Hi guys

My Lowrance LMS 337 no longer works so I'm after a replacement combo GPS & fish finder. Budget is $1200 I read the comments in an earlier post however his budget is 3.5K.

I'm leaning towards the Lowrance Elite Ti2 9 inch which is on sale right now but thought I ask here for an opinion. 

Enjoy

Exmouth 200m deep fish ID, got a few of these Cod looking fish? Not quite 8bar by the looks.  

Lost a few really decent fish today 8/0 hooks straightening out. The Chinese eBay hooks just aren’t up to scratch. Can people please recommend a good brand for hooks that aren’t too exxy? Many thanks  

Heading to Gregory next week for some R+R.

Any advice on beach fishing  spots.I presume that whiting and tailor would be around?

Is it worth taking a couple of Crab nets?

Happy New Year to all

Hi all

My mate is headed up to Steep Point on the 16th of Jan and is looking partner to share driving and gaff a spaniard or 3.  He will supply food/alcohol/helium/shelter/ and most  gear, just needs a level headed dedicated fisho to tag along and help out.  The cost is pretty cheap to chip in for.

Flick me a pm for furter info.  I have probably done 15 plus trips with Graham over the past 20 years.

 Hey guys, 

Looking at the best charter option for a week mid year for the Monties. 
Give me your experiences good/bad. 
Looking for jigging mainly and the option of top water and sails. 
Have all our own gear. 
 

Cheers 

 Hey guys, I’m looking to get a good quality fish crate for taking fish off boat. I’ve got a crate from bunnings before but the plastic is too thin and they break. Is there a place in Perth that sells them, or online?

Hi, 

Was with my mate dropping new cray pots about 100-150m west of Carnac Island today. They wernt sinking very well despite having ballast. We watched for a while until it looked like they had sunk and then did some drifting.

When we came back to check before heading in, the pots were gone. Had a good look around and dont think they would have drifted away as there wasn't much current. 

They are steel bottom, jarrah and pine pots with orange floats. Gear ID SB0485.

If anybody picked them up so they didn't drift away or saw them, would appreciate your help getting them back. I know its a long shot but worth asking.

Cheers

Hi All,

Looking to head out tomorrow from Ocean Reef. Depending on how good the conditions play out I'm hoping to try deep drop here in metro waters for the first time. Not after any spots just some general advice around baits, depths etc? I have electrics and most gear including a FCV295 with 2kw trannies set up so hoping I'll be able to find some shows of fish.

Thanks in advance. Kuzi.

 Hope to spend a day down in Augusta this week fishing land based. Anyone fished Sarge bay or skippy rock ??. Any other suggestions down that way ?? Cheers guys.

 Heading to denham tomoz for a week is the there anywhere to  go for a land-based fish other than steep point around the area or a free dive.  Seems to be mostly shallow water on the maps.

I've had to remove my fuel tank to repair a split around the intake and have a one off opportunity to get access to the hull through the tank recess to install a through hull transducer. 

I have a P66 that reads at 33knots but not as well when it's choppy with a broken picture so would it be worth installing a B60 for $500+ supply and install or would the results be negligible?

 Gday All

Anyone ventured out wide this season yet? (wide i mean the Trench chasing bills) 

Few days next week where the weather looks to be good for a wide run chasing the ever elusive Bills.......... Keeping fingers crossed the reports stay good and ill be buring some fuel and hopefully turning some reels! 

anyone seen this on the forecast ?/

https://www.seabreeze.com.au/weather/wind-forecast/wa-south-west

swell is jumping from 11.5 second 9pm monday night up to around 22-23. seconds in this early 2am tuesday morning ??

thats a hella of a shift in groundswell wave energy

anyone out pulling pots of boating in shallow should be well wary from tuesday for a few days by the looks of the forecast

hezzy

 First try at Japanese style goytaku ink printing fish.  Just got to paint in the eyes. Both caught off Mindarie. Hope i get better with practice. 

 Hi Guys heading down to busso for a few days and wana do a beach fish with the new 4wd. Has anyone fished Wonnerup beach recently ??

 Hey all, can you camp overnight on coogee beach with a 4wd ?? Reading some conflicting reports. Ps Merry xmas to all

Enjoy Merry Xmas

 Merry Christmas to all.

May you have a good day wherever you are and whatever you're doing. We're in Cairns and there's a thunderstorm and it's pissing down!. All of this water and greenery makes it a wee bit different than Carnarvon. Stay safe people.

Solid fish . Couldn’t find dhues today .didn't even catch A little one.Just pinks and baldies And black ass , let all black ass go .Seen heaps of tuna , sharks and a big kick ass turtle.

Took my oldest boy out to catch some more sandies for Xmas Eve dinner with my 90y old granparents. The bite was off but we got more than we bargained for with some nice KGs. Was spewing I didn't have some pellets to drop the pick and burley up as they weren't thick but got enough for a feed.

Just need to find those elusive crabs I promised nanna now. Scoured Pt Grey yesterday for no keepers but scored a nice cobbler on the gidgee.

 Finally a crack out wide yesterday and pretty good conditions. A good day out apart from mono failure on my braid to mono leader losing a very good fish which I reckon was a good Pinky, snapped the leader so alesson learned to replace that shit at the start of the season as I reckon it was deteriorated FFS . Anyway redemption for the deckie as he hadn't caught a Dhu banger for quite some time this one coming in at 8.9kegs

Still a few crays about so all in all very happy.

 Just wondering if anyone has some info on the launching down there? found an old post but wanted some updated info. From what ive heard the sands super soft and weeds often a problem. I've got a 5.3m fibreglass and wouldnt mind trying there when the conditions are right. Deep drop ground looks hectik 

 Just wondering if anyone has any recent reports of the landbase fishing in esperance? Ill be heading down soon for a few weeks, wondering whats biting? 

Cheers 

Had the boat on a jetty in Halls Head since Fri... basically living the dream. After working crabs for 2 days for 3 keepers deciding we were heading out of Mary St to chase some whiting.... well fook me. I only caught one as the kids were having a cracking time but what beasts with a few of them pushing 32cm!

Unfortunately the day was soured by some elderly gentleman screaming at us as we drove past the Novara boat ramp about it not being whiting season but our fish tacos got us over that.

Hi all,

Im off to  Dunsborough this January for 1 week and taking down the boat (5.3m glass boat) for the first time.

Planning  to fish in the bay around Dunsborough 

Any advice on where to head for squid and whiting etc.

Also would be keen to head out deeper for demersals, can you get demersals in the bay and if so what area/depth  to look in? Is swell an issue in the deeper areas?

Recommendations  on best ramp to launch from in Dunsborough area would also be good.

Thanks

 hi Crew, 

   found 2 boat rod holders on my way to work this morning. PM me if you think they are yours. 

cheers herbs 

Finished up last weekend with the crays and dropped my pots at the back of Obstacle reef in 8mtrs to check occasionally over the christmas period for a bit of fun and pulled the pots on saturday morning for the first time in a week.

As I pulled up the first pot a very large bronzie followed the cray pot up, nothing unusual for some people to experience I guess but I have never seen sharks at the back of Obstacle reef before.

As I pulled the second pot I now had 3 bronzies circling the boat, I was in my little 4.3 and in such shallow, crystal clear water it was a little daunting but also quite cool.

I was removing the last of the crays and saw a different coloured shark head under the boat, I guessed it was in the 3-4mtr range and saw what I believed to be a white. I have seen a hell of alot of sharks and only seen pics of white's before but this thing just had a different attitude and the other bronzies kept their distance, the only other shark that looked similarish that I have seen before was a mako but this thing was different to that again in that the girth and head were just alot fatter.

Anyway, just thought I would share my story and warn anyone who might want to dive around Obstacle reef out of Mindarie as the whole reef is easily accessable and usually has good viz and is quite popular.

Stay safe over the chrissie period guys.

Cheers

Scotty

 Does anyone know where to get the 7/0 hooks for the elevator rigs. trying to get spare 5/0 and 7/0. thanks