Some idiot started a fire in the reserve down the road from my house..

Earlier that night I took my dog for a walk past the reserve when my dog stopped in in his trakcs and started growling and going of at the bushes which I thought was strange, I reckon these animals have a 6th sense about these things.

We had a bag packed just in case and I must admit I thought about grabbing my tackle :P

Well me and a mate went out last night down to long point to try our luck and we were there for about four hours just getting nibbles.  in the end we ended up catching a couple of whiting that went back in and a bream that also went back in. 

We had a visit from a dolphin that nearly gave me a heart attack went he surfaced pretty close after being out a bit deeper, and now for the actual great part of this story and I would like to thank this person very much because it doesn't happen very often.

so we were thinking of packing up and heading home when a boat came in and the bloke driving the boat gets up on the jetty starts walking over to us carry something    (at this point I didn't know what it was) and goes  do you guys want a fish?  to which i replied after seeing it closer with a wtf is that ?!!! and the reply being its a mulloway. I can't be stuffed gutting and cleaning it so after thanking the generous stranger and shaking his hand we packed up our gear and headed to the car.

When we got to the car we weighed it and it weighed 19kgs and I roughly estimate to be about the 90cm mark but i could be wrong.

 With my current garden area being quite limited for space I was wondering if there is anyone SOR not too far from Piara Waters that has some spare ground they would like to use as a veggie garden?!?! Or anyone with a garden that wants to share some seeds/plants/produce??? Or anyone that actually has acreage that may want to lease me (cheaply ;) some land??? So many things I want to grow but have no space!!!!! 

Hi all

Took the young fella out into the sound with a good mate of mine on Saturday. Headed out from South Perth at 10.30. Enjoyed the trip to Freo and then headed to the rock wall just off Fremantle yacht club. The NE wind was perfect and pushed us across the weed banks. Plenty squid around. The boys pulled in 21 in a short time. The wind dropped to nothing so it was time for a swim. Water was brilliant, clear and still a great temp.

We did not look at tide, moon or time of day. Just got there at the right time. As the wind died off and the temp got up, the squid went off the boil a bit. We stopped when we had a good feed for the three families.

Headed back into the swan for another swim and some pics.

Boys and dads had a great time on the water. Very enjoyable. We even got a few herring on the lumo.

Cheers

Dave

 I think our resident  fknuckle didn't make it home alive from his sith Anzac parade from nine years. 

Hope we forget

Hi,

looking for a fairly wide jet that fits onto one of those BBQ gas bottles?

I have my own gas bottle, probably just need it for Sat if anyone can spare the loan?

Ta,

till

 Just after a few opinions on those who know motors...

I'm looking at trading the old Hilux in for a more suitable work ute... I do colourbond fencing and put a fair bit of weight in materials on the back of the ute and then tow a full 6x8 tandem (braked) trailer which makes the poor Hilux struggle. 

I need something that tows well and after some other options other than the obvious Landcruiser. Looking at around 30k. Obviously 4x4.

Cheers,

Ben.

So I have been touring around Quebec and Montreal for the last 10 days and figured I would throw up some more photos for those interested.  See the first post here : http://fishwrecked.com/forum/canada

We had a night in Toronto also, and will go back to do some more exploring, but still got a good feel for the city and went out to catch a Toronto Blue Jays game where we got seats in literally the last row of the nosebleeds with a bunch of Irish and Pommy blokes and were all having fun trying to work out the rules.

We got the opportunity for a free ride from Barrie, ON and back from the people we are staying with.  Martin and his friend Ian are Machinists making stamp tools and dies for the auto industry and there is work in Sherbrook, QC for them so we hitched a ride with the guys and they dropped us off in Montreal on the way through. 

In Montreal we stayed for three nights and had a great time touring around the city on Bixi Bikes, which are a bike station hire system where you can hire a bike for $7.00 Canadian a day from 400 stations around the city with 5000 bikes.  You pick it up with a code and can ride around for 1/2 hour trips at a time and deposit the bike at a destination as many times as you like in a 24 hour period.  We took in Old Montreal, the Basilica Notre Dame, The port and waterfront, Place Jacque-Cartier, Rue St-Dennis, Ile St Helene and Ile Notre Dame where we saw the Casino and the Biosphere.

We then jumped onto a bus to Quebec City where we have spent 7 days touring.  The old city is wonderful with high walls, gate access and the Citadele.  There are _heaps_ of top quality bars, restaurants, museums, antique shops, crafts and shopping.  The weather was good when we arrived so we went all through the old town including many beers and a meal at Aux Anciens Canadiens which was built in 1675 where Jane had a Wild Game Pie and Maple Syrup tart, while I had a Bison Burger! Over the weekend it snowed and hit us with frozen rain(hail) which kept us indoors for a day or two.  After the weather cleared we have been out to the Musee de la Civilisation to take in the Samurai exhibit, the Quebec Aquarium and today we went to the Huron Wendake First Nation musuem and resteraunt. We had a 3 cheese(fromage) tasting plate with Pistachios, Dried Berries and a meat tasting plate with Smoked Sturgeon, wild Mushrooms, Smoked Salmon and Caviar and Wapati(Deer) Jerky washed down with a Huron Beer called Kwe.

Off too the Choco Musee http://www.chocomusee.com/ and the Marche Du Vieux Port (Old Port Markets) tomorrow before taking the bus back to Montreal and another out to Bromont QC to be picked up by the lads on their way back to Barrie ON.

Photos:

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Sports fans here are mad!

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The Nosebleed section!

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Beer tour of Canada, ive probably had 20 different types in 3 weeks.

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Great idea, apparently they are trying to get them into Perth, but there are issues with our helmet laws.

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Most amazing church I have ever been in.

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Chorizo, Cheese, Pistachios etc, Oh, and beer and wine

fw7 biosphere.jpg

Built for the 67 expo Montreal

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Fries, Cheese curds and gravy, after trying it once and compared to other bar food over here, I can leave it.

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Looks like we are stepping into Camelot.

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There are heaps of Cannon still situated on the old ramparts of the old city.

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Quality 400 years on!

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Made me laugh!

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200+ beers and 40 single malts, in the heart of old Quebec.

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Snow enough for me anyway.

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Yes, the straps are holding the ute tray onto the body.

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Nice place, in winter they flood the boardwalk and you can skate it.

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Excellent exhibition at the Musee de la Civilisation.

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Aquarium Quebec.

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Probably my favorite thing about Canada so far, chicken wings in bars, I have been to a bar with $0.35c wings and $12.00 jugs of beer.  Oh and being able to go to the servo and get beer for roughly a dollar a can for domestic beers.

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Near the Huron Wendat centre.

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Near the Huron Wendat centre.

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Near the Huron Wendat centre.

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Jane and I.

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Quebec Aquarium, looking forward to finally getting to go fishing in Ontario in the next few weeks.

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Dunno what Burger king are advertising here:D

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Last night in Quebec out the front of our accomodation.

Hope you enjoy and there are enough pictures!

Bryan

Arrived in CB on monday to find the wind up a bit. not much to do so we went swimming and of corse the Spanglies were there right at your feet.

Tuesday was a day of relaxation for us with a swim in the arvo heading further out off the point to find some great coral formations and a wide array of fish with a couple of sharks.

Wednesday we headed out to snorkle with the Manta Rays. It was a great day out seeing a quite a few sharks ranging from Black Tips ,White tips and what seemed to be a Large Bronzie. all great to watch swimming around in clear water. Second dive for the day was with not 1 but 3 Mantas swimming around right below us, was great to see. #rd dive was heading to what they call the shark cleaning station, with 3 sharks just cruising around right below your feet, fantastic to see these creatures in their natural habitat and not attached to your line..

Thursday we are heading out with Captain Bernie to see what there is on offer.

The weather so far has been great.

Only another 10 days left, not happy but thats life

just curious as to weather fish wings are concidered as part of your posession limits when travelling away.

i thought they werent but not too sure now

The mighty Magpies just scraped in over the Bombers by a point, but a win is a win and worth 4 premiership points

Sorry i know its not fishing but i spose its because all service men and woman that went to fight for our freedom gave us a country we can freely go fishing and do all things that make Australia great.... Lest we forget

I was lucky enough to recieve off my grandmother all my pops photo's from ww2. He fired the big guns in the artillery. He used to tell me storys of how his ears used to bleed after shooting off a few of these.
Thought i would share them with you. Feel free to post up and that you have.
My pop and grandmother were together since such a young age till my pop died a while ago. R.I.P
Such a great guy and i will never forget him

IMG_0002 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

IMG_0011 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

IMG_0006 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

IMG_0005 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

IMG_0023 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

IMG_0030 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

IMG_0029 by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

A filmmaker has captured footage of a bull shark killing one of its own kind off Cape York in Queensland.

Toby Bosschieter, a presenter on Andrew Ettingshausen's Escape with ET television show, was on an 1800km cruise around Cape York in a 4.8m tinnie when he filmed the incident in January.

He posted the footage to his YouTube channel last week.

The bull sharks were drawn to the tinnie by the thrashing fish that Mr Bosschieter, his brother and another friend were catching.

"One of the sharks started cruising in from a couple of hundred metres away … at its height there were around eight bull sharks," Mr Bosschieter told ninemsn.

The brothers attached a fish to a rope and threw it towards the sharks, prompting some to leap from the water.

One shark took the fish, but the feeder quickly became fodder for a larger cousin.

"We felt this kind of tug, tug on the line. One of the sharks has got a hold of the fish and doesn't want to let it go, but another shark is trying to eat [the first shark]," Mr Bosschieter said.

"Bull sharks, tiger sharks, hammerheads and bronze whalers, they will all have a go at each other if they get the opportunity."

Mr Bosschieter took the boat to shallow water and filmed the larger shark feeding on its victim.

After the large shark had left the area, the men retrieved the victim's remains, which are seen as still photographs at the end of the footage.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8456702/bull-shark-kills-own-kind-off-queensland

 save yourselves a world of grief looking for parking and park at the ibm building for the dawn service. always heaps of parking and easy access either freeway. 10 to 15 minute walk. ps when you get there SHUT UP and show respect.

 Hi all,

For all the tradesmen out there, I'm just wondering if you have tool insurance,

And if not, why?

Looking at getting tool insurance soon but not sure who to use.

With stealing a regular thing, looking after thousands of dollars worth of tools seems like a good idea to me!

Any info would be much appreciated, 

Thanks James 

Hi all, just wondering for those that live near Freo if the aircraft carrier is in port or anchored out to sea?

Might go and have a look.

Cheers

 ok, long time since I opened a can of worms...

so here goes,

My son came home spouting all this bravado about the Anzacs at Gallipoli and how we need to go the war momorial again  ( as we do every year I may add) to honour the great services fo the men at Gallipoli that died to protect our freedom!

"hold on wait " I told my son, thats not the truth!, but he said his teacher had told them and the local RSL chap too!

How many of us know the real truth of the Turkish invassion of the first world war and what really Gallipoli stands for.

No disrespect to our diggers, fallen men and heroism, BUT  how from the TRUTH has it gone, is Anzac a day of saying sorry for invading another country at British order and sacrificing our young soldiers.

 Or has it been turned by twists of Spin-doctor’s into Aussie  battlers fighting for the freedom and liberation of Australia. ( which it was very far from)

 Now before laying the boot in read this first from the Autralian War Memorial:

http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/38/article/

and this:

 http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/onesided-thinking-on-gallipoli-an-injustice-20100423-tj50.html#ixzz1svU5o6rz

I have a major problem with  my son being lead to glorify the killing of young men in absolute mess of a war.

I would rather he stood to silence for respect of those fallen for choices they did not make and for wars started by old men in the back lines with no respect for human life.

Have we lost the true meaning of Anzacs and Gallipoli??? have we spun it into something it's not 

AND WOULD WE LET JAPANESE PEOPLE COME AND CELEBRATE THEIR INVASSION OF OUR LANDS ON OUR SOILS? 

(because thats what we do every year in Turkey. When we should be saying sorry and forgivence for our men slaughtered there.)

As some one who has seen the ugly pointed side of war firs thand, this is close to my heart!

just my views

Tony

seems many will kick, punch and hit out at me without reading what I put up.

I rest my case boys, you did not read, absorb and see the point!

This was never an attack on Anzacs ro the day or Australians, but a statement that it's being twisted by pollitical views and since 9/11 into something it never was.

It was about the commoradery and never leaving your mate behind, it was about standing by your fellow serviceman.

yes insert later to prove a point!

Any thoughts on the blatent dive at the end of the Glory game!!!!

Dont hold back..... BRING IT!!!!! (Im an AFL man)    

 Hey guys want to get a new gps combo that takes a chip don't wanna waste my money on a crap one any recommendations also are the easy to install looking to spend bout $1000

Hey all.

Circumstances have left me looking at spending most of Tuesday the 24th in the Shoalwater Bay area, and I am looking for advice on where I might be best served finding a fish. Landbased naturally. Using lures. Not looking for a feed necessarily, although not adverse to that either of course. Don't need anyone's secret spots, just some general advice. PM if you can help, or if you might be willing to join.

Cheers, Garrett

 Just curious as to where along the new coast road to dongra you can get fuel and if we hit the freeway does it take us to the start. never used it and going from Armadale

dont like to brag to much but looking pretty ominous for the rest of the competion !!!!!!!!!

Will be the 1st loss for the season, Eagles fans can enjoy the Buddy and Rioli show and we get to laugh at Lynchy and Twinkle Toes

Colin Barnett announces Marine Park in the Kimberley with more on the cards.

Must be an election due and Colin is trying to appease the greenies.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/13470147/marine-park-plan-for-kimberley/

just wondering if and where salmon are being caught....anywhere metro

and is the e-shed still firing looking at going and any recommendations on bait/times

Just wondering what everyone gets up to when the wind is blowing it's arse off (Apart from drowning sorrows) Mine's golf absolutely love the game although I'm no Tiger Woods nothing better than a quick 9 and a few coldies during and after.

 hi guys,,, so heres my issue,,,

ive been lent a boat for the weekend and had planed to hit albany to have a crack at sum salmon,,,only prob is,,the weather is not looking to good,,or is it?? its hard to tell and ive never been there before... 

ill b out in a 5m rigid infltble,,which bounces around abit,, do u think it will b too rough?? are there areas to fish even if it gets a bit washy??

year b4 last we cleaned up on salmon at bunker bay,, an the weather looks better there only thing is there hasnt been any outstanding reports that far up yet,,,

what to do......i have a boat for the weekend and want fish,,,,,what do u guys suggest???

maybe even thought bout flagging albany n goin kalbarri,,,,??

any help advice would b greatly appreciated...hopefully good pics and report are to folow......cheers ben.........

Hi all

I need to make some room in the warehouse and the best way to do that is to discount the biggest boxes i stock.

I am taking 20% off the following to sizes.

1: The XTSH260litre marble.

This is our largest box and will need a large boat or car to transport it.

Dimensions are: L: 1675, W: 590, H: 535 in mm.

It weighs 32kg empty. Excellent ice retention.

Normally: $480.00 with the 20%

Now: $380.00 save $100.00

2. The XTSH210litre marble.

Our second largest box which has been popular with the deep drop boys and people heading North.

Dimensions: L: 1375, W: 555, H: 565 in mm.

It weighs 21kgs empty. Excellent ice retention.

Normally: $380.00 save 20%

Now$300.00 Save: $80.00

Contact Dave on 0403978583 or send me a PM with any questions on the above sale or on any other Xtreme Coolers product.

Items can be picked up in Mt Lawley or South Perth.

Regards

Dave

 Mine would be when i was 17 fishing down at canning bridge and landing my one and only big mulla on lightish line

it went 21kg on 18lb line. after 45min fighting this fish in the current it secummed to a perfect gaffe shot

If you're interested, this IPL season is being streamed online through YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/indiatimes

Pretty good game going on at the moment.  Deccan Chargers v Rajo Royals.