am looking into how to avoid the dreaded pingers.. especially with our local fishing comp in a few months and the usual influx of rich kid boats stealing hard earned spots and a few of the local boy also sporting big white domes on top of their cats etc

have done a quick bit of reading, and apparently glass boats dont show up as readliy as ali, but as guessing a decent radar will still pick up the metal on board...

anyone had any experience with any of this?

HI GUYS SEEN THIS ON GUMTREE AND KNOW IF I LOST MY DOG I WOULD ALSO BE DEVASTATED . AS LOTS OF US ARE ON THE ROAD HEADING OFF FISHING LETS KEEP OUR EYES OUT AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE SEES "FUDGE"

1200.00 REWARD for missing kelpie "Fudge"

 Hi,    Just wondering if anyone can recommend somewhere I can get some bow rail spray dodgers made up for my 4.75m centre console?

Thanks, Mitch

 So far this year there have been Cobia ,Wahoo, Spangled Emperor, and loads of Tiger sharks and even a Whale shark cruising through. Not to mention the Spanish Mackeral catches are increasing every year. So do we still think the Great White population off metro hasn't increased? Like I said the game has changed.

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Hi Guys,

I would greatly appreciate some info on fishing Garvey Park for mulloway. 

Is Feb, early March to late in the year to have a crack that far up river?

I understand that now is the best time but my next Weekend Free Pass from the wife and kids isn’t until my birthday in March.

Appreciate your time.

Cheers,

Max

Well ive never trolled before........... and as the wife bought me a witch doctor and a handfull of lures for christmas, ive been keeping an eye on here for mandurah mackies, but none showing yet if at all!!!!!!!!

As im new to the boating game dont like going out too far especially when rough and choppy, what can i expect to catch if anything off the five fathom bank, im using halco laser pro lures 2 metres + golden green, flamin hot, chrome and pink, mackrel blue and red neck.. i have bought some wind on leaders 100lb and am using a 100lb trace with the lure clipped on to that..................please any help would be appreciated, i really dont mind what i catch i just need pointing in the right direction.............

many thanks in advance.

kenny..

 Today's catch.................

..........yep, that's right, SFA. 7 hrs in the sound & nothing but butter fish & grunters.

Did see a massive turtle though. That's a first for us.

Hey, just went for a cruise with a mate who has a radar detector.  it was suction cup to the windscreen and plug into ciggy socket.  It bloody worked when we drove towards an oncomming cop car.   Wouldn't mind gettin one for me missus, she got done recently (and she always drives me if I have had a few).  Anyone recently purchased one.  Any info about the latest detectors and the new cameras etc.  Do older detectors work with the new cameras?

Just wondering what tide apps everyone is using. Went to chase some whiting on lures today, got ther about an hour before high tide - apparently. Lookin at the wet sand I missed it by a fair while. I've got AU tides pro, it was spot on last year, got the updated version and its way out. Seabreeze is good but I fish between bunbury and Margs, want something a bit more accurate. Any ideas?

i heard on the radio today while floating around out deep, that someone got a billy, lost it boatside.

spewin!!!

a few dollies around as well by the sounds!!

we seen plenty of small tuna jumping on many occasions

hi guys

i have picked this thing up for $500, needs a bit of work.

Ford Merlin 4cly turbo diesel jet, 6mtrs, 2000 modle, only done 26hrs.

for some reason they have totaly strip the jet and the engine, cant seem to see any problems with it at this stage, all the engine parts are like new, not even any carbon build up on the pistons.

hydrulic steering, nav lights, internal fold down seats(Rated for 10 people)

i will remove the lifting frame, but the mounting points would make a great place to bolt a new targa top on if it goes that far.

i know with western power cherry pickers they have to do a 10year full rebuild to keep them in test, i wonder if this is the same??

it was decomissioned 2 years ago and has been sitting around ever since

if any ones knows any info on the tub please let me know, i cant seem to find any info on it at all

also dose anyone know what the grey barrel thing does on top of the targa bar, we pulled the pin on the self inflator to see if it worked.........it did..........not anymore...lol

im thinking it will be ok for my boys to use for some close in fishing and in the river.

cheers ron

Gday guys i wondering whats the weed like up at Yanchep atm.Cheers

just wandering if there any spots around perth or mandarah or rockingham or the other side that are worth going to tonight really keen on getting a descent  fish and maybe giving my lures a crack since ive never caught fish on lures

 Hi all our charter is heading into the Jurien bay Marina. They are aprox 1 and a half hours away!

Why not come on down and meet the crew and see what got caught today! Another awesome day out on the water had by all.

Not giving too much away. You will have to come on down and have a look!

Oh and we have news which will be posted up later.

Don't forget for new bookings we are donating $20 from each paid booking to Curt for his brain surgery by Dr Charlie Teo. At the moment Curt is "selling His Body" to raise the funds.

Check out his video here. The more booking we take the closer Curt is to his goal.

From Mrs Lucky Last Cast!

Hi All,

I've been testing out my new GoPro camera.

When transferring the videos to my computer (only 6 months old) the video is playing back distorted and pixelated.

Any suggestion to overcome this? Could it be codec related?

Is there any recommendation on software or the process to transfer/edit videos from GoPro to PC?

cheers

Wayne

Ok so i got a abu garcia omega 4000 currently with 20lb braid on it but have been getting these bloody tangles. I took a bit of line off the reel, used heavier metals, made sure the line was tight when casting etc but still ended up with a tangle or two after about ten casts, which was a better result from when i first used it but its giving me the shits.

So I am thinking of just fucking it off and going back to mono. Any suggestion for mono of about 20lb would be appreciated.....or alternatively, as I can't recall the brand of braid but if there are suggestions for a braid that is far less susceptible to these wind tangles would be appreciated as well.  Cheers!

get stuck in be a part of the coming season

league name: fishwrecked

invite code: 876974

only 17 spots

cheers

WAS a nice boat

www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/50860/a+hooked+marlin+sinks+a+fishing+boat+well+something+like+that/

 Launching from Quindalup Tomorrow, Hopefully find some ground this time, Only launched from there once and didn't have much luck finding any decent ground. Any advice on general areas to head for would be greatly appreciated  Is any one else launching from there tomorrow? 

Gav

what can I catch?

Are salmon there?

what is on the bite

please help

I'm keen to hear if anyone has hit the sound/had any luck with snapper now that the ban is over?

I can imagine the ramps there would be crazy at the moment.

Cheers.

 http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/albany-6330/motorboats-powerboats/quintrex-480-freedom-sport-2006-model-90hp-mercury-optimax-direct/1013501128

Too good to be true? Or way underpriced for a quick sale??

 We have had a lot of inquiries regarding our boat and people booking the boat out just for them and their mates.

Anybody needing a crew member on Sunday then please give me a shout. Scottish guy been in Perth for 5 months and needing to feel the ocean breeze!

Laid back, fun and make cracking sandwiches!

where apart from busselton jetty can you catch squid in the southwest

Weathers looking great for the weekend will be heading out to two rocks tomorrow to join the traffic jam few weeks ago was in line for hour and a half .
Old boy who collects the money told me 182 boats put in at the ramp that day.

Just received an email from Keep Australia Fishing. I dont know if anyone else on here has a thread going and apologise if there is one.

This is the form letter to Tony Burke.

""Dear Minister Burke,

Don’t Lock Us Out!

We are writing to you because we are concerned you are locking Aussie recreational fishers out of more than 1.3 million square kilometres of our seas and oceans.

If this goes ahead, you will be responsible for the largest lock out of recreational fishers in Australian history. To date, you and your Government have not yet provided a single valid reason as to why this needs to happen.

With about 5 million Australians going fishing each year, we are the largest stakeholder group affected by your marine park lock up plans. These plans, if implemented, will have obvious and immediate impacts on rec-fishing opportunities and on the thousands businesses and communities that support us.

Despite this, your Government has already said it will not be compensating us for this loss, even though you are giving other affected user groups many millions of taxpayer dollars. We are also very worried about the precedents that will be set if you continue to ignore our concerns and lock us out.

This is just not good enough. Australian recreational fishers will not accept this sort of treatment.

Minister, you know full well that Australian recreational fishers are conservation minded and that we support scientifically based conservation measures including marine reserves. If there’s a good scientific reason to limit recreational fishing for the sake of the environment, then we accept this and will assist in the protection of these areas.

However, your draft management plans are discriminatory. You want to lock us out of vast areas of Australian ocean and seas yet you will leave these same areas open to thousands of divers, tourism operators, cargo ships, naval vessels and bulk carriers.

If these areas are so special and so environmentally sensitive, then why are these activities allowed while recreational fishers are locked out? How can you ban one user group and impose no restrictions on others, all without any valid scientific reasons?

As anglers are known as the guardians of the sea, a decision by you to allow recreational fishers to continue to access these areas will enhance the environmental outcome for the reserve network and increase the economic and social benefits for all Australians and future generations.

You know as well as we do that there are options and management strategies that you can implement to make this happen.

Minister, for the sake of all Australian fishos, Don’t Lock Us Out!

Sincerely, ""

I added this "I am a labour voter and have never changed. But this lockout under the Green's influence has now made me think Liberal. At least they arent half Green and stay true to their colours.
DONT LOCK US OUT"

With the election looming in September the Lab-greens will push harder to get these reserves through, and we should be heard now. Get behind it.

http://www.keepaustraliafishing.com.au/index.php/take-action/campaigns/campaign-1-don-t-lock-us-out

Dr. Neels Myburgh

Recfishwest recognises that while the majority of the fishing community do the right thing and place their litter in the bin, there are a few who tend to ruin it for the rest of us. No one likes to rock up to a pristine beach to see it scattered with the remnants of food scraps, tinnies and bait bags.  Not only does litter depreciate the amenity of some of our favourite fishing spots, but it also has detrimental effects on the environment.

We believe there’s no time like the present to make a positive impact and take responsibility for our beloved beaches and aquatic environments.

Recfishwest and the Western Angler will be holding a clean-up day on Sunday 10th of February at North Mole, Fremantle.  The clean up session will be a community event, which everyone is invited along to.  We will aim to clean up the entire section of coastline from Port Beach round to the tip of the Mole.  So bring your kids, aunty, uncle, granny and grandad along for a fun community event and make a positive impact on the coast!

We will be meeting at the end of North Mole Drive at 10:00am and will finish up at 12:30 for a free sausage sizzle and refreshments.  All equipment will be supplied including gloves, rubbish bags, garbage grabbers and sunscreen.

Prizes will be awarded for the biggest bag(s) of rubbish and the most unusual item found.

Enjoy

Went down to the Ammo jetty last night and the ammount of scalies down there at the moment you could just about walk across the water and best of all there are plenty of nice sized ones about the size of a mulie perfect size for dropping down whole when out on the boat or for the rock hoppers out there who chase the tailor.

The usual shark boys were down there doing there thing had a bit of a chat with a few of them including our publicised member Ant was a good night no yar hoo rednecks

Only bad thing I saw was one of our off shore residents catching undersized crabs and after mentioning to him the size he was putting them back over and all swam off