g-day i want to go up north for my birthday go on a drive with my misses and some mates for the weekend just wondering whats the closest place to get GT.S iv never cought one b4 and would love to catch them. if not whats the best place to go fishing up north for fun fishing cherzzzzzzz guys

Just chasing a little info or even a picture of the ramp at Fortescue?

Planning another monte's trip in July, possibly taking 2 boats over.

1 will leave from dampier as it definately wont be able to launch from a creek, but the other is a 6.2m razorline.

Probably going to try head over through the night as this time of year the winds are generally down making it a good trip over.

Thanks

Bodie

Updated May 14, 2010 09:59:00

Crayboat owner Patrick Daniels was one of three men rescued earlier this week after their boat sank

A 43 year old man has been fined nearly $30,000 for illegally fishing for rock lobsters in closed waters near Carnarvon.

Patrick Donald Daniels has been charged with taking nearly 200 western rock lobsters from Quobba Point in January 2008.

He had about 100 cray pots in the area.

Daniels appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court earlier this week and was ordered to pay just over $29,000 in fines.

He was also ordered to pay nearly $800 in court costs and was granted a spent conviction.

Daniels was one of three fishermen rescued earlier this week after his cray boat sunk off the Esperance coast.

The men took to a life raft and set off an emergency beacon which sparked a six hour rescue effort with an RAAF C130 Hercules flying to the location.

The three men were eventually winched from the raft by a rescue helicopter and taken to hospital.

To all those involved in the fishing comp this weekend !

Have a great weekend ! Hope there's pleanty of great photo's posted up !

Just a quick one.

I'm about to install a new GPS in the boat.

Question is where is the best place for the reciever to go.

I have a 7mtr ally hardtop and I heard that if you put the reciever on the roof (Inbetween the ariels) you will get too much interferance.

Not sure if that is correct or not.

Then one of my mates said just put it in the coner under the windscreen on the dash (port side away from all the electronics).

Seems like a good spot but haven't seen too many there.

Any previous experience / advice would be appriciated.

Cheers

Enjoy

hey all trollers.

i was just trying to get a bit of wire together to make up rigs but i donno which one is good.

ive seen some from halco which is seven strand wire premade with clip and sivel ready to go does anyone use it? and if so does it stop other things from hitting the lure lik tuna or salmon?

or is there some good premade wire traces out there that are good?

im going to be running halco standard deep and crazy deep in the metro area wen its mackie season so and help before then would be much appertiated.

cheers danno

any salmon reports. im heading out sat and might head to the west end. or am i too late!

Gday All

 headed up to the land of Narvs a few days ago with the family to catch up with a few friends and to drop a line out at the islands to have a bit of  fun with my mates. Couple of passes out near the Islands yesterday and hooked onto this one for starters, also had one of the best  days out there with weather conditions. Its turned to poo today buts thats fine, got plenty of other family stuff to do. Apologies for the large shot .....

P.S This is a Mate also (Mark Shields) not me as I was on the wheel 

                                                                                                        Cheers   nev 

Whats the go at bundegi on a busy day? being a single lane ramp,  I could see some argey bargey happening. What do the locals do?

Hi guys

does anyone know where I can buy the ecogear ZX40 and the Cranka shad from?

cheers

Dave

hey all

i was wondering where have you guys been catching your squid? no exact localtions just general areas to try.

where on the hillaries marina is the best for squid on the out side?

cheers danno

hi i have a 3 to 5 kilo spin outfit and a 3 to 6kilo baitcast outfit what would be better for hillarys (landbased) i like to use lures but also use bait should i think about geting a 2 to 4 kilo outfit??.....

thanks matt

haya,

        Ive been using lures alot more offen just for a change and im quite likeing it.

 but at the moment i can only get out at night. just wanting to know if anyone has had any experience with use lures at night, what lures to use and how you use them??.. just got some gulp glow softies so gonna give them a try but wanna know if its worth useing hard bodies???

thanks for any help you can give

Going to Gnaraloo this weekend 1st time for a week takin the boat ,just looking at seebreeze the week doesnt look to good for boating 3-4m swells .

Any ideas on what you should go out on and not to go out on?

Cheers Colin

I have been reminded that Russ turns 41 on Sunday.

I will be away over east this weekend, so I am getting in early and hoping you have a great day Russ and Sandy gives you everything you ask for.

P.S. Sherbs reckons you have been counting backwards with your birthdays, or using Kevin Rudd type rubbery figures (Lol).

Hey all,

Heading down to Hillarys boat harbour this weekend, probably Saturday morning around 9ish, never been there before, so will try out different parts of the N and S groyne.

Anyone heading down there on Sat? Any suggestions for good fishing spots over at Hillarys?

Targeting Skippy, Tarwhine, Herring, Gar Fish, Tailor, hopefully some Pinkies and what ever else takes my bait! Taking some prawns, baby mullies, got some herring fillets, might take some squid, soft plastics and lures

anything else? lol

Sort of a newbie at this type of fishing. Any help would be great.

Cheers

There has been a few deaths latley and for many years due to fisherman getting washed off the rocks while fishing.

My next article for the mag i write for will be on this. I want to list everything to avoid going in the drink , equipment,black spots, what to do if you get washed in.

If i can help save just one life then my jobs done.

If anyone else has some good points to list that i have missed please write em up here.

Also i would love personal experience storys i can add even iff you helped save someone or the dredded job of recovering bodys.

All help is much appreciated, i will list you name in the artical as a thanks

Hey all,
This is Mrs Deepwater here.. just a heads up for those in the Lighthouse caravan park and in houses n town.. There were 3 robberies last night ..in cars, but it was mainly fishing gear so please keep eyes on your possessions while you are here and dont leave to much in your boats and stuff.

Hope none of you were the ones hit last night... not sure how many of you will be able to read this message but if youknow someone who is staying there and have there mobile numbers please text them to let them know..

Thanks

Mrs Deepwater.

I was just wondering if anyone has any ideas around this subject. I have a 5.1m Guardian half cabin with a 75hp Suzuki motor on it – I initially bought the boat for around $7k, fitted it out with all the extras, carpets, electronics and new seats etc, to use as a family runabout/fishing boat for dad. The extras cost around $7k, after the trailer refurb and safety gear, epirb etc..Now I sit with a $14k boat... The problem – everyone loved the idea initially and we used it a fair bit – kids on the tube, booze cruise to Pinjarra, fishing in the sound, picnics on GI...then we went fishing out at FFB – Young fella got sea sick and the wife was a bit scared of the swells, and been so far off land...., so they hated it – but since then, no-one is interested anymore..young fella turning in to a young man, wife busy etc.. I work odd hours and can’t rely on mates been available at the drop of a hat to go out for a quick fish.I love going out fishing on the weekends and in the evenings, but cannot launch and retrieve a 5.1m boat on my own, without a lot of hassles....so what now.. ? I see my options as follows:1.    Sell the boat and lose a lot of money? Buy a 4m tinnie?2.    Swap/trade the boat for a smaller tinnie that I can handle on my own and lose a lot of money?3.    Gear up the boat and trailer for a solo launch retrieve – any ideas welcome?4.    Any other options?5.    Buy a Surrogate to launch the boat for me? I am in Safety Bay, so there are no permanent berthing or storage areas that put you boat in the water for you. Any ideas on what the Guardian is worth if I want to sell it?I have a mate at work that has a 3.9m Stacer tinnie with a 25hp Johnson motor with 25 hours on, that he wants to sell, but has no idea of the value, and is open for offers - what resale value would a boat like this have? What would a 4m tinnie cost new? What is the best size motor for a 4 m tinnie? Just trying to make a decision that I hope I won’t regret.....

Hi

just wondering if any one has had any experience with the Fin Nor Marqesa reels

thanks

 Tim

do you think the rockwall extension has had much of an effect on fishing around freo? a bit of dirty water around isnt always a bad thing!

Hey people.

just wonderin is it woth giving saturday a crack for a snapper shark ray or mulla?

my reason is that thursday there is meant to be a storm with high winds.... and high winds friday aswell.... saturday is 5-7knt Easterlies!!!

the water would not be very clear it would be murky and from what i have heard that is great for snapper mulla and sharks is this true?

is my grapnel rig fine? with 2 snelled 8/0 circles?? using scalies as bait? and i have one of thos tuna bloks for burley in the cylander shape should i use that aswell?

I was thinking today what a great idea it would be, just like a speeding ticket, write out what the offence is and calculate  the penalty, minimun fine say $150.(all done in 10 minutes)

All money raised goes back into recreation fishing,,anybody caught two or three times with undersize fish gets banned from fishing from 1-5 years and does 200 hours communtiy service with VFO'S.

i no this has nothing to do with fishing but some people recon that michael jackson is still alive and is a burns victum

http://video.ninemsn.com.au/Video.aspx?vid=e8cf2789-7bdd-4fa6-a4ac-bd1d0d363002

as far as i can see lobster wars is a deadliest catch style series has any one seen it and how do you rate it

www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/breaking-news/swedes-find-35m-giant-herring/story-e6freuyi-1225865308747

A "GIANT herring" measuring 3.5 metres has been discovered off Sweden's western coast - the first such fish found in the Scandinavian country in more than 130 years, a maritime museum said overnight.

The Regalecus glesne, known as the King of Herrings or Giant Oarfish, was found dead in the small fishing village of Bovallstrand on Sweden's west coast, about 90km from the Norwegian border.

"Down at the water, there was something big floating. At first we thought it was a big piece of plastic. But then we saw an eye. I went down to check and saw that it was this extremely strange fish," Kurt Ove Eriksson, the passer-by who found the specimen, told Svenska Dagbladet newspaper.

The rarely seen regalecus, the world's longest bony fish, can reach up to 12 metres.

"The last time we saw a King of Herrings in Sweden was in 1879," the House of the Sea museum in Lysekil, where the fish was taken to, said.

"We don't know much about the species," it said, "but believe it lives in deep waters, at least 1000 metres deep, and many believe it's at the origin of the sea serpent myth", or stories of mythological sea creatures like the Loch Ness Monster.

The dead fish, which was frozen at the museum, had a deep cut through its body and was missing its beautiful, typical back fin, the museum said, adding the fish might be added to an exhibit on sea monsters planned later this year.

Anyone else seen this yet....scary to say the least...have a look at the video

http://www.news.com.au/national/piranha-like-plague-as-reavenous-swarms-eat-everything-in-sight/story-e6frfkvr-1225865264064

Hi guys,

I'll be up in Broome for 4 days around the start of July, staying at the Oaks resort. I haven't been to Broome for about 7 years, and last time I was up there only managed to fish the jetty with heavy handline a couple of times as I had no car or gear of my own. I'll be flying up and renting a car so moving round isn't such a problem. 

Anyway, does anybody have any recommendations or tips about fishing round town? Don't want to travel too far out cos I won't have a deceny fourby or a whole lot of time. I'm probably going to bring up a couple of lighter rods of 6 and 10lb (so the missus can get into it too) and the beach rod for anything else lurking round. 

Thanks for ya help!

I'm curious to hear from some of the wiser (older) members on here as to how having kids affected their fishing lives over the years. Also any younger parents with insights can share their experiences or theories.

With my 2nd due any day now and having a daughter who's nearly 2, I'm wondering how my future fishing will be affected by wether this one is a boy or a girl as it will be our last. Does having all females in your family cause less fishing, or possibly more fishing as you're allowed to do your own thing while all the girls go shopping? Will having a boy mean I get to go fishing more to take him out or maybe change my fishing style as I'll have to always think of him when planning a trip? With my first boat purchase due in 2 years I'm thinking the gender of this 2nd child will decide what type of boat I'll be allowed to buy, more of a fishing boat if it's a boy, more of a cruising boat with room for the girls to lounge if it's a girl....

What will my future hold..............?