General Discussion

General Chat, Anything of Interest

Mindarie marina parking pass

 Anyone know if you can get a year pass for mindarie marina parking? 

Have looked online but cant find anything. 

Cheers

Craig


Home Brew

settled in for the evening with a super cold home brew, starting to get a taste for it. Never really entertained the idea of making it, obviously being on the road would make it hard, but the prices for a block in town is a bit expensive. The word has gotten out I’m here and a few cockies from surrounding farms have asked me to look over their gear and carry out some maintenance and the currency? Yep, home brews. 


Rottnest Channel.Swim

Hi Fishwreaked users

Ive registered for a Solo for the Rottnest Channel Swim on 23 Feburary and im looking for someone to Support me with a boat ( preferably someone that has supported before). I hope to complete the crossing in 6 hours and have a fun support team in place, all I need is a boat now☺ If you are interested please personal message me. I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks in advance.

Sandra

 


She has arrived

 

The Crusher has finally arrived, just waiting for the Tranny to arrive and be fitted and hopefully some good times ahead.


Good day out

 Headed out for a fish today in suposedly decent conditions. Headed out about 6:30  to one of our spots . With 3  of us on board and after a couple of drifts with only 1 cuttlie on board one of the deckies got an urgent call and had to come in and get dropped off. Then there were 2 . Headed back out but within only a few minuits the wind turned and picked right up so we decided to chase some sand whiting . Headed out only a couple of miles and found them biting. In the end we got a great feed between us. Certainly better than doing the garden. 


good on the coppers

 good on the vic coppers for shooting that terriost prick in melbourne today good ridance to bad rubbish i say


Weekends looking fishable

 Hopefully the weather stays the same as forecast is at the moment. Got the boat all sorted now just need the good weather


ODI Game

Australia in all kinds of trouble, 5/48. Think I’ll look for a movie to watch. 


Don’t ever complain about our ramps

This is an example of the ramps in New Zealand.......this one is located at the major tourist area of Coromandel Town. Even the ducks were sinking in the mud   


Spirit or charcoal smoker?

 I want to start smoking some fish which is something I've never done before. Im looking at spending up to a couple of hundred dollars on a smoker. Should i buy a spirit or a charcoal one and what are the pros and cons of each type? Cheers Pete


Tasty feed

 No fishing with the boat still out of action due to the theft we raided the freezer of some dhuie and yabbys. Add a bit of cream and garlic and theres dinner


Snake

How’s this for a dugite? Caught in a garage up the street. 


not another solar post

 yep

doing my house ASAP and not too sure about the inverter.

have been quoted about $500 more for the Fronius (10 year warranty)inverter as aposed to Goodwee/solis (5 year but upgradeable for $200 to 10 year) fronius made in Aust by austrian Co and other china

is there really a difference?  

 

would love ppl to chime in asnd let me know if youve had either and good bad etc

 

yes have read a million reviews here and elseware.   Just after some real live experiences from the boys i trust :) 


good news on the fwy

 great news for those that contend with the fwy carpark from russell rd to roe hwy. seen the signs up tonight that they are going to widen the fwy in that section. going to be bit of a nightmare till its done tho


AFL ROUND 1 - WTF

HOWS DOES THE WINNER OF THE 2018 premiership get an away game against freakin Brisbane for round 1 2019!!!!


dept of transport (marine)

 i rang the dept of transport (marine ) again today 2 months ago i reported to them the nav aids of bent st boat ramp had moved , dont know about that i am told , well its a fact , if your using those nav aids at night you will run up on turn island its bloody dangerous , told i am new to this dept cant coment ,listen it needs to be fixed before sone 1 gets hurt , we cant be every where , me thats funny you can set up cameras in the swan river to book people but cant fix danger spots , ok we will get back to you, piss pour response i say , think rotto island  jetty colapse DOT  will be  in the shit for not acting on warnings if any 1 gets hurt 

 


Lucky Bay Kalbarri

Hello guys /girls anyone up around lucky bay Kalbarri area doing ok with beach fishing ? Looking to head up there shortly , seeing if any Taylor about , cheers Mark... 


Perth

Had an opportunity to get the cruiser out of the trailer and head into Perth today, needed to get a wedding present for the niece, gee it’s sure changed, we only got as far as the big place in Cannington, carousel or something. Had a pretty awesome feed there and must have walked a few miles. Took us a couple of hours there and back, we are currently based at a ripper place just to the east of York called Greenhills, the tavern there allows you to free camp if you spend at the tavern, and why not, great beer, great food. It’s one place we’ll get back to sometime in the future. 


Fresh yabbies for dinner

 


tying a tally

 is there any 1 in rocky that can teach my young bloke to tie his tally for his naval cadets cap , i am ex army with a buggered left hand/arm and cand help him with that

 

 


the on going battle with the ciggys

 my battle with ciggys has been life long ive given up numerous times for 3 to 6 months and the got back on them , i even managed 6 years 1 time , i was going thru some stuff in my home office the other day and found the card Vilma from from Vitallity clinc gave me when i did a hypnoism sesion with her to give them up (ciggys ) its been 1 year 1 month and 4 days . and i havent had 1  , so if your trying to kick them i am here to say you can if i can anyone can

 


Point Grey

Not sure if this has been directly discussed on here before, I'm sure it probably has but I cannot seem to search for it. Whilst I'm no expert on the estuaries and, have no idea what the estuary systems were like 30-40-50 or, 100 years ago, I do live on them ( been down this way 20 odd years) and love them and am interested to hear peoples opinions about why they think the Point Grey development will be a bad thing. Now before you dust off your soap boxes, climb on them and start hollering from a great height I would ask you to consider a few personal observations. 

Am I correct in saying the Dawesville Cut was the engineering project that saved the flora and fauna populations within the estuary systems from hypereutrophic disaster? I note in recent discussions and comments that some proponents against the proposed development claim that the dredging and development will stir up old sediment etc that will potentially destroy crab and fish populations. Is this really a possibility given that the system is now well flushed by tidal movements, thanks to the "Cut"? Did the construction of the Cut stir up sediment and destroy these same populations (from most accounts they were in trouble already)? 

Now, I confess I know nothing about the Yunderup canal developments but, I am intimate with the Mandurah (Halls Head, Waterside etc..) canal developments and I have to say that these waters must be some of the healthiest anywhere. Having the ability to watch dolphin pods, see huge schools of mullet, catch crabs, flounder, enormous bream, juvenile pinkies, cobler, mulloway (these are species I have seen personally) and god know what else is in there, direct from the canal walls tells me that these canals have only enhanced the aquatic environment.

So, with all that said, and with the assistance of some hostoric evidence on the seeming enhancements that developments since the Eighties have acheived, please offer the forum some measured comments on why we think Point Grey may degrade (or otherwise) the environment

Please try to avoid the rich chinese or privileged few arguments, if we can and focus on the environmental debate.

Look forward to the discussion

Thanks

 

 

 


She’ll be right

When you gotta go 


Fkn theiving assholes

 Im up here working in kalgoorlie and got a phone call from Sandy a bit later than normal only for her to tell me we got robbed. Some asshole got onto our boat and pinched the fuel tank and batteries just to start with. Wont know what else untill i see photos later. All happened between 5 and 5:30 thismorning. To say im pissed off is an understatement


Bloody weather

Had just a handful of nice days since we’ve been back in “sunny” WA, and now with the clouds building we’re we are now, I’d say there’s rain coming. Good for these cockies around here, but that’s nearly all.


2nd Test

Aussies going much better in Abu Dhabi, Packi’s having a hit and looked good until the little Lyon man came on, 4/4 at present, score 5/57. 


50 caliber long gun range

 Theres a property in the Gascoigne that has a 2.7 kilometer rifle range. Its on landline abc on sunday. Apparently  shooters come from all over the world to shoot here with the long gun.


Trading games

Don’t underestimate Belly 


4 stud 13" galvanised rims

 Hi all,

I recently had a flat on my boat trailer only to notice it is a 4 stud 100mm pattern. Looking to upgrade to galvanised rims while I am at it, but really struggling to find a place in Australia that sells them. Does anyone know where I can get a set? Or am I best off changing to a 5 stud hubs?


Bali

Lets remember 12-10-2002, Bali bombing.
Its been 16 years.
RIP