Well, finally getting the time to put into the tub lately after getting away from FIFO. She is a South Carolina built Scout 187 with DF140 pushing her to some good numbers ;) Have done a few shakedown trips now and as I'm originally right hand coaster, have been learning about the north metro reef areas too. I'd like to venture out to Direction Bank at some stage but would prefer company of other vessels to do this for safety reasons. Is anyone planning such a trip in the near future ? I put in at Mindarie but could go elsewhere.

Cheers

Paul.

Hi all,

Just looking for a bit of advice if anyone's keen to help out.

With the old man get a bit long in the tooth we made the decision to tow a couple of 4.5m tinnies up to the point instead of running around cliffs all day, I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice on area's that they may have fished before? Or any general info would be awsome.

Thanks heaps

  Went on another adventure with 2 mates this weekend to another remote piece of coast after some blues, kingys or boarfish on top of our wish list. Finished work on Friday and drove 2 hours out to our spot and set up camp for the night. Woke up nice and early and jumped in the wetsuits for a morning dive. Did very well with 5 queenys up to 95cm, 2 grouper up to 17kg and a nice boarfish and fox fish to top it off with some ok vis in mostly 14-18m of water off the rocks with a few deeper ledges. Had a spear pull on a nice blue right on the bottom in 22m and bent my spear a bit but we still got plenty. Went for an arvo dive and came face to face with a 30kg+ blue in a cave but couldn't get a good shot on it before it took off and the water had started to get dirty so we headed home early.

Woke up late today and went to have a look at another new spot, not many fish around just a few blues and little queenys until we found some lumps out deeper that my mate got a 90cm queeny off and I went a bit deeper and was looking at a big black shape right on the bottom in the sand on the edge of my vis, ended up being a 25kg blue and my first monster from my deepest dive of 25m!!! So happy with it, only wanted one big one so no more for me I'll stick to the little ones from now on. No more diving for a few weeks for me and a good way to finish off my spear that is now looking more like a U shape than a straight piece of steel haha

 Hey guys wasn't sure where to post this one. I am chasing a pair of taco telescopic outrigger poles and was wondering if anyone knows where I could purchase some in perth. My new boat has the bases so I will just need the poles themselves. 

Cheers Sammy 

here we go again, channel 9,divers rescue 2 m. tiger shark stabbed with a  knife and thrown back,they found it at night on the bottom,sure to do us fishos alot of good,f...... morons, maybe time to close that place for a while or undercover fisheries officers

 Hi Everyone,

I have saved some pennies and am going to purchase a decent rod. I want something that can handle 3-5kg line. It is most important that the rodis not too rigid, I still want to be able to feel the whole fight of the fish. The action of the rod is very important to me.

I will spend up to $350 which I think should be enough for something pretty special.

Any recommendations are welcome.

Thanks,

Ryan

Hey Everyone,

anyone shed any light as to whether anyone is catching many Mackies in Jurien at the moment? if so where would be the best place to start fishing?

cheers

Hey all, i am looking to get some reels serviced (spinning) without having to send them back to the manufacturer. Who or where do ya recommend .

thanks

Had a school of these bad boys come through on the 3 mile early Saturday morning.

Never caught these before. Are they some sort of mackeral? Couldnt get a match with anything from the fish ID guide.

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 This has probably been mentioned before but...... Wouldn't it be good to have a fishwrecked app. Imagine the possibilities ;)

A few of our regulars have been asking us when is this show airing. Just a heads up I " think " the Super Deep Jigging show Ryan did is airing on Fishing WA tomorrow - Sunday 17th February. Normally around 4 - 4.30pm but check your local guide.

Has anyone ever skippered a boat from carnarvon to Gnaraloo if so how many miles is it by sea.
Cheers

heading out crabbing tomorrow to the esturay from the serpentine river. Any fish caught out there or around? Any help would be awesome.

 I recently bought one of these reels.....penn 500 jigmaster.....its an overhead with a star drag...the problem with it is no matter how tight the drag is I can still pull line off it with my hand.....anyone else have one of these or know what's wrong or how to fix it??

cheers..

Enjoy

 Hi fellas, gonna buy a gopro. I was set on the new one black Ed as I haven't owned one before. Went to one of the retailers and he mentioned that the gopro2 is still best for value as I can get heaps of accessories for the same price, and also the gopro 3 had heaps of bugs. Wasn't sure if he was just trying to sell his old stock, but went home and searched the net and found that gopro 3 had heaps of problems unlike the 2.

Seems afew of you fishos have the new 3, I want to know  if any of the problems I read about is true( most in America and also bought last year),or is the gopro2 better than the 3?

Cheers fellas. 

hey guys, my Dads birthday is coming up and he really wants a Diawa Gekkabijin vib, im just not sure where i can buy them, preferbly not off the net.

any help would be greatly appriciated

Thanks Anthony

Always look forward to these but nothing posted yet.

Cheers

Dale

Hi guys

I am planning to go crabbing in mandurah this weekend.I am not sure if it is too late to go there now?First time ever gonna try crabbing and would be great if anyone can share some good spots.I have got scoop and nets but doesn't have a boat.Planning to go in the early morning but some say best to go at dusk.Thanks in advance.

down by the drains on the north side of hillarys this morning, about 2 dozen or so about 250mm long,nice if they become local

 Panning a trip down to Albany with a boat just wondering if anybody can give me a heads up on when the Tuna will be in numbers down there, 

I'm looking to buy a travel rod to suit my stradic c14 4000 loaded with 20lb braid . If anyone selling plz pm me also. Cheers. Marko

Some of you may already use Twitter. Its a great way to keep in touch with news on anything you like in fishing. You can wath it on your mobile phone.

Here is some to follow

@DaiwaAustralia

@shimanoaus

@ifishtv

@keepausfishing

You can send Julia Gillard a tweet about how upset you are about closed no fishing areas. Keep it professional. You dont want a hundred thousand people thinking your a rock ape.

@juliagillard

Be active, keep informed, let everyone know you fish and you vote.

Hi guys Iv just joined up and in need of a little info.

So we have just started trolling recently, mainly for Macks but anything is a bonus however we are constantly pulling the lures in to clear weed off them to the point we just give up and go home. Is there anything you can do to avoid this ? Is it due to the Easterly wind ? Will it go away ?

Iv done a heap of research over the last few weeks looking at old posts and reading everything and anything to do with macks. We bought a heap of Halco pro lasers and wev been sticking to about 5-7 knots. Wer yet to venture out to Rotto as we dont have an EPRIB but we caught a Mack awhile ago on a bait pretty close to home so wev been cruising all over the place. I think we are on the right track and are bound to have some luck eventually but is there anything we are doing wrong ?

Cheers and looking forward to getting involved here on the forums.

P.S heres some success photos for your viewing pleasure from NZ and AUS.

T.K.

hi all,

can anyone tell me where some good locations for land based squidding in perth im keen to go get some this weekend thanks

 hey guys i know this isnt about fishing but, my mate dropped his phone in the middle of the road and didnt have time to pick it up, unfortunately it got run over by a car or two, it doesnt turn on, the back is smashed and the front is perfect he gave it to me as it doesnt work anymore, i was just wondering if anybody knows how to fix it or if it has happened to anybody before

thanks heaps!! nickk

Does anyone use willy weather ?. It seems they forecast about half of what seabreeze does so it makes for a very hard call when to go out or not. I Have been watching willy weather all week and its saying less than 10 knots yet according to BOM its 23 knots on rottnest at the moment. Is it usually that unaccurate or is it just a one off?.

 Dont really want to fish in 23 knots for some unknown reason

WA fisheries would like all fisho,s who use the busso jetty to fill out a catch card that is available from the fisheries office in Busselton or the building at the start of the jetty.

These can be filled out and dropped in the letterbox at the same building or Busso fisheries office stating what you caught, ect,ect.

The aim is to see how the population of fish are at the jetty.

Further info from fisheries.

Thanks

hey,

i am looking into getting a small portable generator to use for over nighters at the beach. everything i seem to be finding is too big and expensive.

was hoping someone could point me in a new direction.

cheers

matt