Wednesday: Got to work and dug up a new retick solinoid box running a muliti function system worth 10grand at a house on the water. Not happy jan!

Thursday: Drove the newly fixed truck to bindoon and started work all happy when i fell off the limestone wall and broke 5 hairline fractures in my foot and tore off the ligements!

Friday: Oh i dont want to move im scared!lol.

beet that someone. Cheers Chris. 

hey guys,im off to exmouth next month and have been trying to find out info on a spot called "the steps" but so far have had no luck.if anyone has any info about this place and can post something it would be much appreciated.pm if need be

cheers bibs

Any heard about these , 20 kg of drag and built for the saltwater , putting it on a 37kg t curve blank custom setup , or wait for the new setup with a drag lock up lever due later in the year

I guess this is mainly to Adam, but I'd love to hear what the rest of you think.

There are so many great, knowledgable fishos on here with awesome tips, but they are kinda spread all over.  I was thinking that it would be cool to have a new forum just for fishing tips.  To keep it organized, maybe it would be best for only Adam or a few people to be able to add topics, then everyone else could leave tips for any of the topics.

I know for me this would be an awesome resource!  and might be a bit more organized than the general discussion forum.

Possible topics could be things like:

Dhufish, Pinkies, Spaniards, Billies, Finding New Ground, One for each Metro Season (Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumn), Special Rigs, Using Your Depth Sounder, Albany, Busso, Exmouth, Broome and so on.

We could encourage people to restrict their comments to giving tips, and not get off topic.  People could even copy great tips, like some of the recent ones about using Sgt Bakers for Dhuie bait, into the appropriate topic hear.

What do you reckon??

any body used these guys before - not trying to do local guys out of business, but saving nearly $2000 on new electonics seems a no brainer to me, means I can get better gear for the same money.

Just by any chance would anyone have the loot results for tonight its hard working underground and the website is offline please

Righteo guys, for this weekend we have an underwater tow camera, 2 u/w vid cams, 1 u/w camera, 2 digi slr's, 1 high def vid cam and one standard vid cam.  What would you guys like to see??  We also have dive tanks and plan to do a trout bombie dive?  Will be a while before all the footage and photos are compiled etc, but is there anything you want to see more than anything else or would even pay to see on a dvd at high quality?

Cheers,

Adam

hey guys,im in year 10 and choosing my subjects for next year..and have kind of decided in between this two courses..and was hoping for some feedback from maybe some people that have done it before or some experience skipper..= ]
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hey guys i have looked all over the web and cant find anything to help me out!!!!!!

in january i am going to shark bay with two mates. we have done trips like this in the past but this time i would like to spend a couple of days at steep point and do some balloon fishing. This is where i need some help! I have never done balloon fishing before and don't know where to start. i know some of u guys are really into this style and i would love to get into it i have the correct rod and reel all custom made just need the right rigs baits and set up thanks guys

jas

hey guys,

Ive heard all about these shipping containers that are out the back off rotto apparantly, but i havent been able to find coords for them!!

can anyone point me in the right direction??

many people on this site seem to find catching dhuies relitivley eazy
but we go out fishing quiet often and never seem to catch dhuies
help im not sure what i might be doing wrong but mabey some help might help as to what depth & aria to fish and how to find good spots.
we get them occasionally but they are always to small or just size. it gets a little frustrating when u go fishing for a whole day and only catch some big skippy and black bum.
any help appreciated.

some time within the next few weeks when the weather clears up me and my dad are going on a charter boat once or twice and

 was just wondering what would be the best charter to go out on and location that the charter leaves? and the areas that the charters fish

all that sort of info would be great

cheers guys

seb