thinking about heading to hillarys tonight or tomorrow for a fish..seen its good for fishing today am i better to fish tonight or early tomorrow morning?

thanks to screwloose aka (ethan) i got my hands onto my first shark not sure if it was a log nose grey or a blacktip reef shark was about 4ft gave a good pull caught on tailor fillet at warnbro beach will post up pic soon

cheers Brad

Hi People

due to the good weather planning an overnighter up the 2 rocks to loonies area.

I read recently that the entrance from 2 rocks was blocked is this still the case and which way is best to go any recent acess info would be great.  i have been to loonies a few times but from the hwy entrance and the bumpy track so familiar with the soft sand etc.

if anyone else is up there i am in a white gq patrol balck roof rack with my ranga mate and his dog, call in for a beer if you drive past

cheers rig

Any one keen to hit some northern beachs , But it will be early start And maybe 4x4 off road tracks

steve

G'day all

Just wondering if anyone has toured or has experience fishing WA's Coral Coast (Geraldton, Karratha, Shark Bay/Monkey Mia and Exmouth)?

I'll be doing a 10 day campervan trip from Perth (and back) in a few weeks time and plan to do some fishing along the way. I am after some fishing locations/tips as well as any non-fishing places worth stopping at along the way (ie to keep my better half happy). Also, I wouldn't mind doing a charter (pelagic/sport fishing) at any of the above locations, so any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. I will have my beach rod and spinning gear for plastics and other lures.  I will also try to make a stop at Wagoe Beach! 

I don't mind if people want to send me private messages so their locations are not all over the web.

BTW I have searched the forums already and have read Desmond's report re Exmouth (ie that's the kind of fishing I'd like to do...). 

Many thanks in advance

Cheers

Marc

Hey im haveing trouble trying to compare what reel i want to ungrade for my Big boos Rovex 12 foot. 8 - 15 kg rod graphite. my two choices have come down to two reels. the okuma V80 sa. or the new salina II 10,000 or 16,000?? i mainly want to pulling sharks and big mulloway from shore also i need the line capacity for these fishing conditions. can we discuss.?

Spent my last week off up at Sandy Cape, north of Jurien. Fishing was very average, though i didnt explore much at all wasnt able to do any decent missions.

... so this time im looking to head south for 3-5 days. Where ever i can get in about 8 hours of travel that is road friendly to a little Hyundai Excel ( 4WD is on my list of things to buy very soon). Camping with some nice beaches close by, and a few easy walk in spots for some rock fishing. Im keen to burley up a bit and bring a few in during the mornings/evening.

 Any information or ideas would be great, as i really know nothing about the area but am keen to explore a bit.. so i can head back there at some point for LBG fishing only.

Cheers,

George.

Hi guys i finish work am 4:30 sat morning and was thinking of going straight to hillarys wall by Aqua or Mindarie marina to try for some Tailor or mullaway. Just wondering if heading to a beach to fish the gutters would be better?

Any advice would be nice, Thanks

Alright - this may be a slightly simple question for most but I hope you guys can help me. What is the purpose of having braid on your reel - is it thinner than normal line of the same strength therfore one gets more line on the spool? and what is fireline?

Well it was 10am on Sunday morning and 7 of us were finally getting into the 4wds to make the 17+hr drive to Yalata. The weather forecast didn’t look too bad when we left Perth the only concern was that there was a chance of a thunderstorm late in the evening. Any way we made it too Coolgardie and started to fill up 1 of the 4wds with fuel when it absolutely started to piss down. Everything got wet all our clothes and even our swags got damp as the rain was so bloody heavy. Once fuelled up we got back on the road and apart from 1 roo trying to take on the bulbar of the leading 4wd all went to plan and we arrived at Nullabor road house for brekky. We found out that they had over 40mm of rain that night, ah well good for us as it would keep the dust settled for the rest of the drive to the beach. On the way in we ran into some blokes that were camping where we usually camp (Bobs Kitchen) and they said that they had caught 12 mulloway on Sunday from 50-70lb, so our hopes were high that we could do the same. We arrived at our camp “Hilton” at about 12pm SA time and started to set up camp quickly as we could see more dark clouds looming. We had only just got the camper up and started to rain cats and dogs so we all retreated to the camper to wait for it to die down. We finally got the rest of camp set up by 3pm.

The next day turned out to be crap with the wind blowing from the South and at about 35+ knots, we decided to have a lazy day back at camp. We went for drive up to Bobs kitchen and Jacksons Hole to see how the other blokes were doing. The boys at Bobs had been into mulloway all day the day before and had the same opinion that today was a waste of time and that they were catching up on sleep also. It was amazing to see some of the mully carcases they had layng around camp. The biggest they got the day before was 95lb and a nice 8kg pinky. The boys at Jacksons hadn’t caught a thing and they had been up and down the beach that morning to find out that the only hole that was firing was Bobs Kitchen.  

I was able to check the weather from on top of one of the sand dunes and it looked good for the next 2 days. So it was off to bed early as a pre dawn start was needed to get to a spot we had chosen earlier in the day next to a reef to the east of Bobs.

We arrived there just as the sun was rising and as the tide was very low we had to cast quite a distance to reach some deeper water. The water was a churned up due to the bad weather the previous day so I didn’t think we would get any fish until the tide turned at around 10am.

At just after 10 I got a nice little mully of 7kgs and was thinking that this might just be the start of a good session but that was the first and last mully for the day. We watched the crew up the beach get a nice mully of 20kg and 1 pinky of 9kg (spewin). We called it a day at 4pm and headed back to camp for some tucker and to work out a plan for the next day.

The next morning the weather was sensational and we headed up the beach back towards Bobs, we stopped at a nice looking gutter and started burleying hoping to bring in a few fish on the high tide. The morning turned out to a fizzer and we didn’t even get a bite. We did manage to go for a swim though which was very refreshing as a few of the boys started to stink!

That night we fished a small bay just to the west of where we fished in the morning, as soon as the baits hit the water the fish were on, just small soapies to start with then we got 6 gummies in about 40 minutes and then all hell broke loose with all rods going off. We landed stingrays, dogsharks, more small mullys and a few good school sharks. This went on for about 2hrs then it went quiet for a bit, the tide had just started to come in and the fish weren’t far behind. More stingrays, dogsharks and 1 lone school shark. I hooked 1 fish that we called for a mulloway as soon as it hit with huge head shakes and 50lb braid pouring off the reel. I had him stuffed after about 10 minutes and he was just cruising up and down the gutter right in front of me, the boys were just about ready to go and gaff it when the mono trace let go just off the 3 way swivel. I was devastated to say the least, but that’s fishing you win some and lose some!

All that said it was great trip with lots of laughs and good blokes to fish with and even though we didn’t get many fish is was great to get away.   

Cheers

Mitta79      

Hey guys, Im looking to head north for a few days with my g/f for a spot of sight seeing and fishing. Hust checked Google Earth and came accross Catalina Bay.. looks like it could be worth a shot.

Anyone got any information on this area, access to spots and camping facilities..?

Or any other ideas for spots that i would be better off giving a go from the beach up around there.. Im keen to get out on the rocks if there are some good spots around there.

Cheers, Any info is much appreciated.

George.

Any one out there know any decents spots south side (preferably around Rocko).. Just keen on doing a bit of lure fishing and want to know if there are any spots where I can have a crack at some herring/tailor and anything else that will hit lures.

Cheers

Gday All,

Im heading to esperance for a family holiday over the easter break, and my nephew wants me to take him fishing.

Any suggestions on where to go and what rigs to use and what fish are around that area?

Cheers for your help

Sheldon

No photos. Cos you guys will start geting sick of seein tailor

But i pick up 3 nice tailor all over 45cm   1 eagleray and some herring

And some big hits as well

It was great to get out there cast a line

G'day,

Just wondering what Rock ledges at bottom of Grant Street are fishing like at the MO.

I have heard it could be ok for Tailor.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Cheers

Hey guys, the killer Tailor rig thread has caused a bit of a dispute with a mate of mine over the best rig for tailor. I am a fan of the running impact lead, he is of the thought of the old three way swivel with the short leader for the sinker and vice versa, if he wants the bait to come up off the bottom. I said to him the issue with that is that you will get tangles occuring with the bait and sinker leader wrapping around eachother on retrive.

Obviously is situation dependent I guess for waht rig you choose but lets say for argments sake its your stock standard beach setting with moderate breeze.

Anyone got any better suggestions ?

Thanks

Hi guys heading up to exmouth in march and am planning to target some big sharks at night landbased.Just wondering how much line do you think will be enough to land sharks up to say 12ft will be using a saltiga surf 6000 and currently have 550m of 30lb but am doubting wether it will be enough.I am considering putting as much 50lb that will fit on it but am just curious as to weather you think 550m of 30lb will do it anyway.

On Sunday 7 of us are off again for 7 days off pure surf fishng. Hopefully the Mulloway/Salmon/Sharks and Snapper are on the chew after the rough weather we are expected to get on Sunday and Monday. Cant wait to get there. 

hi guys

how has cottesloe beach been fishing lately? has anyone caught anything decent?

wondering if anybody wants to hit warnbro tonight for some sharks

Low tide is 730 tomorrow morning at my local.    I am heading out for a beach fish with a mate.    Are we better off fishing before 730 or after 730.   Only going for whiting or herring.    But does tha tide make a difference?

Catch ya on tha flip side

Peace

hey everyone i am heading out fishing tonight at about 7pm so i wanna find out some stuff quick. just bought a new 12 kg beach rod to match with my spinfisher 850. any where in between woodys and cot were i got a pretty good chance for a mulloway or little shark or some big tailor? usually i go to random beach's and stay there for long for my fish but tonight i wanna just have a quick lil session and i want a pretty high chance of getting some good fish to try out on. if u want to tell me ur secret spots u can :P i release all my fish(except for my ones i use for bait) so u dont have to worry about fishing out ur spot. any help is appreciated
cheers.
and if anyone wants to come along feel free 2

Heard it was a good and long jetty to fish, so I'm gonna gonna go there with a groupe of friends on Wednesday evening. Theres a couple jettys around Rockingham, but which one is exactly it? Looked it up on google map cant find it.

Cheers.

Ps what sort of fish is available there? 

Hey I had my first crack at beach fishing on boxing day and we didnt even get a story about tha one that got away!!!!!    We were a little hungover and slow to get out so we didnt get a line in till almost 11am.   We tried the southernest part of Quinns beach.   I have done a minor scope of tha area and found a small beach just south of their and some flat rocks that look like it could be a fishing spot.    There is a small parking lot and an area to put kayaks in.    We are going to aim for a much earlier start tommorow and are hoping to just catch some dinner.     Is this area recommended?

Catch ya on tha flip side

Peace

After my recent jigging rod purchase i thought i better ease off on fishing gear for a while.......but then i noticed a fly rod on ebay ive been meaning to buy for some time, second hand but in as new condition and got it for half price

Got a gold Van Staal 7/8 wt reel to mount on it, should look pretty sweet

Presenting my new..... 

Winston Boron IIX 8wt 9.5ft Fly Rod

hey everyone i want to try to catch a metro landbased snapper, i know of places like north mole and ASI but are these just hyped up, if i go to asi at night do u think i've got a good chance of gettin one, also what is the best rig, how about and medium ball or bean sinker on  a running sinker rig with a whole mulie, also does it pay to go in rough weather

Hey everyone, I am from down south and am up at my mums in the freo area till christmas. I have been bashing the narrows and the canning bridge area daily since friday for bream and flathead with little success (about 4 bream a day but only to 23cms) and was wondering if anyone was free for a fish tomorow arvo till roughly 11pm or when ya feel like leaving.

Cheers, George.

went to seceret harbour tonight high tide was at 10 pm i was fishing with  mulies  hoping for a mulloway  at 8:30 i had a real good run as i grabbed it nothing was there  re baited and sent it out again 20 mins later bigger run i grabbed it and struck felt weight bit of movement then nothing so hopefully next time i will catch a mulloway the people next to me threw out a live herring and had a big strike bought it in and it had been bitten in half by a shark.

Anyone know if the barra @ Golden Ponds are firing up yet?

I caught heaps of them in the summer of 2007/2008

Hello

I've never fished at the beach before so I recently bought a 12" surf rod and I'm wondering where can I use it? I'm trying to find locations in Perth and I've heard reports at Scarborough and Cottosloe. But those beaches are massive where exactly do I fish?

And could you guys share an example of how do I tie the bait/sinker rig? 

Cheers.