The other thread was getting long.

Go Eagles and Dockers!!

We need some more good humoured footy bantering!!

Gday all. Just thought id see if anyone on here has had any recent experience(last couple of years or so) hiring a Kayak or Canoe to go fishing in from a company/person in Perth?

I have searched online and found a few companies that seem to hire them, just wanted to know if anyone on here has done it before and could share who they hired theirs through, what they thought of the whole exercise and if they would recommend.

Just got an invite to go with a mate fishing on Harvey Dam in the future. He has a Hobie Outback, but as yet i dont have my own personnaly freshwater craft :(

Not to bothered paddling one man in a canoe as i take canoeing Outdoor Ed trips sometimes for my job so quiet proficient in canoes. But think i would prefer to hire a Kayak.

Didnt find any, but man it would be great if some of these companies hired out Hobies with the pedal drive :)

Thanks, Buz.

Hi All,
I'm currently looking for a property to hunt/shoot vermin on. Happy to target rabbits, foxes, goats, roo's, pigs. I'm a SSAA member and abide by all rules set/required. I'm located in Bunbury but am more than happy to travel a few hours to a property. Can share the kill if wanted also.
Feel free to send me a message if you don't want everyone to know.

Cheers

heading up to dampier in about 5 weeks been trying to find out if the boat ramps are good to use on low tide ive got a 6.5 fibreglass meter boat  also was wanting to know if my car and trailer would be safe left overnite at the boat ramp carpark thanks for any help

 Hi all, can anyone

recommend a fibreglass or ally sheet supplier in Perth? I'm thinking about building my own boat

Thought I would bring this subject to your notice, considering the amount of disscussion there is here about persons doing the wrong things etc. I saw this program on TV probably SBS about drones and it was quite scary. By drones I mean pilotless flying vehicles. You know the forces are using them to spy and take out unfriendlies in the East. They are now used for coastal surveylance etc. The interesting thing is this is the pilots are sitting in an office on the other side of the world. Soon our entire airforces will be like that. But that is not all, the tecnology on this area is doubling every 18 months !!!!!.

An expo showing all kinds from small "Fly" sized to huge armed aircraft. Hovering taking pictures, directly live streaming information back to the owners. Ones that are about to boom are those used for law enforcement, police now and I mean now do not have to have their millions of dollar choppers, they can look in windows, follow crimes etc, doing far more than the chopper can from their office. Of course the papparatsii (spelling) will have a field day, as they are using them now.

But consider the fisheries watching you and your catch, patrolling the jetties, the water police doing patrols, the list goes on and on. The point is this is happening now, and it is anticipated that these devices will be on our doorstep very soon. to the extent that they are now having to formulate new flying regulations and privacy laws to cope. As they will be flying alongside your aircraft.

It amused me to see real estate agents showing clients around houses from the clients home, looking in windows while the occupants are still there.

Will be heading over on the coming long weekend if any other boats are interested.Will be driving up Friday night and hitting the Southern islands at first light Saturday two night stop over . Will be heading back to Gero Monday for lunch,and then home.all dependent on weather of coase. Fishing and diving..

Im not to sure if this is in the right section but anyways...im Jesse im a 22 year old guy from a labouring background and i am tired of working in dirty industrial estates i want to work on a boat doing anything i just don't know how to go about it...most of my family all fish and have had many boats throughout the years so i have been out and about on the water a fair few times..i am not experienced in the deckie role but i will give it my best and i am a quick learner if someone would give me a shot.I recently moved over here from QLD to find work i left all behind there in the hopes i could get some sort of deckie work or anything on the ocean its what i have always wanted to do since i was young.send me a message if you can give me a chance i wont let anyone down who can teach me the ropes or get my foot in the door.Thanks Jesse

www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/labor-to-ban-super-trawler-abel-tasman-from-australian-waters/story-fncyva0b-1226471683034

Heading down to Maragaret River for 4 days from the 20th of this month.

Doing a family trip, and will have a few spare hours to wet a line.

I will not have my boat with me and will be land based.

What options do I have for wetting a line in the Margaret River area ? Coast ? Creek ? - would prefer to not travel more than 30mins, due to tight schedule - maybe just throw some SP's for a couple of hours in the morning/arvo.

Would appreciate any opinions !

Cheers

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/14806597/port-adelaide-star-killed-in-las-vegas-incident/

Crazy business! 

 G'day crew just wondering if anyone has used one of twinspin12 and if anyone could give me a comparitive size of them compared to shimano stellas or daiwa saltigas e.g 8000 or 4500.

 Cheers all Davo

 Was down at the woodman point bbq area today and around lunchtime heard several large explosions and what sounded like fireworks cracking away??? But it was the middle of the day so didn't think it would be fireworks..

Just wondering if anyone else heard it?? and knew what it was?

Cheers Mcgoo

Gday fellas.

Im looking at trying out some different size props to see how they perform. At the moment im running a 3x 14/21 on a suzuki DF140 pushing cruisecraft 575.

Fishing use only and mainly long trips at speed. Dont need holeshot.

Has anyone gone down this road and with what results.

i would like to try a few different pitches and see what difference it makes.

feel free to comment

Sitting here everything is telling me to go .Bit off wind at the moment but I think it will be a carbon copy of yesterday Stay home or go fishing ......MMMMMMMM

 With the wind looking a but suspect tomorrow was thinking about going up the swan to have lunch some where. Can anyone give me some info like where to launch and pull up. Have been in the swan many times just never up that far. Boat is 5.3 ally 

Cheers sammy

Race In Peace Brocky!

 Hi anyone know where I can hire boats in point Samson . ????? Please let me knoe

This has been sent to members already but you can pay your $20 on the night and vote or have your 2 bobs worth when the floor is opened for discussions

FYI

Recfishwest wishes to advise that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at Hillarys Yacht Club, Marina Room on October 4th 2012

Every should visit just the once.

hey guys just chasing some info on good beaches to fish around denham (not including steep point going there early next year)

hey guys just chaseing a little info been to denham a few times befor but every time ive been we have had boats to take us out fishing this year we are limited to just the fourbee now i know of steeppoint and have been there many more times than denham and will be going back early next year but i would like to know of any good beach fishing spots around that area would like to get either mulloway big tailor or shark can anyone help

All being well next year I'm hooking up the camper and heading over east for three months long service leave with the family.  I'm starting to look at getting a bit more self-sustaining so I can skip forking out $50pn for a powered site in a caravan park.  Two of the things I'm currently looking at are getting some solar panels to charge the deep cell battery in my camper (Jayco Eagle) and getting one of those Coleman hot water heaters so we can have half decent showers.

Has anyone had any experiences with these and can provide some thoughts / direction on these?  Also be happy to hear from anyone who has some and would like to flog them off... 

Cheers

Im thinking about joining the cockburn powerboat club and was wondering if anyone here is a member and be willing to sign as a nominator as i dont know anyone who is a member there.

cheers mike

Man I was amazed. These guys must have this sussed. Ordered A Hero2 and within 5 days I had it and the other bits and pieces in my hand.

Now THAT is service you expect.

Plus from me for GoPro.

Hopefully now we will get some pics to post as I am a camera lazy fisher!!

Neels

Hi this is son of Tomcat thanks for all the msg very heart felt.  he was a great bloke and my best mate not just my old man.  we worked fished and hung out together.  he will be truly missed by all.  the pain became too much for him and he made the decision to be comfortable for the last of his days and this is a man who had drilled through his hand with a drill, smashed his thumb with a steel mallet, wrapped it in gaffa tape.  Even put an axe through his leg (on different days) and still kept workin so the pain must of been bad.  we were told he wouldn't make it through Friday night but fought on till Monday morning 10 min after fathers day RIP DAD

Thats right, next years new Patrol is meant to be comin out with the VK56 Alloy petrol V8, the same engine (nismo modified) the Kelly bros will be using in their Nissan V8 supercars

Hi FW Members,

Well thought i would share some pics of my new project. Has taken 6 weekends to get it finished. motor has just been serviced and passed with flying colours. Just wanting some feedback from you guys, will be mainly used for river sessions while the bans are in effect.

First the old trailer needed some mods.

the old Sniper colt in the background which donated the trailer, motor and controls for the new project.

Picking up the new project, trailer needs some more mods, front roller not supporting hull etc. Minor stuff.

25HP 2 stroke mounted, while the boat was off the trailer, mounted the 44lb bow mount Watersnake, extended the draw bar and sorted all the rollers and skids.

Floor bracing going in for floor.

12mm marine ply measured and cut for rear casting platform and centre floor.

Rear casting platform, carpeted, hatches, hinges and handles fitted.

Side console mounted and fitted awaitng electrics and steering. centre floor carpeted and fitted too.

Again 12mm marine ply measured and cut for the front casting platform. You can see the bow mount mounted in place.

Carpeted, fittings fitted ready to go for the front casting platform. Plenty of storage now.

All decks/floors fitted now. now here comes the fun part, wiring etc.

Side console getting some goodies fitted. Safety has to come first so the essentials have been fitted.

LED strip lights work a treat as deck lights, lights the whole place up.

Dual batteries fitted in hatch, with LED strip lights in place for when the need arises. Petrol tank fits on the other side.

Skippers seat now fitted and quite comfy. Anchor light fitted and wired.

Almost there guys, passenger seating fitted and side console fitted out in 12mm marine ply and carpeted.

Front seating mount fitted so that the passenger seat can be brought forward while being able to be seated controlling the front mount and throwing lures into the tight spots.

That is pretty much it guys, apart from the clean up of the floor etc, she is all ready to rock and roll. I had to remove a few photos cause the file was a little big. Hope you guys enjoyed the photos, and for those who have a little bit of woodworking skills, electrical skill etc, it isn't that hard to do yourself, everything was done by me and the brother in law, apart from the welding, that was done by a mate. It really is worthwhile to do yourself, I have saved quite a bit of cash.

cheers guys.

 Hey guys does anyone know where the best place to order or find a Daiwa Saltiga 4500z extreme reel handle from??? Ive had a look on the Daiwa web site but just thought i might ask if anywhere locally..

going to coral bay soon wondering what rig i should use on my dinghy.