Hey All

Got out on wednesday and finally got some good weather, the last two times iv been out the weather has been completely wrong to the report so it was great to have such beautiful weather on wednesday. The plan was to go OVER THE EDGE but upon getting out there and doing a few drops the current got the better of us, we couldnt even hold bottom with 100oz. We decided to head in shallower and do some jigging for ambers and whatever else was around. I'v been jigging alot of ambers in the past couple of months and over the past 3 years have definatly noticed a big increase in the size of the fish and how much the fishery is growing out there which is great to see. Arriving at my mark the bottom just completely lit up. We jigged the spot for about 4 hours and resulted in over 20 sambos boated and about 10 ambers of good size, we also got some great pinkies on the bait and a few on jigs. We noticed Plenty of whales out there travelling in numbers along with heaps of dolphins, Water temp is still up around the 21c,  Anyway here's a few pics of the day out.

We also caught this funky little red fish which i dunno what it is, iv caught one once before but not sure?

 had a great day out today nothing huge, but great weather!!!didnt fish any deeper than 13mtrs! 

 hi guy

just want to share the fun we had today at a private pond landing GTs using ultra light tackle

Rod: AJN Stealth Carbon 5ft (0.4-1pe)

Reel: Pflueger patriarch 9530

Line: Tuf Line xp 20lbs

Leader: Ajn Power Clear FluoroCarbon 40lbs

Hook: Owner Circle Hook debard

20pcs of GTs (avg 3-6kg)

5pcs of Fingermark Snapper (avg 2-5kg)

1pc Queenland Grouper (baby 3kg)

2pcs Barramundi (avg 5-7kg)

all fishes are CnR

Hey crew here's a quick report on my last trip out Monday 4th July...

I had a couple of days of at the start of the week and was keen to get amongst it but the weather and conditions were not on my side...

My mate Mak (aka Fishncrazy) was with me for this trip we left the ramp at 10am a late start due to a screaming 15 - 20 knot cold South East wind, and as we thought at about 6 mile out the ocean turned into a giant washing machine with 2.5 - 3m swell meeting a roaring south east 1.5 - 2m chop making for a uncomfortable ride out.

I dedided not to head far with the conditions the way they were and headed to a few marks about 7 mile out which I hadn't fished for a while and were worth a look and would also mean a quick trip home if the conditions got any worse....

First mark my HDS was showing hard flat coral bottom in 20m with the odd rise/ledge holding bait with 1 or 2 decent fish holding close to the bait which is always a good sign....

So I set the drift and decided to use Butterfly Jigs while Mak stuck to plastics, the call was we would give it an hour or so and if no action we would and head home considering how bitterly cold the wind was and the battering we were getting home seemed a much better option at this stage.....

That was untill Mak's 2nd drop on plakkie resulted in his PB Coral Trout a 690mm 5.5kg model which are a rare catch from around Dongara unless you know where to look....

10 minutes later it was my turn to have my butterfly jig smashed mid water by this solid little 560mm Coral Trout - good fun on PE2.... So by now spirits were high and we decided to FISH ON!!!!

After the 2 Trout we found a school of Dhu fish in 17m and after catching and releasing a few pup Dhu's this 5kg Dhu nailed Mak's plakkie...

Things went quiet for a while after the last Dhu was caught so after a quick "sound for ground" I found a nice tight ball of fish sitting well off the bottom in 25m on the HDS, as soon as Mak dropped his plakkie 2 jigs up and he was on to this healthy little 4 kg Sambo...

Next drop Mak hooks up to this bigger 8kg model on plakkie while I persisted with jigs..

It's always awesome to watch a 15 kg Sambo chase and hit my jig only 2 m below the boat even if this one failed to hook up, we still had a ball catching and releasing 3 or 4 more rat Sambos on PE1...

What a way to finish the day with Mak nailing yet another Trout this one going 650mm on the last few drifts of the day talk about stoked 3 Trout off Dongara in 1 day is un heard of!!! 

So yet another great day in the bag despite some trying conditions with 2 x Trout and a Dhu released into the esky and even better we didn't have to travel very far, and yes Mak definately had the touch this day...

I did lose a couple of big fish due to fish spitting the jig but it's always great putting mates onto fish especially a new Coral Trout PB (which Mak's been after for a while).. 

Thanks for the read as always crew...

Cheers Lloyd aka - Twitchy

Thanks to a kind break delivered to us by the Gods of wind & ocean we were able to get out & kick start this comp set up by Dave from Xtreme Coolers. I have the 210L Macky Box model & what a pearler she is, purchased for fishing on the tub, extended camping trips & boozy parties!!

Holds the goods with ease, room for shed loads more, sits 3 blokes easy (with dead jigging arms) & makes a great mobile filleting bench.

Cheers Dave for setting up this comp & donating some sick prizes, next pic I hope to have 2 x 20kg monsters in there mate... ahh dreams

 well first trip for the season ,was a solo mission and they where on the chew !!!!!!!

 looking the goods for the next week ive just flown in and im keen as mustard to get into some pinkys have you guys heard of any around the three mile yet!!!!!!!!!!! and where are the pros pots sitting,ill post some pics in the next week of the huge pinkies ha ha !!!!!!!!

Picked up this little fella 13kg on the way back to the ramp from the pipe line. On a Halco 190 laser pro.

 My usual fishing buddy, FW member aka Goatlobster, and I had planned to head out this morning for our first Snapper bash this season as there have been whispers of good fish being caught in the sound and the break in the weather looked promising in the forecasts. Well he got sick a couple days ago and had to bail and i was iffing and ahhing about going so early in the morning as i didnt knock off work til 12.30am this morning. Woke up at 6am this morning and was pretty wet outside but decided to still head out, it absolutely pissed down on the way to the ramp and didnt let off til i actually reached the ramp carpark.

My aim for today was to try out the Gulp 7inch plastics for the 1st time and learn how to read my new Lowrance HDS5. I didnt venture out beyond 12m all day and found a couple of schools on the sounder but couldnt tell if it was bait or bigger fish as the reading was just solid masses in the middle water column. Couldnt get a strike at all so figured it was bait. By 8.30 I thought i had missed my chance as the sun was getting higher so gave up on the snapper and rigged up my trusty richter plug and started heading out for the islands for some Greenback action! Didnt even get a quater of the way out when I turned around as it was a bit too rough and didnt want to risk it with only me on the ski. I went back to the same area I was at earlier and re-rigged the Satay Chicken Gulp and as I was rigging i noticed the sounder light up like a christmas tree in 10m of water so out went the plastic 20m behind the ski. Sinking sinking sinking sinking then all of a sudden it was as if the plastic was alive and starting to swim away Swimming swimming swimming, the first thing that popped into my head was Dazsam's post and he mentioned the line "stripping" off the reel in free-spool. I cautiously flicked the bail-arm over and the rod loaded up and it seemed I was on?? Surely not that easy I thought, I only just got here?? I started to wind and then pumped the rod a couple times to set the hook and thats when all hell broke loose! Line started peeling off the reel, then slack! I started to retreive the plastic when it got whollopped again! Then slack again! Another couple twitches and i was on again! All this on my first drop! After a bit of a tussle for 2mins I was surprised to see a solid pinkie head-shaking a couple meters beneath the ski! Got him in the net and i couldnt stop yelling, i was stoked! I was dumbfounded by the size of him as i was actually thinking i had an undersize fish when i was playing him. Maybe i need to get some lighter gear but i thought 15lb was light enough!

Want to thank Albee Mangles for the hot tip and all the info and Grant for designing and fitting the transducer bracket

Cheers guys!

Hi crew quick report on yesterdays trip Sunday 26th with the swell dropping from 3.5 - 2.5m for the day I decided to head out and fish some spots in around 30m..

I headed out with Mrstwitch at around 11am and were meet with ordinary conditions so the decision was made to head to a spot 8km out and wait for conditions to improve then head out to a couple of other marks I have. This trip I decided to give the old faithful soft plastics a rest and try and master the Shimano Butterfly Jigs I was quiet confident that the fish would be happy to hit these jigs..

After pushing out through the big inshore swell we punched out through the channel and pulled up at the first spot 25mins later, I did the usual sound for ground and found some good looking structure on the HDS showing fish and scattered bait.

I then set up the first drift and tied on a jig and dropped my jig 22m below...

After a couple of drops to get the technique and action right I re dropped and started to work the jig back up when I had a good hit followed by a solid weight something decent had snavled the jig..

After a solid tussle on PE 1 I had this healthy 8 kg Dhu boat side, not bad first drift of the day and my first attempt at using the Butterfly jigs..

First Dhu on jig and first fish for the day..

After a couple more drifts and nothing really happening with the conditions getting better I decided to head out a further 10 - 12km and try another mark in 30m..

By the time we hit the next spot the ocean had almost turned to glass with a gentle 2.5m Swell rolling on through....

Arriving at the spot the HDS was showing a fair bit of bait and first up for me was this 500mm Coral Trout which came well off the bottom to eat the jig..

While I had been using butterfly jigs Mrstwitch had been using the old faithful plakkies and managed to nail this solid 6kg Dhu on a Squidgie 145mm Flickbait..

One of about 5 Pup Dhus on jig..

Over the next hour the 2 - 4kg Dhus smashed the butterfly jigs most were about this size which were brought up slow and all released fine..

Even this little 450mm Pinky had to have a crack at the slow worked jig..

By this stage the sounder was alive with fish from top to bottom and jigs were getting hit every drop mainly by these 1 - 2kg rat Sambos we must of caught around 20 all great fun on 10lb..

After having a ball on the mini Sambo's hitting the jig mid water my jig was crunched 3m off the bottom this time by a serious fish who wanted to go home.. 

After a good 3 - 4 minute battle of solid short power runs on lock drag I had the fish just within colour when it somehow spat the jig/hook!!!!!!!!!!!

I called it for a big daddy Dhu.... oh well I know where he is for next time...

Here I am trying to put the breaks on the lost big daddy Dhu with my PE1 jig stick.. (note - fish in background released it self from Mrstwitch's hook and released it self to the bottom fine lol)

After losing the suspected big daddy Dhu I just couldn't help myself and just had to drop a plakkie to the bottom to see if any of his mates were around...

After a couple more drifts on some more promising looking ground close by I had my flick bait slamed by this 7 - 8kg Dhu which put up a great fight on PE 2...

So by now its around 5pm and time for the "last drop of the day" and back to PE1 and jigs i went and in the perfect way to finish off the day this 11kg Sambo gave my arms one last stretching before the trip home...

What a day plenty of fish caught home by 6pm couldn't ask for a better day and I'm also stoked about catching a few fish on a new lure and technique so all in all another succesfull trip by the twitch team..

Total for the day was 12 Dhu's, 20 or so mainly Rat Sambo's, 1 Pink Snapper and a Coral Trout with only 2 Dhus kept for the day.

With just about all the fish caught on butterfly jigs I think I will using them a bit more from now on..

Hope you enjoyed the report I sure enjoyed making it....

Cheers Lloyd

went out sunday to test new outboard on the dinghy and was a good excuse to wet a line. went to usual spot with not much success. so decided to move. arrived at spot soon after and was onto a 30cm bream in no time. went quiet for about half an hour then see movement on top of water so flicked a big prawn i the direction and boom i was on. a bit of a fight later i was onto this 41cm bream which smashed my Personal best.

With the weather playing the game this weekend we decided to hit the Gulf and see what we could muster up.......

A plan was hatched and three of us boarded the boat and steamed out from Wyndham for a weekend of fishing and camping.

It was Nick (aka Dropbear, due to his exceptional ability to drop all but one Barra all weekend ), Jamie (aka Codman, due to his love affair with all things stumpjumping cod lures.......) and myself (aka Kota Gimp). 

First stop was Fathom Rock and some taste of bluewater reef fishing. Dropbear and Codman exploring the depths

Plenty of fish on the sounder but only blue salmon.......

Next was a small rocky point on the south side of the Lyne River

Figured with the recent cold weather, a small bay with shallow water would have Barra sunbaking in the mangroves.........

True to form Codman was the first to strike

This was the only fish boated and we must have dropped a good ten fish from one mangrove...........but fun all pinging casts over each other only to be smashed in the wood

From here it was up into the Lyne River for some rocks to camp on for the night

Five star dinner, bread, burgers and beer.......

Codman made sure we had a fire

The lads camped on the rocks and I slept in the boat.

Awoke this morning to another beautiful Kimberley day and drove the short distance to our prefered wood for some Kota trolling, Codman strikes first again.......

She was a beautiful fish of 79cm

I picked up a nice 35cm Jack

And then it was my turn to boat a Barra at 57cm

With the tide turning it was time to head for home. The Wattles are all flowering yellow this time of year

It was all to hard for princess Codman

And as usual, the ride home was flat, blue and peaceful......

We must have hooked 30 plus Barra for the trip but only boated 4, but it was a wild weekend and we also scored Fingermark and Jacks and the odd Skinny. 

 just a few small breams to kill the mid winter itch to wet the line.

 ave between 38-45cm TTF

Hey guys,

Went for a fish with my mate Paul yesterday and got a descent feed. Until yesterday, I had only caught 2 or 3 bream on lure, none of which had been very big. But yesterday I caught 3 in the one session on my favourite little sx40. The biggest one being 31cm which wasnt a bad one. Not huge compared to the ones they get down south but I was pretty happy with this fella. My mate paul got a nice flatty that measured 66cm as well. He got a little fella 45cm as well.

I went for another fish today down my fav little beach and got another nice bream, new PB at 32cm. Caught 4 whiting, 2 of which were 30cm and the tiniest little flatty I had ever caught.

All caught on the SX40. Bloody love that lure.

I caught a Dart from the beach at Guilderton, never caught one before, have been told it is unusual to catch them this far south?

With the boat broken  a good way to kill boredom is to head down the gulf to catch some bait. A  bonus was the 6 crabs we got which were walking around the sides of the net.  The smallest was 136mm and the biggest was 178mm.

     Jeff

So I have hit 30 today
Does everyone get a reality check at 30 or need a sports car ?

When ur 21 it felt like ages till ur 30 but holy testicles that's quick next the big 40

....

Went out with Whitey in Jurien on the Sunday of the long weekend in an attempt to give light tackle jigging and soft plastics a go for the very first time.

First Dhu on 6" McCarthy Paddletail Pink/Pearl colour.

Absolutely had a ball testing out my new gear. A special thankyou must go out to Whitey and deckie Nick, absolute top blokes who were more than happy to share there expert knowledge.

Cheers

Hi guys a short vid of some crazy bait ball action from Abrolhos Islands over easter this year...

Enjoy - http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video/video.php?v=164074910320302&comments&set=t.100001533811259&type=1

Been getting into a few bream recently, these two have been the biggest.

Damiki M-grub 28cm

Got this guy tonight, very nice fight, a new PB for me, 32cms. he was a football to, really fat healthy fish.

Cheers

hey guys i went down to woodmans point jetty tonight with a few mates i got 1 gummy shark and 2 of my other mates got gummies aswell heaps of scalies and yellowtail down their and a few squid

Dropped the new Noble in the water last weekend after towing her across the Desert and Top End back to Kununurra from QLD.

After checking all the systems were go, off we went.

The destination was the Lyne River as Nick had not been there before and I wanted to have a look after the big wet we have had, and after being boatless for a few months I wonted the stretch the 'legs'.

The neat tides promised clear green water and the winds were going to play the game so the weather report said.......

We left Wyndham after catching up with Craig and his deckie who were going to follow us for half the journey before they headed for the False Mouths.

The ride across the Wyndham gulf was a little bumpy but the new boat is amazingly dry.

Not so for Craig's boat, and here is Craig drying out  

From there we split to cover the next 30km by ourselves.

We hit the Lyne with no other boats in sight.

No birds or fish working so we went upstream some, to a little creek and we scored some queenies. After some fun we decided to hit some wood that held good Barra from my last trip back in December.

Deploy the new Kota i-pilot and troll over the wood.

First pass and up comes this little bugger

Suffice to say, the next two passes and two more Barra aboard.

While I scored the Barra, Nick scored some Fingermark and Javelin fish.

We raised a few more fish in the creeks but after the tide turned it all went quite, but that gave us plenty of time for the 80km run home.

Must say the hull rides like glass and the Kota is worth it's weight in gold...... and fish in the esky first trip

Plenty of fish left for you POC

Marcus with his shore captured Long Tom. Not bad for a bloke on his 1st Northern Trip, um I think Woodvale was his most Northern Trip before this...? I think the 2nd picture with the teeth is the bomb!

Some of the crew on our Warroora trip this year. Some of the bigger boats were launched at Sandy Point and took a journey south and the smaller boats were launched from where we camped.

Hi all you knowledgeable FW"S

Just like to know if GME is still in Canningvale, Garmin GPS battery has died and all way points, hahahah don't worry old fart has them all in his black book.

Haven't been to GME for about 10yrs when he got new liquid crystal screen put in.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Roberta

Hey guys, another one of these posts. These are not mine, but from a mate. all from yesterday. Photographers name is Jimmy Nielsen Lavery.

Plenty of Spanish Mackeral and Shark Mackeral were caught with the bulk of them released. This one was eaten fresh the same day.

 hey crew

just got my license so decided to take liam (leemo) and my friend jimmy our for a fish squid (anything goes) hahaa. started at our usual bait gathering place but the tide was to high so we went to  south mole flicking some snapbacks around first cast i hooked a goat fish ( not  a flattering photo so im not going to post it). it was actually my first fish on plastics. then got myself a little leather jacket. 

after this we started getting 'hawrassed' so we went for a squid

anywho first cast me and leemo have a double hook up to not massive squid (shamefully im admitting its my first hahha)

( my first)

i then got one more squid and it went quiet.

tide got down so we collected more bait and headed of to south perth for absolute nada (missed hookups on my part) this guy managed a feed atleast 

made the call to go back down to the south mole. upon entering  we saw this somewhat unusual piece of art

anywho leemo got me hooked on squidding but it was unusually quiet this bloke might have something to do with it

went back ocenside for a few more wrasse  on plastics

im going to throw this photo in because i like it hahaha 

no real fish caught but still an entertaining day

Headed out to the islands today with spearing only in mind, glassy conditions nearly all day and crystal clear water.  Found a couple of good ledges with a few crays and found one bomber trout ledge with heaps on it for future missions.  The bluebone were extremely flighty and hard work (except these 2), saw a couple of crackers but couldn't get any where near range.  Trout went 68 and 66, both of them just too inquisitive for their own good.  Great day out cruising back in at top speed with a coupla coldies, well and truly cactus now after three full on days on the water, quite glad the winds picking up for the next couple. :)  Happy days.