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 Left hillarys about 4 pm. Changed spots 3 times, it was very quiet, one skip one big pike few herring and then this nice 70cm model on a single hook, 3/4 mulie, happy with that.

Anyone in Coral bay at the moment? Just rocked up for 3 nights have a 5m tinny and keen to head out maybe Thursday looking at the wind 

Also can anyone recommend a good place to snorkel for turtles? Not the local populated areas

may be of interest to those who launch down this way.

www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2020/07/New-boat-ramp-on-the-horizon-for-Canal-Rocks.aspx

Hi All,

Thinking of a quick dash to Jurien this week, its been quite some time since I've fished out of there, wondering for those who fish ut of there regularily, what the north passage is like in a 2.5 - 2.8m swell, i wuld have thought pretty safe still?

Thanks

Bodie

 Hi guys,

just wondering / chasing some advise from anyone who may have repowered their boats from inboards / stern drives to having a pod attached & new outboards.

I am working on a plan to purchase a 26 - 28ft boat & removing the engines & replacing them with twin outboards.

I would just like some in fo from those that have done it with regards to

-- approx costs of engine removal

-- cost of pods, including engineers reports - or are they included / done by the fabricator of the pods

-- any pitfalls to watchout for

thanks in advance, it would be much appreciated

regards Wez

We Obvious really 

 After another trip in the books up north, we have been thinking about how we can better connect our reels. 

Currently, we have 3 small motorcycle batteries which we sit in the side pockets and connect to each battery individualy, this has worked well for 5 years and we are simply thinking the process can be improved. 

Mounting permanant andersons to the side of the boat is not an option, we do get some water spray over the side and having them sit out int he elements all year is not ideal and not something i want to do. 

Have used anderson previously on one of the small betrries, but it built up resistance within the lead, i think due to water running over the connections perhaps.....as told to me by a reputable perth tackle shop which was on south street and sponsored this site before closing.

My thoughts were 1 full size battery in a box up the front, run a big lead down the side of the boat, and run my 3 reels off that lead, perhaps splice in 3 outlets so we can all connect and disconnect with ease.

It works in my head but would be keen to hear how others may have made this type of solution work.

Any tips woudl be handy.

Cheers 
 

 have had a mate pull out of the abrohlos Islands trip with stickler charters dates are 13-16 augustif your keen shoot me a pm and we'll work out a good price for ya 

 I now have own offical first boat pride cavalier its really stable preformed well on water tests. Couple of things too do rewire lights electrictronics nothing major bit of wear on keel from beaching i think but is still solid. Was thinking of running 2 x lowrance hook reveals 1 as sounder one as stand alone gps. Maybe upgrade transducer if possible  not Sure Deepest Ill Fish Is Probably In The 40S N 50S New Too Owning A Boat Wanted One Since I Was A Kid and Finally got One Any Advice Or Tips You LegendS Have Will  E AppreciateD

 Hi all,

Was curious as to whether there is any beach lauching around Eagle Bluff? Have fished all around the Bay but not there. Heading up mid August and cant wait. Hoping the weather is half decent

Planning to take the 5m quintrex out in the sound tomorrow. I see forecast is low wind but 2-3m swell.  Is this likely to be rough? 

 gday legends I managed to pick my self up a leeder 650 with 200hp optimax just in time before heading up to coral bay on the 26th of September was wondering if you guys have any insight on wjat the winds are usually like that time of year up there for 2 weeks and looking to do a few days up in exmouth aswell any info and tips would be awesome 

 Just wanting to give new boaties some good info or those new to anchoring in shallower water when there is a bit of swell around.  After watching a nice plate alloy go over the falls on a double head high wave the other day on a seemingly small swell day up here in exmouth I think a little bit of knowledge of swell is a must.  No one on board and no one hurt but a big repair bill.   This guy was an experienced boater as well.    Anyone who surfs knows the two hour rule.  At least once every two hours there is going to be a wave or set which will be minimum double the size of the average swell height. Copping a six foot set on the head on a three foot day is just about a certainty when surfing up here .  So fishing or anchoring in shallower water you need to factor this in to what you are doing. Ive had some near misses and have had my tinny swamped a couple of times at local surf breaks. Luckily never overturned.   Just sitting somewhere for 10 minutes and then thinking it is ok  to anchor is not enough particularly in water depths of less than 10m  anything less than 6m and you are asking for trouble.   You need to be vigilant in keeping an eye on the swells  in shallower water and I even have a knife up the front of my boat to cut the anchor rope if need be to get out quickly. 

 Geez it's really busy up there- All Caravan Parks are fully booked, turning away caravans who haven't booked a site.

 Witness a few happenings: Two boats came to a mishap coming thru the rivermouth crossing.

Both boats ended up washed up onto the reef/rocks. Lucky all people escaped with a few scratches. Boats had to be dragged off reef by Sea Rescue.

                                      : Drove out to the new Kalbarri Skywalk- well worth a visit,very well done. New road out there is brillant. Witnessed the first illegal base jumper from the Skywalk. Scared the shit out of us as he jumped,shook the walking platform. Balls of steel or just stupid!

 Tangles was flatout with the Fishing Charters and Whale Watch- no shortage of money being spent up there.

 Great  few days away- still heaps of caravans and boats heading up on our drive back.

 Today is the last day for the EOFY sale. Thanks for all the support.

Enjoy

G’day Crew, I’ve been a long time reader of the forum but not much of a contributor, mostly dhu to the fact I’ve never really had a solid fish to post about.  Don’t get me wrong, I do alright, I get my fish just nothing amazing.  All changed last Sunday.

After a while without getting out on the boat I was having a chat with a mate last Saturday, when we decided the weather was looking good, so we should do it.  I’ve been looking at some charts and had picked a bunch of spots I’d never been to before and was keen to give them a look and see what the ground actually looked like.  So it was decided, I’d pick him up and leave from Rocko at 7am and get a decent day of fishing in, while checking for some new ground.

As usual with us, a bit of dcking around takes place and we get away just after the planned time, but on the way to the first mark sound over some ground and spend the next 30 minutes fishing that spot for a couple of small pinkys, not the target, time to move on.  Anyway we finally get to the first mark and start sounding it out, it doesn’t really light the sounder up, but good enough to have a drop, so we turn around to start setting up on it.  As we turn the sounder does light up a bit, so I chuck a waypoint in (pt 97) and head back to the first bit of ground about 50m away and have a drop.  We do alright, pick up a good pinky (72cm).  A few more drifts and I’m keen to move on and see what else is around, when old mate shacked81, says “lets go have a drop on 97 before we move on, I’ve got a feeling about that”, no worries.  First drift we pick up a undersize dhu which gets shacked frothin so we head around for our second.

This is where it gets fun, straight away shacked calls “I’m on” which gets me excited as I haven’t even got a line in the water on this drift yet.  Quickly drop it down while shacked is having a good tussle, and straight away, Bang, I’m on.  Whatever I have on here is giving me grief and giving the little TLD15 a bit of a workout.  Anyway as I’m battling this fish I turn around to see shacked boating a solid 80cm Dhu.  Happy days.  Before too long my fish is near the surface (I’d been calling it for a dhu) but as a start to see colour I get my doubts, too big.  30 seconds later its on the surface and with lots of shouting and high fiving it’s the biggest freaking dhu I’ve ever caught.  A freaking horse.  Job done.  We called it a day and went home.  No need to keep fishing after boating a horse like that.  A solid 105cm job.  Certainly, a PB for me.

 Hi, I am relatively new to the Hillary's area and am looking for some tips (bait, rigs, location, rods, reels etc...) for landbased fishing in Hillary's Boat Harbour (Marina) either inside the harbour or off the rock walls. I heard that bream, tailor, baby snapper, whiting are all fish that are caught by the locals there and would like to know where in the harbour and how.

Cheers

The Department of Fisheries in south west Australia is looking to collect fish skeleton for important fisheries research. Fishers who participate and provide the particulars of their catch including contact details, when and approximately where the fish were caught will go into a prize draw for a heap of great fishing related-prizes including a fabulous week-long charter fishing trip to the Montebello Islands, courtesy of Montebello Island Charters.

Kim, work for Department of Fisheries, is on hunt of fish skeleton for the research work. She said that she’ll come and collect their frames from anywhere in the coastal South-west. She informed that the species’ frames the Department requires in the South West include dhufish, pink snapper, herring, tailor, whiting (all species) and garfish.

Research scientists collect a lot of important information from fish frames including the length, sex and reproductive stage, and age of the fish. This is all vital data to help manage WA’s prized fish stocks better and ensure there’s fish for the future.

Is it just me or are others finding that some / not all of the recent pics posted on FW appear distorted.  The horizontal axis seems stretched and / or the vertical axis seems compressed? 

Any jigging gurus like to offer their knowledge on a rod choice please?

 Looking for a rod to match a Talica 10 with PE4. Main use will be northern demersal fishing using mainly bottom baits, with a small amount of vertical jigging. Don't like parabolic action. Budget around $400.

Narrowed it down to 2 at the moment with out the luxury to view first. Tossing up between Oceans Legacy Adrenaline PE3-6, or Temple Reef Rampage PE3-6.

Any other suggestions or which way to lean would be greatly appreciated. Cheers.

 Had a chilled out day on the local harbour targetting Gurnard, such a tasty fish!

 Another year done and dusted and was another belter 

Up in the bay for 2 weeks again with plenty of great people around 

Was our 18th trip and I have never seen it so busy as this year. The drive up was jam packed, everything was beyond busy. 
 

The weather was reasonable we had some really nice days and some days of wind in amongst it all 

One day had a storm cell like I've never seen before it looked like armegeddon 

We got into the golds again and some big ones at that, plenty of nice reds and everything else in between 

Our little one is starting to like fish and touching them, future decky I'm sure 

looking forward to a longer stay next year 

Just wondering if anyone can give some advice on where to fish out of port hedland. Up here for 5 days and today was glassy and tomorrow looks good aswell. I have a 5m quintrex and want to head out and get a feed. Wouldn't mind catching crabs or fish or whatever really. Heard you can get blue swimmers near the spoil bank?

looked on Navionics and there isnt much ground for ages. The old marker 24 has a bit and a lot of people mentioned that to my uncle years ago but apparently it gets smashed. 
 

any advice or anything would be appreciated. 

 HI guys,

we are heading up to Kalbarri, SHark Bay, and Coral Bay in July next year. we are debating if we take our 4.5mtr runabout tinny. not sure if it is worth it, i would only be fishing on the inside of the reef in Coral Bay and im not sure of this fishing in the other spots with the tinny. the other sticking point is we are heading to Karijini so ill need to tow the boat through there unless i can leave it somewhere. any advise, thoughts would really be appreciated.

cheers,

Luke 

Enjoy

 Hi all

Got a mate heading to Broome at the beginning of September. Unfortunately for him his wife booked it and it is during the spring tides so not good sailfish or marlin timing.

I've used the search function but everything seems to be pretty old. Anyone got up to date advice? He likes all types of fishing so whatever is best. If he could do some bottom bashing but also have a chance at sportfishing that would probably be ideal.

TIA

Hi guys,

I'm wanting to find out the northern-most captures of Bass Groper and Hapuku in WA. I know they both get as far as metro, but would like to hear from anyone who has caught one (a photo to confirm ID would be great) from any further north than metro. I don't want your spot, but "off Jurien" for example is all I need. PM or email me if you prefer

In case you aren't sure how to tell them apart, this post has both Bass Groper (top; all over steel grey) and Hapuku (bottom; dark above and pale below) - http://fishwrecked.com/forum/bass-puka-last-week.

Thanks,

Glenn

Just a quick heads up if your in the market for an ali boat. I wanted this boat as soon as i saw it, ticked all the boxes for me, had it checked over - lets just say it has some serious "structural issues" (trailer requires electric brakes also but i didnt care about that i was still gonna buy it) After the dealer got my mechanics report he gave boat back to owner and now owner has it for sale with a different dealer. Only posted this cause i dont want a fellow fishwreckeder to get caught out with this one thats all.