Hey FW ers, 

This time next week will be camping up at Francois Nat. Park with the family. For a week, just wondering if anyone has driven the track up there lately? How is it? Been there a few times now, but never at this time of the year. Hopefully the salt pans are nice and dry. 

Cheers

Chris

after doing lots if scrolling through google maps a found a good spot by what it looks like. Kwinana hot water outlet. Have any of u ever fished there? am i allowed to fish there? thanks

 Hi guys, stopping over in Exmouth tomorrow for the afternoon/ night before we leave for the montebellos on Sunday morning, just curious if it's worth throwing some lures around for trevally/queenies from the beach/jetty for an couple of hours? If it's not worth it I won't unpack the rods but is there anywhere that I have a chance of something?

cheers

Currently have a Fury 28, looking at selling to free up some cash and investing a portion of the funds into a Bertram 25 alongside a couple of mates. Thinking single diesel power and call it gut feel, but would likely prefer an older school proven engine design as opposed to a new age, unproven highly stressed diesel that you need a computer to fix.

Application will be largely billfishing up north (trailered up) a couple of times a year, and fishing/diving off perth, few trips out the trench a year and overnight at Rotto.

Key attractions of a Bertie 25 for me are; proven sea keeping ability and robust hull construction, fuel economy, service ourselves, appears to be good bang for buck.

Open to either a tidy ready to go option or repowering an old clapped out boat and spending 6 months in the shed with some elbow grease. We have 12 months to be patient and hunt out a good deal.

Anybody have experience with repowering a Bertram 25, or experience as a fishing/diving boat, general feedback?

Cheers,

Enjoy from downtown Bali 

 Looking for house to rent in shark bay from 1 of July to 8of July thanks brad 0412556308

 Hi all, im coming over from the UK next week for a couple of weeks,is there any tackle shops around the Perth area that stock the Thunnus 1200, ive seen them on ebay but there over in Sydney, if the price is right i could be lookibg for 3, there a great reel for Wels catfishing over here, 

  Cheers Billy

 hi guys, does anyone know any good spots for skippy around kwinana to fremantle? i would be using bait or micro jigs. thanks

Yesterday while burleying on the 3 mile I had a large yellow object move under and past the boat. It left a large blotch on the sounder and did not hang around for long. At first I thought big shark but not sure what large shark would be yellow. The were a few skippy around and my only conclusion was that it was a large and tightly packed school of skippy but then I've never seen skippy just school up on move along like that especially since there were allot of burley in the water.

Any one else have some thoughts on that that could have been I keep thinking about it?

PS I did not have an alcohol on board :-)

 Hey Guys,

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Cheers,

Dipstick Crew

 Hey guys, wondering anyone fish the heads off port Denison??

bottom bash, bait- jig or troll- any advice would b great???

 Hi Guys

Going up to Kalbarri for 2 weeks in the school holidays with the kids..

Not taking the boat, so after advise on some landbased fishing. Any help would be appreciated guys.

thanks in advance.

EOFY SALE 20 % OFF STORE WIDE - Until Sunday 28th June 5pm  3 Days Only!!


Well its that time of year again so for 3 days only why not pop in and be apart of our EOFY SALE


Starts Friday 26th and Finishes Sunday 28th @ 5pm


20% Off Store Wide SALE excluding shimano & daiwa reels as we did a special on them recenlty however we'll still offer a discount regardless (no discount on bait)


We stock a massive range of gear at the 20% Off including;

Demersal jigs including Lamble & IMA etc (massive selection)
Octa & Pirate style jigs
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Fishing WA Extreme (spin/jig/cast/beach/GT etc)
Jigging Rods including Eupro, Shimano Grapler, Shimano Game Type J, Abu Salty stage plus more
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Gimbal belts
Eva Pack Matic Cryovac machine
Pakula Witchdoctor Mirror Teaser
Richter Mirror Teaser
Easy Tease Teaser (2 models)
Braided & Mono line  (assortment)
Softplastics including Z-Man & McArthy
Lures including general stickbaits, minnows & poppers
" High end " stickbaits & poppers including Temple Reef .... and more
Bream minnow lures including Ecogear, Zipbaits and Cranka Crabs etc
Large selection of Tackle boxes including Plano/Shimano/Blackmagic/Pflueger (Hard & soft version)
Terminal tackle including mono & flurocarbon etc
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ALL Richter products (massive selection) including our Custom colour skirt range and we're also stocking pre-rigged skirts done by Mark Richter.
Also included are Richter wind-on leaders and rigs etc  (PGFC members are welcomed to these SPECIALS!!)
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Cheers from the Oceanside Team.

 Third go at the transducer install on my Dragonfly. 

First location had me getting ground to about 15 knots, ONLY with two people in the back of the boat, but 6 knots with one person.

Second spot (attached) had the ground up to 9 knots regardless of where people were.

Third spot is on the flat spot just to the left. It is deep down with the bottom of the base plate sitting on the bottom of the hull. I will try this setup tomorrow.

I want to get this right as I have trouble finding ground and covering distance. 10 knots is a two hour trip to Rotto.....ain't nobody got time for that.

Am I on the right track?

 Just read an article on WA Today, apparenty there is a forecast for huge swell around tomorrow. Be careful out there.

"A wave period - the time for two consecutive crests to pass a fixed point - is roughly 14 seconds, but this swell could see periods of between 18 and 20 seconds.

"This will make for some really big sets. The kind where I'd expect to see jet-skis out on the water towing surfers in" he said.

All coastal areas in the South West are expected to see significant swell before the size starts to weaken as it moves up the coast towards Jurien Bay and Carnarvon. 

The cause of the huge waves is a deep low in the Indian Ocean which saw storm-force winds of up to 200km/h earlier in the week generate the swell which is headed towards the WA coast."

hi all,

Off to Rompin next week and was wondering of those who have been there before how did you get from KL to  Rompin and what company did you contact to arrange the transfer.

Been to KL many times for work, so know the place pretty well but the websites do not give much info on transfers to and from Rompin

cheers

Hi all. Looking at booking an Abrolhos charter next year for 3-4 days. Was originally looking at Apache charters. Who's been up there recently and can recommend someone. What catches did you/the boat get? TIA

 hi can any1 tell me if are a good rod?

 Heading upto warroora for the first time and taking my 5 mtr trailcraft.

was wondering if there are moorings off the beach there - hopefully staying around 14 mile

any info would be great

 Had some old ally laying around so built a bait board, just gotta sand it up and paint and bolt it to the back of boat, Job done. Oh and put a top on it 

 has anyone made one or have pics? Thinking of making one. as my blue one just doesn't cut it ;)

 smashed out at lunchtime yesterday as conditions were too good to pass up,

left hillarys and headed slightly north to a spot near the shelf were we managed a few baldies last time 

was very quite and kept persiting on the same drift patturn for a few hours dropping cubes along the way.

then my rod buckled over n it was on , thinking this was the 15kg duey i have been waiting for all of my life 

but this thing didnt want to give up , then my mind was leaning towards a stinking shark.

once we saw some colour and got him up turned out to be a 2mtr Tiger that just didnt want to give up.

after many runs and half an hour fighting i gave up and snapped the rig at the side of the boat so he can live to fight another day 

but i do want to know, do they taste like shit or are they ok on the tooth if bled striaght away and eaten fresh ?

cheers steve 

 I snapped my winch cable today retreiving my 21ft Cobia on my electric winch.

I want to know if the winch ropes are any good ( 3000kg rating) or stay with wire.

Any advice would be good.

Hey Lads

Chasing some info on where i might be able to buy JM reels in WA now? the old stockists arnt selling them any more and i am wanting a new (or second hand if someone has one) JM PE2 Powerspell reel?

Cheers Jayce

I was at the Southern end of Rottnest yesterday and got a couple of heavy hits on a standard paternoster rig. After a couple of minutes I'm starting to think big dhui and then I've lost it! I'm using Owner circle hooks on pretty much all my rigs these days with good success but just lately after clearly hooking up and just about to the stage of seeing colour I'm loosing the fish. Have to be doing something wrong but not sure what? I'm not suffering from the habit of trying to bury the hook as you would do with a conventional hook as I'm taking the rod out of the holder after the fish gone for a run.

 Hi All.

I'm Looking At Buying A Kayak From Victoria Which Would Require Freighting To Perth.

Anyone Know Of Any Cheap Freight Companies That Might Be Able To Give Me A Reasonable Quote Say Around $200-$300?

Kayak Would Likely Weigh Around 50 Kilo All Up And Be 16 Foot Long.

Any Advice Appreciated.

Just looking for some advice from the outboard boffins on what I should be looking at for a 5-5.3m fibreglass boat in regard to the outboard?

Ideally I want one that has a recent Yamaha, Suzuki or Honda 4 stroke outboard or an older one with low hours in the 90-115hp range.

If, I found a boat with a 2 stroke that I like what are the pitfalls I should be looking at in regard to age and hours?

 I have a furuno FCV 620 sounder, chasing a replacement combo. Was looking at furuno combo.(GF1670/GF1870F ) I have a 6m ali and looking at transom mounted transducer if possible. Have read a couple of comments on forums is the Garmin much chop?? Don't want to spend more than 2 grand.

 Absolutely busting for a fish tomorrow, last exam was today so I have 6 weeks off and want to get straight into it! 

Have my 4.6 ali runabout. Garden island might be sloppy with the NE wind so was thinking heading out from fremantle somewhere out from there.

Where would you be heading with the forecast taken into account (10-15 knot NE) ?

Cheers

 have a few bigger trips booked in this year, but couldn't resist still getting up to steep as well, albeit only for a couple of days rather than my normal 10 day session....

heading up up there last week of November for 3 nights / 4 days including travel, as this is the only time I can fit in.

....my question is: what is November like? Is the water usually warm enough for the normal Palagics etc? I've only ever fished steep in jan feb mar and April......I will be shore based at either the fault line or oven, plan to bottom, spin and maybe balloon as per normal.....