Hmm the posts about Exmouth are getting me worked up for our annual trip in August. 28 days and counting.

Big boat service - check

Small boat service - check (yes I take two boats - I am obsessed. The Surtees to go out wide and the rubber duck for beach launches and in close)

Shopping for more lures that I will probably not use - check

Shopping for a few kilometers worth of leader - check

New fishing shirts - check

Two new Sims Sungaiters (best fishing buff available) - check

Impatient - check

 Did I say I was impatient? - check

 Spent the past two weeks up in the bay. 

Second year in a row we have had unfavorable weather however we managed to make it happen

Hit up the goldys in a major way, the largest one went a touch under 7kg and had a few people peering in the box at the tables 

Sharks were horrible both behind the reef on the macks and also down south 

My last day ended not very well, sliced my finger severed all 3 tendons and most of the nerves, painful quick dash back to Perth thru the night towing the boat straight to hospital and admitted to theatre

the girls at the nurses post were fantastic.

all good fun

finger should be primed and ready for next July 

 Hi guys, was wondering if any of you guys know how it would bw retrieving from Balla Balla at about 2.7m of tide, thinking of heading there tomorrow but dont want to be stuck not being able to get the boat out as i will have my 5yo with me, have a 4.2m but no drop down wheel, any help will be greatly appreciated

Cheers Yewie

Enjoy

 i was lucky enough to head out off rotto earlier in the week but was literally plagued by big skippy and yellow tail kings. Does anyone know if you can eat them? If so, where do they rare out of 10. Both species were fun to catch though. 

 Can anyone tell me what the story is for overnighters, parking at Hilarys. Do you just buy 2 tickets or will I still get pinged? Looking to head to rotto overnight when weather permits.

Hey i was looking for some info on bull sharks out the swan. Iv done abit of research and havent found too mutch about them there pretty elusive. iv caught a small one and a sand bar out the river but was looking to see if anyone knew anything about 2m + specimens  that lurk around in the rivers around spring when they spawn in the rivers.

Was even looking to see if anyone wanted to flick a few pm's to talk about where they might hang out or even team up and do a few sessions in the river and see if we could hook up on one. 

Anyone with info or could point me in the right direction thanks in advance

 As these wet and windy weekends keep rolling in my mind is turning to the next run up the coast with my boat. Got a 5.5m custom Ally centre console which can go practically anywhere weather permitting of course and is easy to beach launch if necessary. Im looking to plan a fishing trip in the coming month or so when we get a nice few days of weather, just trying to decide whether to go to Leeman or Green Head as they are a couple of places I havnt fished yet. I know they are practically around the corner just wanting people's opinions on the best accomodation and launching facilities at both these places? We would prefer a little cabin/house with power but have no problem with swagging it if need be! Also looking for advice into what depths we should be targetting this time of the year for a good mix bag of dermies!

Cheers in Advance!

 Hey Fishos

I have decided that I am over split screens and want to now run two seperate screens! Currently running a Lowrance HDS 7 and will be turning that into my GPS and I am now looking for the best 5-7 inch sounder on the market in the $500-$1000 range. It will be used purely as a sounding unit but i would like to hear everyone's opinions on what they believe is the best on the market currently. I am not biased to any brand and am very open to any suggestions aka lowrance, garmin, simrad, furuno etc and also what transducers to match with. 

Cheers in advanced!

Shop owner Ryan Thipthorp has been using the Ever Green Poseidon slow jerker PE2 spin rod for a few years now. By far its his favourite demersal jigging rod and ideal for metals, octa and softplastics etc

On one of the Fishing WA shows he did last series he was jigging softplastic in shallow water targeting metro pink snapper. Since that show went to air we have been getting more requests for that rod so now we have it IN STOCK!

The Ever Green Poseidon slow jerker series is one of Japans most sort after slow pitch jigging rod on the market. The Poseidon is the Lamborghini of the slow pitch world so, if your after a high quality Japanese slow pitch rod you can not go past the consistent quality of the slow jerker.

 Fishing with a mate 6 miles off Rockingham on Tuesday morning when we noticed 2 rescue boats heading towards us, within a hundred meters away they veered around us to a boat  several hundred meters behind us. We figured they must have broken down, we watched as 4 of them climbed on board one of the rescue boats and then within minutes their boat sunk. What shocked us was we were unaware they were in trouble. We spoke to the rescue team when we came in and it appears they made no effort to contact us as they were panicking trying to bail out boat. One of the guys used his phone to call for help. When you are in trouble and start to pannick logic can go out the door a lesson for all of us. It appears their flares were wet and radio did not work. Luckily for them we are not reading about 4 fishermen drowning.

 Seems straightforward this week but will it be??

 A couple of pics from a few weeks ago

 Hey lads, chasing opinions of fishing conditions in 4.4 tinny in port Sampson August ( start of August) How do the winds go?

im North East of newman atm and it's been blowing hard everyday, 

is it worth a drive up or stay further south

Please delete if (too) irrelevant.

hey fellas,

I figured there are guys in this forum into camping. So I was thinking of hiking to the top and bluff knoll and setting up camp. Im hoping I could just set up a tent somewhere on the peak or near the peak. Just for the accomplishment and to hang out with my friends. Is this possible?

thanks

 So as promised a few pics of the trip. Only really had two good days of weather but managed to do very well on those days. The boys were red hot with the jigs and plastics and literally smashed all my stock. Found a couple of new spots up there with massive flares and they produced our only Reds of the trip but also big Rankins. The boys were absolutely stoked with the place and what it has to offer and feel spoiled now thinking of the local fishing ahead of them until next year. 

Black and white 

The bay on a good day

Putting the hurt in a greycoat.

Caught on a Gomoku and 2500 Caldia

hi all,

im in the process of getting a new ally boat built, and need to finish my colour choice in hte next two weeks. its driving me NUTS!
can i get first world experience with metallic paints on ally boats and sinekrs etc.  forget hte extra cost for a minute, im eyeing off a metallic grey and hte boat looks a million bucks with it, but touching up metallica is harder. i cant see myself toching it up, more like a full respray if its looking shite at sale time..
can i get any actual feedback from the real world on salt, sun and sinkers. (and implications of towing up north...stone chips etc)

just a last FYI i look after my stuff, clean polish, detail and store in a shed so its really just the things i havent thought of.  standard grey or a deep sea blue are the fall back options but my favourite choice would be the metallic grey.

am i making a big deal out hte fact its metallic or should i stay away from it?

thank you in advance

Hi all

Im in the market for a new spin rod and just chasing some advise/opinions on length.

The two rods im currently looking at are the Yamaga Blanks Early Plus 88ml (8"8', lure 7-28g) and the 92xml (9"2', lure weight 7-32g).

It will primarily be used for tailor, salmon, bonito both off the stone and beach. Will also use it up north on the flats.

Will be paired with a twinpower SW 4000xg and PE1.5

Im leaning more towards to 88ml because its a little shorter so will be easier to handle fish solo from the stones but not having used a light spin rod over 7" im after advise from those who have.

Cheers

 With the weather looking shit for the rest of the week anyone not working keen to come out for an arvo/evening deepdrop let me no 0427458510

Just wondering if anyone know where I can get some storm gardies (XL ones)? Have spoken to the usual bait places and they haven't had them for months.

Anyone catching any?

Caught in 75m. Some form of tropical snapper or sea perch. Maybe Dark Tailed Snapper? Had Moses perch suggested but not sure on that! Cheers

Bought bus tickets for Carnarvon today,going thursday night for a week.Apparently the golden trevally are thick at the lady joyce wreck,might take the fly rod.Photos soon

Does anyone know a good mobile boat mechanic to service a two stroke outboard who's reasonably priced and does a good job.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers!

Hi guys,

I have a Lowrance elite 7, but a would like to run second unit alongside.

does anyone have a unit they are wanting to sell, around the same size screen -- does not have to be Lowrance

thanks in advance

Hi All,

I am doing some preliminary work looking for a new boat but I’m really struggling to find a solution. 

Most of my time is spent out at the trench either deep drop or dragging lures. So I do 70 mile round trips straight out and back most trips, often more when running lures. 

I like the speed that outboard(s) provide but i am just not sold on twin outboards for the high fuel burn of twins, single outboard is obviously the best choice for straight line burn but diesels obviously kill them all for trolling. Mymate has a Caribbean 40 that used 2.9 litres / hr a side at troll speed (just in gear). Pretty amazing numbers , down side is is 55 lt/hr per side on the way out at 22 kts

I was wondering if everyone with access to fuel flow data would give me their fuel flow figures for normal cruise speed /fuel burn and then say 7 kts (troll speed) in the below format. Happy to share the end product if anyone is interested

Boat type

Length

Engine / Engines

Petrol / Diesel

Fuel Burn 7 kts 

Fuel Burn 25 knots (or your cruise speed - please state the speed)

POB

 Would be an interesting exercise all the same and would love some bigger boats too in the hope of getting a decent data set

 Any help greatly appreciated

 Southy

Hi Guys

Finally heading up to Exy this fri for a few weeks. The past month of weather up that way has me thinking I need other stuff to do as its unlikely we'll get out wide most days. Has this rain brought on the prawns down in the Gulf? Any general info would be appreciated. we will have a tinny as well for prawning/muddies, so thinking it might get a bit more use than the big boat if the weather pattern continues.

I presume the roads are all open, just a bit of water around on the edges?

Cheers

What's with the weekend weather??? It seems just about every weekend fishing trip is done in by ordinary weather of late. Yesterday you could have surfed the chop in Safety Bay and then today its glassed off in the river..
It's doing my head in.. I'm not sure if I can get away with taking another day off work during the week...

This is what I'm looking at right now.. damn it....

 Hi Guys

I'm heading to Karratha to visit a mate who has recently moved up there. I'm only there for four days and was hoping to get a quick fish in for some threadies( my favourite eating fish) while I'm up north. Can anyone let me know if this is a good time of year in Karratha for these? I know there is plenty in Broome at the moment but will not have time to get up there.

Never fished Karratha before so any tips would be greatly appreciated, have already got some info of the search section but the more info the better.

Cheers, Choc.

Who said Salmon was sh@t to eat !!!