Enjoy

 Hey guys I was wondering where some good land based spots for eagle rays are somewhere between freo and Henderson would be good. I've got the right gear and bait but I just need somewhere different to go other than the usual spot ( concrete jetty in the Cockburn power boat club harbour.)

PM if you prefer to keep your secret spots secret.

any responses will be appreciated.

Whats everyones plans for tomorrow? Im lookin to head out and get my boy on his first whiting and get a feed then might do some trolling on the back of the 3 mile. Might see some dive flags aroung Id say, should be good

Heading up to kalbarri for two weeks soon with the family. Havn't been there since i was a little taker, so it's time i finally got into some good land based fishing.

Just wondering if anyone had any tips/spots as i have no clue about the area. I doubt i will be able to get to wagoe, unfortunately.

Looking at targeting some decent green backs, sharks, hopefully a mulloway if im lucky? even heard of some snapper being caught there quiet regularly land based.

Appreciate if anyone could point me in any direction and what techniques etc to use.

Cheers,
Jamie

 Hi Guys,

Im hoping you can help me out.

Ive decided to purchase a Jigging Master, Fallings Limited rod. I have my heart set on the Fallings Limited range but I cant decide between the 100~260g (PE 3-6) and the 200~400g (PE 4-8) model.

All my life ive been fishing (bottom bashing) with a Live Fibre 15kg~24kg rod with a huge trolling reel loaded with 50lb mono. Ive decided to acsend from the dark ages and start using braid (50lb).

Most of my fishing with the new setup will be between 40m and 150m depth, but mainly around the 50m. My style of fishing is mainly bottom boucing with an occasional jig.

Now, my question is, which out of the two mentioned rod ratings would you recommend for my style of fishing? Im aware braid has less drag through the water compared to mono, however due to my non existant experience fishing with braid, Im finding it difficult to gauge the difference with sinker requirements when dealing with high drift. Also, jigging rods are completly different to what ive been using.

Once again, I have my heart set on the Fallings Limited range (dont ask me why, I think its the high price tag :)) and there are no weight option between 100~260g and 200~400g.

Basically, I dont want a rod that is too lite or too heavy. Im thinking the 200~400g just to be on the safe side.

Thanks again people and I hope ive provided enough info.

Selling my Traily, making room for something bigger.....see Boatsonline: 

Trailcraft 540 Freestyle: 2008 Launched new in 2009,1 owner
90 hp Evinrude E-Tec with stainless steel prop plus spare prop
Bimini and 6 rod rocket launder, plus extra rod holders in gunwhale and transom and removable live bait tank
Premium trailcraft bait board and rear lounge
Spare wheel and easy beach launch set-up on I beam trailer
Delta anchor, flare kit, life jackets and sea anchor
Raymarine A70D GPS and Hi Def sounder
New VHF radio with back-up aerial

Asking $29,000 ONO.

http://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/trailer-boats/trailcraft-540-freestyle/121585

This has been a great boat and has landed many fish over the past 3 years, and has got me to Rotto and beyond most weekends, with a few trips as far as the Derwent on a good day.....a very sad day when she goes.....ahhhh, the fish, the family, the mates, the memories............

G'day everyone,

I'm a bit of a novice at tailor fishing.....considering people talk about catching them in reefy areas next to shore i was wondering if I was to throw some lures around the reefy areas between trigg and hillaries would i be in with a chance. Or would i have a better chance heading further North to Ocean Reef or Mindarie.

Thanks for any advice.

First day of the season today.. how did everyone go on the crays?

Wont get a chance to go until the weekend but im itching to get back on the hunt

Today as you know is the first day of cray season.

Did any one go out today? and how did you go?

Can't wait till Saturday to jump in and have a swim.

 Hi guys I'm after a pe5 popper outfit not keen to break the bank too much on this one however 

i think rods are pretty straight forward have been looking at...

- 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 )

reels are really where I'm struggling to decide

I understand weight is important and that's what is putting me off reels like the saltist 6500 but then the 4500 is not really a 50lb reel?!

should I be looking at something like the shimano spheros or Saragossa?

or a twinpower

and what sizes. Catalina 5000 would be ideal but out of my price range unfortunately

cheers

turts

Last week I ordered some fluro pigment ( glow in the dark ), when I get it in the mail I am planning on painting some of my tailor lures with it. I got idea from fishing with Gillies whitebait lures at night, these lures have a small strip of lumo on the bottom and the tailor, snook and herring seem to love them. I got further inspiration from a doco I was watching about filming Giant Squid. In the doco the crew were using a new type of camera called starlight cameras, they see the bioluminescence amitted by most fish and the smallest creatures such as krill ect as the fish swim through the water disturbing them. I have also been looking into bioluminescence a bit and I have found that scientists are just starting to do research into which fish can see it. I figure since Tailor are predators and do most of their hunting at night they too might see bioluminescence so I am going to paint these lures to try and mimic this to some degree. I will post back on here the progress I make or don't make and let you all know how it goes.

 Hey guys 

Am hoping to go away this weekend and camp on the beach 

Only won't to travel hour or 2 

Would love to try hook into a Littel shark 

Has anybody got any ideas I am in metro area and willing to drive north or south 

Cheers 

last 4 days found 5 large trebles the boys have been casting at night,all in about 500m of water in front of the kiddies beach,OUCH!wouldn't that hurt in the foot

put poly bench seat in ..with 3 boxes under hinged seat. fish esky fits under no probs gained heaps more fishing room...also new trailer...just waiting to re paint top side off hull

I was being inspected by fisheries on Friday and they mentioned that the bag limits are changing in January.  They said they weren't sure, but the new bag limit for the high risk species was going to be increased, possibly to 3 per angler, and that the dhuie limit could be 3 per boat.  The limits are being reviewed just like they did for crays.  Anyone heard of this?

Gidday guys when do the fads go out ? Cheers craig

Anyone know if its worth crabbing in the river at the moment? Was thinking about dropping the boat in during the day next weekend, If I could manage 6/7 just sized blues or maybe even a couple of muddies it would be worth it.

 Hey all myself and a friend are thinking of taking my 4wd to a beach for a night fish this Friday where would be a good place for some good fishing fairly local to Perth any advise would be great thanx 

 Thinking of buying a daiwa monster mesh pe 6-8 anyone had one or could give me a bit of a review on them wanting to use it for demersal jigging mostly

Heh guys,

Thinking of heading out in the sound this Sunday morning, so far only fished when flat calm.

Had a look at forecast, looks ok but would be grateful for how you think conditions will be, I have a 5.3m boat

Cheers.

Joycey

 Hey can anyone recommend a good marine mechanic that specifically knows Volvo Diesels, especially the KAD 43 motor. Doesnt seem to be alot around, the few ive found are pretty expensive, and also seem to be like a 3 week wait to get anything done. Any help would be greatly appreciated....

Hey guys!

As some of you may know its snapper season in Victoria, and boy oh boy are they running hot.

Got out for my first session on the weekend. Had the lines in the water by 430am andhad about 10 runs early with no hook ups . It was really strange as we were fishing single circles... so we were starting to think it might be one of those days. Anyway., as soon as the sun hit the water the action started to heat up.

In a three hour session we boated 17 fish (15 released), and dropped atleast 10. We had about three triple hook ups, and a quad... the action was non stop. It did slow down for a little bit so we got out the BBQ and right on time two rods buckled over. Average size for the fish was about 3.5kg, great fun on light gear. I also managed my PB of 7.6kg (89cm) on a 2000 size combo, took about ten minutes to get him up and I was wrapped. Here is a few photos from my iphone, picked the worst day to forget the gopro and memory card for the camera, it always happens like that. haha

Good signs early

PB!!

Hi all,

Thought I might have a crack at prawning the next few nights, but I've never done it from land before so just after some tips. Went and picked up a prawn dab net and a pair of waders and have a led lenser headlamp to spot them at night.
Was just gonna head down to the sand flats either side of the boat ramp/channel at the end of Paris rd? If any other locals have any tips it would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

The jobsite I am on at the moment had a shed on it with a two rooms in it made and clad with jarrah planks.  The boss gave us the all clear to go in and get them out or else the shed would just be demolished so a couple of weekends ago my father and I went out and removed a large trailerload consisting of 27x ~225mmx~25mmx 4mt boards and more than 30 2x4"'s around 3mts long.  We put around half up into the trusses in our existing shed for storage and apparently that was too much because today while out at work, the bottom timbers in our centre trusses shed have broken dropping the timber, some older fishing rods, two surfboards, prawn nets etc on the ground.

The casualty list that I can see so far is my well used Gladiator Freshwater spin 2-4kg rod has had the top section broken halfway and a 120x120cm glass tabletop.

I use this rod for basically all my small species fishing, squidding, breaming, swan tailor trolling, whiting etc. It was a 7' rod, but I use it from the boat so often I think a 6' would be better and the action was just a little soft it was also a freshwater rod and it was mainly used for saltwater.  Im not looking to break the bank, but I am finding these days I prefer buying better gear and looking after it. The reel it will be used with is a daiwa exceller 2500 running 8 pound braid but I might be able to look at a new reel for christmas.

Suggestions?

It was very cool just as we reached totality. Within about 10 seconds it went very dark. Very impressive and you can see some Solar Prominences.

anybody else been catching NW blowies in the river lately? i got one on my bream gear the other day. bloody things seem to be everywhere!

Hi ive recently bought items that were needed for me to build my first stand up game rod which will be used for trawling.

I will update the post as i progress but if anyone has any stories of their own rod building experience i think we would like to know

the rod is a 80lb blank with a bent butt gimbal

Just after getting back from my last fishing trip to Hervey Bay one of the boys had a serious motorbike accident, after the initial injuries he was lucky to survive and everything was looking like it was going to ok. Finally they got him in for an MRI, and tragically, it looks like he will never be able to use his left arm again. Was absolutely devastating news for him, his family and his friends. He is a keen fisherman, shooter, and paintballer, but now it looks as if he is not going to do alot of things the way he used to do them before. He is alive, which is amazing all things considered... but this is a massive knock for him.

Just wondering if anyone has seen, or heard of any ways a person with the use of only one arm can continue to fish. Hopefully one day we can get him catching some fish again.

Thanks guys.

Does anybody know if this cray hook is legal? Saw it advertised as legal but on gum tree so wasn't sure... Thought it might be the "blunt hook" in the fisheries rules?

hay guys i am looking at buying a diawa saltist LD 40 overhead reel and i am wondering what rod and what pound line i should match it up with.

i will mainly be bottom bouncing, jigging and trolling but will also go out on busso jetty for some mulloway, i might use it to float live baits out the back of the boat.