Hey Guys

This is my first post and i would like to say gday, look forward to getting to know some of you.

Anyway, I am going to Coral Bay on th 26th December for about 10 days. I have never been there before and really need some advice on:
Were abouts to fish (no secret spots just a starting piont)?
What to expect in terms of fish?
What rods/reels,lures etc. to take up there?
And any other advice on coral bay.

I will be landbased only because our boat won't be ready in time and i was hoping for light tackle fun with lures. I aslo really want to get a spanglie on a lure.

Thanks heaps guys

Blake

any one know how the swan is fishing for mulloway at the moment??

hey guys headin up to the moore tomorow just seein if ne 1 else was thinking of making the trip north????
will be on placcys all day and would be good to see some other boats up there
cheers brenz

Fisheries’ compliance checks to step-up this weekend

Fisheries and Marine Officers will be out in force this weekend, targeting metropolitan boat
ramps; to make sure people are complying with fisheries laws and marine safety rules.
The warmer weather attracts more fishing and boating activity off the Perth coast and the
Department of Fisheries is calling on boat users to keep safety in mind at all times and reminding
fishers to be aware of the fishing laws.

South Metropolitan Region Compliance Manager John Breeden said Fisheries and Marine
Officers would be at boat ramps and out on the water constantly during summer.
“We have a very important role in monitoring marine safety rules and also to check fishers are
doing the right thing by not exceeding bag and size limits or breaching other fishing rules,” Mr
Breeden said.

“Boat ramp checks will be done at different times of the day, so, if people are heading out on the
water, we will be checking whether they have the appropriate marine safety equipment on board
and, if they are returning, we will check the catch that fishers have brought back with them as
well their safety equipment.”

Anyone wanting more information about boating safety can find out more from the Department
for Planning and Infrastructure website at www.dpi.wa.gov.au/marine. Details on fishing rules
are available online at www.fish.wa.gov.au. Click on the recreational fishing tab at the top left of
the home page and follow the links to your area of interest.
Mr Breeden said fishing rules were designed to protect the sustainability of stocks and ensure
that there would be fish for the future.

“At this time of year there is a lot of interest in rock lobster fishing, which is one of our fisheries
that requires a licence, so fishers should make sure they have a receipted licence or the official
licence card from the Department of Fisheries,” he said.
“As well as boat ramp and on the water patrols, Fisheries and Marine officers also have vehicles
and boats, with high tech communications, capable of targeting remote or hard to reach
locations.

“Of course, the bottom line is that the community expects us to deal with those people who
ignore or breach the rules and we encourage fishers and other members of the public that see
suspicious activity to report it to FishWatch on 1800 815 507.”

Hi Guys,
I'm on the hunt for a large prefered plastic container to use to flush my outboard 200hp Suzuki Muffs wont do the job. Anybody got any ideas and where I might be able to get such a large container, I've seen the round plastic chemical barrels but not sure as to how people have aquired them I'm open to any ideas and how to get my hands on one, Cheers Kev.

Anyone got any fishing plans this weekend? What are the conditions like in Perth?

Thinking I might go looking for a muddy or two as we have medium to strong south westers, will just have to see how we pull up after the cricket and a few bevvies.

Honsu - just wondering what is happening with the charter for the 30th??

Just wondering if there is any scallies around at the woodman point jetty, I was thinking about going down to get some bait.

Had my 5 year old daughter pestering me to take her fishing so that she could try out her new outfit so took her down to Kent street weir,she didnt catch any fishing but did pull in about four rigs that had some very large treble's attached to the end,obviously someone is down there trying to jag bream which is a shame no wonder there are no fish there at the moment.Bought her for her birthday a daiwa luvias 2500 matched to a shimano lipstick loaded with 8 lb pink bionic braid her second outfit.

Wednesday did not get off to a fantastic start after some wonderful staff member pulled a sickie which caused me to get home at 1.30 in the morning. Anyway seeing as it had been too long before drinks I did not call it off and 5.30 saw Munners calling at my front door to get my lazy arse up. Bit later start then planned but I was still feeling pretty good and when we came over the hill at Lano I started feeling great.

Beach launch went smoothlyand the iced coffee and Bacon sanger from the servo had me wide awake and keen to try out the new outfit. Hoping to see some TUna on the way to our chosed spot I had a 20gm raider rigged and ready on the new Branzino. About half way there we came upon a small school but they were too quick and after a few casts we gave it away.

Got to the spot after a 30 min run and all looked good, little drift, great vis, but not much on the sounder. We looked around and could see afew fish so decided to have  adrop anyway. Not expecting too much I dropped down the 20gm raider, complete with stock treble. HIt the bottom, two flicks and I was on and in trouble. The fish took half the spool before stopping and turning. and on a 10lb rod with the small hook I thought it was only going to be luck if I saw it. The Branzino was awesome, super smooth drag but still had enough power that I could at least put a bit of hurt on. Anyway, 15 minutes later I had my best Sambo at the boat. 34Lb on a 20lb Fluro leader, probably my best ever catch. The better thing was that he had a few friends that made him look small. I chose to stay with the light gear as it was hell fun, but Munro pulled out the elephant gun. 20000 stella, 100lb braid and leader on a Jigmaster. After a few comments relating to the inferior size of his tackle he put on a 300gm knife jig and screwed down the drag. NOw Munners is not a small boy at 110kg can put some serious hurt on with this gear. BUT, he had not reckoned on the sambo from hell hitting him. He was in pain, and due to my previous insinuation about men who let sambo take drag must have small willy, he refused to back it off. End result was his loop knot splitting at the leader. He then did what all true men would, and retied and dropped back down. We proceeded to pull up a heap of AMberjack, YTK and sambos. At one stage he was skull draggin a skippy that would have gone 3-4kg and we could see a massive Sambo trying to eat it the whole way up - insane.

Finally the seriola clan wnet off the chew, but it was 2 hours of the best fishing I have seen iff perth.

We then went hunting for a feed, as I was keen to try a new Bay Rubber jig I picked up from Bluewater. First drop in about 40m and I had a lovely Queen snapper of about 4kg. We went on to pick up a heap of skippy until I tried my luck over a very reefy lump and got onto a fish that I could not control on 20lb and got busted off. The southerly was well in by then so we called it a day.

I made a conscious choice to fish light all day, and ended up outfishing munners which is very rare. 20lb leader and PE 1.5 main was great, and if you are wondering if the new Runbber jigs work, the answer is a definite yes. I can't wait to get another one and work out how to use them better.

hey guys ,i came across these co ords on this site so a presume they r correct
s 32.03.516
e 115.12.207
can someone confirm that,may head out there in the near future
cheers ray

Prize draws for Christmas.

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It's the last days for new members to join Recfishwest to be included in the draw for 6 Christmas prizes.

There are 6 separate prizes which will give about 6 chances in 1000 of winning one of these prizes.

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3) and 4) Engel camping lantern valued at $55 each;

5) Quality rod and reel;

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The draw will be held on the morning of Monday 17 December. Prizes will delivered to the winners before Christmas.

All members of Recfishwest including any new ones registered by early 17 December will be included.

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Went out to the Containers with Simo yesterday,we met Bouttime,Jody and Sam at the ramp so headed out in tandem,The Sambos were being a bit fussy out there,Sam as always was on to the fish first,I lost count how many fish he caught and released but every time we looked over at the good ship Bouttime Sam was loaded up,Simo was the first on his boat to hook up on to a Sambo on bait,I persisted on Jig and after our 5 drift was finally rewarded with a decent sized Sambo.There were a couple of charter boats out there that were not doing too well the odd fish caught here and there.The highlight of the day was when a pretty big mako came cruiseing around the boat after it had just bitten one of Sams Sambo's in half.
We then headed in to the 70 metre where we caught a couple of undersized dhuie's,scorpion cod,and Simo was fortunate to catch a Bonito.
Overall the fishing was a bit slow but the weather fantastic,the company good and as they say a bad days fishing is better than a good day at work.
Thanks for taking me out Simo

gidday all anyone get out today ?? how was it did u do any good?? cheers craig

Lads and Ladies - myself and munners are planning on hitting Lancelin on Wednesday morning early. Beach launch, hit the Oil Rig and see what is happening then head out and try for some early season TUNA!!! ANyone wishing to bring there boat along let me know. We will be leaving perth about 5.

Anyone got one or heard of anyone using the new hummingbird side imaging sounders , was thinking of installing one of these on the fish finger aswell as my lowrance color sounder and color chartplotter to give me a better idea whats going on down there and  mainly for offshore work , can get a smaller screen for $1000 and is gps compatible but the bigger unit is $1999 and has same functions , all comments would be welcomed , cheers feral

This spring would have had to be one of the best for bottom fishing in a long time. Seems like fish were everywhere, heaps of dhuies about! Does anyone else have the same opinion?

I have a question about neap tides. For places like Exmouth and Mackerel Islands is it better to fish when there is neap tides?

hey fellas marron season is just around the corner and i was wondering if any of yous know the start season and end season dates for this january . i got told it was 4th of jan to the 27th or somthing like that i dont believe that is acurate any input appreciated  peace/! :P

I hope to have my boat back from Chivers on monday and plan to head out Tuesday to make sure everything is fixed. Might as well have a fish at the same time as the weather looks ok. Leaving woodies about 4pm and head out about 15 mile. If any other boats want to tag along for safety let me know. Prob head back in about 10pm.

Cheers

I have been using the Navman tracker 5500 for a couple of years and have a whole swag of co ordinates.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to manage naming the spots they find?  I find that my waypoints are all just numbers (I haven't named them) but I find it too hard to name them out there being too time consuming and missing out on valuable fishing time and I am unsure which new spot is which when back on land.  Also, I am limited to naming the spots by having only half a dozen letters to name each spot.  As a result I now have a swag of meaningless coordinates that I don't know why I put in.  How do others deal with this?

Rope same stuff the telstra boys use its the blue and yellow mate gave me 4 coils each one is 100 mt long they are new coils free if you want some pm

after a good morning session today,a few good crays a nice ray and heaps of small stuff,i was putting my gear away ready to head in and the worst thing happened.
i put my rod (t curve tounament with twin power 2500 reel) into the rod holder,whilst putting away the mulie rig i heard a splash behind me,when i turned around the t curve had fallen out of the rod holder and was quickly saying goodbye  ,i coldnt reach it in time so on went the mask & fins.
i was in 5 meters of water just by the rock wall.
jumped in and got the shock of my life,the current there is sooooooooooo strong and with the water being a bit cold and me being about as fit as a burger eating pack a day smoker should expect to be it was hard work just to keep up with the flow.
after a fruitless 20 minutes (seemed like hours) i gave up  self preservation kicked in and no rod is worth drowning for.
expensive lessons learned today
1 dont put rods with short butts on the rod holders
2 eat less burgers
3 smoke less (mrs says i have to give up before the babys born anyway)

cheers
dave

how u goin guys.jst recently moved to perth big on landbsed fishen looken for sum where to fish catchen a livey and chasen shark mulloway ect.any ideas would b much appreciated thanks.

Hey all

Going to try put the pots out in the water tomorrow off Mandurah

Was wondering if anyone can send me in the right direction for where the crays are at the moment.
Going to head off Dawsville i think, but not sure what depths the crays are in at the moment.

I know up around metro they are around the 20m mark, and quite a few so i hear.

Any info would be appreciated

Cheers

Bodie

Damn sometimes I really hate trying predict the weather from where I work in the desert.

Wanted to head out and chase some cray's today but the net sites showed today to be windy so I didn't put a thred on here for any divers to come along for some dives aswell. Now it was flat this morning and the ramps are full of trailers.

Was gunna put a thread in for some boats to hea to the Gemini on tues or wed, but now it looks like they may be blowing where as yesturday sites said dropping down to 4-5 knot easterly's. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I only get six days and surely I need four on the water. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. 

Was going to try to make a tag pole up for gamex. Has anyone made one and if so can you give me some tips on how to make one.
Thanks
Paul.

Just a reminder that FWA first episode for the new series is on sunday 9th December (this Sunday) at 11am.