Ok We are heading to the islands over chrismas No real dates as yet but will be 4-5 day trip .Happy to have first timers tag along ,will be diving,free diving,trolling kayaking,and fishing bit of all things. And just having a great time ,could be there for new years as last year. Have 3-4 boats allready heading over on last check.I don't need crew but there could be a spot on one of the other boats, if they are short.We do all enjoy a drink  after a big day but If your idea of a holiday is drinking piss all day  and being a knob this trip will not be for you

Thought Taylor Mark may appreciate this similar to his experience with a veteran

watch from 9.30 minutes onwards if you want to fastforward although most of its interesting

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&sns=em

Cheers

Paul

Just prepping the tinny for some crabs and still had 20 litres of 100 : 1 two stroke in tank ..which is over 6 months old . So renewed juice and transferred old mix to jerry can . Question is could I mix that in my cruiser which is around 3/4 full ?? with no dramas .. alternatively could I even get away with using with my 4 stroke mower . Don't want to have to dump it if I can utilise it somehow . Thanks in advance .

Looking at different options for boat flooring, had carpet in the old boat and while it was ok for what I used it for- it held bad of odours from fish blood/bait and when the carpet gets wet it holds a fair bit of water/weight, and takes for ever to dry out. 

Anyone used regupol rubber matting? 

Or epoxy flecked lining- I believe sailfish cats use this style of flooring from rhino lining. 

Thanks 

justin 

I thought he was gone for all money..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC5ld79joIA

 Hi all, 

heading to Augusta during the week and need some help / advice on a couple of things. Basically I will be there for about a week for some r&r.

it will be just me, the mrs and our baby. The mrs has no dramas with me heading out for a fish each day but I got no idea what is on offer down that way. I know the main river that runs through town should hold black bream and the odd chopper tailor. My main question being is it worthwhile taking my 15 foot tinnie?

bearing in my I will be launching and retrieving on my own. Is there a safe launching option to get out in the shallows of the ocean down there? Not sure if the marina is open as yet??

i am mainly on the hunt for whiting and a few skippy so if anyone can point me in the right direction either land based or in the tinnie I would greatly appreciate it. 

 Just a heads up to fellow NOR boaties. Launched at Ocean Reef today for a dive and between 9 and 3 and some low life fuckwits stole the Great White LED light bar of the front of my cruiser. Would have taken 2 blokes to unbolt it I reckon because of the bull bar and I'm guessing another couple on lookout because it was quite busy down there.

Had a few cars broken into down there now between my group of mates and even though Ocean Reef is 5 minutes from my house, I can't remember the last time I launched there, this will definitely be the last.

Anyway, only had the cruiser for 6 weeks and just put lightbar on so if anyone saw anything suss down there let me know otherwise beware of the fucking scum trolling the carparks at ocean reef boat ramp!! 

Miss the blasts from the footy bantering.

So now that most coaches/trades etc are settled whats the opinion for the teams next year.

Dockers will give it a red hot crack, but its about time the talent at the Suns shone through. Big improvers possibly, but not GF.

Got an exhaust system i need fitting to missus car. Any one know mechanics that will do cash jobs?

Hi crew

I am heading over to rotto in 2 weeks with a few mates for the weekend.  I am looking at also heading out this weekend so I thought I may throw my cray pots in this weekend.  Whats peoples experiences with leaving them in that long?  I know theres a good chance of an occy getting in and wrecking havoc on any crays but I am more worried out them still being there the following week and its 2 less things I will have to cart over the following week.  If there are crays in them well thats just a bonus.

cheers Rig

Tragic news:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-13/walpole-body/5089168?section=wa

Any locals know anything about it? Seems from the article it was a 33yo Male

Regardless, Condolences to Family & Friends of the man 

 Looking for a mobile car mechanic. Any one you can highly recommend. Our regular guy has very badly injured his arm and is now on forced retirement.

Needs to be mobile as (good) wife will be house bound tending to s/n child.

Car is a subaru forrester.

Melville/palmyra area of SOR.

Thanks

Gday all,

seems like my bearings may have gone on my boat trailer, got to the ramp the other day, and they were red hot.

got a quote but it seems a little excessive, please PM me if your interested in doing the job and give me a quote if possible.

boat/trailer will be located in storage in ozzy park, would prefer to have it done there if possible.

Thanks Dan

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/19782808/herring-bag-limit-to-be-cut/

Its about time. Always though a limit of 30 was too much. I will only take up to a dozen for a family feed that night. Does not freeze well anyway.

Gday all.
Just wondering if there are any FWrecked members on here that own(or have owned) a Mitsubishi Outlander in the 2010-2013 range either the 2.4L 4 cylinder or the 3.0L V6.

Looking at getting a new car(used) for the other half and want an SUV. We are pretty keen on the Outlanders after a hell of alot of research, plus her sister and Husband own one so have got to play with it on and offroad and were thoroughly impressed.

Just wouldn't mind hearing some real world reviews from other people.

Already got a 4wd so dont need the 4wd/AWD/SUV debate. Other than city driving it may he used to tow the boat from home to the ramp and for beach dune driving up north(my brother in law used his up there and it went briliant) so I think it should suit this purpose :-)

Another choice is to go the 2.4L 4 cylinder CVT or the 3.0L V6 auto?

So any real world reviews or advice from personnal experience from people would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Buz.

Here is an extract from exam paper answers from last years 16 year olds - we are educating them aren't we ????

 ...OK now, put your thinking caps on....

The following questions were set in last year's examination.
These are genuine answers (from 16 year olds)............and yes regretfully they WILL breed.

Q. Name the four seasons
A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar

Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink
A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large  pollutants
like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists

Q. How is dew formed
A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire

Q. What causes the tides in the oceans
A. The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All water tends to
flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature
abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins the fight

Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on
A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed

Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections
A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election

Q. What are steroids 
A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs            
(Shoot yourself now , there is little hope)

Q.. What happens to your body as you age
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental

Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty
A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery             
(So true)

Q. Name a major disease associated with cigarettes
A. Premature death

Q. What is artificial insemination
A. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow
(This is just downright disturbing!!!….on so many levels!)

Q. How can you delay milk turning sour
A. Keep it in the cow                                
(Simple, but brilliant)

Q. How are the main 20 parts of the body categorised (e.g. The abdomen)
A. The body is consisted into 3 parts - the brainium, the borax and the
abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the
heart and lungs and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels:
A, E,I,O,U..               
(wtf!?)                                                  

Q. What is the fibula?
A. A small lie

Q. What does 'varicose' mean?                   
A. Nearby

Q. What is the most common form of birth control
A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium          
(That would work)

Q. Give the meaning of the term 'Caesarean section'
A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome

Q. What is a seizure?
A. A Roman Emperor.             
(Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit)

Q. What is a terminal illness 
A. When you are sick at the airport. 
        
Q. What does the word 'benign' mean?
A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight 
 

 Hi everyone I have a 4.75 quintrex bay hunter 1996 model 

with a 40 hp merc on the back the steering cable is seized.

is this repairable or will I just need to buy a replacement.

if a replacement is required any ideas where best to buy one locally

here in Perth.any help would be appreciated thanks

Just got back from a Fundraising Event this afternoon to help out a man who sustained serious leg injuries while helping out another boat in Rockingham.

Here's a link to the accident:

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/19142939/man-loses-foot-in-boating-accident/

So,today the Mangles Bay Fishing Club had there "Blessing of the Fleet" and after this they passed around the hat to help this bloke out.

The Members gave very geniously,and it will go a long way in helping this bloke on his road to recovery.

Thanks.

A mate and I headed out of Bunbury yesterday morning on his boat looking for a feed of whiting in Geographe bay. Hit a few spots and managed about 45 of them before lunchtime as well as a couple of nice squid. Also pulled up these two tidy lizards (along with about 50 miniature versions).

Afterwards we headed over to the artificial reef and I thought I'd have a crack with a 65g raider. After about 5 casts I had two nice bonito charge up from below and follow my lure with one of them smashing it no more than a couple of metres from the boat. Fantastic day and beautiful conditions.

 Hi I'm looking for an outboard 50-70 for a 4m fibre glass runabout if anyone knows of one for sale. Looking around $2500 - $3500

Also looking at a quad to take along the beach at Yanchep to go fishing. There are some on gumtree that look really good but not sure if they are cheap Chinese imports or not.They have toe balls and winches aswell.  So many on the market now it's hard to tell what's what. Any advice would be appreciated. Something maybe 4x4 with racks and reverse would be the go. I assume you need 4x4 for the beaches along Yanchep to Two Rocks?

Just wondering if anyone has bought these, do they work well? Would be good for when filleting as well as barbys, campin etc..
https://www.shooaway.com

I see that requests are made for deckies fairly often and would like to know what a deckies responsibilities are and what is expected of them from a boat owners perspective.

Was out in the back yard over the weekend and after a bit of a clean up I found the bung off our boat that we sold about 2 1/2 years back.
hope the bloke that bought it got a new one before launching

Hi Guy's,

Chasing a reputable marine upholsterer to re-do my transom seat back rest. The vinyl has decided to give way and has split and cracked. SOR is much more preferable, and hopefully doesn't cost too much. It's for the rear of a 560 freedom sport.

Cheers for any advice.

Hi All,

I've been talked into doing Movember this year, unfortunately a few days to catch up due to a wedding on Saturday. If any of you generous souls feel like donating it would be appreciated for a good cause.  I will of course post up a few photos of the dirty moe I end up growing.

http://mobro.co/fishwrecked

Cheers, Adam

Took the dinghy up to the creeks at Miaboolia to see if there were any muddies about. Ran the nets out and on the first run, 2nd pot picked up a crab that after measuring was about 2mm under, while trying to measure it I.d drifted in to that bloody brown slime weed that grows along side the bank on the upper reaches of the creek. Trying to get the bloody crab out of the net, get back in to clear water with a 20+ knot sea breeze and thinking it was solid the dog jumps out. Try to motor back in to save the little bugger because its too thick for him to swim, the motor stalls, prop choked with weed, pull the oars out and finally get to him.

Row out to clear water and get outboard running again minus 20 tonne of weed and slime, pick up and move nets closer towards the mouth of the estuary, running them back upwind in to another arm of the estuary, drop the last net then the motor conks out and won't start, check fuel ok, check oil ok, turns over but no start!, shit.

Out come the oars again, picking nets up that had been in the water only a few minutes and using the breeze to assist. Got back to the mouth of the arm that I'd set most of the pots in and left one because I had to return that way to head back to where I'd launched from. Headed down to collect the other two and got a good big keeper in the last one, rowed to shore and on stepping out of the boat found out the just because the bow of an 8.5 foot dinghy is on the shore doesn't mean its shallow enough to walk, resulting in getting wet up to my tits Grabbed the anchor rope and dragged the boat the 400 metres or so back up against the wind.

On the walk back I spotted a sawfish, all of 70cm cruising along in a foot of water, it took no notice of me as it went about its business. It was the first time I have seen one less than 3-4 metres long and only the second one south of Hedland.

Spotted 6-7 undersize muddies feeding in the shallows on the rest of the walk, hop back in the dinghy and picked up the remaining net only to find something with a bit of aggression has demolished it [suspect bull shark] then off on the over 1 km row back to the wagon.

Used to and still do enjoy rowing a boat but the body is telling me it doesn't like it the next dat, lots of aches and pains that have been hidden for a long time.

Whist out on the rescue boat of Scarborough spotted a couple of schools of Tuna approx 3nm offshore.

Looks good for the summer of pelagics again

www.youtube.com/watch

 need some recommendations on whom to use for trimming. ..thanks

Hi guys,

Is anyone still seeing whales off Perth or Rotto or is it getting a bit late??