Fishing Discussion

General Fishing Chat

Burley for Dhufish

Hey. Just wondering if anyone else has had success drifting for Dhufish with a burley pot?


Broome fishing help

 Hey my fishwrecked peoples , iv just finished my degree literally my last exam today an saturday i fly out to broome , besides fishing the jetty is there any other land base spots which are accesible an produce good fish ?! Any help would be greatly appreciated ! 

I have a few different rods ranging from 6 to 8 ft an 25 to 80 pound braid ! Have all terminal tackle needed for the area including traces . Im fairly easy with what i catch big or small just be great to get onto some northern species fish if i cant get out with a friend who is taking a few days of . 

 

Any help would be great thank you 


friday??

well, i got the day off tomorow (friday) gunna go out in the tub somewhere!!

its been a while and need to wet a line, so who knows where we will end up?? more than likley woodys, head out to try improve on my sambo me thinks.

anywhere is better than in the truck dealing with melons!! try to get something to add to the record board i hope

cheers ron


quick canning fish on the way home from work

 Had a quick pit stop today on the way home from work bream were everywhere big girls cruising the flats managed  5 bream between 33/35cm and the usual bycatch(flatties,grunter) not huge but good to get those headshakes and instant weight and string pulled.Stand out was zman grubs in bloodworm went through 1.5 packets of plastics to blowies but oh well.


Sundaymorning bash.

Looking at heading out tomorrow morning. Will be first Perth fishing trip.

Would love to get into some inshore bluewater, but not too sure on which forecast to go by. Willyweather cottlesloe?

1.8m for sunday morning, is that realistic? Only have a 4.5 tinny!

 


Amberjack

 Hi just wondering if amberjack are any good to eat?? Cheers


Pond fishing Pattaya Thailand

These are from the Fishing pond on Soi 14 Jomtien, Thailand

All the gear was supplied. Was using a no name 8" GP rod and no name reel. appeared to

be loaded with about 15 pound mono.

 

The terminal rig was a large wire berley cage loaded with a bread and oil mix, about 10 cm to a small hook and piece of bread.


shark teeth for sale

While bored waiting for my missus buying crap in a beading shop, I noticed these shark teeth being sold to make jewellery etc. Asked shop lady where they're from, Indonesia was the reply.

Is this a bad thing? I dunno. They're all pretty bloody small. Though i guess, the sharks they came from would've been killed anyway for meat so they may aswell make a few extra cents off the teeth? There was also heaps of shells, I imagine also from Indo, all the spirally types. I don't think its a great idea to encourage taking shells and things.


sub doggin the swan

With the avo off work i thought to myself what better way to spend it than walking the flats of the Swan River .

Upon arrival i was greeted with a light Easterly and 32ish degrees so i was super eager to get in the water. The water was almost glass on the flats so it looked super inviting.

Todays plan was to fish sub surface style stickbaits. So i tied on a Berkley 3B subdog and off i went .

As the afternoon was intended to work out which style of retrieve worked out best i was not yo confident that the afternoon was going to be a overly productive one but how wrong was I !

First cast hits the water , a couple of short twitches of the rod and i got a all mighty whak but unfortunatly missed the hookup , what a great sign i was thinking , and i was right as almost every 3rd cast was resulting in hookups or good hits. Over the afternoon I ended up landing my fair share of bream and loosing a few more to big bust off's.

The method i found best with the 3B subdogs on the day was to cast out and let the lure hit the bottom , then retrieve with 7 or so very small consistent twitches followed by a small pause then repeat , this proved to be deadly on the flats and in some snags with most fish comming straight after the pause when I began twitching again.


Mystery Lure

Can anybody please help by identifying this lure? I received it free with a fishing magazine years ago and have no idea what it is. It is a fantastic little lure and has caught a wide range of fish until a little Barracuda smashed it during a holiday up north and now it won’t swim properly. I haven’t had any luck finding it in local tackle shops so I thought if someone could tell me the name/brand I might have more joy.


Crayfish help

 Hey guys,

dropping cray pots in for the first time this weekend and I was just wondering what kind if ground, depth I should be looking for at the moment as I'm still a virgin to this. I will be fishing the mandurah waters. Any help will be great.

Cheers!


Mulloway

Just wondering is it better to try around fremantle area at this time of year or better to be putting in some hours around narrows or canning bridge area's?

Just don't know how far up they are yet or if they are even in the river in numbers?

Cheers


New fishing Rig? Great for beach launches :P

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new bream basher

this is my new custom bream basher. 4-8lb usa graph graphite blank 6'6 with cork grips and wood grain reel seat.

im going to try to put a tiger wrap near the top grip, however judging by what i have seen it looks hard to do.

any one else done any rod wraping? particularly tiger wrap, any tips for me?

still needs flex coat on the guides.


Taxman demands interest

Would wake you up in a hurry 


Float your boat ..... or your car!

 hmmm....


Ouch! That's gotta hurt....

 The last one is my favourite!


Any luck with jigs around Rotto/Bonito Sightings near rotto

Has anyone had any luck with jigs between Freo and Rotto, was thinking around jackson rocks, (a reef east of rotto), as am gonna try and head out there on a mates boat for some sambo/kingy fun. And on a side note i have seen bonito east of rottos, so they are coming in.


bom weather

whats going on with bom latley, only one update per day it seems now???

any ideas??

it seems willy weather is the one to use now!!


Narrows

 

  Has anyone been to the narrows latley thinking about going tonight


fishing ponds in thailand - pataya

 anyone on here fished the ponds for catfish etc? do u need ur own gear?


flatties

should be a good year on the flatties in the river this year. went out for a flick yesterday lunch time and ended up with 9 flatties and seen a few small flounder following the lure. went breaming last week with a mate and ended up with a few flatties as by catch.

there everywhere!


Cockburn sound crabs

Sorry People. I usually can find out most info, but this time I am a little confused. I know last year there was an open and closed season for crabs in the sound, i something about the season being extended.

Does anyone know when the season begins or ends and all that.

Thanks


fishing glasses (spotters)

i am looking to buy some fishing glasses for beach fishing. i went to bcf and saw there was spotters, but they were $200 to $300. does anybody reccomend them or should i buy something else.

thanks


Marine transponder/ acoustic tag ID?

 Does anyone know what this is? found off onslow


what fuel?

Hi Guys

I just recently bought a secondhand boat with a 2004 40hp four stroke yamaha.

Just wondering if I should be running premium or regular unleaded.

Any help is much appreciated.


Night fishing in summer

Hey guys, so got some nice lights in the boat now and was wondering if it's worth going out for a night fish if I'm going to miss the tide change (Tide on Friday is high at 7:30ish and I'll be on the water 8:30-9) and if it's still worth it, what kind of thing should I look for (ie. gutters, rocks, weed ect ect) withOUT catching any snapper. I know a few good tailor spots but was wondering if they bite all through the night. Hoping for something on the large side of things, Cockburn based btw.

Many thanks!
Damon.

 

P.S I searched for about 4 hours before asking, searching "night fishing" just brings up 2498576349876534897573498 snapper reports ;)


Daiwa Saltist LD AHI

hay guys just wondering if any of you have the daiwa saltist LD rod. have been getting a lot of good info and it sounds great but havn't been able to see a good picture. so if anyone does have this rod could you get good picture up.

thanks


2012 Catalina or Stella FA

 Hi all pros, I am contemplating between 2012 catalina 5000H and stella 8000 FA for popping. Put aside the price tag and Saltiga is out of the range for now?

Besides, is the 2012 catalina using the same gears as the Saltiga with lesser ball bearings? Normally the 2 tier reel will be using 2 tier gears? Correct me if i am wrong.

Thanks


Toadfish and you

 How funny is it that sailfish eat toadfish? Yep you read that right. Can anyone comment?

I read that when sailfish round up balls of toadfish they won't touch a lure- all they want to eat Is toadfish!