Seabreeze suggests there is some light at the end of the tunnel

After missing this year's northern salmon run, Sherbs recently took the opportunity to head down south to try his luck in the hope he might find some of these hard fighting fish still in residence.
Here are just a few of his captures.

This cracking salmon fell victim to Sherb's new Daiwa Heartland surf rod.

The Heartland loaded up with a good salmon.

Another nice salmon caught early in the morning.

Looks like the conditions were pretty nice at Sherb's secret southern spot.

After seeing all of Sherb's photos of big salmon and flathead it was nice to see this fish show up on my mobile phone.

WA Environment Minister Donna Faragher today released the Lane Poole Reserve and Proposed Reserve Additions Draft Management Plan and invited public comment on it.

Only 100km south-east of Perth and 24km east of Pinjarra, Lane Poole Reserve is well known for its recreational and nature-based tourism opportunities, as well as its high conservation value.

Rivers with rock-rimmed pools, wetlands, old-growth forest and wandoo woodland feature in the 76,000ha covered by the draft plan. The area is home to a number of rare and priority fauna and flora species, such as western ringtail possums, quokkas, noisy scrub birds and a rare dwarf spider orchid.

“The draft plan outlines strategies to manage this area for the next decade to protect natural, recreational, cultural, educational and economic values,” Mrs Faragher said.

“Lane Poole is one of the most popular natural areas in the South-West with an average of 170,000 people visiting each year. The area caters for many user groups and activities include camping, picnicking, canoeing, swimming, fishing, bushwalking, bird watching, horse riding, mountain biking and recreational driving.”

The Minister said the area also had sites of cultural interest, including some remnants associated with the timber industry that were of historical interest, as well as sites of significance to Aboriginal people.

“The draft management plan has been prepared by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) on behalf of the Conservation Commission, in consultation with the Lane Poole Reserve Community Advisory Committee, which includes representatives from local government, local businesses and the community,” she said.

Copies of the draft plan can be obtained from DEC's Dwellingup and Collie offices, or follow the links on DEC’s website: http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/haveyoursay

The draft plan can be viewed at DEC’s libraries at Woodvale and the Atrium in Perth; and at local libraries in the shires of Boddington, Collie, Harvey, Murray, Waroona and Williams.

The public comment period will be open for two months.

Could somebody please enlighten me, as I am unsure to what are the regulations for fishing for Pinkies in the Cockburn Sound are at the moment?

 Also, I have actually never fished in the Cockburn Sound for Pinkies, what sort of bottom am I looking for, weed, lumps etc?

I have never fished for Pinkies down there before, and am planning to, I am assuming that I anchor up somewhere, and get a burley trail going!

Please enlighten me, as I am a virgin in the Cockburn Sound?

Went for a drive to the North Mole last night to checkout the dirty weather.And sure enough there in the100k winds 4mtr+ swell and the waves rolling in faster than I have seen in ages was someone fishing.

My question is what the f^*# can you cast out without snapping a rod or giving ones self a Hernia that will hold a bait still in those seas.

Kev

well im looking to start sourcing my own fresh bait as im assuming its going to be more effective than the frozen stuff i buy in shops and was just cruious as to what you all use to gather ir if you use it? i know to catch smaller fish and use them as live bait but am wondering if anyone uses a bait pump or just digs things up or maybe collects mussles and baby crabs just looking to get an insight into what gear im going to need to start getting my own fresh bait and a little bit of how to / where to if anyone doesnt mind sharing

I looked at the fisheries site and couldnt find anything but just wanted to double check, is there a limit to the amount of lines your allowed to have in the water as a recrational fisher

hey guys i'm off to steep point on thursday 4 2 weeks has any1 got any info on how it's fishing and the weather?

heading to albany tuesday stayin emu point so should get a line wet, wanna give the bream around torbay and denmark if time too heard torbay holds some nice ones

I spent alot of this weekend fishing the south mole, catching plenty of herring and a couple of skippy. The 30kt+ conditions made for some hard work out there at times, but what made things tougher was avoiding the cray pots and bouys that were set no more than 10 metres out, all along the ocean side of the wall.

If someone hooked up that big snapper they'd been cutting their teeth for, there's a good chance it would have entangled with one of the ropes.

The 2 two blokes puttered out on their dinghy friday night, saturday morning and night, and sunday morning to check their pots, rebait and reset, only to create more problems for many people fishing the wall at the time. They were asked many times to reconsider the location of their string, and were continually asked why; when they had the entire frikkin ocean to venture, they would putt around a land-based hotspot and inconvience everyone involved.

Maybe i'm just having a whinge, but i was toothed off to say the least, so were hundreds more over the weekend.

Hey guys does anyone know where you can buy rod bags? I particularly like the nylon type instead of the cotton style ones and it needs to be able to fit two pieces of a rod. One of my GT rods bag only fits the rod when the rod is together which is too long (7'8") so I'm looking for a new bag.

Hi All,  Just letting everybody know that Ocean to Outback has an Off-Road Camper Trailer still available for hire for the first 2 weeks of the school holidays up until the 17th July.

Cost are $370 per week, and I know that many of us go away for the school holidays, and accomodation sometimes can be very hard to come by, especially camper trailers in school holidays.

Sorry, I have forgot to add that all members of fishwrecked are getting 10% any hire for the first 3 months, so the hire cost would be $330 per week, not $370.

 Tim

Just wondering if anyone has used these and what are their thoughts?

Does any one in WA sell them?

Ta,

my personal best queenie at the age of 11

it was 110 cm long.

Am looking at buying a sounder gps combo, would like to keep it to about $1000 if possible. The boat is only 4.5m so don't venture out too far. Any sugestions would be a great help.
Cheers.

i have tried claremont jetty, chidley point etc and cant seem to get any bites.  i know the time of the year isnt the best at the moment for this but does anybody have any suggestions for land based river fishing at this time of year in the metro area?

Has anybody been to direction bank latley, what did you catch?

any pinkies im still trying to hookup a big one. i have only caught small ones.

Born to fish, forced to go to school!

Hey has anybody been catching king george lately if you have what bait have you been using?

Got these of a mate casting a popper.

Hey everyone,

first of all, how do people rate them as a light gauge game fishing hook? Has anyone had any problems with them? Want to replace my current hooks and start chasing small tuna with small skirted lures (approx 15cm long). Also what size you recommend for this purpose as I don't have the chance to compare locally. Any other info would be great.

Cheers.

Some times the signs at the boat ramp can be confusing ??

OK, I have to face it that the GT killed the top half of my trusted old Fenwick Highlander, and after listening to some, especially Ryan, I Now realise that the bottom half is a garden stake!! Bloody sad with the beautiful cork grips etc.

What then and not Loomis as I am to rough. Looking for quality and price only a small issue. If everyone says Loomis I will get one.

Cheers

Neels

Oh and is the Okuma Magnitude a good enough reel for the Pilbarra salt flying

I caught this a couple of weeks ago. I didnt have anything to weigh it with though and let it go. I guessed it at 10 to 12 kg. As I havent caught many this size, was interested in what other people thought the approximate weight would be.

Just seen on the news, they arnt running any ferrys over to Rotto for 3 days! Must be going to be some wild weather out there..or are they just soft??

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I have decided that this weekend its bluebone time out in the Dampier islands. What I do need if possible is advise on how to hook a crab correctly. Have some blue manna frozen just for this time and can gather some ghost crabs at night.

Any help would be needed and someone even told me to super glue a hook to the back of a crab

Cheers all

Neels

Anyone going out tonight? Considering going down to hillarys, probably be the most comfortable weather we will have for a few days.

Changes to the recreational fishing possession limits in the Northern Territory will come into effect from 1 January 2010.

The Minister for Fisheries, Kon Vatskalis, said the changes include a reduction in the personal possession limit for black jewfish and Spanish mackerel from five to two.

“Recreational fishing is extremely popular in the Territory and an important part of our great lifestyle,” said Mr Vatskalis.

“These changes will help protect our valuable fish stocks and ensure that locals and visitors continue to experience high quality fishing into the future.

“The new measures have been approved by Government following extensive public consultation earlier this year.

“The changes will come into effect from 1 January 2010 to allow time for recreational fishers to become aware of the new rules.”

The changes include:

Personal possession limit of two for Black Jewfish and Spanish mackerel

Personal possession limit of 30 cherabin and/or red claw

Personal possession limit of 3 sharks of any species, including a prohibition on the taking of sawfish

Requirement to use turtle excluder rings in freshwater pots

Boat limit of 10 freshwater pots per vessel (when two or more people on board)

A prohibition on the recreational taking of clams

I just read an ad for a one day sale of 20cm diving knives reduced from $60 to $9 at King of Knives stores across Perth. Only for today though.

Arvo fish at the river mouth yesterday. Dropped a horse of a tailor at the rocks and got smoked by an unstoppable. Rough as guts but the fish were on. Met Doug and his mate down there. Good to put a name to a face.

Cheers Mick