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my first size dhufish

After completing my boatsmart course last week it was finaly my time to take the boat out without my normal skipper, Hillaries was my target and the 3 mile i thought would be a good place to start. After 3 hrs without any luck i decided to head out alittle wider. My first drop at new location approx 4mile out i got what i wanted it wasnt huge but for my first time skippering a boat, finding new ground and finaly some fish i thouht was great. Anyway i managed my first (ever) dhuie from this spot and it was size (54cm). I then hooked 2 more im sure where dhuies but tried to pass on the rod so i could film the catch (Had 2 sexy ladies on board). But both were lost during the fight as they are relativly new to fishing). 

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Happy Fish Hunting

Shane (looking4mulloway)


Mandurah Crab scooping

Hey all forum users just to let you know the crabs are around in Mandurah, Plenty size lots smaller but easily pickyourself up a feed. I have been scooping late at night when the wind dies down but have heard reports of them early morning for scoopers aswell and boats are picking up there share also uo til lunch time being best.

nothing is more relaxing than walking the estuary at night, plus bringing home a feed helps.

I have emailed adam a picture to post as i am having difficulties posting pictures so hopefully you will see one soon

Good Luck!


Photos from Friday - 16th Dec

Had a great day out in the south wester which didn't blow in. Lots of tackle lost and many big bustoffs, a few were landed. Hitting the sambo's after a few beers wasn't the best idea, but still bloody good fun. Oh, and notable mention must go to super dhue, what a classic...



Sambo Pic's 3

So many photos, make sure you check the image galleries to see whats new..
G's 2nd

 
The third was on its way
 
G's Tagged sambo
 
Big sambo's on jig
 


Sambo Pic's 2

Mark 1st on a sinker
 
Bolts with a big jigged sambo
 
Jigged Sambo
 
G's 6th on Jig
 


Sambo Pic's

Bolts Sambo on Jig
 
Mark with number 2 sambo
 
Sambo on a skirt!
 
G's 9th on Jig
 


Saturday Fishing - Sambo's

Well, what a day.. Back from down south and straight into the sambo jigging action.. An action packed day awaited us, first thing the trailer wheel decided to pack it in, 20 minutes later we were back in action.. On the way to rotto we saw heaps of baitballs and 2 hammerheads cruising around with absolute magic conditions..  Once out at the sambo grounds it was on for young and old with 20kg + fish being brought in and hooked up on constantly.. After landing a few monsters and losing a few jigs I tried some new ideas, mainly putting a hook on a sinker and jigging that, well, didn't take long at all.. we now have a substitute for losing jigs to the wreck all the time.. later in the day i also tried using a trolling skirt with a bit of weight on it to jig, no problemo, sambo's on skirts.. With them like they are out there at the moment, you can practically jig anything in front of them and hookup.. I have about 45 photos to go through, so will post some up soon..

Magic day on the water!!!

G Sambo
Biiiiiiig Sambo


Where's my GT???

WEnt up to Exmouth last week. Was hoping to get into a GT or two. Found them but not in a frenzy mood. Managed one miss hit. Not long after that this critter jumped on my 150gm popper.

Shark on GT popper
 


Late Morning Sambo Jig

Another big Sambo
Another gribbo jigged samboMy Last Sambo
Gribbo's Monster Sambo
Sambos??
I thought i had a shark on the end of my sambo, but it turned out to be 3 of his mates.. was an awesome sight..we also bumped into josh brunyzeel out there today and let him in on where the fish were, glad to see you got into them.. Was an great day to be on the water!


Mid Morning Sambo Jig

Another Gribbo sambo
The middle session provided more sambo action, triple and double hookups.. They were certainly aggregating all right, bolts got the proof of that.. :)  We then went out to the fads and saw one dolphinfish landed (not by us, on a mulie with berley) we tried trolling for a while and had no luck.. the fish the other guy caught was around 3kg and a decent fish with a few jumps.. Not bad.. after no luck we decided to go back into the sambo grounds where nearly half of the perth boating fleet assembled..  Some awesome dolphin schools that were bow riding on the way in made it pretty awesome after a pretty good mid morning session..


Early Sambo Jig

Bolts's Big Jigged Sambo
Triple hookup sambos, 2 bustoffs and a pinky from the bottom which was very unlucky with the bottom half of the rig being snapped off.. 


X-Mas eve snapper....

Scored a spot on a kevlar cat and fished for snapper this morning.......pulled one beauty for the day.....was hard work searching for fish and hoping they bite.....

7kg and 77cm

cockburn pinkie.....
 


Newman watering hole

This is a nice watering hole near Newman. Saw a bloke fishing here once but I reckon the swimming and diving would be far better. Recognize anyone Ad's?

3 pools
tough day at the office
3 pools
Nice


Fridays Catch

Had a great day out in the south wester which didn't blow in. Lots of tackle lost and many big bustoffs, a few were landed. Hitting the sambo's after a few beers wasn't the best idea, but still bloody good fun. Oh, and notable mention must go to super dhue, what a classic...


Back from Steep Point

spin stick
snapper
Graham's Best Fish
Spanish anyone?
sharked
Back from Steep Point where 2 of us managed about 2 macs a day apart from the 1st day where sharks and gaff shots lost a few fish.  Spent 2 hours fishing the cliffs on the 4th day, which was a nice change of scenery, but no quieter with a good pinkie on my 2nd cast. The highlight was probably on the last morning, when a 12kg mac launched a meter out of the water with my lure in his mouth and the gave me heaps of stick on my herring rod and 10kg mono. A great gaff shot 10mins later had my first spaniard on lure and our bag limit reached.


back to onslow

well me and a few of the pilbra pirates are going for a qick dash to onslow ,hopefully leaven at 4.30 tomorrow morning

not expecting to much ,but am hoping the wind gods are in a good mood .

staying in town .

will be heading outside early early for abit of a bottom bash ,then once the expected wind turns will troll back to the coast and see if we cant pick up a few mudcrabs in the creeks ,ARH muddies 4 chrissie is a lovly thought,anyway ive been tolled a few different ways to keep these lovely tasting creatures,edible.so they will still be tastey for chrissie lunch ,but i am a bit confused what is the best way to go about it,has anyone got any suggestions! it would be most appreciated,  i.e do i cook em then freeze or do i freeze em raw etc

am thinking a few of you must know some clues ,reckoning along the lines of how you keep blue mannas would be a good start

cheers mitch.........

p.s HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE A FEW GOOD PICS TO POST UP AN HAVE A BIT OF A BRAGG


Saturday Fishing

Going for a fish down on the 3 mile tomorrow.. Will take the camera and see whats about.. Tight lines if your out fishing this weekend!


Pinkies on plastic

Been reading up on this pinkies on soft plastic trick the east coast guys have been bragging about.


Found a few fish in the burley trail over the weekend, so cut off the snelled floater and tied on a rubber shad. White one didnt get a touch but a few minutes of bounching a red/pink one we came up tight. Big grin 

Rubber pinkie
 


Marlin Photos

Check out the array of marlin photos submitted from Tony H..  Clayton Dodd's awesome fish from Cairns.. Heres one of the photos, http://fishwrecked.com/image/tid/49

Clayton Dodd's 850 pounds of Cairns magic!
 


Sundays Fishing Photos - October 23rd



Some of the magic fishing we experienced out behind Rottnest on Sunday 23rd, October 2005.  There were hundreds of dolphins jumping, whales free launching, triple and double header 5kg+ skippy, mulloway, dhufish, samsonfish, shovelnose sharks and fish caught whilst jigging.. One of the best days we've had out on the water for quite some time, pure Magic!


Sunday Fishing - Mulloway!

Going fishing tomorrow.. Looks like the weathers going to be pretty good and from what i've heard, every man and his dog will be out there..

We are heading wide and might do some trolling and jigging if we can find the big sambo schools that are out there at the moment..

BOM says:
Sunday:  NE winds 8/13 knots tending N/NW'ly late morning before shifting W/SW at 10/15 knots during the afternoon. Seas to 1.0m. Swell 3.0m, easing to 2.0m during the day.

Ocean Outlook
Sunday:
WSW 2.5m 2.0m 2.0m 12 11 11 ENE 8-12kn W 4-8kn SE 4-8kn
Dont really know who to believe, but it should be good to get out there regardless.. Will post some pictures if we get into some..

Tight lines for everyone fishing this weekend.


Exmouth Rnd 2

Well back from my trip, didnt take many photos but heres one of the goldens i got .

Also managed some cobia, spanglies, BIG sharks, big gold spots, small gt's and a few other species too.

cheers

goldentreva
 

 


Saturday Fishing

Looks like Saturday is going to be the go for the weekend..

Ocean Outlook Says:
Sat 8th SW 2.0m 2.0m 2.5m 11 11 15 ENE 4-8kn W 8-12kn W 8-12kn
We are thinking about heading wide, but are under some time constraints and have to be back relatively early.. A few decisions need to be made about where to fish.. But tomorrow is certainly the day.. Will keep you posted on how we go.. Tight lines crew.


Long Weekends Fishing

Well, im off down to 'sunny' Walpole tomorrow, probably to do some black breaming, maybe go over to the 'infamous' skippy rock and will probably get some spotlighting done, depending upon conditions.  Might have to go to some of the ol' secret spots to see if I can't find any big blackies, kg's or silver bream..

And if not, getting plenty pissed for the grand final should be good, Carrn the Eagles, atleast beat Sydney, they suck.

Taking an assortment of soft plastics down to give them a test out and a few small hardbodies.  Never been a huge fan of them, but might be worth a shot if the bite is heating up.  Will take the trusty camera, just incase.

Anyway, Hope you all have a good weekend and get into some fish..  Will leave Sam incharge of the site, so hopefully everything will run smoothly.. Let us know how you go!!

Tight lines,
Adam


Weekend Fishing 18-19 Sept

Anybody going for a fish this weekend?

Best of luck if you are.. Looks like Saturdays gonna be pretty horrid and Sunday might be a goer.. let us know if you get out or catch anything..

Tight Lines!


exmouth marlin


a mate caught this marlin a month or two ago . got it aon a red an white bibbed minno.

as you would expect a hard mouthed fish like this to pull the hooks it couldnt .

first jump out of the water it spun in the air lassooing itself back onto one of the trebbles of the lure witch was hooked up just in front of the gillplate.if ya look carefully at the pic you can see where the leader went arond behind the dorsal fin.jack had a hell of atime getn it boat side due to the fact of the position of the leader.fish basicaly had its head.if ya know what i mean
JACK THE LUCKY #$%$#@$$%^^&

jacks marlin 


Sharky Battle Wounds

average sharky i got up north about a month ago, took a halco streaker(40g i think) of which the knot un-tied itself upon boating it luckily. As you can see it has a bit of a gaff wound(made worse by it flipping everywhere)

If it werent for the blood, it would make a nice shot with the shadow of my rod and reel behind it, which wasnt intentional .

Sharky on halco streaker




Onslow

 
If ya ever get to onslow and the wind gets up or you got a boat load of kids or just havnt got the time or boat length to really get out there.  Dont under estamate the salt jetty. Its only 5 minutes from the boat ramp. Ive seen bait balls getn busted up many times, also a great night fishing spot. Ive caught everthing from oversize bream ,black jew and my pb cobia 17kg all out of boats under 13ft


Ive had several bust offs using wire with things that were put simply" unstopable"

Best day there saw 2boated cobia 1 lost cobia due to fact it was a double hook up with no gaff no net and three slightly inebeeerated yobos bussling for room on a12 ft tinnie with a 6 horse power packed outboard on the back great day. great black jew haunt.

all caught on a black 70grm halco twisty
 



Pnt Samson

cement bag
hooked 2 at once me back still pingin
Went to pnt samson for a couple of days last week . had a great time .realy had no idea where to fish so basicaly just headed for the horizon .did a bit of bottom fishing plus trolling . weather was nice .wind was not .averaged 15 to 20 knots . no size reds heaps of small spangled emps a couple of rankin cod. trolled up a heap of mack tuna,trevally .and just one decent mackie.would of prefered to be postn up pics of some big reds but heres  a couple anyway