Made another bid on a reel last night after quite a few brews, ended up winning it, little 4000 Stradic Ci4. Third time I've done that this year for 2 Shimano Stradics and 1 Daiwa TDR, the misses is going to ban me from fleabay when I've been drinking.  Need a new rod now. 

 Does anyone know if I can get my canopy replaced by club marine insurance?  The canvas and metal structure is badly damaged.

thanks

My usual team who fishes with me in Game fishing Tournaments are unable to make this one due to work commitments.

I have a 625 Cruisecraft with a 175 Yamaha 4 stroke 2015 model that is all set up for game fishing. Just throwing it out there to see if 1 or 2 fishwrecked members may be interested in fishing the Billfish Bonanza Tournament in Exmouth with me on the 11th, 12th & 13th November.

I am 42 years old, easy going & love a beer.  I have plenty of game fishing experience and am happy to share what I know and look forward to learning some new tricks from whoever may wish to join me.

My plan is to leave Mindarie just after lunch on Tuesday 8th November and return Monday 14th November.

We will arrive in Exmouth around luch time on the Wednesday and prep the gear for a prefish Thursday.  The tournament is Fri, Sat & Sun 8am - 4pm.

I am happy to drive the boat so whoever joins me can have all the strikes.

It is a Billfish only tournament and we will be skipping and swimming baits west of Tantabiddi.

There will be no time for bottom fishing so please don't reply unless you like trolling around all day, listening to Marlin tunes & having a can.

I have listed come costings that I believe to be accurate give or take $50 so you know what your up for.

Tournament nomination - $125

Exmouth Game Fishing Club Membership - $120 (not required if you are already a member of a GFAA club)

1st night accomodation at the Overlander - $50

Cabin at Big 4 Exmouth - $270

Boat Fuel - $75 per day for 4 days $300

Bait, Ice & Tackle - $100 for the trip

Food & drinks will be additional to this (presentation night dinner included)

I will take care of the car fuel there and back to assist with keeping the costs down.

This comes to a total of $965 for one person and would be obviously cheaper if we had 2 starters. (I reckon this is pretty good value for 4 days fishing in Exmouth)

I've had a pretty good run with the tournaments this year coming 2nd in the Exmouth Billfish Tournament in March & crewing for the Champion Female WA Open, Champion Junior Billfish at the Dampier Classic & Champion Smallfry Team at last months Australian Junior Billfish Tournament held in Exmouth.

If anyone is interested send me a PM and I'll get back to you in the coming days.

Cheers

Scott.

 anyone know any good sites to get cheap stickbaits and also  has anybody ever used the black magic raw stick baits i can get them for a good price $14 a lure but just wanted to know any ones opinions on them first thanks in advance

Enjoy

 Gday guys!

Thought Id share a way i save a bit of space in my tackle box. I use rainy days to make my rigs and use the vac sealer to put them in individual squares. I double seal between each square so you can cut one rig off at a time without piercing the seal on another one.

Might be a little more expensive then other ways but it is a very tidy way for me!

Does anyone else have any little tricks like this for storing tackle?

Cheers!!

My apologies for not writing this post sooner.  It has been a reasonably difficult job to evaluate exactly the cray bait we will supply in 2016 and the associated costs.  Add in the bulky nature of the frozen bait and it is quite a logistical exercise.

We will stock Blue Mackerel, Tuna Heads, Orange Roughy Heads and Mixed Fish Pieces and Heads (blue mackerel chunks, mullet chunks, reef fish heads and wings, tuna heads, roughy heads, and other assorted suitable material with composition depending on availability). 

You can purchase cray bait from us in 20kg boxes or 5kg bags (9-12 pieces per bag).  We have arrangements with suppliers where we will receive daily delivery of bulk bait as required, although there are sometimes supply issues with different baits from time to time.  An image of the freezer holding the 5kg bags is below.

As mentioned in a previous post comment, the price of cray bait varies considerably across the retail suppliers and we would really appreciate Member comment on whether our pricing is appropriate.  We have set our initial prices on the basis of bulk distribution so margins don’t have to be inflated and unreasonable.  Do you think we are high, low, or right on each size offering as set out below?  Is there anything else?

$65 – 20kg Blue Mackerel

$60 – 20kg Mixed Fish Pieces

$55 – 20kg Tuna Heads

$50 – 20kg Orange Roughy Heads

$45 – 18kg Mulie Seconds

$20 – 5kg Blue Mackerel

$20 – 5kg Mixed Fish Pieces

$17.50 – 5kg Tuna Heads

$17.50 – 5kg Orange Roughy Heads

The best way to ensure we can supply your requirements is to order in advance.  We will have shop stock every day but certain items do sell out.  You can come in, order through our web site, or for orders over 50kg contact us to arrange.

It looks like it will be a good season.  Our aim is to supply quality bait for a fair price from a business in Wangara that has all the required approvals to do so.

Thanks again for your support.  Mick

Hi all looking for some advice here , never potted before but im gearing up and keen as.
What bait works what doesn't ,whats illegal.
Any secrets you would like to share LOLO PM me.

Thanks

Was gonna drop them in on the ocean side of Staggie reef on Sat arvo and pull them sunday morning - just wondering if its worth doing yet. Has anybody got any in that area yet? any tips appreciated cheers dave

Use to dive for crays, but developed a wheeze during a Hooka dive once, so thought the better off this. But also those biteys out there would almost certainly stop me (down here only)now.
Whats to consensus?

Hey dudes

Looking for general areas where it's max 5m depth where I can catch some crays. Was thinking around burns rocks. Would there still be whites around there? Or have they walked into deeper waters.

Any general advice or direction would be great, only ever used pots, never dived but have a loop handy.

 Hmm cray season must have started and time to dredge the bent street boat ramp Safety Bay, seems like it was only 12 months ago they closed off part of this boat ramp, wait on it was 12 months ago. Great timing council.

 Not in yet 

 went north of perth over the weekend and threw some lures around hoping for some big greenbacks that we heard lurk these areas 5am start and the rapala xrap hit the water few twitches followed by a massive splash behind the lure yep there here had around a 1 hour sesssion with fish between the 40-60cm mark almost every cast  not the big ones we where hoping for but all in all was a great weekend went to the same spot of a night using baits and again every cast was a fish not tailor but school mulloway ranging from around  50cm to 60cm also lost somthing big after loosing around 100m of line off the reel then the line pinged on the reef  no idea what this fish was any way all in all was a great weekend and thanks wazza upton for the advice top bloke heres a few pics of some fish All where released

 Have seen a few good catches of crays by divers already and I'm keen to get the pots out Friday arvo.  I've heard it's hard going before the whites for pots (I've got plastic) but the last few years I've tried half heartedly and I'm going to give it a good crack this year. Pots in by Friday arvo then cart up by 3am sat sun mon tue... see how I go (weather pending)

My clears are about 3-4 years old and apart from them being dirty they appear to be going opaque, I'm looking for suggestions on how to make them sparkle again

Cheers & TIA

hey all,

I have a budget of $500 for a sounder/GPS combo and tossing up between the Garmin 5dv and the Lowrance Hook 4, the Garmin has a bigger screen in better orientation although I haven't heard a lot about the Garmin units, any feed back or advice between the 2 or which way I should go? both seem to be evenly spec'd feature wise

mainly used for off shore fishing

thanks in advance

 The last few times out on the water my boat has taken in a fair bit of water

 It seems to be getting worse - Yesterday when i removed the bungs, a worrying amount of water poured out   

 Boat is pressed aluminium & has a plywood floor which is difficult if not impossible to remove 

 Can any one give some ideas how to figure out where the problem is? 

 Does anyone know where to dispose off old epirbs and flares safely

cheers rob

 First dive for season in 16m with terrible conditions

 Thanks for the tip about the demersal season being extended,  I wouldnt have known otherwise

 I havent been out for months and thought it was going to be at least  another two months before i got back out there 

 After reading your post i checked the forecast for Mandurah and it looked pretty good - Turned out that way too

 The temperature was mild, the wind was light and the fish were biting 

 Kept a small dhu, threw back two dhu's, a big queeen snapper, a shark, something i didnt recognise (I'll have to look it up) and various wrasse etc

 Magic morning Thank You       

Gday Gents,

Planning a trip Exmouth this time next year 10 blokes, four boats, 10 days
Am I just kidding myself with the wind during this month or is it still worth the trip? I usually would travel north April or May but am unable to next year, I went to Denham at the beginning of the year in January and it was some of the best weather I've seen there, not to mention pelagics everywhere.

will be wanting to do a bit of everything from super deep to 1-2m of water, any advice would be helpful especially from a local

Cheers

 just looking for people's thoughts on conditions between carnac and garden tomorrow morning. Was gona head for a last snapper bash but not sure if its a bit big to get past islands. Its usually dark when i go through so a little hesitant. 

 Just wondering how other guys make there salt water ice slurrys up. Ive been freezing lots of small water bottles and reusing them each time, works ok but recon there could be a better way. Some of may mates freeze a couple of ice cream tubs of sea water and add as block ice and of herd of other guys using fresh water ice and adding salt to the slurry. Anyone else got a simple way to make up slurrys cheers.

 Some years back I visited Eiao, in French Polynesia.

To this day, it's still probably the most ridiculous trip I've done. You can see my report below.

http://fishwrecked.com/forum/jigging-and-popping-eiao-marquises-group-french-polynesia

For years now, the island has sat totally unfished - with the exception of one recon trip that was out there about 2 weeks ago.

Safe to say, the fishing is just as ridiculous as always. They smashed the fish, including this beast of a doggie landed, not to mention a spooled Stella 20 and JM PE7 on bigger fish.... 

The next people to fish this island will be my group, which is heading out there in February, and we have space available (either one or two spaces) to join.

Flight will depart Sydney on Thursday 9 February and get you back to Sydney on 19 February. Flight cost is A$2050 return.

No tackle supplied - you need to be self sufficient out there. It's a wild place, and a long way from anywhere.

If you are serious about coming and can make the dates, please drop me a message for more details. It is a guaranteed trip of a lifetime!

Cheers,

Dan

SMASH CRABS are back in stock and with only a couple of days before the ban its time to get your hands on these awesome artificials before the closure.

Incredibly realistic looking, strong chemical sharpened hook and made from 10x stretch material these crabs are a WINNER!! Weighing in at 39 grams and 100mm at the widest point (legs) these things are a must have for shallow water demersals. Not only are they perfect for shallow water snapper locally but northern species such as blue bone and spangled emperor will not be able to resist these tasty looking treats. they can either be worked vertically or cast and slow roll retrieve for a realistic walking action.

All colours below in stock including the new RED BAIT CRAB COLOUR.

Drop into OCEANSIDE TACKLE AND MARINE to get your hands on these awesome artificials, they wont last long!!

FW discount Apply

Shot

out last night with a mate chasing up 

some tailor.i use a little burly just to get 

the fish active round the boat ! First thing 

to get connected was a nice little bronze 

and on bream gear they go hard ! Managed

to tail grab it and quick pic and it was on it's 

way after removing some other fishos hook

and leader so it was happy ! Tailor showd up

got 4 biggest round 480mm ! Finnished with 

Another little bronzie ! Was anchored 200m

off the shoreline Quinn's ! Pulled the anchor

9.30pm ! Good little sesh !! Cheers fellas 

pirate 

So hopefully they should start to pick up!

cheers fellas! Pirate 

Enjoy

 Hi all going to exmouth in may for a fishing trip hiring a boat this time wats the fishing like this time of year ???? Wanting queenies and gts. Also where should i be trying.any help much appreciated 

 looking for a new rod to pair up with a sargosa 10k for beach and rock fishing chasin mullaway sharks snapper etc dont want it too fat like the shimano revolutions . i have it paired to a penn prevail but change is good and i get bored easy looking around the 200 to 300 mark want it around the 10-20kg 10 -11ft will be thrwoing big baits