hey everyone

now that summer is on its way i am going to try baloon fishing from my local rockwall however i have never done or tryed this before 

so any tips would be great also i have a saragosa 10k spooled with 400m of 60lb braid is this enough for baloon fishing or will it get spooled.

any infor given would be a huge help dont want spots or anything just how to tips is plenty i will be balooning perth based thanks everyone

 Enjoy

Searching the net and found these charts the department of transport has put up that maybe handy for some.

Can be downloaded to.

Heres the link for anyone whos interested.

Charts Gregory to Perth

www.transport.wa.gov.au/imarine/Charts-Gregory-To-Perth.asp

Mitch

As Members know, Shore Catch has a licence from WA Fisheries and can package specialist bait from its premises in Wangara, Our point of difference is that we can supply to retail customer requirements in any type, quantity and packaging,

We will post a few seasonally available items from time to time when there is something worth mentioning.  A few "quality" products available now are:

 hey guys,

i am going to be heading down to rockingham saturday, thinking about doing a morning fish.

Havn't fished the area before but have heard that point peron would be the place to go as i want to cast a couple of lures around, hopefully for tailor.

If anyone has fished the area recently a report would be appreciated aswell as any general tips. have looked on google earth and up around the northern tip looks the best. but first hand infomation would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance for any information

Nathan 

 caught this one in bunbury fishing comp few weeks ago went 17.3kg.Got him on jig with 20pound line

No smug Eagle supporters tomorrow, should be a good day at work.

 Pb squid on fathersday 

Fishos

Looking at going on a fishing trip early December leaving from Karratha thinking about woorra station just wanted to get peoples thoughts of the location, time of year etc. 

Going to be taking a 4.6m runabout towed by a Prado and tenting it. 

Is woorra a goer or anyone suggest a better place. Cheers

 Looking down on the flash part of Peoples park

Having sold my Stacer 455 back in February after a spell without work and a looming overseas job offer, I managed to land a job in Perth and when on the hunt for a boat only days after signing a contract. I was originally looking for a Reef Runner but there resale price just put them to far out of reach so I continued to scour gumtree & boat sales for a bargain.

Part 1
I eventually came across a 2002 6m Stessl with a single terrible photo advertised for sale in Mandurah with a Honda 130. When we got there it was clearly a slight project, showing signs of age but the motor with only 230hrs look new under the hood, started and ran fine and with a bit of fixing up and some canvas work it should have good bones. The trailer seemed to match the owners story that it had been owned by a family in Kal who stored the boat outside hence its condition, but didn't get to use it much hence the very low hours. We haggled on price, came to an agreement that I was happy with and agreed to buy it.

I'd actually bought a bank cheque down with me for what I wanted to pay for it and top-up cash in case I didn't manage to haggle. Towed it back to Perth happy as a pig in sh*t!

I decided that given the age of the motor and despite the low ours, it would be best to have the motor fully serviced by a dealer who can go over everything, give me a good starting base after a major service and I know everything is good. When I got home I had noticed that some oil had spilled out of what I thought to be an overflow on the form of the engine block on the front side of the base of the motor but didn’t think too much about it. Booked it into Seapower marine in Fremantle for a major service at a quoted cost of $850 and mentioned the oil that seemed to leak from an overflow elbow that I thought might need to be attached to a hose.

That afternoon, I received a call from Seapower stating that they think the oil might be a little more suspect than initially thought. That drain as I thought of it turns out to be a breather to the flywheel housing of the motor that is completely sealed top and bottom. The only way oil would be getting in there is if the main seal is leaking on the bottom of the powerhead. They pulled the starter motor off and sure enough this space was full of milky brown sludge! The bottom of my stomach fell through the ground! I’ve bought a dud…

Seapower didn’t seem to put-off by the potential problem, and advised that given the rest of the motor was in such good condition, it would be worth it. Unfortunately to get to it need a full stripdown of the engine to get the powerhead off estimated $2000 in labour plus whatever parts they find/need. I could just seal it up forget about it until a starter motor goes or major oil failure, seal it up and sell it on, or fix it up and build myself a decent boat! After a restless night, some searching on the price of a new donk, I gave the go-ahead the next day. The results weren’t pretty!
Saltwater has got inside this sealed area and worked its magic on the oil plug brass washers on the bottom of the powerhead, the main seal and the oil pump housing. Corrosion was particularly bad on the Oil pump &flywheel boss which also runs on another lower seal.
Seapower now send me over a parts quote of $1100. That same sinking feeling comes again within my stomach. I do some googling, ebay USA hunting but by the time I pay freight it’s coming to the same price… So I give the go ahead once again and the parts are ordered, with some items ex-Japan in 2-3 weeks.

After some googling, it appear this is actually quite a common problem on early 2000 ish Honda with several different causes. Mine appears that it has had a new starter motor installed without an o’ring seal! If I could get my hands on the person that had done that…

It is at this point that I decide that I’m into this boat for more cash than I wanted to be, so if I’m not planning on selling it in the short term for a loss, how about I put in the effort and restore it so ‘I’ve got something worth the money I’m spending and I want to keep for the next 10years!

to be continued...

Just wondering if anyone out there used any similar tracking type apps on their mobile phones as a safety precaution. There may be other Apps out there better then this one ??. The one i found and tried the other day is called Share Where - Location Sharing (Pro version) for Android mobiles (cost for Pro version was a couple dollars).

Basically it is an App that you can set up to SMS/text your location to someone using the phones GPS (or triangulates from mob towers). You can set up the App to reguarly send a text/ email to whoever with your co-ordinates (Lat/Long). You can set it up to send a text say every 15 or 20 minutes for a set time period so once you have it set up you can get on with fishing etc and forget about it.....and others / wife/partner etc know roughly where you are in case the worst happens.......pretty cheap insurance I think in that it points any rescue party etc to your last position. Draw backs ....? If you get out of range of mobile signal it won't send a SMS (I'm not sure how far you have to go out before you lose signal), and possible extra drain on the phone battery with the GPS running. I'm pretty new to 'off-shore' fishing (and posting here) but keen to make my adventures as safe as I can and this App (and similar ones) seem like a good further layer of safety, and cheaper then things like a SPOT tracker etc.

Anyway just after peoples thoughts/experience re these types of Apps.

cheers steve

Question on paternoster rigs - instead of threading a hook onto the loops - can you cut the loops and tie the hook on? - in order to have a longer single line to the hook instead of two (formed by the look) I made one and cut the loops and tried to pull the knot apart and couldn't - suggesting it would hold but wanted to see if anyone did this ?
Cheers

 Hi guys 

 this past weekend I caught my first trout on my fly rod down margret river and now I really want to catch more. I was thinking about going for a night to harvey dam for some trout and rekon on lures, was wondering if there is any particular area of the lake fishes better. Not asking for alot obviously just don't want to waste time near an area if it's no good. Thanx in advance. 

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 Searching everywhere for bulk spools of pe3 saltiga boat braid in perth and can not locate it. Need it asap. Alternatively is there any other " bulk braids" that are reasonably priced?

any help would be awesome

hey guys,

just wondering if anyone has any luck lately with KG's and squid in the bay?? I know weathers been a bit average and the water would be pretty churned up was thinking of having a bash this weekend!! any thoughts or reports!! any advise would be awesome as never fished the bay got a little 12ft tinny that I want to get out for the 1st time! cheers

 hello guys can anybody help me out with good locations to try for a cuttlefish any places in the swan ? any advice is great cheers

 G'day,

Looking at a trip to Tamala station in May next year. Have got a 6.5m plate boat on a dual axle trailer. Anybody have experience on launching a similar sized boat up there, and if so where? Any info on best camp sites for shelter from the wind and good for mooring much appreciated.

Cheers.

Hi ya'll!

I'm an American species hunting fisherman who is excited about my first chance to fish in Australia next month! However, I'm having a hard to narrowing down where I should focus my fishing efforts. I would greatly appreciate any direction from members of this board.

As of now, I intend to spend a few days in Perth, Sydney, and Cairns and try and catch a few different species of fish in each location. I know these are pretty big cities, and the fishing may not be the best. Are there any other places that fishermen in Australia consider to be good fishing places? I've heard Mackay, Broome and Exmouth being mentioned before, are they worth the effort for me to get to them?

I'm especially interested in catching species of fish from the coral reefs. Are there any land-based piers or jetties where people tend to catch a lot of reef species? In general, I will be land based, so any suggestions of piers where people tend to catch a wide variety of species would be greatly appreciated.

Lastly, I would love the opportunity to fish with anyone who would be willing to meet up with me! If you're interested in seeing the 700+ species of fish that I have already caught across the world, please feel free to explore my blog.

Cheers!

Eli

 Hey guys Im after a bit of information. I Have been going to steeppoint for over 12 years now but after next years trip in april i have also decided to take my old man and a mate to Gnaraloo for 6 nights in May.Ive never fished there before so just wondering a little bit of advice on were to head .We have a 6 mtr Ali boat  and have a stone cabin booked for those dates.Any help would be great regards Brendan

 Just a quick one 

when do the crabs in busso start to fire up and are they still able to be scooped from the shore on dusk at either wonnerup or along the main beach

thanks

 Here's a pic to give these crabs some scope.

 Do you put videos up . Tried and tried . Any simple easy help would be great;):)

https://www . Facebook . Com/events/1762573323980932/?ti=ia . I just typed in calamari classic weekend hustlers on Google. And went from there. Not this weekend the following one. Great fun I've put a team in ,going to have a crack. Just thought I would post in case anyone wanted to enter. All rules ect are on page when you open it . Hope to see a few fishwrecked boats enter. Few tubes after is always a good end:):). It is run by different people now.

 Hey guys looked everywhere on the search tool but this tool just can't find anywhere that sells it. Im in Scarborough but now I'll bloody drive anywhere lol if anyone could point me in the right direction that would be appreciated greatly! Thanks guys

 Caught in 10m off garden island

Went 350mm and released 

En joy

 I'm heading out tomorrow early and I decided to knock this light up at the last minute. It's a bit rough and ready as its only a trial and a last minute  thing, used sikaflex to help stick the lights to the 15mm retic pipe. I cut a slit down one side and it simply clips to the bottom of the boat with the lights stuck to it (self adhesive strip lights and sikaflex... messy stuff!)

$10 for the lights

$12 sikaflex (used stuff all)

$6 for 12v socket

$5 for 15mm retic pipe

$4 for wire 

Total $37

Last photo was with no flash...

Evening all, I was hoping for some suggestions for an effective rig for targeting big Kg's in 20m+? I have been fortunate to be catching a few lately, but as by-catch on snooded 6/0s and whole squid drift-rigs meant for Snapper and Dhueys. I know I am missing a lot of the KG bites accordingly, and would like from time to time to focus on them specifically.

Grateful for any suggestions, was thinking of simply downsizing the drift-rig?

Cheers,
Tim