I took my Girlfriends two Sons for an early Fish on Sat Morn , her eldest managed to get this 60cm on a single hook with 6lb leader , got the line caught up in Barnacles and reef before the fish got stuck in a rock crevice , needless to say he was happy with his effort...

Well me and a mate who doesnt get out fishing very often (his second time out on a boat to be exact) headed out this morning chasing some metro mackies which have alluded me for a long time, and still continue to do so! We started out at first light trolling just behind the 3 mile, plenty of bait schools up on the surface and down deeper but couldn't see anything attacking the bait tho and didnt have any luck there. With the weather looking great we decided to head out deeper for a troll to try get my mate onto a tuna that he always bugs me about wanting to catch! So out to the 100m mark and deploy the skirts. No action on any of them for an hour or so as well trolled out way to the PGFC fad. But that tured out to be a great idea, switched to some small skirts and done a pass first about 50m's away and from the fad and was on straight away! Nice little dolly for my mate. Couple photos and into the esky, skirts back out and second pass and my mates on again, another nice dolly for him! So going for our 3rd pass and my mate told me its my time to catch one so I was on first strike, sure enough the rod went off so I jumped up and grabbed it but didnt have much weight to it, winding it in to see its a tiny tuna about 20cm's long, but noticed a few dollies hot on its tailed, one dolly grabbed the tuna but the spat it out while another swooped across and grabbed lure skirt my mate was winding in and he was on again, this time to a bigger model! So now it was 3 dollies to him and he was over the moon! Great to see a green horn so excited! So back to trolling, go for our 4th pass and have a big hit but dropped it, bugger. Things went a little quiet then, must have spooked them after hooking and dropping a fish. So we troll away from the fad a few hundred meters to give them a little break, do a few wide passes and then come in close again and after a few passes start to head away when we get a hook up. I grab the rod and start fighting the fish, at first it's pretty mellow and is an easy fight to the boat until it gets about 5m's away and see's the boat and takes off like a rocket, fastest I've heard a reel scream! After a 5 minute battle we get sight of my first ever wahoo, so some careful boat manoeuvring and a good gaff shot and it's ours! So stoked! So no mackies in the end but who can complain with a day like that!

 Usual story.....You've just caught a nice fish and then you're bloody mate has to go and catch a ball tearer. 22 kg dhuey. ( Fish was spent and wouldn't swim back - only downside.)  

Looking at buying a new all-rounder reel for soft plactics, jigging and pelagics. Looking at getting either a Stradic FJ 4000 or a Salina III 4000. Stradic has 10kg drag 10 year warranty and the salina has 14kg and lifetime warranty.

I was sold on the stradic but now having a look at the okuma I'm not sure. The salina looks better on paper.

Anyone want to share their opinion? Heaps of info on stradics not much on Salina

http://www.okuma.com.au/Okumahome/show_one_product.aspx?productgroup=Spin&titleid=Salina3&iid=329&tech=
http://www.shimanofish.com.au/products/fishing-reels/spinning/stradic-fj.html

Cheers

Tken from another website crazy dolly swims in to the shore decent sized fish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JTzCpwt5Qio

 I know a few have been getting into the bills up there lately but the numbers of fish about has been something outstanding. 

Final figures for the 2 comps over 9 days fishing were

2399 Billfish Raised

1708 hooked

904 tagged.

Pretty impressive figures.

 The family and I will be at Monkey Mia for April school holidays.  If any other FW members are around come and say hello.

Goldstar 5m (painted) grey plate ali runabout "Bon Peche" will be on a mooring.

 Anyone know where I might be able to get my hands on a couple in 2/3oz?

Any stores in Perth stock them?

Cheers

 hi, does anyone know any good places for herring to take a feed home. whats the best bait, hooks, time, ect. today i went to rockingham and only cuaght 4 so i need a better spot. any help would be good.

 So I'm lucky enough to have tomorrow off and im dying to get into some metro mackies. Spent heaps of time trolling the 3 mile the last few years for 0 mackies. So with tomorrow's forecast looking great I'm thinking its maybe worth heading out further or around rotto maybe.

So has anyone got any hot tips at the moment or general areas to try, these elusive metro mackies are getting the better of me!

I did just see Alfreds post about what he seen this arvo, so maybe out deeper isn't the key?!

any thoughts or opinions welcome

cheers Paul 

 Hey guys

Ive just picked up a 17ft runabout, havent fished in Aus or Perth before. 

Any advice on  what I should target at this time of year and how to go about it would be a great help.... also keen to put a couple of pots down is there anywhere that a beginner might do alright?

Cheers any help is appreciated

 Out with Adhek Sports Fishing 

Gear (stellas etc) and lunch provided

www.adhek.net

PM me if you are interested

Check out the trip photos to get an idea of the trip

I haven't wet a line for some time, but I sure was tempted today.

I was on the beach between Ocean Reef and Burns Beach and there was this huge feeding frenzy going on, bait fish jumping all over and some of the biggest splashes I have seen for a long time. It was a good way out but the hits were as clear as day. Went on for over 20 minutes at 4pm this arvo.

Does any members have a house or even a shed with toilet and shower they would like to rent out for the next 2-3 months I have just picked up some work in town but am now struggling to find accommodation for me and my family we also have a medium sized dog with us who lives outside and is totally house trained and is really well behaved

 pretty happy with my new toys

Monster mesh max oh300, saltiga ld40 spooled with 80lb

Monster mesh max oh200, saltiga id20 spooled with 30lb

 Hi. Down at castledare today. Caught many bream but something strange happened. Dropping a line down and a very large fish was stalking the bottom. Every time we had the humongous bites of this the bream went off the bite. Managed to hook it on the line and wash pulling so hard that the drag was moving out very easily (I cannot even move the line a bit). Strange thing is that the rod was not pulling like a struggling fish either.

this was all on the grassed areas at castledare railway. It snapped about 5 lines of 6lb fluorocarbon leader. Does anybody know what this May have been?

lachie.

 Hey guys, any constructive comments appreciated:

I will be undertaking an 800km trip with the boat undertow.  Because (on a previous trip) I had two rods suffer amputation of the tips by whatever rolling onto them in the trialer I intend, this time, to traqvel with the rods erecr in the rod holders ( at stern of boat).

Now, as I do not see many rigs towed over long distance with the rods erect like this I must wonder "what am I missing?".  The only negative I can think of is a stray bird missile damaging the rods but I would appreciate any other points that I have not considered.

Thanks!

saw this link from the other week.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3WLG1yix4

 hi guys i have just finished making a shark rig but i dont know how long the whole rig has to be. i will be targeting 2 to 2.5m sharks. i havent cut the wire yet. does anyone know how long it has to be to survive tail whips and other stuff?

 After a bit of advise about trolling have purchased a 30kg rod and over head reel. I have a 19ft baron half cab with a Suzuki 115hp 4 stroke, would like to no we're I could start trolling around the perth area what lures to use and how fast to operate the boat and any other tips would be great.

 hi guys,what would be a better reel out of the spinfisher v 95000 or spinfisher ssm 950

 a few photos from the past, love the steep point one!

 Hi all.

early April I am heading North for work, I don't have much time but will be staying in Carnarvon 1 afternoon/night and Exmouth 1 afternoon/night.

was hoping to get a couple of ideas as to where to fish Land based unfortunately.

 Why the hell do lures come with split rings on the tie point of lures? Annoys the shit out of me. If you can't tie a loop knot, learn how to! Instead of a split ring they should have a 'how to tie a loop knot' card. Pretty sure a bit of paper should be cheaper than an under sized key ring!

 Hi guys just wondering what everyones thoughts are on Dawia Saltiga Hyper PE 8 Braid + SI

Anybody used it??  and if so, good reports or bad??

Cheers for any reply 

Just wondering if anyone has bothered dropping small sabiki's into those offshore schools which are popping up on sounder screens a fair bit at the moment. Keen to secure some fresh bait but i've never tried it myself (yet).

Any tips would be appreciated.

Gents

I have just moved to Atwell from South Perth.
Can anyone advise on any good spots to go fishing off the beach round this area?

Hey guys, Have not been on here for a while, I was thinking of getting into some jigging for small species like skippy and baby sambos and was after some advice on what gear to look for . Need a reel to fish about 8lb braid and possibly under $250. Rod I have no clue. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers Aaron

 hi guys, is anyone going to eshed tonight for some mulloway, if so what time.

With the crays being in shallow at the moment, wondering if they are hungry yet and getting in the pots???