After finishing school with lots of spare time on my hands i decided to head to my Uncles house for a few days fishing the Dawesville Cut.

I got down there one afternoon and immediately went down to try for some herring. I only caught about ten herring as they were hard to come by which is unusual for the cut. I then went for a squid down at the Jolly frog. I ended up with 3 squid - 2 good size ones and one decent. These were all taken on a hand-me-down old yozuri jig. With the incoming tide it made squid quite simple as the tide would hold it off the bottom and i continually pulsed the rod.

I then made my way down to the Jolly frog the next morning at around 11am. I saw a teenager with qualtiy gear hook up and loose a salmon trout under the pylons of the bridge and having 20 gram twisties on me i raced over there and 1st cast had a hook-up and landed a nice little salmon on my sienna with 6lb fins. That session in an hour i landed 10 fish releasing 6 and taking four home for dinner. These fish were feed exactly on the change of tide from outgoing swinging to the incoming. Accurate precise casting was needed and the a ultrafast retrive would entice the strike.
I fished for these salmon for 3 days in total releaing over 24 fish and keeping 12. The halco 20 gram was key as they 10 gram wouldnt get down to the fish. Using this method i also caught 2 undersize tailor at midday! I also had a berkley attack rod snap on one of these salmon must have been faulty cos i wasnt high sticking. Also when cleaning these salmon the stomach contents revealed fresh whole river prawns showing that the prawns are moving about and also whitebait.

I had a set routine and would squid almost every night and caught 10 squid over 3 nights ( i only have photos of the first 3 - due to teh mess they made i cleaned the rest at the jetty)

I also fished the afternoon for king george i ended up with 4 undersize ones over 2 sessions and my uncle got one size.

Night fishing off the Jolly Frog was producing many tailor all around 30cm with one specimen close to 40-43cm caught.
Other by catch species where small skippy and tarwhine.

Tons of Blue manna crabs would come through at night all mostly undersize but a good sign to see for stocks. Crab were that plentiful that they were regularly being caught on fishing line.

After i returned from mandurah me and some mates wet a line at night at ascot with big mulla baits soaking and small rods out for bream. I landed one Bream around 25-6 cms and there were 3 bite offs on our bream gear presumably tailor. My whole yellowtail had a decent what looked to be tailor bite out of it too. Which has now tempted me to fish for tailor down there :P

Thats a little run down of my recent escapades and theres surely more to com

Hey guys.

Im looking for a boat rod for my stradic 8000 reel. I'll be loading the reel with 30lb braid.

Im looking at spending under 200 dollars, with a long butt section.

Cheers

Danno

has any one had much luck with soft plastics on the north mole

Hey there. Just started squidding with a mate around the river. We're both new to it so we know nothing about it. Headed out today around 12 to Fishermans Harbour in freo and stayed there for a couple hours, but caught nothing. Then we moved to the jetty near the Water polo club in Bicton, caught nothing. Then we moved to Claremont jetty and this was around 6.30 and it was pretty windy, we stayed till 8 and well caught nothing.

We're wondering if we could follow someone along for a squid sesh? And learn some stuff about it?

PS. One of my squid jig has the cloth coming apart from under the jig is there anyway of fixing this?

Thanks.

Hey all.

Im getting dragged along to a pinic there soon so i was wondering if it is worth taking a fishing rod and a few lures?

Has anyone fished there and caught anything?

Cheers

Danno

Just seeing if there are any boys going "FISHING" on Boxing Day at Rotto for Raft-Up? I’m assuming no real fish will be caught though. Lol. If anyone has any room for a few chicks let me know as I have a few friends keen to go as we missed out on tickets and they are now prepared to sell themselves to get on a boat... Hehehe. (Just kidding)... Don’t get too excited.

Heading down to Peaceful Bay for several weeks from the 22nd, fished the area before and had some outstanding fishing. Just want any info related to rigs used down that way that may improve Groper catch.

http://www.gmagazine.com.au/news/2352/burke-urged-stand-sea

Looks like the greens/pew are pretty damn close to reaching their marine park goals.

hiya guys

               ive finaly been let out for an all night fish on thursday and im REALY keen on bagging my first mulla ( WHO ISNT??)

So i was just wanting any help and tips that might make the dream come true!

im gonna try put out some live tailor so where do you guys put the hooks??

And is there a best place to cast for mulla or what?

Any help is great

Thanks

 Hi guys n gals

Been sitting on the fence for a while and have finally joined. Love this site and all its useful information (and some not quite so useful but bloody funny  ). Love all aspects of fishing and always willing to chip in for fuel, bait, booze etc if someone is kind enough to offer me a spot on their pride and joy! I have all my own good quality gear for everything from squidding to popping to bottom bouncing and jigging, sp's etc.I live NOR but always willing to travel. Work full time, so generally weekends only time off. As the name suggests, I am a rather large bloke (6ft 6 and 120ish kg on a good day!) hahaha. Anyway, thanks again to the mods etc for such a great and informative site.

Cheers

Bargey

 Hey Guys,

Found some sunglasses at Hillary's last night. They are pretty expensive, so wondered if it mite be anyone's on here?

Lots of people fishing so you never know.

Let me know if you have lost any. and give details i.e brand, colour material etc just so i know they are yours.

Cheers

Nick

Seeing as though we are getting so many storys of scum that are robbing cray pots i thought it would be good to here some storys   where you or mates have caught idiots tampering with ya pots red handed.

Heard a story a while back of a pro who pulled up a pot with  a diver attached with his arm in the pot still hahaha 

Hey Guys,

Im going down Jurien Bay after christmas so i need to know what type of fish you catch down there i will only be jetty fishing. Also could you try post some pics of fish you have caught down there and decribe what gear and rigs, etc. you used,

                                                                                                          cheers fishing addiction.

What are these guys thinking?

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has had any experience posting rods. I am looking a buying a certain rod at the moment and if i do get it i will be responsible for the postage. It is a two piece 8 footer, so ill assume the parcel would be just over 4ft. It will be travelling from sydney to melbourne. If anyone could point me in the direction of a company or has any experiences themselves that would be great.

Hi all,
im new to the site, have been struggling over the years to catch a dhufish or snapper of legal size. I have a 5.2m boat and i go out from hillarys, been to rotto before a couple of times. I read reports of people catching them at the 3 mile reef or hale road reef, but i have tried on so so many occasions and can only get small ones (if any) amongst a whole heap of wrasse etc. Others tell me to go deeper and just find a lump but it seems once you go past the 3 mile reef the bottom is flat the whole way out. The depth sounder has never picked up anything other than a gentle gradient getting progressively deeper. Trying in 30m of water i only get whiting and juvenile snapper to about 30cm. I have looked everywhere for one of these 'lumps' but cannot find anything.
Just wondering with the demersal closure ending can anyone please give me a tip or something to find some decent dhufish or snapper territory given i head out from hillarys.
Cheers, happy fishing

hey guys dad will be goin next year some time to buy a new car (well most likely) and will have a look at some boats aswell as we will be lookin to buy our first. Im lookin at the 19 to 20 ft mark in fibreglass. Any suggestions on which ones i should be havin a look at as i want to start searchin around???. Would be good if i end up going with him :)

Re-pete Fish Ruler The Story - Two mates (Peter Thomas and Peter Salamone) wanted to find a Faster and more Accurate way of measuring fish. A sticker on the side of the boat or an Esky lid, led to inaccurate measuring and fish being out of the water too long. Features of the “Re-Pete Fish Ruler” are quite amazing: Virtually unbreakable (under normal use) Shatterproof UV stabilized 10 years + Low heat conduction (cool working surface) Lightweight Using the Ruler 1. Before handling the fish, please wet your hands and the Fish Ruler. 2. Carefully lift the fish (supporting its body) onto the ruler and position its nose so as to be touching the vertical aspect of the ruler. 3. Gently keep the fish in position whilst measuring at the tip of its tail. Notes Those fish not being kept should be released quickly and carefully. Fish can be measured in the water using the Re-Pete Fish Ruler also. *** We were approached by Peter Thomas (Fishwrecked member Piston Broke) to see if we wanted to stock the product. Certainly a good idea with accurate measurement and you can upgrade the sticker when any changes are made so buy once and have it for years. Similar style of board to what tagging guys use and one that we'll support. They sell for around $19.95 (less FW discount) ***

not sure if its been posted already but to those who spend time in the swan, are you aware of the speed limit change?

i found out on sunday by the enforcers, just a freindly warning for now they said.

from the belmont ski area(maylands ramp) up to the guildford rd bridge has changed from 8knts to 5knts wich is idle speed.
then from guildford rd bridge up stream is 4 knts.

i have spent many many years in the upper swan and dont take any notice of the signs anymore and just travell along at 8knts, was a supprise when they pulled me over and informed me of the change.
it is also well signed i noticed once they told me, and has been for the last 2 weeks.

i also noted that the ferrys were not doing 5knts, maybe they are exempt?????

cheers ron

Looks like the predictions of an early season cyclone may be close to spot on.

Couple of nice storms sitting out near Christmas Islands, with a tleast 1 expected to form into a cyclone.

Been a while since karratha had one come through :)

Hello Everyone at Fishwrecked,
Another new member to this forum. Long time reader first time posting.
First of all I would like to thank you for your support to this site and sharing your knowledge and experience. Your experience has given me a different dimension to my fishing and boating.
I easily spend an hour or two everyday in this site, but I was shy to post or comment. Now I decided it’s the right time to come out of the darkness and walk along with you guys.
Went out this Sunday with Nebraska charters for sambo jigging, as most of you know who Nebraska charters are, Steve and Tony (Owner operators) at Nebraska are top blokes.
First Tony took us to his secret shallow spot behind Rottnest and the sounder showed us heaps of fish and we all dropped our jigs and the first jig comes out of the water and the whole crew witnessed couple of monster sharks chasing the jigs. So Tony decided to move immediately and we hit the south barges and we where the first boat out there. Shit loads of fish on the sounder we started jigging and jigging nothing happened for more than 20 minutes. One of the crew members sited a shark few meters away so we moved from one barge to other and same result. Now we decided to send some baits to check what’s happening at the bottom and not even a sniff.
Now Tony decided to take as to the FADS and we saw some bait school s around and looked promising. We stared to troll around and nothing happened for almost an hour, so we drifted some baits around and again same result. We then decided to go back to the barges and there where more than a dozen of boats and honestly no one hooked anything. It was a shame but we can’t complain it’s the nature of the beast.
Finally we gave up and decided to go back to shallow waters to catch some flatties and whiting. On the way back we saw some birds working on the surface and where moving fast so we tried trolling some skirted lures and divers and one of the crew members caught a decent Bonito. Then we ended up on some good sand patches and pulled some nice flatties and plum whiting. Now the south westerly picked up and we were back at the boat ramp. It was disappointing, but over all a beautiful day to be out in the water.
Thank you guys for reading my report and a quick note before I go, if you are planning for sambo jigging please think twice. It’s a big Noah to me at the moment.
Cheers!!!
Mallesh

Well looks like the state goverment is going to stop all this speculative buying and selling of moorings. News is that they will limit mooring sales prices to $5000 each and stop hiring on of moorings not used and taking back those moorings sitting iddle and having no boat registered to it.

GOOD!!! about bloody time they stopped the use of moorings as a trading item. Some people are sitting on a number of moorings and asking silly figures for them.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa … ing-sales/

with luck this will get a lot of those useless unseaworthy tubs off the river that are just sitting there and being held for speculative resales. I hate seeing moorings unused and sitting iddle or half rotting boats on them that will never ever go to sea again sitting on a mooring that could be used by some one who really wants to be out and on the water.

JMO

Just wondering if anyone knows what the posession limit is for transporting Crays?

Am going to Victoria for a holiday and planning to take some crays over. Noticed it stated 24 crays is the posession Limit at your place of residents, but is there one for transporting them?

Cheers

Cockburn Sound crab fishers reap benefits from revised management system-Fisheries Dept media release
Friday, 10 December 2010

Crab fishers will benefit this summer from the continuing improvement in blue swimmer stocks in Cockburn Sound.

Fisheries Minister Norman Moore said it was encouraging to see crab stocks recovering well after a three-year total ban on crab fishing was replaced last Summer by a limited three and half month fishing season.

“The fishery’s continuing recovery has enabled me to extend the coming recreational season by an extra month,” Mr Moore said.

“Recreational crab fishing in Cockburn Sound will run from December 15 until the end of April, 2011. This extension will enable recreational fishers to enjoy the pastime during Easter next year.

“The commercial crab fishing season in Cockburn Sound will remain the same (December 15 – March 31), but for those fishers I have reduced the minimum size of blue swimmers they can catch to 135mm carapace width (down from 140mm).”

Mr Moore said Department of Fisheries’ researchers had monitored Cockburn Sound’s crab stocks and noted a slow increase in recruitment prior to this year. However, 2010 had delivered much higher counts of juvenile crabs.

“We must manage the sustainability of the fishery, so that generations to come can build their own great memories of fishing for crabs in Cockburn Sound,” Mr Moore said.

“It is also important commercial operators can maximise the fishery’s economic value.”

When fishing for crabs in Cockburn Sound, recreational fishers must comply with the crab fishing rules that apply in all areas of the West Coast Bioregion.

Recreational fishing rules - available on a special flyer - ‘Crabbing for blue swimmer crabs in the West Coast Region’ - include a minimum size limit of 127mm carapace width, a bag limit of 10 crabs per fisher per day, and a boat limit of 20 crabs.

The flyer is online at www.fish.wa.gov.au and available through Department of Fisheries’ offices and information outlets.

Has anyone fished S-Bend just north of Dongara before? was going there this weekend can anyone give me any advice on the 4x4 track and where to fish i heard there are a few tracks spots up that way?

i really want a mulla so the best Mulla spot would be great

Hi all
IV just joined up with fishwrecked but been on the side for a while.Im from down south in Busselton .I read last week about the offshore fishing club deploying the fads and would be nice to hear from anyone that might now the whereabouts of them.till next time

hi all been chasing mullas for a couple of weeks now up around the guildford basso area only had a couple of small runs on live bait and scaly fillets anyone out there had any luck up near me and where abouts are they going

Headed out from Woodmans 7am, after catching a squid on the first cast we expected to follow up with another 10. Turned out to be a lucky cast with the next hour brinnging no results.
Decided to test the edges of the week patches and rigged up for a KG. That turned out be the best decision of the day.

Caught these 6 on light gear in 2m of water. Gave a nice fight on light gear.

Will have to google to find the best way to cook them.

PG

Hey is anyone else having problems with the site playing up.I try to use search function and it comes up with an admin error and the colours have al seemed to have changed???>cheers

Going to Cervantes for new years were is the best spot to LB fish and what are you most likely to catch