Next year jan/feb some time im planning to go camping and fishing for 5/6 days but am undecided on where i should. Will be two guys and two girls and i would like it to be a place where fishing is pretty decent and also weather (likely to be ok). Am thinking a place where i could hire a boat for few days also. Would it be better to head south somwhere or somewhere north like kalbarri etc etc? Anby suggestions on this would be much appreciatedd.

Marko

Could anyone help me please with coordinates for gps to get out past the reef at warroora? Not asking for fishing spots of course just getting behind the reef. Any help would be great cheers.

When I was a teenager back in the seventies, my father had a boat in Brisbane. We fished a lot in the waters behind South and North Stradbroke where the fish were ample and the crabs were large and plentiful.

We acquired from a friend of ours, a number of crabpots that were more cages. They had a square wire net base that was, I would say, 30cm square, with four triangular sides that were hinged. Each of the apexes of the triangles had string tied to them and these strings were bound together after a s/s ring. The idea was that you put a piece of bait in the middle of the base, dropped over the side of the boat, and when it hit the bottom, the triangular sides opened up and all of them lay flat on the sea bed. You came back a while later, pulled the rope up and the sides closed up and created a prism to trap the unwary crab inside.

I have never seen them since and wonder if anyone else remembers them, or whether or not, anybody knows of a shop now selling them.

 Hey Folks

Wondering if anyone has this game and what they think of it? have heard battlefield 3 is better? I just got my MW3 and absolutely love the graphics, gameplay etc. Thoughts?

Hi all,

Any recommendations for a good small fishing charters that take 5-6 anglers on board? Preferrable departing from Freo/ Hillary
 

Cheers

Can anyone tell me if Yanchep Lagoon is fishing well at the moment as well as what rigs & tactics will serve me best up there? I've never fished there before & I'm only a novice to most beach fishing (except sharks) so I'm looking to make things a bit easier on myself.

Thanks for any replies.

Hi guys, just wondering if anyone went to Walpole this weekend and how it was??  I was all ready to go out this week end but ended up cutting hay all weekend.

Hey,

Just wondering if anyone knows any good spots/co-ords for sambos down at augusta, accessable in a 4.5m ali.

Cheers

Hi guys looking at getting a new surf rod, now the one ive been using is the 1 piece 13' Snyder Glass now the lil bugger snapped at the tip over the weekend as I was attaching a light to it... Dont ask me how lol Now I was looking at getting a 3 piece surf rod any tips? or should I stick to 1 piece?

So....is anyone or has anyone been for a dive around Rotto lately or are people just staying away. With the start of cray season tommorow would anyone be in the water if it wasn't for the weather.

D9 shark video

http://s1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd493/Matt_McCarthy/Fishing/?action=view&current=GWattackingD9camera.mp4

Anybody know anything about these early abu reels .I was given it a couple of months ago by an old timer that was moving house and was going to chuck it out.

hi guys, went for a troll in the river yesterday with my two boys Dylan and Jesse (4 and 10 yrs) and as couple of mates and the tailor are absolutely everywhere from the narrows to fremantle we caught and released at least 50 tailor on scorpion 35"s and  little 40mm stickbaits with most of the fish on patches of bait out in melville water, all in all a ggod day with my 4 yr old son Jesse catching his first tailor and following up with about 20 more!! all fish on the 4lb bream outfits, we had several triple hookups and a couple of quadruples  all the tailor were between 28 and 40cm.so if your looking for a bit of fun in the river with the family thats nice and easy i highly recommend it at the moment.   cheers 

Will start at the beginning.

I have been looking to upgrade my boat and had jumped on the importing bandwagon.

8 months had passed and I had got no closer to a purchase than when I started.

I was looking at the Walkarounds (Seaswirls, Trophy’s, Proline, Grady Whites & Whalers)

I had my heart set on a 2301 or a 2601 Seaswirl Striper.

Anyway after countless hours on the net and dealing with Brokers over there It all seemed to be a waste of time and I was getting nowhere. (Nearly 1 year later)

Getting p*ssed of with the dealings over there I started to look around in the local classifieds and Boatsonline etc etc etc.

I did a search on this site’s “For Sale Section” and spotted something I liked.

I ended going around and having a look (and a few beers with the previous owner Rick)

Liked what I saw and organised a seatrial. All went well and 2 weeks later I was the proud owner of my new “Leeder 240 Tomcat”.

So firstly I would like to thank Rick (Great guy and loves a beer) for selling me the boat and also “This site” for finding the boat.

In the end the boat was about 15kms from where I live so I guess it pay’s to look in your own backyard first (Would of saved me 100’s of hours of searching and a few headaches as well.

Can’t wait to get some blood on the deck and some hours on the motor.

Hopefully see some of you out there soon.

Cheers……………….

Gents. I'm off to Steep Point in the next few months and was interested to know if there have been any reports of scalies been caught at the ammo dump jetty? Thanks

does anyone know where I can buy one of these power cables from,

cheers

Hi people

Can anybody please help me, I'm trying to log onto EVOCAM which is a camers locatea at the bottom of the navy pier at Exmouth

http://ilqtss.curtin.edu.au.8088/webcam.html

It was alowing me to log on fine last monday and all I get when trying to get on line is the message"error 503"

what the hell does that mean.

I'm the first to admit that my knowledge of computers, if you turn on the power switch they go (sometimes) and when you turn off the power they allways turn off.

If anyone can help me get back on the site it would be most appreciated

Thanks

Hi people

Can anybody please help me, I'm trying to log onto EVOCAM which is a camers locatea at the bottom of the navy pier at Exmouth

http://ilqtss.curtin.edu.au.8088/webcam.html

It was alowing me to log on fine last monday and all I get when trying to get on line is the message"error 503"

what the hell does that mean.

I'm the first to admit that my knowledge of computers, if you turn on the power switch they go (sometimes) and when you turn off the power they allways turn off.

If anyone can help me get back on the site it would be most appreciated

Thanks

 Hey guys, anyone would know a decent rod to go with an accurate Boss Extreme 400NX (narrow spool). I've got it on a Finnor 30lb, but I feel its a bit bulky! Ill use it for jigging, and general bottom demersals. loaded it with 25lb (light but I like it that way), around 350yrds.

Cheers,

Hesh

hey,

just wondering how other people have been going on the squid lately. We've been out around the cockburn sound and have hardly got one. Anyone where i can find them at the moment??

cheers

 on my android phone game excite big fishing...

should i go to ammo jetty or go narrows bridge with chance of a mulla

or ammo where maybe get all sorts

will be going till just after dark

anyone is welcome to join

 Hi all,

Ive just joined the forum, and you seem like a nice bunch of keen fishermen! I'm still getting my head around the site map, and hopefully Im posting this in the right place.

Thanks, and looking forward for chats and sharing information.

Cheers,

Hesh

looking at getting a 4000 size reel for demersals, i am pretty keen on the certate hyper custom has anyone got any feed back on these or can recommend anything els? cheers James

Hello All,

Not sure where to post this on the website, but, can owners of either of the above vehicles help me out with respective (real life vs bullshit from the dealers) fuel consumption figures?

I'm currently using an F250 to tow a boat weighing just under 3.5t and getting a bit tired of driving the F250 around the City - absolutely awesome vehicle BUT just too big for a regular 'car' around town (IMO).

So looking for another option that might be easier to use as an everyday drive AND tow the boat on trips out of town - narrowed it down to the above two vehicles.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Hi all

is there anyone out there who is using a computer based sounder. I'm using a cruzpro system on a toshiba laptop and it has been good up to now however I plan on going deep this summer and was wondering if anyone else had used one at deapths greater than 150m If anyone has any tips about using sounders to search the deeps I would be most gratfull.Just a note on the side I can't sing the praises about toshiba laptops enough.

Went to Exmouth a couple of years back went out in the gulf when it would have been smarter to say in the caravan short choppy seas (we are talking about a laptop on a 6m quinnie here wave came over the bow hit the windscreen splashed over that and dumped a lot of water on the keyboard and killed the laptop right there and then. Got back to the caravan thought what the hell, turned laptop upside down and proceeded to wash the salt water out with the hot water that was in the hose that had been in the sun.Left laptop upside down for 2 days plugged it in gave it a kick in the guts (applied power) and hey presto on it went and has not missed a beat since. It has been dropped onto the deck bumped very hard when the boat has fallen out of waves etc. I run nav programme Tsunarmi navigator (great) and cruzpro pcff80 a click of one key and it switches between programmes. So I have a sounder with a 12" screen at a fraction of the cost of the large pro sounders, how does it stand up against the big furunos lowrances etc, short answer don't know haven had the unit alongside another boat to check out what each can see.

I am looking at buying some 12 ft out -rigger poles and bases for my rig and wonder what bases most guys use , i have looked at the relax bases with the spine slot for various positions but have been told that you can catch your fingers in them whilst changing out on the water , also these dont appear to give alot of variation on pole positioning ,  the two others ,one has two sections that can be adjusted for angle out and pole position up and down similar to a radio antennae base  in stainless but dont look very strong  ,   the third only gives flat or 45 degree angle out and is abit more solid constuction, sorry no names or brands on the other two

Does anyone know what the weed is like up two rocks way at the moment?

Trying to decide if its worth driving up tonight?

Any info would be very helpfull.

 Any one hear about who's boat this one was

NEWSREADER

The Conservation Council is pushing for sanctuaries for our marine life after a baby humpback whale was fatally wounded east of Rottnest.

TIM NICOL

A vessel has collided with a... young whale calf, and it looks like it’s been fatally injured. 

This is really highlighting the threats that our marine life is facing.

NEWSREADER

Tim Nicol, from CCWA, says the whale’s mother was also wounded when the vessel hit them yesterday arvo.

Ends...

Rp

I'm planning on getting one of these to use with 50lb braid and mono topshot for medium game fishing and the occasional deep drop fishing, has anyone got one of these/used one? Would this be a good option for the fishing I plan to do?
Any feedback would be handy before I go ahead and commit to it.