Hi guys,

Just starting to get back into fishing and am wanting to upgrade my gear. I am chasing a rod and reel combo to chase snapper, Dhui's small sambo's and anything else that may be sniffing around. probably want to spend around the $400 range.

any info would be awesome

 Had a great day out today. First day of the demersal season. 4 crays on the way out (7 day pull) & a beautiful 77 cm Dhuie. A lovely light west wind to stir up the fish. Its nearly always a good day for fishing at Mandurah when the witch of the west comes stealin.

Now I know there are plenty of guys on this site who catch dhuies regularly. But for me it's a rare prize. 2 or 3 a year.    

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advisor/how-to-eat-a-deadly-animal-without-dying/story-e6frfqfr-1226535413062

 Hey guys ! 

Any news on the crabs in the river at the moment 

Would like to give them a crack this arvo 

hi all,

heading up to exmouth over xmas an wondering if its worth taking the cray pots up there.

i  see there are reds there, not sure if in numbers and if many people catch them in pots up there.

any suggestions or lickley areas to try would be great .

i also see on fishers no pots aloud around the murions islands , are there any more no pot ares (exept sancurary zones)

or is it a waist of time and leave the pots at home (could fit a few more ctns beer in there space lol )

cheers lee

 Hi guys and girls doing my due diligence for a trip to Exmouth in May taking up a large fibreglass boat if you have tried the new ramp out at Tantabiddi how was it anything to watch out for beyond strong winds and a very low tide.

Cheers and beers for the festive season 

karl

Hi Guys,

Im fresh to this forum and noticed there wasnt a thread for general chit chat catching in the metro perth area? If there is one and i've overlooked it please link me to it but I think it would be nice to have a running thread with how the Perth beach and river are fishing.

Im heading out for a flick off the Point walter flats and can hopefully update this thread in hopes that its a constant source of where and what species is fishing well.

Cheers

Will be installing new electronics on the new tug once it arrives, and the difficult choice of sounder is the issue.....

The boat has a Garmin 740S GPS/sounder/radar touchscreen combo, which I will probably use for a backup, but nowhere near big or good enough as the main unit.

I have always used Raymarine, so was leaning to the new E125 with the 450 CHIRP module and M265LH CHIRP tranny. But I am just not sure if I will be paying top dollar for s gimmick, when I could put in an old skool FCV 295 and conventional 1 or 2 kW tranny and know it would be great.

I love the Raymarine ease of use, and find the Furuno stuff a bit clunky, but no doubt Furuno have had the best Sounders up until now.

What about the Simrad NSS 12? Looks pretty good. Anyone used these with conventional and/or CHIRP?

On trannies, also considering through hull B175's, as I am still unsure if I can shoot through the Boston whaler conquest 235 hull with the M265 tranny effectively. They have a specific transducer area moulded into the hull with no foam, but I have read on the hull truth that it is thick and design for through hull (drill a hole jobbies), not shoot through....... But the new chirp shoot throughs are meant to be much less affected than the old M260 shoot through......

So many options........

Not gonna be cheap!

hi guys

           just putting it out there if any auto sparkies lin=ve sor that might be able to look at a dual battery system on a 80 series.. problem is the auxillary isnt charging need problem fixed this week i can bring to you or come to me in maddington dont mind happy to pay of course

Good luck to all out there fishing for demersals tomorrow.............. shame ill have to wait till next week.

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we are going no matter what, hope for the best!!

 Anyone chasing a deckie, demersal jigging?

Happy to contribute.

PM me.

Hi Guys

I heard a rumour a while back that Fisheries were going to up the Dhuie limit per boat to 3. Does anyone else know anything about this or was I just dreaming and hoping?

Any info appreciated

Cheerss

Check these boats out for stability in rough conditions.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQREB6BBgKY

Hi guys  ran into a bit of a problem on the weekend , well a cray pot to tell the truth .I was trollin round rottness for a mack or tuna and had the down rigger ( canon digi troll 10 ) at about 10m deep and hit a cray pot rope which caused the down rigger to peel out wire so we stopped reversed up and i started to bring the down rigger up and it sounded under load but not struggling to much then all of a sudden it completely shut off nothing on the screen no power at all so i had to hand pull up the last few metres . Just wondering if anyone knows if they have a overload fuse or something that would cause this because im heading to kalbarri in a week and would love not to send it away for repairs any info would be much appreciated as i cant find my manual . (ps the cray pots the pros where dropping where in about 20m deep with about 40m of rope preety annoying )

 just bought a poly craft tuff tender and it is rater to 15HP max and 45kg on the transom will i be able to register it still witha 20hp 4 stroke which weighs 44kg?

 G'day guys,

So I've managed to get 2 cray pots snagged out from ocean reef on the 3 mile, in about 12-14m's of water. I've tried my hardest to unstick them but havnt managed to. So I need a diver to help me get them back. I'm happy to pay for there tanks to be filled or a carton of beer or take you to a few different spots to try get some crays for yourself. I've got a Quintrex 480 coast runner with a small dive ladder off the back. I was hoping to try recover them Sunday morning while the weather is nice. 

Any takers?

 Im still figuring out the weather these days the change of season has left me scratching my head at times! Just wondering what you blokes reckon about the weather for Sunday in bunbury? Do you think there will be much surface chop during the morning? I'm hoping to take my kayak out but chop on the surface caused by wind makes fishing unpleasant. Your opinions greatly appreciated

I am making some surf poppers like Colin Hays ones from Fishwrecked-reeltime, but im unsure of how theyre rigged. Is the surf pooper above the gangs on the main line or the surf pooper below likle this image suggests. I would have thought the popper would be above as it floats, but im not sure.

 Hi,

I wanna go for scoop tonight, but just wondering if its worth the drive..

Im think of going to the dawesville cut area

anyone been lately?

Hi All,

As above. 

If you had to take 22 of your clients out on a fishing charter NOR (up to Two Rocks) who would you call?

Got a Mate in this predicament right now, and all I have ever been on is charter to about 14 or so MAX, so just wondering what his options are.

Cheers

Sam

 Hey putting it out there. Trying to get a few ppl together to go out fishing on a charter boat monday or tuesday next week (17th-18th dec) in Jurien bay.

Tickets for them 2 days are $150 pp each trip. (normally $250 pp) let me know if ur keen. only 6 spots available both days. Breakfast and lunch included

G'day, I'm heading down to Perth in march. I was thinking of dropping the boat off in Exmouth on the way down and stopping in on the way back for a week of fishing and diving. Does anyone know of anywhere I can safely leave my boat for about 4-5 days? Cheers.

Enjoy

Any one on here own or have used any of these reels looking at buying some of these

Shimano sharks 2010 Ultegra Advance C3000HG

DAIWA raft shark VIKING raft 44

with the demersal ban do we have to wait until the 15th is over or can start fishing on the 15th (saturday)

cheers

 hi all

me and the better half will heading down to mandurah over the break and i was wondering if anyone has any news of whats biting down there and where

nick

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82963582/

Can't believe how close this guy gets to being bitten!

Just wondering if anyone had any advice for fishing out of Woodman point? Heading down next week with the family (boys are 5 and 3) and camping, hoping to take the boat and catch a feed of crabs or squid?  It is a 14ft, forward steer ali with flat deck but the sounder is rubbish, only give depth and I use the Navionics app on my phone as the gps plotter.  General advice/locations obviously, don't need the secret spots... Just thinking of packing as light as possible and taking minimal gear. Thanks!