Just another wafer thin mint

 After tipping the Hawks for the past two month I've finally had my fortunes turned around after a DOMINANT performance by the Hawks....

The game looked gone early with the umpires again HEAVILY involved early including a fucking pathetic 50m free kick gifting Carlton a goal...

I wonder what the stats are on 50m penalties awarded in the fwd half versus the def half??

While I know often things get heated when there is a shot on goal but to me it also seems the ideal time for the umpires to get a tiny little bulge in their pants blow the whistle, let everyone know they think they are in charge as for once in their life they can be dominant instead of when they are at home getting pegged....

Richmond looked dangerous

Melbourne look shithouse

Brisbane coasting

The rest of the games the favourites should win and win reasonably easily one would think...

Adelaide dont have a midfield at the moment ( some would argue ever ) but have been playing better footy but the Roos should get the win

Sydney to push the Saints but under a good coach in Ratten the Saints should win

Eagles easily

Freo should go ok against the Pies but Freos backline is buggered

GC should push GWS but if the Giants are the real deal they need to start getting some solid form in this crazy year...

 https://www.watoday.com.au/perth-news/good-samaritan-out-of-pocket-after-trying-to-rescue-boat-in-distress-20200730-p55h4g.html

I've never been through the mouth there but I know it's gets pretty dicey. You'd want to make sure you know what your doing. Not sure why he attempted to tow them all the way in but I hope he gets compensated in any case. Has anyone had a similar experience when helping someone out and it ended up significantly costing you? 

 Well that was very satisfying today. Smashed the cold pies big time after quarter time .

Excellent goal kicking too, especially by JK, who I thought was cooked up until a week or so ago.

Should please the lefties

 Nothing huge or real exciting but I'm happy to get a feed and chill out on the beach with a line in the water. A nice feed and bait for tomorrow 

 I am sure someone will have the answer. Best method for freeing up salt encrusted zipper. Just to be clear it is not my fly.

 What more could you ask for , sitting back on a beach in the north with a 30 degree temp throwing a line in on you time off

 Got another pb . They go like freight trains

 Hey guys got three weeks off in august and thinking about dragging the boat upto exmouth. Not looking for spots but just general ideas of places to try for a 5m center console. Is the gulf better or Tantas side?

I have really enjoyed watching YBS over the time since its start, really enjoyed the liquid cinema days and spear fishing content.

Lately it's just a mid 30's 12 year old running around with new toys screaming, dancing and butchering the English language that is borderline embarrassing, actually it is embarrassing.

I could put up with the negatives of Brodie Moss as the content was what I wanted to see, now the "show" has evolved into a daily blog, I get that he wants to increase content, but fark me, lift your game bud and don't loose sight of what made you, it wasn't Brodie Moss that made YBS in my opinion, it was the content and awesome footage with a sprinkling of personality.

We all enjoy a mate that is a bit crazy, but continually acting like a child is damn annoying, I can see why Amberleigh West did a runner.

 Morning all, I'm looking for someone to design a new website for me. If anyone on here that can do it or point me in the direction of someone reputable.

Cheers

Andy

Morning All,

We (Wife, 6yo D, 3yo S + me) made our way up to Giralia on the 4th of July after being forced (like most) to postpone the Easter holidays. The way we plan, Giralia was a short notice camp with 'only' 4 weeks to get our shit together. Our van is a 2011 Jayco Swan outback towed by a 2010 D40 Navara and did we have both of them loaded to the brim!

First night on the way up was S-Bend. $5 per night if you're self sufficnent but I took the plug in + toilet option which set us back $30. Quick feed for dinner, a play on the grass. Extremely friendly camp hosts, like nothing I had ever experienced. We will go back to that one for an overnighter.

We headed off at around 0900 in the morning with plans to go to Nerrin Nerrin but as we went past there mid morning, we opted for Wintersun in Carnarvon which was good as we had some mates there and we had some dreaded Jayco lifting arm issues which needed a few hands to resolve. After a bit of swearing and time, we had the van ready to sleep in again. We managed to score one of the last two spots in the caravan park. Carnarvon was packed!

The remainder of our crew (two more families) arrived in Carnarvon at 11 ish and after a quick stop at Minalya, we headed for the final run to Giralia.

Arriving mid afternoon and being wary of potential lifting arm issues again, i was very keen to get to the site and we made our way down the final 35km to our beach camp. The track out had a few corrugations, dry creek crossings and signs that there had been water recently due to deep ruts in the track. It took a while to get to the site though when we rocked up, we were well placed around 30m from high tide with the 'track' to the other camps down the beach placed between us and the beach. Initial thoughts were that it was not ideal with 8 kids between 3 and 10 though over the next day or two we made it perfectly clear that people were to go slow past us, the majority paid us the respect.

Day two, we inflated the recently purchased Searano 3.3 inflatable floor boat and carried it down to the water for the christening and initial fish. With a 5hp Yammy on the back, we maxxed out at 5.2 knots but it got us out and about. First hand full of fish were butterfish though going for a walk at low tide showed us there was plenty of fish about, we just had to find the right spot. 

Day three, we ventured along the mangroves rather than out which had been prooving unsuccessful (and very shallow) and after noticing plenty of activity in the vegetation, we anchored on the mangrove line and casted in to be met with a plethora of different fish including cod, whiting, flathead, trumpeter, long tom, mullet, yellow fin bream and some unstoppables. We got a feed of whiting then headed back the opposite way past camp to different mangroves and found the motherload of whiting. We came back with 12 fish so everyone could have a taste. 

When walking the 50m from the boat to the caravan, I noticed some squid in the water just beside where the kids were swimming and after running to the van to get my jiggs, I managed to get two healthy squid. Pretty stocked!

Day 4 it was time for my family to head out for a fish and we did the old mangrove fish, firstly heading to the east. The kids had a ball spotting 20+ turtles and catching heaps of fish. My daughter caught her first fish off her first cast and my young bloke did the same. The mangroves are a hive of activity at high tide and at one point, when my son was winding up a grunter, a cod came up to it and grabbed on. WE had turtles sitting 2m away from us on the bottom watching us fish. It was amazing.

Time to head in for a feed and when walking from the boat back to the caravan, i flicked a jig for squid and again 1st cast 1 squid, 2nd cast another and 3rd cast another. This is literally 30m out the front of our van! Neighbouring vans heard my excitement and a few more people down the beach got onto some too.

Day 6, we headed to the creek for a bit of a fish and spoke to a few of the people down there who told me about how much of a pain the Mack's are so that was now on the agenda. We fished the creek for an hour or so for three trumpeter. 

That afternoon we spotted some Dolphins offshore so set off to see them and jeez did they play! Some neighbours down the track had a drone and managed to capture a bit of footage of us which is in some of the overhead screen shots. I took my cheap-o drone but naturally forgot the charger....

Day 7 we headed into Exmouth to knock that one off the list with the kids (we hadnt been for 7 years). Jeez it was too busy but good to see some of the retailers + operators making some cash after Covid!

Day 8 initially had a fresh north easterly forecasted but the recent forecasts said it wouldnt happen.....so during a glass out we headed out towards Whitmore Island though a mile out the breeze came in from the North and started to freshen, and remembering that we were in  a 3.3m inflatable we took an abrupt left turn and pointed towards Roberts island. Joe (the other bloke that was on the boat) managed to get two small school macks and something that was the same size as his lure on the way across and close to the island, we found birds working. The fish were smashing bait and looked to be either tuna or fat Shark Mackies. EIther way they were big and fat though the wind was now touching 16-18 knots and we simply couldnt keep up with them. We headed to the beach at the south eastern corner of Roberts Island to re-fuel and re-evaluate whilst still watching the birds working. 
Now Roberts looks very fishable with rock ledges though the conditions didnt allow us to explore too far and being wary of the wind and the 4.3 miles to go back to the van, we started the putt home. 

We had another go at the bust up and positioned oureselves infront of the school and had fish either side of the boat but couldnt tempt one...

Around half way back to the beach, I caught a lump of seaweed and started to slow the boat to pull it in and right beside the boat, i realised I had hooked a school mack! Not a hint of a fight which i was pretty flat about though at the same time, stoked to get my first mack which was a keeper at 60cm. Quick cut to the throat and put it to sleep then had to keep moving as we were being thrown around. 

It took us an hour to get back to camp and managed to get the little inflatable toy surfing at one point. I was absoloutely exhausted with leg cramps after sitting down like a dog for the best part of two hours. Time for a rum! 

I cooked up the mack the next day so it was mackie wraps for two families. Pretty fishy fish but still it fed a couple of crew.

Day 9 was the day before drive out so a quick trip to show another family the turtles who put on a show again and as it was mid tides, we were only in 400mm off water so the stingrays were leaving wake as the shot off. 

Day 10 was drive out day so back to the station for a shower and air up then Minalya for lunch, Carnarvon for some food + water then Wooromal Station for the night. That place was choccas though good for the night!

Final night was at Northbrook Farm stay which got 38mm of rain the night we were there so we ended up with wet pillows. The van is still up drying out three days later. Again, overly friendly people and I am glad we werent at the mud pit of Wooromal who had their wettest July day in 5 years..

On the way up and back we stopped off at Wooromal Road House. Their chicken rolls were a food highlight! On the way back we got fuel there which bypassed the queues at Overlander and Biillabong with the latter being 17 cars long on the way north partially due to the Shell running out of Diesel.

Every caravan park/RV stop we went to was full of friendly people. Normally you expect a few grumps but the mood was very positive

Things to note:

Giralia allow you to collect firewood from the station but dont want you to cut things down. There was copeous amounts of firewood out on Burkett Road around 5km from the station, Mountains of dry firewood so no need to carry any in.

There is 'fresh' bore water available from the station. I ran out of washing water and had to top up (leaking pressure relef valve in my caravan hot water system). You can drink it if you were going to die. 

Showers and toilets are available at the homestead

You are 100% exposed to a northerly on the beach though the southerly/south easterly had minimal impact on our site due to a dune behind us

Sand Fly's were only an issue at the high tide line

Mozzies only came out one night

Next time i go, i will take two cans of diesel as i limited the amount of driving i did to make sure i had enough fuel to make it the 200km back to Minilya or 160km to Exmouth once you factor in the off road bit. For my car, fully loaded, i get 400km out of a tank so relied on the full can of fuel to get out. 

The best spot for whiting was the spot where the next camp along anchored their boat...Once they went out hunting for fish, we caught them where they anchored at night...

Personal opinion on some of the gear I have:

I own a Waeco CFX65 and used it as a freezer. -20 during the day and -4 at night. It didnt miss a beat and draws stuff all. The last night, without solar, I had to turn everything off, the fridge dropped only 2 degrees over 14 hours. 

I borrowed a 65l Kings fridge which was also a spurisingly good unit though the temperature varies between 0 and +4. It kept the drinks cold.

XTM 160W solar panel is a ripper. As soon as there is light, our van battery (running the feezer) was charging and was full by 0930 most mornings. 

XTM compressor is great and had all 4 tyres on the car + 2 on the van full in the same time as the ARB units the other guys have.

Jayco Swan Outback - whoever buys this rig off me when we sell it will get a good unit considering all of the components I replace with stronger bits...

Yamaha 5hp 2 stroke - This is the motors 3rd trip in 7 years and starts first pull. Shit they are good little tractors.

D40 Nissan Navara - Player of the series as jeez we worked her hard! Looking forward to a Hilux so i can maintain my speed up hill though to the Nell's credit, in low range, she dragged herself and the van between tracks on the beach and didnt dig a hole. 

Finally, thanks to Andy for a hand with some welding on my roof rack before we headed up!

 Hi All, 

First time poster here, pleasure to join the group. 
My wife and I are heading up to Gnaraloo on a fishing/surfing trip in a few weeks and we are just wandering if We could get some general information about the place. 
 

we are taking our 4.2m Quintrex, Honda 40hp and were wondering about the beach launch conditions up there and possible dramas we might face. Also have read a few posts about the safe passage out of the bay so if anyone could help me out it'd be much appreciated. 

Trolling and bottom bouncing tips and tricks for the area would also be very much welcomed :-) 

Tight Lines 

Dave

Great win by the Eagles, that’s 10 in a row now. Stuck it right up the Freo home crowd. JK 250 games and BOG.

Pies are next, should be a win to the Eagles. With a Richmond style run of home games likely, this could be the Eagles year.  

 Just got my pb land based shark . Just need an I d please

 Does anyone know of a grill cook needing work 

We are advertising for an experienced grill cook / roadhouse allrounder to work at Wooramel roadhouse.

Accommodation is provided on site, good conditions, great staff to work with [including me!]

Wooramel is a semi remote roadhouse, 125km south of Carnarvon with a population of 3, 4 including you, 2 dogs.

Please ring me on 0417 467 877  or Helen on 0417 216 885

We officially take over on August the first now that the virus restrictions have been eased so will be looking  forward to the challenges ahead and catching up with Fishwrecked members as they come through.

 With the wind blowing it's ass of here in hedland there was only 1 place to fish that I could get to and have the wind behind me . Nothing on the big gear but managed to nab a nice feed 

 I've acquired a Bradley smoke generator. Never heard of them. Another chic gave to my missus.

Has anyone got one?

Any good or turf it?

Looks like they a few hundred bucks new.

 Had a couple of Fishwrecked members book in to the units on their way back south recently. They graciously left a couple of stubbies of Ashanti and a can of Colonial I P A beer.

Had one of the stubbies a couple of days back and it was so so to my taste but took one mouthful of the can tonight and it would definitely be the worst beer I have ever tasted and I have tried some real shockers over the last 55 years including room temperature West End, Southwark, Hannans Lager [that gave you the runs for days after] but this one was only one mouthful and that was enough.
Thanks for the good gesture boys but please, no more of the Colonial rubbish [now I know why they are changing the name of it]

 Does anyone know of any places for timber for a couple of craypots I've made steel bottoms want jarrah frame pine slat . I used to get it at NJ craypots in Bibra Lake but they have shut down also been trying fm craypots but having trouble finding a time that he is in his workshop and I am not at work. 

 Took a couple of days off to head up to Exmouth to catch up with son and his family. Put his boat in at Tantas and headed out to the 250 metre area, sloppy conditions with a 15-20 NE wind. Left ramp at 10 and back on the trailer at 3 as Jeff was on call for the airport from 4 and had to be back in phone coverage.

Got the 2 rubies and dropped something real big, snapped a big thickskin off at the boat before heading into the 150 metre spot to get our limit of goldband.

Been over 12 months since I dropped a line into deeper water and it was nice to bring some good fish home

Couple of outs for the Pies, Steele you silly, silly boy but at least unlike your predecessors at least you got blind drunk and got around in an Uber.

West Coast to kick start their season this week and end up 4-3 after the Derby.

Is this fella going to go away this weekend?

 Like I said.

 Not sure if this is allowed but saw this circulating around Facebook I know its tough times but if you could spare anything its a good cause

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bob-jan-oostryck?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=m_pd+manage&fbclid=IwAR0qeoStwtm12_Nbg3WF-2xSvuaw-DtlDw3mjllOU3jzGWH4nEoJZAuqcd8

 Crew...

After a couple of years of dragging our pop up and out campervan around the place I think an upgrade is required.

Wanting off-road or semi off-road.

Needs Queen bed with the ability to sleep another two kids, either bunk or otherwise.

Jayco expander

Windsor Rapid

Goldstream with bunks are all possibilities but without really knowing much about Caravans I thought I'd throw it out there to you lot.

Has anyone had/seen a well built van that has the ability to fit 2 adults and the kids comfortably.

Don't want campervan, want to be able to walk into it without having to set it up.

 This time up in hedland I took a heavier setup . Landed my first and second salmon and lost 3 more with them biting through 40 lb line

Geez, sounds like their's a few pooches getting walked this weekend.

Anybody tipped a winner? I just got my first with Gold Coast!!