Just havin a look over the new regulations and there seems to be a few changes

i live in the Gascogne region and it now seems up here we can get 3 reds each (was 2), 3 cod each (was 2) but now only 3 baldies. Total limit of 5 and 3 Pelagics on top of that..

what are people thoughts on the new laws coming in next month?

i still don't like how they have apparently made it easier with statewide regs...each region has specific fish which live there and I feel they need specific regs.i mean how hard is it to read a pamphlet on a new area you go fishing at....???

Pasted from Best Tailor hook.

I have read somewhere that you should always sharpen ALL hooks, even chemically sharpened ones. As mentioned below I do get a little OTT when I am after something quality, but I am also lazy with "routine" fun fishing. Just wondered what everyone else does.

"Even chemical sharpened hooks need a bit off attention IMO, even if they feel like you can shave.

I dont bother sharpening hooks for Bread and butter fishing, but when I am after quality I always file the end with a hook sharpener. It only takes a second or 2, and can get rid of burrs that cant be noticed. I call this attention to detail and it has stood the test of time.

When I can be bothered I also sharpen all hooks for whiting fishing, and have noticed an improved bite/hookup rate. Might be more that I fill in the diary when I do something different, and dont when it is run off the mill.

I would be interested in others opinion."

Cheers

Neels

 Hi Everyone,

Long time reader but first time poster here. I am going to Exmouth with a few of my mates next week and I need some advice. Firstly, we will be fishing in 60+ metres and bottom bashing. I want to try using SPs, but not sure on what size jighead and what type of SP to use. Lumo? Scented? Size? Shad or other?

I want to rig up a padernoster with a snelled bait and also a SP on another hook, will this work? I will also have another rod where I will be working my single SP.

Has anyone had any luck with SPs in this kind of depth? and if so, what am I likely to catch? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ryan

 hello we just brought a 17 foot boat and taking it out in the sound friday night into Saturday just wondering if people could point us in some good spots not fussed what we catch :) would like some pinkies mayby

 Just found out the missus has been secretly organising for me to go with my mate to Dirk Hartog for a weeks landbased fishing in late May. Pretty excited to get up there and experience the place and really do some serious lb fishing. As 99% of my fishing these days is from a boat my jigging gear probably won't cut it from the cliffs and beaches up there so after some advice on what set ups are a must have for a trip like this. I am keen to fish for anything and everything!

Also any advice on places to fish around the island are welcome (feel free to private message). My mate has been before so has some idea but there's obviously a lot of coastline around the island to explore.

Cheers for any help!

Oh also and ideas on a good birthday/wedding anniversary present for the missus as it turns out my mate could only book us into the island during my wifes birthday and our wedding anniversary. Woops! Apparently no weekend fishing for me until this trip!

Can anyone tell me what this is caught of leeman, thinking baby mulla but not sure it was 40cm

i go fishing off the busso jetty about 4 to 5 times a week and all the times i walk in from the end about 1130 at night and the amount of rubbish i see and pick off the jetty is just remarkable there is a few bins on the jetty so how hard is to take your rubbish into a bin because i think there is a man who walks the jetty pretty well every morning picking up rubbish and sometimes has 3 bags full so please pick up your rubbish

scottnot

 Hello. 

There is a creek running through vasse (small town near busselton) 

I believe it is called dawsons creek. Near to the river mouth i have seen some kind of bream. What kind of bait do they prefer and what rig should I use? Also if you have heard of or fished there what kind of fish do you think I will find?

thanks for your time. 

-twitch-

 Went out Australia Day weekend and had a ripper of a day 

but pulled in the unknown sharks, can anyone tell me what it is .

ive got that its part of the Carcharhinidae family and it got me the title of biggest catch 

 just wondering if anyone is a member of ocean reef angling club? i am thinking of trying to join. i would like to know what kind of comps they hold and of any percs there are of joing a club? also the cost?

Hey guys, i just grabbed a spool of 8lb sufix matrix pro off gumtree.
it replaces the 10lb fireline i had on my stradic ci4 and ive gotta share that im absoluitely sold on this shit aha.

its rediculously thin, like 0.1mm and flys off the spool with absolutely no resistance, all in all the best $20 ive ever spent and literally a million times better than fireline.

i can throw a zman with a 1/16 jighead a mile and a half with it

hey guys heading up to point samson for a few months for work this week, just want to know the best areas to target some barra and jacks. i have fished there before a few years back mainly around the causeway but never caught any barra there, i nailed heaps of big queenies out at Jarman island

i also want to target some big GT's. We are towing my workmates 18ft polar bay boat up with us so we have access to creeks and islands. any info much appreciated

cheers Wade

Just saw this on Facebook
He's caused quite a commotion, with plenty saying they've reported it to fisheries.

Must be close to the 700mm Dorsal/Interdorsal limit with Danny being 6'1" / 185cm and all ?

Probably not the best idea to post the pic, let alone lie down next to it like this ....

 Hi everyone,

I just need some advice - where is the best place to go shark fishing in the perth and surrounding areas? And what is the best bait? I have the right gear already. Any help will be appreciated :)

 Best oz day fishing ever.  , 

So iv been a short time member here and have got some great help from people,and thanks to that help had a fantastice time o\ver the weekend, 

I went up to leeman for the weekend and was suggested to check out a nearby place we'l call spot x , well from sunrise the herring and tailor were firing with a few flounder and skippy and darts and a few others but the whiting just weren't interested in any of our offerings.

Sunset came along and we berllied  pretty heavy and the tailor came on strong and fast for the best part of two hours all 40cm plus and a couple of 60cm ones too. 

After sunset the tailor went off the bite but we still pulled a a few stragglers ,but i decided it was time to step up the gear and use herring fillets and see what was about

After about 30 minutes the lines started to get sniffed then the best three hours of pulling in rays shovel nose and my first shark .

Not sure what it is yet but will post pics soon as they get emailed to me .

Can I just say a huge thanks to everyone at fish wrecked for being such and informative place and thankyou to Buschy for "location x"

For all that have been there and been run off the shark I landed was about 1.7m and atleast 40 kg and although we didn't land them I saw rays easily 2m across

planning on taking the boat up in a couple of weeks and see if I can get a dhui

gday fishos, heading out for a tailor fish,has anyone had much luck to point me in the right direction.?

cheers.

 Recently they cut off the two T's at the end of the jetty on the right and left of the jetty, due to storm damage from the last few big storms, anyone have any idea if theyre going to rebuild it or do something else with it?

Hi All

Finally leaving Darwin this wednesday. Will be spending a few days in Broome on the way. Say hello if you see the rig

Cheers Kristos one man army

A new marine park has just been announced by the State government at Horizontal Falls. Recreational fishing will still be allowed.

Could somebody please tell me is the legal size 410mm or 500mm if caught in Cockburn Sound??

The new guid has me slightly confused, which is not that hard to do!!

Thanks

Dean

Plane crash in Rural Australia

A large jet plane crashed on a farm in the middle of
rural Australia. Panic stricken, the local police inspector mobilized and
descended on the farm in force. By the time they got there, the aircraft
was totally destroyed with only a burned hull left smoldering in a tree
line that bordered the farm.

The inspector and his men entered the smoking mess but could find
no remains of people. They spotted the farmer not too far away and he
was plowing a field as if nothing had happened.
They hurried over to the man's tractor.

"John " the inspector yelled, panting and out of breath.
"Did you see this terrible accident happen?" "Yep. Sure did," the farmer
mumbled unconcerned, cutting off the tractor's engine.

"Do you realize that is the Prime Ministers RAAF 737,
the aeroplane of the Prime Minister of Australia"?

"Yep.."

"Were there any survivors?"

"Nope. They's all got killed straight out," the farmer
answered. "I done buried them all myself. Took me most of the morning."

"Gillard is dead?" the inspector asked.

"Well," the farmer grumbled, restarting his tractor,
"She kept saying she wasn't...
But you know what a lying bitch she is ..."

Haven't seen many posts on here for crays this season. Has it been a bad one?

Cheers

Dale

 Im heading there tomorrow ultimately id love to catch a tuna or mackeral but can you catch any fat sand whiting around there??

Are there sandy patches 100m or so away from the reef? anything from 10-30m depth.

Hi guys,

Just had a rather frustrating morning trying to register a second hand trailer and hoping someone who has been through the same rigour might have some advice.

First of all I have a Magictilt trailer for a composite 21ft boat. The trailer was an import and has had the guards brought in to bring it to within the Aus measurements.

The traielr has 4 wheel mechanical surge (overrides) disc breaks although for the ease of registration I only have the front 2 wheels connected.

My first issue came when taking it to get registered. The mechanic was adament that override breaks on only 1 axle was only rated to 1250 aggregate. Having registered many boat trailers in the past this seemed bull to me. I have always been of the impression that over ride disc breaks on the front axles is fine for up to 2 ton.

My second issue was what the maximum aggregate weight I wanted to register on the trailer. According to ADR 38/02 and VSB 15.2, both guidelines state that breakaway brakes and 4 wheel brakes are only required on trailers over 2 ton GTM. If you look at the GTM definition it is the weight of the boat whilst connected to the vehicle. So for instance if your boat weighs 2.2ton over all but you have a 250kg's on the ball weight then the GTM weight is only 1950kgs and under the 2 ton limit. Therefore it was my view that the aggregate weight on your trailer should be 2.25ton as that is the maximum rated weight the trailer can carry without breakaway brakes (2ton on the wheels and 250kg on the ball weight). 

The third issue I had was they are refusing to register the trailer as a Magic tilt brand instead saying that I am now the manufacturer and it has to be under my name. I am not happy about this because really I am not the manufacturer, I am the owner and I do not want that trailer under my name as who knows 10 years down track perhaps something might break, kill someone and I am responsible as it states I am the manufacturer.  

Has anyone else had any issues when registering an imported trailer or have I just found the only people who dont know the rules. If so is there mechanics anyone can reccomend to see about getting it registered?

Jd

Edit: Sorry I know it sounds petty trying to register the max aggregate possible but to be honest when you are doing a big trip 250kg's is alot of extra equipment that you dont have to try and pack into the car

 Today launching my boat at my local ramp, two boats were parked up in the rigging lane buggerising around. these people need to expect to b past by people that already have there shite together? These two clowns then proceded to yell abuse at me once I had parked my car and was on my way back to the boat with the kids!! By the time I had dropped the boat in the water, parked up the car and loaded up the mrs and kids, they still didn't look any closer to being ready to launch! No need for this crap guys I just had a good laugh at em. Hope they forgot to put there bungs in.

can't believe people keeping small pinkies about 2 3inchs long,spoke to one lady but she no understand,others throwing them back to the shags to eat,F....... hell,rang fishwatch so hope they get onto it

 hey fellas im looking to do a fishing charter at the abrolhos some time this year. do you guys have any reccomendations regarding which company to use? looking to do a 3-4 day trip. 

 hey guys,,,had it keyed up to head out tomorro on a mates boat for a fish,, ive spent a good 2 hours rigging up rods n getting things organised and he just bailed on me,,,heart broken!!!! 

if anyones heading out n has a spot (or two as the third person is still keen also) wud be keen to pitch bait petty n all the costs,,help clean the boat and wud be willing to leave any ramp any time!!

thanks in advance guys,,,,, ben,,,0451114858

 Hey guys im heading to moore river on tuesday for a couple days and was hoping to get a bit of fishing and maybe a few sneaky crabs in aswell, ive only fished there once in my life a couple years ago, is there any fish biting at the moment ? if so what areas should i be going towards and would there be any point in chucking some crab pots down? 

thanks a heap guys!!

Hey guys, 

Because of the variance in depth when hunting crabs around the lower reaches of the swan river do you use one length of rope attached permanently to a float / bouy? If so how long is the optimal length? I've heard of people using different configurations of floats / ropes so that you can take the floats off while transporting the pots and/or change the length of rope whilst crabbing so you dont have massive ammounts of surface line.

Cheers in advance!