Fishing Discussion
rod buying
Submitted by fisherboy on Tue, 2010-03-02 13:43im want to get a new flick rod for flicking lures and stuff out what do u think of the shimano aquatip it cheap
and how much is the shimano catana
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stella and a t-curv
Submitted by fisherman1992 on Tue, 2010-03-02 12:49hey evey one just wondering im going to get a t-curve blue water 15 to 24 kg. now im thinking about matching it up with a stella 20000sw is that the way to go or is there a better reel to match the rod i dont want a saltiga tho i know there good just dont want one. would be great if someone coul thro in some ideas
cherz
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EPIRB question
Submitted by scotto on Tue, 2010-03-02 10:22I was goin to PM carnarvanite for this, but thought it would be worth others knowing as well.
Im headin to quobba / gnaraloo in a few months, but just goin with the missus and dog, and not taking the boat.
my question is this - is it ok to take my boat EPIRB with me for safety reasons (like if i flip the car whilst 4 wheel driving, or fall off a cliff)?
does the signal emited from the epirbs we carry on our boats only go to sea rescue? is it common practice to do this (take boat epirbs in 4wds)?
would they do a search on land if a boat epirb was activated?
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King Waves Kill Sign
Submitted by nev on Tue, 2010-03-02 06:37was apparently stolen from the Blow Holes north of Carnarvon a few days ago. What a joke , what type of person would think about doing something like this? That sign is iconic.. Does anybody know of anything about this?
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salmon
Submitted by sharkfisherman on Tue, 2010-03-02 01:14hey guys does anyone know if there are any salmon around dunsborough or yallingup yet?
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Tortue Low Stretch Braid
Submitted by fishing fanatic on Mon, 2010-03-01 21:54has anyone evea used this stuff? its prett cheap like 90 dollars for 500m/36kg. i am thinking of getting it on a spheros 18000fb or a saltist6500h. any opions?
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Fishing Sunday
Submitted by sea-kem on Mon, 2010-03-01 21:11Went out around 1.30 Sunday arvo on an easterly we thought was going to be atrocious but the further we went out the better it got . Into 40m with the ground looking like a desert plain within 5mins hooked into a magnificent 9kg dhuie, just goes to show they must have some good hidey holes on the flat coral. Second drift resulting in a King geordie at 500mm. Nothing for the next couple of hours until around 5.00 with a reasonable breaksea cod,ten minutes later after disetangling ourselves from a cray line a lucky last drop before heading in came up with another superperb King Geordie at 560mm.There's almost nothing better in life than filleting fish with a Broome like sunset and a cold beer in hand.
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SECRET HARBOUR
Submitted by CURT on Mon, 2010-03-01 17:49GDAY
has anyone fished secret harbour lately? im thinkin about goiin there tonight but i dunno wat to expect
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best mono lines
Submitted by danno on Mon, 2010-03-01 16:41hey all
well im gonna get into trolling and shark fishing with 15kg line and was wondering which is the best mono for the job?
is it the IGA line or berkley or wat i hav no idea?
i would like tackle store owns to help me out and also pple with the favorites.
cheers danno
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NEW DAIWA PRODUCTS
Submitted by justa_fisho on Mon, 2010-03-01 16:17http://www.daiwafishing.com.au/daiwa.cfm?page=news&news=newsArchives&article=20100210-EmeraldasRod
http://www.daiwafishing.com.au/daiwa.cfm?page=news&news=newsArchives&article=20100210-EGee2506Reel
http://www.daiwafishing.com.au/daiwa.cfm?page=news&news=newsArchives&article=20100210-EGeeRod
http://www.daiwafishing.com.au/daiwa.cfm?page=news&news=newsArchives&article=20100210-excelerDA
http://www.daiwafishing.com.au/daiwa.cfm?page=news&news=newsArchives&article=20100210-WindcastZ
http://www.daiwafishing.com.au/daiwa.cfm?page=news&news=newsArchives&article=20100210-WindcastX
http://www.daiwafishing.com.au/daiwa.cfm?page=news&news=newsArchives&article=20100210-RealFourGreaseIII
landbased bunbury-augusta help
Submitted by westonk1 on Mon, 2010-03-01 16:09hows it going, just looking for some new landbased ground between bunbury and augusta chasing any thing big sambo's, big tailor, sharks etc ive only got a 2wd so any help would be great... cheers. ps i dont mind a bit of a trek if the fishin's good.
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any south metro mulla action
Submitted by fisherman1992 on Mon, 2010-03-01 14:46hey every one just wondering if any one has go mullaway on the south metro beaches from secret harbour to halls head i had a hit the other night i dn if it was a mulla tho can any one explain how a mulla grabs teh bait and taked off
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It's raining fish!
Submitted by bod on Mon, 2010-03-01 14:07
WHILE the Top End and Central Australia have been battered by
torrential rains, a Territory town has reportedly had fish falling from
the sky.
The freak phenomena happened not once, but twice, on Thursday and Friday afternoon about 6pm at Lajamanu, about 550km southwest of Katherine.
Christine Balmer, who took the photos of the fish on the ground and in a bucket, said she had to pinch herself when she was told "hundreds and hundreds" of small white fish had fallen from the sky.
"It rained fish in Lajamanu on Thursday and Friday night," she said,
"They fell from the sky everywhere.
"Locals were picking them up off the footy oval and on the ground everywhere.
"These fish were alive when they hit the ground."
Lajamanu sits on the edge of the Tanami Desert, hundreds of kilometres from Lake Argyle and Lake Elliott and even further from the coast. But it's not the first time the remote community has been bombarded by fins from above.In 2004, locals reported fish falling from the sky, and in 1974, a similar incident captured international headlines.
The small white fish are believed to be spangled perch, which are very common through much of northern Australia.
Weather bureau senior forecaster Ashley Patterson said the geological conditions were perfect on Friday for a tornado in the Douglas Daly region.
He said it would have been an ideal weather situation to allow the phenomena to occur - but no tornados have been reported to the authority.
"It's a very unusual event," he said.
"With an updraft, (fish and water picked up) could get up high - up to 60,000 or 70,000 feet.
"Or possibly from a tornado over a large water body - but we haven't had any reports," he said.
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Any LB Reports for the Weekend?
Submitted by UncutTriggerInWA on Mon, 2010-03-01 07:54I've been parked inside out of the heat for most of the weekend and trying to get my pool sorted again after the damn palms decided to bloom like crazy again. Thinking of taking the dog for a run this arvo. Does anyone have any reports of land based action so far this weekend?
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Robbo's Sea Bream
Submitted by crasny1 on Mon, 2010-03-01 01:01Always trying to Target something new. Daisy will tell you I have so far failed in my attempt to get a nice Blue bone. I am still trying.LOL
Now I have set my sight on this fish. I am in the right area, but know didley squat about this beautiful fish.
For some reason it appeals and any help on how would be appreciated.
All I know is deep.
Next on the havent done it yet, but will try! Crossing off fish as i go
And as for the Bone. I will get you on a bent hook. After seeing the big spinning whaler (black whaler) take to flight behind my boat, and my windsurfing Gwhite experience in Perth, not to keen on the straight hook.
Cheers
Neels
Favourite Hook
Submitted by crasny1 on Sun, 2010-02-28 23:52What is your all time favourite hook and why?
If I could reach into the 'Hook" box, Bashing and all else around here it has become clearer and clearer to me that my fav hook is a Hoodlum.
Obviously it is not for everything but if I was told you can only get one, it would be this awesome, strong and razor sharp hook.
I have a stupid amount of hooks. They would all rust before I could use them all. Some people like lures, but I just have to have the best possible hooks. Up here in Karratha I even bye hooks that is more suited for down south, just so I have some. 3 Plano boxes full and I am a bit of a pig, so they arent all numbered a stacked in order. Rough seas does mess them up a bit, my excuse.
To get back to the point. It would be interesting to get a single hook preference and just because this is my favourite I am sure I could learn from everyone else.
Lets see the outcome.
Neels
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The project boat continued !!!!
Submitted by barneyboy on Sun, 2010-02-28 21:01Okay here she is. It is so close to being finished I can smell the finish line.
Just a couple of cables to replace and its, bring on the dancing girls and big bottle of champagne. But I would be a bit scared to break the bottle over the bow for fear of shattering the poor old thing. Might leave that bit for the movies!!!
I do have some other things I would like to do to it(casting deck) but the main objective at the moment is to get her in the water!!! Other things can be done later.
Iam not happy with the finish the gun jambed on me Sheeeeet! and I ended up having to roll and brush it.
Its okay, just dont look to close.
At least its servicable now and probably 100 times stronger than what it was and that was really the whole point of the exercise..
Okay see ya out there!!!
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Terminal tackle sensitivity?
Submitted by Adam Gallash on Sun, 2010-02-28 20:54Thought I'd put it out there to find out a few people's fishing habits and thoughts.
What do you think about the use of terminal tackle in your rigs and do you think you lose much sensitivity in feeling a light bite as a result. Best example I guess is bottom bouncing rigs, if you are using a clip swivel from your bimini leader to a three way swivel paternoster type rig, how much sensitivity do you think you loose (if at all) compared to a plain swivel tied from bimini to normal paternoster with no 3 way swivels. Is the ease of clip on clip off rigs and swivels a disadvantage compared to knots and very simplified rigs. Is that small variance likely to impact on you feeling a light bite which could be a good fish being finicky? Whats your opinion and feel free to provide other examples if you like.
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Where are RFW these days?
Submitted by Adam Gallash on Sun, 2010-02-28 20:52Any body heard from Recfishwest these days, are they still running? Would have thought we would have heard something with these licenses coming in??
Just wondering whats going on, they seem to have disappeared off the radar...
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perth trolling seasions
Submitted by danno on Sun, 2010-02-28 20:11hey all
im thinking off getting into trolling but ill have wait to get all the gear organised so wen is the seasion for perth for tuna and mackis?
cheers danno
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busselton prawns
Submitted by westonk1 on Sun, 2010-02-28 15:18just curious, anybody no if you can catch prawns in/or near busso and is there a special way to do so, any rules or regulations/licences any help would be much appreciated... cheers
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warnbro sound
Submitted by mikestan on Sun, 2010-02-28 13:07anyone been fishing in the sounds from the beach lately. any small sharks around. what about tailor. Is anyone headinig down tonight
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boat rod
Submitted by hemi on Sun, 2010-02-28 11:08hi
has anyone heard of a grifton austalia stand up rod 1.8m?
I am looking at purchasing one and want to know what they are worth.
cheers hemi
cutting board
Submitted by allrounder on Sun, 2010-02-28 08:47does anyone have an idea as to where i can get bigger size cutting board from?I was chasing some esky size bits.Any info is appreciated.
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rangers camping port kennedy massive sale
Submitted by Shane O on Sun, 2010-02-28 08:08hi,
i was lucky enough to get a new rod,reel and 300yard of braided line for $90. any tips on how to put the line on the reel.
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Possible tsunami
Submitted by garethgkr on Sat, 2010-02-27 22:14Don't know if anyone knows this but it'll be we wise to tell loved ones in the east coast to stay away from beaches from a possible tsunami.
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crab scooping locations
Submitted by kavman on Sat, 2010-02-27 20:44Hey all,
was going to go scooping in some shallows with some friends to try and introduce them slowly to fishing hehe. Was wondering where some places to go are? I've been to Point Grey down in mandurah which is good but anywhere else? We're leaving 9am in the morning. Bent st ramp area okay?
woodman point squidding
Submitted by danno on Sat, 2010-02-27 20:10hey all
thinking of going to woodies this weekend being a long weekend:)
wat size and colour jigs do you guys use for the squid there?
wat is the average size is it enough for a feed?
cheers danno
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Sushimi
Submitted by Bluetonic on Sat, 2010-02-27 17:16With Big Red catching a nice Tuna off Busso and myself preparing some Sushimi for the crew at my place last night, it's got me thinking. How do you prepare your sushimi and better still, how do you prepare your dipping sauce? I like a little wasabi mixed in with worcesterchire sauce, but we didn't have any wasabi so just went with the worcestershire and with the Tuna cut thin and with the grain, it was superb. I know some use soy sauce as well. Have you ever tried it?
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recreational boat fishing license
Submitted by gone fishin on Sat, 2010-02-27 15:56hi there people,
there have been many stories of the rules and regs of this license. here is the quick run down, not sure if any one has posted it but oh well.
it costs $30 per person, per year
this license covers all the fish under the new category of demersal scale fish
this license can be used to cover the entire people on board, how ever the bag limit applies to one license, for example if there are two people on board, but only one license the second person can still fish and keep fish if it doesnt exceed the license holders bag limit.
no license no fish for dinner
you can still fish without one but it is catch and release, and all boats fishing for these species must carry a return rig thingy (cant member the name of them lol)
2nd march is the date the license come into effect.
please dont quote me on this as i my have interpretaed it wrong but im sure it all 100% right, any way any questions you can call fisheries thats what i did.
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