Gday. Thought Id better introduce myself. Long story short. Am new to area and new to this site. Like this site, decided to join. Moved from Darwin to bunbury area about a year ago. Iam a keen fisho with own boat. Have a long list of firsts and alot of upsizing to do while Iam here. KGW, blackass, dhu to name a few but the list goes on and on. Love sight fishing to feeding fish. Cant wait to catch another salmon but will fish for anything, anywhere, anytime.

Any bunbury fishos out there?? We need to talk fishing.......

Standby for other stuff like pickys, latest fishing journeys.

Not sure if I am jumping the gun or not but any reports of some Scalies comming through as yet?

Keen to start collecting some bait for Salmon and Tailor and they are always good at staying on the hook (a lot better than Mulie's)

I normally go to Eshed to catch them when they are comming through but I am not sure if they have come in as yet?

any spots or reports where they are currently being caught would be good.

and finally does anyone use them as baits out deep? for Dhuie's and Snapper ect? I myself haven't as yet but I reckon they would work pretty well?

scano

They need to put down the glass BBQ!!!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24891359-2,00.html?from=public_rss

http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/

fishwrecked.com Estimated Worth $4401.9 USD

they dont think its worth that much.......thats crap i reckon....the amount of info you are able to get from every1 on here is priceless........these guys obviously didnt ask any questions cause it has been a damn good help to me over the past couple of years......if you had to pay for what you can learn on here it would cost lots.....a lot of great people helpin others out and adam's hard work to keep it goin....GOOD ONYA...keep it up!!!

Thought it a good time to kick off this year with this topic!!! since its only just around the corner,

Who is going where this year chasing them? im at hamelin bay for a couple weeks after them

Here are a few fish from last year just to get everyones mouth watering!!

Trying to keep them out of the reef on light line is always fun!

The waiting game!

My old man and me on a double hookup

Spot the salmon!!

Hard work trying to bring in salmon hooked like this!

boated salmon are good fun too

Nice fish from the bay

Just a few pics to get the blood pumping... cant wait!!!

Hey Crew,

Gully has put up a prize for the Exmouth fishing comp and we need a decision on which photo to use. We are going to blow one of these up and print it out to be a beautiful wall mount. For those of you coming up for the comp, please let me know which photo you think is better. I have attached them to this thread but have to make them small as to ensure no one else copies/uses them.

Cheers,

Adam

hey guys,im trying to get out on a boat for the first time,for fishing.i got no experience,at the age of 15,turning 16 this year..wouldnt mind sharing the cost .dunno anything bout boat fishing..willing to learn = ]..got some light to medium gear and spinning reels ..im south of the river..wouldnt mind whatever u target.. = ]..will be happy just watching u fish aswell= ] ..thanks

Any one using van staal of boats or jetties..
Was told that they were built to use off the beach only and not that good other wise.
Your comments

hey every one ,just wondering what were the good braids out there for jigging and bottom bouncing? i was thinking between td sensor and fins prt..are they good? which one would u go for?

Im looking at going out on another fishing charter

some mates have told me to go with bluejuice but others told me to with mills

any opinions

Thought I had beter introduce myself. Been a member for about 7 months reading and learning. You all have been very helpful.

Try to get out on the boat as offen as possible but with a young family makes it hard.

Moved to Perth about a year ago and live NOR. Dont have many people I can go out with so anyone interested PM me. I am still learning the area and havn't had much success so any help woul be appreciated.

guys we have in stock in the shop atm, 3 sets of the large fishwrecked boat stickers, i think theres 2 sets of blue and one set of silver, so if anyone is needing a set pop in and grab them, they are $25 each or $50 a set

What would be the best way to go about upgrading a small to medium threadline/spinning reel, from 2500 Shimano's to 4000 Daiwa's? Anybody done this before? What can you do to them? I'm particuarly interested in high end drag washers to get the best out of my reels. Any advice?

Cheers in advance

Here's a tin of worms... As a rule I've always released females between November and Feb whenever I caught them on The Bank(spawning ground.)

I have to admit that it's been hard, but for the greater good I think it's just smarter.

Don't get me wrong.. I fish for bags and as a rule i don't hug trees, but in this case I lean on the green side.

What do you think Lads???

And have you got the gut's to follow suit??

...and then the fight started

What is everybody's take on the forecast for Sunday?

It appears the best of a bad bunch, with a fair bit of south in the wind. I have a bloke keen for a fish out wide, however we are debating whether it is worth his 3 hour drive to Perth for Sunday.

Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers Steve 

just wondering, anyone got any land/shore based fishing plans for this weekend? Like what you might be chasing, when, where you may be doing it. I guess it gives us F.W. fishos a chance to get together or drop by to say hello.
I, myself will probably be hunting rays at north mole this saturday night, while waiting, i'd be trolling for tailor and snook. Probably get there about 6-7pm. I'm always camped near the toilet block, my white wrx is always parked next to the rocks where i'll be. If anyone round, drop past say hello. If its a bad night, i might venture somewhere else, maybe mindarie marina or kwinana grain jetty depending on wind.

Few dollars worth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28503702/?GT1=43001

does anyone here ever give buff bream a bash for sport?

found an awesome spot for them in hilarys last week

they school in the hundreds in this spot and the biggest ones would go 8kg easy

me and SOI discovered the spot while snorkelling

we were chucking bits of seaweed to them and they were nailing it

in amongst the buffys ther were a couple of BIG tarwhine

we threw a couple of plastics at them but nothing to show for it

i think buff hunting is great fun and the fish are underrated (not eating qualities)

we were nailing em on light tackle and were having an awesome time on the 1kg ones

u gotta watch out if you hook a bigger one on light tackle though

i got seriously made p*** by one on 4lb!

this one would have been bout 4kg

we try using dough but the blowies get to it too quick mostly or falls off

but if u get it at a good consistancy and wait til sundown the blowies go away and buffs come out and you get em on dough

so give it a try guys

Finally went out and purchased the lowrance Broadband Sounder-1 which was hooking upto my LMS525c DF. After letting a mate know I had it he wasted no time coming over and helping with the fitt up. A rather simple device to install. When at the shop they informed me that I may need to update my 525 with the latest ver 2.4 to give the extra features for the new Broadband. I checked my 525 only to find I was only running ver 1.6. After chasing up an SD card and a Mini card reader I went onto the Lowarce webby and downloaded the ver 2.4. Putting it into the 525 was easy as when you turn it on it automatically recognises the sd upgrade and does the install for you. By all reports the broadband is a good thing boosting orginal 250 watts up to 2000 watts giving a 3D image of clarity with separtion of fish, thermoclines and bottom detail. Does anybody have one of these they can give feedback on? So now its the big wait to see how this puppy goes in the water. The boys are ready and waiting for the phone call. I will give some feed back as soon as i can.

Tez

   The latest beast from Banax

 

Legend

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Banax - "best engineering in the world"

Model     Gear ratio    Bearings   Anti      Weight (g)      Capacity (mm/m, lb/yd)

LE30          6.6:1           7         1             595             0.47/230, 0.52/200    30/210, 35/183

LE40          6.6:1           7         1             615             0.52/270, 0.57/220    35/247, 40/200

LE50          6.6:1           7         1             635             0.57/280, 0.66/116    40/256, 55/146

Biggest fish so far on the reel (that we have heard about) is a 30kg Blue Groper caught by Paul at Southern Sports Esperance

Just wondering if anyone could give me some tips on targetting red snapper??

If the weather holds up i am heading to rotto on sunday to get the cray pots then thinking of heading South west from there.

But not real sure on what depths to look in or what baits / Rigs to use. Not looking for anyone to give away spots, but just some handy hints would be great!! :)

These fish are on my '2009 fish to catch' list.

Thanks

Bodie

hey guys just wondering if its possible to catch fish on lures at  night time in the river eg tailor and what would be the best way of catching em. either trolling or just casting cheers.

hey guys im heading up to exmouth around end of feb start of march was just wondering what the winds are like at that time and if there are many fish around then we are mainly gonna be trolling for bills and tuna is there any around that time of yr

Hello everyone.

i need help, myself (Marshy) and a few of my mates want to go on a fishing charter but we dont know which is the best one to choose? we have never been on one yet and we want to make it a great day out.

We also like a drink so we dont know if your allowed to drink on charters, im sure you are on some, but which ones is the question? any tips would be great. even non drinking charters we are interested.

thanks everyone 

cheers Marshy 

Calling all sounder gurus,

Installed my Garmin 160C sounder as attached. Noticing she's not holding bottom and getting screen clutter >12kn. Could the above install location be gettin interference from the strakes? I know I can prob just drill some new holes and check this theory out - but figured some FW advice would be best bet to start with, before I break out the cordless...

Cheers,

Ado

Hey guys, im a experianced land based fisho and i've never fished offshore. If i was to start, what equip and gear must i have? Like what's necessary? I have no idea, what kind of rod, reels, tackle etc. Im not thinkin of big game like sharks, marlins or whatever. Probably anything 35kg and under. I do realise that the range of gear could vary heaps but i just need an idea. Im looking at getting 2 rods and reels, probably 1 lighter action then the other.

Thanks for any info.

just heard on the radio unconfirmed reports of 5 metre shark, 200m off the beach at port kennedy.

Hi, Happy New Year to you all.

I am keen to have a crack at some Mackies behind the 3 mile over summer and autumn. My plan is to troll an array of lures from deep diving minnows (X-Rap and F-18) up to skirts on top. I am considering using the Halco Max as a mid-water lure to sit between the deep and shallow set lures.

Just wondering if anybody has any experience using these lures as they are fairly new onto the market. They appear to fit the bill and look a nice lure................ but do they catch fish?

Any input would be appreciated.

Cheers Steve

Anyone been down yet to see if there are many around?

Went down a week ago on the jet skis, there were stacks of boats out trying to get some.

Spoke to a couple guys at the ramps who said they got a few but lots of small ones.

anyone been out getting any good sized oens yet?

Cheers

Bodie

G'day people just wondering does anyone has Honsu's mobile number?  I am meeting him at 9 later but I dropped my mobile down the rocks at the mole last night while fishing so i have no chance of contacting him at the moment.  Anyone who has honsu's mobile would you please send me a PM thank you very much for your help

 James