Hi there,

no idea how to use this, I was just wondering if anyone could give me the co ordinates for the barges. I neglected to write this down when I sold my last boat and hadnt had a crack at the Sambos, thinking that if they close down the fishing for two months this might be a good option. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers Andrew

hey guys

if anybody has got any cray pots laying arround that they wont to sell

can u give me a pm 

cheers

dane

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26095565-2761,00.html?referrer=email&source=PN_email_nl

Looked like it used to be a nice looking boat poor bugga certainly spoilt his planned fishing trip,probably kids playing with flares and it got out of control,hope his insurance comes through quick

looking at buying a 445 allycraft dinghy with 40 yamaha any info would be greatly appreciated.

Just interested know how many people have caught a Dhu landbased? I know my old man has caught a few back in the day, the best being a 20kg+ fish that was set free by the flying gaff snapping the line, only to float for the next 15 mins whilst my dad casted a sinker and set of gang hooks over it to try snag it, last cast before it was out of range and he got it and they landed it! Great effort, won the fish of the week in the west australia probably 15 years ago.. haha.. may have to try dig up the photo sometime.

My mate and I are keen to make a landbased Dhu capture and was just wondering if many others have done it? We have a few good spots down south sourced from the old man that we will try when the weather is better but may have to wait till they head in closer.. what time of the year do they seem to be in shallower? I've heard late autum is good? A decant Dhuie from the rocks would be a great achievement I think.

hi all, 

have been saving abit these couple of months and is planning to spend it on another reel.

was looking at the Daiwa Exist 2500 or 3000. just wanna find out if anyone here who have used them have had any issues with them or find a nagetive side for them reels.

thanks in advance for your pointers.

cheers

Otoshi 

Anyone have any info on a lemax black rose 70mhfs2??? I think its 7ft rated at 10-25lb which is quite a fair range.

Would it be suitable for flicking softies for snapper, spanglies, etc

cheers

It looks as though we have had a win in regards to our complaints about the new fishing rules.  The proposed rules have been greatly modified, and I would think that most people will see the new proposals as being fair and even necessary.  Here are the key elements.

Found these two articles. Talking about and extended crab ban down at Mandurah.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/6032838/proposal-to-extend-crabbing-ban-angers-fishermen/

http://www.mandurahmail.com.au/news/local/news/general/plan-to-extend-crabbing-ban/1625517.aspx?storypage=2

This has been bandied about with a few people since the announcement of the Demersal/Boat fishing licenses and was curious about others thoughts.

According to the Regulations:-

"The holder of a Commercial Fishing license must not hold a Recreational Fishing License relatiing to rock lobster, abalone or net fishing (See regulations 123 and 124)."

Taken from here http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/Licencing/c-1_application.pdf

Now that there is going to be a recreational boat fishing license could it/ would it or should it be added to the list of Recreational licenses that commercials cant hold remembering that Commercial Fishing licenses are "required by persons who engage in commercial fishing (such as Masters and crew of licensed fishing boats).

This is definately not a pro bash topic as we have quite a few members here who fit in the crew category. Please keep it civil.

Has anyone been catching any Pinky's in the sound of late?

Thinking of heading down there next week!

If so, what sort of depth?

All you guys that have been to the islands, I was wondering can you tie up on the jetties for the night, or do you need permission are their moorings for public use, or do you fend for yourself and anchor every night.

g'day all.

question for all the tackle guru's out there?

Been looking at the spheros and saragosa (14000 or 18000). what's the main difference bewteen the two and is the extra $$$ for the saragosa justified?

or for these sorts of dollars is there a better reel by another brand i can buy for around the same money???

just interested to know everyones opinion.

cheers

Oceanside Tackle is now fully stocked with a huge range of jigs, particularly for deepwater jigging!!

From tomorrow Sat 19th Sept to Sun 27th Sept, we are giving you 15% off all Black Magic and 10% 500gm Zest jigs.

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10% of 500gm Zest Super Deep jigs

Black Magic are renowned for producing some of the best quality tackle for big game fishing from New Zealand. Their jigs are no exception. Built with lumo belly strip and tail weighted to get down to the depths quick. Designed with a short pitched darting action, it really agitates the fish to strike hard!! Fully rigged with heavy duty Black Magic assist hooks.

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just wondering ,are these reels still for sale?cant seem to find em anywhere.they look the goods

Hi everyone. I am thinking of heading up to Denham in the next couple of weeks. Can someone tell me what to expect (in terms of fishing). Also is it worth going even if i dont have a 4wd or a boat and do the different sanctuary zones inhibit access to good land based fishing spots.

Just dropped into CPBA to see if the ramps would be ready for the weekend.....

The guys were just forming up the new footing block ready for a concrete pour on Monday.

They advised Monday pour on ramp 1, strip down possibly on Wednesday and start forming up for ramp 2.....

If lucky, maybe the ramps will be partially open end of next week.

cheers,

Paul

Hi Guy's

Just a quick one cos i'm at work but i see the wind looks OK tomorrow but the swell is big. Not having much experience in perth waters, is it worth fishing the bottom in these conditions?

Cheers

Ryan

caught this a few years ago in karatha on the way back in after a days fishing. it had a strange jaw structure where it it opened from the top of the head and rotated pretty much 180 degrees with sharp teeth. can anyone identify it for me.

Gday fishos

Believe it or not guys ive never fished the narrows before, but after reading back on old forum topics from this site ive just gotta get stuck into it

I'll be there tomoro evening to try for some tailor on lures, and if i have any luck i'll definitely be keen to put in the ours for a mulla (i know its still very early)

I'll have my light gear with me too so i can try for some bream if i feel like it

It's fair to say whether or not i catch anything tomorow night, i'll be there saturday night too...

Just myself at this stage, thought i'd throw it out there if anyone would like to join in!

Hi Guys

I am looking for someone to work the  22nd and 25th of September to help  me install marble and granite benchtops.

Possible vacancy for fulltime work for the right person in the near future. Must be fit, have own transport and good work ethic.

I am based in Morley so someone local would be ideal. PM me is anyone is interested or know of someone who is.

Cheers.

If
this is in fact true that the fish stocks and wildlife have been
damaged by this spill than I could not agree more with Bob that they
must compensate the fishermen as this is their livelyhood's that have
been affected also the thought of all the sea creatures and fish which
have been harmed and killed could have adherse affects of future
stocks. Come on government get your butts out there and do something
about this, it has been very quiet on the news lately are they just
hoping everyone forgets about it?? I know I won't it is an absolute
disgrace that it is still leaking 2 weeks on from the initial leak
occurred.......

Before
any Legal action is even considered the fishermen need to consider that
after Exxon Valdez it was the legal battle that did more damage to the
folks of Alaska than the spill. The Legal system is not your friend.
Take a good look at the opulence of the Legal profession and their
offices on the Terrace.

hi all i am just wondering what peoples opinion's are on the length of the leg on boat motors. reason being is that i have recently fitted another motor to our boat and the latest motor has a very long leg on it,its actually around 8 inches longer than the old leg and i am not sure weather this is a good thing or a bad thing.one thing i have in my favour is that both motors i have are the same (apart from leg length)so i can swap the leg over fairly easily! just wondering what everyones opinion is and or preferences??? thanks heaps adam

will be on 720am after the 9am news, a few minutes from now.

Just wondering what peoples thoughts are, on the best braid for land based casting would be in the 20 to 30lb range. 

Some of them seem quite stiff and waxy... wouldn't that have memory and reduce cast distance?

Colour is not an issue ... lol .......... well, only if it's not colourfast and splatters my clothes for the next year

hi all some mates and i keen on going for a night fish in the sound. just wondering if anyone has had any luck doing this lately?? ta

So about 20 years ago I spent 4 years growing up in South Hedland as the ol man was in the police force and posted up there.  I was there from year 4 to 7, then back to perth for high school.

Anywho, a bit of background for those who don't know, one of Hedlands main businesses is the Leslie Slat mines where they mine the salt.  Can't remember how far north of hedland it is, but there'e a creek that comes in and what happens is there are a couple of massive (talkin like 6 foot diameter) pipes running from the creek into a big "pond" just on the back of the creek.  Up top on the edge of the creek bank are a couple huge caterpillar diesel engines, hooked to pumps that pump water from the creek and into this first big pond.  Well joining that pond is another huge pond, again with 6 foot diameter pipes joining and cat diesel pumps up top that pumps water into the second pond.  And you guessed it another pond, and another, and so on.  This is all on provate property of Leslie salt and goes for miles.  I'd love to know the size but if you are out there, its as far as you can see in any direction, and these ponds get bigger and bigger with each one.  The first few ponds are probably the size of an olympic swimming pool i guess, not sure how deep.  Now the kicker is, fish get sucked from the creek through the pipes and into the massive ponds, the pumps turn off and they cant get back into the creek, they're trapped, destined to live happily and breed in their own happy little pond :-)  As the ponds get bigger and bigger, the underwater ground structure changes too.  The first few are made of huge boulders similar like at a marina wall, some other ones have nice red muddy banks leading into the water, and others have shallow flats etc.  So what ends up happeneing is different type of fish end up being more proliffic in different ponds.

Well back then, not sure if it still happens today, but if you worked for leslie salt and had a bit of pull with senior management you could get a key to the gate for the "salt lakes" and go out there for a days fishing.  They also had the same deal for the police of Port and South Hedland, lucky for me :-)  So on countless weekends we would head up there with friends for a days fishing and it was just nuts!!  We'd fish some ponds and catch metre long flathead, I'd set the crab nets out and get huge muddies, there used to be tonnes of "wolf herring" about a metre long that you would see swimming along the surface of the water.  One of the larger, flatter ponds was great for huge queenies and trevally.  Also on most of the ponds you would find that in the huge 6 foot pipes that joined the two ponds, huge cod's would take up residence inside them, so you would stand on the bank and dangle a line striaght over the edge of the pipe and wait patiently until old mister cod decided he just better have your crusty old Mulie :-) It seriously was nuts!

It used to be wild being out there when the pumps were on and you would see thousands of litres of water just being pumped into the ponds per second, creating massive waves and disturbance in the target pond.  The wolf herring used to go nuts in the wash picking up the bait fish, almost like a feeding frenzy with the tails and fins breaking the surface.

I would love to go back there for a days fishing now.  Back then it was a cruddy ol rod and a set of gangs with a mulie, that was it.  Now it would be all sorts of lures, poppers, soft plastics, it would be wild!  I used to have a throw net and clean up using it out there.  I'd get one cast then spend the next 45 minutes picking out huge flathead, mullet and bream.

Unfortunately digital cameras weren't around so i dont have any digital pics to show, but do have some hardcopy photos somewhere.  I'll see if I can dig em out over the weekend and scan em.

So yeah, Hedland guys, ever been out there? :-)

New Recreational Fishing Arrangements

Modified arrangements announced in September 2009

Minister for Fisheries, the Hon Normal Moore MLC, announced modified
arrangements for recreational fishing management in Western Australia
in September 2009. Information about the new provisions and regulations
and how they might affect you can be found on this website.

Below
are some key elements of the new package but for further details please
read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) fact sheet attached as a PDF
on this page:

• No West Coast Demersal Scalefish Licence will be introduced;


• Possession of a “release weight” will be required when fishing from a boat in the West Coast Bioregion;


• A
  two-month seasonal closure on the take of “high risk” demersal
  scalefish by recreational fishers in the West Coast Bioregion will
  apply from 15 October to 15 December inclusive;


• A boat limit of two dhufish will apply in the West Coast Bioregion (six for charter boats);


• A
  state-wide Recreational Fishing from Boat Licence (RFBL) will be
  introduced with an annual fee of $30. Fishing from kayaks or other
  boats that are not required to be registered under the WA Marine Act
  1982, will not need a licence;


• Any fisher not holding a RFBL will be allowed to fish from a boat in the company of a licensed boat fisher within the bag limit;


• Charter boat passengers not holding a RFBL will be required to purchase a per-trip $15 Charter Boat Fishing Licence;


• The
  recreational ‘umbrella' licence will be replaced with individual
  licences to allow more comprehensive monitoring of recreational fishing
  activities and fisheries in WA;


• Fees for existing
  recreational fishing licences will be made uniform at $40 with a 10 per
  cent discount when more than one licence is purchased at the same time;
  

All funds raised from the sale of recreational
fishing licences will be placed in the Recreational Fishing Trust
Account and spent on the management of recreational fishing.

Zorba

Bob