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Fish & Chips Coral Bay

Submitted by Cotty_CoralBayWA on Thu, 2011-08-11 23:01

I just might be opening a traditional style fish and chip shop in Coral Bay some time soon, all going to plan. I have noticed quite a few members make their way up here quite often, so what do you guys think?????

What kind of things would you like to see in the shop???? Open to any ideas.

I was also looking at offering freezer space to rent in the shop. Anyone be intrested in in this if it was at the right price????


How and why did you choose your user name?

Submitted by CCC on Thu, 2011-08-11 17:47

Been asked a few time what the "CCC" was all about, well.....could not come up with one but then looked out the window and seen the 3 capital C's in the manufacturers name on the side of my dinghy. "Cairns Custom Craft".That was the begining of CCC
Maybe I should change it to Chivers now??
 
Now its your turn.......

Cheers
CCC


 
 


Extreme Deep Sea Fishing Charter

Submitted by NicDeb on Thu, 2011-08-11 14:56

The wife just got me & her a trip on Blue Juice charters Extreme Deep Sea Fishing Charter , just wondering if any body has been on one and what they thought ?


wasnt the weather forecast wrong again

Submitted by johnno67 on Thu, 2011-08-11 13:25

Hooked up the boat yesterday seebreeze and bom looked great 5-10kn winds turning 8-13kn in the afternoon 2m swell easing to 1.5m 0.5m seas.Well it wasnt even close headed out from tworocks at 530am more like 20knts easterly and 1.5m seas was lke a washing machine for most of the day.About 1ish it started dropping off, but beside that had a good days fishing with 6 duhies 2 monster baldchins and 4 dhuies back in the water to survive another day. Headed back in at 3.30pm and it really dropped of then it was a nice quick ride home on 32knts. 

 


So true!!!

Submitted by pale ale on Thu, 2011-08-11 07:56

John:    Morning!    Looking for a new car?
Bryan:    Nope.    Prime Minister, actually.
John:    You’re the third one this morning.    Anything in mind?
Bryan:    You know....... nothing fancy, reliable, economical family model.    Something to get the country from A to B.

John:    You mean like a Howard?
Bryan:    Yeah....a little Johnny.    Nothing flash, does the job.    Low maintenance, economical, sensible.    Runs for years, no troubles.

John:    So..... you used to have one?
Bryan:    Yeah.    About 10 years.    Great little model – don’t know why I got rid of him --biggest mistake I’ve ever made…

John:    What happened?
Bryan:    Traded him in for a Kevin 07.
John:    Big mistake…
Bryan:    Lot of people bought it.    Good political mileage.
John:    How was the Kevin 07?
Bryan:    Came with a $900 factory rebate – that was good.
John:    Anything else?
Bryan:    Not much.    Sounded nice but nothing under the bonnet.    It was a lemon.
John:    Didn’t stick around for long did it?
Bryan:    Nah – had a factory recall.    Shipped overseas and was never seen again.
John:    What was the problem?
Bryan:    Lots.    But the final straw was the navigation system.    Plug it in and it automatically loses its own way.
John:    Whatcha got now?
Bryan:    It’s a Gillard-Brown.
John:    The hybrid?
Bryan:    Yeah.    The Eco-drive system – not a good idea.    An engine that can’t deliver hooked up to a transmission stuck in permanent reverse…

John:    Green paintwork with a red interior.    And steering that always lurches to the left for no apparent reason – that’s the one?

Bryan:    The Fustercluck model.
John:    The only one they made, Bryan.    Not the vehicle of choice for the road to recovery – but did they finish up fixing the navigation system?

Bryan:    Made it worse.    Turn it on and it does a press release, heads off in all directions and goes nowhere.
John:    So that’s why you’re here?
Bryan:    That’s right.    I’m stuck with a model that's wasteful, expensive, ineffective and past its use by date..    I don’t suppose you’ve heard of the “Cash for Clunkers” scheme?

John:    Join the queue brother.

 


Portable 12V Powerpacks

Submitted by timboon on Wed, 2011-08-10 23:45

FW crew,

 

Looking into purchasing a 12V portable power pack, I'm looking at the Thumper in the BA3 60 AH. Has anybody had one of these type units in either the Thumper or another brand they could recommend?? Also I've been trying to find out what the unit weighs can anybody help me out there??

 

Cheers

 

Timboon


power consumption

Submitted by roddo on Wed, 2011-08-10 20:27

just wondering if someone can help me with some power usage calculations

if i have an appliance that uses 400watts what is my hourly consumption in $$

synergy charges 21cents per unit

i have no idea how to convert this

reason for my question is i am looking at buying a commercial ice machine and just weighing up the costs. 

cheers

Roddo


Ouch!!!

Submitted by carnarvonite on Wed, 2011-08-10 18:04

Spotted a 5 metre fibreglass RIB in a carpark in town yesterday.

It was split all the way along the port side. from the bow to stern just below where the rubber tyre attaches to the sides. The self draining eck was visible through the gap.

It was fitted with racks up top with surf boards tied on and a jet ski inside so would expect they've been up Gnaraloo way surfing when something has gone bust.

Sorry no pics


the looking for work thread

Submitted by JIM1 on Tue, 2011-08-09 23:02

have this on a bike forum im on, just another way to get the feelers out

 

Currently doing some temp work in logistics while i am looking for the right job, Have certs in logistics and transport and looking for a role within co-ordinatiing logistics/transport/warehousing of any nature including FMCG.Meeting now with open uni in my own time for a diploma in buisness chain supply so im still able to do the 9-5grind.Have updated CV and coverletters and all the jargon to go with it i can send threw. I bring a working knowledge of freight prep policys for most major mine sites, a swag of industrie contacts and a superior time management skills.

If anyone knows of anything going send me a PM.

 

Thanks

 

Jim


Block Ice NOR

Submitted by SamC on Tue, 2011-08-09 21:15

Hey Guys,

 

Any one know where i can purchase block ice from that's NOR?

 

Cheers,

Sam


Boat Wheelies

Submitted by Alan James on Tue, 2011-08-09 19:29

Haha, crazy / funny.

http://www.wimp.com/boatwheelies/

 


Kalbarri Fishing (One Perfect Weekend)

Submitted by hit n run on Tue, 2011-08-09 15:43

Gday everyone,

Here are a couple of fishing in Kalbarri vids. Scotty Coghlan and myself were invited up to Kalbarri and were lucky enough to get invited out fishing with Laurie and Sue Moulton from Murchison Boat Hire (thanks Guys). We had some great weather as well as plenty of yak fishing for tuna and spanish mackeral we had fish busting up everywhere with sharks, striped tuna and mackeral all swimming together. There were cobia caught off whale sharks and tailor on stickbaits.

The first day was a little rough but our luck changed and it glassed off on the second day allowing us to paddle straight out in the yaks and get onto some great fish.

 

Was a great weekend and I would highly recommend for anyone to go up and wet a line.

 

Enjoy Cheers

 

http://youtu.be/cbkH0-WsPHQ

 

http://youtu.be/99QtV0HkXIU

 

 

 

Steve

 


Bloody dogs!

Submitted by smash on Mon, 2011-08-08 23:33

I imagine many of us here have mangy mutts, along with the ups and downs that go with them.

A few weeks back, this regal old girl who had been a part of the family for 15 years, reached the end of her journey.

Happy to the end, she had a large tumour in her right ear and another behind her left eye which brought partial blindness and we got the vet out to our house.

As with my other old fella, she deserved nothing less than to have me there holding her to the end.

Shed been a marvelous kids dog, endless patience and her weapon against over-exuberant kids was lavish use of her tongue and increasingly oderous breath. Hard to beat a staffy on any of these points! Im not really as upset as I expected, more pleased that she never lost her dignity (incontinence) and lived a contented and happy life us mere humans could only dream of.

Now this ratbag has appeared on the scene

 

We (having more than a couple of anklebiters) have always been a 2 dog family, and this guy who was the underdog now has to take on the role of keeping the pup in line-

He enjoys getting the swags out for a camp, but tends to like burying himself right down at your feet, great for keeping your feet warm but less than helpful if theres any grizzly bears or hyenas around.

 


Trailer tyres

Submitted by yak on Mon, 2011-08-08 12:53

Anyone know where I could get a couple of spare trailer tyres, or has anyone got some they wanna flog?

I'm struggling to find any in good condition for a good price

I think they are about 185's on 15 inch rim

 

Cheers


Handheld GPS

Submitted by hillinb on Sun, 2011-08-07 20:19

Have just finished the Winter overhaul on the barebones tinny, (Sounder, 27mhz , dual battery bank etc.)

I just have one more requirement, a handheld GPS. Can somebody point me in the right direction, after speaking to the 14 yr old at BCF I realised I may need to look elsewhere for advice.
I want something with good chartplotting capabilities.

 

Any good models?


a little history lesson

Submitted by grayzeee on Sun, 2011-08-07 19:12

 

There is an old Hotel/Pub in Marble Arch, London , which used to have a gallows adjacent to it. Prisoners were taken to the gallows (after a fair trial of course) to be hung.

 

The horse-drawn dray, carting the prisoner, was accompanied by an armed guard, who would stop the dray outside the pub and ask the prisoner if he would like ''ONE LAST DRINK''.

If he said YES, it was referred to as ONE FOR THE ROAD.

 If he declined, that prisoner was ON THE WAGON.

 So there you go. More bleeding history.

 They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot and then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery. If you had to do this to survive you were "piss poor", but worse than that were the really poor folk, who couldn't even afford to buy a pot, they "Didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.

 The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.

 

 Here are some facts about the 1500s:

 Most people got married in June, because they took their yearly bath in May and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell, brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

 Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!"

 Houses had thatched roofs, thick straw piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

 There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom, where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

 

 The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing.

 

As the winter wore on they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. (Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

 In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight, then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: ''Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot, nine days old''.

 Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over they would hang up their bacon, to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "Bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around talking and ''chew the fat''.

 Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

 Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or ''The Upper Crust''.

 Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of ''Holding a Wake''.

  England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people, so they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realised they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, thread it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell.

 

Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell; thus someone could be, ''Saved by the Bell ''or was considered a ''Dead Ringer''

 

 And that's the truth.


Chat about anything.

Submitted by iana on Sat, 2011-08-06 17:30

Anyone remember those days “6 O’clock closing” you rush from work, buy a beer and head to your table, all the guys are there. The conversation “how we would run the company” “Personal beefs, how we would run the country, our sports, conquests, in fact anything. I really miss those days.

Isn’t this what this forum is about, beer in hand, we’re talking to our mates, some just listening, some bragging, some giving us the shits. But at the end of the day (6 o’clock) it’s just about chatting together.

So what if someone wants to join our table. Maybe they just want to make friends, why not let them in?

I have seen several persons put up posts and get crucified for doing so. So it interferes with your story “Boo Hoo”.

Maybe you need to learn tolerance.

Just a bit of co-operation could change that person’s life.

Then, SO WHAT IF ITS NOT FISHING RELATED.

If you read down the list, there are a lot of subjects that are definitely not fishing related, its not going to end the world.

And there is the section “Chat about anything”.

 


Having trouble downloading Navionics Chart app fror Mac comp

Submitted by beau on Sat, 2011-08-06 11:45

 Hey guys just wondering if any of you guys have downloaded the Navionics Chart program for your Mac computer and how you went about it. To be honest i have no idea where to start!

Cheers guys,

Beau


HD vid cams

Submitted by Adam Gallash on Sat, 2011-08-06 11:25

Contemplating upgrading my vid cam to HD, any one got any suggestions and reasonable prices.  Anywhere upto the grand mark at this stage, would like to get a hardy one that can handle the lumps n bumps of fishing wide.

Cheers,
Adam


Question about Swiftcraft Dominators.

Submitted by Hook_er on Fri, 2011-08-05 18:14

Does anyone have any info on swiftcraft dominators?? especially some feedback on ones that have had pods attached.

Who has owned one? How well do they ride etc...

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers


4x4 Car Detailers NOR

Submitted by Buz on Thu, 2011-08-04 23:34

Gday all just wondering if anyone NOR has ever had their 4x4 detailed/profesionally cleaned. Have done a fair bit of looking around so i know of a few mobs out there that do it, just want to see if anyone on here can give me a heads up on their PERSONNAL experience with getting it done.

Particulary looking at companies that will do a 4x4, getting the outside, underbody and engine bay done. Also want the inside done, but its not in too bad condition, so if need be can tackle that myself. Just seems most online seem to specialize more in normal road cars rather than 4x4's.

Basically got a new 4x4 and want to spruce it up a little for myself.

Any personnal experiences or recommendations would be most appreciated.

 

Thanks, Buz.


Now this the Mayor Perth and our subburbs need!!!

Submitted by Tony Halliday on Wed, 2011-08-03 13:47

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/frustrated-lithuanian-mayor-boards-tank-crushes-car-to-send-pro-bike-message/story-e6frfku0-1226107510768

love to have seen the owners face!!!

 

 


gumtree adds

Submitted by JIM1 on Tue, 2011-08-02 21:09

thort i could start this as a thread for things that might interest others or for funny adds.

 

ill start it off with this one

http://perth.gumtree.com.au/c-Jobs-farming-veterinary-jobs-Farm-hand-W0QQAdIdZ298214867


Thought i'd share what looks like a good deal...

Submitted by Snags on Tue, 2011-08-02 20:36

http://m.cudo.com.au/perth/its-2-nights-for-4-people-at-kalbarri-palm-resort-for-only-119

Looks like a good deal!

Now to get cracking and do some research about where to fish and when the best time to go is.

Any suggestions?? LB only


Safety Equipment

Submitted by talking horse on Tue, 2011-08-02 13:25

Guys,

 

If anyone is looking for safety gear ie. Epirbs, flares life jackets (inflatable and non inflatable) etc give us a pm. have a good contact if anyone needs some gear.

 

Deadly


Amazing trip, for a good cause

Submitted by pale ale on Tue, 2011-08-02 12:52

http://www.overthetop.com.au/

 

check these guys out!  Travelling around the Australian coast in a rubber ducky to raise prostate cancer awareness


us debt

Submitted by black gen on Tue, 2011-08-02 11:01

not even close to fishing related but i saw this on the today show yesterday and had a look...

 

the numbers are just ridiculous....and im by no means a numbers person...

 

have a quick look..

 

www.usdebtclock.org

 

bring on the AUS dollar at 1.50US


110volt battery charger

Submitted by squidder on Tue, 2011-08-02 10:52

 

I'm in the process, due to our ever increasing $$$, of buying some 18v cordless drills from the states and was wondering if anyone had done this and what they had to do to convert from 110v to 240v at the battery charger.


2500 reel size help

Submitted by Markie on Tue, 2011-08-02 08:30

I'm loooking for a reel in the shimano 2500 size but doesn't have to be shimano just that size. Looking for a reel with maximum capacity spool. Any suggestions.


your conscience

Submitted by JIM1 on Mon, 2011-08-01 21:01

been meaning to post this up for a while but only just getting around to it!

 

I have done my fair share of hunting in my short life (im 21) and have always wondered how others deal with taking an animals life. Ive seen animals suffer before there put out of there misery and to be honest it has kept me awake a couple of nights.

 

Shooting is fine and i enjoy it as a vermin control method, quick and easy no real suffering. Pigging with dogs and "sticking" pigs would be my most cruel hobby and i still have the belife it is a quick and humane way to go about it.

 

I will only kill something if im going to eat it or its a vermin that destroys native bushland/cull, what gets me is the noise some animals make when they are going threw there impending doom, weather its a not so flash shot or a dog hanging off pig. I am always in game mode when the hunts on but afterwards it can give me the blues if you think about it to much.

 

I find people connect with animals that can make noise/comunicate and thus stops them wanting to cull animals due to feeling bad about it, but everyones had a go at fishing, i would be quitley confident that people can kill fish easier because there isnt so much eye contact/comunication. 

 

and all this brings me to the main question, if fish made a noise when you where killing them, how would it influence your fishing/taking fish for the table?