Went out to the first bank off Jurien on Friday with my oldest (Connor) and youngest (Marshall) sons for a bit of bottom fishing and Marshall caught his first legal dhufish (56cm) at the age of 10 years 3 months, which beat Connor's when he was 10 years 7 months! That was our first fish of the day, I then got a legal dhuie and baldie on an octo jig, before Connor followed up with two baldies, then Marshall completed the bag limit with another baldie. Smallest fish, 46cm, biggest 63cm.

Total fishing time was just on two hours...I then asked the boys if they wanted to play around with the jigs but they didn't want to risk killing something that would be going back anyway. Very happy with our Jurien trip so far, we got about a dozen tailor to 46cm on lures this morning (all released), hoping to get out to the bank again tomorrow, and of course another shot or two at that shallow water snapper lump from the other day. Towards the end of next week is looking promising weatherwise so we may just have to stick it out until then!

Hi everyone Was planning on a cruise on the river sunday arvo with the mrs, she isnt that into fishing so i am trying to gradually get her involved a little and was looking for a little help maybe trolling for some chopper tailor.  I was going to use some small slices like 20 to 60 gram but i have some bream lures like little rmg scorpions and laser pro's what would you guys reccomend? 

I was thinking of launching in mosman bay and maybe heading up around east fremantle do the tailor hold up in the main channel or on the shallow banks or around drop offs

any advice would be greatly appreciated

Rig

Unfotunately my Daiwa advantage plastics rod came to an untimely demise last night whilst consuminmg beer & testing drag pressures of reels! Has anyone got any recommendations for a replacement? Looking for a line class of around 5-8kg. The nitro viper 6-8kg inshore looks good. Aiming to use it for jig heads up to 3/4oz.

i tryed tonight nothing

getting sick of nothing

wife keeps saying why waste time when you get nothing all the time

Hi All

Can you please keep a lookout for any of the gear listed below that was stolen from our charter boat in Broome on the 29/9. There is a $1500 reward offered to anyone that gives information leading to the arrest of these idiots.

Here is a link to the story

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/8052867/thieves-target-luxury-broome-vessels/

Here is the list, which is still growing as you realise just how much stuff you carry on your boat.

Stolen from Utopia night of 29th September 2010

Electronics                                                                                                        

1 x wireless camera monitor

1 x Furuno sounder – model FCV 585

1 x Furuno radar – model 1715, screen only

1 x Selectronic inverter – model # SE 22

1 x Tasco binoculars

1 x gas mate burner in case

1 x Motorola satellite phone in Pelican case – serial # 300214010634590

Tools

3 x tool bags full of assorted tools – some specialised Volvo tools

1 x screwdriver set

1 x tourque bit set

1 x ½ inch socket set

Hitachi impact driver

Bag assorted Volvo spare parts

Fishing gear

3 x large tackle boxes filled with split rings, hooks, jigs, lures

2 x fishing pliers

3 x knives

1 x lip grips with scale

2 x buckets sinkers 16, 20 & 24oz

1 x split ring pliers

1 x box wire trace & crimping gear

10 x gimble belts (some white some black)

25 x lures assorted (some new in box, some used)

4 x FinNor Offshore 75 spin reels

6 x Shimano Charter Special reels

2 x Shimano TLD 30’s reels

1 x Alvey reel

4 x crystal tip spin rods

3 x Penn power stick overhead rods

2 x game rods

2 x sets teasers

2 x Burke wet weather jackets with AOC logo on

1 x blue 128L Kookaburra esky

5 x assorted sized tubs for fishing gear

Various supplies from first aid box

3 x beach towels

Large black spotlight

 There was also some big gold penn reels, a heap of imported spearguns, image stabilising binos and RFDS first aid kits stolen off other boats along with a lot of other gear.

 Any help is greatly appreciated.

can you buy a machine or speedo that determines how fast you going in knots for you

Gday all....

thought it was time i chucked a few pics up of the new (2nd hand) tub i picked up.... Almost soley to be used as a dive boat but can be fished out of... Its a 5.3 fraser fibreglass hull.... Fairly old but with abit of work its gonna be sweet. Come matched with a 100hp 4 stroke motor that im absolutely in love with after having 2 strokes previously...

so far ive stripped all the old electrics - wires ect old sounder mounts and general tidy up....

installed new navlights , humminbird 757c gps sounder (nothing flash but was on special at BCF $500bucks down from $1200! absolute bargain and does the job nicely on a wet open boat) marine radio and a few other bits n pieces... Outboard cover should be here monday hopefully and its starting to look very good...

Got gun racks down both sides which are awesome for keeping out of harms way and sooooo much room for extended trips (dirk Hartog here i come)... it is a wet boat but hey im going diving anyways lol

the trailer does need some work but ill get to that eventually....

During the closure i plan on gettin the hull rubbed back and some work done to it - new paint work and some patching and gonna change the old metal strips down the sides to some new rubber buffers.

Megan had the choice of names and its going to be called "Shoot To Thrill"

Finally took it for first dive trip yesterday and it went so well.... Motor didnt miss a beat after service (which it shouldnt) and we got some nice fish....

Place was alive with dhuies! Never seen so many in one day - Total for us was above 20 with ease altho not alot of size - still fantastic to see... At one stage we had a just legal female competing with a school of skippy for burley right under our fins in 12m of water! this fish had balls!

Seen a couple more blue groper and a swag of small trout but sadly none of any size... Also swam with a big school of YTK which is a fish ive never seen before but again they where juvenile fish so left be...

Bought home 1 5-6kg dhu 2 nice groper and a good parroty so a good day in great conditions for us.... Keep yes peeled for more dive pics and video to come from "Shoot To Thrill" guys...

cheers poddy

heys guys i'm thinking of going out fishing out the back of garden island or carnac on sunday morning .i'm after sum advice how and where to try for sambos and dhuie i'm not after secret spots but i have never caught a sambo so want to give it ago just need advice on how far out i need to be what baits depth etc.all help much appreciated thanks

Gday

does anyone know the exact dates that this year's cray season begins. and do the pros get to start earlyer or at the same time as recs.

cheers.

Enjoy ( back from BALI )

Hi guys, planning a trip to Broome for June/July next yr. A friend and I will be hiring a boat for 2 weeks to chase some Sails/spaniads/other pelagics and anything else we can get onto. One of the questions i need answered is how far offsore do you need to be to see some of these fish in the boat? 2 nautical miles is the standard distance allowed for hired boats to be able to go offsore, however for a fair bit extra $$ you can hire a boat that is allowed 5 nautical miles. 2 nautical miles doesnt seem enough to me.. what do you guys think? Iv never fished Broome so i have no idea what to expect, hopefully you guys can help.

Thanks in advance.

Hey all,

i would like to try north mole tomorrow... its my first time ever so i do not know what to expect... i will be taking my big rod, placci rod and the lot...

what is there to catch on the big rod?

and is there egi there?

aswell as do placcies work?

is it gerally the same as hilarys?

please all advice is apreciated,

cheers!

It's taken a while but finally got a good one...69cm on a 5" snapback on ten pound gear in 10 metres of water. Went like a train, kept lunging for the anchor rope and boy what a relief to finally land it. Followed up 45 minutes later with another one at 65cm. Ten year old managed a couple of mini sambos (around 40cm) and my oldest boy got a just undersized spotted mack on a Gulp nuclear chicken. A great afternoon with the light gear!

Not long to go now. Montes here we come. The last 6 months have been a drag and it seemed like the day was never going to get here. But finally the count down has almost come to an end.

5 days of nothing but fishing, drinking and shit stirring. Time to start packing the gear so we can get out of this cold hell hole.

Last years trip was a blast, and I'm expecting this years trip will be even better. Here''s a couple of pics from our last Blue Lightning trip (hope this works).

Hey guys Im heading to exmouth over christmas, I was hoping to catch a few big GTs, does anyone know where the best spot to try and what method to use? Also where do the big queenies hang out around that way? your help would be greatly appreciated.

After a 1:30am wakeup to pick up flangies then up to John's to load up the car and were on the road by 3. The drive up the new road took just over 2 hours so we had time to pick up some brekky from the bakery. On arrival at the boat there were a couple of old boys who were coming with us, and it was decided that it was us 4 on artificials vs. them on bait. After the performance of McArthy's on our last charter we figured we had them covered...

We were heading up to the 60m mark so had plenty of time for a troll on the way out, picked up 4 sbt's on Whitey's heavy gear before John and flangies had a go with their 20lb gear - heaps more fun!

The weather was good, though the current and drift were making it difficult to jig, 2oz jigheads were only just holding the bottom and 130 - 150g jigs were the only jigs that were useable in the conditions. We persevered with the jigs all day, while watching the old boys clean up on bait. I had a huge hit on an evergreen caprice by what felt like a big dhu, the first hit failed to hook up, and subsequent strikes also missed, bugger! In hindsight was probably fishing a bit much drag, I had just tightened it a bit after seeing flangies get busted off by a sambo! Only 1 sambo was boated all day which was suprising, and caught on bait as well.

By about midday the old boys had almost got our boat limit, getting good baldies, pinkies and a queenie that went 69cm. I eventually gave in and made the switch to bait and caught a pb baldie of 53cm and a nice pinkie that went back. I was told that these fish didn't count cause i caught them on bait!

At the end of the day I think between us we only had about 10 hits on jigs all day, John and I got an undersize pinky each and Whitey got a small bonito. The boat limit was reached (mainly thanks to the old boys), with 4 baldies, a bb, a queenie and the rest pinkies. All day we had the feeling that the next spot was going to produce some big dhu's, unfortunately not this time. It was a frustrating day as we could see the big fish on the sounder, just couldn't get them to bite. The pink 10" McArthy's that did so well last time failed to attract any interest, and eventually came up about 4" short after getting mauled by sh!tfish.

Still a great day out on the water, thanks to Whitey and Matt for another great charter!

Tim.

Hey guys just wondering if anyone on here uses blood n bone in there berley mixes.an old boy bailed me up in bunnings recently and swore by it obviously you don't buy the one with added plant fertilsers in it just pure blood n bone .what do u guys think,do u think it would work

Hi all after a good tinnie trailor my boat is 3.8m have to tow it to broome over chrissy and mine isnt up too it perth area

has any1 used , heard or seen sebile lures.....if so what do you think of them and what was caught if anything.........................

Going to Grant St Beach(Cott) for a tailor bash friday evening,

What rigs, should I go unweighted mulie on a set of gangs?

Are they bitting aswel,

Anything appreciated

Cheers, Andrew

Has anyone use Quantum Surge salwater fishing reel before?

Those that are interested ....Malcolm's latest and last adventure is on 7 tonight.

Well worth a look !

Hi all

We at All Boat Business would like to offer you all a chance to win a great prize pack of Mcarthy soft plastics. We are going to be running a photo comp for a period of one month over a 3 month term, we will be holding 3 comps. The theme of each comp is the best photo of a fish taken on a Mcarthy soft plastic. To make something a little bit different about this photo comp we would also like you to write a brief story about how the fish was caught, techniques used and anything else you would like to incorporate into the story, taking into account that we will also be judging on the quality of the photo. At the end of that month all the photos will be judged by myself and the team here at All Boats and a winner will be announced, once the winner has been announced they will be informed and can drop into All boat business tackle Department and collect their prize. With all the great captures and big hype about Mcarthy soft plastics at the moment I’m sure myself and the team are going to have great trouble deciding on a winner!!

All persons who choose to submit their photos and stories thereby give their approval to pristine fishing for the use of that photo and story on www.mcarthybaits.com.au.

Please submit all photos in the Fishwrecked Competition Gallery for your photo to qualify

So get your entries in for your chance to win a great prize pack of goodies

Cheers

Luke

All Boat Business

Hi guys I just bought the new saragosa 8000f on saturday and still yet to use it. If anyone has this reel any feedback would be great? Ive been on a couple of other sites and heard it was pretty smooth

This is just a day out chasing all your demersal fish and a good opportunity to get into softplastics and jigs for demersals.
http://www.nebraskacharters.com.au/index.htm

Boat provides gear (no alveys).
BYO drinks and lunch
Can BYO gear if you wish.
Boat leaves 5.30am and back around 2.30-3.00pm

Cost PP = $180 special FW price.

Put your name on the list.....NOW!!

Once on the list, you must PM me your confirmation and I'll pass on any other details.

Hey fishing gurus,

I'm relatively new to the WA boat fishing scene and I was just wondering what the reason was behind the negative image of Wrasse caught off our reefs here in WA. Is it because they are a bad fish in their own right, or is it because they get in the way of that prized Pinky or Dhuey? It just got me wondering because I hear a lot of complaining about them.

Cheers,

Guesty

Hi guys im Planning a trip to quobba for next year and was wondering when the best time of the year is for ballooning And spinning ?would late febuary / march be ok ? Also what wind direction is the best for ballooning around that area? Thanks.

Hi guys , latly it seems alot of fish i catch dhufish , queen snapper , snapper have a real ammonium taste / smell to the meat when cooked up . Just wondering why this is as it is top quality fish that are being caught and put on ice straight away .

would bleeding the fish would have a significant effect on this and is there other factors to include ? cant be the way that i am cooking it can it ? 

ay fellas i currently hav  a overhead Saltiga 40 with 300mtres 80lb salitga hyper pe braid

i want to upgrade it to a quality lever drag as teh normal saltigas are star drag.

im intrested in the new 2speed Saltigae leverdrags coming out soon

but have seen the Talica 2spd reels to

im looking at gettin the bigest size eg the Saltiga 50 or Talica 16 or something the same size nto massive

i want to use it mainly for live baiting of boat n jettys and balloning aswell as trolling

should i stick to 80lb braid or lower it or even use mono?

and also are they any other reels i should be lookin at eg tiagra.... etc cheeers

Just wondering where on Rottnest is the best place to fish.