Happy Australia day from the Oceanside crew!! just a reminder we're open until 5.00pm this afternoon. Enjoy your day and stay safe!

 Hi guys

Would be interesting to hear what everyone uses as crab bait  

Seems like there is always at least 1 clown at the ramps each week.

Here is my submission for this week. This joker thinks he is so special he can just park in the wash down bay.

Hey guys,

I was wondering if 3 mile out of hillarys actually breaks in water around the 10m mark or even deeper?. If so what swell size and period would i need to watch out for.

What im trying to achieve is to sit out around the 10m to 20m deep water approx 3 mile out of hillarys and hoping not to get caught by a sneaker set. Happy for private pm on where i might search for my first size dhui on me little 4.2m.

i have navionics both on my phone and fishfinder and would not attempt on bigger than 1.5m swell. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Harry

 Hi Guys,

I went down to the golden ponds today in mundijong and had a fish, the back pond behind the shop is stocked with barramundi but it was crowded so i went fishing at the other ponds but they were muddy and wasnt any fish so after a whilei went to the shop and i was told the barra were taking lots of lures and bait so i fished there and caught a nice little barra on my 8 pound bream gear. they are very good fun and i will be back there soon for more of them. 

deep drop boys

what colour light do ya use?

type/brand?

flashing/strobe/constant?

where do ya attach on th rig - top of trace where joins to braid? 

Hey guys caught these pair from mindaries the other night, the big one went just under 90cm but looked quite under weight for the size (7kg), but the other one had a bit missing from it, it doesn't look like a bite, just wandering if anyone seen it before?  

 Headed out for a fish in the slop yesterday, late start at 9am! Went out of Mindarie/direction bank, fished for about an hour before the weather made us retire. Was a washing machine out there, even copped some rain. Sounded up some new ground and had a couple of drift, I managed a PB baldy @ 65cm went  shade over 5kg gutted and Gilled.                                                                                                                                     

 can someone please tell me the best technique, jig, wieght ect for targeting dhus and pinkys? thanks

 Got to thinking on people's thoughts on fishing the Metro area South vs North of the river by Boat. 

As my usual launch point is from Woodies, and on rare occasions Rockingham.

Woodies is like 3km from my house so it's just so easy and convenient but have never launched from any Northern metro ramps

So is there any benefit that North has over a South that would make it worth while a trip?

 Bunno fishing comp on long weekend in march looking to be a ripper. Organisers came in to the shop today looking for a bit of sponsorship, so far $27000 worth of prizes. Covers landbased,boats and a diving section. 

 good day in the 30's off two rocks yesterday

West Australian today,  Fisheries seeking frames for research yet the dhuie frame they show has been poorly filleted and the wings - large wings due to the crap job of filleting - remain on the frame

Sorry but what a terrible example to set !! 

 Hi All,

I thinking about heading out on Shikari charters does anyone have any info? Does anyone know if they have been catching anything lately?

Cheers Sam

Much happening land based in Kal at the moment? heading up tomorrow morning for a week or so

So a mate of mine has been given a Saltiga Dogfight 7000h and a JM Power Spell PE7, both spooled up and ready to go.

(Yes, given....for free....and no they weren't acquired in a dodgy way)

The problem is he needs a rod for both of them.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a rod to match both of these?

Preferrably try to keep the price as low as possible, but all recommendations appreciated.

Cheers

Dane

 Hey guys very new to boating managed to get out to the sth end of rotto a couple of times.

Was thinking of investing in a sea anchor to help with a slow drift.

Do these things actually work or am i best just dropping the pick over ?

Any advice is very much appreciated.

Cheers

Enjoy

What is everyone's thoughts on the weather reports for tomorrow I have been looking out of ocean reef to two rocks.

Willy looks pretty good, BOM also seems to reading okay but seabreeze is not matching up to either of these wondering weather it's worth the chance of heading out.

Cheers

 Hi Guys,

Iam heading down to Hamelin Bay for Australia day and was wondering what i should be Targeting off the beach. I havent done alot of beach fishing especially down south so i dont know what fish i should be going for. I will have my 5 year old son with me so i want to impress. Your thoughts would be apprecieated.

 Just a quick question, I've read other posts but am still lost as to what sort of setup I should be looking at to kick start my offshore jigging career? Rod, reel, line and jigs? Say around $500 any suggestions, cheers in advance.

 Just wondering if anyone ownes or has been out 

in one of these boats and if so what dos they think?

Ive can't seem to find any reviews on them.

 When out with the boss after work yesterday to get first feed of crabs for the year got our 20 fairly easy but threw a lot of undersized and empty ones back also learnt something new which might come in handy for those that don't know it was new to me but made sence and came from a professional crabber if you press on the underside of the shell where the swimmers are (see pic ) and its soft and pops in and out then it's empty which make sense at that is where the best bit of body meat is the pros call them poppy crabs and throw them back , anyone else heard this ? 

 For whatever reason over the past couple of days, the lids of some of our cray pot bait baskets have come up opened . Even after further tensioning the elastic strap, the same thing has happened the following day. The lids appear to be a snug fit and do not open with absolute ease, even when we try to open them as we normally do. There is no consistency about the problem as we have had both lids open on one pot and only one on another ( we use pots with two bait baskets and operate 4 pots with 2 licenses). Have had this happen on the odd occasion a few weeks back also.

Any thoughts or advice of experiences would be appreciated.

 Has anyone been near the Yardie Creek crossing lately? Back in the middle of the year it had been scoured right out by the two big rain events earlier in the year, impassable at any tide. As in up to the roof of a cruiser at low tide, as at least one fool who tried it without looking found out. Is the sand coming back to fill that big hole between the north bank and the end of the rock bar? 

 Hi All - I'm planning on getting out fishing over this long weekend, and want to get the kids onto some nice bread and butter fish out of the souns, but to be honest I'm still a little hesitant following the recent fish kill.

Has anyone being catching any whiting / KG's / other species in the sounds and are they ok eating wise ?

Thanks in advance

 Hey Fishos

Looking for an apprenticeship for my son, he is interested in electrical not so sure about mechanical? Although he has applied for heavy duty diesel mechanic assistant as well.

He is willing to get some unpaid experience to get his feet in the door, tried applying for the pre apprenticeship but was unsessesful. He is 18 has a excellent work ethic knows everything about cars and computers, has worked for woolworths on the mandurah foreshore for the last 4 years and has excellent refrences. He did complete and graduate year 12. 

If anyone knows of anything close to rockingham/mandurah please drop me a line.

Thanks

Shane 

 Hey everyone, 

ive heard stories of marron in the Moore River. I'm not chasing spots etc, just hoping someone can say yes they are there or no. Just looking for a feed a bit closer to home

thanks

 took my son & wife out for a fish on Saturday on the ffb witch was very quiet until some tuna started jumping around us .

So out come the small lures on the bream gear with 10lb braid witch was great fun .We ended up with 2 tuna and lost a Mackie & one other tuna .

Got my first dhuie on a jig last weekend, even if it was undersize. Caught on pink/white 80 gram y2 jig. I think I needed a 120g as we were in 40m and the current was a bit quick for the 80. Before I go and grab a couple of 120's, what's everyone fav dhuie jig and colour for that depth. Bitten by the jig bug now.