Hey guys, Just wondering what peoples current go to for braid is? I am looking to respool a few reels,

seragosa 10000 with 50lb

stradic 5000 with 30lb

seragosa 6000 with 40lb.

currently rigged with j braid whcih i have been failry happy with, just needs replacing. was having a look and seems like soo many mroe options now.

heavier line will be for bottom bashing, lighter lines for casting mid a mix of both if possible..

cheers for any info!

 saw two today behind Garden Island .....sorry no photos but both had rounded dorsal fins .....any ideas on what subspecies they might have been 

 Either caught or not caught FFS 

More ammo for the armchair critics with no proof of anything.

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/albany-advertiser/concerns-raised-after-25m-tiger-shark-found-floating-dead-near-princess-royal-sailing-club-in-albany--c-13762137

 anyone listen to abc radio this morning?

got told by a mate that there was a push by leon to get wire banned in shark bay like it has been in perth metro waters? im hoping its not the case and he also said fisheries were behind him on the push.

anyone have any more info on it?

 A bloke on the radio was saying his mate got a $350 fine for putting fish frames back into the water. i had a look on the interner and it said the currently it is not illegal to do it. If thats the case what the hell was fisheries giving him a fine for? of don't they know their own rules and regs. maybe not right chucking the back in but if its not illegal fisheries shouldn't have issued the fine but tried to educate the person on better ways of doing it.

Question,
Have a SAIG EPIRB in need of a batt change,
Purchased from KIi (Kinetic Technology International)
Found out company dont exist anymore.
Beacon reg in Canberra cant help have no idea were/when/that to do,Whitfords sea rescue have no idea and hung up on me because he was busy and didn't know.
WTF is going on on this planet?
Have I been in a coma for the past 10 years.
Anyone shine some light ?

Hi All

 
Enjoy 

 Crew,

Have any of you fellas chased Flattys outwide???

Its somethins we used to do in SA, fish the 70-90m depth and usually do pretty well...

Gummys and a few other bits and bobs were a bonus...

I know its not uncommmon to get a flatty jump on a puka jig outwide but could be another target species during there demersal closure periods...

TB

fishingworld.com.au/news/nsw-outlaws-blue-groper-fishi good/ 

 Looking for advice on an insurance company or a broker.

I have recently purchased a 32ft fishing boat and I'm struggling to find someone to insure it, it's currently located in carnarvon and this is where it will sit on stands for the next few months for a new fitout untill I put it in the water when a penn becomes available in exmouth or a mooring in dampier but every insurance company I have spoken to so far have said due to the location they won't Insure it,

surely someone out there will insure it otherwise I can't put it in the penn when it's available. 

Cheers

Rod

 Did a recon with Johnny doin well in the south 

had a lot of smalls mixed in with mediums and 

3 good sized .. didn't give it long . Started at 10am 

back at ramp at 12 .. like LJ said looking good for 

nice long season for them .. cheers pirate.

Hit a duo jig . I know it’s not , but it so looked like a Barra . ( brown one) any ideas?

 Crew,

I've been getting a hard time by some solid fish and also some sharks down in the SW, lost a heap of gear in the past couple of trips....

Does anyone know where to buy bottom meat/vexed type large skirts in bulk???

I've had a bit of a look online but no luck at this stage...

 
Enjoy 

 I guess many would agree that the recent changes in the demersal fishery were over the top, it appears we have given an additional 4 weeks from 1 August to 15 Oct instead of 15 Sept - Thanks. 

However for an inshore fisho mainly fishing the sounds for snapper, nothing changes. :(

 Trolled up and down the 27M contour out of Bunbury this morning, no luck getting out to the FADS with the wind blowing.

Had a few hookups on the Nomad DTX 125, happy to be corrected but some Bonito and  a Tuna of some discription ?? Marked some new ground, nice morning on the water.

 Hey guys 

Been a long time out of the water for me .

Looking at a dolphin ali boat , perth built .

any thoughts on them  good or bad .

Thanks in advanced 

Good for powered camping. I have this old (new) portable washing machine that I have no use for. Wife wants it gone !

Free for collection in Dianella

 I sold my boat about a year ago and have switched to land based fishing. I've had some success catching whiting and flathead off the beach at Silver Sands with ZX lures,                                           all small fish but lots of fun with lures and light spin gear. Soft plastic minnows work great also and the last couple of days I've caught a few herring on them.                                                           Problem is, the bloody blowies snip the tails off soft plastics and I have to constantly replace them on the jig head, so i think I'll give up on that idea.

 Can i have a few suggestions please, for light lures for herring off the beach? I know they bite on just about anything when they're really hungry                                                                               but what works best, casts well and doesnt get damaged by blowies?   

 G'day all, anyone know of any Mackies being caught locally? Water temp would be about right now as latest report says 22.9

Thinking of a troll on the weekend. or even float a mulie out mutton birds permitting. 

Went out to get my pots on Saturday to bring them home. They had been in a shallow bay on the back of GI for a few weeks with the rope all coiled up (30m rope in 5m of water), with the pots in sand. 

As we entered the bay, i couldnt see them. We putted around and could make out what looked like a pot on the bottom. 

We anchored nearby and I jumped in and sure as hell, there was my pot, with the rope and floats all shoved in it.
The rope was still cable tied up so it wouldnt have gotten in anyones way. 

Some asshole had pulled it, shoved everything into the pot and thrown it back in. 

With some other rope onboard i was able to dive down, tie on a new rope and we retreieved it but we couldnt find the other one. 

It must have only recently happened as there was no growth on the floats. 

Who even takes time to think about doing that? 

 Hi crew.

I have a one piece rod that became a two piece low in the rod holder... jigging master rod I love(d).

I was using it for deeper and heavier bottom bashing with a talica 12 using on average 24oz sinker (great set up), deep jigging and recently deep dropping with a daiwa megatwin (not what it was designed for ... snapped).

So I have two needs a replacement PE4-6 overhead... anyone selling or got some recommendations...

Secondly a deep drop rod... plan A is glue on a solid butt to bottom of jigging master rod... but need a wide diameter butt to do that... any ideas. Seems a shame to throw rod out... but a straight rejoin likely to break again. 

Cannot find a local rod builder too!

Or just a replacement overhead deep drop rod... again any suggestions. 

Cheers for any thoughts.

 Seen some strange lights over Rottnest 

tonight between 11pm and 12 .. anyone 

see the same thing ?? Cheers pirate 

 
Enjoy 

Done a run to my good ground . Pretty good size for this time of year.

 Gday all,could anyone give me a good idea about how much the stamp duty charges would cost on a brand new trailer costing 12.5 k in WA.

cheers for any help.

hi Guys.

I will be heading to denham with a few mates mid march for a fishing trip.

towing up the boat, and was hoping if weatherpermits to go out west side of dirk hartog.

I have read a bit about swell etc aorund turtle bay can be pretty rough. just wondering what the best passage put would be?

best to head to tip of dirk hartog, then out to open ocean?

or can you get through the south?

not looking to camp on the boat overnight, just wantng to get out to the ocean side to target some reds, and have some respite form the sharks.

Just wondering what conditoons people would avoid. im assuming being offshore then ideal would be a weak e/se? avoid nw?

any advice or particulr things to watch out for would be greatly appreciated!

cheers

Goat.

Decided yesterday to have a try for some blueys in Warnbro Sound  , our first time crabbing in this part of Rockingham.

We had half the nets in the deep water, 17M , out from the old pub site , and half in the shallow, 5M .

We did not see 1 crab ! Another boatie came passed us, he had not caught any either !

Is the Sound crabless now ? Is there to much sand that it has changed their environment ?

Or was it just one of those days ?

I used to see plenty of snorkellers diving for crabs out from the Carlisle St boat ramp ( how none of them got run over during cray season i dont know !!) , but i cant say that i have seen anybody diving there for a long time.

I have seen recently a boat with drop nets in the pond on 2 occassions. Not sure if he caught anything , and also not sure of the water quality in there ?

Was still nice on the water, and good to give the boat a run.

Ended up having to pull some frozen cray tails out for dinner :)

 
Enjoy