The Mrs has just flagged the idea of heading to Jurien after Xmas I am happy because I havent fished there before but its probably a bit late to be looking as I guess most places would be booked.

Has anyone got any recommendations need it for 2 couples and need room for a 5.7m boat also

cheers

 After twenty odd trimes to Bali we decided to try Lombok for abit of R&R ,Guys this is Bali 20 years ago and all the good vibes you use to get befoere it came what its now.Consider it if you want relax and see culture again without losing your shirt.Im there now LOL

Hi All

I am planning a trip in July next year for 10 days to either of the above.Any info on which one is better or which camp site to stay in etc etc would be great.We have 4x4s a 4.2 mtr tinny and are self sufficient,some of us will fish landbased and others will go out in the boat.Any suggestions or pointers in the right direction will be helpfull.

Thanks

Tim

who's going to be up there?

Hey guys

Ive recently moved from Perth to Kuala Lumpur.... not much fishing in the city here!

Was wondering if anyone new of any good fishing in Malaysia?

I hear theres good sailfish off Kuala Rompin on the east coast, any other spots people are aware of? Or any drivable distance to beach fish etc?

....and now im really pushing the envelope, anyone know of any good rivers to flyfish?

any info would be appreciated. 

cheers

 Can anyone recommend a good blue water charter out of Darwin .

 hey all,ive finally got my act together and with the family have head off to cairns for a couple of weeks,im really keen to throw some poppers around,and was really looking for any top spots or charter operators anyone could.recommend,i know its august not the best time.for fish,but really great weather

cheers

 Can anyone tell me what the go is with all the shacks of Dampier on the islands. Are they all privately owned or are they for rent for fishing trips?

 Finally made it down here from a road trip from Darwin.

After a bit of fluffing around from work and interviews causing a delay to my trip. the missus and I gave the landbased thing a go, with little results with only some cods and a few bust offs on the big stiks casting pencils,

The wind has been blowing its ring out for the first few days, making the lighthouse beaches the pick of my LB options as I hate casting into the wind.

Being a late start to the trip, my Charter days with Eddy from Peak sports fishing quickly popped up and guest to my wedding started coming into town, you would think they were only here to go fishing with Eddy, and not my wedding.

Anyhow here are some quick picks as I still have to get photos from others, so will post more later.

cheers syd

 On the yearly boys trip we normally get plenty of Mack's and Spanglies as well as our Snapper limits,  but this year I wanted to target Red Emporer and Coral Trout.

Any advice or even cordinates would be great.

 Hey guys, Im sure its fairly self explanatory but figured id ask anyway just in case. What gear can you take on the plane and what cant you ? im guessing almost anything except hooks. Heading to africa and would liek to take as much as possible with me on board.

 Hi guys,

Thinking about heading up to Jurien Bay in the July School holidays with our 6m boat. Has anyone been out offshore in July up there? Im a bit unsure if the swell/conditions will be ok, is it worth the tow up there? or just fish metro?

Cheers

Does anyone know if Yardie Creek sand bar is breached or if the creek is flowing after all the rain? 

I will be up there from the 9th June, and was hoping to launch boat from the crossing.

Heading down to Myalup caravan park for the long weekend and have been told the beach is closed to 4WD access - anyone know anything about access?

Cheers,

Millsy

 For all the crew heading up to Exxy,be carfull retreiving at Tantas at low tied as there has been a big sand shift from the nearby Lagoon after heavy rain and big tides,

This poor guy tried to retreive over the sand bar and did'nt fair to well

I'm planning a trip up to Exmouth in July. Can ayone tell me if there is free camping near the beach south of Yardie Creek. It's been a long time since I was up that way. Last time we found a great spot just behind the dunes south of the creek outside Cape Range National Park. Would like to go there again but not sure if you're still allowed to free camp in that area.

We are heading up on 19 May for two weeks. If you see us (the boat is a bit hard to miss) feel free to come say hi.

 G'day guys starting to do some research into a trailer boat trip to the Monties. Fuel is my biggest concern. We have a 513ltr fuel tank and use about 2.2ltr per mile when we are loaded up and travelling over for our abrolhos trips. how does this compare to others? Would love to hear from those who have done it before in regards to thefollowing 

Boat and outboard/s

fuel capacity 

fuel used 

Launch site

travel time

trip duration

best time of year

Any other relevant info 

cheers and thanks in advance

 not too sure what you would call them but they could be described as condoms for the rod butt. 

seen these on a couple of fioshing shows . they look like heavy duty foam devices that slide up over the rod butt to make it more comfortable when you dont have a gymbal belt. 

i would like to know the name of them and where i could get them.

thanks 

Hey Guys,

I had planned a fishing trip to sharks bay but a the guys had pulled out so i am going to Horrocks instead with the old man.

I was just wondering what the boat ramp is like there to launch i have a 20.5 foot chivers fibreglass and i will have a toyota landcruiser ute with a 6.5 litre chevy with mudders. Also would the water there be deep enough for that type of launch and what is the weather like there this time of year.

Any info would be greatly appreciated

Hi all

After holidaying for a week in Coral Bay last year, my penance this year was to take mrs gates 'down south' for holidays...no boats allowed. The plan was 2 nights at Hyden, 9 nights at Esperance and then 2 nights in Albany.

With the car packed, we hit the road at 9.30am Saturday morning and after catching up with some friends in Pingelly, we arrived in Hyden at 5pm. Had a quiet night in our self contained chalet on the lake's edge at Wave Rock Resort.

On Sunday morning we hit the walking trails and found Hippo's Yawn, then wound our way across the rocky outcrops until we were overlooking the Hyden golf course, then around the corner to find ourselves standing on top of 'the rock'.

The photos of Wave Rock don't do it justice....it is a magnificent, awe-inspiring rock formation. If you haven't yet seen it 'in the flesh', put it on your bucket list!

After lunch, we drove over to The Humps and Mulka's Cave. There's some very interesting history behind the cave, and worth checking out. The trail up and around The Humps gives a great view of the surrounding countryside..

Monday morning we hit the road for Esperance, stopping off at Hopetoun for lunch. We took the Southern Ocean Drive and called into places like Mason's Bay and Starvation Bay....fantastic coastline. We arrived in Esperance around 4.30pm and took up residence in our self contained en-suite cabin at Seafront c/park.

Been doing the usual touristy things...spent today at Cape Le Grand national park. We trekked to the summit of Frenchman's Peak...the brochure says 1.5hr 'hard walk', it was all of that, but accomplished without incident. The view from the top reinforces Esperance's tag of 'the bay of isles'. You get a real appeciation for the south coast.

Spent a few hours on the beach at Lucky Bay....had lunch, a swim and a fish. The sand is the whitest of white and squeaks under foot...a wonderful bay, no wonder so many people rave over the place. It's another place to add to your bucket list.

So far, the weather has been fine and sunny, mid 20s during the day...took the kayaks for a spin yesterday and also managed 9 holes in the arvo!

Below are some photos of the holiday so far.

regards
rusty...

Hi all,

I'm planning a trip up to Cape Range NP and want to find out about beach launching from the various camp grounds.  I've found lots of people who have launched boats around the 4m mark but would like to hear from anyone who has launched boats around 5.3m (aluminium).  Would prefer to stay and launch in the park rather than launching at Tantabiddi.

Also any tips for beach launching - I've only launched once off a beach and that was hard sand and a quick drop off so relatively easy. I guess things change with soft sand, shallow water and onshore winds. I plan to get a bit more experience (and make sure my deckie is up to speed) locally around Perth before my trip and was planning on fitting a "drop down" spare wheel to assist with launching - whats ya thoughts.

Cheers.

Not long to go now and im off to Exmouth for nearly 3 weeks. We get there on the 15th of June and we are staying in a canal house.

Will have the boat up there with me but will only have a deckie for 6 days.

Is any body else going to be up there at that time?

 Am off to Dunedin in a couple of weeks with the missus and will have a couple of dsays to myself while she's catching up with her mother so I'm taking an ugly stik travel rod and a shimano jigging rod.  Any advice on fishing locations or boat charters in that neck of the woods would be gratefully appreciated

Howdy All,
I'm heading up to Dongara for a few days over the school holidays (oh how my life has changed....) Any one got any tips for places to go in general. Plus any fishing tips (locations/styles) would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Soupster

this will probably more of general interest as we spent most of the time just cruising and getting checked by Fisheries rather than actually fishing!

We took a bit of a run over to the islands at Easter, just me and the kids and left on Friday morning. Didnt catch Paul and Outdoinit at the jetty as I was pretty busy getting sorted and we waited an hour or 2 until the easterly dropped.

Headed straight for the Easter group this time, 40 something miles.

Spent 4 days just plodding round exploring, swimming, spearing a feed and looking at nice anchorages.

Had a quick yarn on the VHF to Paul but they were about 20 miles away.

Havent found how to get stills from the gopro movies yet though, plus my first editing attempt coincided with Paul G's last movie and I thought "no way am i putting up my attempt"!

on Easter sunday the easter bunny paid a visit, but he wasnt game to hide all 5 easter bunny cholocates on the shore in case the crabs devoured them.

So he only left 3 on the beach and 2 onboard somehow :-)

We crossed to the Southern Group for the last day to catch up with some friends at their camp and a little socialising.

Girls were pretty happy to have a BUCKET shower as opposed to my little electric one that will give us all a wash off with 6 or 7 litres

Kids watchin a movie in the cabin, keeps them out of my hair when living aboard (as opposed to on a jetty) and cooking dinner

on the last morning at a mates jetty, the two boys were up first while I was still swaggin it. Mac comes running back "dad dad theres a squid under the jetty over there can you put a squid jig on my rod"

Yawn, yeah whatever, crawl out, tie it on wander over. Mac lowers the jig down, squid grabs it and he lifts it up onto the jetty in 10 seconds.

I could see his mind tickin over thinking about all the times we chucked a jig around for nothing and thinkin "yeah dad, you know jack++t about squiding dont ya"!

Heading up to Coral bay on 27 April-4 May and have vacant spots in our accomodation. I'll be going with my girlfriend and we were going with another couple but they have bailed last minute

First we have accommedation booked for Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 April at the Coral Bay Backpackers. We booked a dorm for 4 people, but now have 2 beds up for grabs for anyone who is keen.

We are then heading up to Exmouth to rough it for a night. Then we are coming back to Coral Bay and have 1 unpowered campsite at Bayview booked for 4 adults from Tuesday 30 April-Saturday 4 May. Again, there's spots for 2 people to fill the vacancy.

So if you are looking for a place to stay in Coral Bay, here is your chance. PM me for more information

 We're heading up to Broome in a couple of weeks for about 12days to go fishing.we are going on a few charters but are hiring a car(2wd)and hope to find a few land based spots to have a go.we are taking a few rods with us,8-10kg spin outfits and our 80lb jig sticks with 950 finnor ,80lb braid.any advice appreciated.wharf rocks etc.cheers Scott.

 Hi Guys

we want to take a 80ft mothership up and park it in a nice sheltered lagoon assuming such exists and bascially leave it there for 2 weeks and use trailer boats to explore and fish

can anybody suggest the best spot to moor up that is close to places of interest? were thinking the most southerly group Pelsart seems has the best layout. Are there any in situ moorings there that could be used?  None of us have been there before, planning on leaving in early May

many thanks for any suggestions   dave

 HEy guys

Heading up to Denham with the new rig in July (6th) for a week, probably do an overnighter to Turtle Bay depending winds etc.

Will be based at the Oceanside village (I think that is the name).  BW 235 Conquest "Reel Livin'", if ya see us around please say g'day - Be awesome if anyone else is heading up at the same time, much rather going out with a buddy boat or two.

cheers