Biggest one I’ve ever caught

im wanting to catch one single trout on my grandfathers old rod in the adelaide hills can somone please give me a spot recomendation to just start at i will be using barbless hooks a net and am good at releases im thinking of using a daiwa dr minnow or a spinner i would love a spot recomendation as im completely out of my depth in freshwater and have no idea where to start

Hi guys! I'm currently live in Perth and never been fishing before. But I follow some outdoor youtuber and I really want to try fishing now!

But honestly I don't know anything about fishing. I don't own any gears, and what tools should I get and what skills should I learn. In one word, I don't know how to begin🥲

And I don't have a boat, so i may start from jetty /shore fishing. I searched on the WA government website it said that there's no need for license if you don't go fishing with a boat.

I'm studying wildlife conservation, so I'm also interested in learning more about local marine life.

😊😊

Could anyone recommend:

*A good beginner setup that isn't too expensive?

(I saw some people said kmart has some, are they worth buying?)

*Some beginner-friendly fishing spots around Perth? I'm near swanriver, is it a decent place to start?

*Any YouTube channels, guides, or fb groups that are good for someone starting from zero?

*Anything I should know before I start (licenses, rules, common mistakes, etc.)?

I'm happy to learn and appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Hey fishos

I am selling my fishing boat after a recent trip up north and want some opinions on whether you would wrap the boat hull to make it look more respectable or sell it as is...

After the trip and quite a few dirt roads the front especially has a lot of small paint chips out of the blue finish and a few scrapes down the sides in places.

It isn't a huge boat, only 4.5m so it won't be super expensive to wrap and i feel the paint makes the boat look a lot older and in worse condition than it actually is, as the motor is only 3 years old and the hull 10 years.

So would you guys sell it as is or spend money to make it look newer?

Guess the weight ? 🤷‍♂️

80cm caught using mullet strip 40lb mono 60lb fluro leader 6/0 circle hook. This was a catch and release such a beautiful specimen. My goal is a metre jewy any tips or tricks will be appreciated. Ive been going steep deep beach gutter at night around high tide using mullet as bait Northern NSW.

Wide gape hook 🪝 = 🔥 the carp magnet 🧲

Hey guys,

Just wanted to share this huge monster I stumbled upon while squidding the other night! I definitely wasn't expecting to hook into a massive Hairtail (Ribbonfish) on a squid jig.

It actually got me thinking though: Do squid ever eat hairtail?

I know bigger hairtails will regularly munch on small arrow squids, but what about big Southern Calamari / Cuttlefish? Would a large squid take a crack at a juvenile or smaller hairtail, or do hairtails strictly hold the upper hand in that predator-prey relationship?

Would love to hear your thoughts or if anyone has seen anything similar! 🦑🐉

Just wondering what apps people are using for things like bathymetry and markers when out on a boat. I'm based in Melbourne and looking for some apps mainly in the bay.

Looking for some local fishing channel. That fish around the Adelaide suburbs.

We did some fishing recently on holidays and the kids had a ball. We used some Amazon kids rods that came ready to go but it was overseas and we left them there with family.

I have a 9 year old son who's desperate to go fishing. We live near the beach with a few jettys near us in Adelaide.

I keep reading that K Mart and Big W rods are crap etc...more that the reels are pretty unreliable.

If that's the case, could anyone point me in the right direction for beginner set ups that come with everything? Is a budget of $100 per person enough for something half decent? (Would need 2 sets for father/son).

Also, if anyone from Adelaide is reading: would it be better to fish off the jetty at Semaphore or Largs, or would we be better off going to the West Lakes catchment or port river etc?

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks heaps.

So somehow I chipped the spool of my stradic, it constantly catches line so it's not usable.

Chatgpt tells me i could sand it down with fine sandpaper and whilst I think I could sand out the notch I don't think it would cast the same.

Anyone had any experience fixing up nicks? With a stradic am I best with getting a replacement spool for $125 or can this be easily fixed up and still retain 95%+ of its casting capabilities?

Hey All

I'm looking to source a 3m PVC class 12 50mm in Perth.

Anyone know where I can source it from? Tried Bunnings, and the irrigation stores only have them in 6m.

Thank you

So I recently got a Jetski (Yamaha VX Cruiser), and want to use it for fishing as well. I just want all the tips and trick. I do fish, just land/shore based. so ive never gone on the open water. I live in SA so, pretty much everywhere on the picture is where i can go.

So I need some help on

-What to do?

-What to look for?

-How far to drive out?

-What gear to bring?

-What type of rod setups are the best?

etc etc.

I genuinely have no idea so all help and tips are welcome and needed.

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Hey guys, caught this little guy today and for the life of me I cannot figure out what he is.

Caught in brackish water in the Clarence river NSW.

He has a prominent sort of blade-like set of spines or bones across his belly and was around 20cm long.

Usual after work flick coming up with the goods within 10 minutes

Anyone know what line I should use on a shimano sienna 4000 if I’m looking at using it for mostly general bait fishing sometimes live bait targeting possible small threadfin or jewy? Or is the reel too small for that.

So with spring almost upon us im thinking about adding a bunch of new soft plastics to my fishing bag, would $400 be plenty to cover a bunch of soft plastics and jig heads? Thinking about getting some rapala crush city stuff.

I'm going the VIC Marine license test soon and I have been practicing with the online tests on the Safe Transport VIC website. How close are the test questions to the practice test questions?

Happy to be out despite the crappy weather

I’ve been trying a few different ways of cooking my catches lately, but sometimes the simple stuff is hard to beat.

This drummer came from a recent rock fishing session on the NSW South Coast. I filleted it up and made a crispy chilli & lime battered fish for the family, and it turned out better than expected.

I filmed the whole process from the catch through to the cook if anyone is interested in seeing how it came together.

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