gday, got a week in Manjimup early November. Can anyone suggest some spots for redfin that can be accessed by 2wd and kids? Going to try Big Brook dam and a few spots on the Warren that I've googled. Is there any locals that can get me onto some farm dams for a carton?... Feel free to PM cheers.

Can someone please tell me what the little (5-6m) whales are that have been hanging off the back of the 3 mile recently?

Just chasing a bit of advice on choosing an electric motor.

Going to be on a 3.5m tinny and transom mounted. What would be the right lb thrust motor to go for?

cheers

 Anyone try using the pvc pipe cement/solvent to repair pvc waders? If so has it stood up?

Hey fellas, I've booked a place in Torbay between Albany and Denmark over summer and would love some local knowledge about land based options that are reasonably safe. What fish could I target in the summer months? I don't have a 4wd and will have the old man on tow and would love for him to land a few fish. How snaggy are the rock platforms generally and what could one expect to catch of the beaches early morning and at dusk? Many thanks Old Salt.

After our return to the water on Saturday (http://www.fishwrecked.com/forum/back-water-25kg-quality), we just had to get out there again.  YPM had an Elimination Final at 1pm Sunday but the plan was to go after that and see what the “pinking hour” produced, as we sacrificed this for a tailor troll around near shore reef the day before (yes, they won which puts a further dent on our Sunday missions but this weekend doesn’t look that good on the water anyway).

The forecast for Sunday arvo wasn’t great but the wind was predicted to drop below moderate around sunset and into the night – yeah right.  In what was not the best conditions, we fished our “floaters” on light gear on the spot that had produced nicely all afternoon the day before. The “expert Hornet repairer” came out with us again to ensure the work was up to scratch!

The tally was 5 sambos from 7-12kg, 2 pinks (495mm and 430mm), 2 dhu (530mm and 470mm), a couple of skippy (over 1kg) and a number of assorted non-desirable species, plus bust offs.  A very enjoyable few hours on the water, even with the wind and waves.  We released everything alive and swimming, except the legal dhu which understandably became fillets for the better half as soon as we got home.

No doubt the highlight was YPM landing a sambo that exceeded the line class.  20 minutes into the fight he was whining about the pain following a hard game of footy, but it was worth it when his PB was landed (>1m).  For a 14 year old that works hard on his fishing it is nice to see him get the results.  We really did appreciate the qualities of the Hornet that allow landing big angry fish on light gear and it was well worth fixing.

The next task is to dive this spot with a Go Pro (the repairer has a deep dive qualification) to try and understand why it produces what it does.

 I already have the wetsuit booty style with the metal spike but they wear down to quick, just wondering if you can get the cleets that go over you shoe still, or similar chasing some think with bigger spikes for the most grip when landing fish and gotta get down on the black ice  

 after the constant swell we have had up here its been impossible to fish the banks for mullas so whiting has been the go. The swell finally dropped cpl days ago and my friend marie was set to catch her biggest fish and biggest mulla.

Seeing she only fishes LB and only catches herring from woody ptits a treat for her to come up n fish with crazy ol me!

Took her to a always reliable local beach and as the sun dropped on came themullas.1st one she landed was 700. nxt a mini me then her rod buckled and tge fun began! Took her a while and when I saw this donkey wash up I was pretty stoked for her. 17kg croaker which was nearly as big as her and she was knackered. I managed a 12kg one n a soapie and we were all done by 8.20!

So stoked to see people catch a fish of a lifetime and makes you realise how lucky you are to be able to get them often!

Def one of my fav mulla spots which is tucked away but still close to home!

Awsome night with one stoked young lady!!

 hi, in january for my birthday i want to go to a good fishing spot. what do u guys think of wagoe? what sort of fish can u catch there? are mulloway always there cos my uncle went last year and caught over 10 mulloway with his mates. he couldent baloon cos there were no easterlys. are there any websites that tell u when there are easterly winds? is it also safe for me there since i'm 13 and my my mum wont let me go to steep point?

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/24869972/fight-for-life-after-fishing-boat-sinks/

 G'day all, bit of a break in the weather down here on Sunday and managed to get our bag limit .catch of the day went to a mate who landed this blue on a jig and using pe2

 is this a good time to catch mullys in the river? what is better, saturday or friday?

 hi guys,

i have put in about 90 hours at eshed trying for mulloway and only having a couple runs. Is the narrows better than eshed? whats the best time to go at the narrows?

 has there ever been anything caught there? yabbie's, redfin? i know it drys up every year but i just wanted to know if there has ever been anything caught there?

All,

there may be two spots available on enchnater for a trip to the 3 kings in the above date.....

the main form of fishing will be mechanical jigging.

FEB is also one of the best times for top water kings

Marlin trolling will be done between drifts or as breaks & swordifshing at night weather permitting,. 

I have broken down costs and can let you know via pm

if you wanna fish bait that is OK one of us will be at least

if your interested hit me with a PM...

Thanks 

Brett

After the last MAAC monthly completion, where YPM took out the Juniors for the second month running, the Hornet had taken on a lot of water.  The bilge pump was accidentally left on overnight and blew up so there was no more fishing until the source of the water was found.  A good search for the source revealed a large crack in the keel and there was no option but to get it fixed.

A plea for help to a well-known FW member and a recommendation of an expert marine fabricator was received.  The initial advice was that keel cracks don’t just happen and that the boat must be stripped back to find out why.  Good advice, which we followed, and when it was pulled apart the picture was not pretty.  Lots of structural cracking in the ribs and repair was essential.  In real terms, the hull was probably a write off.  We will leave the cause but let’s just say that some of the cracks were quite old.

The fabricator is a very keen fisho but all of the experience is catching awesome pelagics around Exmouth, with some monster Sambos and Macks in Perth, but with limited success on demersals and  in particular the pinks.  After inspection, we struck a deal whereby he would fully repair the hull, and many other things that needed doing, for a very reasonable price if I would pass on the techniques that we had used to catch pinks in Perth waters.  What a good deal as the Hornet is a “dream boat” to fish off and a new hull would have cost a lot.

The last two weekends have been some of the best winter fishing conditions I have seen.  Stuck at home with no boat wasn’t easy but the knowledge that the boat was being fixed properly got me through.  It was good to read the excellent reports of Member’s  success over the period, but I would rather have been out there.

The repair job was awesome.  Along the way we also improved the Hornet by placing safety gear in easy reach, giving a lot of “love” to the Minn Kota replacing non water proof elements including an on-board battery charger, and repairing everything else.  The boat was picked up on Friday in a very good state.

So, to get out there.  My part of the deal was to take him out to catch a “legal” pink and after a couple of weeks off the water we were keen as.  A trip was planned for Saturday morning, subject to weather.  At 5am Saturday it was crap.  A flurry of text messages from 5am postponed with a commitment to watch the weather.  To our surprise, and against the forecast, it improved during the day and whilst not ideal, a midday launch seemed feasible.

Given the “desire to go” we headed out.  Conditions were not perfect, as they rarely are, but a slow trip out about 5 miles got us to a spot I had marked a few months ago with pro cray pots on it.  The rest is history.  We had a great afternoon and pulled in 25kg of quality.  It was an excellent effort of perseverance by the “expert repairer” to fish our pink technique relentlessly, "out of hours", whilst we were doing well with other techniques for different species.  To his credit, the pink did come along midafternoon and although it was not a monster it was “legal”.  How good is that – WA fishing for us continues to produce and we now have a fishing mate for life.  I think the boat was happy!

 HI all

We had some minute change of plans and instead of making it into Ningaloo Station we will be spending our time in Coral Bay. 

My uncle made it into Ningaloo and said it was a 4 and a half hour trip in and we decided that with 3 kids under 2 Years old we wouldnt risk it in case something happened. 

Just wondering if some one could give me some pointers on Coral Bay. I have been looking at my navionics app but doesnt show much feature around here. 

I would try the search function but thats not easy to use on your phone.

Cheers in advance.

Jayce

 Hi guys,

looking at the above to cars and have been told buy a lot of people that jeep parts are expensive and to stay away from them. Found reviews for the x-trail 07 manual diesel and the reviews were quite good. Looking for a AWD/4wd doesn't need to be a massive 4wd, looking to spend between 15k and 20k.

Has anyone got experience with the drags in these reels?

I was just spooling up a mytho/stella combo I recently bought from Oceanside and noticed a very STICKY drag.

Thought *damn* I've got a trip planned tomorrow, lets open up the drag stack and see what the trouble is. I wiped away the excess grease and it is much smoother, but I'm surprised that the drag washers aren't some sort of carbon!

 hi, how many m's of 50lb braid would i get oon a penn spinfisher 850ss? what braid could i fit about 300m on? fins, power pro ect.?

 Anyone prawning tonight? Tides look good from midnight and heaps of rain yesterday. Thoughts?

 Hi Fishwrecked, 

 Chasing a new 25hp 2stroke outboard for the tinny. Any recommendations? Any bad experience's? Cheers Brg.

 hey guys i live two rocks and wondering if anyone thats going out on there boat needs/wants anyone to help with fuel/ beer money with. I always keep the boat cleaning so dont worry about the mess. Im wanting to buy a boat myself but right now my 4 kids eat away at my boat fund lol but hopefully in the next year or 2 i can get something

Thanks guys 

 only 1 week left now till we head up to exxy for 2 weeks 

As a fishing amatuer just wanted to say a quick thank you to all the FW members that have given me some helpfull tips 

Hopefully the weather gods are good to us and we can get out on the water most of the time.

Heading up on Sun the 7th so will be sure to put a bit of a report up on how we go

If anyone has any last minute tips would love all the info i can get??

Once again thx for the help guys and hopefully i can turn it into some good fish 

Anyone have any solid new on them? Grape vine is recervership yesterday

Dog and Pup

Well on camera and video....

I thought it was time to do some photography and video for myself as latley as i have been doing work for alot of other people.

I heard that the traffic bridge maybe getting knocked down for revamp and its a special location for me as i have fished there since i was 12 (1988)

So for the last 2 weeks i set out to capture it as i remember it. It was hard work carring thousands of $$$ of camera equipment and tripods etc around the beams and pylons but its done and now if they do knock it down i have all the memorys of my fav fishing location.

First are the Photographs i have taken then there are 2 links. First is my fishing story about this location and second is the video i finally put together......

Might have to get a canvas or 2 done for my new house soon :)

The Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The old Fremantle traffic bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The old Fremantle traffic bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The old Fremantle traffic bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The old Fremantle traffic bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The old Fremantle traffic bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

The Old Fremantle Traffic Bridge, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

Storm over the old Fremantle Traffic bridge by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

 I was just wondering if there was a chance we could catch something land based around Guildford but after yesterday's rain it doesn't seem likely could anybody tell me plz cheers 

 Recently got a stradic 5000 and got told buy the guy who sold me the reel that mono is the best for surf fishing. So I got 25lb extreme line for it. But I have never used braid for surf fishing at all. So what would you use? Mono or braid?

also when putting out a mulie to drift in a reefy area, I sometimes don't know if I have a fish on the line or if I'm snagged. With the mono sometimes I walk back 20 metres and it doesn't snag and I think I must be pulling a fish that is a dead weight in. Does this happen as much with braid?

 Hi guys,

My trailer (tandem) came wiht bearing buddies; I have  a question about the physics of these B/Buddies that I am hopeful someone wiht more workshop sense than myself could answer:

If the principle of operation of the B/B's is that a 3PSI pressure exerted through a grease ball onto the outer bearing will prevent water ingress into the bearing when plunging a hot hub into cold water, why is it that they keep needing topping up with grease?  By my understanding of the mode of operation, grease should not be consumed, only moved ( marginally) by a pressure of 3PSI max.

I do get some grease onto my rims over time which would suggest that the inner bearing seals are not sealign properly - this may be the case, though they were carefully fitted and the bearings have always been in A1 condition when changed ( annually).

Any wise pointers appreciated, thank you

 Hi guys, planning my first trip fishing out of Cervantes for mid October, just before the ban. Taking a 4wd and my bayhunter, hoping to get onto some good weather and quality fish. Have a basic plan but any tips and advice would be welcome. 

Thanks