Guatemala Sport Fishing.  Have any of you been or are interested?  We are slamming Sailfish here and blue marlin.  What are your thoughts on fishing these regions?

Capt Starrs 

hey guys, does anyone know if there is any alternative handle upgrade available for my shimano spheros 14000? something like RCS parts?

bloody thing is quite flimsy and comes loose a lot..

cheers

Hi all, I have had to be around home quite a bit lately and in my spare time I have decided to do something fruitful and get back into making some home made lures.

I was wondering what everyone's favourite lure colour or colour combinations are, for:

1) Mackeral;

2) GTs;

3) Tuna;

4) Salmon; and

5) Tailor

I know there are a lot of "sales and marketing" colours associated with many of the lures today, so if you could describe that colour or colours as close to the standard "rainbow" colours it would be greatly appreciated.

Personally, I love the old red and white combo, or a gold and brown combo.

Looking forward to your input,

Many thanks, Colin Hay

hey guys

i wonna get into some sambos but would have to stay inside of 3 mile bcoz i dont have a gps bye the way if anybody is selling one can u pm me  thanks

but ya i wont to get into soma sambos were do i need to head and how deep what are the tatics ??

any help wood be good thanks heaps

dano

G'day guys bit out of my field of expertise here, chasing a 10-15kg overhead for 10kg line class game fishing for sails and small blacks, what's good and what's not?

so heres the deal, ive never caught a really big fish nor been on a boat + my b'days coming up soon so im planning to go fishing on a charter

just the problem is i dont know which company is good and which ones are bad...any advice wich one is good,

also which  is better, day or night fish?

any advice will be great.

Hi Crew,

I have just received the email below, I figure the best way to respond is to send a link to this thread with replies from you guys.  Advice would be great.

Cheers,
Adam

I hope you can help because I would like some fishing advice. I am retiring at the end of 2010 and sometime in 2011 I plan to take my 12 year old and my 18 year old sons on a sports fishing holiday over to Western Australia. We live in Melbourne and plan to tow a boat across by four wheel drive. I have to buy a powerboat, probably about 5.5m to 6.00m and I will do that with my super, anyway what’s left of it by then (wife’s not too keen on the idea but she’s not coming anyway).

I’ve got an old army mate living in Perth so will probably visit him and start our 3 month fishing tour from there. We will take our time and head north, stopping at places where we can catch a fish. Certainly I hear that Coral Bay, Exmouth and Kalbarri are good fishing locs. We are prepared to head north as far as Broome, Derby and Wyndham to chase fish and then come home through NT and so on back to Melbourne. Can you suggest any MUST FISH places for us?

We practice catch and release and when I want a feed of fish I buy some from the fish n chip shop. For the past 6 months I have begun to stockpile my fishing tackle with bits and pieces, i.e., lures, rods, reels, etc. I’ve got a great barra rod on lay buy at the moment. I’ve got surf rods, boat rods with overhead reels and lots of light tackle. Is there anything I should take with me? Cast net maybe? Do I need a fishing license? Can you advise me?

Best wishes

Richard Pleash

Hi guys/girls

Went to Yanchep Lagoon yesterday and fished in the lagoon looking at the reef. There was a strong current going from left to right, is this current always there and does it matter where you stand.

Fishing was slow got 1 KG, 2 Taylor a rock cod and a few Whiting between 2 of us. Had a few big bites but i think my technique leaves something to be desired. Got there about 6:45am and left at 2pm. Weather was a beaut would love a few more days like that.

gday fellas

im thinking about goin to the swan river to try for some mulloway. im gonna be fishin landbased n was just wonderin where would be worth tryin and if there common in the swan at this time of year.

cheers

Caught this while fishing at northmole this morning. It was around 20cm

Well the auction for 2100m of Trilene line goes to Big Fella Fishn at $67. Thanks for the bids and i will get the money to Adam as soon as i receive it.

Two time tag ,,,Yer baby

Well day 3 had the worst conditions for the comp, was pretty lumpy out on the water with patches of heavy rain. The results reflected the conditions out there today. We managed to land one sailfish. Can't remember the results from today, I was too tired really but it was like twenty something sails and two marlin. Champion boat for the comp was Trophy Hunter on 5500 points.

hey guys

if anybody noes of somebody in the fishing bussnies and needs a deki can u please pm me 

thanks danobigfish

I want it and I want it now. Fully loaded, as is. $139 000. 70knots plus, quad 300hp Optimax's. Please Santa can I have one. I'll be a good boy. Promise

Did anyone catch much on Sunday

I went out from Lancelin to some really good spots and did not catch one fish- did anyone suffer the same fate

This was my first ever DUCK when deep sea fishing!

Maybe the weather has been too good lately and the place has been hammered

Just havin a bit of a winge -

I purchased a fisherman pliers from Plats last october i think it was like 300 bucks, anyway i use it a fair bit when i go fishing but i havent mishandled it in anyway.

Anyway, about 2 months ago i went to open my box only to find the tip of the pliers broken. I told Plats about this and they told me to send it back because it was "Covered" under warranty....however there will be likely to be a cost and i had to send it back to them which i had to pay for it.

Fair enough, I said could u just order me the tips and i will replace them msyelf to saving shipping cost - no can do was the reply.

Well 2 months on got an email from Plats stating my pliers are ready and if i want them back i got to pay like 100 AUD ( fee to fix the pliers additional shipping cost, postage and handling fee). Thats just ridiculous...apparently that is Japanese Warranty - its covered but you still have to pay.

Before I get blasted with comments - you should buy locally blah blah blah - you cant buy it locally!

Oh well just giving heads up if you decide to play from plats and or japan. Ive purcahsed quite a bit of stuff from plats and japan and this is the first time something has gone wrong.

If your looking at upgrading your deepsea outfit or you're just getting into fishing then these deals maybe of interest!

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We had a bit better day today but still no joy. Raised our first sail in the first half hour but he wouldn't take a bait. Headed over to where some other fish were reported but didn't have any luck so we headed back to where we raised the first fish and raised another three, hooking two but failing to land either. So total for the day was 4 raised, 2 hooked and none landed. 55 sailfish and 4 black marlin were landed today which brings the shootout tally to 111 sails and 5 black marlin.

Hey all

Firstly just wondering if someone can point me in the direction of a good tackle shop around the landsdale area, don't mind a bit of a drive.

Secondly i'm new to perth boat fishin but i have heard than fishin in winter you don't need to go as deep to get at decent bottom fish.

Wondering how wide i need to go, not that the distance matters.

I'm thinking of heading out of two rocks.

I was just going to head out to the reef on the chart just in from where the shelf drops off in about 50 metres and have a look around?

Thanks for any help.

Ryan

Well we had a pretty average day, raised our first sailfish in the first 10 minutes of trolling but he was gone before we could switch a bait. Thought it was looking good but didn't raise our next fish until about 12.30 which bill whacked one of our trolled baits and then was gone. After that we didn't see anything for the remainder of the day. There were 57 billfish tagged on day one, 56 sails and 1 black marlin (if my memory is correct)..

Will give an update for day two when we get back tonight, heard a report of a tagged striped marlin on the radio today so it will be good to confirm that.. plus a few more black marlin caught today compared with yesterday... and the usual sails.

http://fishwrecked.com/node/22343

Well years ago i know personally i used to do alot of rod building, pretty much for myself and a few friends, mainly as a hobby and to build the colours i wanted.

Now the thing is that these days there are less and less people doing it, partly because of the good quality rods available at a good price these days and not really the need to buy custom rods and also that it seems less and less components and blanks available in shops

I have started getting back into it again, mainly since i am doing all the rod repairs at the shop and just think its something that people really should get into.

So would more people like to get into it if the parts are available or its just in the too hard basket for most??

Whats your method for squidding,drift over weed banks with jigs out ht back, or cast and retrieve.

I dont know about you...but im feeling a win coming on!  Go Freo

Hey guys,

Looking to purchase a 6500 Shimano Baitrunner and a 10ft 15kg Ugly Stick

for livebaiting for mulloway/sharks for Jettys, river and creeks.

Wondering if anyone uses similar gear or any ideas for a better combo???

Any tackle stores that want to give me a good deal??

cheers.

Deano

how's everyone settling in to normality after the Fishwrecked Fishing Comp in Exxy, any new Ideas for next years Comp ???

Fish ID Please

Caught from the beach down Whitehills.

TIA

Rob

ANY 1 GOT ONE OF THESE NITRO GODZILLA RODS IF SO WOT U THINK OF THEM ANY GOOD OR WHAT???

hi guys

was comin home from a x country meet yesterday and was scanning the ocean all the way home, and i thought i saw a small school of salmon at port beach. can anyone confirm this?

and also have they hit the beaches yet or is is a dud year for us shore based guys?

cheers

Dave