Hey all so I'm going to wedge next weekend finally for abit of fun and games any tips for some good fishing would be great thanx 

Went for a ride with the Mrs this afternoon as she needed to get some food for the daughters pet pig (Truffles) and next door to City farmers was one of the dorky chain fishing stores walked in for a look and picked up a Wilson live fibre 8' 15-24 kg rod for $60 and a small set of Jinki crimping pliers for $20 how do they sell this stuff so cheap or did someone stuff up.

I have see the Jinki pliers on ebay for about $100

thinking about getting into diving, how often have you guys seen sharks while you have been diving? the amount of times we have been on the boat and have said i might quickly jump in to cool down and then 5 minuites later a big shark has appeard is pretty scary lol..

I'm keen to do a dive course and buy some diving gear, what sort of gear should i buy? dont need really expensive stuff as i wanna try it before i start buying $$ stuff. How deep do you guys usually dive? is around 40 meters good to dive?  I'm sure i will be feeling alot better about the sharks when i have a speargun on me :P

how much would i be looking at for a decent dive setup and speargun?

cheers looking forward to the replies, troy.

Works on 12 volt but not on 240 volt. Any suggestions.

Me

Got tomorrow off, so looking to go for some beach fishing action, was thinking either the 4WD track just south of Mandurah, or Hamelin Bay?

I'll be by myself, so don't want to be going into anything too strenuous with the 4x4, but want to at least have half a chance of catching something (don't care if it's only herring!!).

Leaving from Bunno, got a spare seat if anyone's keen?

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/15511882/chevron-barge-hits-reef-off-cervantes/

Bet they're not smiling!

Hey guys,

I was just wondering last weekend we ventured out to the first 2 fads behind rotto and they were no where to be seen??

does anyone know if any off the fads are out yet??

cheers

Was finding it hard to get a few good Taylor for the last month or so. After calling past ocean side an gearing up with sum new line, stick baits, 7' 2-3kg rod an a a few tips from the boys I managed 5 big green backs an 4 decent ones. Once again i got sorted with the right advice an gear! 

Thanks lads!!

 Hi guys finally received a reel I had won a while ago being the saltist 6500

now need to decide on a rod to mmatch purely for popper use

im contemplating runnin 50lb as that is ample for my needs but capacity is quite large with 400m of pe6

anyone have an idea of some reasonable but cheaper braid of around 500m spool? Was thinking maybe some PowerPro?? Or Tufline XP?

and need a rod to match looking at either....

- daiwa demon blood 803xxh

- demon blood 762x

- Wilson live fibre venom 7'6 pe5 spin popper

- tcurve offshore 802 stickbait

- shimano terez spin 7'8 heavy / xheavy

- shimano ocea offshore 802 stickbait

- daiwa Catalina ch79s.n (although may be a bit pricey )

Hi All,

one of our staff is retiring, and as a pressie, was going to get him a rod & reel.

will probably just go with an off the shelf rod; but wanted to get it labelled with his name on it - like you often see on custom rods

- can anyone recommend someone who might be able to do this ?

cheers

Dan

Anone have either of these boats, am loooking into either the 390 or something similar for a car topper for exxy shark bay ect, aswell as perth. Or the 400trophy for use as an allrounder in perth, around the sound and ect, aswell as exy and up north. We have no idea about boats so any info experiences are much appreciated.

Gday,

my reel is running a bit rough lately, I want to open it up and get some lube on there etc. Just wondering about the side plate, do i need to remove the rotor to get it off? I've taken all the other screws out but it appears to tuck up under the rotor and i don't wana try pry it out in case i break something.

Heres a schematic of the reel for reference http://www.reelschematic.com/schematics/Daiwa/Exceler/DAIWA%20SPINNING%20EXCELER%201500.pdf

Obviously new at this, cheers for any advice.

 knocked off work and did the 60km drive home to the farm, stopped at my local butchers grabbed some lamb had a chat with the checkout girl, and spoke of how hot the weather was and that the sky had been rumbling all arvo with no rain locally,

jump in the car and look in the general direction of home and she's black as, make the drive home and sure enough the bush fire volnteers are hard at it back burning and puting out spot fires, good one fellas.

according to my visiting sister it was just a click then a bang followed by smoke, lightning amazing stuff.

anyhow here are some pics, I'm off to noonamah to by some drinks for the boys,

 Gday guys

Heading to Busselton tomorrow for a short holiday with the priority being fishing. Yay! Spewing I can't take the dinghy because I've been lazy and haven't found a spare wheel, but was probably going to hire a dinghy from Cape to Cape dinghy hire.

Will post a report on how the fish are biting!

Cheers

Hey everyone, ive been thinking about trying to go for some squid for ocassional fresh bait and for a feed, im land based around rockingham area and was just wondering what is the best time and area to try i have read from a search on the internet about the penguin island jetty but that was from over a year ago, any tips on location/technique would be appreciated.

cheers

 Are you allowed to fish from a boat at the dams around this area for the trout or is is shore based only?

Which kind of filleting blade do you prefer??

Currently using a marttiini which has a little flex and is pretty good.  Just never tried the stiff bladed knives.

I am looking for good Lb spots /areas to go for 2 weeks this christmas, have a good 4x4 and an experienced driver, no ballooning as no idea how to, also have all rod types from3-5kg, to 10kg 7ft softplastic, medium rods and a , to 15-20kg over head(use for paddling big baits out, or cruising around casting?), aswell as usual 8-12ft beach rods and penn slammer with 300m 25lb mono line to pair em up with. Any Ideas???

 hi all, im jsut about to buy some pot to catch some crays

but please correct me if im wrong:

max i can pull is 2 pots per boat/license (or 4 pots if there are 2 license)

max is 6 crays per boat/license ( or 12 if there are 2 license)

also what bait should i use and what is the date for seasons ?

thanks guys

Hey guys, am just old enought to get my RST, will probs get it this december, anyone have any tips, and where and how much they paid to get it done. Have no idea as my family isnt into fishing or boating, just me. Any hints/tips, and info much appreciated.

Authorities will opt to close beaches in populated areas to protect swimmers instead of pre-emptively killing sharks that stray too close, the head of the Department of Fisheries has revealed.

Fisheries director-general Stuart Smith conceded yesterday that extraordinary powers allowing him to order the destruction of white sharks before they attacked were seldom likely to be used.

Mr Smith said the only circumstances in which the measure would be taken might be when authorities were not in a position to close beaches or warn people going into the water. This would include a shark swimming close to a place such as Rottnest Island.

In a policy shift by the State Government after five fatal shark attacks in 10 months, Mr Smith was given the authority to order the catching and killing of a shark deemed an "imminent threat".

Releasing policy guidelines, Mr Smith said what constituted an imminent danger would vary depending on the circumstances but he would not hesitate to issue an order if required. He said this was only likely to happen once all other avenues had been exhausted.

"The priority there is to get people out of the water so there can't be a threat of attack," Mr Smith said.

"Aside from closing beaches, the sort of things we would do is what we have done with the recent situation in Ocean Reef (where tagged white sharks repeatedly set off acoustic receivers).

"We had vessels out on the water and staff at boat ramps so people who might enter the water over the side of a boat are expected to be aware there is a risk and they shouldn't enter the water."

He said social media and issuing media alerts would also be used.

Daniel Mercer

Hey Guys,

Thinking of driving down to Rocko and launching there and goin for a fish under the causeway. Not sure whats around there, so can anyone give me any info on what is swimming around there and what to catch or go for?

The Muskrat

Hi guys, am in yr9, and looking for a part time job in the Christmas Holidays, looking for a position SOR, near fremantle, attadale,melville. Dont matter what, scraping barnacles at boat yard, mechanic, shop worker, i dont really care, no qualifications obviously. Am smart, and have common sense. Please reply if you have or know of a position available. Something to do with Boats, fishing, ect much liked, but doesnt matter. Not fussy

Fisher Kid

 Hi just wondering if any knows off anyone catching squid at either ocean reef, hillaries or mindarie?? 

well, what can i say, but....shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit,shit and even more shit

and it wasnt just us, met up with a few others out there with the same prob.

beats working i spose

cheers

ron

http://www.news.com.au/national/giant-sharks-shock-for-water-police/story-fndo4bst-1226524338597

WATER police who rushed to investigate reports of an overturned boat with people in the water off a popular Sydney beach instead discovered two immense great white sharks feeding on the remains of a whale.

The largest of the sharks was estimated to be six metres long, and the smaller shark "just'' 4.5 metres long.

The sharks were feeding on the floating blubber only a few hundred metres off Whale Beach on Sydney's northern beaches on Saturday afternoon.

"The bigger of the two sharks was the biggest thing apart from a full grown humpback I've ever seen in the water,'' one of the Broken Bay water police officers said.

"It was about six metres long, it came up beside our boat many times and that's a reliable estimate of its size, it was a very very big shark.

"They were really getting stuck into the whale blubber, it was about three square metres at the start but a lot smaller by the time we left them.''

The sharks were last seen just a few hundred metres off the southern end of Whale Beach on dusk.

 hey fellas im stuck between the 13ft sensor and the 12ft sensor. i want to pair one of these with me emblem pro but im unsure on witch rod to pair it with im looking to cast baits for mulloway but also metals for tailor. i usshally use 12ft rods for lures anway but i doubt that it will be able to cast a scalie and star sinker. unlike the 13ft witch seems like a good rod for big baits but to big for lures. what do you guys think i should go for?

thanks parry

Heard they were supposed to be out last week. Can anyone confirm?

Hi guys,

long time reader and thought i should get involved after taking advantage of all the advice.

I have been targeting flathead in the shallows recently just throwing around hard lures. Just wondering if its worth putting on a heavier trace as a I lost a big fish on the weekend after it engulfed the lure. running 4lb mainline.

thanks in advance