Hi, anyone know where to buy decent crab drop nets south of river? Sick of the crap quality you get from the bulk stores

What's the best gear to be using/what's been working to catch fish such as Bream, Flathead, Taylor etc.. in the Swan River? I've heard soft plastics are really great but whenever I give that a go the blowies just smash it.

Cheers,
Flatinator.

G'day guys and gals,

I thought I would introduce myself and tell you my background seeing as I am new here.

I have always been interested in most outdoor sports and in particular most things to do with fishing, I grew up fishing with my father and grandfather fishing in Geographe bay chasing whiting, herring and gardies and the always favourite squid. Over the years I turned my attention to freediving and spearfishing which saw me travelling up and down the WA coast chasing everything from dhueys to spanish mackeral but in the last few years I have toned down quite a bit since I lost a good friend in a tragic freediving accident and as I had 2 kids of my own I have decided they are more important.

These days I spend alot of my time fishing for tailor and spaniards locally (in the metro season) and hunting feral animals for my own consumption eg, pigs and goats and eradication and I have noticed an increase over the years in the amount of dogooders and greenies trying (and succeeding most of the time!) to impede on my right to enjoy my choice of recreations. I feel I have been "lucky" to have grown up in possibly the last generation that has had enough freedom to enjoy what this great state has on offer, which as the older ones no doubt will contest it was better back in the days before me! but I'll be damned if my kids dont have the same opportunity.

I will now let you know I am currently the Vice Chairman of the newly formed Shooters and Fishers Party WA but by no means am I on here to gather support or preach to the converted but to rather hear about the concerns fisherman like yourselves so we can better prepare ourselves and be the voice of reason in parliament and stop the extreme greens/animal liberationalists.

I apologise in advanced if this sounds long winded or a promotion of the political party I stand for but I feel very strongly about pro rights for our given recreations.

Cheers

Daniel

anyone getting any scaileys down the sheds?

Have own gear except deep drop, know the rules... can do short notice anyday of the week. Drop us a pm if your chasing a deckie. Cheers

Hey guys n gals, anyone used an ecooda hornet spin reel ??

Just looking at them and they look the goods for a mid range strong reel.

Any feedback appreciated.

ta

Having some problems with  8lb braid getting knots and flaring up on my threadline/spining outfit. Im using it to cast light poppers n stickbaits with a twitching prawn like retreive. Anyone have any soloutions to avoid these dramas.........

 Hey Justin I have never met you But My Mate ARNIE reckons your not a bad bloke to deal with   have you mentioned to the crew that you can also supply their boat with a very nice Peterson Alloy Trailer.

Cheers Ozzy

Went out Saturday morn off Ocean Reef between left hand cardinal mark and 3 mile reef, and all we could manage to attract was Rays and Port Jackson Sharks, one PJ was nearly 3 to 4 foot long, rays were a pain in the arse though.

Headed out yesterday with Dave (wind on dave) and my mate Jay from Perth. Some of you might reconise Jay from Chandler marine. Also teamed up with Lamby and his boat.

The weather was pretty ordinary and made fishing tough but both boats managed to find heaps of good fish. Was a fun day with heaps of banter over the radio between the two boats.

Double header of small sambos on the jig.

Jay with the biggest dhuy of the day.

Group shot of the boys and their dhuys.

And last but not least Lambys contribution to the day.

 Hey guys lookin at heading over to the monteys in the bigging of april from exmouth just wondering if anyone has made the treak in a 20 foot boat an anything i would need to watch other that the weather an a shit load of fuel. Is there pleanty of beach spots to thow out a swag that sort of thing cause no of is have eva been over there cheers matt

Hey People,

Just curious what everyone elses opinions where on this lures. Was down at trig this evening and they were getting chomped but I failed to get any hook ups. A bit frustrating although good to see they worked. Has anyone changed the hooks out for trebles or singles? I was using them straight out the box without touching up the hook points. Would this make that much difference?

On a side note I was breaking in xmas present (9' Daiwa Lateo Pirate) and could feel all the action through it but I think the rods action was a little to slow to be able to set the hook properly. Maybe my FWA rod would be better due the higher line rating?

Was using the Boy size if that makes a difference to anyone.

Cheers, Tainted.

PS The bonus of the up turned twin hook is I at least avoided the reef.

Just had to post this for the good folk of Fishwrecked - surely there is someone heading to Rotto who can accommodate?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wembley/other-boats-jet-skis/2-swedish-girls-wants-to-go-to-rottnest-this-week-/1011980247

Went fishing in Guilderton last night.

Whats with all the seaweed? It made fishing nigh on impossible! Did manage to catch a cuople of Estuar Cod though!

Slatts

 hey guys I'm really struggling to find some dhufish out from two rocks. I was wondering if anyone had some info or could help at all. 

Cheers guys.

i have seen these mullet traps on youtube and thaught i would give it a go. got a few little white baits and heaps of blowies. does anyone know a good place to get some mullet?

 New to fishing & have all the gear. 4.84 savage Tasman & all the right gear. Been trawling off rocky point deep & shallow with some good results but its time to hit the reef. 6 & 12 mile. I live near back packers on geograph bay rd. Is it just a matter of heading 6 or 12 mile NW & I'm on the reef?? What are best conditions to head out there safely & to get onto a good snapper or Juey??? Never caught either. Do I just drift over the reef until there's no more lumps on the sounder & go back?? Would u go out on days like today 6th jan

Also want to get some big whiting. How deep & where??? Seen some big sand patches between Dunsy & Vasse flying over

thanks for any help, if any1's keen to go out let me know. New mates are always good to find. 

Cheers

Scotti

Discovered an old tld 5 in good nick in my kit and was wondering wether it is any good for jigging?

Ok so my last post was asking for help with importing a Lowrance sounder, now i`m decided on either the

HDS 5xGen2 ( $630 delivered ) or the Elite 5x ($410 delivered ),

At the end of the day its mainly going to be used bottom bouncing in my Dingi in 40 odd mtrs down south so a reliable unit that is pretty user friendly is what i`m after....

Of the two Units mentioned above the Gen2 seems to be Geofenced ( i dont mind if its only imperial measurments )

Is there other things that will affect me making it unusable unless it gets unlocked??

Cheers Tim

 Might be heading to busso on friday and staying overnight, just looking for some info on the fishing at the moment, i will be targeting mainly sharks, anything that takes a bottom bait and a few bread and butter species.

Cheers.

whent for a flik at mindarie been preety quite latly and then suddenly rod bent right over and caught what im sure was a bass. i didnt think you could catch bass in perth and i thought they where freshwater fish am i right or wrong if it wasnt a bass what could it of been the snout wasnt bent it was straight so it wasnt a estuary perch any help much appreciated.

Hi all, passing this on for a mate in the hope someone has some infoYesterday afternoon/last night our boat was stolen from our driveway. We are in contact with the police. They located the boat on a vacant block on Badock Way in Millars Well last night, the boat has now been moved and can not be found. If you have any information about the where abouts of this boat or have any information at all, please contact me or the Karratha police station

Thanks

Hi fellas out of curiosity, just wondering how common is it to drop a combo overboard?

last year one of my mates lost one trying to free a snag on 80lb when a small wave put him off balance, funny as s&@$ for the rest of us. 

Also last week I almost lost my overhead combo as I palmed the reel n it slipped out of my hand, lucky I had a good grip on the handle knob.

Cheers

 I have been crabbing a lot lately and I have been trying a huge range of baits from meats to fish you name it i was just wondering what has been most successfully for others as I am having trouble narrowing down the best baits. It would be great to hear what propels favourite baits are.

cheers Lockie

is someone able to tell me the email address to the west australian/sunday times fishing section to send photo's too

Hi Anyone know where i can get my cracked camera screen repaired?

i wouldnt mind filming some of my fishing.

Just seen this show for the first time, but on youtube.

I thought it was pretty good.   

What do you guys think??

well, its a shame its not happening this year with the boss not there.

but the way i see it there is going to be a few members there around the same time, soooo.....maybe we can organize our own little thing.

keep it simple, every boat chuck $50 into a kitty, nomiate a fish we can all target within a certain amount of time and the biggest takes the lot, oviously you will need proof of your catch, so same rules as adam run would apply!!

what you think guys? add to the fun and keep the exxy comp going.

cheers ron

hey guys been tryin to catch a dhu for a while cant seem to get one. headin out tomoro. thinkin bout headin to rotto wondering if anyone can give me any tips. cheers.

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