My self & a few mates were looking at going to DHI next year until we just found out the return ferry prices.

WTF?? How the hell do they warrant charging $687 return for a fourby & the same for a trailer?

Thats $1374 before any camping fees.

Is it really THAT good??

 hi lads!

planning a trip tp preston beach for a few days drop a line or two the usual!

I need some advice about spots along the beach etc but mostly ive never really been surf fishing before. Would like some suggestions rod wise, bait wise rig wise etc... any help is much appreciated. Rod wise the budget is pretty low about $50-100 i have everything else.

cheers lads!

Hey all,

I dont post much as most of the things i want to say or know are always up in no time, but i have a few questions now. 

So I decided to change up my persistant metro Mulloway (ocean only) chase with a daytime session at the sth side of the narrows today. 90 minutes each side of the high tide. Used tailor caught last night, frozen scalies and dart for bait. Not a sniff other than the local cleaners cleaning my hooks for me. This didnt surprise me but i thoguht i would start giving the daytime and the river a tilt. 

Question 1: Has anyone heard of people landing them at the narrows on the high tide during the day? Ill keep trying but it would be nice to know. 

Over the past six months i have really cranked up the chase.  Been averaging between 2 - 3 sessions a week. Generally fishing the high tide in the late afternoons and evenings, or the mornings, looking for gutters or fishing rock walls. Again, fresh / live bait, snelled 8 hooks on 60lb leader on to 30lb main, running sinker as light as needed to hold my gear where i want it. Ive done ok with feeds and fun - maybe 8 decent runs - no hook up (maybe not even mulla) a few decent tailor here and there, shovelnoses, small sharks etc during the period and loved every session but i think i need some more assistance on narrowing my odds with the Mulloway. I have been fishing most of my life, and learnt what i know (very little) through trial and error (more persistant error than trial), books and the net, but I have now finally come to the conclusion that I need to learn more from someone in person who knows what the feck they are doing. 

Question 2: Does anyone need / want a LB Mulloway chasing student / buddy? - if so, help us out!!! I know that loose lips sink ships, I have a deep respect for the ecosystem and I just straight up love how challenging it is to catch them but am basically going insane doing it. I have a 4wd and have it on the beach every couple of weekends so im happy to drive or tag along!

NB. Begging didnt actually feel as bad as i thought it would. 

Question 3: Tides. I know having a line in the water is the start and there has to be some kind of structure or reason for the mulla to be there yada yada but in terms of tides and days, and not taking into account whether the tide falls in darkness or light or the weather,  in your opinon which days and tides are they more actively feeding - Days like today where there is 4 tides with very little height difference / days with four tides but the middle two tides are basically the same and occur within an hour or two of each other /  days with two major tides with more substantial height difference? 

Question 4: I dont take the major and minor solunar into account when planning my fishing sessions for Mulloway, just the tides. I tested this out many times years ago and failed as usual. Had anyone had success in using these periods to target Mulloway?

Sorry about the long post and basic questions but better out than in. Thanks in advance. 

All fish swam off well.

.Fishing on saturday night was pretty miserable with very little on the chew except herring and the odd tailor ,about 2.30 am sunday morning the winds started to swing around to the east so I rigged up a sanmar with a nice richter skirt around it and sent it out hoping for a mackie.

Sanmar are a smaller bait to put out on a balloon so after about 40 minutes I started to bring it back in to check that the pickers had not got to  it. I had weight on it straight away but with no head shake or runs I thought I might have picked up one of the other balloon lines or weed but then it gave the first run

It was nothing special it only took about 20 mtrs of line.I got that back and continued to bring the fish in. The next 2.5 hours were the same with small runs and taking line very slowly whenever it wanted.The suggestions were coming fast and quick that I had a small whale, boat , cray lines or a massive chunk of weeed. I thought I had picked up a big lazy groper  but I eventually got a big black ray it to the beach.

It measured 170cm across the wings and went an estimated 161.7 kg  or around 356lb . It was a good fish to get in a competition and it gave me first place  but my arms and legs are aching today.

Cheers Vince

Gear used        Shimano Talica 25   2 speed

                      Saltiga Boat Braid    65lb   (Found the spool Vis)

                      Jinkai  100lb leader

                      20 year old  10-25kg      8'  daiwa  rod

 hey everyone

I'm new to perth and would like to take up fishing here. Back home I was a pike angler(20 years) fishing freshwater venues only. I've never fished in the sea before. So before i start i need to be steered in the right direction as far as tackle goes. rod, reel, line, traces, leeders, hooks. I'll be fishing from the shore somewhere near perth and I'M undecided what to be fishing for. HOPEFULLY SOMETHING BIG!! as afar as money goes I'd like not to break the bank just yet. but at the same time i'm not looking for a fishing combo from big W

thanks in advance for your comments

Hey guys i might be going fishing tonight at trigg beach. Is today.a good day or tomoz better. Planning on going from maybe 5-9/10.
Tomoz is gonna be raining so dunno if it will be better or worse I'm going for tailor and herring. Also any tips for beach fishing would help cause I'm useless just giving it a go trial and error what I like to call it!

Thnx Mad fisherboy

hey guys. been looking at paper and apparently huge flathead being caught at canning bridge. got kayaks so doesnt have to be shore angling but mum wouldnt want to wait in the car and would rather be in tha action aswell! I would probably be able to go out on my own anyway.

but the point of this is to work out how to catch and clean flathead. I need to know how to fillet or get the actual meat (you know what I mean) and the rigs and if lures how do i work them?

 Anyone going fishing tonight for tailor or anything really haha :) been going to the drain recently and want to try other places :). Preferably north of the river :)

regards brendan

Hi guys

Myself and some friends are heading up to Port Gregory for a week at Easter and lucky to have the use of a free holiday house.

I was last fishing up that way about 8 years ago and got some good advice on where to fish however the memory is a bit vague.

Firstly i ahve a 12ft Snyder Glass but want to upgrade to a graphite surf rod and looking for suggestions and rough cost and recommendations?

Also can anyone refresh my memory on fishing spots, have 4WD so travelling on the beach is no problem.

Any advice appreciated!

Cheers

Mick

 i need some help with the squid please, i heard that yamashita jigs are good but cant find any... I need a good place to go around the perth metro and can go at any time but cant go to woodmans at night. Can you please help with some details of where i could go to catch some land based. Cheers

 hi guys,

thinking of a good fishing trip but am only 12 and the whole family is useless at fishing. We live in Bull Creek (perth metro) and dont know good places for fishing. We need to know an all right spot, good rigs, bait and of coarse the fish we would catch.

hey folks,

Just wondering if anyone has one of these Penn squall lever drags? its the 60ld but in left hand which draws me to it as i like reeling in with my leftie,

have a torium30  at the moment , but needs respooling. 

i sort of generalise my gear as i dont fish often enough to buy set combo's for balooning etc, but was wondering how much 50lb braid anyone has loaded on to the reel if they have one.

If i can get 600m on i would be happy.

this is the spec for  the reel ....

id use it for casting/slide baiting or if the wind is right balooning, just cant justify buying different reels for each different type of fishing as i dont fish often enough.

but i assume thats for mono?

http://www.motackle.com.au/index.cfm?pr=product&product_id=9014

cheers for any input

oh and it would be matched to a catana

cheers tony

 Hi guys, 

I'm a very enthusiastic and fairly new user of overhead reels for beach fishing. They are the only reel with comparable overall smoothness to an Alvey (in that the line comes in straight and comes off straight).

I Currently use a Fin Nor OFC 20h offshore which ive done a bit of work on to make it more casting friendly and smoothen out the drag. 

My question is this. Do you know of or use an overhead reel suitable for the beach, with Jewies salmon and other larger beach species up to small sharks? Id love to know of other strong reels which either out of the box or with a bit of work stand out as good choices for the beach. Please bearing in mind that tournament casting tackle such as a millionaire 7ht is not suitable. Nor do I want this to become another discussion littered with typical Abu 7000,10000 or penn 525 mag comments. Sure they cast but they dont have the kind of balls im looking for in a surf reel and im trying to find out what fisherman in Aus are using. 

Cheers,

Sarge.

I'd like to give it a go from the beach for sharks this Salmon season. I've heard of people doing it and I can work out how to set the hooks up but I was wondering what the story is with a sinker. I would have thought a Salmon is strong enough to pull anything short of a brick wherever it wants to go. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Smez

 hey guys never done much of it but always hear aBout people kayakking baits out from shore for sharks and other bigger things out deeper . Would you use a normal bottom rig for shore? With a weight leader etc? Or balloon type rig?  Also do people have much luck kayakking out during the day for small sharks etc or just at sunrise/night/sunset? Trying to get into it more now i have a kayak. Thx for all the help . 

Hi Guys ,have never fished Harvey dam.Know there is redfin and trout.Bit of advice as to were to look for redfin,habitats etc and what bait to use.Any info much apprecatied

Wesley

Hey guys and girls. I was just wondering if any of you could tell me any good spots within a 1/2nd drive. I'm mainly targeting tailor or other good eating species. I have 2 10 ft rods one 6-7 ft rod and a 9 ft rod. I have been going to the north mole but only getting snook or herring which is good but my family really likes tailor so trying for them. Any tips and advice would be good especially locations. Thnx.

 Hi

this is my first forum post.  Im a novice angler, reading heaps and not getting out fishing enough!

just wondering if anyone has had any luck with whiting on poppers or walking the dog lures around east freo near the red herring up to zephyrs?

Ive been down to east freo a few times early in the morning 5-8am - to try and catch whiting with no luck.  im not using bait and Im mainly using 50mm poppers and 80mm walking the dog type stickbaits.  realised that ive been trying to catch whiting on the flats in low tide, supposedly not a good idea!  

been reading a bit more and some people say the falling tide is supposed to be better for whiting but theres not much falling tide in the mornings around freo unless you want to be up at 2am :)

thinking of trying a falling tide around sunset or around the afternoon but wondering if im wasting my time with the lures at this spot?

any advice appreciated

Hello guys I've been trying tailor fishing at the north mole for a while with very little success I mainly catch snook instead. Could anyone please tell me some locations within a 1/2 hr of Perth. I'm not asking for anyones secret spots just a general location although a pm would be nice. Also rig advice pls. I am 14 and my mum is the only one in our family who has caught a legal size one at 45cm and we love tailor the only way my sister is happy after a fishing trip. Thnx and just saying this site is very useful and there are some really nice people.

 hey guys was looking to do a little ballooning this week for a have some extra times and some predicted easterlys anyone ever tried ballooning from mandurah or dawesville . Just targeting small toothy creatures nothing big but just for a bit of fun  anyone done Ny balooning by the dawesville cut lately? Was trying to map out a good spot to try but little stuck on best places to get a few runs in  just trying to get into it and learning still any info would be great. Cheers 

 If you could only take 1 x rod/reel combo for land based fishing at steep point - what would it be?

Hello everyone, I'm a brand new to this site. I also just moved here from Canada so I'm very inexperienced with fishing. None of my family is that into fishing so they just take me and I fish. I have been to beaches with no luck but I've done good in the north mole with my Mom catching a 45 cm tailors and I've caught some snook which my mom loves. I have been wanting some tips on tailor fishing in the north mole or any other land based fishing. By the way I am 14.
Also I have been reading alot of the forums really nice info. Thnx.

 Hey guys, as title suggests I'm in the market for buying a 9-10ft tailor rod (sea bass rod) can anyone throw any ideas out there for me to consider? 

Cheers Luke

 Hi guys I am down dunsbourogh for the weekend and have decided to fish the boat launch tomorrow morning but the shops are closed so can't get bait. Is it worth using rap alas etc for tailor and such?. Any info would be great, no point getting up at stupid o'clock for nothing. Cheers

 Thanks to the muppets who slashed my tires of my car you are nothing but a bunch of tossers 

cant believe you can take pleasure out of someone else's misery........... the police have been informed..... All I wanted to do was enjoy my fishing bit of a let down and a bad start to the day took nearly 5 hours to sort the problem out...... Big thanks to Bridgestone Fremantle the highest quiality of service I have experianed in a long time please support them

 So on a day like today with high tide about 2pm is it just a case that you fish at sunset and beyond and just accept tide is not "ideal", ignore the tide, or is it worth a flick 10-2?  Tailor I guess?  Traditionally I'd just hit the sunset.

 Hi all

Taking the family to DHI for a camping/fishing trip in May. Was looking for some advice on what type of rod & reel combo's to be taking up. Fairly well equipped with lighter gear but will need to be buying all new medium to heavy gear.

Have young kids so the bulk of the time we'll be fishing the east side, but I wouldnt mind having a go off the western side myself on a few occasions.

Any and all advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Buzzer

caught these sharks in the 8 week school holidays , only ate the hammerhead all the rest of them were realeased and swam off!, my best fight was the tiger shark it went 2.5+ only a 20 minute fight on 200lb wire!

Hey Guys,

im moving to Bunbury in a couple of weeks and was just wondering what decent beaches are around the area to fish, not asking for your secret spots either :)

Cheers