After a week in rotto with my cray pots I had my first floats cut off by a boat since the new weighted rope rule. What I realised, theres no chance of finding you pot unless you dive the area... the weights sink the rope. Never really thought about it before until it happened.

I also noticed the number of boats blasting through heavily potted areas at a pace where there's no chance of changing course to miss the odd rope an float on the surface. Over the week I saw at least 9 cut ropes sitting on the surface. (In depths needing less than 20m rope so the weights don't apply) most had so much sludge on the rope, clearly no one was there to look for them.

Lastly, I snorkeled out to the back of the barrier reefs at Longreach and saw that about 60% of the floats our there were attached to pots that were so rotted some were barely even a frame, another 20% were simply tangled in the reef with no pot at all. 

My first impulse was to want to clean up these rouge ropes, floats but you can't tamper with anyone else's gear. I think there should be some sort of 'clean up WA water day' where divers can get some sort of amnesty to drag all this crap to shore so fisheries can dispose of it. Particularly at rotto where there is so much gear rotting in the water it's only going to get worse and worse.

 How do you guys secure your awnings and cages etc to the roof racks so no one can knock them off? was thinking lock tight would be the go for a awning?

I have rhino roof racks with arb fitting and a oztrail awning 

thanks everyone

 Not much cloth left on the Jigs- very aggressive Squid today.

Great fun on light gear,pulling line off:

 Tagged along with the old boy for the maiden fishing voyage of his new Polycraft Brumby 4.8

Took it pretty casual didn't jump in the boat til 7:00, headed out through the cut and headed to the 30's to look for some birds.

Action plan for the day was to get the old boy onto some tuna to get the boat blooded.

We spotted a patch of birds around the 28m mark, set my rod out with a skirt, just finished setting the old boys and about to put it in the holder ZIIIIIIING, thing was screaming in my hand.

Passed it over to the old boy, ZIIIING my rod starts screaming.

Double header couple of Southern Blueys.

Bleed them and into the bucket, set my line again, winding the old boys drag off getting ready to set it, ZIIIING mine goes again, sorry old boy but duty calls :P

The school took off and was about 8:00 now and the Southerly was just starting, decided to head North and plan to make our way back in through the Mandurah mouth.

Little bit of a plod along, no real signs of anything happening, still had the skirts out the back, ZIIIING mine goes again, Old boy starts bringing his line in and gets smashed within a few seconds, two more Blueys these two better size than the last.

Spot another pack of birds so make our way slowly, aproach the birds and cirle them, trying to round up the school and then it was on.

Landed another 3 which took us to 8 onboard, thought the limit was 4 each, double checked to find out it was 3 so 2 went back in and we made out way home :P

Back at the jetty in the marina by 10:00.

Old boy was over the moon, first trip on the new Poly and he's been wanting to target the tuna for a while, had 3 double hook ups, cant buy days like that.

Clean up at home and 1 fish becomes fresh sashimi lunch :)

Took the tinny out of Ocean Reef yesterday, found a few schools of tuna, nothing we threw at them worked, throwing the smallest metals we had to try and match what they were eating but not a touch, tried staying well off them. Even trolled some small skirts around them. Any hints or tips, or did someone get one, interested to know what type of tuna they were

Cheers,     Paul

Hi . I have just got a rocket launcher for my boat made by a friend who is a welder in stainless steel. It is bare and would like to paint it white . what paint would I use and brand name if known . Also will need some sort of protection for rods to put around the openings of the rod holders . I have a few ideas for that but maybe someone might have a better suggestion for that . Getting all the rods up of the deck at last.

 Hi,

Trying to find John Devitt's Lubrication but only stumble in here where his name pop-up in related to reel service issue.  Other than that was a Australian Swimmer from the 50S and 60S (are both the same person, I'm not sure).

Well, while cleaning my dad garage, I stumble two lubrication from John Devitt (may be from the 80's or 90's), still intact, no freeze-up.  Can this lubrication still be use?  Attach here some pictures and the price tag still there but can't see the price anymore.

 Started of slow but got a nice feed back at the ramp at 8am.

 left two rocks marina around 3.30 Sunday morning heading out wide. Was a bit slow heading out due to conditions & travelling in the dark, with a spotlight to dodge the cray pot floats.

Found our spot in the 40's & started fishing right on day break. My cuz landed a very nice 65cm Baldie & a shark. I managed my PB Dhu at 77cm also caught 3 more baldies between 40 & 50cm. Threw 4 more baldies back.

Long slow drive home again, but it was great to break a fishing mojo drought of nearly 12 months for me

Anyone got the current regs on bow fishing, last time I checked (15yrs ago) you wern't allowed to shoot fish from a boat only land based or jetty? Just after some Mullet for bait.

 Swung out inshore at gentleman’s hour . Extra 

large pike we’re in the order !! Me and shore 

catch cal were in for the long yards .. the 

larger ones eludes us but still managed too 

pin a few ! And then we came across a mass 

of herring holding up high which got our bag 

within 20 minutes no more !! Cracker day and 

back in at 12am !! Cheers pirate ...

 G'day all. When you've launched from the mouth of the river for a Montes trip, do you leave your car at the launch site or is there somewhere else to park? In addition, what is the security situation like for the parked cars/trailers?

This question has probably been asked more than once before so appologies for that.

Any recommendations for fishing sunglasses please? - Boat and beach.  

Is it worth spending top dollar or is a pair of cancer council sunnies from a pharmacy just as good? 

Borrowed a mates metal collapsable pots pulled the 3 times since Tuesday for 1 cray. Set them on Roe Reef in 13m for 1 cray then moved closer to island of Armstrong Bay in 13m for 0 crays so back to Roe for 0 crays. Any advise where I’m going wrong or is no one catching in those depths at Rotto at the moment. Oh and bait pots loaded with tuna heads. Re depth I’m limited by the 15 of rope.

Had a quick look on the search function but couldn't find too much.

Looking for accommodation for 3 days in march at Cervantes that is suitable for 4 blokes fishing trip. Accomodation must allow for parking for a boat. Anyone got any recommendations please?

Cheers

Enjoy :-)

 Hi guys I have already made a forum about black bream and dont no if tarwhine are just the same but imo tarwhine taste better than black bream and I would like to catch some bigger versions and looking for some info from you guys. So what is the best bait, best rig, best tides, best time of day, best time of year for bib tarwhine and where is the best spots in the swan for big tarwhine or silver bream. Cheers.

 Hi guys my biggest tailor from the swan is 35cm so not massive but I hve heard they get to 60cm and generally use lures but found the new trend is trolling mullies on gangs talking to other fishos but it would be great to get some more advice in regular fisherman like me. So what is the best time of day to catch tailor presumer in periods of dark when they feed, what is the best tides, best time of year for big ones, is there any secret bait besides the usual mulie or pilchard, what is the best rig with what lb leader and where is the best spots just for big ones in the river so I can get some line peelin off my reel. Cheers.

 Hi guys I have recently got into bull shark fishing and have found the best bait is mullet getting runs or bitten off by them however it is just store bought mullet and I figured I would get more runs on fresh mullet as fresh for most probably all fish is best. So since I have never targetted mullet before where are the best spots for them. I am only 13 so have to ride and I live around canning bridge but am willing to ride far if there are lots of mullet. Cheers.

Hi guys now that it is prime time for crabs and yet to catch a feed I need some tips on how to get the big crabs in the swan not having a great previous track record only getting tiny buggers. So what is the current trend in the best bait even though there are many, what is the best tides and best time of day and most importanatly where is the best spot in the river at the moment to get a feed but also the best spot the get the big blues just for bragging rights. Cheers.

 Hi guys my biggest swan/canning river bream to date is only 38cm and I am looking at catching my first 40cm as I know they can get to 50 in the river. However, I need some tips to catch them, so what is the best bait as I think this gets u bigger ones, what is the best rig, what is the best time of day, best tides, best time of year for big ones and where is your favourite spots. Cheers.

 Hi guys I dont know if you watch the youtube channel doms fishing adventures but I recently saw him catch herring in the swan and I would love to catch one as it would be a new species. So I need advice on what is the best bait or lures if they work better, what is the best tides, best time of day, best time of year, what is the best burley and where is the best locations in the swan river. Cheers.

 Hi guys I am yet to catch my first swan river whiting and with the swan fish coming up and seeing whiting as one of the junior prizes I would like to know how to catch them even though I probably wont take out the win. So just wondering is bait better than lures for the big ones or vice versa and what is the best bait and what is the best lures, what is the best tides, best time of day, best time of year and most importantly where are the best spots or spots that at least hold whiting because I am completely clueless. Cheers.

 Hi guys I know rays are a pest when chasing fish such as mulloway in the swan but since I am only 13 and I am not aloud to stay up all night I may as well target something easier and that hangs around all day which is the eagle ray. I have caught them previously and I just love there long powerful runs and which is why I recently bough a daiwa bg 8000 with 600m of 65lb braid to reel them in quicker. So just need a few tips such as what is the best bait, what rig should I use, what is the best time of day, best time of year, do tides matter and most importantly where are good spots in the swan river. Cheers.

 Hey guys I have done some looking into old posts but still come up empty...am heading to Nanga in April with my son and are looking to get amongest it..only problem is I have never been there..been to Denham and Tamala and thought wewould try somewhere new...any advice on direction to or what to look for as far as fishing gorunds for snapper etc would be awesome...we will have a 4.2m quinnie...cheers guys

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 Hi guys 

Anyone heard of any spanish macks been hooked in Geraldton? thinking about going to a cast this weekend

 Hi guys I know mulloway are the dream fish for most swan and canning river fishing and to catch one it is all about persistence and luckily I have that but I have never targeted them and figured I might be able to get some help on here. So what is the best rig such as hooks and lb leader, what is the best bait dead or alive, what is the best tides, best time of day and best time of year and what are the best spots in the swan and canning rivers. Cheers.

 Bull sharks I know are very hard to come across is the swan but it is my dream fish just because of the way they look and how hard they fight. I think some people on this page would of caught them before or knows someone who has and just wondering some tips. So what gear will I need to chase them, what is the best bait, best time of year, best time of day, best tides, what are the best spots in the swan and canning rivers. Cheers.

 https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/fishing/dead-fish-wash-up-on-rockingham-beach-fisheries-investigating-cause-ng-b881096706z

 Have to see if theres been more spills reported , and I noticed while out yesterday navy very active out there ATM.

 Of course can stil be natural , high heat , low oxxy etc.