Hi all,

Wondering if someone could help with a good marine sparky NOR, my batteries (I think) have been playing up over the last few months, engines seem to dim everything when I try and start it - thinking there might be more to it seeing the battery is only a year old. Example - starts perfect one day runs all day and dead the next. Might need a good check over of everything.

Thanks all Dan

 Hi all, 

Last week i jigged up a tagged dhufish which had a tag put in on 1/1/05 at a size of 550mm i then got her on a placy on 6/3/16 measuring at 760mm. Just goes to show how slow they actually grow and definitely gives me a better understanding with whether i want to keep them big girls or not. We also found that both dhuies we got 7/13kg had heaps of roe, breeding time now?? Just a heads up i thought some would be interested in. Lets all do our bit for dhuies for the future.

Sha

 I got a letter in the mail today from City of Joondalup about a proposed fish cleaning station at Ocean Reef Marina.  Two locations are proposed.  One in the south west corner of the top car park, the other down near the toilets (which means losing existing parking bays there as well).

To me its no-brainer that it sould be in the top car park, purely for access.  Retrieve your boat.  Wash-down and drive up into the carpark to clean the fish.  Parking much more available at busy times.

Interested to hear others views?

 Hi all,

ive re just bought an Isuzu DMax and I'm chasing some info or recommendations on solid canopies. 

Has anyone got an ironman canopy on their ute?

or something they could argue matches up with ARB quality but the the price. 

All info appreciated. Cheers. 

Well its time to get cameras out the front of the house. We had 3 of the kids cars done over on Sunday night, broken windows or locks levered out of the doors. I had noticed a group of young "kids" scoping houses in our street over the past couple of weeks and looks like Sunday was the night that they finally got to it.

Even though it sh*ts me to tears to have to put cameras up as we live in a nice street with plenty of trees, grass reserves etc. the fact that we have a creek next to us is our downfall as the little bast*rds use the creek as a thoroughfare to move through the suburb.

Therefore I am looking to put a couple of cameras out the front in vandal proof cases that record onto a hard drive. These kids are quite capable of knocking out the street lights so need cameras that will record in low light and still record at a high enough resolution so that we get a clear image in the low light for up to 15m to help police nab the little sods if they come back and try it again.

Any members on the forum that do security camera work who could advise me ? I have heard of lightfinder cameras that will take clear colour images in .05 lux but don't know much more. Any and all help or advice will be appreciated.

Oh, and by the way, confrontation is not the answer. The last time I did that I was surrounded by 15 of them and threatened with a machete. The police removed that particular threat but now we have a different mob living in the same houses.

cheers

Hi all

Just seeking some feedback around concrete pool renos ( strip plaster back/resurface duraquartz or similair /new tile band and coping) ...

Had a few quotes so know its an expensive exercise...its a 60,000 lt pool .. so any recommendations /advice from anyone who have had theirs done would be welcomed.

Cheers

 Facebook car buy and sell pages-finding it a bit hard to locate a good one for NOR, Joondalup etc?
Any suggestions?

 Looking for quotes to bring boat across from MT Gambier 

anyone know of a good operator or of someone driving back and could tow a 20ft boat

 and here we go again the start of anthor major resto. Add sealed deck catch tanks fuel center console bar work storage re spray and more. lets see what i can do to this one will post updates  

Interested in getting a couple of 'wedge' shaped marine bean bags for the boat.

There are some great looking bags in the US but the freight is a killer. Has anyone had any made up by a local trimmer here in Perth?

Any info appreciated.

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 According to the DPI website, skiing, tube towing etc is legally defined as being 8 knots and over.

Does that mean I can tow the kids on a tube anywhere less than 7.9 Knots?

Except the Belmont ski area where it is banned alltogether?

 I've made my payment.

 In what now appears to be not one of my better decisions i bought a new ranger single cab chassis.It has got an aluminium tray and an aluminium Bull motor bodies

tradie canopy on it and about 230 kg of ladders and tools etc which is enough to make it drag its arse.

The springs are actually bent backwards.It has been on a weighbridge and it all weighs a bit over 600 kg more than a bare cab chassis without even a tray on it.

It is supposed to to have a payload of 1300 kg and with less than half of that people are flashing me at night because the headlights are pointing too high.

I had all this on a hilux for nearly 10 years with no problems. I will be going to coral bay in about 6 weeks and will be actually carrying a decent load so I will need to do something to keep its arse from dragging on the ground so would like to hear from others as to what are good and bad airbags and if they can be installed yourself.

Also I think it is posessed.

 Hi all im in the last stages of our monties trip planning and we have decided it will be a good idea to take a satelite phone with us in case of emergency for us and family at home so they have contact. As from what i can gather there isnt any phone reception over there.

Who have you hired one through?

Would there be anyone on here willing to hire me one for a few weeks in may i would pay for all usage which hopefully there will be none and happy to pay your monthly plan while we use it and swing some coin/booze your way to say thanks.

Cheers

Rod

 So heading up to Cervantes this weekend. Just wondering if there are any reports of what is being caught from the shore. Have 4WD so options a plenty

Mates did this and it was a little fun. As we have a tipping comp already from Gilly just do this as fun, or we can get some money together for a end of season prize.
Pick your top 8 teams. Place them in order.
Place getters score points like this, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4,3,2,1.
If you predict a team to come 2nd, and they come 1st you still get the ten point. So realy a top 8 predictor. But if you get a team in the correct spot the points double.
Whoever ends up with the most points win.
Fun even if just bragging rights
Edit: After Home and Away
I go:
1st WCE
2nd Hawks
3rd Freo
4th Cats
5th Richmond
6th Port
7th Sydney
8th North Melbourne

Here's hoping!!

Winner updated below.

I have finally upgraded from my 4m tinnie with a 30 hP to a Fraser Western Craft 525 with a 90 hp v4 Evinrude on it.  Will be able to go a bit further out now than I did in my tinnie.  I'm probably going to ask a few questions so please bear with us.  I have just puchased a Furuno 582l colour sounder so I have to fit that and new p66 tranny on hull. It didn't come with a mounting bracket so I am trying to source one.  

1st question the gun wall is white but pretty much most of it is blackish now probs from years of berthing what do people use to clean the rubber up and hopefully get it clean again.

  Cheers Darryl

 Howdy all 

l have just purchased a furuno 582l colour sounder with p66 Airmar Transducer.  I want to get the transducer put on right the first time.  I'm not too sure on where to place it on my western craft hull.  So would someone be able to come out and help a brother put it on correctly as I have never done this before.  I would rather get it done right the first time as I have read that this is most important to place it correctly.  I live in Warnro and would be most appreciative if some one could help me out in doing this cheers. 

                   Darryl 

 Can anyone recomend someone to inspect a boat and motor before you buy?

Hi

Any Rotto swim skippers launching from Ocean Reef ? - If yes, what time do you plan to launch. Wanting to get some ideas what time I will need to leave to get to the North holding area in time for my swimmer whos wave leaves at 6:00AM

Thanks - Eric

Hi

Any Rotto swim skippers launching from Ocean Reef ? - If yes, what time do you plan to launch. Wanting to get some ideas what time I will need to leave to get to the North holding area in time for my swimmer whos wave leaves at 6:00AM

Thanks - Eric

Been a few emails coming in to the ones behind the protest informing them that there will be a meeting at 5 30 next Thursday 3/4 at the Woolshed venue here in Carnarvon so we can all voice our concerns direct to the Fisheries Minister.

This doesn't mean that you can stop sending in your emails to because there is still a very good chance the trapping will go ahead regardless of or opposition to it so please , if you haven't emailed in as yet pull your finger out and do it

remember swim those barras  

 Make of it what you will and hang me in court.

 Found this adrift on the way in from FFB at the 1st stick on the way into peron ramp. On the way out it was not there, I only went out to check my own pot and coming in this bouy was in the channel. Well to me its a very well used bit of ocean. Watched it for a few minutes and was assured it was drifting. Pulled it and has about 15mtrs rope attached and the lower baton of a timber pot attached. The float has been smashed by a prop and I can vaguely make the numbers, hence i have not called fisheries yet. I can enlighten anyone who questions this as to why i haven't bothered. 

Anyway what i make out is , 1st letter is R, Then D P orB, followed by 085, and the last number is chopped off.  The floats and rope are distinct and would be easily recognised by owner so if you are the owner or know the owner PM me.

seems like we have plenty of interest so the entry fee of $50 paid before round one gets you the code for the AFL fishwrecked tipping comp ive started

• remembering to enter tips is you responsibility
• at this stage iam happy to pay a 1st and 2nd but will make the final call a week out from round 1 
• this is home and away season only
• equal first will be decided by highest final round score. if still equal will go back each round until a winner is decided  
• players listed below, please make sure you are on the list and have paid next to your name
• when payment is made use your fishwrecked name and footy tipping so i can keep track of who has paid
• Total of $1300
• 1st = 850.        2nd = 450. 

 PLAYERS 

 gillyL.  Paid 

 uncle.  paid

dale.  Paid 

scano.  paid

Big john.  paid

Justin M.  Paid

scottland.  paid

randalldf223.  Paid

chris raff.  Paid

grey ghost.  paid

sea-kem.  paid

mattyb84.  Paid

kirky79.  Paid 

MJ.  Paid

terboz 123.  Paid

alan james.  Paid

crasny1.  Paid

stevo81.  Paid

brock O.  Paid

Tadpole.  Paid

timmy k.  Paid

hilly9.  paid

Stu gaff.  paid

timmo.  paid

bodie.  paid

Humpback.   Paid

Headed out today with a couple of mates from woodies point at 0800 ish thismorning. Drifted the weed beds between woodmans point and south mole over the next two hours resulting in two squid. Trolled a variety of deep divers between north mole and hall bank for nil. Fished hall bank for skippy and managed to land some 40cm gardies which were fat. Never seem the, so fat.

Out to the windmills for 10 or so sand whiting over an hour and a half. Not too many big ones. 

Over to stragglers and I had a quick swim on a lump for crays whilst the guys fished. Managed three crays in 5 mins before a trawl for herring. Could see the, but not interested.

Next to Mewstone which resulted in one herring after a few laps.

Skipped to Carnac for zip though a fuel top up before Pig Trough bay. The guys fished and I chased some crays. Managed one size and a monster cuttlefish on a snare, Massive school of snook though they weren't interested.

Total for the day was two squid, four gardies, to whiting, a herring, four crays and a big cuttley. A wide variety though over 7 hours, we did the miles. 

Curious us to know how everyone else found it? Plenty of wrasse around though the edibles were fussy.

 caught three very solid fish behind covenrty reef to day very black (sweep like bodys) with black fins but the tips of the fins were bright blue  cant find them in my fish id book any 1 got ant idears (I let them go)

 This is a math problem that I'm trying to solve any help would be appreciated ....

Just picked up my second prize for the free raffle tickets handed out by Oceanside on the Sunday of their anniversary sale. Not only did I get a fantastic deal on my purchases but then I picked up a great Pfleuger tackle bag and a new set of lip grips.

Cheers to Ryan and the boys.

 It's been a long wait, but now its time.

Excited to see how a few players have developed and a few new recruits over the coming weeks.

Was also reading with interest about the dockers new training facility in cockburn.  Looks like some pretty hi tech stuff available to them and they could be training on the oval as soon as april.

Arh!  Bring it on!