Hi all, I have an unusual request. I have a few marks up in Bunbury which have produced good fish for me and was wondering if someone would like to swap good fishing producing co-ordinates in geographe bay Busso,  as I don’t head that way anymore. Unusual I know but if ur genuine flick me a message to discuss... cheers 

 Just one of the reason's why I sold the Jetski...Can take the grandkids fishing now!

Tailor this morning from inshore reefs.

I think it will take a long long time for the fishing to recover from the fish kills that has occurred over there poor buggers. What is real bad is that there may not be a quick cure for the problem and it could get worse before it gets better. From what I have read murry cod are a slow growing species and the likely hood of the species recovering this decade is very slim indeed 

Looking for help choosing a long cast reel to load with 30 pound mono for casting big baits around shallow reef. Anyone had experience with either the Shimano big baitrunner long cast, Shimano Ultegra surf reel or penn 7500 long cast? The reel will cop a bit of boat spray so good waterproof seal is important.

thanks in advance 

 G'day all. I'm planning a Montes trip in May and while I don't plan to make it a freezer filling excercise I will bring some fish back. Sorry, PLAN to bring some fish back. My take on the rules is that fillets need to have skin left on for both the trip back to shore and the drive home. (I can't say I've ever worried about the latter to be honest; I've been more concerned with  labelling stuff properly). I can't see that leaving the skin on is going to help the quality of the fish, but rules is rules I guess. I wasn't going to freeze the fillets, just get 'em close to frozen and process them at home in vacuum bags etc. Any opinions on the best way to go about it. We'll have one Engel on board running off a big deep cycle battery charged when the engine is running. I'd appreciate any opinions on the best way to go about it.                                                                                       Thanks, John

 rather than driving down to Mandurah ?

Want to take a mates kids out for both a squid session and drop some crab nets and think it might give me an alternate location to try 

 Had to work hard this morning.still shell shocked. Nearly hit a yacht near the narrows, no nav lights on.photo is my share.

So used to go marroning with my Father and Grandfather as a kid on the Australia Day Weekend. So now I have a young fella of my own I decided that the tradition had to continue.

 Awesome weekend except was disappointing to see people using kayaks to pull their nets and some using box traps.

No phone reception so no chance to let fisheries know unfortunately.

Who else has an Australia  Day tradition?

 took the boys for a crab this morning got a feed of some nice sized ones 

 I'm thinking of heading to the Montes in May and would like to launch at Fortescue river. I'm a bit concerned about the references to second vehicles being needed for recovery as we will probably going solo (vehicle is a diesel Pajero). I'd appreciate comment on this issue based on personal experience or observation. In addition, what is the situation launching further north at Gnoorea as an alternative? We'll be taking a 21 foot Penguin with a extra fuel, water and other supplies, so weight will be a bit of an issue, particularly with launching. Thanks, John

Hi People,

We are heading to Dongara next week for our first fishing trip.  We have a small boat, can anyone provide some tips or advise please?

.armor plateing all over it. Cheers

 Late start this morning with a sleep in 

and can verify that trying too renew a 

bfl is quite difficult at the moment.. 

after hearing everyone else's hassles.

wasnt surprised.. snook horny as we 

caught on metals divers and my mate 

even tossed out a new wax wing which 

was nailed rather quick .. good sizes 

biggest 750mm .. cracker little sesh 

dragging jewelery ! Cheers pirate 

Ive been flicking an ecogear ZX lure off the beach in Mandurah. Nice little lure to use, doesnt twist the line when cast and casts a good distance on light tackle.

Lots of fun, walking along the beach, just with the rod and a shoulder bag, flicking the lure out every 20 mtrs or so 

Ive caught a few good size yellow fin whiting. Hoping for a flathead but no luck with them yet. 

So the ZX is becomming my favorite lure . Just wondering if others have used the ZX and have a recommendtion for colours,

or does it not make much difference?  The one i have is all silver .  

 After abit of help concerning depth offset on the sonar.

Wow this seems pretty major. Could ruin your summer fishing season for sure

https://www.boatsales.com.au/editorial/details/savage-fibreglass-cabin-boats-recalled-over-cracking-sinking-fears-116605/

 Planning a trip to steep point in march and as part of the compulsory beers in the shed planning session one of the lads suggested the use of a down rigger and  our normal laser pros to get extra depth has any one every tried this with any success

Hi all,

Just after a tip for the best place to go scooping in Mandurah for some crabs? 

 It was on fire until a couple of shags stole some bait, but we're  happy.

Enjoy

a while back i put some photos up of a boat we are getting built to survey 2c to start a smaller more personal fishing charter out from perth.

this charter will consist of groups of six or less and we will be focusing mainly on fishing the trench (deep drop) but will also throw in trolling , fads fishing ,snapper fishing and rotto trips etc. it will pretty much be a custom style charter to suit the client

however more of that to come at a later date  but for now here is some updated photos of how shes coming along.

the boat is a 9.8m long 3.1 wide preston craft with twin 250 suzukis and furuno electronics.

 Hi All,

Just came back from a couple of days in Walpole and what is usually a pretty productive trip was a little disappointing. I have fished this system over the last 10 years or so and have noticed what seems to be a decline in the amount of fish in that particular system, I'm sure if it just me not catching then someone will tell me. This trip I saw a number of things I haven't seen before one of them being really fine weed like the sort of stuff we see in areas of the sound and the Swan (generally fish don't like this particular weed) and in my experience this tends to happen when the system is quite unhealthy.

The other thing that nearly made me cry was the site of a blowie chasing my soft plastic back to the boat, this happened close to the river mouth but I had been losing tails off of plastics in areas close to Restpoint caravan park. We caught 5 KGW all around 30cm over 2 days of fishing admitidly I didn't try that hard to get fish but thats the good thing about this system usually you don't have to try that hard for bread and butter species. There was a pretty bad smell at times and the water was shitty brown colour, we did fish the run out tide which is not as productive but I usually still catch fish. I suppose I just wanted to ask if anyone else has seen it like this before or is this the beginning of something shit.

Cheers

PS didn't go out to sea so don't know what the channel is like.

I have the opportunity to be able to fish on thevenard over the next couple of months. I was thinking of taking a 3000 Shimano with 10-15lb line on something around 7’-7’6”. Should this be heavy enough to cater for most fishing around the island? 

I can drop it a bit lighter but I am keen to hear someone’s thoughts. Has anyone here fished land based there before?

Link to the review for information.

https://www.mysaytransport.wa.gov.au/NorthMetroAUR

The MAAC dive trail is a very worthwhile project that should be supported.

The speed limit review at Hillarys requires discussion?

 Hi can anyone tell me withr the airmar p66 transducer will work on a hook 9 as im getting conflictilng advise. My standard transducer is playing up, drops out loads of sqiggley lines on screen depth goes to zero, I tried another spare one i had came in box when i upgraded from 7" after some scumbag decided to pinch it. anyway the new one worged for 2 trips then doing the same. I contacted Lowrance tech department and was told the p66t would work but when I contacted shop to see if they had one was told it wouldn't work only on hdi model. guy in shop also told me he had been selling lowrance for 15 years and never replaced transducer unless it had been damaged, he advised me to carry out upgrade., which I have done and it seems better, works out of water anyway. Just wondering if it plays up again would i be better changing to p66 if it will work and if resolution is any better. Cheers for any advise

 Cracking weekend with the family, found a few fish then into some roaches 

 Had a great day out of Mindarie sunday! Weather was fantastic left at 430 with lines in the water at 530. Started off with 2 big baldies followed by a huge kg whiting and a couple of dhuies around the 70 mark.

Surprise catch  of the day was a spangled emperor !

Kept the two baldies and two dhufish between the 2 of us.

Headed in by midday all fish caught in around the 30 metre mark

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Hello all. I'm new to FW so hope I've posted this correctly.

I'm up in Port Hedland and curious to know if the Fingermark Snapper (Golden Snapper) can be caught in the local waters?

I've headed up to 45km straight out and done okay with Coral Trout, Blue Lined Emporer and even Reds but the Reds only come up about 45-50cm (No big Reds yet). Other spots I’ve tried include around the channel markers, dragon head, mackie mountain, Cornelisse Shoal and Coxan Shoal.

So without stealing anyone’s specific spot, if anyone knows where to point me I’d appreciate it.

Cheers, Myk

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Caught this on the weekend. Threw him straight back on the day but looking online now I think it may be a Goat Fish and is suposed to be ok eating. Anyone think otherwise?