Gday all, am in the market for a new depth sounder and thought i would see what everyone thought was a good one these days.

First of all up until recently i have been using a older model colour furuno sounder on my 5.5m boat, mainly for offshore fishing, inshore to deep sorts of water, you know Dhui's, Snapper and so on. Has served me well but is now starting to play up and is not worth repairing(so i'm told, will be a very costly exercise if possible).

So i thought i would ask around and see what other people are using or would recommend. I dont mind paying a fair bit for another decent one so i am not looking to go skint. So far the only ones i have had a look at are the new furuno sounders the FCV-620 and FCV-585. I have also had a mate recommend to me the hummingbird range.

Any idea's, thoughts, recommendations or personnel experiences would be greatly appreciated.

Hey guys!  As I'm come into my first summer fishing in WA, I'm keen to have a crack at catching my first mackie or tuna.

Not asking for anyone to give away secret spots or anything, but if you want to share some places to hunt NOR, then by all means PM me!

No....what I want is your advice on tactics!  Gimme whatever you are willing to share...

What kinda tackle do I need?  Line weight? Lure favorites?

Trolling advice?

Best approaches for working bait schools?

FAD tactics?

Time of day/depth/structures?

Any and all tips welcome....and the more specific the better!  I figure I'm not the only newbie on here, so maybe this thread can help alot of people for the summer session.

 Thanks in advance to the most helpful fishos on the internet!

Hi all

One of my good reel were broken last night, bail arm doesn't seem to snap back into place.

The reel in question is a PENN Captiva CV 2000

any one have the spec's on how to pull apart and put back together again ?

TT ( karl )

So....who would consider headed out offshore this Sunday with the full moon, huge tide, BUT light winds (forecast anyway) worthwhile?

Or should I just try for mullas on the beach?

Just a quick poll out of interests sake...

Cheers,

Ado

Hey guys just wondering if anyones having any luck at the FADS or around them if you have been able to get out. Are there any dollies around or tuna. Just hanging to get out there as soon as the weather palys the game with the time i have off work any info would be great .

Cheers Guys  Dave

just wondering if that is covered under the cockburn sound ban
Ijust had someone come into work telling me about all the massive crabs they got one the weekend from the small boat jetty

hi all

 Having a week or so off in mid feb and wanting to go on a fishing trip somewhere. Just cant decide where?? I would love to go up to exmouth again but just worried about it being cyclone season. Ive been up in aug, nov and early jan so i know it will be hot at that time of year but doesnt bother me...... only concern is the wind, On one of trips to exxy in january we reached the day the cyclone hit port hedland and it was windy as hell the first day.... but there was a window to fish when the wind swung directions each day so there were options as to which side to fish on.  If i was to head up there i'll probaly take the 4.5m dinghy with me too. SHould i try my luck??  Other ideas were jurien or steep..... or is there anywhere else?? I like the idea of somewhere where there is a cape so if its blowing i can fish on the lee side.

cheers

Has anyone hit Long Point lately? It's been pretty windy with a large southerly component, so I'm wondering if anyones had any success at the north facing beach. I went there a few weeks ago and it was pretty weedy...

Just got back from Kalbarri, landed my first ever mulloway, undersize but a mulloway nonetheless. Some good tailor up there too, will post pics and a report soon.

Mike

Hey

went out on mills today

beautiful day for fishing but i got nothing

didnt even get a bite

people around me where catching Baldchin Groper, Big Pinkies, Dhuies and Breaksea.

talked to skipper and he said was a quiet day

my pop hooked a GT and Breaksea

Nothing spectacular but hopefully a feed for tonight

thanks

As pure usual i will be down in busso all this week and the weekend.So what happens?The wind drops on sunday next week.What i have decided to do is organize a fund raiser if you guys pass around the hat and raise enough i will move down south.That should mean the windy days will go away

hey guys im heading out tommorow for a fish probley just around the back of the 5's as its not looking good enough to go to rotto to have a go at the early mackies. Has there been and surface action around the back of the 5's coventys etc really want to have a trawl for bonito small tuna anythin like that has anyone seen much bait on the surface or is it still really quiet?

hey guys,

i know this has been done before but, i am heading to jurien in a couple of weeks and taking the tinny (4.35m) up there. i have fished there before but never from the boat. so i am looking for some help for some good ground inside and just outside the bay, for light jigging/drift baiting for pinkies dhuies etc and maybe trolling up some pelagics.

Also whats it like getting out through the reef there? ive heard the south passage can be hairy?

Any help is much appreciated and i'm not after secret spots, just areas too try.

Thanks

Blake

Black and white sounder and gps. Garmin gps Lowrance sounder both in good working order wireing looms and brackets included $300.00 for both. P me if interested.

Rob

Hey all its flangies writing in from Spreyton Tasmania, You wouldnt believe it but its about 22 celcius right now and it's the hottest day we have had this week. only about 10 days a year it goes over 25 cecius, Just thought id tease you perth boys :)

Dad and i went fishing yesterday (tackle is about 20-30% above what you pay in perth!!! ) In the morning it was blowing a gale so we headed to the mersey river, there was about 20 people fishing there didnt catch a thing. Within an hour i had landed and given away 6 salmon and my sister had caught a flathead and a snotty trevally (with my help ). The locals were amazed as i was explaining to them soft plastics and what they are and how to use them, and i was the only one to catch a salmon all day let alone 6. I kept 1 small salmon for shark bait and gave away the rest.

Later on when the weather died down we went to Devonport and to the local jetty that actually hangs off the rock walls there. It was amazing i had never seen fishin like this before, there were schools of salmon patrolling up and down a 20 meter area , Every cast we would get follows from them and land one every 5 or so casts. Then my rod struggled and up surfaced a baracouta or baracouda i dnt know which one is which, was about 40cm.

This was halarious, Dad was using a metal slice for the first time in his life and he rarely fishes so hes standing there saying james james theres a squid on my lure o_0 he actually hooked a squid 34cm and landed it. So i chucked the jig on and within 15 minutes i got another four! all between 30-40cm (tubes) and i gave dad my rod for a couple casts. I explained to him how to use the jig and away he went, First cast he made he goes "hey james i either got a snag or a very big fish" Then surfaced a massive 45cm squid which almost snapped my rod! 

The fishing was amazing , came home about 2am and cleaned the catch . (only kept the squid threw the rest back).

Because of the small population there is very little pressure on the fisheries, especially in the salt water area. 

Still waiting to get a shark , going tomorrow night. 

I'll chat again soon, action packed holiday 

Hey

anyone got any tips about the fishing on charters.

Hopefully wanna catch some fish so if u got any tips can u message back

thanks

Nic

Im looking into buying a gladiator snakes skin rod for around 120 soon and want a reel to suit
i know some good reels but would prefer something to suit the colour of the snakes skin (black with gold reel seat)

any suggestions? (doesnt have to suit colour perfectly but would be preffered)
willing to spend up to 150 until i can save for a td sol

great morning out, dropped a cple hooters, managed these before the wind blew..

had a mate follow me out got 3 hooters as well.all up  6 dhues between 6pple../2 boats. not bad for 3 drifts all between 8-14kg

gday guys

just wondering im headin down dunsborough next week for a week to try some beach fishing was prolly gonna try out some places from cape to cape just wondering if anyone getting anything round there this time of the year any tailor ? and is it worth doing a night fish for a mulla

any help would be great

cheers guys

ps new to the site its awsome

 Hi guys,

Does anybody know of a taxidermist in or around the perth area ?

hey guys, might go out on a fishing charter with james(flangies) when he comes back from tassie,and was wondering if there are any info u could share with me about fishing of a boat,etc,,what is a medium range rod for snapper,dhuies,and the likes,and what kilo capacity the rod has to have for fishing with large snapper sinkers,,or is it just any landbased rods im using right now,what rigs to use,what bait,and what are the good charters out there,that provides good fishing and a reasonable price..and any other advice is good aswell = ].thanks

finally got the tinny to a stage where im happy and it is 100% functional for everything from bream bashing with the kota to jigging past the 3 mile for dhuies and snapper.
also thaught it would be interesting to see some other tinnys of online users!
brenz

It Came crusing right up to the side with the cheekiest Grin

So i had to bait up and try to catch this cheeky Mako

It took the bait and what a fight it gave

landed after around 30 mins fighting this large mako But it was never so happy as when it was safely  released

hi im new to fishing in perth (ocean reef),fish for years in n.z but here im finding it like a pot luck draw the only time i catch some thing is wgen i get up at 4am and go 15,20 nm out and drift fish caught nice duefish bald chin gropper etc surlythese things must live closer to land than this any help would be great.

Went for a surf today at trigg, and with all what is happening with the sharks at the moment it was in the back of my mind. Anyway, I had a big (3ft wide by 10ft long) dark object move a few feet away from me, and the water was all stirred up so I couldn't make out the object, anyway after about 10 seconds I made it out to be a huge clump of seaweed....

Just wanting some feedback from any of you southeners that might target BIG flatties. ave any of you ever targeted them on popper, have been reading a few east coast stories and i know where quite a few big flatties dwell inthe Pilbara so i think it might be a good thing to do on the spring highs in the creeks on the flats.
If anyone has any stories / experience they wish to share on what worked tackle wise and technique wise i am pretty keen to hear your stoies

cheers

All in good working order everything including mounting brackets and harnesses. $300 for them both...

After a bit of a quiet time away from fishing I had the chance to hit it up big time last night and this morning after getting the thumbs up from the missus.
First up, Tackleshack Doug and I headed down to a little bream spot down Caversham way.
While this spot normally doesn't really start firing until at least late January, we were hoping that the recent hot weather might have brought some bream this far up stream.
Alas, it wasn't to be - although I did land one small bream - which was an indication that they are coming. Soon I hope.
We did manage to catch a large number of grunter and a turtle, but we can hope for better action in a few weeks time.
While the fish weren't what we were chasing, the location and the weather was fantastic.
We also spotted a dolphin in the area - which was a surprise for this far up the river at this time of the year.

After a few hours sleep, Sherbs and I hit the coastline in the search for some tailor and herring.
We arrived at the beach just as the light was starting to appear, to find pretty good conditions - with a light south easter and a low swell.
We tried a few mulies on paternoster rigs before Sherbs suggested we take the weight off.
I went for a totally unweighted mulie, while Sherbs tried a rig he has been having some success with, which features one smallish sinker.
Sherbs was right on the money and I soon had three tailor in three casts. Two about 38 cm to 40 cm and the other a bit smaller, which went back.
The action slackened off a bit after that as a rising breeze began to make it a bit harder to fish without any weight.
As we were only there for a hit and run trip, we peservered with the rigs we had and Sherbs soon pulled in two very nice herring and I managed another 38 cm plus tailor and a nice flathead.
There were a few other guys fishing this location and we did as well as anybody, though one guy did catch a cracker tailor and a thumping buff bream, and one of Sherb's acquaintances seemed to be pulling in quite a few herring.

So I ended my short fishing drought with two good sessions with two great blokes and I am hoping the rest of 2009 will be the same.

A few of the fish Sherbs and I caught this morning. The reel is a new Abu Garcia Soron which I had teamed up on my Moonraker rod. It proved a perfect combo for casting unweighted mulies.

All the best,

Colin Hay

Anyone interested in a rotto trip in the next few weeks ???

Dive for some crays,or fishing if ya dont dive then meet back up at thomo's bay for a seafood barby stay the night get on the piss or go home whatever ???

Happy New Year everyone!!

On reading the previous thread it seems a few still have the effects of a hangover or spend way too much time living life on the internet. This is a forum for opinion and not a place to throw cheap shots from a keyboard. Because this is a forum and I do have an opinion I feel strongly that I should go ahead and express that opinion.

The job of every human being is to look after each other and to create a safe society. Nobody has defined where human beings should live and go about their daily business be it work or pleasure. We weren't born with gills but we have an ability to venture into the water to gather food etc. It is our responsibility to make sure that we do whatever it is to make things safe. Allowing a large predatore to lurk around in waters close to where large numbers of human beings congregate for whatever reason is not acting responsibly. I agree in the first instance that this creature should have been tagged and tracked and if it is apparent that the predatore is not moving on then it should either be forced to move on or be destroyed. Sitting on our hands doing nothing is bullshit.

I respect the opinions of those who adore nature and advocate for the rights of the shark. I myself find it most upsetting that we should need to consider dealing with this creature but it is, in my opinion, necessary if the shark continues to hang around as it seems to be.

Hi all, hope everyone had happy and drunken new years.

One more day here in Port Vila & then back to reality, looking forward to coming home to do some more fishing if weather permits ( not looking good on seabreeze ). Went fishing for marlin & maybe a nice big yellow fin that the locals rave about, well it started off good with the first strike on the right rigger with what was estimated to be a 50-60 kg fin, but only a few minutes into it the hooks pulled, damm. Then the deckie (dicky) put out a little skirt out the back on the centre rigger for a the fin, well thats when all hell broke loose with a little blue smashing it but not hooking up, but just hanging round hitting it and out of nowhere a much bigger fish smashed it and we where on. Being the wifes strike into the chair she went for what she thought would be walk in the park on 37kg gear, 2.5 hrs later we managed to get this 170kg blue up from the depths after being tail wrapped and dead. So back trolling again & only 20mins into were on again with nice little blue hooking up on on the big 130 tiagra, in the chair I go & we have this little doin his stuff out the back giving us a nice show of areobatics. This time the story ends well with us tagging him, estimated to be around 60-70kg.