Hi all,

Im doing a 3 week camping trip with the handbrake and kids at christmas. We are thinking of heading to esperance and working our way back to denmark then home to perth. Can anyone give me any tips on what to target and how to catch them at that time of year? Esperance and Denmark will be the main camp bases for at least 1 week each. I will be land based

I appreciate any hints and tips.

Cheers

Hey everyone was just wondering if there is any swing sets and stuff near the murrey bridge for the kids whilst I do abit of fishing. Cheers in advance

 Which beaches fish well for mulloway ranging from bunbury to windy harbour? I've been chasing them in the mid west and now keen for a down south one.

 where in WA would one go to target a samson landbased, what time of year and how would I go about it,

as in do I have to burley up and fish off a bunch of rocks or can I use lures and cover a bit of ground.

I know of Albany from ol'mates post and articals from western angler best pic ever of a samson. And kalbarri I dont need specific spots just the towns, for I'm planing another road trip down to that part of the country again.

cheers syd

Looking at heading for a land based fish out of the metro area tomorrow afternoon/all night.Havnt had much time lately due to work so thought i would make it a decent trip while i have some spare time.
Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions? no more then 2 hour drive. South or North? looking at targeting mulloway, sharks etc.

Any help or info would be appreciated!

Cheers

does anyone know when they are going to release cranka crabs they look real good lures and i thought they would be on the shelfs by now

 Has anyone seen any crabs yet? Probably a month or 2 to early but you never know. Thinking about going for a scoop in mandurah. Saw a couple of crabs at the rocking ham foreshore the other day

Hi Guys

For all of you wishing for a Hobie come on down to Garratt Road Bridge (Scout Boat Shed) and try them all out .... bring the wife/GF and let them have a go, they'll be easier to convince!

You can try the whole range of our demo fleet from the PA12/14 to the Adventure Island Triamaran, its a great way to see what will suit you.

If you're interested email me louise@getawayoutdoors.com.au with your interest and I will get back to you with an allotted time, these days have great interest so we have to roster times but it is well worth the beautiful morning on the river.

Hopefully see you there Sunday 28th October from 9-12pm.

Come on Christmas is coming and you can add this to the list, gives everyone time to save!!!

Cheers Lou

did he go to sleep,take off on a world tour or just gone

Where's a good land based and small child friendly place to try and catch a skippy around perth?

Richo

Enjoy

Gday guys, was hoping to get into some crayfishing in the upcoming season. Just after a bit of advice on what sort of ground to put the pots in and just other general info ie baits and ropes ect as i have never done it before. im thinking about buying a couple of the smaller pots so its a bit easier to haul around on the boat, are these any good? I have a 5.2 plate ally so should be able to get to some decent spots.

cheers in advance

 the rivers definately healthy this year, gettign heaps of decent sized choppers compared to the years previous where ive been getting low 30's these are majority 40+ .point walter to canning bridge.

all fish caught on rapala huskyjerk -hj10 in silver. seems to be dynamite for tailor

Article Here - http://www.swellnet.com.au/news/3228-new-video-shows-electronic-shark-shields-don-t-work

Video Here - http://video.adelaidenow.com.au/2288709813/Shark-repellent

Interesting read, general gist is shark shield does nothing to a hungry shark...
although results can be deemed unfair as the regular shark shield user may not be swimming/srfing/diving in tuna oil and flesh..

Heard many things about shark shields i know id never get one and id be wary of surfing around people with em as have heard sharks are intrigued by the electro field and come in closer to check em out putting everyone else in hot water but thats my opinion and im sure at least one of you will disagree.

any success stories / reasons supporting it i would love to hear ? and i dont mean the electric shock you get when you touch the f-in thing as people i know have told me when they wipeout they get eletrocuted aha

 any one have any predictions on the macks this year ?

will they return I sure hope so 

 Did a little deal with Hesh as a result of which the Torsa 20 off my jigging master power spell PE 4-8 is now his.

I need a replacement.  Thinking about a talica or saltiga (not sure which saltiga).  I will mostly bottom bash with the odd pretense at knowing something about jigging.  No deep drops.  Don't like fishing any deeper than 100m if I can help it.

I need something with grunt but lighter than the Torsa.

What does everyone think?

Cam

 hi guys how has the fishing at the busso jetty lately going around december so just wanted to know what was been caught with what bait/lure and where on the jetty

 got a quote from trident marine insurance today and did not get a print out or brochure with conditions or anything. does it cover the motor and to what extent? just wanna know wat im paying for. cheers

with no work booked in for today, me and my 2 boys headed out for a sambo bash...what better than no work, nice weather and some big sambos to play with.

blake had never caught anything on a jig or placcy before so it was great to see his first drop with the pink mcarthy get smashed, this thing ended up bricking him after a 5min battle with some huge runs.

rig up again with another mcarthy and bang...on again...not as big but his first fish on a placcy

back down again and he is on again, this is like the first one and pulling hard with some blisstering runs on the pe1-3 and stradic 5000

blake loaded up on the pe1-3

the end result, pb on a placcy for blake, 25kg+ and nearly 1.5mtrs long, the pic dose not do it justice..blake is 6ft tall and the fish still looks big,

he struggled to pic the bloody thing up.

some good fish inbetween with the majority this big, along with tripple hookups on more than 1 occasion

troys biggen for the day

my biggen for the day

last drop of the day and this nice size baldy comes up..spewin...but at least i know were he is now...lol

all in all a great day out with some arms getting a work out and blake getting the biggest for the day on the lightest rod as well.

cant wait to get out there again!!

cheers

Just saw this on facebook looks like Seafish still want to persist with the supertrawler:

BREAKING NEWS - SUPERTRAWLER Could Go Fishing,
Seafish Tasmania are seeking to have the supertrawler "reclassified" to avoid the government's recently announced fishing ban on supertrawlers. When is a supertrawler not a supertrawler?
We'll keep you posted on any developments. Share this as we may need some action to stop this monster AGAIN!

G'day all,

Looking at a new toy and am thinking of something in the 50W range of overheads.   After thoughts and experiences between the Tiagra (Shimano), International (Penn) and Makaira (Okuma).

Regards

 im heading up to greenhead on the 27th of october for a fishing comp anyone know any good spots on the beach and surrounds have 4wd but no boat

Hey - just wondering how people add photos to their comments on other's posts?! Seen few times, and frustrating not knowing how it's done!

Thanks

We’re getting our boat ready to sell and needed some gel coat chips repaired.  There were a few tricky bits up around the bow sprit, some on the hull and quite a large one right down underneath.

Cobalt Blue (site sponsor) did a great job, the price was good, turnaround time prompt and we were stoked with the finished product.

Check them out if you need something similar done.

hi guys

in chatting with adam in regards to improvement ideas, how would you guys feel about having a permanent record holders board?

THIS IS NOT A COMP, nothing to win, it could be your name on the board for many years to come!! thats it.

remembering this is an online thing, it would have to be done on length only with pics submitted to prove the length, similar to the photo comps we have held previously.

this can be for any fish, any where as long as you are a member, you can submit any pics from anyone, but the person submitting the pic is the record holder.

there would be a record board set up and it would be added to/updated as the pics come in, we need to keep it as simple as possible, with only the basic info submitted and only your user name as the record holder.

there can be a pic of the record holder and the catch so there is something visual to see as well, or maybe no pics and just the details on the board????

below is a sample and I would like to get some input from members, it would of course be prettied up to look a lot better, like in a spread sheet or something, but that would need some one with pc skills and thats not me...lol

                        FISHWRECKED.COM  RECORD  HOLDERS

SPECIES               LENGTH                LOCATION               LURE/BAIT           ANGLER             DATE

pink snapper            70cm                Rottnest                    squid                fisho-ron            17/8/2001

samson                   110cm               Jurien Bay                  jig                   Adam Gallash      23/12/2012

squid (hood)             30cm                Cockburn Sound        $2 jig                star304               8/8/2009

this is one i did on the pc, tried to upload it but it went haywire and the top of this post is the result.

it would be nice to get some feed back on this so adam can decide if its worth while or not.

any ideas to add or change will be great, but keep it simple so any dummy can do it.

cheers ron

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no work booked in for tomorow so me and my boys are going fishing....look out dhuys!!!!

nah just joking,

heading out with no bait at all for the first time, gunna be jigs and plackys chasing some sambos at a spot in the 40's that seem to be holding them reg lately.

im a bit worried about no bait, might turn into a doozy???

Heading to Exy in 2 weeks with the boat, 475 Quinny. I was thinking of targeting the inner reefs around Tantabiddi from South passage to north of north passage. Havent had the boat in there before and was wondering about the navagability and passages around the area. Have a large laminated chart of the area and lowrance gps with gold card but would love to hear from experienced blokes who have been in this area before as it looks pertty shallow and gnarly. Cant beat experience and as I will have the missus on board my life wouldnt be worth living if I bumped into something !!

 are you allowed to catch and release big pinks in the sound when the ban is on??

wouldnt mind heading out, catching some squid and whitting then having a snapper bash!

will this put too much stress on the spawnnig snapper? (surely not).

cheers for your thoughts.

Guys, just bought myself a new boat and was after people opinion as to weather it was a good or bad deal and if its good enough to get me to rotto on a good day as ive only had one snapper in the last year and am getting hungry for another big fish!!

Boat   5.28m Stacer stingray, aluminium 1990 maybe?

Trailer   2007 Dunbier, with catwalk, brakes etc

Engine   1997 70hp Evinrude and 1996 15 hp johnson

has furuno colour sounder, furuno gps,  3 fuel tanks, marine radio, cd player, new epirb, nav lights, anchors, anchor well, bilge pump, and im sure there is other bits ive missed

Any thoughts on the boat or its capabilitys would be appreciated.

Cheers

I think I saw a post where someone said they were going to try towing a GoPro + WiFi unit behind a boat to watch live footage of fish striking lures on an iPad with the GoPro app.

I thought this sounded like a great idea but wasn't sure if it would work so I emailed GoPro. They just replied to say it won't transmit underwater.

Just letting anyone that ight have been intending to purchase it with the same intention.

Cheers,

Smez.