Enjoy

 Hi I have a 4.88 M Quintrex runabout, at present I am towing it with a Ford Territory AWD, my wife wants us to downsize and buy a Nissan x-trail, with a 4 cylinder 2.2 petrol engine, anyone here tow a similar rig with an X-trail ? (it will be an 2017 model).

Just wondering.....Mal.

Hello Fishos

When fishing floaters for Mackerel and other large pelagic species,
What size hook and brand do you use? Cheers tight lines.

Hi all,

Heading down to Dunsborough this weekend and thinking of hitting the flats out front of town for YFW or flathead but given the mild weather, am I better focusing on other species?

Cheers
C

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what a load.

 Interesting sidescan shot

Hi, has anybody got a tanacom 750 that I can have a look at. I want to see how big in the hand they are. checked my local tackle stores north of the river to no avail.
Thanks Vince

 Went out from Tworocks yesterday fished lots of spots and ground heaps showing on the sounder but weren't real hungry 

Hi members,

I'm trying to gather some info on the distribution of Greyband/Eightbar Cod in WA

So far I have confirmed specimens (based on photo or a sample) from mid-Pilbara to Albany and from depths 105 to 470m

Does anyone have any records (preferably with an image) from outside this distribution or depth range in WA?  Happy to communicate by email or PM if you prefer.

Thanks in advance, Glenn

 Went out at 3pm but couldn't  get thru the skips, caught heaps on bigjohns small bucktail jigs and on small pieces  of mulie. Kept 8 and let heaps go.good fun but not what we  were after.

 Where in wa can someone catch Murray cod ? I have two friends coming over from eastern states 

and want to show them a good fishing trip. I am south of Perth. Any ideas

 Just looking for some advice from someone in the know 

looking at a boat that all looks sweet structurally but has been out of rego for an unknown time

at a guess looking at his paperwork may have last been registered 2013-14 

has license numbers still on it 

If I were to buy the boat, how would I go about getting the thing re registered?

thanks

 First days fishing on the new Regulator 28. Gentlemans hours start, bit of a shake-down for the 3 new owners (all fighting for the skipper chair all day ) and some fishing until mid arvo. 

The machine. 

Nice tuna, had a double hookup but dropped the second after a leader failed. She has "the noise" 

Snapper on KG gear. 

Cruise home at 39 knots. 

Not too bad for the first day. 

Boat simply awesome!

 Just a few thoughts on what I found today chasing up some info and stuff for the new tub I got after being boatless for 15 years.

 First was some boating info and some freebie stickers that D.O.T marine give out.

 Old news for some maybe but the Essex street D.O.T branch ( Freo)  has shut since march , wiping out a direct contact we had with marine specific 

 info and people whom had a clue , marine wise.

 So rang DOT , and was told after 6 pre recorded pass ons , that any branch can help out with that marine gear. Fine I said , I will head to Willagee 

 branch were both my girls obtained there lic to bump , err drive.

 Ok said the lady , but she said that branch is due to close soon too !

 So off i go to willagee branch , got to counter , asked for marine phamplets and stickers to be given a blank look . 

 After 3 counter staff got involved I was finally sent to a spinner with some stuff on it , HURRRAH success.

 Ok next to Fisheries in freo for there stuff,  fishing  guides , rulers etc .

 Um we got some rulers mate , but we are no longer issuing phamplets . you just go on line to get them , cost cutting he said.

 So with the cost of all DOT charges on the up and up by fair margins in the last few years , my question is , are we getting a fair shake or is 

 a sign of the times with the purse strings tightning?

 P,s yes I have now dowloaded app for rules onto phone., just would have though some paper rules would have continued .

cant wait top see how this pans out and who is involved

pity is other offences are not hit so hard as this

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Media-releases/Pages/Search-warrants-executed-in-alleged-illegal-trade-of-abalone-and-lobster.aspx

Enjoy

 Any one able to share a good brand of vacuum sealer mine has finally given up cheers

 Fish ID please

Found today near swan yacht club swan river 

Badly decomposed/eaten but teeth look like some sort of wrasse ?

Over 0.5m long 

The easy and clean way to change the oil on a early model verado.  Mine has a horizontal sump plug, to drain all the oil that way is a VERY meat job. This oil extraction pump is slow but easy.  It's good for cars and transmission to. 

 Hi All, Heading up to broome in 5wks for a week and planning on fishing most days, will be landbased and looking to catch anything really, just looking for advice on where to fish near town, know about broome jetty but as its high up dont know if ill be able to land fish there as i wont have a gaff or anything.

Cheers Alex

 i am planning to drag my boat from Leeming up to Two Rocks on sat morning for the first time ( probably going solo ) and just wondering if there is anything i need to be aware of once outside the Marina.

thanks in advance, Wez

 Hi All,

Looking for opinions (that doesn't happen often!!)

We're developing a project that involves placing small gps devices on recreational vessels under 8 metres that will have a range of approx 20km from established base stations.

Easy set up, solar powered and doesn't need to be hardwired in.

There are a multitude of applicatons we're targeting but primarily;

1) Safety at sea, giving VMR and Water Police access to vessel location under secure format. Last known location and for those of us that (occasionally) forget to Log Off and hopefully enabling emrgency services to locate vessels when epirbs may not have been activated.

2) Anti theft, owners can be alerted to unauthorised vessel movement.

Pay as you use Insurance an option here as well.

2) Possible Boat ramp pay as you use system so you don't need to mess around with multitude of ticket options and local shires can direct funds raised into facilities.

3) Marina Management (Marinas only have access to members who authorise)

4) Fisheries research and

5) Environmental control.

I'd love to know the opinions on the pros and cons from the perspective of WA boat owners and fishers and also if people would be willing to trial the units when available.

Personally I've developed a system that can work up and down our coastline and obviously I see a need but that doesn't mean everyone else does.

The device itself isn't meant to replace epirbs and I guess is an alternative to "B" Class AIS.

So the questions.

Would you be supportive of such a system if it supported SAR capabilities and possibly reduced Insurance Premiums?

Would you be overly concerned about visibility to VMR, Water Police, Fisheries and Environmental control groups?

What price would you be willing to pay, $100-$400?

Would you want your NOK or family members to have access to location services?

Thanks for your help in advance.

Rabbit22

 Hi Guys,

I'm chasing places to look at new/ near new trailers for my boat (4.8 plate ali runabout).

I live around the Freo area so closer the better. Have already had a look at Chivers but want to see what else is around. 

Cheers. 

 A couple of pinks in the tinny on Sunday 

Hey Guys

Does anyone on here make there own sinkers.

if you do and need some battery's i can get my hands on some if you want to make some up

Been lucky enough to stumble across a few spots holding fish lately...all in close!

These have all came on sundown or just after, close to tide change, and not far off bite time by moon phase which helps. The numbers have been increasing over the last month or so.

New PB in there at 90cm.

 Pe 3 to 5 jig rod immaculate condition.

I paid 700 for it new happy to sell for 500 or nearest offer

Its the spin model

 A friend of mine is a tv repair guy asked him to change plug on transducer from lowrance to a furuno 10 pin he can't find a 10 pin furuno plug and is not sure what the xid wire does plus the p and m wires do can anyone out there help 

Cheers wayne

Think the thread title says it all guys, looking for a recommendation. I'm replacing a Team Daiwa Advantage 3000 that has served me really well for chasing mostly little stuff. Daiwa no longer stock some of the parts, so time to replace.

Happy to look at anything up to a few hundred bucks or so. Mostly used for casting small baits into light surf, flicking around off rocks and jetties, chasing bream in the rivers or throwing out small lures. Quality is important to me. :)

Cheers

I went to purchase some nice braid for the old man to respool his old skool stradic 4000. I went in thinking I would get the 20lb PE 1.2 Sunline Siglon PEx8. The gent at the shop (site sponsor) was helpful and suggested I get the PE 1.7 and gave a few good reasons for doing so. The 1.7 has a 30lb breaking strain which I feel may be to high for the rod and reel the old boy will be using it on.

So my question is, when selecting some of the newer thin but strrong braid would you purchase based on breaking strain or the width of the line?