"Ferocious, pack-feeding jumbo squid have invaded waters off California's central coast and are devouring local fish populations. Researchers say global warming and overfishing are likely to blame."

Read more plus video here:
http://environment.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12315

G'day guys

Does anyone from karratha know the guys who own or fished from Stray Cat at this years Gamex. I urgently need to get in contact with them. If you could pass on my number it would be greatly appreciated. Mike Ioppolo 0407 987 404

Cheers Mike

Does anyone purchase filleting knives online? I have a good 6 inch blade and about an 8 inch one but they are very thin and a little too flexible for my liking at the moment. I'm looking for something around the 9 inch range but to be 2-3 inch deep and have good strength for cutting through the tougher stuff. I would ultimately like to buy online because there aren't too many cheap options up here in Exmouth. I've had a bit of a look at ebay stores in the U.S but the postage is almost three times as much as the knife. I'm looking between the $40 and $100 mark and any advice re- knife or where to purchase would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Adam

Just did my tax return on e-tax last night and looks like I'll be getting a pretty nice sum. Although most of it will be going towards Rowley Shoals 2008 trip I think a nice little Calcutta TE200GT will be coming my way very shortly. Watch out barra!

So what will you be treating yourself with?

Just checked out swell & wave data and Rotto is boasting a combination of sea and swell nearly 10m...

Cheers,


T

Because of the recent weather its been pretty hard to get out fishing so im going to head down around dwellingup tommorow. Can anyone give me some tips on any dams or rivers to fish around there

Cheers luke

I recently purchased a Penn boat rod from Bluewater Tackle in Melville ($250).

We headed off to Exmouth....first day trip out and it snapped off approx 30cm from the top of the rod after I had something big on (which got away).

I thought, Shyte! This shouldn't happen!!

Anyway, I went to Bluewater Tackle in Exmouth (an independently owned franchise) and they replaced it by flying one in the next morning from Perth. It had the reel on it by 11:00am the day after it snapped-they didn't even ask for a receipt!

Great service and I commend their business to you!

Cheers,


T

is now a good time for some squidding????im goin about now.....unfortunately i do not know much info bout squid.....tips would be great....

Gonna head down to the causeway at point samson tonight for a fish. Low tide at 8.50pm. Gonna chuck some softies around and see if I can get anything decent. Some reports of some good Jacks and even an 80cm barra there recently so I'll have a bait out on some 30lb gear as well.



The weather forecast for tomorrow looks great so we'll probably head out in the boat. Will report tomorrow.

Hello All!

A perfect winter's day here in Perth metro area!!

My query relates to the above... I don't have one and after reading various pieces of information, it appears that this is an essential ingredient to successful fishing!

I have a 24' f/glass centre cons.... What sort/size of drift anchor would be appropriate?

Many thanks in advance.


T.

im heading down to my local tackle shop to get some lures.for the swan river......can u guys help me wit wat to buy????wat lure that big variety of fish take??? for sambos..and stuff like that....thanks

anyone intrested going to causeway tonitez???im going there for a fish for some mulloways...still hoping very hard to get my first mulla....does anyone knoes .can u fish on top of the bridge?????thanks..

Ok im really considering the argument between these two materials....

Obviously I know the pro's and con's of both, however, when it comes to flurocarbon... do they hookup more fish because the fish do not notice the line as much?

And the bigger question, if you are using monofilament leader, could more fish be deterred by it due to seeing it?

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22094155-948,00.html

Anyone hungry

A Tale of Two Prawns


Far away in the tropical waters of the Caribbean, two prawns were swimming round in the sea, one called Justin and the other called Christian. The prawns were constantly being harassed and threatened by sharks that inhabited the area.
Finally one day Justin said to Christian, "I'm fed up with being a prawn; I wish I was a shark, and then I wouldn't have any worries about being eaten."
A large mysterious cod appeared and said, "Your wish is granted." Lo and behold, Justin turned into a shark. Horrified, Christian immediately swam away, afraid of being eaten by his old mate. Time passed (as it invariably
does) and Justin found life as a shark boring and lonely. All his old mates simply swam away whenever he came close to them. Justin didn't realize that his new menacing appearance was the cause of his sad plight.
While swimming alone one day he saw the mysterious cod again and he thought perhaps the mysterious fish could change him back into a prawn.
He approached the cod and begged to be changed back, and, lo and behold, he found himself turned back into a prawn.
With tears of joy in his tiny little eyes Justin swam back to his friends and bought them all a cocktail (the punch line does not involve a prawn cocktail - it's much worse). Looking around the gathering at the reef he realized he couldn't see his old pal.
"Where's Christian?" he asked.
"He's at home, still distraught that his best friend changed sides to the enemy & became a shark," came the reply.
Eager to put things right again and end the mutual pain and torture, He set off to Christian's abode. As he opened the coral gate, memories came flooding back. He banged on the door and shouted: "It's me, Justin, your old friend, come out and see me again."
Christian replied, "No way man, you'll eat me. You're now a shark, the enemy, and I'll not be tricked into being your dinner."
Justin cried back "No, I'm not. That was the old me. I've changed........."


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"I've found Cod. I'm a Prawn again Christian."

 now that the  boat comp is over what are the chances of getting a land based comp  going  as not all have the chance to get out on a boat ??????????

Has anyone been catching any slimy macks at the eshed recently since the wind is down and its going to be raining the rest of the week thought it may be worth a try

im heading down to mandurah tomolow....any1 of u guys live there????maybe some tips????baits???wat to be looking 4ward to???maybe i could meet some of u guys there....

i went for fishing at e shed an hour ago....it was great.....i caught about 35 yellotails....and about 5 really huge herring'ss..........1 of them weigh bout 700grams.....if u belive it or not....giv me hell of a fight.....now im electrocuted by their head shaking trhill.....

After a phone call at 9:30pm on friday night saying there was a spare spot with salmo to fish the comp i jumped at the chance! We met up for the comp at 6am with everything we needed to have a good day out on the water. We left with great success and got straight into some good sized sambos on the bream gear and well as a decent bonito. We then moved to a couple of good dhuie spots that gave us plenty of good hookups which we dropped, with the last one salmo dropped broke his new custom made rod.....not happy at all, who wouldnt be?

We moved on to another spot which then i fell over on the boat landing flat on the anchor bollard!!! and yeah right on the bum cheek, man that hert! Two more good fished dropped and alittle tension was starting.lol.

We moved again getting into some good skippy ( the winning one) and some good sized pinks which were nailing the pink and ginger beer snapbacks fished off the bottom......also great fun on the bream gear.

We started the motor and what do ya know "NO STEERING" the nut that controls the steering ram came undone and with some great and deep thoughts salmo used the gaff as the new tiller steer! The side consol was just for the throttle control. Pretty funny cruising along flat out then the gaff pulls out sending the boat to a hard right turn and two guys nearlly swimming! Na not really but was funny.

All in all i was amazed with this guy "salmo" and his ability to get me onto some awsome fish in so shallow water! Shit i could use a kayak to get there. His knowledge of the area was outstanding and his fishing ability was second to none. With an few miss haps which made to day and some good fish which were even better. And a few beers  added as well.

Thanks alot mate, i had a ball out on the water and cant wait to get the travelling tinnie out again one day! Great boat and great bloke.......cheers chirs.

Driving to work this morning on the freeway, I looked over
    to my right and there was a woman in a brand new BMW doing
100kms per hour with her face up close to the mirror putting on her
eyeliner!!!!

     Shocked, I looked away for a couple of seconds and when I
looked back she was still putting on the makeup but drifting halfway
into my lane!!

     It scared me so much (and this coming from a bloke....) that I
dropped
     my electric shaver, which knocked the bacon roll out of my
other hand.

     In all the confusion of trying to straighten up the car using
my knees
     against the steering wheel, it knocked my mobile from my ear,
which
     fell into the coffee between my legs, causing it to splash and
burn BIG
     JIM AND THE TWINS, causing me to scream, which made me drop the
     cigarette out of my mouth, ruined my shirt and DISCONNECTED AN
    IMPORTANT CALL.

     F***ing Women Drivers!!!!!!!

i see a lot of sambo experts on the site..can u guys gimme some tips as im going fishing for them at e shed.......any tips would be great

First of all, many thanks to Andy, Tim and the sponsors for the event organisation.

Well, like a few others, it was a quite day for us.  Soupster (Scott) managed a 6.66kg Dhuie and a nice KG.  I managed undersize dhuies and pinky.  Nice day on the water though.

Scott - loaded up...at last -


Dhuie, caught drift baiting.

The result -


Scott was a little anxious - 'Umm, would you mind getting the net....now!"

The crowd gathers -





Very friendly competition -





Rob on the phone (too busy to collect another prize!) -





I'm out of here mate -





Brain surgeon not!  One of the sponsors - what was his name again?? -





Another winner - Luke -





Cody...aka 'KG slayer' -





NOR COMP GROUP PIC -




Cheers Pete

Just curious how people rig bloodworm styled gulp's and SP's?

Im used to using the jerk shads and grubs and shrimps etc but never really known how to actually present a bloodworm styled lure...

Hmm maybe there is a site somewhere that gives the lowdown on rigging and presenting different types of SP's and styles?

Anyone got the low down?

I'm fortunate enough to be headed to Barrow Island to do some work and am wondering if any one has ever been before??? Will definaltely pack a snorkle, if i'm lucky enough to get a couple of hours off, but would obviously love, as a fisherman, to wet a line. Any one been there or know of restrictions???

great day out today on the water as you would all probably know, went out about 12k's picked up about 8 blackass and 2 big harlys about 50cm each. Then burleyed up on the fathom and had a few skippy sniffing around then in the trail a 6 foot mako shark came into it so i threw a bait in and it took it straight away then ran and lept totally out of the water shaking its head and then spooled me. All in all was a good day on the water and i hope everyone else had a good day with the comp

Goodluck to all the fellas out on the comp today!

But for those who are still keen or havnt been out today already, if anyone is up for it, wanna go out tonight for a bit of a night bash, landbased?

Drop us a line if you're keen and we can arrange something... maybe hillarys or mindarie? or a beach somewhere? or further south... doesnt bother me!