Fishing Discussion

General Fishing Chat

Cooking with Jessie Hogan

 

Our season has imploded before it has even started.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvJqB8BBHD1/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=19azphfse2ici

 

I shouldn't be surprised I guess.


secure accommodation in Gero?

 Looking for somewhere to stay for the night in Gero en route to further north. 

Will have a boat so hoping for somewhere with secure parking so i dont have to unload all my things into the hotel room.

 

Cheers


Ocean side of big lagoon shark bay

 I am not likely to get the caravan and dinghy and all the crap up to bottle bay on francois peron so am lokking at camping at big lagoon and go out through the channel into open water.  Will be mid June and thinking pinkies, black snapper and bluebone.  Is there reef or rubble outside the channel?  any comments appreciated.


Crabfest

Everyone had a smile on their face so it seems that they all had a good time there.


Price of bait in carnarvon

Curious if anyone knows off hand what a box of Lunds and a block of mulies will run me in carnarvon

 

deciding whether to buy before or run the gauntlet that there is any in stock if the price is comparable to an extent

cheers  


Sharkbay

 Hey guys heading up to Sharkbay for Easter has anybody fished south of Denham up towards the Aquarium or Eagle Bluff in a boat and is it worth scooting out looks pretty shallow.


diving near boats already fishing

 Was out of hale road the other morning, and a boat pulled up less than 50m from another boat already anchored up, and proceded to dive under and around his boat, he packed up and left, should the divers have gone further away?

where the hell are all the snapper


Fishfinder Transducer

 G'Day All,

I have an Simrad Evo 2 9"touchscreen unit with a large tranducer (which I assume is for the sonar/structure scan?

 

There are two other transducers fitted to the transom, one is an Airmar but I know nothing about it's specs etc nor exactly what it is for.

 

The third looks to be a smaller unit (bullet shaped) and possibly Lowrence???? This unit has a broken stem. I assume this is for the fish finder but am not certain. Anyway, can anyone assist me on this and if so what would be a suitable replacement for the last snapped unit?

 

The boat has an Etec 90 but is of a vintage just prior to being able to install a backbone for Nema and to have my range/speed and temps (water/motor etc).

I would also be very open to any assistance on operating the structure scan better as it appears to be dark arts to me so I never use it (if any of you do does this mean you don't use the fishfinder or do you keep flicking between the two?

 

Cheers in advance

Tight lines


South coast in winter

 

G'day Legends

 

Im doing my annual pilgrimage to the south coast in July this year but due to the low water levels in my favourite rivers,

we are taking the 5m Quintrex. I have never targeted queenie, harlequin, and nannygai in winter before and i am wondering 

if they are more of  summer fish or if they are active all year round. We usually fish between Albany and Hopetoun.

 

Cheers Legends


South coast in winter

 

G'day Legends

 

Im doing my annual pilgrimage to the south coast in July this year but due to the low water levels in my favourite rivers,

we are taking the 5m Quintrex. I have never targeted queenie, harlequin, and nannygai in winter before and i am wondering 

if they are more of  summer fish or if they are active all year round. We usually fish between Albany and Hopetoun.

 

Cheers Legends


Boat lights

Hi all,

So planning to to do some night fishing in and around the sound and garden island this snapper season, and need to set up some boat lights

I have a 5.3m cabin boat and already have navigation and anchor lights.

Im going to put a floodlight bar on my bimini frame to act as a deck light ( looking at a hella marine one that I can alternate between white and blue, I’m thinking blue would be better to preserve night vision.)

I was considering some blue/white led strips under the gunnels but unsure if needed if I have the deck light bar?

Im not sure if I need some sort of fixed lighting at the front of the boat to see ahead when travelling. Is this recommended or would I be better off just using my night vision with hand held spotlight if needed 

cheers for advice

Joycey 


Boat covers

Hey Guys just on the topic of boat covers. Im thinking of purchasing a custom boat cover as my ebay covers have only been good for 12 months- if anyone out there can give me some feedback on their own custom cover- is it worth the expense- how much roughly for a 6 m Haines hunter and  recommended trimmers ??? Cheers


after a windshield for my 3.6m dingy

 Does anyone no where I can get a cheap windshield from for my 3.6m stacer


Sheep Lanolin

Hey guys, does anyone know where I can get some sheep lanolin? A few years ago I got some electrical work done on the boat and the guy gave me some to put on battery terminals to stop corrosion. He’s gone out of business now so can’t find get any off him.

cheers

Simon 


Friday Funnys

Enjoy


Barra in the Swan

 

 

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/public-health/health-warning-after-toxic-algae-found-in-swan-river-ng-b881134834z

 

Decent size. Must be up near Garrat Road Bridge...or somewhere. LOL

 

 

 

 

 

 


And now we have toxic algal bloom in Swan R8ver

With a shellfish “do not eat as cooking doesn’t kill the toxicity” advisory .......wtf next ??? 


Talica handle upgrade

Hi guys looking to upgrade the Talica 10 two speed arm and handle and I’m finding a lot of links for just the one speed.

Anyone able to post a link to a two speed arm and  handle? 

Cheers


Baitfish Swan River

 Seen a lot of bait fish around in swan and want to catch them for tailor. Firstly is is possible to catch these fish and what methods are useful for them and second where is a good spot to catch tailor using live bait (live around canning bridge).


Reel service/repair NOR.

Sorry if this has been done to death, but some of the past recommendations are no longer doing it.
Need a Shimano Spheros repaired & serviced, baile arm does not play the game.
Any help will be greatly appreciated as usual.
cheers Rob


Another boat sunk by king wave

 Too close to the reef maybe, pulling pots. 4 lucky punters, epirb came in handy.


Good jigging reel and rod for Perth snaps

 Looking for a good jiiging reel for perth snapper and other species maybe dhuies, breaksea, baldies. Can be spin or overhead doesnt really matter just whatever is best. Also a good jigging rod with a slow action as I will be slow pitch jigging. What would be recomend braid and what lb. Budget is around $1200 as I want it to last. Cheers


Tekonsha Prodigy 3 Hiccup

Hooked up the boat trailer today, attempted to adjust the brakes as they were a little aggressive. Nothing happened, glanced down at the controller and noticed screen was red with a warning "Internal Error No Brakes"

I did have brakes, just unable to adjust. Got home and disconnected the trailer and the controller was still showing the error. Left it for an hour or so and all was back to normal, hooked up the trailer again and all was fine.

Hopefully it was just a hiccup and won't happen again, but I'm thinking something must have caused it.

Anyone experienced this before or have any suggestions as to what may be the cause ?

Cheers


best tackle shops around perth

 best tackle shops in and around perth, for service and gear some places i have been to have been hopless 


Kalbarri Mackerel about at the moment

 Does anyone know if there are many mackerel about in Kalbarri yet this year? We are going up there in a month and are looking forward to tangling with a few.


Interpretation of Sounder pics

 Hi all

was hoping to get some idea of what I was looking at on Saturday.

It's a wreck located in 20m and (usually) has cray pots in close proximity. We dropped plastics and small jigs over this for a few hours but had no enquiries.

my questions are : what are people's opinions on we seeing in the images?

is it likely to be bait over/surrounding the wreck? Or is it more likely to be weed?

we kept sounding  "lines" in the lower 10meters. Could these be fish or more likely severed cray pot ropes?

Does (mid water) weed? Show up on sounders like this?

all 3 pics are within about a 10 meter drift over the wreck.

cheers

Luke


Winter Pinkies

 As a result of a butchered total hip replacement, I have had to sell my dinghy.  The bouncing around in the chop would cause too much jarring on the artificial joint etc.  I think I would be fine standing up on a charter boat and was thinking of trying Shikari Charters in about May/June.  I have never done any real snapper fishing around Perth (mainly up north) and wondered what would be the optimum time over winter to try for them.  Has anyone gone out with Allen Bevan?  I've only heard good reports.  Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks

Baz


up north combo

 hi everyone, headed up to coral bay in a cpl months time. Just wondering everyones opinions on best bottom bouncing combo for 70m + depths. Cheers


Nanga bay

 Going up to Denham for 10 days in a few weeks. Hopefully weather should be good enough to get outside the island but looking at other options inside bay or Monkey Mia side.

Would like to have a fish out of Nanga as haven’t been there for over 20 years. Can anyone tell me if you can take your boat and launch there, fish for the day then go back to Denham without needing to book or go through the Nanga station/resort?


Water trapped in hull

 Hey guys is the a way to tell / see if there is watwe trapped in the hull towards deont od boat ??