ABC released this a few minutes ago.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-02/takata-airbags-holden-names-models-affected-by-recall/9503086

 aussies doing it tough, 2/39, Bancroft and Kawaja gone. Both caught behind.

 I was on a plane leaving Adelaide bound for WA a few years ago and read this article....

Its hard to know what to believe in journalism nowadays but i've always been of the opinion that crims get their filthy mits on anything they want so firearm law changes really only affect the law abiding citizens....

Anyway have a squiz if you feel like a quick read...

This article is a few years old now....

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/john-lott-and-kesten-green-every-time-and-place-guns-have-been-banned-murder-rates-have-gone-up/news-story/6945cd0b7f499da55b2363fedb71749e

Not fishing, but I thought some of you might be interested as the doco "Search for the Super Predator" by Dave Riggs was a huge talking point on this forum when it first aired a few years ago now. So what does a doco have to do with this post? Well this is the same "community" of whales featured in that documentary. If you haven't seen it, highly recommend it!

Since the discovery of this community of whales in the last decade or so, Cape Naturaliste charters now run "expedition" tours out to the canyon to research these orcas, now in their third season of expeditions. Not your usual "whale watching" charter, the idea behind the expeditions is to give researchers\marine bioligists from around the country, and the world, out to the canyon (1.5hrs on a good day on the southern ocean) that is funded by the paying public(me). Photos taken on these tours, by researchers and the public, are catalogued and compared to I.D photos of previous trips to create a greater understanding of why these animals are here, are these resident animals and are these the same whales that are encountered further up the W.A coastline. Over 120 different orca have been I.D'd out at the Bremer Canyon!

I was super lucky to encounter what we were told by the crew as a "very rare" expedition. The whales on this day were extremely social, displaying behaviours either never, or rarely seen out at the canyon. What i can only describe as "puppy wrestling," small packs of juveniles "mosh pitting" and making multiple close passes of our boat, something I will never forget!

Anyway, here are some of my favourite photos I took on the day and I'll leave a link to view my album of 100 other photos if you wish to.

Cheers,
Beau.

 For a bloke that was nearly playing last finals series it seems a little odd to me that he isn't training with the main group and why O why wouldnt he have had a run in the first game of JLT?

Something fishy is going on around here....

I'll be avoiding him in my Supercoach team this year i'm thinking even though he is priced well.....

Anyone got any goss?

better than this poor guy I hope - we were not that close (max zoom on the phone!) but seemed to happen real quick and the conditions were not that bad - my guess would be it was taking on water unknown to them and the wave over the back just finished them off

 The alarm went off at 5 . Sandy said you want another hours sleep. So next alarm went off at 6 . A quick coffee and boat loaded we hit the water just after 7.  The seas were reasonable and with the clouds off in the distance we headed out to a spot we found last week. We arrived at a location andvset the drift to check things out. Deciding to anchor up instead of just drifting. 

First line down Sandy brings up a nice kg. Then the wrasse and skippy moved in . While there the clouds came over and heaps of rain but the seas were flat as with hardly a breath of wind. After a while we had a visitor that stayed around for about 1/2  hour just cruising around checking things out. Estimated his size around the 4 mtr mark. He came within about 2 mtrs from the boat and  as always the camera wasnt handy. 

 Gave up on the anchor after our visitor and set our drifts. With very little wind all day it made it a pleasant day out and managed to bag out plus a few others to finish the day. A couple of undersize fish were returned to fight another day . The trip back was a breeze vruisong in on 25 knots. 

Couldnt have asked for a nicer day on the water

Go moor your boat up at rotto just south of where the sawimmers come in.... Grab a beer and watch people wreck outboards, boats & themselves in general. Ive never seen in my life a more comical 3 hours of boating. Or just do the swim. Will be doing it every year from now on just for a laugh.

Highlights from the day were watching

bilge pumps working from 4-10km line,. at least 50L came out of one 5M boat 

4 props bent from reef in rotto

3 snapped anodes 

one guy getting first aid from anchor to head 

3 x boats hitting the little reef at rotto 

the boat that topped it was the guy that parked his glass 30 footer on top if it. Ropper effort that one.

Got the best kick from listening to all the comments on the radio about the shark sighting. 

 are they any good

 hey all. were looking at getting a couple of toys for the dominator in the line of a Anchor winch and a boat winch. Which ones would be a reccomended type to suit our boat. 

gotta save the pennys but need to know what to look for first as i dont want to get the wrong one.

Silly question but if anyone that has a spare that works and willing to sell. 

Yes I know it's early, but is anyone planning to run a tipping comp as we have had the last few season. Even though I am crap at this I still enjoy this.
I don't have the techno skill to organise it but will help if needed. And now BrockO has again come to the party. Should be fun as usual.
Cheers
Neels

OK in:
GillyL - Paid
Surge - Paid
Uncle - Paid
Big John - Paid
Dale - Paid
Timboon - Paid
Gadsy - Paid
BrockO - Paid
Stevo81 - Paid
Hilly9 - Paid
Seakem -Paid
Jackfrost80 - Paid
Crasny1- Paid
Mulie - Paid
Poinda - Paid
Bodie - Paid
All in so the Comps on!!

Hey Guys

Every month at work we have a casual for a cause free dress Friday and last year I requested Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue as our cause and this is happening tomorrow so we'll raise a few hundred for the volunteers who watch over us on the water.

I just got a call from a colleague who I've worked with for 10 years and get on really well with who used to tell me about her brother's fishing trips but she hasn't mentioned anything recently. She rang to tell me that this one is very close to her heart as it was her brother that was lost at sea off Mindarie in 2016 and asked if she can do a write up to encourage everyone to really tip in tomorrow as she says how amazing Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue were in her family's dire time of need. Pretty heartbreaking stuff!

Can I ask everyone to consider making a donation no matter how small this weekend even if it's your local VMR to give back to the crews that are there day and night to make sure we all get safely back to our families.

Cheers

JF

 Hi does anyone have fish200reds mob no need to contact cheers craig

 Crew,

Trying to listen to some Les Norton on the way and way home from work with a mate, dont want to have to buy a membership and contune to pay monthly but does anyone know how/where i can get me some Les Norton online.

I tried to go down the road of the 1 free book when signing up with Audible but that was a fuck around and in the end didnt even get the book after mucking around for longer than i should have!!

So discounting Amazon/Audible doesn anyone know another freeby i could sponge it off?

Boon

 Just wondering if anyone has a shortcut to the Rottnest swim current predications. 

Thanks in advance.

Gunner

 ...it had better be . These asking prices for plateys are getting out of hand.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/wangara/motorboats-powerboats/2002-custom-alloy-plate-6m-centre-console-boat-outboard/1175846157

 has anyone done any recent research on best place to get a pre paid for say 30 days, just need as insurance policy for upcoming trip

not many places seem to do these anymore, they all want long term plans

phone is iridium 9505a

cheers

 anyone on here that does powder coating? got a small job that i need doing. 5no x 1300mm x 50mm dia poles needed to be powder coated white. preferably SOR. 

Good luck to any skippers on here doing the run, will need to head SW to counteract the likely strong surface drift to the north with the predicted winds Friday / Saturday 

 Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue will be holding a Rottnest Safety Convoy on Saturday 7th April.

It only for one day where you will be escorted in and out of a number of bay around the island. There will be time to look around Thompsons Bay during lunch break.

Convoy leaves Hillarys Boat Harbour around 8.00am and returns around 4.00pm.

Minimum vessel size is 5.5mtrs due to insurance cover.

Cost is $60 per boat and no landing fees apply.

To register go to our website - http://www.whitfordssearescue.org.au/safety_convoys.php

Numbers are limited

For more info I can be contacted on 0448122208

Mark

 With the forcast to be nice we decided to go out and give it a bash. 

We were heading out to some new ground that looked good but had to cut it short when i discovered a leak in the hydraulic steering which made it very hard to steer. Abandoned the trip out deep and decided as we were aut we may as well have a fish. Still had some steering. Had a look  at a bit of ground on the gps that looked possible only 1nm awY . Set up the drift with little wind so no need for sea anchor. First fish on was a nice 40cm foxy . Then to my surprize a nice big kg came to the surface. I was stoked. As the drift continued i got a small pinky that went back. Sandy then got another nice kg. It went quiet so back to the start of the drift again . Hooked up again this time a small dhuie of about 450  went back well. Hooked up to the bottom and busted off both hooks and while i was trying to re rig Sandy nailed another  4  nice kgs. After that only a few small fish came up and all went back fine. Called it a day and cruised in on around the 25 knots. 

Keepers 1foxy and 6 kgs. Released 2 small pinks 1 small dhuie and a tiny black ass. So it was a good mornig in the end. Certainly looking forward to a feed of kg. 

 Came in from fishing today and saw something that all you coyld say is . Good job fisheries . sitting outside sea rescue and water police down at the mandurah marina for all to see right  next to the boat ramps

 Hi all, 

looking at getting a quintrex top ender/renegade or Stacer outlaw, but still a bit unsure which sizes to consider. Is a 440 big enough to sleep 2 people if needed? Or is 460 probably the smallest? All side console boats aswell. Any input from people with experience would be much appreciated 

cheers 

p.s money situation may limit me size wise so just want to know peoples thoughts 

Free jigging combo to anyone who wants to grab it. 1 month old Shimano Type J PE3 with a Shimano Biomaster spooled with Daiwa Saltiga 30lb braid.

Just head out of Mindarie marina along the lead line and turn due west once you're past the reef for about 3 miles and it'll be right there on the bottom of the ocean.

Australia getting spanked in NZ, being hit all over the ball park on a very ordinary pitch, they’ve taken a leaf out of India’s book of dodgy pitches. Playing very tennis ball like. Taken 38 off of AJ’s first 2 overs.

 just seen on tv they are closing their doors. looks like some bargains might be there to grab for all the divers . might be worth going in for a look

 Hey guys

My ongoing project boat has forced me to ask alot of questions in regards to boat design and function. The old Regent Viscount has a rather shallow anchor well so I am making it deeper. But, as it does not have a lid/hatch, I have wondered if it will pose a risk in the event of taking a wave over the bow.

As I am sure most of us boaties have experienced in the past, it doesnt take much (usually at very slow speeds) to have a wave come over the bow. Now if you dont have a hatch on the anchor well, this could easily result in about 50 or 60 litres of water filling the anchor well. Yes, the well has a drain hole but it would take quite some time to empty. Do any of you see this as an obvious risk?

The reason I ask is that I was going to make the anchor well deeper to allow for greater rope capacity and allow for greater chain fall (if I fit a winch) but dont want to comporomise safety.

 For those that aren't aware, there is a very prevalent phone scam going on at the moment. You will get a missed call from an overseas number--if you are slow off the mark, and call back, you will be put on hold while the phone bill racks up at an incredible rate. Don't blame Telstra or whovever your provider is, this is up to you. It will always be from somewhere unlikely--I've had them from Estonia and a couple of different parts of Cuba; they likely won't be from anywhere you should be getting calls from. So, unless you are scam prone, and think it just may be that Nigerian prince finally getting back to you, just don't bother to ring back. And not even worth blocking the number--unless you actually ring back, they will only try once.

be a great project if your so inclined

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/perth/motorboats-powerboats/jackman-7-4m-partly-completed/1174880010