hey guy we are keen to do some fishing out and around garden island but have not fished around that area before would be awesome if someone could give us boys a bit of advise on the area in terms of fishing and if there is anything we need to know. also is ther normally a line up in the morning to get your boat in?

Whats everyones opinion on Saturday looks ok after a windy start and the closed season is not quite in yet :)

Am also wondeirng whats your opinions on full moon/near full moon I noticed on thursday the tides were very surgy? and once out all i got was nibbles a few hook ups but caught nothing :( dissapointing perhaps I did somethign wrong on my rig? all i got was a scorpion cod and the circle hooks were on the outside oof his mouth ahh ? he did not read the oinstructions obviusly :) Could it bee the fish feed to much whne its full moonins they aint hungry in the monring or is it just bad luck on my part ?

OK, have been collecting some nice big spinner crabs (have about 40). Going out no matter the breeze, up here there is always a lea to be found and probably perfect bluebone country.

How best to hook them (the crabs), leaders, hooks (I have some Hoodlums by the boat load), need for sinkers or just drift/waft them down etc.

I have seen and read that some people glue the hook to the crab?????

I was going to use a Monster mesh, Saragosa 8000, 15kg Finn Braid, strong as hell swivel, 4 Turn Unis and 120lb FC leader, probably Jinkai (I have about 10 choices for this). Can upgrade to Saragosa 14000 but seem to overkill the sport and not into Handlines.

Now a mate just bought a boat, went out and SCORED a monster (?wt) blue and I have been trying like hell. He used Pillies????

I must get revenge so all help will be most welcome!

Cheers and happy fishing this weekend.

Neels

hey all

it was a while ago but im just putting some photos up of the gear we took on the alnighter on the busso jetty.

we went out there at about 6 and it was so windy but we stayed out there. the first cast with a burly cage was followed up by a nice squid but as soon as we turn away it swam away. anyway there wasnt much happening we got 8 or 9 big hering 3 nice squid and a tailor. the best bit of that trip was that at about 4 in the morning we moving into the shallower water to clean the fish and we heard somthing eating. there were massive schools of tailor of all sizes eating al these bait fish. my dad got one first cast but because the jetty had some metal on the edge the line hit it and it cut. the tailor where going ape and there where moving all over the place. then wen they started to stop eating these dolpins came in and started eating the tailor.

any that just a quick right up of wat happened it wasnt that great but for a first alnighter it was pretty good.

cheers danno.

ps we make a trolly to take all the stuff out with out of a pram.

I took my two daughters and my eldest daughter's boyfriend for a quick fish at Pinaroo last night to see if any of the spring tailor had arrived and to give mye new Saltist 4500H a test run.

Unfortunately it is still pretty weedy down there, so if you were planning on giving it a try I would wait at least a week to see if the weed has moved on.

I did manage I nice 3 foot gummy on the Saltist - which is an awesome little machine.

All the best, Colin

Just would like to know the Pelagic options i can troll for up mindarie two rocks way. What time of year?depths?lures?where?structure?

hey, i'm thinking of heading to cott groyne tomorro nite for a bit of a fish, does anyone know if theres any talor about or what to expect there. never fished that area. anyone got any tips?

wanna know how to make a photo gallery?

cheers danno

Hey guys i was just wondering when the crabbing season starts up again.......Any help will be appreciated.

Nicole Cox Police Reporter

October 08, 2009 07:20am

BREAKING NEWS: TWO people have been rescued after jumping from a burning boat about 1km off Hillarys Boat Harbour shortly before 8am.

Water Police and Whitfords Sea Rescue launched a major operation after receiving a MAYDAY call reporting a fire on board a 6m cabin cruiser at 7.50am.

The craft was near Little Island, about two nautical miles off Hillarys Boat Harbour, when fire broke out in the engine.

Senior Constable Marty Allen said the two people on board had jumped into the water and were rescued by passing boaties.

No one was injured.

"The boat has basically burnt right down to the waterline,'' Sen-Constable Allen told PerthNow.

Whitfords Sea Rescue is towing the boat back into shore.

hey guys the olds are coming down from new guniea to meet us in cairns, and as it is the old mans 50th was thinkin of taking him out on a sport fishinng charter.  Any one had any experiance with any. Probally after something like a private 25 foot boat chasing gt's queenies tuna on poppers etc.

 anyone help

Most of the time i do bottom bashing but im very keen to do some sambo jigging now that the fishing ban is in place. Id like to know what time of year......i venture off mindarie most of the time so in roughly what depth...and also colours and weight. I have no intention of eating the fish , just would love some sport... Could you also tell me leader, line and reel.. 

hey guys there was a topic up here awhile ago now with all gps coord for wrecks does anyone know what the tread was called

hey all

me and the missis just went down to a spot just north of gero not even 5 minutes out of town for an afternoon fishing. We started fishing off a piece of beach got a few hits and misses. Then missed the hole and lost a rig just when the sun hit the horizon. by the time i re rigged and got back in the water there was a lot of water between fish then when i went to retreave my line i pulled then it was snagged " wat the f*ck " but then zzzzzzzzzzzzz the line was peeling no head shakes so i knew it was a ray about 5 minutes later i had the ray on the beach un hooked him and let him go by this time it was dark.

about 20 minutes before the ray 2 blokes rocked up and started landing tailor in a spot that was full of weed " go figure ". i persisted and waited few hits here and there but no hook ups. about the time i was about to pack up and leave zzzzzz then nothing it took everything. so in true form i spat the dumby packed up and came home.   might give it a go friday night and have a few more rigs made up.  

G'day all, sometime ago I got about 100 ball bearing / coastlock swivels from a person on ebay and when I got them I was astounded at how shiny they were, almost chrome like. Now as most of you would know, this could be leading to an unfortunate bust off from something attacking a shiny thing other than your lure or something. So with that explained, can anyone advise me on how to blacken them somewhat to prevent a bite off.

Cheers
Dale

g'day fellas,

does anyone know if the saragosa 14000 and 18000 are an identical reel with just a different spool? if this is the case would you then be able to put an 18000 spool on a 14000 reel and vice versa?

thanks

hey guys, im keen to go for a bottom bash tomoro out near hail road somewhere, checked a couple of weather sites but the forecast was wrong today, anyone reckon it will be worth a crack??? cheers.

Hey everyone,

Been speaking to kim at southern Cross charters and weather is looking the goods so there's one last chance to get a few fish before the ban.

 there was some quality pinks on the chew last week when i was out with them!!

We need some numbers to get out on friday so if your keen give him a buzz on 0437 217 907.

cheers

chris

I always wondered if you could pull start a 90 hp,found out yesterday that you can,thought I'd try before calling sea rescue

Hello all

just wonder if anyone has some good whiting spots they willing to share as the gf is craving some haha 

prefer metro area as be going after work or before work 

thinking of towing the boat upf riday night and fish saturday.

Not been there before, it will be pushing 2.5 - 2.6m swell

This anything to be worried about up there??

Cheers

Bodie

Howdee gang.

Can you recommend a light weight 10ft+ spinning rod for metro rock hopping/light beach casting?

I use a Nitro distance spin 7', but I'm sick of dragging the fish up the rocks instead of lifting.

The rod has to be light weight to hold all day, 2 pieces and sensitive enough to cast a berly cage to catch gardies or a small sinker rig for sand whiting.  The biggest fish it will be used to catch is a tailor.

Thanks for your help.

Up to $350 max.

help , where could I find cheapest DAIWA SURF 6000 REEL?

I cruised into a local outdoor place today to fill the gas bottle and snuck in for a quick look at the tackle section (my wife would kill me). They had some 500kg bags of Poddy Mullet bait for sale and they looked just fantastic. Quite fat and plenty of blood. A bit the size of small Mullies.

Has anyone used these baits? On face value, they look great.

MY modus is land based and I generally use Mullies or the like. This is the first time I have come across Poddy Mullet.

went for a quick weekend trip up to wagoe. arrived friday night around 6pm and set up camp

decided to head out for a quick fish, and ended up with an ok 47cm tailor. driving back to camp i bumped into sails4me off this site and had a quick chat, they had a few bustoffs and landed a couple tailor also.

saturday morning early rise, and it was fairly quiet, lots of small fish about picking at the bait, a couple casts later had a skippy and the biggest herring i've ever seen!! all quiet again the WAM the line was screaming off the real and i caught a big flash of silver just behind the waves... a short fight later and my hopes of a nice mullaway dashed as 12kg of solid sambo slid up the beach. a pleasant surprise as its a first for me so it made my trip. after that i got a huge flatty (60cm) and then it shut down.

later that night with quite a few bevvies in between with matt and the other guys i met up there, we joined forces for a night fish and put a small dent in the tailor population wwith the best going around 2kg, other than that there was a couple bust offs n plenty of beer flowing.

the next morning the swell picked up and the beach was pretty unfishable. along with that on saturday we crossed paths with fishing wa crew who picked up a few midday tailor. all in all had a great trip

hey guys just chasing some advice on the  diawa saltist 30t and 40t whats the diff and which one holds more line?

Hi All

Decided we wanted to go to Exmouth and while searching for info, found the site & joined up.

Currently live in Canberra (you bxxtards sent the politicians so don't blame us)  Getting pretty close to retiring.

Done a bit of game fishing & bottom bouncing. Got a 6metre Carribean Reefrunner (old one) 200hp Mercruiser set up for gamefishing. Normally fish out of Bermagui NSW.

Have a smaller 4.55 metre alloy with 50hp honda 4 stroke for travelling long distances. (Took it to Cape York). Took the Reefy up to Queensland but its not suitable for beach launching or across the rocks 

Have stayed out on the outer reef off the whitsundays in Queensland in the Reefy. Camped on Hook Island for 6 weeks with the reefy moored out the front.

Have LOTS of questions.

Whats the story with the points I see when I log in.

Whats the rules for the fishing comp (like the sound of it so far as long as its not too serious)

When is the best time both fish & weather wise?

We will be camping so are there preferred Caravan parks/spots at Exmouth.

Will the camp grounds handle dogs? (if we don't take the dog we become time limited  )

On the way up from Perth (yep at this stage its drag the boat from Canberra probably the little one) are there other places worth a look.

I keeping with all fisherman I really hope I am making you green with envy

Has anyone been down for a fish there lately? I am keen to try to catch some fish in the river and have been told this might be a likely spot.  Also is it busy after sundown with the lights for squid?

Cheers

Bryan

Hi

Looking for any feedback on the Ryobi Safari Metaroyal 5000A. They're a bit dated now, but the Japanese manufactured reel is considered by many to the fore-runner of todays Stellas and Saltigas. Since Ryobi sold their fishing division, these reels are now made in China, and are available at a reasonable price.

 Anyone used one recently?

 Cheers

Dan