No dought few pink pics tomoz for the land based guys of the rocks.

 Hi all , after issues logging in and being in between boats after selling the 8m hardtop and moving house I'm still here just waiting the 6more weeks for my new 615 WR barcrusher to come from the factory in Melbourne and I'll have some more content to add!

 hey all

Just wondering if anyone knows for certain if its possible to swap a 3012 (older model- not the black recent release) spool on a certate out for a larger capacity spool? 

have googled it all but the information seems conflicting... can anyone confirm definately if there are options (Certate standard, SOM, other) for a deeper/ more capacity spool change out?

Even better, if it is possible and someone has one lying around, would be def keen to buy it

and yes, I should have purchased a larger capacity 3000, but I bought it off here for a very good price so thought it was well worth the compromise. If not, looks like im buying top shelf ultra thin braid for it from here on in and tyring to cram as much on as possible as an alternative

cheers in advance!

Anyone been chasing any swords up and down the coast?

Reccys over east seem to being doing pretty good on them. They put in alot of bloody hours though

Pretty amazing fish.

Enjoy

Deleted it coz all u having a winge about my winge that came from your winge coz of a salmon... wtf is wrong with this shut ahaha 

 That lying C*nt Saffiotti has refused to meet with the coastal staions over the land grab, says the process will continue as under the Libs. This, after making out to be all supportive of them in the year leading up to the state election. F*co the lot of them, end of Ningaloo and Waroora as we know it. 

 Hi

I am heading to Margaret River with family and Grandchildren next Friday for a week and am hoping to do a bit of LB Herring fishing and squidding with my grandchildren. Any advice as to where I can do this safely and reasonably close to Margaret River would be much appreciated.  The 2 boys are 6 and 4 years old

Cheers - Eric

 Got this big bugger out from freo on Saturday hood was pushin close to 40cm would love to catch one of these bad boys during those squid comps been doing really good lately with those 40 gram jigs especially when the wind is up.

Did every body see the big announcement about the fishing licence fees to increase by $5.00 as from July 8.

No

Well you would have to have looked hard to find the notification about the increase in all fees, it was hidden away towards the back of my local news paper this brings up the cost of each licence to $45.00 and a fishing from boat licence to $35.00.

This is the first increase in 7 years so I guess that's not to bad.

I think it's just a shame that this increase wasn't given a more prominent place in the paper and I haven't seen anything in the West Australian news paper about the increase. I don't have a gripe against the rise, 7 years without an increase isn't doing to bad I think.

 I am after a pen at Hillarys for a 36 ft boat for a few months (got access to my old mans tug while his up north doing the grey nomad thing), happy to cover costs. Anyone know of any pens available short term?

cheers

John

 Our sale starts tomorrow so get in quick and stock up for the coming school holidays!

This is how fishwrecked looks on my ipad 2

any ideas how to correct it

 Hi all

I'm relatively new to Perth and at some point in the future would be keen to get a tinnie and head out for some boat fishing. Meanwhile wondering if anyone has any space their boat to gain experience, get some good fishing and boating advice etc etc? Happy to contribute to fuel / boat costs etc and help out in any way I can be useful? 

Cheers 

 Bait recon for pinky season complete. Only took an hour and half to bag out

G'day everyone,

I dont normally write too much on here but I will give it a crack. After much procrastinating and a lot of indecision I have recently ordered a custom boat to be built by GenesisCraft and am hoping to document the build on here for all to enjoy.

After initial consultation with numerous boat builders I felt immediately comfortable dealing with Matt at Genesis, nothing has been a drama or too much of a hassell. He was only too happy to get a quote out to me late on christmas eve and even said to call over the chrissy break if needed. Fast forward six months and this great customer service has not waivered at all. Another selling point to me was the quality of work which was second to none - I could not fault a thing (myself being a welder trust me I looked hard).

Boat overview:

730xl Hard top with custom ally Genesis trailer

250 Yamaha - will be fitted further down the track

 sounders - two 12 in  simrads  ..transducers  

Anyway pics of work to date and will post updates as I get them. Cheers

5/07/17 - updated pics attached below.

11/7/17-  2 new pics  boat upside down  . hopefully the last.....

20/7/17 . started trailer ...  this is going to be one tough trailer.

26/7/17.   transom  pics an a few others 

 31/7/17 .   this weeks progress...really happy got these pics. had to have a beer or more...

 2/8/17 . went up to have a look only 1 pic more to come. boys were busy with bow rail an overhead console..

12/8/17. boat on trailer what a good sight

6/10/17 .  boat painted

 boat got windows  ..

 This is a diesel outboard on the back of a barge on an island off northern fiji. Aparently it is chinese and they reckon it uses a teaspoon of diesel an hour.

The photo of the boys moving the barge is there just because it is a cool photo.

anyone use this set up?

can you put in marks and save? 

navtronics works well on my mates phone

was looking at up dating my chart plotter and got thinking

Well it’s the end of the financial year and time for a Stocktake Sale.

We won’t be doing another Sale like this for a while so maximize this opportunity.

30% OFF STOREWIDE SALE on ALL gear excluding reels (see below)

20% OFF All reels including Shimano, Daiwa, Penn, Abu Garcia, Pflueger and more ….

Starting Wednesday 28th June @ 8.30am

Finishing Sunday 2nd July @ 5pm

The shop is FULL of gear so get in fast, in store stock only – don’t miss out!!
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Cheers from the Oceanside Team

 Fuel economy looks good, weight could be a problem though.

http://www.boatsales.com.au/editorial/news/2017/neander-dtorque-111-turbo-diesel-50hp-outboard-59330/

 Dont think ill be fishin this weekend

I know this topic has been done before, but these cheap e-bay products seem to change all the time.

Has anyone used the Kaiser brand boat covers like this one:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Design-with-Zipper-600D-6-4-6-7m-21-22ft-T-Top-Jumbo-Boat-Cover-Light-Grey-/141656933540?hash=item20fb6944a4:g:Mr4AAOSw5cRZM3A-

For $200 odd bucks, its pretty cheap for a cover on a 6.7m boat.

If I could get 2 years out of it, I would be happy.

Anyone got any feedback on these?

Cheers

Nice conditioned Harvey Dam Bass caught recently, picture taken from a Facebook page. Apparently the fish was released and Fisheries WA has been seen at the dam over the last two weeks netting the place.

The America's Cup is done and dusted after the disappointment of four years ago..  Well done Team Emirates NZ.

Hopefully the Aussies can scrape a few dollars together for the next one.

Hi all,
Im new here and have been having some issues with my tranny for my Simrad NSS9 Evo 2 for the past 2 years
I have had a HDI skimmer 50-200-455-800. I could never get this one to work very well even when I have had professionals adjust the positioning.
I end up selling this and replaced with the TM150, having same problems with this one. It works well in shallow water (2-13m) even when travelling around 20 knots, when out deeper 30-60m it is pretty much useless unless im doing 2 knots.
Im starting to think maybe the hull is producing air ?? its a Formosa tomahawk 580.
I have been told from a dealer that if I upgraded to a 1KW tranny that it will work heaps better as they are not so sensitive to air.... I have looked at the TM260 but cant afford to buy a module as well as this tranny, thoughts if this will work better than what I have without the module and will this one just have air pass under it too... ( I fish up to 120m at the moment)
Other thoughts was buying a through hull tranny but not sure which one and not sure on drilling holes in my hull.
I have looked at the P79 at this stage, not sure weather the brass one would be a good match for an ali hull

 Hey guys

Looking to respool my 25000 saragosa

Was looking at spiderwire stealth but cant find anywhere that sells it

Was chasing 80lb in a 1500yd roll (enough for a couple spare refills)

Chose this as the 80lb has diameter smaller than 65lb powerpro

If anyone has any info on places that stock it, or any alternate suggestations of line that has a similarly small diameter

Need to get at least 500m on it

Thanks in advance

Sharkhunter1

 Hi Guys

Anyone fished the Collie near Minninup Pool? Went there on Sunday for a look and thought it would be a good spot to take the kids in a canoe. Just wondering if there are any redfin in this area? Had a quick search and theres one post from a few years ago saying there was some but have had some dry winters since.

Any help would be appreciated.

I've been struggling to reach VJ6LQ inside the marina and had shocking reception outside the marina mouth a couple of trips back but it's still been fine otherwise albeit a bit scratchy.

Went to radio in last trip 13 miles out to extend my return time and nothing but radio silence and I managed to get them after driving halfway back in. Not a nice feeling.

Decided I'd replace my antenna and I started removing it and the cable completely pulled loose and was completely corroded. It must have been hanging by a couple of wires.

Valuable lesson: if something isn't 100% then investigate it.