Headed out from Hillaries yesterday with a fellow FW member and trolled up this little Shark Mack just behind the 3 mile. Decided to keep it as I've never tried eating one before and couldnt find any info on their eating quality, so bleed and put into the ice slurry.  Filleted up nicely and crumbed and cooked tonight for dinner and although the meat looks sweet and white, it tastes like shite. Very floury in texture and still had that ammonia taste to it.  Happy to say Shark Mackies are now a catch and release species.

Caught on a Richter Jnr Tornado

Cheers again to Alwaysfishin for the day out and the happy snap.

Wazza

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30m is a fair shot!

Hi Guys,

Plan to fish at Little Island" off Hilarys this Thursday for herring and gardies.

Have the fish been around lately?

last time I went (about 6 months ago) the gardies were in BIG numbers but weren't biting - any suggestions?

Cheers

Wharfie

Planning on going for a fish on the murray at Ravenswood this week does anyone know any good spots and what to use???

 Hey all I've been doing abut of fishing down Mandurah lately and been catching lots of tailor when using them as live bait been continually smashed off by what I'm pretty sure are big sharks I want to try and land a few of these buggers what would be the best way to go about it I'm currently using a 12 foot surf rod and 30 pound mono and its impossible to stop the run they either strip 300 metres of line quickly of snap/ bite through any help would be greatly appreciated thank guys

Hey ...

Just thought I may throw this question out, may be someone out there has the same ..

I have a 22.5" Black Bart Dinner skirt (1998 design); it's mainly designed for Wahoo (high Speed), however, years ago, People recorded Billies being caught on them too.

Anyone out there has got one? I'm only asking as I enquired to Bart regarding the way they swim; they jump & dart like no other skirt in the spread! If so, any sucess on them, being Marlin, Wahoo or even Tuna?

Thanks for the help

went out with an old fried, covered heaps of mile ,tried many lumps with fish showing after 5 hours and a few bits and pieces,ended up just out side the reef for a burly session,forty mins later we left with our 4 snapper,and lost a few on the skippy gear, arhhh think I'm going back to that style in future,nice pinkie for tea,didn't have the pull the anchor either! I did want a metre pinkie, need two to get more then a metre

 Looking at taking a job in Onslow. Be there for 4 weeks each trip. Just looking for info on what's in town and what the land based fishing is like. Anyone else working up there? Wondering if it's worth bringing the family up once in a while to break up the time away from them.  Just not sure if there is much for them to do if they came up for a week or two. Any advice or info would be much appreciated.

Hi guys im hopefully going out fishing on sunday out of karratha. im desperate to try soft plastics and maybe some jigs. i was wondering what sort of lures and jigs are best. what sizes?, what colours?,what brand? what heads?. etc etc etc. Sorry for all the questions but im a complete novice so please if you feel like responding can you keep it simple for me. Thanks guys 

Hi Guys,

I recently moved over to Perth from Sydney and I'm keen to get stuck into some fishing here.

As I am in unfamiliar territory and dont enjoy fishing alone, I thought I'd appeal to those of you who could do with an extra fishing buddy (be it on a boat or landbased).

I have all of my own gear for all types of fishing (light gear/beach rods/heavy jigging gear/rock fishing gear etc) and I am willing to pay for my share of bait/petrol/food/etc.

I'd consider myself somewhat experienced as I do quite a bit of fishing back east - chasing various bread and butter fish (bream/whiting/flathead) to bigger species (kingfish/mulloway/bonito/salmon) to bait gathering (squid/yakkas).

I'm based in East Perth and recently bought a car (so transport isn't an issue).

Shoot me a msg if you're looking for a mate to fish with.

Cheers!

I've seen a number of what looks like big "hills hoist clothes hangers" in the river. usually around clubs of some sort. In the water, half falling over. pipes hanging from them.

What are they for?

Cheers

G'day,

          Anyone had any big catches round Rockingham way recently? If so what and where....

Cheers.

No more guess work with one of these

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=12215&promo=Category-NewArrivals&catid=60&PID=1781363&cm_ven=CJ&cm_ite=Hammacher+Schlemmer&cm_pla=1781363&cm_cat=1511450&source=cj

what's happening with dinghy storage along the river foreshore ?

I thought i heard that some areas like peppermint grove have removed dinghies being stored on the foreshore, and people need to use kayaks and inflatables to access boats moored in the river ?

Is that going to happen for all areas or is it different for all the councils ?

In some river parks i can see there being space for dinghies, but along many parts of the river dinghies do get in the way of river access if you are walking or going for a fish from shore

Can anyone please give me some pointers on where to go for live bait (scalies ect) if your using the Leewin or Coogee ramps? Last time i dropped down the sabiki rigs all i could pull up was 2 inch long pinkies!

Any info would be great, cheers

 Hey guys, 

Boats in for repairs for the next two months or so. I haven't tried crabbing off the shore but i would like to give it a go! Looking for a ledgend to point me in the right direction haha =p Anyone want to share a spot or two so i can get started ? 

Thanks in advance

Cannot believe there were three diving incidents over the weekend with the worst resulting in a fatality which according to news reports was as a result of the person getting bent ?  bent or an embolism through too fast an ascent ?

Either way my condolences to the relatives and for the divers on here please dive to the tables and watch ascent rates

 Hey, does anyone know any information on the boat in east freo, that caught fire yesterday?

Always scares the hell out of me when I see this, especially with families onboard. Apparently soon after refuelling.

Something I only learnt recently is that you should check that your fuel filler is earthed to your tank to stop any static electricity causing fire...

Hope everyone was ok.....

Is there any reporting on incidents by marine authorities, that we can see, so that we can learn from incidents. Obviously theres been a few boats capsizing lately too.

Morning All, I've booked a charter to the Abrolhos onboard Top Gun II for 17th-21st March & just had 2 blokes pull out, so chasing 2 blokes to join. We've gotten a good deal as the boat is surveyed for 12 but done the same price for 10, currently I've got 8 mates including a couple of FW members. Send me a PM if interested or want more info, price $1,700. Will be mostly fishing, with some free diving/spearing too.

Fozz

 Ok,

Was going back to the Mary street lagoon on Sunday morning, had my 2kids with me. Have not been out with them for ages and have moved twice in a couple of months due to renting and our house being built. Which is taking ages, dickheads everywhere clearly breaking the rules. And got pulled over by the dept of transport in there shiny boat!

Good morning sir, we have run a check on your boat and it is not registered. Was unaware it had expired and tried to explain it probably got lost in mail redirection, they could not have cared less?

Didn't realize I double posted. Sorry.

 So after my ray incident on Friday night I have been pondering how I would land a good fish (decent Mulla etc) off rocks when fishing by myself? What's best to go with, gaff, net? Any tips/techniques so you can avoid the heart break of losing a cracker of a fish right at the death?

Jesse.

Witnessed a lot of guys speeding on the stretch North of Preston Beach this weekend.  In some places the beach is quite narrow and speeding vehicles come in close proximity of anglers. 

This one was not so lucky!

 Had a bad run at a new spot shark fishing and between me and a mate we lost 7 sharks in the 5 hours we have spent there ranging from 1.5m ones on cast baits we lost at our feet to some monsters that where just to big for even our heavy gear and just made us look stupid so it was a major relief to finally land one of these even if it was only a small bronzie. 

Yesterday morning I got a dive in and managed this nice blue that is now my pb! Seen plenty of queenys and few bonito and a big bluefin around 15-20kg but there where to fast or I had an unloaded gun. Only got the one fish but that's all I was after as I still have a bit in the freezer.

Went fishing at my favourite Tailor spot about 10km North of Preston Beach this weekend.  Caught a number of Tailor and a Shovelnose Ray during the day. As the sun was setting I attached my new Daiwa Saltist 50H to the Purglas 350 rod which I recently imported and slid a Tailor head out for Shark.  I continued fishing for Tailor and when I turned around to check on my rod it was gone!  My mate and I took a couple of casts and he managed to hook onto the rod and could feel the fish pulling.  He managed to gain a couple of metres before his 4kg line snapped.  We spent the next hour casting trebles into the dark to try and hook the rig - but to no avail. 

If anybody does pull my rig out by chance please let me know - willing to pay a reward.

We were thinking around 20kilos, it bottomed out the 15kilo scales pretty easily, my hand is wrapped around it as much as i could

 Can any one PM me the co-ordinates for the D9 or the Gravel Patch in the sound? It would be greatly appreciated.

 Sorry, no pictures but saw some people assemble a huge green and yellow air pillow object at Black Wall Reach. Put someone on the 'pillow', then get 2 blokes to jump from the wall and send them flying 30 feet in the air!!! Plenty of people watching and they also had a basket ball ring trying to do some dunks!!! Looked like fun!

like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny05qSUuqx4

 grabbed a nice sized cray today and am thinking about

getting it taxidermied.anyone done this?

who should i call and whats the rough price??

thanks in advance

jess

G'day Guy's

We’re heading to steep point next week for two weeks has anyone been lately? and know the condition of the track in and the sharks situation ? last time you only got 1/3rd of the fish you hooked the sharks got the rest

if you've been how'd you go ???