Just an FYI crew, we had some late night visitors at the yacht club (RPYC)at some point over the last week, I had ~100-150 litres of fuel siphoned out and the boat next to me did as well, the boat on the other side not so lucky, looks like they have gone in and ransacked it looking for gear.

The yacht club is reviewing CCTV but suspect little will come of it............

Spening the long weekend up at S bend this coming September, havent been since i was a kid and was wondering if anyone has been recently? 

If memory serves me right the four wheel drive tracks to the beach from the Caravan park are super soft but easy going, but the beach is pretty rocky and nasty. Probably going to stick with poppers and slices for tailor. From what i remember regular rigs just got eaten up by the reef and rocks like at Lucy's beach.

I was there when i was 12 and im 27 now, so maybe its different now??

www.coastlive.com.au/news/local-news/second-boat-comes-off-trailer-in-mandurah/ 

Hey guys was thinking about selling my boat but not sure what’s she worth,

It’s a 2006 23.5ft Sailfish walkaround , originally imported from the US, I’m the second owner in Australia, taking

ownership in January 2018 with only 130hrs total on the hull and motor(Yamaha 2stroke v6 200hp), I’ve since 

changed it to a 200hp Mercury verado (secondhand approx 400hrs), and a simrad evo3 16in sounder/plotter

combo, and simrad auto pilot, sits on a aluminium dual axle trailer with electric/hydro brakes. 

Ive been looking around to get a rough price to go by but havnt seen too many for sale, so thought I’d put it out

there.

cheers 

Enjoy

  Is a Carribean Reef Runner or similar 6m  glass boat able to be retrieved solo onto a well set up multi roller trailer in a marina with a stong sea breeze and say 1.5 to 2m swell offshore. I am just wondering if this will be a struggle or maybe I should get a 5.6m boat for mainly solo trips. Any  thoughts from those with experience would be appreciated as I dont want to buy a 6m boat only to find out its just to hard to retrieve by myself.

 Hi everyone. I am thinking of updgading my Garmin GPS which is pre chart type to a chart one with a sounder. I don't fish deep and want something user friendly. I know that there will be lots of differing opinions.  thanks in advance.

Mack 1

 Is a Carribean Reef Runner or similar 6m  glass boat able to be retrieved solo onto a well set up multi roller trailer in a marina with a stong sea breeze and say 1.5 to 2m swell offshore. I am just wondering if this will be a struggle or maybe I should get a 5.6m boat for mainly solo trips. Any  thoughts from those with experience would be appreciated as I dont want to buy a 6m boat only to find out its just to hard to retrieve by myself.

I'm posting up to let everyone know about the fantastic service I recieved from Greg at GT Fibreglass based up in the Joondalup area.

Last week I discovered cracking around the top of my transom and water damage and rot in the wood core of the transom.

I spoke to a few different fibreglass businesses however from the very first phone conversation I had with Greg I knew he was the man for the job. 

Dropped the boat off to Greg last Friday and he quickly cofnirmed the transom needed to be rebuilt, luckily the damage was isolated to the transom, stringers/deck/hull etc all good.

Greg got to work straight away, he sent me daily updates including photos and he repaired my boat with a turn around time of only 1 week.

His pricing was better (bloody good value really) than all the other businesses I delt with and no hidden costs or surprises.

I highly recommend using his services if you require fibreglass repairs, I live south of the river and I am glad I made the journey north of the river to GT Fibreglass to get my boat fixed and back out on the water.

 Keen to hear anyone's recommendations for a deep cycle battery to be used as a house battery on board mainly to power the Engel. What do you recommend, or more importantly, what should I avoid ?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

 I go to coral bay every year and I am getting sick of getting smashed by sharks. I have spoken to a few blokes that think you have got more chance of beating the sharks using one. Any opinions welcomed.

 About to rip up the old carpet on my trailcraft, it's nice to have carpet but makes cleaning a bitch and it hangs onto the salt . Looking for some suggestions for an alternative . Maybe some paint with gritt in it and some sort of Mat on top. Don't want a slippery deck or some loose under foot. Cheers 

My mate and I are looking at upgrading to a new sounder/GPS setup for our tinny. Thing is, there's that many different options available now it's not going to be as straight forward a decision as first thought...choosing the missus' birthday pressy is easier!

Would love to hear any recommendations, advice, or general info regarding Sounders/GPS/plotters...ect. Please!

Our boat: Savage 4.2m tinny, 25hp tiller steer. 

Basically what we're after is something in the 2-3000$ range that'll work just as well trolling along reefs or bottom bashing at 50m as it will up a creek at low tide in 0.5m. 

Anyone on this site a TV antenna guy NOR ? can pay with real money 

 Hey guys I'm up in exmouth atm and taking a shot in the dark if anyone had a extra spot on there boat to take me out always wanted to fish here and get into some of the pelagics happy to chuck in for bait fuel and supply beers hoping to tick a few species of my bucket list 

Cheers

Mark 

For those who are interested here is the video on Aron’s catch of a lifetime. Massive Dhufish on a hardbody life off the rocks. 

https://youtu.be/lUBd2qFPqlQ

One of those things when you need it you really need it.

One of my kids rolled his ankle down the bottom of a gorge in Karijini a couple of weeks ago and turns out I had ‘borrowed’ the car first aid kit for a remote boating trip a few days earlier and not replaced it. 

Took the opportunity to grab 2 Offroad kits from St Johns a couple of days later. One for the boat and one for the car. 

What are the extra bits you like to carry on top of the standard kit? 

Ive added compression bandage and ventolin inhaler and got a dry bag that the kit fits inside so far. What am I missing? 

https://stjohnwa.com.au/first-aid-kits-and-supplies/first-aid-kits/details/7027?show=12

Hi,

I am heading up to Eco Beach in Broome later this week. Any idea how this fishing is off the Beach? What sort of gear and rig should I be using? 

Will have the kids with me so happy to target whatever fish are around, no matter how big or small! I've told them they are only eating what they catch; so don't want them to go hungry :-) 

Hey can anyone please recommend a reasonably priced place who supplies and installs electric brake controllers south of the river.

Many thanks  

 About to buy a new trailer and have seen a few trailers with a sprinkler system rigged up on them to assist in the cleaning
Have been black poly pipe cable tied on with small sprayers to get the trailer. 

Just curious if anyone has done this and has a picture of what theirs look like. 

Cheers

Got out this morning praying for it too clean up

after the blow was quite pleasant . So after the

old man had a quick swim at the ramp . Bad

knee and a bit of a over the balance ahh the

wrong direction. Back too the house for a new

wardrobe. Out too  the first reef too drop the 

anchor . Not long for our skip bag . Then off 

too flick some jigs got 9 up within a hr . 

Headed home for a well worthy burb ! 

Cheers pirate..

 Had a sweeeeeeet 3 dayer a few weeks ago. Secret spot, warm water, cold beers, shitloads of fish. Mostly spearing, but a few caught on line. A few pbs. Sharks were bad, even trying to get the boat in the morning we had a 7ft tiger doin the rounds! 

Pics tell the story

  Solid session at the Busselton jetty last night. One pinky about 55 or 60 cm and a Mullaway that went to about 1.1 m. You can get a good idea of the size of the Mullaway if you happen to know how high the handrail is. 

Can't seem to post link , but search DOT , two rocks marina plan. You can fill out  quick survey , 8 lanes baby!

Enjoy

As per title.

Looking to beg, borrow or hire a pneumatic pop riveter capable of pulling up 1/4 inch aluminium pop rivets with a 4mm spindle.

Only needed for a handfull of rivets.

Would consider buying if the price is right.

If anyone can help or put me onto someone who can it would be greatly apreciated.

Cheers,

Jeff

Hi guys,

I understand this topic has been touched somewhat awhile back but I was hoping to get some advice/ opinions regarding the above boats from people in WA fishing WA waters.

Ive narrowed down my search to these 3 boats based on research but would love to hear from someone who either owns or gets out on one of of these boats.

Of interest to me is:

Ride quality in WA chop

Stability at rest (drifting 3 blokes on one side)

fishing area

storage 

and lastly cabin space large enough for 2 heading over to rotto of a night or two

Im leaning slightly toward a Grady white sole because they have a walk around which means I can fish soemone up front but I would love to hear any opininons good or bad on anything on at all about theses particular  boats.

Thanks in advance.

Josh

Hi guys,

I understand this topic has been touched somewhat awhile back but I was hoping to get some advice/ opinions regarding the above boats from people in WA fishing WA waters.

Ive narrowed down my search to these 3 boats based on research but would love to hear from someone who either owns or gets out on one of of these boats.

Of interest to me is:

Ride quality in WA chop

Stability at rest (drifting 3 blokes on one side)

fishing area

storage 

and lastly cabin space large enough for 2 heading over to rotto of a night or two

Im leaning slightly toward a Grady white sole because they have a walk around which means I can fish soemone up front but I would love to hear any opininons good or bad on anything on at all about theses particular  boats.

Thanks in advance.

Josh

 Make sure the kids are wearing their PFDs.