Does anyone know where they have moved the web cam? I only just found it and now they have moved it! Found it really interesting. Even better than watching the TV!

Hey guys just wandering if anyone has checked out the weather for thursday, well anyway its excellant, hardly no wind..

 Was thinking about heading out in my 5.2 M run about, from woodman piont.

 Was either going to go just off garden island or the west end of Rotto.

 Does anyone have any Ideas of where the best spot would be for a snapper or dhui??????

where is everyone else heading ???

Well it seems that since I was last in Kununurra a feral population of red claw crayfish have established themselves in Lake Kununurra. Unfortunately they've pretty much wiped out the native cherabin in the lake.

On the positive side though, there apparently pretty tasty.

Any of our queensland or ex-queensland members here got any tips for opera house trap baits and where to position them i.e. near weeds, dead trees.

I have a ICOM VHF radio which is under 2years old and dont use very often as its more for up north or long runs when the 27 meg starts to fail, i have noticed since new on the display it always says BUSY until i turn the squelch up past one third then it drops ( busy ) off the display, but when i was out on the water today i decided to check its operation and found the rescue guys appear to hear me but i could not hear them, but occasioanly i could hear other boats,  Does anyone know of a NOR company that can test in boat setups for radio peformance etc

there was a post recently wanting fresh local ocky.

i am chasing any ocky/squid/mulies in bulk lots,,,5-10-20kgs at a time.

hopefully in 1 or 2 kilo blocks.

where is the cheapeast place to buy?

cheers

ron

Hey everyone, im going for a fish this arvo and was just wondering if anyone has any hints on where i can go for a feed of redfin or trout land based at the moment. We got a few at wellington dam on aussie day and i was just wondering what places are producing fish now. Anywhere around bunbury would be good so maybe harvey,collie,capel or something like that that.

If you have any ideas just let me know!

Well after a hectic two months, with no fishing done whats so ever. Finally settled in at the new house/job to the point where fishing is back on the radar.

Slipped out late yesterday arvo to an old spot I haven't fished for the better part of a decade. Live bait was the order of the day so out came the light line, small hooks and red meat. 60 minutes later had 20 nice livies in the bucket and it was time to reacquaint myself with 'lates calcarifer'.

In between the ever present catties I pulled two nice barra. A 660mm fish that I released in the hope of getting something a bit better, and finally a nice 740mm fish that I kept.

Nice way to settle in. Just need some decent rain now to crank the run-off period right up.

This Japanese Spider Crab measures 10 feet from claw to claw and is still growing and could live until it is 100.  It has a body the size of a basketball and its legs can straddle a car.  They will eventually measure a massive 15 feet.

The crab's scientific name is Macrocheira kaempferi and it was caught by
fishermen in the Pacific Ocean and has now been imported to Britain
where it has gone on display at the National Sea Life Centre in
Birmingham.  The open topped ray tank has the icy cold waters Crabzilla needs and will be his home until the end of March. 

Out of the water, the crab looks limp and languid because it cannot support its heavy limbs but in its own habitat - up to 2,500ft down in the cold seas of the ocean - it is a lethal predator.  

However, it also has predators of its own  - humans - as it is considered a delicacy in Japan where they are usually salted and steamed but eating them in the spring is banned because that is when they lay their eggs.

Edited from The Daily Mail 11/2/10

hi we have a furuno sounder LS4100 and dont know how to use it to its full potentail

i know this thread is very similar to the furuno 585 interpratation by taylomaid but all we have been doing to use it is to turn it on and use it as it is,

it has buttons like mark and mode and dont know what it means

what do u catch at wedge island

Hello

I was wondering if anybody could tell me some good quility freedive fins.

I am on a tight budget and my size is around 40-41.

I have just felt that i am really enjoying the 'FreeDiving' with my standard snorkelling fins, i can reach about 8m so far and stay there for about 10 secs  it isnt to good but for me its great saying that i have just started properly 1.5 months ago.

Thanks.

hey all

i donno how new they r but ive seen a new yo zuri called a yo zuris ace...

has any one seen them?

even better has any one used them with good relsults?

they look the goods with shiny material..

any help cheers danno

i might be heading out tomorrow to the back of five fathom bank around the 40m mark but havent been out there in a while due to bad weather, if you've been out around here could you tell me what you caught because me grandad was talking to an old reli who said theres good fish around there he said just ot find a good dropoff

This is a pic from the UWA underwater camera situated somewhere on south west cape.  Hopefully you will be able to see the gallery here

http://www.perthnow.com.au/gallery-e6frg1vc-1225829972696?page=1

hi im goint to lancelin soon and i was wondering what you catch this time of year of the beach and what to use lures and bait ??? thanks

Usual deal share all running costs. Call/sms me 0413 152 699

Cheers

Sails

Going to hit to hit the water early tomorrow around mindare area whilst there is some average weather.

hi there,

I am going to bunbury on the weekend of the 27/28/29th (the Mrs has a conference to go to there) and I am going to be on my own for most of the time. I am taking down the 12ft tinnie and was wondering if anyone knew of any places to go fishing. I am not looking to catch big things - mainly fish for a feed ie whiting, herring, skippy, tailor, bream

any help would be greatly appreciated as I have never fished there.

Thanks

Dan

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Hey Guys,  I am hopin to take the family out along flying foam passage, can anyone give me the word on going out through Whittnell Bay beach ramp? is it accessable ALL tides? I have a 455m tinny set-up...anyone got some advice they might wanna share on trolling/lure tossing locations through that way also....Thanks in advance

Just wanted to know how everyone handles the fish they catch.  I'm talking about the ones you are taking home with you.  Want to know if you bleed them, fillet them, ice them on the boat/shore etc etc.  And then how you sort them out when you get home ie fillet, skin, freeze etc?

Thought it would be interesting to see how different fishers sort there catch???

http://wind.willyweather.com.au/

funny name but looks good to me

now to see if it'sany more accurate than seabreeze

must buy a Saltist 6500H, 30 KG Drag,$299........

Exmouth Accommodation Looking at heading up June/July this year and was wondering if anyone could recommend a place to stay. There is four of us heading up and would prefer a house to ourselves. Something with a few creature comforts. Any advice??

Thanks Conrad

Enjoy

just wondering if any fishwrecked members have caught any salmon in the metro area this year, still a bit early though

hi guys im going down to dunsborough for easter and was wondering if there will be any chance of getting some salmon.Also wich would be a better option beach or rocks as ive never fished there before.cheers

Gday guys,

For those that consistantly fish the swan/canning, Where are all the bonies at the moment?

All my usual haunts at DEAD!!

Cheers,

Sam

It appears word is out about "Toothfish Reef". I thought I could rely on the discretion of fellow forumites but I'm not so sure that is the case.

I first became suspicious this morning when I went shopping with the Missus. It wasn't the four cars with dark window tinting that followed us as soon as we left the driveway. It wasn't even when the eyes on the mannequin dressed as a fisherman outside Whiteys Tackle Shop followed us as we walked past. It wasnt  the smell or the checkered flannel shirts of the shelf stackers when we were in Coles, it was when I looked up and saw all those shelf stackers wearing FishWrecked beanies pulled down over their faces with eye holes cut out. That's when I knew that somone had blabbed about my secret reef.

I said to the Missus "ruuun" and we scarpered out the fire exit to the car. "I'll drive" cos I knew that Evasive Driving Course I did  to learn how to get away from the Mother Inlaw would come in handy. I told the Missus to wind down the back windows and get ready with the cans of baked beans.

I headed straight down to Bunnings and was making a mental list of all the things we may need. Marine ply to strengthen the fore deck. Polypipe, nope metal tube for the potato gun and marine camoflage paint, paint brushes, scaff board for the boarding plank and so on. Then off to spotlight so the Missus can get some black cloth to make the ships new flag, you know the one I mean, yer the Jolly Roger.

To all those hopefuls who think they can follow me and me mate to Toothfish Reef yas betta think again cos ya average Navy tanker doesnt carry enough fuel to make it there so you have got Buckleys in ya fishin boat. Follow us at your own peril. We's knows all the Indian Ocean hidouts and we never take a direct path there.

A direct hit with a Delaware potato through ya windcreen is ya warning shot cos we don't do that across ya bows crap. The next shot is a 16 oz snapper lead at your waterline and if doesn't sink ya then we'll finish yas off with the largest release weight on board.

So as not to leave any traces of ya scurvy bones we'll burley up with Whitey's Californian Squid and you'll be eaten alive by the biggest Dhuie you've ever seen. Pity ya won't get to tell anyone about it or Toothfish Reef.  

I was out fishing in the Canning river last night for bream, around the Shelley area. And every now and then there was a fish that was full-on throwing itself out of the water. There were probably a good 15-20 m of shore at the closest and it looked like it was jumping 2 or 3 m across the water at a time! And not just one jump either, sometimes it jumped 5 or 6 times in a row, one after the other. Unlike the small baitfish that are around up that way, that can make small splashes and jump a small distance, this fish was a decent size, hard to say exactly because it was a long way away, probably around ~15 or 20 cm, and quite a slim fish (Not deep in the body like a bream). I only ever say one at a time, but i assume that there was probably a school of them?

I was wondering if anyone had seen similar things in the river? Or knows what sort of fish it was and why it would do that?