Hey fish wrecked crew heading up to coral bay for the holidays and goin a bit blind any tips good beaches to fish some essential fishing gear lures ect?

Saturday is looking very good.

What is everyone up to?

I'm heading out wide, picking up mates at rotto then going for a straight hook freedive at a FAD, then trolling to dhuey spot maybe via a quick jig at the containers.

Any tips or techniques for the troll, I was going to drag a homemade flasher and run a 6m red head diver, a bellyflap rigged skirt, and some smaller skirts on the lighter gear.

 

hey was just wondering if anyone had any info on how to make your own mackie rigs. going to kalbarri and really keen to give it a crack the catch one for chissy haha. any info would be helpful cheers

Gday,

Over the last couple of months Ive been catching heaps of undersize Mulloway..........probably about 5 undersize to every size.

Does anyone know roughly how long does it takes for a 30-40cm mulloway toreach 50cm?

Cheers

Hi All...

Is there anyone out there who can give me their feedback on the new Simrad gear (NSE 15" screens and 2~3kw Chirp t'ducers)? 

anyone from bunbury that knows were the tailor are nibbling at the moment?

just a quick question can you fish on the 15th for demersals or is it the 16th

 Hi all

Heading to Rotto for a few days this week and hoping to wet a line and get stuck into some fish. Whiting, Tailor etc.

Has anyone had luck recently? Staying around Longreach and don't want to be walking or riding too far so if anyone knows any good spots to have a go at that would be a huge help as I struggled from Fays Bay and Ricey Beach last year. Otherwise just general areas east/west etc 

Cheers 

Pezdog

Was wondering if anyone knew whether there is a size limit or what the bag limit is on boarfish ? Saw a couple the other day and they are nice to eat but too scared to take them in case i get hung! Pretty sure they arent covered by the demersal ban ? anyone know for certain cos i didnt see them mentioned on the fisheries guide at all

any info appreciated

Im getting a TLD 25 very soon but need to know what the best line to used on it. keep in mind this reel is 100% balooning reel.

Went to garden island today at 7am, conditions were less than perfect but we knew that

headed out to the back of garden and puled a nice coral trout? fought really hard for its size. after a pic it was released

Swell was huge so we headed to the front and got spooled by something rather large on the bottom so probably a ray

got some bait for next time

I think i Saw Quindiesel Brad in his 670 Quinny and Boutime at the woodies ramp too.

How did everyone else go

Cheers

Ben

Gday guys

We are heading to cervantees over the christmas new years period and are wanting to set a few pots for some crays.

Just chasing a bit of advice on what would be good depths at that time of year to get  a few.

We will only have a 12ft tinnie so wont be going out to far. And i am not asking for peoples spots here just a rough depth that we should start looking.We are only new to catching crays.

anyone have any info on what works for our 3 mile skippy, should be able to tackle bigger and better fish soon, but skips are good fun on light gear, what shitty winds for next week

what is the best method of dispatching crays ?

Hi all has anyone got any sambos of gemini wreck lately thinkin of headin out there tomoz arvo for a look ? And if anyone knows any places along here for sambos in reach of a tinnie any info would be good cheers

I've had a gutful of eating Tailor lately and after losing 4 sets of gangs tonight, (it's going off around here on the beaches at sunset) my last cast produced a nice Eagle ray. I took it home and de-winged it, lightly floured and deep fried....not bloody bad, tastes a bit like Squid and/or Abalone with the same texture, I was suprised. Now I got about 4kg left to experiment with on some better recipes........first ray I've actually eaten out of the tons I've caught, might even eat another one some time

Heading out tomorrow Morning , gonna target crays with the loop (my max working depth is 8m) and then try for some sandwhiting or vice versa, any suggestions where I should head.
Launching from Ocean Reef with a 5m.

Hey guys, im heading up to Kalbarri on boxing day. Just wondering if the fishings going off at the moment. havnt herd any reports laterly.
If you know anything would be good cheers.

was wondering if anyone knows the weed situation at these places as were looking at going for a fishing trip tonight

Here is an example of having a go despite. Evening catch NOR with a combo of Mullies and a Halco twistie. Largest Tailor went 58cms so I am wrapped for this time of year.

hey there guys heading up to ledge point over the w/e and was wondering what types of fish you can get up there and if theres any spots around land based will have the tinny with us but dont want any co ords just areas that might hold fish Cheers guys

Me - on sunday i will be launching at Woodman's Point with a mate and my young bloke, and heading out around Garden Island / Carnac Island in search of some KG's, skippy and sand whiting.  Might throw a lure out the back whole we go.  if the sea breeze is in earlier than we are ready to finish I think we'll come back into the sound and give southern flats a go.

tight lines everyone

Looking at upgrading my young blokes bream rod & reel for christmas. I've got an Okuma Hardstone HS-30 already that I'm going to give him & am looking for a decent rod to put it on that will cost $100 or less. I've narrowed it down to two rods, the 2pce 6'6" Pflueger Trion 2-4kg (PFLT-SP662L) or a 2pce 7' Wilson LCS 2-8lb (both $99 each). I've read good things about the Pflueger but can't find any reviews on the Wilson, though it does look & feel pretty good in the store. Does anyone have (or had) either of these rods that can give me thier personal opinion about them? I'm open to other rod suggestions to but it must be 2pce & top dollar is $100. Christmas for 4 kids is a budget killer.

If anyone wants to give me thier thoughts on the Hardstone HS-30 as well would be great. I've only bait fished with it once & didn't catch anything significant enough to test it properly. Would it handle Fireline ok or best to stick to mono?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Enjoy

Got a text from a mate a couple of nights ago to say that his younger brothers mate had captured an 86cm Red Bass from back beach in Karratha. I must admit, I was extremely sceptical about the claim and thought maybe they'd confused it with a monster mangrove jack but low and behold, I got sent a couple of photos which supported the story. A rare capture up here I would say, and especially landbased on 10lb line. Besides Exmouth and Ningaloo the only places I've seen them regularly encountered around here are the Monte Bello Islands and way offshore at Glomar Shoals. The whole time I've GT fished and dived Karratha/Dampier I've never come across one. 

Hey im heading to the dawesville cut this saturday with a few mates chasing tailor, mulloway etc just wanted to know if anyones caught any mullas there and if theres any specific spots to fish for them any help will be appreciated

not gonna mention wen it happened but im so glad to hear an investigation was launched regarding the theft of ppls hard earnt ct crays. the boats in question were reported and evidence inc gps points and float id and rego of boat and vehicles have been passed on to help nail these prix. please anyone who suspects any wrong doing eg pull too many pots etc please report it to fisheries immediately include as much evidence as u can inc boat rego, description of ppl or photo and pot id number and gps points car rego etc fisheries are fully aware of the problem but its a big ocean so do what u can without risking your safety, to make sure these buggas go down hard. thanks and sorry bout spelling but fone upload is shit lol j happy fishn merry christmas to all fw and ft friends

FW Crew,

Thinking of updating my Lowrance sounder, had her for five years or so and been good but think i might go with the flow and grab me a new cheapish colour job.

I like the lowrance that I had but a mate has just bought a GME for under a grand and was wondering if anyone can tell me if they have bought any other breeds that would be comparable. I know its usually a case of you get what you pay for but I sure you guys have experience with models you could perhaps recommend.

Timboon

With all the Furuno vs HDS discussion / banter that regularly raises it's head, it might pay to throw the new option into the mix ?

Looks like the sounder gap may have been bridged a bit, no ?

New Lowrance HDS Gen2 - click here

Report of Lowrance's Announcement