Fishing Discussion

General Fishing Chat

Is the wind going to drop off this arvo?

Looking at Bom and seabreeze there forcasts are different. Seabreeze is saying the wind is going to drop off over the day..what do you guys think??


best bream lure and best tailor lure

with this sight being the fountain of all knowledge

what do you guys think is the best bream lure and the best tailor lure and why?  


Salmon Lures

Hey eveyone, i would like to try to get some salmon next season and wanted to know the best lure (that works) to troll and spin.


crayfish in broome?

Hey guys,

 

Was wondering if you are allowed to put pots out for crayfish around broome. I havent seen any pots around thats all. I know a few people get a fair few diving around the place. Any info greatly appreciated

 

Mark..


Good lures/baits in the wellington dam

what lures are working at the monment for eg: soft plastics hard bodies spinner and what patterns plzzz just wondering coz im going up this weekend with the family and hope to get some good reddies in the bag!!!


average size of V5 fish getting smaller

Vulnerable fish getting smaller
SARAH QUINTON, The West Australian

Vulnerable fish getting smaller

WAN / UWA ©

The average size of fish off the West Australian coast is getting smaller as recreational and commercial fishers continually take big breeding fish, according to new research.

Research by the University of WA using underwater cameras to record fish species has found that many of the State's most valued species are rare and smaller than recorded historically.

The cameras have recorded 6500 hours of data over the past five years, measuring the number of fish swimming past the camera and their size.

For species such as dhufish, breaksea cod and western blue groper the average size seen was approximately half the maximum size attainable.

Western blue groper, which can grow to 160cm, did not exceed 120cm. Only 1.8 per cent of the 111 dhufish seen exceeded 92cm, below the maximum size of 1.2m.

The Centre of Marine Futures director, Professor Jessica Meeuwig, said size was a critical issue in protecting fish stocks and big females were the engine room for stock recovery.

"This means the size of fish in WA waters are actually quite small and the amount and quality of eggs a female fish will produce is directly relative to her size," she said.

"It is the big old fat females we need to protect. The only way to protect them is in no-take spatial closures coupled with restrictions on bag limits and size limits."

Professor Meeuwig said stocks of the "vulnerable five", identified by the Department of Fisheries as dhufish, pink snapper, red snapper, baldchin groper and breaksea cod, had been over-fished.

"Fish such as dhufish, which used to be called 'schoolies' because they were found schooling in areas like Geographe Bay, are now so rare we see them typically once every 17 hours," she said.

Recfishwest chairman Craig Leatt-Hayter said "no fish areas" was not a solution because some species were not territorial and they moved around.

"A combination of factors including maximum-size catches needs to be considered for all fish," he said.

The Department of Fisheries implemented seasonal restrictions for recreational demersal scale fishing in the West Coast Bioregion by imposing a two-month ban on some of WA's severely low stocked fish.


Death of a rig

first pictures west altas burnt oil rig

Those in the know (??) are saying 7 years to clean up the oil spill off our Kimberley Coast.

 


anything on the bite in kalbarri?

hey heading to kalbarri on saturday. anything biting? unfortunaly cant take the boat up but what is the best bet? heard chinamans is the place to be chasing mulla's? and chance of mudcrabs around ? cheers


calling all mandurah boaters

there will be a meeting with fisheries and local members at the pinjarra RSL on tues dec 1 ( time will be posted at later date probably start at 6.30 or 7.00) meeting is to talk about new regs and provide feedback to DOF and local politcians .If you feel like i that the new boat\bag limits are wrong and discriminate against boaters or you have input to offer as to what is going on with boat fishing ect in the area please come along and have your say.

the purpose of this meeting is to get the feel of what you think and put that to those that make the rules please bring an open mind and have your say and listen to what others have to say.


Weed theories

I have never seen the seaweed situation as bad as it has been for the past month or so in all my time in Perth.
Not only is it thick, it is everywhere. A lot of it also seems to be just floating along in big clumps, not like most of the seaweed you normally see after a storm.
I am wondering if it may be associated with the dredging and new work they are doing at North Mole.
Does anyone else have an idea of why this has been so bad, for so long.
Thanks, Colin


Deep water sounders

I have a Furuno FCV 585 sounder with a 1kw in hull transducer. It's a great sounder and better than the JRC FF30 I had previously. It reads fine at 35 knots and really has pretty good definition. I have used it to around 200m and the deeper I go the slower I have to travel to keep the image.............I tend to lose some definition as the water deepens. Dont get me wrong I have been fishing outa boats for 20 years and this is the best I have seen (non commercial).


I intend to go out wide in water 300 - 600m deep.................I dont know if the FCV 585 will do the job, has anyone tried it?



I have been looking at the new Lowrance broadband sounders.........they use the exact same trannie as I have (Airmar IHD-525). I tried one in Darwin recently and it was ok.............about the same definition as my Furuno, but I only used it in 80m water.



I'm thinking that I may need a commercial unit with 3kw.............. any feed back?



 



Mick


squid

jus wondering if there been any squid being caught round hillaries marina and it should almost time for the blues to start showing up any reports aswel does eny one no off good catches off hering whiting talior off the wall like to go an give it a go cheers

 


surf rod needed

hey guys need a surf rod before friday needs to be able to cast 6+ounces have been looking at the 13 foot sensor surf and moonraker if you know of ne one or sight sponsers have nething suitible in stock please send pm or reply


saragosa 8000f

hey guys just little help
i was just spooling up my reel with some braid and the handle made some kind of a crunch sound and now the reel wont wind line on.
just wondering if anyone knows how hard it is to take apart and put back together i have the warranty paper here but i cant find the receipt to have a proof of purchase any one have any idea on what i should od


Who needs to pay a squillion to watch whales...look how close to shore these ones are.

A bit of metro glass for all you Northerners that keep rubbing our noses in it.


down south fly help

hey guys, over crissy I'll be heading down to perth and over to port piri in SA, i'm only tacking a fly rod so was wondering if anyone can tell me some flies i will need, to have a go at a few flatties in perth, or maybe even a bream. And can anyone point me in the direction of a few spots around the port piri area as i have never been there before. also if there is any fly anglers that want to join me for an early morning walk in the swan close to the end of the year, that would be fun. Cheers guys


cray pot

hey guys trying to get my hand on a cray pot

when i do do this how do i no where to drop her ?

jsut wont to get my hands on a few  crays

cheers dane


Looks like Tailor Time this afternoon

http://www.clode.com/cam.html

9 knott south wester. Should be perfect.


where?

hey guys hoping to go out this sunday to get some talior land based of the nor metro beach ?

sunday morning where would be my best bet ?

cheers


Whales

Where is a good place to head out and see if whales are around ? I think the 40m line normally but any better/more frequent chance of seeing them ? shame we dont call locations in to  sea rescue on whales :)


does anyone want to go for a squid today??

hi all just wondering if anyone wants to go for a squid today i have everything boat fuel jigs rods the only thing i dont have is a car as the missus needs it today!i am in the kelmscott area.so if there is anyone out there that can take me and the boat down to cockburn i am happy to pay for fuel and take ya squidding! ta adam


white man

where the white man went wrong...



Indian Chief "Two Eagles" was asked by a white U.S. Government official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done."



The Chief nodded in agreement.



The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?"



The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied:



"When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex."



Then the chief leaned back and smiled "Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that."Tongue out


Uhf channels

Hey just a quick question, wondering if the site has a pacific uhf channel for the road . Im currently on channel 27 and have it on when ever i am in the car. What channel do you keep it on, or do you only use it when going away.


Looking at a fishing trip next year need your help!

Looking to get away for a week or two Between perth and exmouth, Now keep in mind i dont have a 4x4 or a boat heres some of the things id like some advice on :)

Location, good charters, accomodation, gear needed, terminal tackle, favourite lures, SP's and anything you can think of that ive missed. Oh and best time of year
thanks on advance for any help!


Best Ute's

My parents are looking to buy a new ute (4wd Diesel) and wondered if anyone has a Toyota hilux, Mitsubishi Trition (MN or ML), or Isuzu D-max if anyone has one could you tell me about it.


Scallops?

Does anyone know the regulations for scallops.

Can you take them scuba diving?

Found these by mistake while looking for new cray grounds

 

 


catching octopus

was wondering if anyone would know the rules on occy pots i rang the fisheries she told me they have to be open at ether end why i dont know but they recon they stay in there but she said there were size limits on the pipe you use but could not tell me ive been on there site & have sat here for about 2 hours trying to find info if any one could help it would be much appreciated   


laugh time

After 20 years of marriage, a couple was lying in bed one night, when the missus felt her husband begin to fondle her in ways he hadn't in quite some time.

It almost tickled as his fingers started at her neck and then began moving down past the small of her back. He then caressed her shoulders and neck, slowly worked his hand down over her breasts, stopping just over her lower stomach.

He then proceeded to place his hand on her left inner arm and caressed the side of her breast again. He gently felt her buttocks and moved his arm down her leg to her calf.

Then, he proceeded up her inner thigh, stopping just at the uppermost portion of her leg. The husband continued in the same manner on her right side, then suddenly stopped, rolled over and became silent.

As she had become quite aroused by this caressing, she asked in a loving voice, “Honey, that was wonderful. Why did you stop?”

“I found the remote,” he mumbled.

Three women: one engaged, one married, and one a mistress, were chatting about their relationships and decided to amaze their men.... that night. All three will wear a leather bodice S&M style, stilettos and mask over their eyes . After a few days they meet again.....

The engaged girlfriend said: 'The other night, when my boyfriend came back home, he found me in the leather bodice, 4' stilettos and mask. He said, 'You are the woman of my life, I love you, then we made love all night long.'

The mistress stated: 'Oh Yes! The other night we met in the office. I was wearing the leather bodice, mega stilettos, mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat, he didn' say a word. We just had wild sex all night.'

The married one then said: 'The other night I sent the kids to stay at my mothers for the night, I got myself ready, leather bodice, super stilettos and mask over my eyes. My husband came in from work, grabbed the TV controller and a beer, and said, 'Hey Batman, what's for dinner ?'

here's one for ya's !

Yesterday I answered a knock on the door, only to be confronted
by a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner.

'Good morning,' said the young man. 'If I could take a couple of
minutes of your time, I would like to demonstrate the
very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners.'

'Go away!' I said. 'I haven't got any money!', 'I'm broke!' and proceeded to close the door.

Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and
pushed wide open. 'Don't be too hasty!' he said. 'Not until you have at
least seen my demonstration.' And with that, he emptied a bucket of horse
manure onto my hallway carpet.

'If this vacuum cleaner does not remove all traces of this horse
manure from your carpet, Sir, I will personally eat the remainder.
I stepped back and said, 'Well I hope you've got a F* .....n good appetite, because they cut off my
electricity this morning. What part of 'broke' do you not understand?

 An Irish woman of advanced age visited her physician to ask his advice in reviving her husband's libido.

'What about trying Viagra?' asked the doctor.

'Not a chance', she said. 'He won't even take an aspirin.'

'Not a problem,' replied the doctor. 'Give him an 'Irish Viagra'. It's when you drop the Viagra tablet into his coffee. He won't even taste it. Give it a try and call me in a week to let me know how things went.'

It wasn't a week later when she called the doctor, who directly inquired as to her progress... The poor dear exclaimed, 'Oh, faith, bejaysus and begorrah! T'was horrid! Just terrible, doctor!'
'Really? What happened?' asked the doctor.

'Well, I did as you advised and slipped it in his coffee and the effect was almost immediate. He jumped straight up, with a twinkle in his eye and with his pants a-bulging fiercely! With one swoop of his arm, he sent me cups and tablecloth flying, ripped me clothes to tatters and took me then and there passionately on the tabletop! It was a nightmare, I tell you, an absolute nightmare!'

'Why so terrible?' asked the doctor, 'Do you mean the sex your husband provided wasn't good?'

'Feckin jaysus, 'twas the best sex I've had in 25 years! But sure as I' m sittin here, I'll never be able to show me face in Macdonalds again Tongue out

 

 


Wirrah info wanted

Hi all

Wirrah are in the cod family yes???
I need to know would they be in Catorgry 0ne high risk with the other cods?
If so what would size limit be? Would it be the same as Break Sea Cod 30cm
Bag limit 2??

I cant see them listed at all in west coast rules.

Thanks


anyone headin out wednesday???

just wonderin if anyone is headin out on wednesday as it looks like the wind is gonna be crackin. i got the day off work woo hoo, if anyone needs a deckie im available all day.