With the weather looking reasonable yesterday decided to pack the deep drop gear and head out real wide chasing some deep drop fish.

A Mate of mine Carl had never done it before and after having some discussions on our recent Abrolhos charter he decided to pick up a Tanacom bull 1000 from Bluewater Morley in readiness of a deep drop.

Stopped in shallower around 300m of water to give him a run on his new combo and get a feel for it. I have no marks in that depth where we were so it was just a drop and see and he was hooked up straight away. I said to him that the deep water stuff is littered with green eyed sharks and he would know about it if he had hooked a big deep drop fish.

Up came a meter or so green eye and that let him know what its like trying to bring up fish from the depths.

I said I had some spots not far away that have held blue eye in the past and to head out there. At that stage the wind had come up a little but the drift was not too bad and it was only 3 mile away.

First drop and he hooks up big. I said to him this time it wasn't a shark and likely to be a big deep water fish. after 10 or so minutes up pops this guy! Probably the biggest I've got out there at an estimated 25kg or so. Think his face tells the story.

Unfortunately with the wind coming up it made it hard to read the bottom and the school moved on. I could find them but just couldn't get the boat on them with wind going in circles and the current really picking up. Did pick up some other bits and pieces which I've not seen before but no idea what they were. Not big at all.

Will start to spend more time in shallower, 250-350m looking for the elusive Harpuka and Bass Groper which I just cant seem to find!

Cheers
Bodie

well I just came back from an awesome trip to the Abrolhos islands with blue lightning charters and here are some of the fish I caught. 

Species caught 

dhufish 

coral trout 

pink snapper 

baldchin groped 

sharks 

yellow fin tuna 

i think it was shark tuna 

spangled empror

red throat 

Spanish mackerel 

Crayfish 

and lots more 

I also caught my first ever fish on a softplastic which was a dhuie and 2nd fish a coral trout. I am now converted ahah !

To soft plastics

Also sorry about some of the picture quality the didn't seem to come out very well

Found a heap of sambos in shallow, had fun with 4 way hook-ups on Langas 285 Boston Whaler, a fair bit of hot shoe shuffle going on and lots of crossed lines and a very cross TimVB at one point as he namby pambied around with his piddling PE3 gear....hahaha. Most this size.

Ended up with a nice few feeds of two dhuies (one 10.5 kg), two baldies, two back arse, a mulla, sore arms and a partridge in a pear tree. The surprise Mulla was caught after we got the two dhuie limit and moved spots from the dhuie ground so we would not catch any more dhuies to reduce risk of baratrauma injury to the fish, Mulla was caught around a fair bit of bait.

 Went out for a arvo night beach fish east of esperance last night with amazing weather no wind at all and perfect conditions we had a good fish. I caught a good mulloway on fresh caught squid from the morning in the tinny. Also caught some good size skippy and a monster shovel nose. Salmon was a good 5kg 78cm..

Heading back out this arvo!! 

 Im going out of there early tomorrow, any reports/ tips on where you found some fish, Im happy to share any good info on here with other fishwreckers after ive been out there tomorrow    cheers dave  

With yesterdays awesome forecast I had to go Super Deep!
 

My staff member Reese was suppose to be working yesterday but I said you wanna go Super Deep? his words hell yeh!
 

We set off not too early and planned an arvo fish. Last time Reese came out he got Blue-eye Trevella but he was keen to get a big one and have a crack on a super deep jig!

 Hey FWer's,

Got out for a fish today.  Great day on the water. Headed out to the 40's off Mandurah at 6am. Hit up some new marks I came across last time out. 2 weeks ago all we got off these spots were undersize Pinkies and a couple of small Dhus, but the signs were there so gave it another crack today with much better results. Only a couple of undersize snapper this time but heaps of undersize Dhus (at least 9 for the day) but also managed 2 size ones not huge but good enough. Also scored 2 cracking BB's, a nice KGW,6 Skippy and a small shark.

But the highlight for me was ticking a Shark Mack off the list, and a good one at that. We had just been commenting on how warm the water felt. Not long after, the deckie was onto a reasonable fish, so I started winding up my jig pretty quick to help with the net. When about half way up I got smashed, and off it went. I was thinking Sambo at first but early on it headed for the surface at a pretty good rate of knots. After a good tussle we got its head in the net but had to grab it's tail to get it over the side. Weighed and measured at home at spot on 7kgs and right on 1m long. Got 4 Mackie species now: Spanish, Broad Bar, Spotted and now the Sharkie, gotta get me a Wahoo now.

Sorry about the photo, should of left the sunnies on 

Not sure where the photo went.  Edit think it's back. 

Here's a few pics from my recent trip to CB. A little lazy with the camera this trip....or maybe was too much action!
Weather was hit and miss as usual although driving up the day of the cyclone we thought it would be much worse. Turns out the day after was our best weather. managed to catch 54 good size Reds for the 10 days along with plenty of other species, most of which are back swimming around.
Now only 50 weeks til the next trip........

 myself and my brother Aron have been lucky enough to get some awesome gear from assassin tackle australia to try out and well with our first weekend of having the gear we managed a heap of nice fish. spinnig off the rocks, casting in the river and sliding off the beach after dark accounted for these fish this weekend. ill let the pics do the talking with plenty of good fish making there way up for a photo.

Finally made it out last tuesday after the weekend blow,

arrived there pretty early and got our 4 pinks in an hour

ended up releasing 11 more and getting bricked by at least 4 more till about 9am then the usual skippy and sambos moved in

My mate Ian finished off the morning with this, all caught in 12m

 Just thought i'd throw a post up as it seems i can upload photos again all of a sudden. The girlfriend got these on sunday just gone, gentlemens hours, about 1030am. Nice tailor then a big salmon to put me to shame as i caught nothing! She casts a 12 foot surf rod like a pro! Had to tell her to settle down as she was casting past the front gutter and out the back break! Tailor was nice fresh for lunch and the dogs enjoyed a week of salmon (swallowed the hooks otherwise would have released) Conditions couldn't of got any better

First time out in Kalbarri in the boat. found some great spots but its a long way and a lot of nothing out there. Sounder shot had Sambos, Pinkies, Reds and Cobia on it. Found lots of Dhuies to the north. Going through the river mouth was interesting

Released most of the fish.

Got some good Reds this year, released some big ones to fight another day.

Exmouth wasn't on the list for this year but with the weather not looking great in Carnarvon we decided to head to Exmouth for four days before going to Coral Bay.

Fished 11am to 1pm and caught 3 squid in first 5 minutes, then all went quiet for 1/2 an hour, fired back up again and boated another 12 before pulling the pin, with 3 or 4 squid still hanging around the boat while packing up. 5 preped for dinner, 10 frozen for snapper lollies.

The trip took place from April 18 to April 26, 2015. We had 7 days in total and we spent most of our waking hours fishing and eating. At the beginning of the trip, I spent a few evenings grading Grade 10 Science ISU's. It was exhausting to say the least to mark assignments after a whole day of fishing. But even through that, I caught 33 new species in the 7 days...with many missed opportunities and heartbreaks. I will return to Mexico as soon as possible...this was just the first blood drawn...

As usual, these are the links to my blog posts.

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-0.html

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-1.html

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-2.html

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-3.html

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-4.html

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-5.html

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-6.html

http://muskiebaitadventures.blogspot.ca/2015/04/2015-mazatlan-day-7.html

This was my first ever species from Mexico...

Flathead Sea Catfish (Notarius planiceps) - Species #430



Raucous Grunt (Haemulopsis leuciscus) - Species #431



Yellowstripe Grunt (Haemulopsis axillaris) - Species #432



Striped Weakfish (Cynoscion reticulates) - Species #433



Spotted Rose Snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) - Species #434



Green Jack (Caranx caballus) - Species #435



Beaubrummel (Stegastes flavilatus) - Species #436



Rivulated Mutton Hamlet (Alphestes multiguttatus) - Species #437



Burrito Grunt (Anisotremus interruptus) - Species #438



Starry Grouper (Epinephelus labriformis) - Species #439



Mexican Barracuda (Sphyraena ensis) - Species #440



Yellowspotted Grunt (Haemulon flaviguttatum) - Species #441



Brassy Grunt (Microlepidotus brevipinnis) - Species #442 (Standard length vs. body depth = 2.4)



Finescale Triggerfish (Balistes polylepis) - Species #443



Yet to be identified catfish - Species #444



At the end of my first fishing day, I caught my 16th new species from Mexico...the Pacific Dog Snapper.

Pacific Dog Snapper (Lutjanus novemfasciatus) - Species #445



Pacific Mutton Hamlet (Alphestes immaculatus) - Species #446



Dow's Mojarra (Eucinostomus dowii) - Species #447



This was a species that I caught but no one else did...

Pacific Sleeper (Gobiomorus maculatus) - Species #448



Largemouth Blenny (Labrisomus xanti) - Species #449



Chameleon Wrasse (Halichoeres dispilus) - Species #450



Panamic Sergeant Major (Abudefduf troschelii) - Species #451



My favourite fish of the entire trip...because I've been trying for years to catch one from Hawaii and especially in Florida...

Longfin Yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana) - Species #452 (aka Almaco Jack)



Orangeside Triggerfish (Sufflamen verres) - Species #453



Pacific Graysby (Cephalopholis panamensis) - Species #454



Yellow Snapper (Lutjanus argentiventris) - Species #455



Pacific Crevalle Jack (Caranx caninus) - Species #456



Shortjaw Leatherjacket (Oligoplites refulgens) - Species #457



Pacific Red Snapper (Lutjanus peru) - Species #458



Cortez Rainbow Wrasse (Thalassoma lucasanum) - Species #459



Panamic Frillfin (Bathygobius ramosus) - Species #460



Cortez Damselfish (Stegastes rectifraenum) - Species #461



And the last fish of the trip...

Mexican Night Sergeant (Abudefduf declivifrons) - Species #462



And here's A LOT of food porn...

picky test

April has historically been an excellent month to fish in Oman for big GTs. It’s the month before the monsoon season, and therefore marks the last month of fishing before the season ends.

Because of that, when a trip cancellation meant that myself and a group of friends (Maurice from Rotterdam and Dave from London) would have an opportunity to fish this prime month, we jumped at it! We knew going into this trip that it was going to be a case of high risk and high reward. If the winds dropped enough to let us get to the islands, we should have red hot fishing. However there was also the chance that the winds would be pumping, preventing us from hitting the islands, so it was really likely to be a case of all or nothing.

On this trip we were to be the last group of the season fishing, with just one boat operating for the duration of our trip. Because of this, we were able to get there a little early and get set up, as well as have a go at some land based fishing. After enjoying some much needed warmth from the moment we got off the plane, we jumped in the car and began making our way down the incredibly scenic coastal road towards the No Boundaries camp. All the way down we were seeing spots that as well as looking amazing, also screamed of fish.

It was therefore with high hopes that we set out the next morning, planning to have our first session of casting lures off the shore. Upon reaching the coast at sunrise, we noticed that there was quite a bit of swell running, resulting in a lot of white, shallow water before you could reach the deeper parts at the edge of the wash, where we hoped the predators would be patrolling. I was fishing what is primarily now my seabass outfit, in the form of the new Yamaga Blanks Early Plus 92MXL, and casting a Megabass Zonk 120 (my favourite minnow as of late). This outfit allowed me to whip out some really massive casts for this light lure, but despite that it was still necessary to wade out 20m+ until you were between waist and chest height, to really get beyond the swell.

We started casting and working a small section of the coast with our lures, and it didn’t take long before I had a strike, and the first fish of the trip was on! Sadly I didn’t get any photos, but the fish was a mulloway (or cob) of around 45cm. By no means a big fish, but it was my first mulloway on a diving minnow, and we were happy to have gotten a fish after only a couple of casts. Thankfully though this was not to be the last, and the mulloway kept following in quick succession with us getting around a dozen for the morning between us.

Just as the sun was starting to rise in earnest I lobbed out a cast which, after about 5 turns on the handle, got absolutely nailed. Line started disappearing from my Stella 4000 at a ridiculous pace and I began tightening the drag, but was conscious of the fact I was fishing PE2 line on a seabass rod, using the standard hooks and split rings on my Zonk lure! In my time fishing I have actually never been spooled, and there was a point when I had a little over half my spool out without having even gotten 1 wind back on the reel, where I was seriously wondering whether this would be it!

Thankfully though I managed to slow the runs, and began the long process of wading along the coast and working this fish back through the surf. After around 20 minutes or so the fish was back near the shore, and we caught a glimpse of silver. It was my PB Queenfish by a long margin. While by no means the biggest or the rarest fish I have ever caught, I think that for me catching this fish on seabass gear while wading in warm water and watching the sunrise with camels on the shore for company, will mean that it stays in my mind as one of my most memorable captures to date.


The first day of the boat fishing part of our expedition came along, and we loaded the boat with a ridiculous amount of kit in hope of a mission to the islands. Unfortunately though the wind had other plans, and we were not able to make it out. The plan was to head south and cast along the cliffs for the bream which Oman is well known for in the light tackle community. It was however to be a very slow day. Water temps were very warm and we noticed a lot of dead fish along the coast. We are not sure why this is, but perhaps it was shutting down the bite.

We did finish off with 2 bream for the day, both of which fell to my Megabass Zonk 120 (yes there is a trend developing here!). Maurice also raised one on a Feed Cone 25 popper, but it didn’t commit.

Day 2 was much of the same on the wind front sadly, and we decided to head a little north of the ramp to try some light jigging marks. We got a couple of taps, but nothing hooked up. Then all of a sudden the wind died down, and skipper Yassir made the call to go for a quick run out to the islands and see if the fish were playing ball! We were well and truly excited at this point, having prepared ourselves for another inshore day, but we quickly started getting the GT kit ready for action.

From the very first drift, I had some follows on the Temple Reef Ballista Detonator 168BM which I was using, which was my star-lure last trip. Mid-way through the second drift though I noticed some fraying on my mainline and went to re-tie a leader, and just at that moment I hear a lot of commotion and see that Maurice is on big time! Something big and angry has engulfed his Feed Pin 180 and is making for the horizon. This was Maurice’s first experience with a big GT, and he now knew what I meant about the power of the things! It was a great thing to be there and watch a friend get his dream fish, and after a few pics, a tag, a weigh and release, we had the first 40kg+ GT of the trip on the boat.

It was time to reset the drift and make another pass of the mark. We began casting, and I picked up a nice Queenfish. Around the same size as the one off the beach, but a lesser catch on PE10 than on PE2! Then Maurice joins in the casting, and second cast – he is on again! Unbelievable. The Pin 180 was certainly the favoured lure that morning. This fish seemed even angrier than the last, and put up one hell of a fight. It was a wonderful looking fish, very dark in colour, and we now had two GTs above 40kg on the boat in the space of just a few casts.

We were at this point now all hoping that our plans of ‘high risk and high reward’ had paid off in spades. After this fish though, the bite really shut down. We kept popping a range of marks up until lunch time, at which point we dropped a couple of light jigs over the side for a bit of fun.

We picked up a few small bits and pieces, and Maurice dropped a really nice fish on the jig. Then shortly afterwards the Jigging Master Fallings jig I was using got slammed. I was using a PE3 jigging combo (Temple Reef Mytho and a Wiki Jigging 900H reel) and I knew I had to put on as much pressure as I could to try and keep this beast away from the reef. I hit max drag on the reel and started applying a lot of thumb pressure, but the line just kept going – which made Yassir think I was snagged on the bottom, until the high speed bursts of the fish and my excited yells made clear this was a great fish! Unfortunately though after ripping off over 150m of line under full drag and lots of thumb pressure, the leader got mauled on the reef. The one that got away, which I can only imagine was a GT or large Amberjack or similar, but who really knows.

The afternoon saw us casting on some very shallow marks, in search of more big GTs. By this time Maurice had switched to the light tackle, and I had moved from popper to stickbait, in the form of a BFP Mafia One 180gr. I really loved the action of this lure, with heaps of flashing and side to side roll, which gave me a lot of confidence about getting a strike. On a few of the drifts I was getting follows from smaller GTs, but they were not really committing. At that moment Maurice hooked a garfish on his PE4 casting kit, which in turn got inhaled by a good sized GT! Luckily though after a couple of blistering runs, the GT threw the hook – which was the best result as any attempt on landing it on PE4 in such skinny water was bound to end in tears.

Just as we were getting ready to head back, I lobbed my Mafia One towards a bommie that was protruding from the surface of the water, and after a few twitches, it was BANG – fish on! Given how shallow we were, we needed to pull this fish out and pull it out fast, so a lot of drag was put on, and the spool was getting grabbed as hard as I could as I shuffled down to the back of the boat while Yassir drove for deeper water. I lost a lot of line initially, but then slowly started making ground towards the still-moving boat. I had had some big fish on the last trip to Oman in October so knew what to expect, but this fish was a nightmare to pull towards the boat so I was really expecting a great fish. You can imagine my disappointment though, when I finally get the fish near to the boat and see that it’s only a small fish, but one of the trebles has hooked up on the side, so the fish was getting pulled sideways through the water making it feel much larger than it was. Oh well, at least our GT drought had been broken for the trip, and we went back to camp much happier that night.

What we did not realise though, was that the weather was not going to be friendly to us on our last 3 days, and with the exception of one very brief window at the islands on day 4 (where we didn’t raise any fish), we were relegated to inshore fishing for the balance of our trip – which meant no more GTs. Rather than spend more time chasing the bream, we opted to dedicate the majority of our time to chasing bait balls, in the hope of queenies, mahi, trevally and anything else that might be around. There was mounds of bait around, but the predators were not too interested in our offerings and so the fishing was slow and I won’t give a full run down of those days, but we did land a few more good fish on the light tackle.

Some standout captures were this great Queenfish caught by Dave as part of a double hookup on his Yamaga Blue Sniper 77/3 rod and Tacklehouse K-Ten Minnow, and Maurice’s Mahi which he took on his Carpenter PE4 gear and a Smith casting jig.

After the way my October trip finished up in Oman last year this was a much slower trip, but it was still great to get back over there and extract a few nice fish. I am already booked again for April next year, and if the weather behaves, am sure we’ll get some great action!

Almost all tackle used is available for sale at Adventure Angler, at www.adventureangler.net

 Haven't done any netting for quite a while, but been hearing good reports. So thought I'd give it a go tonight. Finished work at 5 and straight down to Port Bouvard marina and down the Harvey inlet before dark had the net in. The Mullet started hitting the net before it was even completely set. First run produced 11, second 10 & last run finished off my bag of 30. I was back at the ramp not long after 7pm. 

Plenty of cheap top quality bait for our trip to Shark Bay, and for bottom bouncing for a while. Top night. Cheers

Chris

Anyone fished harvey recently?  The weather looks shit this weekend for a fish in the salt so wondering if a day in the rain up there is worth it...

Hi All,

Chasing some info on Kalbarri. We are heading up this coming Friday and as you can imagine not real impressed with the forecast.
Can anybody shed some light on fishing reports in the Murchison and off the beach south of Wagoe around Lucky bay.
Still considering to take the boat to use in the river.

All info appreciated. Cheers guys

 hi just wondering if anyone can give me a report for the fishind down this way at the moment? heading down next saturday to do some 4x4ing and chase redfin. any pointer on lures would be great too, havent ticked redfin of the catch list yet.

cheers

went out for a feed of gars Saturday night... Managed 37 between us 

It's been a while since I posted so figured it was time for an update. We got into some nice Large Mouth Nannygai recently with some good eating Gold Spot cod as well. They were not biting well and most fish fell to live baits or a well presented flesh bait, usually with the tail still on. The Hussar fillets once again proved the trick. We tried a new hook also. The PE tackle reefmaster Deep V hooks. The went well and very happy with the resutls. Pictured is one against a Gamkatsu Octopus 10/0.

Headed out to fish the MAAC monthly comp yesterday in what were very nice conditions indeed.  Given I had to fish the last one solo it was nice to have a mate from over east, the young one and the expert repairer on board.  We took the big boat so there was room for everyone.

We started in close and didn’t have a lot of trouble getting a mixed bag of small species, although I must say the fish were very picky, particularly the gar.  I did manage a couple of big gar amongst the herring, single skippy and a couple of mackerel species.  We then tried to find some sand whiting and spent far too much time chasing and not finding.  Headed out to known ground to try for demersal and other deeper water species for what was a very unspectacular few hours.  We did get quite a number of undesirables, including a massive Sargent Baker, but the bite was dead for us.  Changed it up a few times but for the same result.  I haven’t seen it that quite for a while and the “no run no fun” mantra was ringing.

About 1pm we decided to make our way slowly back to the marina trying a few spots and techniques on the way.  Stopped at our 5th sand whiting location and when I changed up my bait to squid tentacles we finally got one to the boat.  In the next little while we landed a dozen with some good specimens in the mix.  The sea breeze had come up so it was time to troll the reefs for some tailor as experience suggests they will generally start to feed when conditions “rough up”.    

When we trolled past a lump we have got a few off in the past my lure got smashed big time.  This thing was peeling line off the light combo and when it jumped about 50m from the boat we could see it was a quality fish.  I had to show a fair bit of “care” with the fight as this was one I didn’t want to lose.  Nice work from the skipper with the boat and after about 10 minutes we had it to the side.  A few net attempts were required as the fish obviously didn’t like it but we finally got him.  Off we go again and when we went back past the same spot the drag started screaming again.  This one took more line than the first and was another quality fish.  Again, a careful fight giving the fish its head and we gently got him to the boat.  2 big tailor in short time but we had to head to the ramp to make it back for the weigh in.  Generally, it was a very slow day but we ended up with a fair bag.

A lot of Members also reported that it was slow for them, but as usual lots of quality fish were still weighed in.  As most would know, my target species is Pink Snapper but I rarely get them during the day in nearshore waters.  I really like to see good pinkies and Dave turned up with an absolute horse – don’t think I have ever seen one “in the flesh” this big.  It was an awesome capture and weighed in at 10.43kg on the certified scales.  Dave commented on it being a short model at 92cm but it was thick, hence the weight.  Dave and Matt had a great day out with lots of species, including Matt’s 15.9kg Dhu and were worthy winners on the day.  Not sure that pink will be close to being beaten for the yearly prize.

I had a pretty good day at the presentation picking up the biggest tailor (1.77kg), biggest garfish (0.201kg) and biggest sand whiting (0.176kg) but the highlight by far for me was seeing Dave’s monster pink.

I managed to convince Gail to join me for a Salmon session out at Mewstone. She does not enjoy going out of the Sound if it gets too lumpy and the wind forecast for Saturday was looking good. After brekky and coffee at Maccas we made our way to Cockburn boat ramp to launch. Unsurprisingly all available parking was taken at CPBA and I was forced to park on the grass verge after launching.

We sped our way across the Sound to Mewstone and on arrival it seemed that half of Perth's boaties were out chasing Salmon. We had a couple of flicks and managed to drop a Salmon in the process. It was a little frustrating trying to dodge all the other boats whilst keeping clear of the rocks and we therefore decided to capitalise on the favourable conditions and shoot across to a new spot that Nick and I had discovered recently. This drop-off NW of Rotto had produced some good Snapper on our last visit including my PB of 91cm.

On arrival we dropped anchor and proceeded to burly. Gail picked up a 51cm Dhufish on her first drop on light gear. She was fishing for bait and managed to catch her PB Dhuie on a small hook baited with squid. A little while later she added a decent Snapper to her tally and the writing was beginning to appear on the wall. This fish was followed by her first Baldchin Groper - she was cooking! At this stage all I had to my name was an eel! She managed to hook into a further two good fish which she unfortunately dropped before she caught the fish of the day. She was busy catching bottoms on her light tackle when her second rod with the Shimano Tekota 500 started loosing line at a rapid rate. As she set the hook I called it to be a Sambo or Kingie, but soon the headshakes indicated either a Pinkie or Dhuie. When she finally brought the fish into sight I gulped as it was one of the largest Pinkies that I have ever seen. The fish stretched the Swivels measure to 79cm - a great fish indeed! Elation followed high fives and photographs and the decision was to release this magnificent specimen to reproduce more Pinkies. We had sufficient feed in the Esky and how would I explain to other anglers at the cleaning facilities at CPBA that none of these fish belonged to me?

The wind started picking up in the early afternoon and we decided to make our way back to Mewstone for a final flick at the Salmon. When we arrived back at Mewstone there were somewhat fewer boats around, but the now windy conditions made it a little challenging. I was however not going anywhere until I had at least one decent fish to show. Within a couple of minutes I was hooked into one of these turbo-charged submarines which after a short fight spat the Twisty into the side of my boat. Gail was having a good chuckle as she steered the boat to give me the best vantage for casting at these fish. After my "eighth" last cast I managed to hook into a Salmon which was landed after a very careful fight. With some dignity restored the fish was photographed and released and we could go now home.

......really need a new deckie!!!!

YouTube clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_iH6bt9MpKs

Had a great day out today, went with Rob (lives around the corner and is on FW, has his own boat and is a keen fisher). He had not jigged a fish before so we headed to a spot we got some the other day, but on the way found a new shallow lump full of sambos.

Robs first sambo on jig.

We got hit most drops, plenty of double headers.

Left with even sorer arms than Thursday, Rob was loving it.

Then we found a nice little flair up on new ground, looked KGish, out with the 8lb whiting gear on it was on. Bagged out in an hour. Rob's baldie went 63cm, bloody good capture on light gear.

Great day on the water. Cheers Rob, will do it again!

How frustrating, cruised all over the sound around garden and Carnac islands then all the way from peron to freo looking for salmon on Thursday and Friday for Zac, walking the dogs around peron this morning saw 2 schools herding mullet up against the beach right near the car park. Oh well shit fish anyway lol

Hi Everyone,

I have just bought a canoe and I am looking to take it around point perron with my young bloke.

I was wondering what can be caught out there and what bait should I use.

My young bloke absolutely loves fishing and I have only a small idea on catching fish and want to learn more about it to teach him.

If anyone can offer any tips on what is there or places to take the canoe that would be awesome.

Thanks Guys

Happy Fishing

Headed out just before dusk tonight with the prime reason to give the Minn a bit of a test after replacement of a few corroded wires.  We were hopeful that we could get out past the 3 Mile to try for some pinkies after the blow but as soon as we exited the marina that plan was abandoned – the good old weather forecasters get it right again!  The only option was to have a troll around the near reefs and then sit over a very nearshore lump, burley it up and see what was around on dusk, and into the early evening.

Conditions were crap with a 15+kn ssw blowing.  We tried trolling for a while but nothing.  Off to the lump to set Minn up and have a “token” fish.  We stuffed around for a while but when the baits got in the water there was plenty of activity.

First up was a fairly large octopus – hooked in the leg after chasing a mulie (didn’t give him a chance to stick to the bottom).  The pike (or snook) were all over our burley and the baits were not down for long before these “pests” were on them.  They go well in the burley and I have heard they are a quality bait so we decided to keep a few.

After I finally got my baits past the pests and to the bottom I hooked up solid.  This fish was taking lots of line on my light combo and the head shakes suggested pink, but were very strange.  Lots of runs and when I finally got it to the boat it was a double header of pinkies!  We netted the biggest one and lifted the other for my first Perth Metro double of the target species.  530mm and 460mm so only one came home.

The pests were thick and we got them every drop until the burley ran out.  We had more burley but conditions were not flash so the call was to finish the bait fillet and come in.  Just as that call was made, Dean hooked up a decent fish.  This one was called and an undersized pinkie, but it was a quality KG – one of the fattest ones I have seen for a while (480mm).  A couple more drops to see if there was a school and it was time to come in.

I think our very quick trip tonight showed that the fish do come in close after a blow.  Fairly undesirable conditions but we only travelled a few km for not a bad result – premium fillets, bait and burley.