since the fisheries have taken a week or more and still have not not back to me, what are the do's and dont's  of crabbing  ? 

  do you need a  fishing liscence from a boat ? 

  are the months you cant crab ? 

  can you only keep males and which is which ? 

  whats the boat limit ? 20 ?    and pots ? 10 ? 

99.9% of the time I find the contours and lumps / holes showing on my plotter spot on but there was one occasion a few years back I was looking for a mark off the Murions at Exmouth that on the plotter rose to from 80m to 58m and yet when I travelled over it the sounder showed flat as.  I circled a few times without any sign of a lump and then moved on.  Anyone had a similar experience? 

Hi guys. Can anyone help me with contacts or advice to get a 6 metre boat from Brisbane to Perth thanks.

hey guys

It's back for another year, I have made a fishwrecked league on the afl.com.au dreamteam site.

code to enter is : 298566 

link: http://dreamteam.afl.com.au/ 

Jump on board guys, should be good fun.

EDIT: Any uncomfirmed teams will be removed, it's a bit harsh but I want to know who's who. Confirm your team name here or in the coaches box.

Hi People.

A longshot.

If anybody has lost a Kayak,or knows somebody who has I have found one.

Its come off a holiday makers roofrack or trailer.

Its in very good condition still,possibly somebodys christmas present.A google tells me this model retails for $499 so Im guessing the owner would appreciate it back.

Found in the Williams area.

Andrew

Just kept getting crashed messages all day. I can hear some off you out there saying that might be a good thing because I havent posted anything, but just wondering.

Neels

Whats the call. Do you think that she has caused enough grief to retire her name, or will we see a TC Bianca again.

I somehow think anything that goes near Perth and does anything will be retired and she did cause some distruction down there.

Neels

I took these pictures at about 4:00-5:00 yesterday (Sunday 30th Jan). It shows the NW waves and storm surge swallowing up Cottesloe beach. Speccy stuff, and not usually seen during summer.

http://www.watoday.com.au/national/canberra-settles-after-destroying-refugee-boat-20110130-1a9px.html

ive had an eye out for a good quality rechargable spotty that could run off 12v,  and wont break in a month, for about a year now and cant find one.

have bought 2 "SCA" brands from supercheap and have both died within a month of purchase, one due to excessive use-it didnt have one of them good quality lithion (i think) batteries.

the other fired up inside as it wouldnt stop charging once it was full, so we would always forget to unplug it when we thought it was done.

it will be used for fishing camping fox spotting (bastards love our chooks, i think it eats them too) boating etc.

could anyone recomend a good quality product, wont mind paying good money as long as it lasts.

hope one exists, rob

Dosnt look like we gona get much rain out of EX TC Bianca, Here in Perth.. Spew was looking farward to a nice big down pour.

I have a new CAIMAN DJ200 does anyone out there rate them at all I have adjusted it I can't remember how many bloody times but it has a nasty habit of bird nesting I have never had this probem with any other reel I have ever used (I never bird nest).

This reel was a gift and I would love to keep using it as it is soo smooth but the casting is starting to really p*ss me off...

Just a quick message to urge people in Perth to take care if this cyclone eventuates.

Us up in the North are pretty well drilled and organised but this is something a bit out of the ordinary...hope the wind isn't too destructive and you get some much needed rain!!!

Take care

Dicko

Have been checking pots out of Mindarie for 7 years now and have seen Dolphin, Sambos, Snapper, etc - went out this morning and saw a sea turtle on the surface!! Have seen them before diving in Whitsundays, snorkelling Port Douglas and boating around Broome. Unusual for here.

Was out between the 1 and 3 mile in 13 metres.

Borbs

 just heard from a friend that a big front is on its way, suposed to be bigger than the one that caused the hail storm last year. 

Batten down your hatches and turn off the computers . 

Hi all, can anyone (within the Pilbara region) provide some advice on fishing within Cleaverville Creek?  Ive heard there are a few Barra landed there, I am a lure fisho and hope to give it a go shortly during a neap tide???  Any advice would be greatly appreciated...Cheers in advance!

Why is it nearly everyone mounts their winches on the front of the car when all the good books tell you that if you get bogged the easiest way out is back from where you came. This is because you know what you have already driven over but not what lies ahead.

So in my opinion it should be able to fit over the towball with detachable cables so when not in use it could be stored away. All it would need to work from the front of the vehicle woyld be a towball fitted to the bumper / roobar

http://www.aami.com.au/policy-documents … policy.pdf

how many of you have read the fine print in your insurance cover of late???
Seems AAMI does not cover for flood damage, tsunami / tidal wave, high tides or other actions of the sea ( that would include storm surges)
They define the diference between Flood and Storm / Rainwater, so many are not covered.

quote"

Flood - Means the inundation or covering of normally dry land by water which: escapes or overflows from, or cannot enter, because it is full or has overflowed, or is prevented from entering, because other water has already escaped or been released from it, the normal confines of any watercourse or lake, including any that may have been modified by human intervention, or reservoir, canal, dam or storm water channel. Flood does not mean storm water run off from areas surrounding the site or water escaping from any water main, pipe, street gutter, guttering or surface. AAMI Home Insurance does not cover flood. "

mmmm guess who i'm not keeping my policy with???

luckly i'm not near a river, lake or any of the defined sources of a flood, so I'm covered for Cyclone run off and storm water at least!

But people with AAMI polices near the Swan River or on canals down south are stuffed if this cyclone brings in a storm surge!

 hey people, my car has died and i am now looking for a cheap reliable car along the lines of a falcon or a diesel 4x4. 

If anyone on here has one or knows of someone selling one can you let me know

Have a mate who is looking for a trolling outfit. Probably run 24kg.

He has looked at a TLD 30 2speed and the Tyrnos 30 2 speed, price differance around $180

Just wondered if the Tyrnos is that much better. I can't advise him as have never used a Tyrnos

Cheers

Rick

I would appreciate some advice from the mechanically minded amongst you. Like a lot of other people we are doing it a little tough at the moment so the wife's Santa Fe AWD had it's 200,000 k service today rather than buying her a new Landcruiser - ha! The manager at the service centre has told her that the fact i had 225 -70-R16 tyres fitted to the front last week instead of 235 - 70 -R16's as are fitted to the rear will cause imminent catastrophic failure of the centre diff. The back tyres are apparently scalloped from worn shocks - not visible but there is a bit of road rumble. Is he pulling my choke or is this possible? We seriously can't afford to fit another $400 worth of tyres and $ 400 of shocks just now. I am not sure if he is having a lend but spark plugs at 430 each and the power steering not flushed unless we ante another $88 seems a bit strange on $1300 plus gst service.

Well with my PC plotter system going bust on me over Christmas ( and now just been fixed), I decided to find a back up system that could be used and not cost the earth.

Well to my surprise, I have found that the Telstra T-Touch-Tablet has a built in GPS reciever and after downloading Navionics Android powered charts ( whole of Australia) for only 9 Euro, I had a 7inch screen GPS system.

charts are very clear and with the high definition screen on the T-Tab, was a pleasure to use last night coming back from Skyworks to Ascot Marina. My present charts on my normal GPS system do not cover the river after the Causeway Bridge, where as the Navionics Android downlod did cover all the way up to Guildford.

Function is basic tracking and gives you a bearing indicator to show your direction, but works well and very accurate in fact. No "goto" or other functions, but for 9 Euro what do you expect.

As for the T-Tab, we got 4 hours on it, including doing facebook, navigating and browsing the web during the day, then ran it on a 12V ciggie charger for the evening.

At $299 on a pay as you go package, it's a dam good buy when seen as a marine & land GPS back-up, mobile phone, web tablet and more with a camera etc built in.

With my new Furuno plotter coming soon, I am thinking of tossing out the whole PC based system I have and keeping the Android tablet as the back up for river work, as the chart is bloody great on the Swan.

 Hope this works but check out these pics of the squall we got here this arvo. Radar is on our boat at the marine ramp. First pic at 4.48pm , second at 4.51 pm .

We raced out in a break in the wind today and got half a dozen good goldens, heaps of smallish snapper of all sorts and Bec got a nice gold spotted cod. Didnt bring a fish home but had a fat time. . . Only a couple of miles from the ramp too :-)

Got a mate heading up to Point Samsom with a Boston Whaler 235 Conquest and unsure of ramp conditions there, any info on tide effects, depth etc would be greatly appreciated.

Found this while looking around, interested to see how it works.

Cheers

Dale

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What's everyone doing for Aussie Day?  I'm stuck at work and doing cyclone preps, just snuck onto the computer for a quick look at what its doing.  Hopefully bail soon and go and watch the cricket with a few coldies this arvo, just thought I'd see what everyone else was up to?

 Because I signed up for an Anaconda membership couple of years ago, I get regular emails about their promotions. 

So just to let those who are interested know, they are selling MF40 and MF50 soft vibes at $2 until Saturday 29 Jan at the Innaloo and Cannington stores and till Sunday at the Joondalup store. 

Needs some rope spliced to make morring and other also some anchor rope done up. Any recomendations on who I can use North of river ?  

Anyone know how good the water will be hillaries to mindarie?? Also anyone heading out

Outlook is not good.