hey guys, has anyone given the north mole a bash for snapper during this storm. I know a mte of mine picked up a beauty on sunday. Wandering if it will still be any good thursday

Just wondering if there is mobile phone service in exmouth with the 3 network?

i got my fisrt snapper last night at high tide 12-15kg land based hopefully many more to come

decided to get stuck into the salmon, was sick of reading all the reports and not being able to catch them myself!

so me and a couple friends who are new to fishing trecked down to hamelin bay for the weekend.

Things started off pretty quiet saturday morning couldn't spot any schools so pulled up and fished a gutter with no success, so time to up and try further along the beach, we noticed a guy just catch a lone salmon so stopped for a chat. we continued on our way down the beach and then i saw a school, quickly started throwing lures at it to no avail, then anther school merged with it and also a few other anglers... one guys chucked out a mulie and hooked up in seconds! this was all the encouragement i needed so on with the mulies it was. first cast and bang i'm on, onto a solid salmon around the 5kg mark, u beauty got the first one. so next up was to get my friends hooked up and with the next cas thats exactly wot happened.

the girls were having a great time just watching everyone chase the school up the beach so were stoked to say the least to hook one for themselves. we managed 4 out of the school before it got too cold to wade out into the ocean to reach the school.

so a cruisey night with a few drinks was on the cards to recharge the batteries for the next day.

the next morning after a nice sleep in we just started fishing and a school swam past us so we got stuck back into them with the girls catching another 3 between them and another 3 for myself.

all salmon we caught was using mulies and seemed to be the most effective but lures accounted for a few by others too.

Hey all,

Headed up to jurien with some customers for another trip out with whitey and was not dissapointed.

The day started at 5.30am so that we could get the sunrise bite and first stop was to pick up some livebait to target some big mullas and pinks that whitey had been getting at one of the wrecks.I decided to leave the jigs alone and drop a few livies as well in the hope of picking up a mulla.first drop resulted in instant action with drags screaming everywhere.a few good sambos and pinks were hitting the livies.One of my lucky customers(Rod) picked up this Cracker old man snapper.

the next hour or so resulted in more good pinks and sambos  and a few unstoppables that ripped us through the wreck.

We then headed out to some more ground to look for some dhu's.Livebaits were proving the most effective method drifted down lightly weighted.This dhu came up spewing up three livies that he stolen previously.I persisted with the jigs but can only assume they didnt look too appetizing next to a smorgasboard of tethered livebaits.Although i did get bricked on pe2 on my favorite plastic by a suspected dhu.

Greg was the lucky angler

Just to make us all look bad greg bagged another one shorly after on the driftbaited livey

this stripey tuna was one of only a few interested in the jig on the day

after lunch the bottom action quieted off so we set off to target some pelagics at one of whiteys secret spots.As soon as we saw some birds working we cruized past and the halco 190 got smashed  and for the next 45minutes i watched 3 mackies lost through bust offs and broken snap swivels.I figured the next run it was my turn and thought id show the boys how it was done.Or so i thought..Hooked up and the  20kg+mackie headed towards us for a brief viewing before seeing the boat burning towards the horizon.The next 25 minutes ensued with line lost and won.I was soon becoming suspicious about the stamina of this fish on the pe3 outfit and after a while guessed that he had wrapped me round a bommie.We tried to reposition the boat for about 10minutes to get him off but it proved futile and the braid eventually pinged ruining the dream fro a while longer.

Hooked up to the mack

After that Whitey was adamant we would get the bastard but with a bunch of satisfied and tired customers i told Whitey we would call it a day and head back.

Another Epic trip to jurien

cheers

Chris

Big day on the lineburners =)

Started off with a few Dolphinfish before they shut down. Got a bonus YTK from the Salmon schools @ West End, then endless numbers of Salmon at West End, Rotto. The YTK and the SBTs could really work on their sizes.

There were some attempts made for some oogly bottomdwellers, but they didn;t come to the party. What can I say there but Fisherman > SW Labs.

The other boaties can own up any time too =)

got this nice pink today from a morning fish off rocko in the late 30s, fairly quet today ,nice when the wind dropped

Gday,

Its been a while since I have had a trip report to post, so although this one is a small one I figured I would put it up now, seeing as all the squidders are at the comp.

Headed down to the ammo jetty around 4 yesterday arvo with a mate who was keen for a fish.  We have gone on a river bream mission or two, and he was keen to try again but I wasnt so keen on swan river seafood atm.  Got down there and it was packed right out to the end of the jetty.  Great to see good manners from fishos when it was obviously busy.  Still shitty with the small family who took up 20-30 mts of jetty space for their crab pots.  Sure they were there before us and have every right to fish, but when the wind was blowing 15-20knts from the south theres no need for crab pots with 30 mts of rope and to throw them out as far as you can from the jetty.  The pots made that section of the jetty unfishable for the 3-4 hours we were there.  I tryed speaking with them and politely asking them to shorten the ropes and drop them straight under the jetty as the other people on the jetty did so people could fish that spot, but it was clear from the constant "yes" comments and lack of action that they did not understand a word I said.

Anyway some other people left and we managed to get a spot that two people could fish without pissing off those around them and we were into it.  Small running sinker on the main line to a small longshank hook with squid, burleyed up and cast out.  Plenty of nibbles off the bat, but not much hookup.  Thought I had been baited so I began a quick retrieve and meters from the jetty got an undersize skippy.  I chucked him back and the bloke to the left of me said that I was the first person who he had seen chuck an undersize one back:/

Some more fishing but not much luck, So I switched to a sinking burley cage and sent it back out, not much action.  So I switched over to a burley blob and sent it back out, but still not much action.  People were landing herring all around us on sabiki jigs but after being in Albany last weekend and Herring being $2.00 a kilo I wasnt so keen.  Had a yarn to the bloke next to me and he said the night before plenty of squid were taken.  You dont have to tell me twice! On with the Yo Zuri Aurie Q Neo in pink/purple.  First cast, let it sink, dart it, sink and im on! Not a huge squid(read snapper bait size) but a squid none the less.  Out she goes again and no joy.  Third cast and its on again, this time its a bigger number.  Hi Fives all around, by this time the sun was setting an along with an army of fishos were plenty of spectators.  Good on them for getting out of the way when asked by me as I was bringing the squid up to the jetty.  Into the bucket he goes and as I reach in to dehook him, he inks straight up out of the bucket and pretty much into my right ear!  Laughs all round and a bit of a wipe down with a rag, fortunately it was just seawater and not ink.

More casts, not much joy, so I switched to the orange yo zuri.  More casts and it was getting dark, we were discussing leaving when I hooked up another squid. Mate said he would have a ciggie and we would be off.  I switched to the blue daiwa jig I have (thinking it was silly as the brighter colors would work better) for a few casts, but no luck.

We packed up and were on our way home for 8.  Good to see proper fisheries officers on the jetty at sundown kicking buckets and handing out size stickers.  I had been to a tackle shop that afternoon and finally gotten hold of a size sticker for the boat for the new regs so I didnt need one, but it was good that they brought them and as I said were actual fisheries officers, not redshirt volunteers.

Finally I think that bait chasing rigs will be the downfall of skilled fisherpeople.  On of our section of the jetty most people were using a sabiki jig straight under the jetty with handfuls of burley, getting stuck into herring and scalie mackeral(double/triple headers were not uncommon).  I would say on the jetty there would have been 150-200 people last night majority fishing this way and fishing to fill a bucket, thats a lot of herring/scalies taken.  Bring on the Landbased fishing licence I say so they can gain some revenue from all these people who aside from tackle and bait would not contribute one iota to the coffers of fisheries.

PS. The crab people caught nothing all night, but another crabber with pots that werent giving everyone the shits got three.

PPS. If teaching your kids how to fish, perhaps dont rock up on sunset and then try to squish a family into a 1 mt gap between people.

Well, I finally got stuck into the mighty Aussie Salmon.

I've been in WA for almost 2 years now & today's first Salmon experience was simply awesome.

I tagged along with a mate down to Bunker Bay (boat based). We flicked poppers, ricta plugs & soft plastics with great success.

They were simply everywhere in Bunkers & the quality was sensational. None were below 5kg... most averaging 7kg.

I flicked a small halco rooster most of the day (rigged with 1 single hook only). Later in the day (and after losing my popper) I took out the 6lb combo & used a soft plastic. I had to work the soft plastic really agressively & pause it just before the boat to get a hookup.

Every man & his dog were in Bunkers, so we ended up travelling around to the western side & worked a bommie with more poppers which resulted in plenty of big salmon. My mate even got stitched up, by what we beleive, was a samson fish. It was far more peaceful fishing the bommie without boats around us.

The poppers & stickbaits were the best option - everyone else used metal slices.

I don't have many pics, but I'll post them up when they've been emailed to me.

Daz

how far up are the salmon an where is the best place to go atm

*2 pics added* 

Well I finally made it up to the Abrolhos for a 3 day trip with a bunch of guys on Abrolhos Island Charters the other weekend. Unfortunately I've just moved house so dont have the net on there so I'm on someone else's computer and therefor have no photos to add to the report just yet... not that I took maybe, too busy fishing! I'll hopefully add a few soon, stay tuned :)

Anyway if you care to read a little report then here you go...

Got up there at 12 on thursday night and loaded all the gear onboard and we all crashed out trying to get a few hours sleep before we left the next morning.

Woke up friday morning to beautiful conditions and we steamed out to the islands arriving around 10am. All geared up on the way out everyone was keen to get into it and fishing positions were quickly picked as we stopped at the first spot. I made my way up the front of the boat to get away with one other guy to get away from the 8 other lines squished together on deck. Within 10 seconds of hitting the bottom 2 fisho's were hooked up and reeling in, a small snapper and a nice 8kg dhuie were first fish onboard.

My aim for the trip was to jig metals and sp's with bait as a last resort. After the first hour of jigging a few different metals and watching the other guys with bait pulling in plenty of good fish I made the switch to a 7inch gulp sp and was instantly rewarded with the biggest coral trout of the trip. Great fish to start and a pb trout for me. The rest of the arvo using sp's pulled in some good baldies and snapper being busted off by a couple unstoppables. The rest of the guys caught our trip limit of 6 dhuies with the best goin about 12kg and the smallest going back leaving us 1 more decant dhuie to be caught for the trip. Also some horse baldies came aboard and plenty of small snapper going back.

That night we got an awesome feast of beer battered dhuie and baldie with beer battered chips and the best mexican salad I've ever tasted... I must say we ate VERY well over the weekend with delicious meals and great meat and cheese platters, cakes and other goodies for snacks during the day.

Sat morning we woke to a constant 20knot wind which hung around all day making conditions not as great as the day before and using the sps and lighter metals hard work. The patternoster with 2 long droppers of sp's was the order of the day and first drop was another great trout. The day was a little slower that the first with a another trout and some baldies going to the plastics and a couple small dhuies (only 1 size). The rest of the guys pulled in the usual snapper and baldies but only a few undersize dhu's.

Sat night after anchoring it was time to bring out the light gear I'd brought up. The 4lb bream gear was out and ready for action. Sent out a drift bait to the bottom as the skipper said snapper and baldies could be about in the area. After 5 mins of no action I handed the rod to one of the older guys to hold while I rigged up another rod with a bait jig to catch some herring that were schooled up behind the boat.... wouldn't you know it he hooked up... big! The little 2500 stradic was singing loudly as a decant fish had taken the occy leg on the other end. Wishing I could have taken the rod back I knew I couldn't, instead encouraging old mate to get this fish in on the 4lb string. He fought it like a pro even though he'd only ever been fishing once before and after a long fight landed a big nosed 6kg pinkie! Awesome capture on the light gear!

With the motivation to catch another I spent the the rest of the night until 3:30am fishing alone off the back deck. I landed a 2kg snapper, big red troat emperor and 4 big morwong (the grey coloured ones?) while being snapped off twice. Exciting fun on the light gear for sure. Also caught over 50 bait fish for the next day, herring and some stonka slimey mackeral!

Woke early on sunday morning with everyone else being up already and 1 guy fishing who pulled in a small snapper as I got up on deck. I headed straight for my little outfit, baited up and sent it 30m down to the bottom. Instant hook up and reel screaming the other guys watched on as I pulled in 3 consecutive nice baldies on the "flicky" until the 4th one burried me and snapped me off. Great fun!!!

Last day was windy... 30knots all day and the fishing was fairly slow with the last decant dhuie kept for the trip and a few more baldies and snapper to take home for dinner. We got to stop off to feed the friendly massive spanglies at some spot called........ something that I forget. Man they were big!

The trip home was exciting with the windy and swell knocking the boat around a bit but we made it home safely. Overall it fun trip with plenty of fish caught, though nothing to really write home about. Everyone got to take a few fillets home though we didn't even make out 10kg quota for the trip each!

In conclusion.... I must suck at jigging metals as I didn't even get a hit.. though I only used them for maybe 2 hours and gave up switching to the sp's which were definately the go on this trip. Also I recommend taking a very light rod to fish with at anchor during the night.. so much fun :)

The End.

Pics - *First fish of the trip - Coral Trout* , *Baldie on 2kg outfit*

Went off midarie to the 3 mile... this time instead of going to staggies reef for kings we headed towards alkimos in the hope of a dhuie or two. Saw bird activity but bait went deep by the time we rocked up.

there was a gd mix of fish all day. skippys, wrasse, and small break seas everywhere. got onto a school of pinkies, which where on 48cm went back alive and well. I personally think 1/2meter size limit for snapper is rediculus.. this 480 that went back was solid with its own little lump on its head. I think if u cant take a fish that decent home whats the point.. but anyways kept fishing, dad got a decent break sea. boat drifted onto sand and I got a yellow tail king (they are everywhere atm). last drop of the day was drifting wrass fillets for dhuies with no weight, produced a very nice harlequin cod. All in all a gd day out, seems the last few trips there has been decent fish all in 12-15m of water 3 mile off ocean reef, mindarie, and two rocks

 Im intrestead to know what else is been caught on the 3 lately, feel free to add!!

Afternoon all,

Just wondering if anyone had any luck out from Mandurah over the weekend? We tried several spots, close and out wide but came up with nothing (apart from a sea sick step son ).

cheers

its been a good 5 weeks since i went fishing last and as it would have it, all the moons , suns alligned for a perfect days fishing in augusta. as my wife were tagging along an early start would be near impossible but we were at the ramp by . with no wind predicted all day i was very very excited. after giving my wife a quick run down on how to be a good deckie we tackled the worst boat ramp in australia , flinders bay.

on the way out we collected skippy, herring, scalies (and sand whiting just in case we caught no decent fish) for fresh bait. all the whole way out we saw Salmon,bonito,tuna bust up bait. could not get within casting distance of the balls, fish got spooked. then we hit some lumps on the other side of the island and after a few drifts my wife nailed a 50cm harlequin on her new saragosa 8000. lucky for her ive never caught one. Then i hit a 55cm breaksea cod. And well thats the new bag limit 2 high risk fish( i was the only one with a license) got some big skippy aswell.

also the river has been doing well for size 35cm and under,,,, king geroge whiting.  very few and far between yellow fin whiting. no crabs either.

also rumour has it that this winter the river will be sealed with sand and busted open when rains fill the river to the rim.for a long time the river has not being emtying and filling with the tides because of the mouth has been slowly closing. hopefully the govt can follow through with this project to give this huuugggeee waterway a second chance. Augusta,s lively hood is fishing and this small town sure does need the tourism. 

hey guys just posted my pics up from hillarys 3mile in reports forum .. and they are farken huge (again ) lol ill get it one day could someone please resize them for me ..cheers ..

Went out on a mates' boat on Monday, we were heading for the three mille off Ocean Reef but we didn't have allot of time so we dropped the pick on a lumpy bit of ground not far from the marina. Things started off quietly but good conversation and a few beers helped pass the time then this fellow came along. Measured 64cm to the fork, we got one more very undersize pinky then the stingrays moved in so it was time to head back and light the barbie. All in a very relaxing way to spend a Monday.

I fished Hamelin Bay last weekend after a tip-off from my neighbour who fished it the weekend prior and reported some good sized fish.

hey guys thought id give a thumbs up to anybody looking at having a fish on the 3mile.
We headed out yesterday about 1pm in the arvo to our little spot 10 min from the boat ramp,anchored and burleyed hard in about 13m of water.

The result 10 small bronzies,3 big rays,a 55cm pinkie,a 70cm pinkie,and my pb 87cm pinkie, the sharks were takin on full baby squid un weighted and the pinkies off the bottom ,,awesome arvo i reckon.

Just proves you dont always need to cruise far to catch decent fish (as we usually do .good luck for the long weekend . 

Well unfortunately due to the weather and needing to be back at 2 we decided not to head out to the FAD's and instead hit the local reefs and then head out to try find some bottom dwelling species. The NE was fairly stiff and reinforced the reason we didn’t hit the FAD's. Got to Mewstone and started chucking lures with every cast resulting in a herring, until my mate then got bricked on 12lb to what we think was a huge tailor judging by the pace it took off. After we had enough herring for bait we headed out to the 40m mark where we eventually found a likely spot, did a few drifts and found we were getting smashed by small snapper which wouldn’t leave our baits alone, we moved a few times and found the same result. We then decided to head out a little deeper where we found a little lump of coral and first drop resulted in a nice Red snapper for my mate.

As I was taking the photo my rod went off and I thought I had hooked his brother until line started stripping, unfortunately it was just a sambo,

so with time getting on we decided to head back in, by this stage the wind had dropped and we could head in sitting on 30kn. I’ve still got a couple more weeks before uni starts again so hopefully I can head out to the FAD's and get into some nice yellow fish.

Cheers Miles

Went out from Hillarys yesterday at midday & headed NW. Plenty of surface activity with a few big chop ups. From what i could see they were southern blues & managed to bring one on board around the 5-6kg mark. Something i haven't seen before was a serious bait ball getting hammered by tuna & sharks in 8m of water!!! Couldn't latch on to any though.

Few size dhuies out there & managed a couple of cod. Might have been wirras but they had bands & spots. Only in 40m. Plenty of 30cm pinkies around.

Not bad for 4hrs on the water.

Now for a bitch! To the @#$%wit who came & pinged my spot while i was into a dhuie, i hope your GPS shits itself! There is nothing more annoying than people that do that. You put a lot of hard work into getting good ground not to give it away to twats like that. If i wasn't fighting a fish i wouldn't have been too polite!!

All in all though an enjoyable arvo on the water.

hi lads,

Just thought i should put up first post as a report.

Went out last nite in cockburn sound and got a few tailor good size there seems to be a few round atm.

Sorry no pics.

cheers carps

After reading about the lack of input into the site I thought I would post the last weekend story.

A bit boring for some but hey it was great and fantastic fishing.

Cant be bothered taking pictures when the fish is on the bite, but will try and get some from the visitors on saturday that was snap happy.

Saturday lazy time. left at 12noon from Dampier and thought the wind would be cool. It sort of was so didnt head as wide as intended. Nice reef from memory found the old fashion way (GPS tracker broke) and we were into it. End of the day in the Home Esky 2 Jacks (odd to find them that far off as we also got some juvies undersize), 4 nice NW snapper of various varieties, a nice cod, a Trigger fish (I had no idea whether it was edible or not and dont like killing fish, but something "triggered" my mind that it was good) and the 2 price Trout, caught less than 1 minute apart. Left behind a truck load of odds and sods, including a very decent size ramora that I thought was not a eating fish.

Sunday out again but even more lazy. Out 1pm and it was jack city. I dont understand why Jacks are so far off in numbers greater than flags and NW snapper but in view of the previous effort only brought home 2. If it was a comp would have upgraded at least 10. Again a ball and it just proves that you dont have to be deep ++ to get quality fish.

Mullows ---- it was not Courtney Heads. LOL

Neels

Dropped the tub in at Quindalup yesterday lunchtime and decided to have a look down at Bunkers for some Salmon. Was buzzed by two choppers at the ramp so thought the Pro's were looking which could be a good sign. Off we went, conditions weren't too bad just a moderate SE wind so it was good to get out of the house and get the tub out. We were 10 minutes out and spotted birds working , over goes Rogers favourite Yozi lure , bang straight onto a Bonito which was a bit of fun for him,  kept steaming down to Bunkers , good signs of bait fish on the sounder. Got closer to Bunkers, so over with the lures,  did a couple of passes around Rocky Point and then headed out to the Cape. Still nothing after an hour or so , wind was on the make so we decided to go right into Bunkers and catch a feed of Herring/Whiting and relax for a couple of hours. Got a good feed of sand whiting and some good sized Herring also which was good. Wind started to drop off a bit so we decided to head around the Cape and see if we could get a salmon or two! Over with the lures again, trolling for about 10 minutes and Rogers on again (Good sized Pike). Still sloppy as  around there so didnt expect too much. Trolled for another 15 minutes and then I got a hit on mine and this thing took off, peeling the line off pretty quick and then  spat it (not happy). That was a bummer losing that!Turned around and headed back to Bunkers again, ( Roger got another Bonito just inside the Cape) and that was it for the day, headed back to the ramp. Hopefully they will come on soon before I go back to work! Sorry about no photos , forgot to take the camera!    cheers  nev!

What are other people's thoughts on dragging my 22ft boat up to Shark Bay over easter? I'll get two days of fishing if I'm lucky, probably 15-20knot winds as reports indicate have been the norm up there, a day up and day back. IS IT WORTH IT? I have plenty of marks and know how to fish it even though I've never been there, and only have a 2wd vehicle so I figure decent LB fishing would be out of the question. Any opinions would be appreciated.

Had a nice night on the Lower Ord last Saturday. Spent some time collecting bait and waiting for the afternoon traffic to disappear. ;)

Eventually settled in to a favourite spot, just on dusk. After an hour of swatting mozzies with only one silver cobbler (shitehouse catfish) to show for the effort, the call was made to move around a bit to try and locate the fish.

5 minutes after re-positioning the boat, the first barra was hooked. Turned out to be a nice fish at 80+cm which was successfully released after a few pics.

30 minutes the second fish turned up. This would have to be one of the fattest barra I've encountered, it was almost goldfish like! Released this one into the icebox.

Finally, right on 9.00pm the fish of the night turned up. After a great tussle on 14lb braid a solid 90+cm fish graced the deck. Took a couple of quick pics and then released it with a big smile on the face. After that we let the remaining bait in the bucket go and headed for home dodging the odd tree branch and bugs flying over the river.

Saw a few crocs but only small, and they were happy doing their own things.

Unreal weather last night, so ended up out on the swan for a quick fish on the kayak... Must be all the fresh water mixing up the river after the storm because within a couple of hours i caught about 30 tailor and 5 black bream (all released)... choppa tailor were everywhere, smashing lures almost before they hit the water... Ended the night after i hooked this monster in shallow water, while trying for squid... I've never seen cuttlefish in the river before so was a bit shocked.... weighed about 2.2kg... time for some cuttlefish curry... mmm... or cuttlefish stuffed squid ...

Got a call from my old mate Neville asking me to go for a run out on his boat with him and his son John.
Got away at 0700 this morning and the aim was to fish some spots about 6nm NW of Koks island. On arrival found that the spots I'd taken from my gps didn't match the position on Nev's.so after a bit of searching we located them.All ready to fish and out come John with a BANANA---WTF!!!oh well too late to toss it now.

Do about 5-6 drifts right over the spots and not a bite with good fish showing on the sounder.

Moved in to proven fall back spots near Koks and the same thing,drift over spots showing big fish and not even a whiff of a bite.So on to the Koks patch.Result from 6 drifts over real good lumps showing fish was my charlie court[ released], Nev's double header of undersize black snapper [both released] and John's shark that he wanted to keep.

To really rub salt in to the BANANA myth with broke down in the leads coming in to the boat harbour.The Volvo diesel just died,plenty of fuel,motor turns over but no fire.So on the radio and call up sea rescue for a tow in.Bit embarrassing for the local sea rescue president calling up for a tow.

Boat safely back in the pen and will have a look at it tomorrow,not game to today after all the other failures.

Because we are moving to the NT, some friends suggested we listen to the guys on the ABC Radio station, with a program called "Tales from the Tinny" have listened to a few shows in the archives, they are bloody funny ! You can check them out at http://www.abc.net.au/darwin/tinny/?section=about