Just staying in Peppy Grove Beach atm for a few weeks. Tried for crabs yesterday here with no luck at all. Any ideas why? I used to grab a few crabs here in past years? 

Does anyone know if they are getting crabs down at Forrest beach? 

Any help woiuld be great. 

Cheers 

 Well headed up to reef beach over aus day weekend for a fish and didn't dissapoint, as soon as we got there we headed to the most eastern side of the beach where it was more protected and set up camp. Once a feed and a drink, went out and flicked some lures over the shallow reef, skippy and herring everywhere great fun light rods and k-mart $2 minnows.

day2  headed to a rock off the beaten track for a fish and soon as the baits touched the water they were getting smashed by big tailor,skippy and tarwine and a couple of big runs but was busted off. Kept a feed and just had a ball catch and release until we ran out of mulie. On the walk out we noticed on the other side of the rock some poor bastards ute lost to the ocean didn't look like it been there too long.

I was cleaning up and found a 1998 Fisheries "Fishing for the Future" brochure. 16 category 1's allowed back then, not counting Red Snapper which was under Table Fish

 Putting a charter together for this Sunday give me a call to book your spots. All the usual brecky lunch and the latest fishing gear. Last week artificials did the trick so feel free to bring your own gear. 

Few pics from last week. 

 g'day all,

im looking to invest in a 12volt winch for the trailer as i think it will be alot easier for the beach retrieve.

it'll be retrieving a 6m fibreglass centre console weight approx 1500 kg.

any advice greatly appreciated.

cheers. 

It would be great if I could get some input, especially from those that have of are currenly driving one of the previous mentioned models.

Cheers

Hi Everyone I'm intending to go fishing around Exmouth in the next few months and got caught up in your forum results in the local charters in the area with people bieng ripped off. I'm aware that it works both ways but there must be someone who will be able to give an old bloke a good holiday. Cheers Flo

 Hey guys

any suggestions on what lures or rigs to use for fishing for dollies at the fads

cheers

 hi guys, 2 days ago i caught this good sized banjo shark on rockingam jetty. It was caught on a butterfish with no tail and the gear i was using was my stradic 5000. Measured 94cm from tail to head and 44cm for its wings.

Crew,

I`m chasing a Minn Kota bow mount for my Dingi but I know very little about them. I want a salt water model that has the Hold/Anchor ability.

There seems to be lots of models when you look online so I figure I would come here and ask...

PM me if you have one and use this feature so I can pick your brain. I mostly want it for Jigging/Bottom bashing.

Cheers

Tim

Not sure how many have been waiting for it, but this saturday marks the opening of Snapper fishing in the Sound!

Forecast looks pretty unkind for saturday but who's got plans to get out there?

Myself if the forecast follows in it's current pattern I might have a late friday launch and get a start at midnight and come back just after dawn

Wondering what any of you use to attach your teasers to the boat whilst trolling?

Am just gearing up for our annual Exmouth trip and one item to be fixed up after losing a witch doctor last year is how to attach (rope, stainless cable etc) to the boat.

Does anyone vary the distance teasers are run behind your boat, or basically keep the same? (therefor not needing longer leader for the teasers)

Cheers
Bodie

 I went fishing at rottnest for the first time and landed this small eagle ray. Measured from end of tail to head was 1m and 5cm. Its was caught on my stradic on a butterfish with no tail.

Hi ,

Fiddling around with my Lowrance HDS 5 gen 2 unit

Not sure whether to use zoom function or bottom lock on the sounder setting when targeting demersals .

Cheers for any advice.

Joycey 

Heading to Walpole (Nornalup Inlet) in the next couple weeks.. Got the hardbodies, softies, whitebait, okky, squid tentacles and prawns at the ready... Oh yea, got the Mrs too........

I'm guessing the water is pretty clear this time of year.. Are there still any KG's around? Looked at 2 weather reports and both are so different.. Assume mid 20's days and mid teen nights? Little rain and as always the wind?

Appreciate any updates for 1st couple weeks of Feb........

cheers-

I know I have put it out there i am happy to look at members elecy issues on their boats , but when I travel a around trip of 200 ks to fix his dramas and there isn't ever a thanks at the end of the day I get pissed off was so close to jobing him but his wife was there a simple " thanks" works wonders for me

 Hi all,

I am Bunbury based an usually launch at eithet Bunbury or port Geographe marina in wokalup.

I would like to access the waters around dunsborough but not keen to travel allt he way on sea from port Goeographe.

I have previously put in at the old dunsborough ramp but that was with a smaller and lighter boat ( quinnie fishabout, 4.5metre) and even hten with a side - on swell and the shallow rocks it was a challenge to retrieve.

I now have a 20 foot boat, weighs about 1.6 tonne and the trailer axles are wider than my vehicle which makes beach launching much less fun - even with a 4x4!.

I have never seent he quindalup boat ramp but from the research that I have done onthis site (" WA boating facilities") and elsewhere it seems that it does involve some sand driving and the entry is rather shallow?  However the Busselton shire did issue a not eof intent to upgrade this launch facility as well as the Abbey boat ramp - never saeen that one either!

I am hoping for comments regarding the better ramps to access the cape and also any specific comments on the quindalup and abbey ramps as these are a closer drive for me than say Gracetown.

Thanks!

 hey guys just wondering what is the deepest you use berley out of your boat in and would it still work if it over 10m deep ?

by the way i am not talking about pollard i am talking about mulie cubes and berley logs

Got a 40ltr I want to put up in the cabin of my 6.2mtr Vagabond.

Worried about the shocks, slaps, constant up and down motion.

Does anyone run one in a smaller boat and if so have you had any dramas.

Don't want to f&ck it that's all.

Cheers

 Hi Guys,

Currently have a Genesis 580 Islander cab, thinking of selling and am currently looking at Coraline 620 Walkaround does anyone have a similar boat or any feedback on the performance of Coraline would be appreciated. 

Thanks

Skull

 gday everyone, just looking for some info about land based diving in the steeppoint/shark bay area. if some one could point me in the right direction would be much apreciated.

 We planned on heading into the deep in persuit of HAPUKA when whe came across a few nice lumps. I decided to stop and have a look for future trips and put 2 Halcos out. We eventually left these lumps with 1x 5.5kg Shark Mackerel, 1x 8.5kg Spanish Mackerel and a pairl of Stripped Tuna. Instead of heading deep we decided to bottom bounced in 35 plus, the water was alive and showed future promise with many Dhu's between 450 and 500.

My son, a mate and I were out fishing off Pt Gregory over the weekend. My son was driving why my mate and I were hanging a couple of lures off the back when my son asked what this other boat was doing.....when we looked he was coming in at about 45 degrees and getting closer and closer even when we changed course. The first thing I thought of was all the posts on here about pingers, people getting in the way of drifts and boats in general coming to close and getting abused!!!
When they got close enough to talk they were just wondering how we were going and what sort of day we were having.......when we told them we hadn't got anything yet...... they told us they had caught too many and asked if we would like a couple of Baldies!
So if you were one of those blokes on that boat......Thanks

We caught all sorts of things including a Cobia, Wrasse, Charlie Court and tons of bait fish but ended up with a Mackeral and Wrasse to take home ( plus your Baldies).
With your donation it gave us a nice feed to take home to the girls for dinner......Cheers!!!!

So to all those people who hate other boats in their vicinity.........next time, try giving them a wave and saying Gday you might find out they aren't all out to pinch your fish or grounds.

Cheers

fishing at bicton baths.
Firstly, for flathead and flounder try soft plastics, bibbed hardbodies, blades, and whiptail jigs.
look for change in water colour to indicate drop offs, fish the areas that are sandy, inbetween weed. you can cast into weed, but only the kind that is small thin, ribbon weed that sits on the middle, not the tall bushy varieties. start at bicton baths and walk along the water casting, until you see a fish, or catch one then spend more time there, keep walking up until you reach a small jetty at the start of black wall reach.

also don't forget to cast back towards shore occasionally, as I have spooked many large flathead and flounder from within 1m of shore.

I have caught a number of flathead here on pink, bushie brand soft plastics, so they are here. just put the time in and hopefully get into some flathead. If you see me down there In a uglystick straw hat say hello :)

Good luck!

Hello,

Having done a bit of satirical writing in the past, and due to the positive response to my first post, I thought I might detail a few experiences in an effort to solicit member responses for us all to enjoy.  I would like to talk about that place where we all must go, and in some cases dread, and encounter the sorts of individuals that you would never normally associate with.  You guessed it, the bloody boat ramp.

What is with this place?  How can there be so many people without a clue?  I remember a Michael Leunig cartoon when this old guy sits up in bed next to his wife in a sweat and says: “I just had this nightmare where there were no more assholes in this world”; she pats him on the back and states; “Don’t worry dear, there will always be enough”.

There does seem to be some characterisation that can be placed on these people whereby observed traits are repeated by many individuals: do these people belong to a Club?; are there secret meetings where they pass on their behavior to others?; is this passed down family lineage?  It begs the question that has plagued geneticists over the years about whether behavior traits are learned because of environment or is it just in the genes?  Anyway, enough of the philosophy and back to the observations at hand.

From my limited experience, I would propose the following characterisations for what I would affectionately call “The Rampies”.

The Prepper – this is the guy that does absolutely nothing to get his boat ready before he gets to the ramp.  He will place his “pride and joy” in prime launching position and then proceed to f&*k around forever making sure that nothing has been forgotten, and he is really ready to go.  He goes about his business with seemingly oblivious bliss to the ever growing line of others behind him.

The Dawdler – this is the guy that is perpetual motion, but unfortunately it is “slow motion”.  It is a given that some people are past their prime and cannot undertake tasks at the rate of their youth, but, it isn’t a given that the busy ramp is a place where you must really try your best to “clear” as soon as possible.  I think back to this one bloke that took about 15 minutes to get in the water, with a flotilla of boats assembling to get in, and when he finally did he morphed from a “Dawdler” to a “Reckless” heading off at 12 knots through the flotilla that he obliviously caused.

The Quejumper – don’t we love these guys?  It is all about them.  What, there are other boats lined up to get in; don’t they know that I have an important engagement to go to; how can someone think they are more important than me; I have a nice boat so that surely means I an “entitled”.  This type of individual is probably the one to single handedly cause the most “issues”.

The Rager – this guy has obviously taken some form of “angry juice” before he gets down there.  I liken some behavior to Jeckyl and Hyde whereby some mild mannered gent crosses the line towards the ramp and has a complete personality reconfiguration.  He seeks out other “Rampies” and then rages at them endlessly over their behavior to the stunned disbelief of onlookers.  These ones are really to be avoided rather than confronted as the controversy of the “coward punch” comes to mind.

The Parker – this is the guy that does everything right but somehow has a brain fade at the end when parking – I can take up two or three bays with the miss-aligned effort.  I somehow think this condition is caused by over excitement about getting out there and there is some physiological reaction whereby previously unknown brain chemicals are released causing impairment of normal bodily functions.

The Jettie – I am not sure if this behavior trait is caused by having a “small one”, even though it is really fast.  I am not having a go at this user type across the board as many I have seen are very responsible and the true Jettie seems to be a small subset.  Even though there are rules relating to boating behavior set by our responsible government, and you have to pass a test about these to be able to use your awesome machine, the Jettie somehow believes that these don’t apply to them.  The true Jettie has a combination of other “Rampie” personality types and is really a unique species.

The Oblivious – from what I have seen, this type of person is not generally associated with the ramp but is a member of the general public that blunders into ramp land without a clue about what is actually going on.  At my local ramp there is a sign that says vehicles without trailers should not enter but the “Oblivious” does not even see it, or if they do it is ignored.  They then proceed to drive in front of vehicles with trailers turning right to straighten before launching or retrieving – yes mate, my trailer is perpendicular to the ramp because jack knifing trailers is the way they have been designed and is the normal method of use.  Unfortunately, it is generally up to us to recognise an “Oblivious” and use avoiding tactics to preserve our various expensive items that are in peril because of their actions.

The Tetherer – this guy seems to think that his ropes are coated with super glue and once connected to the mooring items at the ramp they cannot move.  It doesn’t matter that there is enough room for the Titanic to moor in front, I am not going anywhere until my trailer is well and truly in the water.

The Reckless – this type of guy is mentioned above but there are too many behavior types to accurately characterise in a few short words.  I am sure there are many observations of behavior that obviously fall into this class of “Rampie”.

Anyway, the ramp is a place where unbelievable thing happen.  In the short time I have been using them I have been able to characterise as above.  I am sure there are many members with experiences to share that will help us all enlarge and recognise the different classes of “Rampie”, and perhaps a user guide should be prepared?  I hope the above can stimulate some meaningful discussion because unfortunately we do have to go there.

Mick

 We went 20 km out on Sat morning  and the fish were bitting all day pinks, whitting, gernets, Yellow tail kingfish to 600mm, sambos had a great day on the water didnt get back to the ramp till 5pm 11 hours on the water 

Haha

 They have the Reaction rods on sale at Motackle for $349 at the moment! Thought id cash in on that and grab one. I have seen a few good reviews on them on here. 

Im not sure to whether to get one to match a Stella 4000SW or my baitcaster ABU Revo Premium.

Thinking of getting a longer one , maybe around the 6'6" for the stella for flicking lures around to get the extra distance. They have the nice 7' 302 + the 302-2 rods that are in the right weight range. 

And their 5'6" 12-16lb baitcaster rod SRB382 looks perfect for the ABU. Tossing up between that or the G Loomis CR721IMX 6-12lb.

Any info or experiences with any of these rods would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Came across these on bike forum I'm a member of & just had to share.

Q: What's the difference between english batsmen & Cinderella?

A: Cinderalla knew when to leave the ball

Q: What's the difference between the english cricket team & a funeral director?

A: The funeral director isn't going to lose the ashes.

Q: What do you get if you cross an OXO cube with the english cricket team?

A: A laughing stock.

Q: What's the height of optimism?

A: An english batsman putting on sunscreen.

Q: What's the difference between a Formula One car & an english batsman?
A: NOTHING!! Blink & you will miss them both.

Q: What do english batsmen & drug addicts have in common?

A: Both are wondering where thier next score is coming from.

Q: What does an english batman playing in the ashes have in common with Micheal Jackson?

A: Both wore gloves for no apparent reason.

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY

 Bait casting is a no brainer, but what about in the surf. I've alwaysed put the head on the top hook, always catch fish, most of the time. On fishing WA a couple of weeks ago they were baitin with the head on the bottom. Went for a fish down injidup today and changed every cast, head at the top, then head at the bottom. Would have been 20-30knot cross wind so I could bearly feel the bites, so all I did was feed the fish, caught sweet FA. Anyway, back to the point, what has the better hookup rate, head at the top or the bottom?