Hi all, well I have finally collected enough heavy rods to suit all my old Alveys along with a couple of Alveys that people didnt want to sell seperately to the rods. To that end, I have 1 Alvey reel that needs new rubber brake pads and springs (lever and ratchet) and the other needs new springs (lever and ratchet) and a complete drag set (metal washer replacement as well).  It's suprising to see how much the Alvey has changed over the years. Mine were bought for me by my parents around 1978 .. they are fully stainless including the drag washers .. the newer ones that I have picked up have chromed drag washers that have already corroded (the reels in all fairnes are like new even though old). There is even a difference in the thickness of the stainless parts as well and the newer version has a much thinner spring wire (that has failed). I suppose it was the easiest way of saving dollars by reducung quality :-(

Anyway, I have gone off track .. does anybody know how totell the exact model number of the Alveys .. I have several Surf Champions with deep spools and a couple of newer but almost identical that have a different drag washer number? I would also like to know what the rubber washer is made of and if it can be sourced in a sheet to cut my own .. any info would be great

 Hi All,

Been pulling my hair out today trying to find where to buy all plastic boat trailer bunks with the 45 degree at the end in Perth. If anyone can point me in the right direction please? 

Spent a bunch of time on the hold to all boats only to find out here they closed.....Nice if they would change the on hold message to their customers!

 Hi Fishos,

i hear this morning that All Boats in Kingsley have closed their doors.

Not good to hear of a business like that shutting down.

They had a big selection of gear to cover boating, fishing, camping and caravaning.

I hope they can sort things out and maybe re-open the doors again.

 I'm going to have to splice a new plug on my tm260 transducer 

using a pigtail from Taylor marine 

does anyone have any tips or things to make sure I do 

thanks 

 Any more info regarding the tag and release of a blue over the weekend??

 Just to let everyone know...
Unfortunately our phone line is down due to the severe thunder storms last week. We are still reachable on Facebook Messenger if anyone has any queries and hopefully it gets resolved in the next day or two 

We’ve just received some new and exciting products from Vexed!

The full range Cray Lord’s soft plastics and matching jig heads have just hit the shelves and they look and feel the goods, with plenty of good dhus already being slain on them!

The plastics come in an awesome selection of Glow and UV colours and sizes from 4 inches all the way up to 7 inches, so they can be used for a huge range of fish species! The Cray Lord’s huge paddled tail is also definitely a big plus when attracting those hungry demersal fish.

The matching Cray Lord’s heads also feature a range of Glow and UV colours and come in weights from 100gm up to 300gm!

Come in and check the full range of these bad boys out!

Don't forget that fishwrecked members receive 10%OFF in-store!

 decide to head out yesterday for arvo dive after wind pulled back a bit. dived with a mate and another for the first time that asked why we dont wear a hoodie?! What for I said!! have one in shed, never even contemplated it.

anyway, second dive, head rubs reef, a heap of coral drops and feel something on my ear. try to brush, then feel it go in my ear and with gloved finger seem to push it deeper, bit a of coral maybe?! 

balance of dive could feel it oving, thought maybe just pressure. get back to boat and decide filling ear with beer is best way to sort it. no luck! mate looks and says, yep a crab decided to make its home in there!! tried cray feeler to maybe try and hook it out, no luck! 

searched the boat and found some betadine and tweezers, did the job with a mate looking in with a dive torch and being able to pull it out. second claw that fell off came out few minutes later.

anyone ever heard anything so ridiculous??!

16 crays for the record, few good ones. will also consider wearing hoodie too!

 Only 2 yakkas at the classic and one of those weighed in a 15 kilo mack. Pull up the kalbarri classic results.

Took my youngest out in the local fish comp. once again very well prepared by all the guys at the club.and some great fish weighed in. We stayed in close.

My 13 foot alaminuim boat and trailor was stolen

This extremly odd part is they left me another trailor and a fibre galss boat on it ..

this boat means alot tto me as it was my father inlaws and was given to me when he passed away...

ill post a pic when i find one...

 Hello everyone,

im quite young compared to the rest of this community but I have just started to get back into fishing. Only thing is I've got Kmart gear and I want something that will last for 5 years plus. recently got employed so I don't have big bucks to spend so I'm thinking a combo but I don't really know

i live in headland so I would like my first decent rod to be a creek rod for everything (jacks, cod, barra, sharks, catfish). Does anyone have some suggestions 

Cheers in advance, Titan

Just caught the end of the story on ch 7 news that someone was badly hurt in an accident down at Mandurah, from what I heard they got badly hurt by getting caught up with the prop on a boat and it was lucky that a nurse was nearby and administered first aid.
You can never be too careful when around turning props and they can inflict very serious injuries in a blind of an eye. Hope everything turns out ok for the injured party

 We have a Special Offer.

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Does anyone use them who can provide feedback.   Thinking of getting one for boat and holiday use so any feedback would be much appreciated  

 Anyone sussed out this Boatigo mob? only just launched and looks like Uber for boats?

You list your boat and list when you're going out and when youve got a spare seat and people can pay to come out with you.

I'd say it runs under the concept of people helping you cover your expenses for going out rather than comming across as a commercial outfit.

Sound like a fair enough idea, I'd be a little bit wary of the implications if you were caught being "Paid" to take people out fishing etc?

Check out the link below.

https://www.boatigo.com/about

Enjoy

 Hi all,

One main boat bung is looking a bit "old" around the seal.  Is there a good marine silastic to use?  It will be silasticated and also pop rivited in.

Thanks in advance folks.

 Hi everyone,

I have been a member of this website for sometime and I am a Filipino. Im am also greatful of the knowledge learned in becoming a matured and responsible angler thru this forum. Just like to hear your opinion of this Filipina who claim to be a veteran angler with 3 decades of fishing experience mostly in middle east boasting her catch ang bullying some filipino angler local and abroad (some are IGFA members). Thank you guy and tight lines.

bit of a blatent plug really but i think many will find this interesting so i hope mods allow.

i just received my copy of Southern Seafood book by Don Tuma
the quality and content is beyond my expectation!
Ive been waiting for this book for about 7 or 8 years at least and it is well worth the wait.
Its a large book with tons of photos of about 340 species. Don gives locations and habitat etc etc for each species, with cooking hints as well

i cant rave enough about it really

straight to the pool room coffee table for mine!!

website doesnt do it justice unfortnately (https://www.southernseafood.com.au/products/southern-seafood)

Would love to hear any other reports if anyone else has a copy

Finally after a numbers of years of "sticky calipers" , hot brakes etc - splurged and sourced new SS Alkoh Brake calipers, inclusive of Stainless Pistons and Stainless brake shoes.

Expensive, but why spend the money on SS Calipers and not SS Piston or SS shoes.

Now to get them fitted to my Dunbier trailer.

 Hey, 

Im going down to hopetoun for 5 days in easter. Targetting mainly salmon. Ill be staying at 4 mile beach campground. Any tips on how to catch some good salmon would be muchly appreciated.

Thought I'll jump the gun and start a early salmon topic. With what looks like some early schools in Albany we might be in for a good one. Fingers crossed!

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/fishing/autumn-of-salmon-big-lineup-of-fishing-events-for-was-salmon-celebration-ng-b881471609z

 Hey Fishoes

I'm wondering if we have a professional fibreglass repairer in here or if someone in Perth could recommend one.

 Took the family down to Mandurah on Sunday for some crabs in the dinghy got to the ramp about 6 and was surprised that the car park only had about 4 cars in it, later I did see a sign saying launching only between 6 am and I think 7 pm which I have not seen before. Only saw 1 group scooping the whole time. The crabs were tiny about half legal size we tried 2 areas pretty close together for 2 hours for 8 crabs never seen it this bad in mandurah before I don't know how long we can carry this sustainable fishery statement with things in this bad a shape. Don't mean to be pessimistic but they must have copped a real hiding. 

 Managed to get out Saturday although it wasn't as nice as I thought it was going to be, until we started heading back that is, glassed off at 2.

Picked up the two sharks first couple of drops which was good to know we were coming home with a feed, gave us the flexibility to sound around for fish and take our time.

Picked up two dhueys, first one bang on 50cm, was nice and healthy and itching to go back in the water so let him go and he took off like a rocket. Second dhue was 46cm but had his ass hanging out his mouth so onto the release weight and straight back down. Picked up 4 black ass but just the one sized, the foxy was thick so happy with that and the swallow tail was a new one to throw in the mix around the 40cm so he came home wih us too.

Little miss like to supervise the filleting (and poke the fish eyes lol).

All in all a good day on the water :)

 Who be the man on the latest version of the Captain ? . John F perhaps ? 

Gday brains trust.

I would like to get more serious in trying to raise a marlin/sailfish and would like some advise on teasers/daisy chains what do you use and how effective do you find it.

In the past I have used a couple of 9inch birds with some reflective cones behind them and I feel these have helped with the mackeral hook ups but not sure if I should go all out and get some serious teasers to help raise a few from the deep.

I will be mainly fishing exmouth and onslow and the odd time may head to dampier.

Cheers

Rod

 What’s everyone’s go to spin jigging outfit ? Cheers 

Hey guys,

just wondering if anyone has a good successful solution to stones bouncing back at car while towing. My last car got hammered after many trips up north and would like to keep the new one chipless if possible. Cheers