well ive been trying to target bream recently, just trying a bit of prawn.

with a little luck earlier this week on prawn i decided to attempt lures.

to tell you the truth i dont really know what im doing, but i managed to catch my first fish on a lure (hb)!
a BLOWIE! huzzah!

oh and i also did a pb of 15 blowies too!

i feel acomplished.

anyone going out in there boat tom it looks ok on sea breeze jus wondring hw many people r going out an where they r leaving from

i dont like my chances but worth a try has anyone found a green bag at north mole with alot of tackle in it i would realy appreciate it back & will offer a reward

left it behind 1 1/2 weeks ago went to go fishing this morning & well found i dont have any tackle anymore if any one did find it you can pm me or ph me on 0423124919

cheers adrian 

hi all ive been slowly building my nerve and experiance and doing night boat trips out from hilliarys

have tried 11pm fished through till 12midday

2am starts and lots  bearly  and different baits

ive got all my saftey gear lights etc just need a heater now damn it gets cold 

alough ive only managed to catch eels lots of them and what a mess they  make

the real fish seem to arrive at 7am is there anything im doing wrong?

i thought the snapper and kgs would be up for a night feed 

ive got some nice lumps marked both inside the 3 mile and out  but only eels? does this mean the ground is good?

planing a trip out tonite weather permiting

would appericate any advice

thanks 

hi all

anyone know the cheapest place to pick up marine charts for rotto and general metro coast?

don't mind getting them covered myself

cheers

anyone know of a good brand ive had 2 & both have died one GMC & the other clarion just wondering if theres any real good ones out there that dont mind a bit of water on them

does any one know where i might be able to get some squid?
im not asking for a direct location.
just seeing if anyone knows of any jettys in the river or marinas, where people have been having luck with some squid.

any help is greatly appreciated.
cheers

Hi all

i'm new to this site so this is a big hello and a bit of a question regarding sounders.

i've just got hold of my new boat (6m HH) and it's been set up with a furuno 585 with an airmar transducer.  i did have a lowrance unit on my previous boat and was very pleased with its performance.

i fish out of hillarys a lot , and can usually be found off the back of 3 mile.

With the old lowrance unit , in 15 meters of water , it was great to see fish showing on the sounder and watch your bait drop down to them as they came up too meet it.

with the new furuno gear though , i couldn't see my baits drop down in the same depths. 

this irked me a bit as the transducer is a lot more powerful. 

i went to the airmar website and checked the details. it seems that running my unit in 200Hz . thebottom coverage at 10 meters is 2foot by 3 foot in old money.

not much at all really. 

200Hz is supposed to be for shallow water but you could drive by a decent lump right next to your boat and never know it was there. 

have taken to using 50Hz in shallow water down to around 30 meters , then can change back to 200 till i get to 120 odd meters , and its back to 50Hz and i'm pinging ground the size of half a footy field.

is anybody else experiencing this and using 50Hz in the shallows?

are you loosing much definition?

cheers for any replies

graham

I was sure I knew this. But somebody just cast doubts into my mind!!!!

3 hooks doesnt actually mean 3 hooks in my mind, it means 3 attachments that can catch fish.

I could have a taikabura jig (2 hooks) and 2 droppers with say a gang of 3 and then a snelled pair and still be legal. I know I am but this chap just disagree.

Cheers all

Neels

What rig and what leader material strenght?

I think I go out there undergunned with a FC 60lb, sugeons droppers and often a jig like a taikabura jig on the bottom.

Any thoughts

Neels

PS I am into a rig day and having fun

The petiton as it stands at the moment has been handed over to  Mr John Robert Quigley MLA, Member for Mindarie, Australian Labor Party during a meeting with him today.

The duplicate signatures were removed, so at the time of printing out there were 483 signatures.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to voice their opinion.

The petiton is still active and will be given to the Norman Moore, so hopefully we can get more responces over the next week.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Fishing_Licence/

I started off fishing as a 5yo. Probably started tying my first hook about 7-8 (now at the age ALzheimers set in ) and it was probably a couple of grannies or something stupid.

Progressed for a very long time to the locked blood knot but have now settled into the Uni knot for most situations. Easy to tie and can be done "blind" in the night (or with my failing vision LOL).

Obviously I use others but the question is your favourite, most used.

Even I would be interested but novices should love this sort of thing.

Cheers

Neels

a mate and i are thinking about spendin a couple nights fishin at moore river next week but we dont know much about it. i know theres a river there for bream but was wonderin what the rivermouth and ocean side is like for fishin. are the beaches there like mulloway/ tailor territory??

CHEERS

I'm looking for opportunities as well as looking at the weather. Fishing in my usual patch where I can take my FWD and my beloved dog without fear of fine or mobs.

How do you guys feel about this weather and do you think this weekend will be worth an effort for serious fishing? I will prolly disregard everything you say and go but it's interesting to see what you think.

hello again

My new aussie surf rod.  Six piece travel rod casting weight 4-6oz.  Got a good feel to it, although it wont cope for your huge fish it should be ok for the majority of fishing.  See you soon.

Rog

im going to rottnest on monday could some one tell me if there would be any salmon there atm

and any other fish i could get

any help would be greatly appreasicciat oh and im fishin LB

On my last 4 outings i have been checked while 20km offshore. They come over and ask how the fishings going see catch ,ask for skippers ticket , view flare ,epirb take it out the box ,and life jackets. Is anyone else getting checked or am i the only one. The last time i egnorded them till i had my lines baited and in the water ,they didnt like that , but as soon as i turned around i had my skippers ticket out ,and went through all the safety gear without them having to say a word ,then i said to them this is the fourth time in 6 weeks that they have checked me.They should have it on record that my safety gear is on board, then they can just come over and check catch and go let us get on with drinking ,whoops i mean fishing.

Good to see the're out there doing the're job but why follow me around.

This way north of rotto each time.

Can anyone point in the direction of a larger zip up type tackle bag with removeable trays? At the moment i have a small old 3 cantilever draw Plano Box and a larger multi pocket zip up bag off Ebay - not enough room in the Plano and the bag is too bulky - basically i'm tired of shuffling bits back and forth depending on where i am fishing. Any hints would be appreciated.

what do you do with your dhufish frames me 60% eaten 40research do we need to send more to fisheries

Guys,

Anyone have experience with these little guys, or comments on them. Appear to have a high retreival ratio and at around 600 grams could be possible a consideration for sub 100m bottom bouncing? 

Feed back appreciated!

With the wind forecaster suggesting that the conditions would be pretty good last evening I decided to head down to one of my favourite north of the river lanbased spots in the hope of landing a few nice tailor.

I was about half way through my drive to the spot when it started to rain. Only having a water proof jacket in my car I was hoping that a tackle store that I would be passing on the way would still be open.

With great relief I saw the lights were still on at the shop and was pretty stoked when I found that they actually had some water proof pants in my size and wrapped when the very guy selling me the pants told me they had been catching a few nice pinkies at my fishing destination.

With new pants in tow, I was soon back ont the road with the rain continuing to fall. 15 minutes later I was pulling my two rods, tackle back pack, gaff, bag of bait and burley out of the boot of my car and donning my nerw pants and my water proof jacket.

As I began wandering out to the rock wall the first thing I noticed was that the wind definately wasn’t as calm as was forecast - in fact it was absolutely howling.
The next thing I noticed was a few fellow anglers depating the area in rapid haste.

Extremely grateful that I had my new water proof pants - but wishing I had also brought some water proof footware - I arrived at the fishing spot to find I was the only one there - a big change for this normally busy fishing location.

With the wind still howling, I loaded up my biggest outfit (a 13 foot Red Back rod and 8000 Sustain) with a big lump of lead and threw a ganged mulie out as far as I could get it into the teeth of the wind.

With the wind blowing straight the rain straight into my face and a fair swell smashing over the rocks - it wasn’t the best of coinditions - but hey I was fishing and previous experience had shown me that fishing in weather like this often leads to good fish.

Half an hour later the rain stopped and then the wind dropped and I began to think this is pretty good - apart from my cold wet feet.

With the improvement in conditions I decided to rig up my second outfit (a 13’ 6” Moonraker and 3000 Daiwa Heartland) and toss out another mulie - this time with a much smaller piec of lead attached.

But nothing was happening. Not one good run - not even a single nibble.

I began burleying up like a mad man and switched one of my baits to a fresh fillet of yellow tail.

Nothing.

I managed to stick it out for nearly four hours without getting a single touch before deciding it was time to take my wet cold feet back home to make friends with some nice warm, dry socks.

Despite the lack of action, it was still great to get out and toss some baits into the water.

I know I willl be back there again very soon.

I am just putting this example of a petition for offroader to view.  Hope this is now to your liking. 

But i am done with you, my time is better spent than bickering with the likes of you. 

I, Joe Amato of in the State of Western Australia, am the promoter this petition which

contains 1000 signatures.

PETITION IN RELATION TO NEW RECREATONAL FISHING FEES

To the President and Members of the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia in

Parliament assembled. HON NORMAN MOORE (Mining and Pastoral. Leader of the House)

We the undersigned residents of Western Australia are opposed to into ducting the new fishing

fees in which Its 100 officers will have to oversee more than 600,000 recreational fishers and 50 commercial operations

on over 12,500km of coastline under a licensing decree issued this week, according to principal management officer Nathan

Harrison.

From mid-October, anyone fishing from a boat will need a $30 permit and those chasing demersal, or bottom-dwelling scale

fish, will need to purchase additional licences.

A demersal licence costs $20 a day or $150 a year. Keen fishers could be hit with up to $400 in extra bills each year. Demersal

fishing has also been banned from October 15 to December 15 from Kalbarri to Augusta.

Your petitioners therefore respectfully request the Legislative Council to recommend a better

alternative to this.

Examples of this are as follows:

Putting demersal fish size from 500mm to 700mm, have a closed season when it is the demersal fish breeding season.

Reduce fees as a year round one off fee, lower to be more in line with the east coast, along with the 50% discount for

pensioners.

Alternatively every couple of years have a closure all together on the demersal fish breeding stock.

Also, have a log book system to keep an eye on stocks.

If fishermen work together with the fisheries department it would work.

Also lowering the bag limit.

And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray.

NAME ADDRESS SIGNATURE

Please return this Petition to Joe Amato of . This petition must not be altered and

only original signatures are permitted. Faxed copies of signatures cannot be accepted. 

hey guys, james(flangies) and myself are keen to go dhuei hunting out on a boat located sth of the river,and we are willing to chip in $150 for both of us .As long as we get onto some good fishes.we'll bring our own gear and bait,prefably on a nice day and conditions. cheers pm me = ]

We are hopefully headed up to Warroora station south of coral bay next week. We have not been there before and wonder if any one can give us some advice re fishing , bait, direction, boat ramp, tackle or any thing else you wish you'd known before you got there!!!  Also what we are likely to catch up there.

Cheers , Adam And Jo

hey guys going down trigg tonight hopefully get into some talior maby even a shark

if any one wonts to pop down will be on tigg beach but jsut abit south of the reef

hope to c some one come down 

cya 

Dan1 had a stella of a day on the water on Sunday getting his bag/boat limit of Dhuies. Between 2 boats 6 dhuies were caught with also Harlequin fish and King George caught.

Gday all,

currently looking at rods that will cast 60-100g lures (poppers and stickbaits) effectively, preferably with a stiff tip. Will be running 50-80lb braid for some fun on either a Stradic or Sustain for GT's, tuna etc... I'm not expecting to stop anything huge and I know I will be severely undergunned in some situations but that's all part of the fun. Will be fishing from a boat and from shore. Anything around $400 for what I want it for?

Cheers in advance.

just a warning to any off roaders who go offroad around wilbinga - watch out for the little stink bugs as i found a nest of em in my hair a few weeks back -  they jump in the windows and crawl up the seat , then they crawl up ya back and live in your hair - and at the end of the day wen u lie down in bed they  crawl over your face leavin a trail of stink bug smell - it smells like squashed ants and dog sh**. - the little bastards mutiply as well i found six in the cruiser. and ya cant get rid of the smell

Young Chris has only just really started getting into fishing and still has a long way to go, but his Enthusiasm and hunger to learn has seen him already reach some rewarding milestones. One of those milestones was catching a fish on a jig which he managed to achieve off Cape Naturaliste on Saturday. Not the Sambo you wanted Chris, but non the less a good effort mate. No matter how many years you have fished, you will always learn something new.

Just wondering what everyones opinion is on them? thinking of buying one but cant decided between the shimano raider and the berkley dropshot just wondering if anyone here uses one of them and likes them?