Got the Boat back at 3pm after the unscheduled date with bitumen, packed and ready to go for a night fish among the Arcipelago. After that period of time sex starved is an understatement.

Now Have a new cam, so if we get anything will get some shots, but I dont care, aslong as we are out there.

Neels

I recently headed over to Majuro in the Marshall Islands for a weekend fishing tournament and to catch up with a good mate. It was a Fri/Sat tournament and was simply awesome. Started at 6am, about 0610 the stinger was out, 0612 the right back line was in the outrigger, at 0615 I had tied the rubber band onto the left back line and was reaching for the outrigger when a marlin ripped it out of my hands. You beauty. It's a great thing to see a marlin tail walking 15 minutes into a tournament. Unfortunately the hooks didn't stick and that was the story of the tournament for us. We had nine marlin strikes on the first day with no fish boated. We did let a couple of small (50-70lb) fish go at the boat though. We did get what ended up being the third place wahoo on day one. Day two we covered different ground and first pass of our selected ground saw a double hook up with a dogtooth and nice trout landed. Next pass saw my PB dogtooth onboard (35lbs). We got another couple more trout, before headed out to deeper water. We landed another solid wahoo and had another marlin strike but once again it evaded us. It was a great couple of days in paradise. The winning marlin weighed 623lbs and the winning yellowfin came in at 113lbs, massive fish. Next year I'll get that bloody marlin and it will be a year heavier.

I picked an EVACPAC up of Dave from Xtreme coolers today. Have just been playing around with it- Very good machine at an excellent price. Appreciate the effort by Dave to organise a pickup from his Dads house. If anyone other members are after a Cryovac give Dave a call.

Good luck at Gnarloo Dave- next time i will be getting a Mackie box off you!

I'm heading to Europe in a couple of weeks and want to get a decent pair of headphones to take with me.  I don't want the earbud ones, looking for a pair that goes over the head.

I can't believe the prices that some of them go for, while I'm sure the value in the sound quality is there I'm looking for something that is under the $100 mark - anyone got any recommendations?  I'm happy to buy online or local.

Just as a laugh I have seen this done somewhere. All you do it add your tinnies you drank to the wall, and soon youll realize how much it can add up. Line them up back to back and soon the chain will easily stretch to any location, including your favourite fishing locations.

Ill start with 4 last night.

Neels

PS Just add them up

4

Neels

Wanting to buy rod & reel to do some heavy soft plastic work, but also able to throw small stick baits & poppers on.  Any ideas ???

Thanks boys.

i find myself nursing stubbies after work for well over an hour, and honestly want to get away from drinking during the week. usually ill have 2 a night and maybe a couple more on the weekend nights and get twisted drunk one every couple of months on a night out on the town. when fishing it depends, if i fish lazy soaking a few big baits i tend to drink more as there is less action going on and a 6pack goes down well, but if im on the ball i hardly touch one.

what about you mob?

Anyone else on here not like fish or is it just me? I dont like any sea food but loveee fishing :D everyone thinks its weird lol

Gday all, just thought i'd see if anyone here know whats the go with buying a car from interstate in regards to paying transfer fees/stamp duty and rego.

eg if i bought a car in Queensland do i transfer it over to me over there under its QLD rego and pay tranfer fees over there, then bring it over to W.A and do a rego transfer over here and only pay the cost of rego an inspection here in W.A?

Like wise i am selling tinnie to  my brother in the N.T, does he just pay me for it and i fill out a stat dec saying its his then he takes it back to the N.T and rego's it up there to the N.T roads? I think he said he only needed to rego the trailer up there as recreational boats still dont have to be registered up there. What do i do in regards to informing W.A department that th Tinnie is now up in the N.T?

Just wanted to see if anyone else has had experience with these situations.

I will be giving DofT a call tomorrow anyway, but most likely will be waiting on the phone for ages only to get a half arsed answer.

Anyone a plumber by any chance?

Have got a problem with my hotwater system, where the water wont heat hot enough. Reading the manual says it should heat to 60-70 degrees, but when i check with a thermometer only gets to about 46 in the kitchen, and 40 in the 2 bathrooms. have it turned up to the highest setting on the dial on the hotwater unit

Anyone have any experience with Rheem hotwater systems?

The only info I've been told is that if the thermometer on the system was the problem i wouldnt have any hotwater at all?

Its a gas heated hotwater system and seems to kick the gas in ok and heat.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks

That time off the year to watch the country side in France and scream "Cmooon Cadel". Good luck Evans.

Neels

Edit: cant even spell his name right. LOL

Was reading a thread the other day, and it reminded me of a little known fact that we in Western Australia had Australia's first self-propelled vehicle!

W.A.'s first mine was the Geraldine Mine about 30km North of Northampton. (ruins still there to left of the Brand Highway.)

The 2 biggest problems the mine had was fresh water availability, and the transportation of lead to the Port.

I have a letter that shows in 1859, the UK owners of the time sent over a Bray's Traction Engine to help with carting the ore from the minesite to Port Gregory. This was carried to Gregory aboard the Brigantine 'Dazzler'.

Their letter states that "I shall be very glad to hear of your having overcome the difficulties of the road, - and hope you will be agreeably impressed by the Traction Engine performing its work well."

Their hope was to no avail as this excerpt from the Perth Gazette, August 26, 1859, shows:  ...... "Steam had been got up on the traction engine lying on the sandy beach, but it is said the only effect was that the monster in three or four seconds managed to half bury itself in the loose sand, an effect which we should suppose might have been anticipated, there being; nothing solid enough for the wheels of an engine weigh-ing ten tons to lay hold of."

This was the first self propelled vehicle in Australia. In fact it was the first recorded vehicle outside of Europe.....even beating the USA!

This was prior to Germany's Benz motor vehicle by circa 26 years!

It is definitely W.A.'s and Australia's first case of being Bogged!

So for all those that get bogged, you are just carrying on a great West Aussie tradition. All others are just copying us!

Cheers.

Browny

Not at all fishing related... but...

 Just wondering if anyone shares the love of Garlic as much as I do! What a wonderful thing it is.... tastes great and is good for you! 

Was never that into it until I went through a health kick a few years ago and discovered it's benifits and started to eat it regularly. I used to suffer from the flu baddddddly and be bed ridden for days with aches and fevers but since getting on the garlic train I honestly havent' come down with one even slightly bad, even when the wife and kids have all been down with it, all I've noticed was a little sniffly nose. Such a good immunity boost! 

Fav way to eat it is definately roasted.... slightly hard on the outside but soft in the middle.... mmmmmm... I actually just ate a lot tonight with my roast dinner! Also love it in foods ofcourse and even chopped up raw in a salad.....

Only downfall........ GARLIC BREATH! haha.. just as well I'm married and dont care anymore! Anyone got any good cures for it though? I've read there really isn't much to stop it but apparently Parsley eaten after it helps?

Also have a good 200 or so garlic plants thriving in the garden ready for harvest come summer.... got to be the easiest thing ever to grow! Nothing beats home grown!

Anyone else have love for the Garlic?!?!

Got this email in response to an ad I put up. He even forgot he sent the same email for another item a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks for your swift response... Due to nature of my job i will not
be able to come for inspection,am a very busy type as i work long
hours everyday,i have gone through your advertisementi am satisfied
with it.

I would have loved to talk to you on phone but i am very busy now and
dont have enough time to comunicate on phone.

As for the payment..i will be paying you via the fastest and secure
way to pay online(PayPal).

I have a private courier agent that will come for the pick up after
the payment have been made ... So no shipping included.. My private
courier agent will come for the pick up and sign all necessary
documents on my behalf after the payment have been made, as they will
also be coming with all the information needed, my details and
transferring the name of ownership to me will be done by the pick up
agent so you don't have to worry about that...

You can now send me your PayPal email including your finak asking
price.so i can pay in right away and also include your address in your
reply.If you don't have a paypal account, you can easily set up
one...log on to www.paypal.com and sign up. its very easy.I await your
reply asap.

Need to run an antenna cable up the wall and need a snake to do so. Anyone know where i can get one from? or if anyone has one lyng aorund i'd be happy to buy or swap it for something? Prefer to use a plastic one like the tongue out of particle board flooring...

cheers

Some good action here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoHXPvc5y3Y

Hi guys, I've noticed there have been posts on some cheap sounders. Well here i have it, dirt cheap fish finders by Lowrance.

Check out my link to see what we have available, these are all ex demo trade in models (basically brand new) and we need to sell em fast.

Have a look and if you have any questions about them PM me and i will be glad to help.

click here to view http://www.allboatbusiness.com.au/lowrance-fish-finder-sale-4928/

Hi guys,

The house is in lock-up stage at the moment and looking to get approx. 100m2 done..looking at 600x600 tiles.

The best quote I've received so far is $38/m2 including glue...can anyone here beat that? I'd prefer to support a fellow fishwrecked member than not ;)

If you can, let us know cos I've got to sign up for it by tomorrow!! (End of Financial year)

U can either reply or PM me or get me on my mobile 0401 941 438.

Cheers,

Justin

going by the forecast for this weekend hope no one is planning on going out in their boat. When out training on the rescue boats we do see people fishing in these type of conditions. Idiots need their head read.

Remember if you get in trouble someone has to come to your rescue.

Need a removalist for the 8th of July 2011. Anyone know of or part of a company that are part of the site? Moving house on the 8th if possible.

Regards

Dave

Hi guys well most of you would know I have been tagging fish with a group of other fishers .Mostly dhu fish ,snapper,breaksea cod.We have tagged around 80 fish and have had 9 recaptures over 3 months. Some more than once .All fish have been tagged out of Two Rocks in depths from 30-45m.Each tag has a phone number and a tag number on it .The tags are yellow and are 40mm long .When out fishing if you catch a tagged fish  and release it could you please take down the tag  numbers and Phone number and report the capture. If you keep the fish as half the fish tagged are size just pull out the tag and ring the number or pm me through the website. We don't need gps marks of where you got it but depth and size if possible. There is a lot we can learn from the recaptured fish .I am putting in a lot of hour and expence into tagging these fish along with others and without the help of fellow fishers these tags are useless .I keep all tag numbers ,depth and gps marks ,sizes,sex and other info on the fish tagged.and would like to share it with the members on the site .I think you will find it quite intresting  thanks

Hi Guys

Due to the high sales on the Shorebreak boat covers we are unable to supply out of stock models till the end August so we have extended it to the Oceansouth range to fill in the gap. Specials on the oceansouth range are 10% off our already reduced prices. The specials is also available on the (Oceansouth) outboard covers and full outboard covers.

PM me for a special price on a certain size.

Below is a pic of how to measure boat covers and let me know the model that best suits.

So now is a great time to get a cover on your boat, so protect your investment.

Hello,

I've been doin  a bit of overtime lately, so I wanna spend money on a solar panel setup to charge a deep cycle battery.

The Battery will mainly be used on camping trips to operate an engel, and also to run my minn kota when trolling up barra.

I have tried to search this site, but struggled to get what I'm looking for.

I believe some type of regulator is needed?

What wattage solar panel will put enough into the battery, to keep it  topped up whilst it is connected to the engel (40lt).  Most trips will be 2 or 3 days, with a second battery already in the car, I just wanna be able to keep the third battery in good condition.

I'm in Karratha, so unlikely to purchase anything here for less than half a million dollars

Where is a good online store to purchase these items

many thanks

good fishing

Like everybody I've been watching and reading this forum and thought it about time to introduce myself and start making a bit of an effort to comunicate . My Name is Peter and live in Perth North of the river  , i enjoy anything outdoors but love my fishing doesn't matter what sort i love it all and will give anything a crack . I'm a member of The Western Patrol Club as 4 wheeling comes a very close 2nd and the 2 combine fairly well with each other . Joined the forum to meet some like minded people who i can learn from and give a little back when i'm able , find extra deckies and be a little more social as my wife all ways seems to be nagging me to participate in the things that enjoy in the little time i get off work as i'm self employed in the building trade and have x2 young critters . So looking forward to getting to know you all in some form and having a bit of a chin wag . Cheers Peter 

I'm after some info as to who stocks 'tuna cord' in WA or Oz.  I've found overseas suppliers.

Hey guys

Got a small window to get away for a few days mid July. Thinking of heading up to Shark Bay

Going to have my parner with me so Steep Point is out.

Will need to do a bit of tourist stuff but hoping someone can give me some ideas on where to go to camp.

Done the Heron Peninsula and the other side is out, does anybody know any spots outside of the National Park (camping, fire etc) where there is plenty of room and chance at some fish.

No boat but have a well set up 4 x 4.

thanks

http://www.seven-marine.com/motors/gallery/

just one of these on my Berty and I would be flying!!!

Just a little info on the dhuie I have caught a couple of times .date caught and tagged 7/5/2011 size 425mm vented and released without Release weight

                                                                                         2nd time  caught 22/5/2011 vented and released without R/w didn't measure

                                                                                          3rd time  caught 26/6/2011 size 430mm vented and released with weight

This little guys has not moved of the spot it was first caught and has grown 5mm in 49 days .was in very good condition.  The tagg is still clean a free from weed or growth

Fellow Fishos.

See the petition in todays Sunday Times,its on the fishing page.

I urge you to join in.

I have had the displeasure of fishing a lucrative fishing spot a week after it was RAPED by the "PROFFESIONALS" and thier nets.NOTHING left to catch,not even a Leather Jacket,Sargeant Baker or slimy Cod.What they dont harvest falls to the seabed for the crabs to harvest.

If you are members of other Fishing Forums please post a simalar thread.

THANKS

Andrew