after soaking pots, adding ballast, ropes and changing spots we got some!

hopefully tomorrow is better!  

Gday guys, Long time between posts, finally picked up the new boat (440 renegade, 60 yammy) and took her on her maiden voyage the other day. Conditions were ideal and the fish were on. Launched around 8am and back at the ramp at 1230. Found a nice school of big jews which gave us all a hiding in 10m of water.. Also picked up a couple of nice bluebone and a trout... Jewies went 115,116,119cm and all around the 20kg+. Gotta love Broome wet season between the storms..

 Hey all. went for a fish down local beach last night in hope of something big. Was pretty slow uneventful nite with only a few little ones. Got to early hours this morning just after i closed my eyes wen the first balloon 150m out decided to go for a solid run. 5mins into that fight my new avet overhead with a bigger bait on also started to run with alot if speed so give up first rod to a mate who always wanted to catch something big. After 30mins he had the first one close turned out to be 1.8m tiger. Another 30min on and had another alot bigger and fatter. Was about 2.4m and bloody fat. Also hooked a big a$$ grey ray would of been 6ft across.

 Day of harvesting the ocean floor yesterday, spear bounced off the head of a 50lb blue, angry to see it swim off but had to laugh in the end, haha merry christmas you lucky fish. Hopefully we will cross paths again in the new year.

 Good early morning off Two rocks. Was like being in a washing machine until the short spell of easterly breeze kicked in,and mrs pulled this bad boy up 10kg 80cm with a mix bag of foxfish an a feed of Crays .

all set for Xmas!!

 A 40cm bream from mandurah Wednesday night and a nice dhu from the next morning

 Hi guys.

I went down to the canning river today targeting flatties. Ended up with 3, the biggest being 54cm (my new pb) and the other 2 were around 36cm. Got a small one on zman 2.5" and the other two including the big boi on a HRT minnow. 

Thanks

 Went out bottom bouncing early yesterday NW of Cape Naturaliste in 50m of water had 2 drifts for a Dhu and a... Salmon. Yep, couldn't believe my eyes it took a huge piece of occy. Not sure if they're coming or going, or it was lost. Had the 2 drifts then came in because it was choppy and I was seasick.

 in close under water,to the ass.ole ,who stole my sons pots ,i hope carma gets you,first year doing pots, gone in  less than a week.got a boat rego no fisheries will not be called,,sad when people steal gear of a young fella,very bad move,thanks to lovely old couple got rego ,(not a member of any fish site) how pi-s weak are some low lives ,i know iam not the only 1 to loose gear,when my kids get robbed, diff story,bad bad move,,

Went down to East Freo the other day. Ended up with these few beauts on artificial.

 I had a few Assassin Rods on loan to try out and with a window of opportunity presenting itself I headed for my favourite Reef. I had 3 Rods to try but had a ball using the 9ft from the AMIA series catching a few chunky chopper Tailor in the low 40s & 1 x 65cm model released, some undersized Pinkies Herring etc. Loved using the Rod and could cast with it all day. Have one on my Chrismas list now.

Hope the post all ok 

Cheers Trevor

Day 4.
After a rest day we headed wide only to find the Wahoo etc. were off the boil so chased some other stuff.
Apart from a few Leopard trout and a Yellow Lip Emperor we got two big Blie Spot Trout at 75 and 76cm. Got an approximate 20 kilo Wrasse as well for a quick photo. The Spanish were still chewing and we left them alone as much as possible. Could had bagged out on them.
Had a Marlin buzz the boat which was cool and the Dolphins at the end was great. Got some more video to edit!! Photos are only the ones on the IPhone so will put up more with the full report.

 went for a quick dive today with jimmyg to a spot we know as "the retirement village" this was my half of the catch jimmyg got an identical batch. 

 A mate and I have a few days off and the first two days has produced some good fishing. We left them biting both times as we had enough fish. The second day was a struggle early on the bottom but the top water action was pretty special with flying Spanish hitting stickbaits in amongst GTs. The first day we never went more than 5 miles offshore and had a ball. The trout in that pic with the Cobia is around 65cm. Will put a full report up with video when we are done.

My brother has been killing it on mulloway on bibbed minnows lately with some days getting up to 11 in a session and he has even caught 2 big giant herring from the rivers down here in Albany so i decided it was my turn to tag along and have a go myself.

Typical me being me i like to do things a bit differently and my obsession with stickbaits is a bit crazy. anyway went for a quick hour flick before dark and ive landed myself a healthy little fish on a maria loaded 140mm sinking stickbait worked just under the surface. Was awesome watching it nail the lure and the big paddle tail come out of the water just after the strike. was a very healthy fish in great condition and released to fight another day. so so happy to have achieved that even if it was only a small fish!!

For a few years now I've seen photos and reports here on FW of Mulloway caught in the Swan. Everything sounded awesome except the amount of hours people had to put in to get one (and how many people haven't yet got one at all). I'm also predominantly a lure over bait fisho and trying to get one on a lure could take even longer. A few weeks ago I decided to finally give it a crack for the first time ever so I called a few mates, bought some mulies (because I'd tried and failed that day for some fresh river tailor) and we made our way to the Narrows area. Knowing we could literally be sitting there for hours for nothing, we brought some snacks and outdoor chairs and I figured that if worse comes to worst, we'd just sit around and chat. The thought came to me that some people really love to catch up over coffee, I'd rather catch up over a chance of a mulloway!

Went down for a few hours and after nothing happening all of a sudden my mate was on! Excitement levels were high but quickly extinguished when, after a long fight, we saw Mr Eagle Ray rise to the surface. We packed up about 10:30 with no more hits but also with a vow to return.

We went the next week for our 2nd night of sitting and chatting and maybe catching. Decided on the narrows this time but our baits were just getting demolished by pickers so at 9:30, with only 6 mulies left, the call was made to head to move to where we'd fished the week before. Not long after arriving my mate had a 20 second run which dropped the hooks but otherwise it was a non event.

It was pretty cold so we decided about 11 we'd soon head home. As we were pulling in our baits, I vaguely recalled reading somewhere that often Mulloway could just be cruising around close in so before we left I said let's just drop our baits right at our feet and see what happens.. 

We continued chatting and a few mins later there was a *tap* *tap* on my line then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz I was on! Whatever it was was big and going very hard...then everything went slack. NO! I thought it was off..but then after winding in a bit, the rod loaded up and I was still on. It must have just quickly turned in the current or something... ahhh nervous moments!

All this while I was thinking it was likely another eagle ray but something in me was also clinging to the fact it was a fish. I could feel what I thought were big head shakes but I know that the wings or tail of a ray can sometimes resemble that too.. Regardless, It didn't matter what it was unless I got it in.

After a few runs and a decent fight it finally surfaced almost in slow motion...... 

"IT'S A FISH!!!" It was a big mulloway!! Unbelievable!!! We were in shock that our plan had somehow worked! 

After some very tense moments the fish was landed! A big high 5 was exchanged and team morale was at an all time high! First ever Swan Mulloway which went ~17kg and caught on a snelled half mulie and 15lb braid. I couldn't stop smiling the whole way home knowing that, having only put in about 5 hours of fishing, I'd seemingly beaten the odds in a big way. Great times!

 thought I'd have a quick flick this arvo and see if I could get into some flathead,  managed to get 2 sized with the biggest going just over 38cm on Zman grubs. Also dropped a couple so they are definitely there! 

Hadn't planned on heading out this morning, but when I woke to near perfect conditions and the possibility of it being the last session on the boat with a potential buyer veiwing the boat in the arvo I had no choice but to get out on the water for a quick session. Day started off great with Cody getting his first Kingie on fly then mayhem followed with fish falling to baits, stickbaits and fly.
Cut it fine when I had one hour to get home and get the boat scrubbed spotless but only a few hours after catching the last fish the boat was sold!
I'll post more on what an experience it has been owning our first boat during the week, lots of piccies!

Cheers,
Beau.

Woke up warly to no wind at all and headed to freo as i was crossing the narrows saw the birds working had a dillema of launching there knowing the fish where there or chase the salmon decided to hit the tailor while my mate slayed the salmon offshore. Basically ended up with one crab and about 30 choppers if your looking for some fun with your kids matilda bay is chockas with undersize tailor for some reason they were hanging under a jellyfish school

Alarm went off at 4.40am on Friday and know better way of waking up knowing you are going fishing.

Got to hillaries at 5.50 for 6 am departure awesome brekkie with bacon and eggs cooked on the boat then we steamed out and check a few pots the boys had out there was about 8 crays in each pot then we headed out to a shallow water spot where the sambos were a little quiet with about 7 or so landed and sharks lurking around we steamed out deeper went to the 2nd spot and right away fish where around with about 20 landed around 15-20 kgs was awesome fun then the skipper suggested we take a gamble and head out to the 90's and from the first drop the fish were on with about 10 landed on the first drift with  me landing one around the 27 kg mark and then we stopped for a quick bbq lunch when on the next drift all hell broke lose 10 way hookup and from then on in we landed another 30+ fish when then while jigging I got smashed buy what felt like a freight train with about 20 mins worth of fighting A monster appeared from the deep and taking 2 blokes to pull in went around the 40kg mark and a new personal best and for me to make a fish look big is hard when I'm 6 foot 4 and 120 kg 

But I highly recommend the charter for any one who wants to have some fun!

 What started as a Tailor sesh turn into an awesome salmon sesh. Hooked up 7 salmon with 2 bust offs. We're all about 5 to 6 kg beasts. Bloody awesome day.

Here's a few pics of a good morning on the crays with my wife and Dad (uncle on here).

For a boat full of rookies we're managing to get a feed which is great.

Went out Sunday morning, was anchored up at my normal haunt chasing sambos when about a hundred metres away birds started diving and going mental. Scrambled through my bag, tied on a metal and hooked this beauty first cast. Couldn't believe it as it's my first ever tuna and to say i was stoked is an understatement. School seemed to spook really easy and kept dissapearing so we went back to the sambos. On the way back in we saw some birds in the distance so thought we would go investigate and yep, it was on again. Didn't get much of a chance as they moved around alot and the chop made it really hard to spot the school but did manage to hook a skippy. I'm not really sure what species of tuna it is so if anyone can tell it is appreciated. Thanks Jon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q8XwlDXAe8

The pics were taken of myself and fishing mate Shane on a recent trip to Lake Phobane in South Africa during October. 

As you can see, quite a variety of lures were used to catch these brawlers.  Although none of the fish depicted are really large, they do put up quite a fight on light tackle- the rods I was using are 3-5kg Bream/estuary rods, 2500 size reels, 15lb braid and 12lb fluorocarbon leader.

Headed south for the weekend with the weather looking good an managed to get into some good harpuka.

Headed out with the boy this morn in beaut conditions. Started with some sambo jiggin, and before long Brock was on to his first ever sambo and on micro jig too (helped him with rod action to entice a hit), perfect lil rats for him to fight on PE0.6, but the fish got bigger as the morning progressed so it was upwards in the line rating after loosing a few fish (and jigs) on the cotton. They seemed to have buggered off when the wind changed so off we went to find some other action. Found some birds workin on a reef and small spot fires of fish bustin the surface but failed to boat anything after droppin a few fish breifly after hookup. Few hunts on some reef systems on the way home in the hope for kings but no luck then we stopped at our reliable tailor spot and Brock nailed a few on 4lb including this 570mm beauty

So who woulda thought we would still have huge numbers of fish around Perth this time of year?! Got out with a mate yesterday and got him onto his first salmon on fly, top effort on the 6wt gear too. They're definately enjoying their extended stay, they're chokkas full of scalies and all the fish we got are real plump.

 Here is the link to our recent trip up to Derby fishing with Kurt Williamson from Barraddict.

Second trip there with him, cracker times he is an awesome guide.

plenty of fish, no real big girls but still great fun.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOL0MNxi38

let us know what you think.

cheers

went down to me snag this arvo and finally landed one after losing a few during the week and only managing to land bream up to 38cm on the usual light bream gear. I decided to try the 30lb snapper rod with a secret weapon for bait and even that was only just enough to stop this horse. I wanted to let her go but no one would believe me and I left the phone home. had it in bread crumbs for tea and it was sensational.