I'm after recommendations on a new rod for throwing stickbaits & minnows in the 10-25 gram range at tailor & salmon as my current lure rod is too heavy for this job. It is to be matched up with a 4000 or 5000 Stradic & I'd prefer a rod over 8ft long to help with casting distance & working the lures. Budget is $150-$180. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Hello guys i was wondering does anyone know if there any good charters around perth for fishing i was thinking to go as i dont have boat

please share if anyone know any info

Thanks

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/03/02/373540_tasmania-news.html

A Girrawheen man has been fined more than $25,000 for illegally harvesting 326 abalones off Ocean Reef last

As part of a Fisheries WA operation, Duy Cam Dao, 46, was under surveillance as part of a Fisheries WA operation at Ocean Reef beach on December 11.

Fisheries officers later apprehended him and found the massive haul in his backpack, including 13 undersize abalones.

Mr Dao was already banned from abalone fishing at the time of the offence and he harvested them during a prohibited period.

He appeared before Joondalup Magistrate's Court on Friday, where a judge handed down an $8000 fine for breaching the original 2007 court-imposed ban, $8600 for fishing during a prohibited period, $7200 for exceeding the bag limit and $1100 for the undersize abalone.

He was also issued a court order that banned him from being in possession of abalone.

Fisheries compliance manager Phil Shaw said it was a good result for the operation, which started in August 2012 in response to information from the public.

“The purpose of the operation was to identify people actively involved in either the illegal take or the illegal distribution of abalone in the metropolitan area,” he said.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/16320519/fisher-fined-25-000-for-abalone-haul/

 whats the best site to find water temps for perth i'm usin fishtrack now which is good just wondering if theres any others

Hi Guys,

What are the beach track conditions south of yardie creek?

I'm looking to take a small trailer down the beach to One K Camp or Boat Harbor.

The DEC site says you are able to launch small boats of the beach (so assume its hardish) but I'm more worried about going through the tracks to get to the camp sites.

We are heading up there soon.

Also would cyclone Rusty have made the creek crossing harder?

I'll be checking with the visitor center first.

But any comments/advice appreciated.

Cheers,
Scott

I recently moved to perth from Northern territory and am a mad keen fisherman but am used to barra fishing. I just brought a boat down here and really feeling out of my comfort zone as to where to target fish as the ocean is a very big place hahaha i know how to use sounder and have been looking for lumps but cant really seem to land any decent fish any hints or tips would be much appreciated. Cheers

 I fish the river from top to bottom every weekend, i'm out generally feeding them to get bigger, but occasionally i have a good win, i've been doing pretty well on black bream at guildford recently, and have heard rumours of tailor and mulloway getting up as far as garvey park, just wondering if it would be worth putting a bigger bait in the channel up around guildford bridge to see what happens, couldn't be a bad idea, surely

Heading up to Exmouth in June and have struggled to find decent bottom fish the last 2 trips with the boat, still trying to get the " local knowledge ". Was thinking of trying out near the rigs and was wondering what if any exclusion areas there are around the rigs. Have been to the Murions, Helby bank, Exmouth reef and targeted contour lines ect for not alot and have come to the conclusion I need to change my game plan. Any other general pointers would be great.

 Interested to hear people's curses mine is I am allergic to salt water yes believe it or not salt water gives me exzema and I get gout from eating prawns (not good when your mate runs a prawn trawler) so lets hear it.

 Hello all, heard the other day of people using

the crunched up last half of salt and vinegar chips packet

to use as batter for their fillets, 

was curious if you guys have heard of this or even better tried

this??

im gonna try with my next catch.... Knowing my luck it'll be S n V battered blowie

 wondering if anyone has navionics/cmap coverage of bali and or thailand. heading over in a few weeks, looking for some gps co-ords of areas i can see on maps.. can go on navionics asia page and look at map but doesnt show GPS co-ords and theres another site  which does but u cant zoom in very far.

will be fishing sanur area in bali  and rawai area in thailand... if anyone gas access to or knows of a place i could get access to maps/co-ords id be much appreciated.

cheers

hekser

I wonder how many others go out fishing and get a bit wound up in the moment and then forget to take a few decent happy pics???

Had two days out fishing over the weekend and caught some decent fish, but after the dust settled below is what I ended up with... ;-)

Hence why the heading of "HUGE Room For Improvement" Also managed to get half a snap of a decent cray in the bottom left.....

 hi fellaz, got a 4.5m runabout jut wondering where off mindarie closish to shore i may be able to get something decent instead of whiting lol. troll for tailor? look for snapper ? i have a cheapo colour echo too lol

hey guys just wondering what people think is better bait or lures

 someone might have already postedthis so if so my apologies but does anyone have home remedies in order to take away the fish smell after handling fish/cutting/filleting fish etc. Find no matter how many times i was my hands still smells like dead mullet.  Cheers for any helpful tips  .

 buff bream anyone used it for bait ??

any good? it stunk like shit when i filleted one the other day

the ladies were having a picnic lunch down by lilac hill today and saw a bloke carry a metre long croaker,is it unusal to get big ones so far up river, he looked very happy apparently

 hello all,

during a recent fishing trip with the family, the topic of the ones that got away arose,

my cousion and uncle mentioned a few years ago they caught a large round thing with a black spot and enlongated spines on the dorsal fins, Large head and mouth etc etc, not knowing at the time they released a nice size John Dory and only after they got back home and researched did they realise their folly.

around a year ago i visited the underwater observatory at the end of the busso jetty and was shocked to spot one lazily cruising a sand bed.

 ive read these fish are one of the best of the best eating fish in the ocean, but never hear of any one chasing them 

so my question here is has anyone caught one and could you release some insight into the targeting of these elusive fish?

light searching of the web and few fishing books mention a live whiting fished near the bottom...

 Hey guys, planning a trip at easter to lucky bay, will head north to wagoe, just wondering how far south i can get and is it worth a look/ fish?

hey

does anyone know of any good fishing spots along jindalee, quinns bech, quinns rocks or mindarie

Hi Guys we are offering awesome special pricing on some top end gear. These prices are a once off and only on instore stock until it runs  out or until the end of the sale. There are limited colours available for the reels so first in best dressed. This Sale will run from the 6th of March until the 17th of March and no extensions will be given. If you need Braid for these outfits we can look after you on that too.

First up we have:

Jigging Master Powerspell PE3 matched with the JM Evolution Titanium 150 OH (Gold) A light overhead combo suited to light bottom bouncing and an awesome Demersal jigging outfit for the overhead lovers. This combo we are doing for $

Next is the Jigging Master Powerspell PE3 matched with the JM Evolution 200 OH (Red). This outfit is perfect for general bottom bouncing and as a medium demersal or light Samsonfish jigging outfit. We have sold plenty of these particular outfits over the past couple of years because it is so universal! This outfit we are doing for $

The Jigging Master Powerspell PE3 can also be matched with the Jigging Master Three Kings Special UL OH. Similiar to the Evolution Titanium's but feature a slightly quicker taper and Black cosmetics with a gold trim. This rod paired with the JM Powerspell PE3 reel is now $

Now something for the Samson fish jigging enthusiasts or the heavy bottom bouncer. The following outfits are more than capable of tussling the local shallow water and deep water sambo's or if you want to jig for small to medium Dogtooth tuna. Big Dhuies and the likes will be no match for this gear too.

The Powerspell PE5N or the PE6 paired up with the Jigging Master Evolution Titanium 300 OH is now $

The Powerspell PE6 paired up with the Jigging Master Evolution Titanium 350 OH is now $

Or for something really nice then the PE6 matched with the Jigging Master Three Kings Special Light OH it is now $

For the fellas and ladies that want something that is nothing short of a stump puller yet wont hurt you (too much) than the following outfits will pull BIG Bass Grouper, Harpuku, Blue Eye Trevalla and Greyband Cod in the deep water or XOS Dogtooth Tuna from overseas.

The Jigging Master Powerspell PE8 boasts 80lb of drag pressure at MAX and when paired to either the JM Evolution Titanium 400 OH or the Three Kings Special medium you have a weapon on your hands. These outfits we can do for $

Then you have the Powerspell PE10. This reel is large and has a crazy drag capacity of 100lb's at max. This reel has plenty of spool capacity for those that want a manual outfit for the Super deep. Pair them with the JM Evolution Titanium 400 OH or the Three Kings Special medium and your set to go. We will do these combo's at $

For anyone that wants to do the Super deep fishing and wants an idea of What to use, What your looking for on the sounder, General areas and depths to look at and any other Super deep info dont hesitate to come instore and we will point you in the right direction to get onto the Super deep fish just like we have with plenty of other Fishwrecked members. We offer discount where as many other "Big stores" wont so as per ussual you are always entitled as a Fishwrecked member to recieve a discount on all purchases except bait just be sure to mention you are a member so we can apply it.

Cheers from the boys here at Oceanside Tackle and Marine.

does anyone know any good fishing spots in jindalee in the northern suburs of perth

 Hi All,

Keen to get out this weekend for deep stuff or trolling for...  anything really! Water temp is very promising at the moment. 

Got all my gear for any sort of fishing, and do all the usual, skipper, clean, fillet ... etc. Prefer NoR, but also don't mind SoR. 

Let me know if you got a spot available.

I'm pretty happy with this one. I tried an underbind below the pattern and it came up pretty good for a first attempt. Fuji Alconites with some Mudhole bling. I particularly like the grips and Texalium split grip.

 hey guys. heading up to seabird on the weekend and am planning to soak a couple of big baits after dark. just wondering if anyone has any advice on the area and what we may catch? and what the best baits might be? hopefully the weather holds out. 

 hey guys caught this at steep point while fishing for snapper any ideas?

cheers

Hey guys

Looking at getting a trolling/bottom bouncing combo. Something decent at both as I don't go out often enough to get one for each.

I like the look of the Tyrnos and the price seems reasonable. Combo around $400 is where I would put my budget at.

Not sure in which size too, I guess the smaller the better because of the weight but wouldn't have a clue. 

Would be used metro to try for macks, tuna, Dhus etc

If not the Tyrnos any other recommendations would be great.

Cheers

Pezdog

Heading back to Vic in April chasing the elusive Sambar deer.

Whilst over there I'm gonna have a crack at some wild brown's and rainbow's. Got the reel and lures sorted but need to get my hands on a 4 piece spinning travel rod.

Has anyone used one and/or would like to recommend one?

 Has any one seen or heard any results from the blue marlin classic out of Fremantle ocer the weekend?