Hi all first post here, I only found this website last week. This Easter I am taking a mate and my family up to Cervantes. I don't have a boat or a 4x4 so what kind of fishing am I going to be looking at doing? Any and all tips will be welcome.

Plus we are looking at something similar for this coming weekend but not as far. 

Thanks

Craig 

hey guys,

whats fishing like at wittecarra creek in kalbarri these days..

i grew up going to kalbarri every summer and fishing there (used to do the walk until my parents upgraded to the 4wd.)

i would love to get back up there summer 08/09, if i plan it this far out i *may* be able to go!

cheers

wicksey 

Hi Aussie buddies. Travelled from South Africa to Gnaraloo in May of 2004, 2005 and 2006 and in 2007 my mates came to South Africa to catch some monster YF Tuna. Both my boat buddies have now sold their boats and May 2008 is just around the corner. Anyone going?

well all i can say is when it fires it fires and when its slow its still good thanks to steve from abouttime 4 the good fishing and a bugger off a good time

any one going to coral bay in june i have boat need deckie

First online attempt hope I am doing it right.  Am going to Kalbarri at Christmas have not boat fished it before.  Do you go north or south of town? how deep? got no idea any help would be great. Thanks. 

UPDATE : Dates are now Jan 6th and Jan 20th. Both are sundays. I suggest you take Mon off coz you'll probably need it.
Gonna be taking 10ppl and BYO jigging gear. Cost is $150pp Departs from Capo D'Orlando Drive.
Departure 6am, coming back in roughly by 3pm....so be at the jetty by 5.45am...NO LATER.

If any one is keen to go out sambo jigging on the 8th of December  there is 6 spots that need to be filled.

Cost is $175 and includes lunch and gear. If anyone is interested can you please get back to me asap.

Thanks
Rob

headin up to exmouth for xmas,i heard its a bit windy at that time of year is that true?up there for 2 weeks so hopefully should get a few fishable days, cheers ray

I am planning to head up to the S-Bends for the first time.

Is there any good fishing spots where you can drive onto the beach to set up camp and fish?

will be heading there for  27- 30  and were going to try targeting tailor, mullas, snapper and skippy ( if about).

Any tips or recommended spots?

Taking the wife and kids to Dondara for a couple of days next week . I have not been there before and want to know where to fish so the kids can have some fun. What to fish for and where to try?
Land based but with a 4x4.

Thanks
Paul

Hello fellow forumers,
Just a word out on anyone interested in trip to NC, looking around Dec 20th-28th or so. Will be popping and jigging, with Doggies and GT the intended targets. Biggest from reports around this time last year were 40,43,50 and 57kg GT in 8 days.

Kindly PM me ASAP if interested, it is a prime date and could go by FAST.
Looking for 2 serious anglers to join.
An appropriate budget should be around AUD3500 subject to flight prices.

For more info, kindly see:
http://gtpopping.com/downloads/GTPopping.com%20Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Malabou%20-%20New%20Caledonia.pdf
http://gtpopping.com/malabounc.php
http://www.gtpopping.com/forum/index.php/topic,8.0.html
http://www.lepoissonbanane.com/

Thank you.

     Hi all off to exmouth on monday for some rr ,alllllooonnnggg cray season for not to much return but that is fishing ,1 good weeks holiday fish fish fishing and then to get a job, anything at the moment, up there for about 3 months untill the crays start again ,all the good weather,
  should be back in time for the north leg of the comp them i hope (only joking andy )
 

   jeff

Between tapout, bouttime, tangles and myself we got into some awsome fish out there. Plently of fun in the shallows to trolling there was fish everywhere. Tapout and myself did some diving and seen some awsome mackies to 20kg yellow fin tuna to over 100kg with sickles over a metre long! Bouttime and tangles found a nice drop off and got stuck into some nice dhuies and pinkies as well as heaps of good redthroat and baldies. We trolled up shark mackies and tangles nailed some good tailor we could only dream of in perth. Tapout and myself waided the shallows, he got a nice tailor on popper on i got blood poisoning from slipping on the coral! Mark, tapouts cousin did the "OP" with a toothbrush and sissors....man that hert! Bouttimes boat got some damage on the windy nights when the ropes snapped and then got bogged trying to get it out at port gregory! Tapout was seen waving at mackies under water and they both got sick of my grunting while bringing in all the big fish on 14lb!lol. Not really, all of us did well on the light stuff and got some awsome captures anyone would be proud of.

A big personal thanks to bouttime and tapout as well as tangles and his "secret spots" i had a great time. Good blokes, nice boat and i rubbed 2 PB's off my list. Thanks guys i had a ball. Cant wait for the footage and ill post a heap more photos up when i get the chance. heaps of tapout, bouttime, tangles and myself to come.

Cheers Chris.

Hi guys Tapout and myself are joining the bouttime ship for 10days of bliss fishing at the abrohlis islands and kalbarri as of next thursday! Just wanting to know if theres any secret spots that anyone knows around the islands (i dont think finding fish will be to hard though) just incase we get stuck. Any info from guys who have been there would be great. Cheers Spess.

to the guys that live up exmouth way:
im looking at the seabreeze website regarding exmouth (gnaraloo)weather and there is a massive amount of swell there but very little further north and south... is that right ???
i thought the swell would be lower but its my first trip up there.
and is a 3m swell normal ? (sounds like home at busselton- margeret river)

Possibly have an extra spot for a trip to Abrohlos Islands in early June on the good ship Bouttime. Hopfully spending 4 to 5 days at the island then heading to Kalbarri for 4 to 5 days aswell. If anyone is keen let myself or Steve no. You will have to pitch in for the usual fuel,bait,accomidation in Kalbarri ect. Obviously need your own gear and prefer someone who has some boating knowlage so we can take turns skippering. Should be the trip of a lifetime so if anyone else has a boat and wants to tag along aswell let us no.

Guys
Heading to Exmouth on the 5th of May for three weeks. Fished Exmouth a couple of years ago with mixed results. Looking to do some bottom bouncing and trawling. Any advice on methods and locations to fish would be greatly appreciated. If anyone is going to be up their at the same time let me know and we can get together and share information on where the fish are.

Howdy.
Heading up to Horrocks next week for a quick mission. have dinghy and possibly 5.3m ali boats. Never fished there before but liked Little Bay when there in 1999. Planning on camping there the weekend after Easter and hoping to nail a couple Macs, trout, dhu, pinky, mulloway.... High hopes I know.
Any tips on seasons for those species (ie: are we too late for dhu, will they likely be deep or in close, is there no point scratching around for mulloway etc etc) or for camping there in general - the track is still strictly 4x4 i assume. Planning to leave trailer at boat ramp in town and cruise dinghy around to little bay... i seem to remember there being fairly safe anchorage in the bay or to beach dinghy on shore?

any good feedback appreciated.

cheers fellas
hansie

Hi guys, Im heading to kalbarri for the easeter break with my 5m console.
not having been there for some time i'm a bit green as to whats biting this time of year. I'm hoping to chase some mackies and tuna trolling up and down the coast and try some bottom bouncing if I come across any lumps on my travels. But really this trip is just a meer warm up to the yearly boys epic trip the Dirkhartog camping at whitnell point. I need some tips on hunting GT's. I heard they run in reasonable numbers there, maybe not like further north but i think im still in with a chance. Never having targeted them before ive been reading up on them, but some first hand info from people who have wrestled these beasts before would be appreciated.
My girlfriend thinks im crazy obsessing over a fish but i know it will be worth it.
Cheers.

Well, public notice, the life of the party(me) will be leaving the country for a couple weeks. Going to mauritius for a few days then south africa. Havent got much fishing planned but hoping to get out game fishing in SA. Will report back once im home(providing i dont get shot). Might even jump on a pc mid trip for a quick update.

Have a nice shizz free few weeks, enjoy it while it lasts! >:D

cheers
Josh.

A while ago we had a thread going for a Shikari charter on Saturday 20th of January to go jig up some sambos. Unfortunately the other groups that were pending have now confirmed their bookings on the day/s we were looking at so it's not a goer.
Honsu has looked into another option for us and we have a booking with Nebraska on Sunday the 21st of January, departing Freo.
Here is the list of people who were originally interested in the Shikari charter. Let us know if you're still keen or not so we can free up spots if you're not interested.

1. honsu
2. jay
3. jay
4. jay
5. scott (pending)
6. (pending)
7. kc (pending)
8. shamu

Shizz
Deefa
Colv
Please note, BYO gear.
More details to come..

Anyone goin away for the long weekend? Ill be stuck in perth but try to get out for a fish or three.

There is one fishing trip I would really like to do during 2007 and that's a trip to the Montes. We would prefer to take our own boat to save costs. It's only a 4.3m Websters Twin fisher but it's very seaworthy for its size and I'd be more than confident going over on it provided there was other boats with us (safety in numbers).

If anyone has been there or knows any information I'd love to hear about it.

What is the best time of year to go? What kind of fishing can you expect? What safety precautions should be made for this kind of trip? What duration should you go for, taking into account food, water & fuel that needs to be taken? Since the nuclear blasts you need to minimise exposure on the islands but are there islands which can be camped on?

Anything else that you can add that would be relavent to this trip would be appreciated.

Obviously it's a long way off but I beleive this needs to be planned well ahead in order to provide a smooth, successfull, safe and enjoyable trip.

Look forward to hearing any comments.

Jay

im thinkin about doin a trip to dirk hartog in the near future, has anyone fished of the island before, whats there to catch ecs...???