Hi Everyone,

Heading down to Palm Beach jetty in a couple weeks to try and get a feed of crabs and hopefully some tailor. I have looked on previous posts and know that it may not be the best fishing. I have been there before and seen people going for squid, seen bream and tailor being caught and heaps of crabs were caught. Also is it worth bringing down some squid jigs? Going to bring a drop net for the crabs, put in some mullet head or the cheapest fillet of steak that I can find.

On the tailor side of things, I will use a gang of 4 size 3/0 hooks with a whole mulie baited on. should I put a sinker or floater on the rig for the jetty? When casting out should I just leave it or reel it on slowly? If the bait doesnt work I will put a gold Halco twisty on and see how it goes. Is it worth putting down some small baits fir jetty fish.

I will not use a surf/beach rod, I will use a 7.6 foot with a size 4000 reel, also I will use a small bream rod for the jetty fish.

As I said I have used the search tool.

Lachie

 last night was trying to have fun with the ray inside marina had a little run in one direction then swam back towards me thought i had lost it but went in another direction and line snapd didnt feel like a ray could this have been a shark? 

My nephew caught this today out off ocean reef in 30m, looks pretty cool, we released it with no worries. Wouldn't have a clue what it is? Anyone know?

Was walking in a rock pool at Cleaverville and something spiked me through my boot.

Took the boot off and there was a puncture wound in my middle toe.  Pain was steadilly increasing, and luckily had my missus to drive me back to Karratha.

Whilst driving I had thoughts of "am I gonna die"  "should I stop and get hot water water out of the radiator" while being crippled with intense pain.

Anyway, started googling stonefish on my phone and did not get much information.  Got home and put my foot in an esky of hot water and the pain started to ease.

I rang the hospital and they refused to give me advice, but gave me an emergency information number to call.  The emergency hotline were more interested in asking irrelevant questions than giving me advice, and their only suggestion was to visit a hospital within 4 hours.

Anyway, after about an hour in the hot water, another 6 beers and a couple glasses of wine the pain was down to about 20% of the initial pain, so I decided to give up the hot water treatment and cook a BBQ.

Went to bed and woke up the next morning feeling quite normal, just a puncture wound in my toe which hurts when the kids or dog step on it.

So..... was it a stonefish?  What else would puncture my reef boots and inflict such chronic pain on me?   Is it possible the rubber sole on the reef boots "wiped away" the majority of the poison.

Has anyone stepped on a stonefish or other evil bastard reef creature?

 My wife wants to buy me a day on a fishing charter.

Can you advise if they are any good and what might be the best 3 to choose from?

Hi all Iam after some help here put the boat in at 1030 yesterday to head out to the fads stoped and got some live bait then after reading on here that the first fad (south) wasn't there we started out for the next one and then three others heading north couldn't find one if got navionics gold. on the way back found a long slick with hundreds of these fish (I think bonito)and some massive whales. being disappointed thought we would go to the barges to jig for sambo-- couldn't find them ether or the wrecks near the fad west of rotto back at boat ramp 930 fishless which wasn't the disappointing part it was I couldn't even find these spots clearly marked on the sounder and coordinates on this site. any help would be appreciated on fads or sambo jigging spot. thanks guys

Hi Everyone

I'm looking at getting a new chartplotter, currently I have a Navman Trackfish 6600 that I use just as a plotter. I need to get something that is similar size 20cm unit width.

Any recommendations?

Cheers

 Hey yall finally got my dinghy  and trailer licenced   got out to my whiting spot with some nice ones around, i did notice worms tho,have seen them befor but there were more this time , they were about 10 mm long.anyone come across this?

 Hi guys after seeing a few recent salmon posts I'm going to drag the boat down to dunsborough to try get into a few.. Been searching the net but can't seem to find much on any ramps down that way.. Anyone know where the ramps are down that way? 

Cheers

Holy Cr-p

Guess we have just gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. 

The new Avet reels

they have a 3 speed!

and 2 speed 50 reel that has a strike drag of 100 lbs, and a max drag of 116 lbs!!!!!!!!!

well there are now 2 more things in life i'm scared of:

1\ the guy who can effectively hold a rod with 116 lb drag screaming in his ear

2\ The fish on the other end pulling that drag.

I don't want to meet eithert

I guess you make a reel like this, only because you can.

Enjoy

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/a/22343935/solar-flare-leaves-miners-in-the-dark/

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Easy-Strike-Dn90-Light-Game-Reels-Qty-2-/151124182187

imnot gettign it from ebay got it in perth for $30 what im wonderign is if its not a star drag what sort is it

 Went down to castle rock after work today to throw some lures around, pretty quiet, saw 1 school of about 1/2 a dozen fish but couldn't tempt them. Still, a pretty relaxin arvo. Until I started making my way back across the rocks, the amount of rubbish left there was fucking disgraceful! I picked up 2 Coles bags full of everything from empty cans and bottles to lure packets, bait bags and chip packets. There are rubbish bins in the car park, which is where you have to go to get home. How hard is it to take your crap with you!

Been getting a good amount of Dhuie's lately. loving the jigs, The Samaki choona and Vexed fat pitch 100-150g have been the go to jig and adding a skirt on the assist's is attracting a lot more action. All the credit goes to the skipper, Trent who has been putting in the hard yards and producing the goods. putting me onto ripper fish.

http://getfishing.com.au/man-fined-for-stealing-lobsters-from-other-fishers-pots/

About time

 I read a report a week or so back about a guy pulling in 6 crabs while fishing for tailor at Long Point.

Has anyone had a crack with drop nets in Warnbro Sound recently?

UPTO 20% OFF - PRE EASTER SPECIALS - 4 DAYS ONLY

Starts Thursday 3/4/14 finishes Sunday 6/4/14 5PM

INCLUDING:

~Jigging Rods

~Standard Rods

~Reels

~All Jigging Master products

~Soft Plastics

~Demersal Jigs

~Xtreme Coolers

(Bait excluded)

Come in and see us so we can sort you out with an awesome deal!

UPTO 20% OFF - PRE EASTER SPECIALS - 4 DAYS ONLY

Starts Thursday 3/4/14 finishes Sunday 6/4/14 5PM

i wonder if the amount of pro crabs pots in the sound at the moment is the reason amatuers cant catch any crabs garden island bays are covered in floats

  Just read about the police finding the missing diver off Mandurah which was about 6 km offshore and it is close to where a lot of fishing and diving activity takes place.  Unfortunately --  I think the recent culling issue has been a red herring in that people should still realise that sharks do not read maps or know the boundaries of where we don't want them to be.

 Just because they have put down setlines off some beaches near Perth  but it begs the question as to what will the Govt.  do now --- will they add another set of lines down at Mandurah to reassure divers that all will be well if they do this..

I regularly  fish the general area where the suspected attack occurred and over the last 4 months I have personally seen a big white pointer shark about 4.5 metres follow a hooked  fish back to my boat and the last one I saw was about 2 weeks ago and it was a tiger shark about 3 metres that just surfaced about 20 metres from the boat.  Circled the boat 2 or 3 times and disappeared .

People should realise that they are likely to be anywhere as they are hunting for food and nowwhere is safe in the ocean.  

My sincere sympathy goes to the diver's family and friends -----  I hope they can accept his passing as an unfortunate encounter with one of nature's marine creatures. 

Deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the diver lost whilst craying out from the Dawesville cut.

never eaten them , but have caught few of them and let them go (not been stung by one yet) , I have heard they are top eating how do you clean and cook them

 CLOSURE OF DEWARS TRACK TO 4WD’S

Members may not be aware that the City of Wanneroo has made a sudden decision to close Dewar’s track.

For many years the track has been open to 4WD’s and runs past great fishing and camping beached.

The City of Wanneroo recently made a sudden decision to temporarily close the track and will decide tomorrow (1 April, 2014) whether to make the closure permanent.

With no reasonable rationale for this action, it appears to be another case of “locking it up and locking it away” from legitimate 4WD enthusiasts.

Should you wish to support the 4WD’ers, join Rick Mazza MLC, Shooters and Fishers Party who will be at the City of Wanneroo, 23 Dundebar Road, Wanneroo to back a delegation against the closure at 6pm tomorrow, 1 April 2014.

 Hi guys, just wondering who you use for reel servicing north of the river if possible..

cheers rossco

 hi guys, were is a good spot to catch crabs in nets in april. also what is a good bait? thankyou

 Hi all

Trying to decide where to mount the bait board I'm getting a custom board made up to go on the boat a jackman 7.5m and can't decide weather to mount it on the starboard side or the stern all my drift fishing is done from the port side of the boat would it get in the way if mounted at the back of the boat when trolling. It is going to be hard mounted so moving between the two spots is not an option. 

Here are a couple of pics

 Cheers

Rod

 looking at the weather and its loooking good!

any one needed a decky?

brett

Been looking for a decent casting spoon (around 4-5 oz) that I can really flick out there (from the beach). Finally gave up and decided to try making a few.

1st one was a sweat, having to do everything by hand. Next 2 went a lot easier with a cutting disc and grinder.

any way started with brass bar and cut off a 12cm lengh.

in the vice it went and the ends were filed to a V.

Used the grinder to shape and then bent them into an S shape with a hammer and pipe.

Drilled 2 hole and fitted the hook

Started to feel brave so I shaped the next one into a "boat Keel"

and bent it.

Results

Polished:

and the final product:

They cast beautifully and the Comerans love them. Now lets hope the fish appreciate my efforts.

cheers

 Hi guys as it says I'm looking to buy a decent outfit for plastics and or bottom bashing any info or if someone has one they wouldn't mind selling me would be greatly appreciated looking not too high end but a good quality my list of rods n gear is getting back to normal but got a long way to go, police still haven't caught the little s&$ts yet so yeah Shimano or Diawa would be appreciated not looking at spending up big or small in between sum where let me know what you have 

cheers marcel

pm if you have anything please I live in high Wycombe but will to travel....some distance...

Off to Shark Bay again next month, and one species that has managed to avoid my hooks there (and everywhere else!) is a cobia.

Any info that may assist me in bagging a cobia at Shark Bay would be greatly appreciated Rigs, baits,lures, methods, anything !

Will be boating, 6.7 metre ally centre cab, so can cover most areas.

We have done Steep Point and Turtle Bay numerous times, managed many good fish, red emperor, coral trout, huge estuary cod, blue bone, mulloway, etc., etc., ………………………………………………but not cobia !

Thanks in advance for your input,

The Saint