Don't know what it's like down metro but the prices up here in hedland are a bit of a joke.

ULP $233.9

Diesel $256.9

How can the prices jump so much

 When we got the ranger diesel was under $2 per litre. Someone is killing the pig

hey guys.

doing more and more fishing in the dark lately and with cray season coming up its always a bit concerning with the amount of floats out, wondering if anyone has used any of these nightvision camers?

i have googled a few and watched the demos and they look pretty awesome, looks like can get units that wirelessly feed into a tablet so can watch where you are gogin. bit hesistant to trust the demo videos lol!

anyone had any experience wiht them, would be keen to hear about the likes/dislikes!

Cheers!

Goat

 Took a run down with son Jeff, Deepwater on here] to  the bit of beach that looked a bit fishy this afternoon. 

Thinking back one realised it was  before I headed up to Carnarvon some 20 odd years back that I had put the shoulder into a beach rod, and they still cast well. First cast and as soon as the bait hit the water, bang, no mucking about as the soapies took a liking to the mulies.

Chucked about 12-14 soapies back, kept one silver bream [the first I have caught in over 30 years] plus the few tailor and the mully that I estimate about 7kg.

First bait hit the water at 4.30 and we were leaving the beach smack dab on 6.30, so not a bad 2 hour fishing exercise that I will probably pay for tomorrow being as stiff as buggery but it was worth it

The mully Jeff is holding up is the one he got from the same spot on Friday, same time frame and nearly same number of soapies but no other species

Found this lure washed up on the beach. Never seen one this shape before. All split rings had rusted away so guessing it's been floating around for a while.

Any ideas as to what brand and style

 so what is easier to replace a player or a sponsor 

so their cars runs on...

they must have electric outboards on their boats

their electricity comes from...

 and the biggest  bitchers are ex players etc.

political correctness going silly 

rant over

Let’s see if they listen or not.
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Headed out in search for new ground on Sunday. Got a few keepers and sent a few back . Lots showing on the sounder but n I t too much activity on the hooks

Got a couple of these today but not 100% sure on I'd

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 Just wondering what people have used to replace the long plastic tube hinge on plastic craypots ?

After spending two years building a Creek Bed car my son and I headed down to Kukerin for the annual Creek Bed and Burnout Competiton. 

The car is a HZ on a F100 chassis, 350 Chev, TH 400 transmission with a Spicer limited slip diff.

All engineered by myself with my son being tech support as a qualified mechanic.

Got a few laps in before the front uni joint gave way pushing for a faster time.

Check out the face book page.

www.facebook.com/kukerincreekbedburnoutcomp/

A quick session at the bank resulted in a couple of hard fights , 1 after the other and to say my arms were aching afterwards is an understatement.  5 foot hammer and a 6 foot shovel

Took the dog for a walk over the weekend and walked around a lake near my house, stopped and had a bit of a gander and was blown away at the size of some the carp, following that first carp I saw about a dozen silver perch at about 40 odd centimetres, probably 30 odd centimetres as fish look bigger in the water and was just blown away as I have not seen silver perch that big in a long time.
The last time was in a big private damn North of Toodyay a few years ago, they were monsters and very fat along with a few big yellowbelly.
Im setting up an aquaponics system and was in the process at getting some silver perch, haha, what a coincidence and may just have to sneakily avoid rangers and grab a couple as there would certainly be quite a few - havent made my mind up on that yet though as I have no idea what sort of quality they would be.
Anyone else running aquaponics and silver perch ?

Howdy Team,

Well some of you would remember my grand plan a few years ago for a full refresh of my boat....which for the past 10 years has been a 6m Pacemaker centre console but upon measuring three weeks ago is actually only 5.6m.......Dont you hate it when you're not quite as big as you thought.

Year 1 involved removing the deck, rotton timber and foam and full rebuild up to the deck. That went smoothly and took three months

Year 2 was meant to be the outside of the hull but the trailer needed more love so I stripped it down and replaced every nut and bolt and got every other bit stripped and regalvanised

Year 3 was a deck replacement again after the timber from year 1 turned out to not be marine ply...even though it was what I paid for. New foam and deck again.

Year 4 is where we are now. Full outside strip to flocoat, bog and re-spray

Boat has been up on blocks for a month now and we have been sanding and sanding and sanding. We have sprayed on a coat of high build primer and over the weekend I bogged up the billion placed that needed filler. Not due to abuse, just an order fiberglass boat that has been well used.

Topsides are now very smooth but the bottom needs a lot more love. 

Hoping to have it ready to splash before the end of October

Bring on Aluminium!

Anyone seen Tom Papley's tongue or one, Lance Franklin?

What a putrid Grand Final.

Can anyone suggest what I should look for in a bottom priced home MIG welder for doing small jobs like welding up brackets to hang things in the garage etc?

Cheers JF

 Dropped the pots back in this morning to see if we can put some whiskers in the freezer.

Saw a few new pots in the water and the odd ones left over from last season all covered in snot, if they are no good at least make an effort to take them out instead of leaving them there to rot away and the ropes etc becoming a navigation hazard

 A marathon effort by RFW and the Tackle/Boating Industry at the Boat Show has pushed the numbers past 15000 now.
I probably need to point out, the EVEN if it doesnt force a rethink by DPIRD and Punch, it will be fodder when this government starts to feel threatened by the Opposition.

Seems a long time away but it will only be one or 2 elections away.

 From Doc Martin of Pt Wenn fame, actually Pt Isaac. The tourists must generate some income check out the Stainless Trailer

 Only a few days left and we have completed our north to south John O Groats to Lands End UK road trip without getting on a single motorway.  Last few photos are of another ridiculously steep ramp to the old Lizard Life Boat Station :(1914). And got to eat a local fresh caught lobster.....much firmer and meatier than our crays. Back to Oz next week

 This photo was taken the other day at bedout island 100kms off port hedland. They were also seen walking along the reef taking crays. Who needs to take responsibility for this federal gov or state gov? 

 An amazing hard working lady RIP

 This will get recognised, but opponents can easily point out "750,000 rec fishers and only 10,000 signed"?

Interesting stats-The only E-petition ever with more signatures (active still or closed) is the Greyhound racing one with 12000, this has been up for about 10 times as long

• get your families to sign, they are also affected even if just by eating your fish, or your mental health. Just that alone across the board could potentially double numbers.
• Networks and friends outside the West Coast region, share it. They are also affected, by the spill over fishing pressure and bag limit reductions proposed for South Coast and up north.
  Make it easy for them, send the link, tell them how important and that they will need to enter their address etc

I have approached Broome Fishing Club and posted up on Broome Noticeboard, which has got a little bit of interest, but if you have personal contacts up there, let them know about the issue and ask them to sign.

If apathy if rife inside the West Coast Region its not hard to picture responses South and North of the region, remind them of the cuts they are proposed to get

Sadly McGowans message "in a couple of years there'll be no fish left" is the only one many people heard which makes it sound as though we want to rape it bare.

Repeatedly I'm having to paste up the same info from DPIRD about stocks, and I've put it here below in case anyone needs to save the images and links for use.

https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/LCePetitions.nsf/petitions/22-0020

West Coast Demersal Scalefish Resource

QR Code for petition (thanks Frosty for using you're powers for good not evil )

 Hi, any gurus out there that can help me with advice?

I have old school halogen spotties and I want to replace with led. Can I just cut the old wires on the halogens where they are mounted and simply rewire the new led wires in? So I don't have to muck around  running new wires/fuses/switch. I assume leds wouldn't need a bigger fuse?

Cheers

Interesting note in the below linked article:

www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-30/rockingham-community-celebrate-protections-for-penguin-colony/101384194.

It is certainly a popular spot on hot summer days!

2 part PU foam from Composites Warehouse. I went through lots but only used about half of this final batch when I was re-doing my deck last year and have no intention of doing it again (going Ally next time)

The lid on one of them got stuck on so I had to be forceful removing it hence the tape and plastic. 

Free to good home if anyone is in need or if you wish to buy me a beer in exchange I wouldn't turn it down.

I am in Thornlie

 Fun steering a 57 foot boat from the stern with a tiller.  At a maximum of 4 miles per hour and most at idle.  Not quite what I expected

 I have put this up as a seperate thread topic deliberately, to avoid my comment being lost in the hundreds of others.
I'm simply gobsmacked at how many people have taken this as;

"we only have 2 options, A-94 days or B-123 days".

Just like the Cray Grab for commercial quota 2 years ago, this is not the case.

This is the point where we will see whether apathy reigns, or people are prepared to actually step up.
People like myself, Hezzy, Brody Laroux and others have already given a considerable amount of our personal time to put a proposal together via RFW which has been completely ignored despite being invited by DPIRD.

Get ready to decide where you sit on t5his.
Mark MacGowan does not like being unpopular.

Don Punch can be just moved on elsewhere like what happened to Dave Kelly when this Gov tried to take the latent commercial effort for themselves.

But Mark MacGowan does not like adverse opinion, and he should be the target of a campaign about this.

Who is prepared to actually put up?

Don Punch Bunbury@mp.wa.gov.au

Mark McGowan wa-government@dpc.wa.gov.au

Mark.mcgowan@mp.wa.gov.au

https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/memblist.nsf/WebCurrentMembLC

 Just a couple more for the history buffs

 Unbelievably historical township, tiny single lane cobbled roads.  Boat ramp is evil and the RNLI have a curved ramp and a FULLY submersible push tractor.