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Cockburn on Sunday

Thinking of Cockburn inside the sound tomorrow for squid (Sunday 24th). Question is it safe / and doable with the big forecast swell. Cheers for any replies


Anyone need a crewie

 Sunday evening, weather permitting


Friday Funnys

 

Enjoy 


Petrol at mid west marinas

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone knows if you can get petrol at any of the midwest Marinas? Leeman, Lancelin, Jurien etc.

Looking at what I've found online they only have Diesal facilities through Baileys Marine fuels. 

Don't want to get a bladder if I don't have to

Cheers, Tight lines.


Ridiculously close to shore catch

Hey legends had the catch of a lifetime this week so stoked to share it

youtu.be/WjnT-pPGTuE 


Isolation boredom ( treating my love)

Feeling really good this morn . ( still positive) I thought I would give the love of my life a makeover . Started to sand her down . Soon as iam free of lockdown . I will get paint and give her new paint job up top . Everything below solid . Just the looks needs improving . Many many years in water poor thing must be wondering WTF . Hasn’t seen water lately ( 4 days) endured 2 great white attacks (1 bad one) whale tail . Horrid winds . Even a nomad boat trying to park on it in water . Part off my life . Swifty owners will know . All jokes aside looking forward to getting her cosmetics looking good .


Exmouth Accomodation

 Looking for anyones thoughts or issues staying at Osprey Villas in Exmouth

I will be taking 685 cruisecraft so thought on boat parking and security would be helpful


Fishing ground off Bunbury

 Hi just chasing coordinates for 'The Blades' fishing ground off Bunbury,just want a starting point, cheers


Bloody COVID

Finally got me . Feel like crap. Had to leave work few days back . Weather looks good typical


Pinkys were earnt today

 Drove to Rockingham for 7.30 start, strong winds a bit of rain,put in at pt person, didn't go to far, bait cast mulie bango, 60 cm of pink.we caught a few  undersized, had 2 blistering runs but chopped the mono, then a 72 cm pink, stayed awhile but bite shut down when peck tide was over, skipper missed out but ended up with a nice fish, you can catch fish on a N/E.


Inboard cons

As with probably all of you, I'm always lookin at my next boat. I currently have a 22ft Whittley with a Suzuki outboard, which I service myself. The next step up in boat size starts getting towards a few petrol inboard models, which we all know come with a bad perception on maintenance and dramas. Yes, I'd love to get a trailerable 26footer with twin 300 mercs, but I haven't won lotto yet, and Gina rhinehart keeps refusing my belgium waffle prices  

I want to know anyones bad experiences with petrol inboards please. Regular issues, common problems, extra maintenance, etc.

 

feel free to comment if you have anything good to say about them too. 

 

cheers legends. 


Friday Funnys

 

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Chicken breast for bait?

Havn't been able to get any occy lately, and @ $27kg it's getting a bit pricey. The schools of little pinkys around at the moment are a pain in the arse, I need a bait that can last long enough for my target species. I might try marinating chicken breast in Tuna oil for half the price of occy, anyone tried this?


Snapper in sound?

 Hi guys

looking at taking the kids out in the sound on the weekend anyone know if the snapper

are in yet? Best place to take them ? 


Anyone need a crewie for wednesday

 I can.travel, bring bait,pay my way etc


Sounder help

Hi all.
I have a mate who has a Haines signature 500C that we normally use for shallow fishing inside the 3 mile.
There are days when the weather is good that we would like to go out to to 30s, 40s etc but his electronics totally dont hack it
He is now talking about upgrading his sounder and transducer but space is very limited. Current sounder is a lowrance 332. This is in the centre of 2 round gauges on either side of the lowrance 332 which give fuel, RPM, trim etc
His engine is is Yamaha F80 4 stroke and I was wondering if an engine interface could be installed to take the place of the 2 round gauges.
Any suggestions as to a new sounder that we could squeeze into the limited space and a decent transducer and possible suggestions as how to get round the limited panel space would be much appreciated
Cheers


School Holidays- Great time to take Grandkids fishing:

 Smiles all around fishing for sand whiting, and great memories with "Pop"


Herring guys be happy

Being put back up to 20, heard on radio this morn


Friday Funnys

 

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How many kids get to fish with spider man

I personally know him. He wanted a feed of squid. Job done


WA Fisheries have been busy in the Courts:

In the courts

Breaching the 10kg finfish limit cost a Melville man more than $4600 in the Shark Bay magistrate’s court recently when he was found to have 19.6kgs of finfish fillets at his campsite.                                                                                                                       

The abuse and obstruction of fisheries officers at Lighthouse Bay near the Ningaloo Marine Park in April led to a Great Southern man receiving fines and costs of nearly $3000. 

Illegal mud crab fishing cost a 47 year old man almost $4000 in fines, penalties and costs in the Derby Court after his boat was found with undersized crabs and 10 more than the personal daily bag limit.

Illegal sales of rock lobster, as well as using excess pots and interfering with other people’s fishing gear, has cost a Cooloongup man more than $30 000 in fines and costs, as well as having to forfeit his boat and gear.


Inshore snapper on the chew

Mate Glen and I headed out to a spot behind Garden Island and then FFB.  Glen managed a PB of around 90cm with no less than seven keepers landed in a morning session (four kept).

 

Watch the video here - https://youtu.be/t1vEHgcrAhA


Never caught a cuttly this big before


Never caught a cuttly this big before


Sold the Boat

 Well , after 2 to 3 years of hardly getting a chance for a fish, sky rocketing costs the green turd brigade shutting us out etc , ive pulled the pin. Was a great boat did many miles and caught plenty of fish. Not gone altogether tho , im going back to how i started out 30 yrs ago. I picked up a 4.8 hornet s/console , so will be after river and estuary species and the odd close in pinkie . im going to need a new set of glasses to tie this mico braid stuff tho lol. Tight lines crew.


The bloody yellow boat in ma garage...

 Gday chasing the name of a good , boat detailer ( no fly by nighters ) to have a go at fixing a white haines suffering from the dreaded yellowing 

 of the lovely white glass..

 Its always had a very slight off white look on lower parts  of the hull but in the last 12 months its really spread ,,

 Boat garaged its whole life... 

cheers , south of the river... 

 I had one quote around 800 but seems a liittle exxy but hey in this day and age its probally cheap , who knows?...


Mmmm Chicken

 Had this bad boy in my front garden this arvo. 


Inshore skippy

 Plan was excuted nicely this morning 

being to berly up some skippy on the

first reef . First anchor up wasn't happy

the ground decided to move in closer

being careful with the swell up a little..

shit you not with the move they were

sitting there waiting for us first handful

of berly we were on . Had our bag under

a hour with only keeping better size . 
bits of prawn proved irresistible. With a rat 

yellow in the mix .

cheers pirate..


Silver sands / Mandurah

 Hey all,

New to the area and went for a toodle from silver sands up to secret harbour on one of these beautiful winter easterly days and noticed on the Garmin that everything from about 100 MTRS out to the beach is marked game reserve?? Can anyone enlighten me more on what the go is with that? Also seems pretty quiet boat wise here, is their any good weed banks local for squiddies and Geordies or should I head elsewhere??not looking for spots just a general idea of what is worth chasing, also thought I'd try a night mulloway trip sitting out back of the "game reserve" in the troughs behind the surf maybe?


Friday Funnys on Thursday

 

Enjoy