Just wondering what everones methods are when using wire for macks, either for casting or trolling. Most importantly what lb, what length and what type? Would also be interesting to hear who out their isn't using wire.

Thnx in advance

Cheers

Damo

gday all,

just wanted to know how anyone did on crays on sunday?

i went out saturday with a mate, in 16 metres, got 10 rippers on one tank, in awesome vis, and called it a day.

went out on sunday with 2 mates, 2 tanks each ( 6 dives ), same area but different lump, and struggled to get 4 sized.

does it have anything to do with the moon? have they started walking? howd you all go?

The Liberal-National Government has fulfilled yet another election commitment and officially opened Logue Brook Dam for recreational use.

Premier Colin Barnett, Water Minister Dr Graham Jacobs and Murray-Wellington MLA Murray Cowper today reopened the dam for recreational use after it was closed by the previous government.

“The reopening will enable local residents and people throughout the State to again enjoy swimming, fishing and waterskiing at Logue Brook Dam,” Dr Jacobs said.

“Unlike the previous government which made decisions based on political convenience or emotional grounds, we have based our decision for the future of Logue Brook Dam after reviewing and assessing all the relevant facts.”

The dam is currently registering higher than average levels due to recent rains and has been assessed as safe for waterskiing and other activities.

About 30,000 people a year are expected to visit Logue Brook Dam.

With Sunday (yesterday) looking pretty good weather wise, I was stoked to get an invite to head out of Point Peron with the Faulkner Family.
With an easterly blowing we headed out in pretty flat seas to the 90's to try some of Russ and Sandy' spots and it was looking real good when Nathan hooked into a nice little pinky within minutes. The bite went a bit quiet after that the wind and te currents were mucking around with the drift, but Russ managed a very nice Queenie.
Sandy and I had the prime spots on the boat but were struggling to get a bite until the tip of my xzoga rod finally started bouncing. Unbelievably it turned out to be a Skippy. It was a nice size, but I tell you those things follow me everywhere.
We decided to head out deeper to the Derwent and arrived to find Bluejuice with a jigging charter on board and and another smaller boat in the area.
A few drifts saw Sandy score a very nice pinky and then Russ and I were onto a double header. There was a little bit of weight to these fish, but not much fight. 200 metres of winding later and the result was a pair of gummy sharks.
After few more bites and being buzzed by the Bluejuice a few times we decided to head in a bit closer to try some KG ground.
We had seen quite a few birds working during tyhe day, but the fish had been a bit shy under them.
I spotted a bigger flock working on the way to the KG grounds and we decided to investigate after seeing some big splashes underneath them. It turned out to be a sizeable school of dolphins wroking to round up a school of fish and we spent a memorable half an hour watching something you would normally see on a nature show.
Sandy and Russ got some great shots with their camera, particularly when the doplhins decided to see what we were up to and come right up to the boat. Russ even manaded to get some great underwater bvideo action of some of the dolphins. It was fantastic.
After that amazing event, we dediced to continue to the KG grounds, but were soon chasing another flock of working birds that Sandy had spotted. This time it was tuna and a big school and we were soon into the action. We had some exciting trolling action with the Southern Blue Fins hitting the lures hard.
After catching out fill and having a "Bloody" great time we moved on to the KG grounds for a short visit before deciding it was time to head home. Interestingly we had a visit from the Water Police who came alonsgide to check to see if we had all the safety gear, skippers tickets and rego. They were friendly enough and we were soon back at the Point Peron ramp.

Russ, Sandy and Nathan, thanks for a fantastic day. The weather was good, the fishing was great, the company was even better and we saw some amazing things. What more could you ask for.

PS Sandy and Russ will probably post up some pics when they get a chance.

All the best, Colin Hay

hi all,



i'm looking at getting my diving ticket through divingfrontiers.com.au.  Has anyone done the mindarie dive course they offer? If so would u recommend them?

Like to hear what oil/ grease you use to lubricate your reels with?

Would regular stuff do the trick just as well? 

How often would you oil them to keep them in tip top shape?

Thanks

Kev 

had a look there today and bought around 85 bucks worth of stuff including a new sp rod. got home about an hour ago and i dropped the rod on the pavement getting it out of the car and it snapped in half?!?!?!?!?!?. it was a SHAKESPEARE SYNERGY 7' sp rod and it cpst me 30 bucks reduced from 90. theyve got a few live fibre rods reduced from 160 to $60

with the coming of summer the fishing at hilarys is starting to pick up (finally!)

after months of nothing we finally got some tailor this morning just next to spinnakers and saw them chasing baitfish etc

none were caught on bait

all caught on chromies and minnows

I only managed 1 tailor on chromie

but the guy next to me caught afew tailor and salmon on a r2s minnow.

Is the spool of the reel ment to come loos and move from side to side when in freespool.

Because mine does and the larger sizes dont do what mine does, and this makes me lean the reel to one side to have the ratchet working.

If this wind decides to drop this week going to take the boat out wide so probably looking for a deckie or two if you have your sea legs and gear.

find some spots,set the drift and get some fish.On 3 weeks holiday so planning on doing some fishing.

Nathan

gidday all anyone go out today whats was it like any fish cheers craig

just watched ET and his crew catching big GTs at the reef,boy those Rapdancer x wraps were going strong with big single hooks on them,gotta luv x wraps

im thinking of giving the mole a bash these holidays for snapper

i have no clue on the best methods

so can anyone fill me in on what bait i need, line class, rig, weather conditions, tides and moon etc and anything else vital to get me a snapper?

Hey guys,

Can someone please tell me the current bag limits for fish. I have been to

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/WestLimits/westcoast_rules_2008.pdf

there is a bit that says from 1st Jan 2009 boat limits for high risk fish will be 8 if there is 2-4 people on board a boat. 

Does this mean that currently i am only limited to the restrictions specidfied on this link. so in theory you could take 2 barracude, 1 bill fish, 4 cobbler, 2 cobia, 1 coral trout, 4 cod etc

obviously i wouldnt take all these fish but is there currently a limit apart form the species bag limits.

cheers.

just wondering your opinons on eating large swan river mussels. got a few real big ones while fishing for bream at the canning bridge and i didnt bother. apparently they can taste pretty muddy nd disgusting. i am a bit iffy about eating local shellfish

thanks

I was looking at the tackle shop at wanneroo markets today and saw all the brands like gladiator(banax), viva etc

i was thinking to myself are these cheap because they are crap or just because they aren't selling a logo like daiwa or shimano

are these brands quality and just cheap because they aren't brand name or are they cheap simply because you are getting what you pay for?

i bought a cheap viva pelican beach rod for something like 40 bucks so ill give that a try for a while and see for myself

but anyone have an idea on the quality of this gear or have any previous expierience with it?

Looking at buying an outfit for spinning with 15-20lb braid. Will hopefully get amongst some tuna and mackies using metals and stickbaits so want a rod that can throw up to 30-40g maybe but also want to be able to use it for soft plastics offshore on some reefies. One that has caught my eye is the Nitro Distance Spin Magg Butt, is their anything that can compare? Want to match it with either a 4000-5000 Shimano or 3000-4000 Daiwa with a smooth, strong drag that will stand up to big fish. Budget of around $350 for the reel and $300 for the rod. Looking for quality. What are my options?

Any help would be terrific

Damo

Are any South West Members interested in catching up for Xmas drinks on Friday 19th at the Parade Hotel in Bunbury? If so please PM me.

Be good to meet some of you!

This was a few years back while spearing off Steep Point (bout a mile south of Steeps)

I was just wondering if anyone on this site has fished Gamex in resent years.

hey just adding to the post i put up on tuesday morning about the pinks at the 5's. Went out monday as i said and got 4 tuesday was good day got 5 and about 6 bust off's and yesterday got 2 but lost alot one of which was 72cm and 5kg which i got on my berkley dropshot 7"2 2-4kg matched with penn applause 4000 with 8lb braid and 20lb mono leader on the new octojigs which im totally stoked about. If you want to get into the snapper i suggest getting out asap as there is no shortage of them and i dont know how long they will hang around for im going out again tommorow but will be releasing probley all but 1 which i promised one of my mates

heading down to busselton early january.

what's there at this time?

any bonito,

my mate is there now n the trout salmon are there in force. will theys till be around

Anyone got one?

Are they inherently any better than a standard baitcaster?

Can anyone give a comparison or pros and cons to a spiral wrapped baitcaster?

If anyone has some dive gear they would let me borrow for the weekend give me a call on.

Need Bc, Regs and tank

0415 777 565

Heading up to wedge.

Cheers
Dean

HOPING the tailor were still around, five hardy souls (Jody, Sherbs, Dean, Doug and myself), headed down to Pinaroo Point last night. While a solid breeze and fair amount of weed made the conditions far from ideal, it looked like it was going to be a really good night when Jody, Doug and I arrived to see two of Sherb and Dean's rods bending right over with line screaming off their reels.
The excitement was mounting in the hope that at least one of the rods had a mulloway attached as Dean and Sherbs settled in to try and stop whatever was on the other end. After a bit of a tussle, Dean's line came free and then it was up to Sherbs. Some five or 10 minutes later he had a pretty angry, flapping ray on the sand. A bit of manhandling, a few pics and the ray was soon headiong off at a rate of knotts. We weren't sure if Dean had also had a ray on or if the lines had crossed and tghe one ray was pulling both lines out.
After that thigs quietened down as we tried to find the best way to get our baits to hold in the right spot without getting weeded up.
While there was some sporadic bites, the catch was restricted to one herring landed by Dean until I managed a pretty decent tailor.
That was pretty much it for the night, with the wind and weed winning out. There were some fish there, but the tricky conditions made solid connectionds hard to come by.
Hopefully summer will eventually arrive and we will get a chance to really see what is down at Pinaroo Point.

Sherbs took a few pics, so I expect he will post them up when he gets a chance,
All the best, Colin Hay

A couple of pics for ya Feral

Can anybody help me out with some info, fishing out of bunbury over new years for two days. Never fished down there before and would like to get a feed for the people we are staying with. Any help would be great, I have a 5m center console and dont mind heading offshore. Cheers

Got this Dolly while out the back chasing Bill's, hit a big black and purple skirt and this Mackie came from the cape while playing around Nor West Reef.

Anyone got a nice surf rod that I would be able to buy off them second hand...

looking for something in the 10-15kg range with about 10-12ft in length

cheers,

Reuben

hi

took my boat out yesterday morning form deepwater ramp near canning bridge for a bit of fishing but couldn't get any fish except blowies

tried from canning bridge till mosman bay all the way but no sign for any good fish

can anybody suggest any area that would produce any good fish (bream etc.)

this was my first time in the swan but it's disspointing

cheers