Just in case anybody missed it ......

Temporary Notice to Mariners
Navigational Hazard
Shallowing of Marina Entrance Channel
Port Geographe Marina

Mariners are advised that, due to the accretion of moving seagrass wrack, some
areas of the Port Geographe Marina entrance channel have shallowed significantly.
The affected area extends from the outer entrance of the marina channel to the
start of the inner canals.
There is a moving seagrass wrack layer in this area which may vary significantly in
thickness and position over short time frames.
Further details including a recent depth sounding plan of the area may be obtained
from the Department of Transport website at;

http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/imarine/19103.asp

Mariners are advised to navigate with extreme caution, allowing for the
changing sea bed conditions, and to consider local tidal variations when
planning to traverse this area.
David Harrod FNI
General Manager, Marine Safety
Department of Transport

getting a new dive torch but dont know what to get got a budget of round 200

Hey guys, was thinking about going to north mole tonight to get my fishing fix. Maybe try for some tailor, I was just wondering if anyone has had any luck down there in the past few days. Cheers guys.

does anyone no if there many crabs being caught around mandurah....

The Peaceful Bay Sea Rescue Group has a new $210,000 Raiad Rigid Inflatable
8.5 metre rescue boat which can reach 50 knots and carry 20 people.  FESA
Volunteer Marine Rescue Service contributed $150,000 towards the boat which is
described as one of the best and safest for use in the Southern Ocean. 
More than 20 incidents were recorded last year in the area.

$60,000 for the latest electronic navigation and safety equipment including
a Forward Looking Infrared camera which can detect vessels and people in the
water at night, a GPS and radar with a 32 nautical mile range was contributed
by Lotterywest.

hey all

ive heard alot about different squid jigs.

so i wanna know if im gonna spend the money on a good on wats everyones favorite type?

and wat is the prizes?

cheers danno

hi guys

im looking at buying a penn accord 1000 to match a pflueger trion

has anyone got any feedback good or bad for the reel or rod?

any help would be much appreciated

cheers

Dave

hey guys just wondering on where, when, and how they are being caught at the monment ive heard and seen that harvey dam is good...

I have heard of small blacks getting caught of Dampier at the moment. Has anybody else heard this as Im keen to see if it is true.

Feed back would be great

hey guys was just wondering do carp give birth to live young or eggs??? i assume eggs but if anyone knows...

hey guys every time i have been launching the boat from hillarys 

allways see the big mullet 

is it possibal to catch them and how ?

cheers

dane

Hey guys , end of university for this year finally , last exam is next week then me n the old boy are heading to esperance to see family / friends . ROADTRIP father n son ha should be good. We are not taking the boat , n was wondering if anyone could give me some advice on what gear to take/ fishing spots, and wat fish i can/ could be catching down there  .i have never fished this area but am very keen. cheers guys all comments / advice appreciated.

Im looking at getting a rovex big boss and wanted to hear about it, if anyone has one could you tell me about it.

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/black-market-crayfish-sale-results-in-big-fines-20091118-imcl.html

$36 000 and $33 000 fines.

anybody been to waroona latley i am heading there next weekend and would like to know if there is any thing happening

hi guys

went out with a few mates on sunday to canning bridge. nothing much to report but my mate got a small bream on a switchblade.

apart from that just blowies, we saw heaps of fish: grunter,whiting, we think a few tailor and a few small bream.

so with not much success there we walked up to the scouts jetty. again nothing to report.

With us all wanting to catch a fish we walked to rookwood jetty.

as we were crossing the bridge we saw about 200 medium tarwhine.

so we raced down the steps and started chucking lures at them but they werent hungry.

when we arrived at rookwood we all had a few casts with nothing biting

Then we tried all around the rock walls around there with a few follow ups but no hook ups.

we had 10 minutes left so we decided to go back to rookwood

on my first cast i got hooked up to something big, went for a short run directly away from me pulling line at a rapid pace, then went for a even bigger run up towards the end of the jetty and snapped my 9lb line.

was using a soft vib the whole time

Any ideas of what the fish could be?

i think it was either a big bream or a small mulloway

Hello

Does anyone please know when the FADs will be deployed?

Incidentally, I know that Cray pots aren't being very succesful but I have seen a lot of crays close in when diving.

Cheers

Rich

Anybody getting crays in pots yet?

I pulled up donuts this morning at hillaries. Was an hour and 50 minutes round trip, walked in the door just as my alarm went off.  Hows everyone else going?

hi all just bought a new boat and the gps is a geonav lcd 11 plus just wondering if anyone knows where i can buy the navionics cards

cheers warren

hey it says in the news paper that their is a new plan for recreational fishing in the south west....

says something about stocking trout and that they want public input before they put forward new rules + regulation policy's

 it says they have put forward 17 proposals and that public oppinion will greatly influence what they do and dont change so log on to www.fish.wa.gov.au to have your say or something like that!!! so give it a go and say what you think

CHEERS REDFIN 4 LIFE

I was just wondering do any of you guys know if there is an anual Mullet run over here in WA? If there is what time of year does it happen?Or is it just a Salmon run here.

I am hoping to pick up a Shimano Trinidad 20DC overhead reel soon, but I am wondering what rod I should put it on.

I would prefer something at least 12 foot long and able to handle throwing lures through to medium-sized live baits.

Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot, Colin

Some good pics here!!
Click on the tabs on the left of screen to see more pics
http://oceanaerials.com/Tuna.html

This week's Cambridge Post reports that a Mt Claremont man must pay more than $4000 after being caught with more than four times the permitted amount of abalone.  The man was approached by Department of Fisheries officers at Mettams Pool in Trigg in November last year.  He tipped his bag of abalone on to a rock - the officers counted 90.  The bag limit is 20 per day per fisher.

I hear a lad and a lady from Fishwrecked did very nicely on the tailor this morning. I have seen a picture and there are some very fine fish in the haul.

I think they were making the most of the tailor run before thefront comnes through and blows the fishing out for a few days.

i have a 02 model stacer proline 315 for sale this boat is decked out front casting decks fully carpeted nav lights high sides presents like brand new hull only $800
http://www.boatsplus.com.au/boats-for-sale/stacer-boats/stacer-315-proline/prod_1287.html\
brenz

Been watching a show where the presenter asks this question

You have a day to live before you die and you can have two meals what would they be?

Mine would be 1) Asian dish called Punday Cassway its a soup dish with chicken/noodles prawns and lots of condinments  

                      2) Fresh Mane lobster with sour dough bread and garlic butter  

So I pose the question what would your's be?                                                                   

Hi guys,

l'm in a dilemma at the moment as to whether to purchase this boat as its going super cheap, however,  the nature of the sale is not so simple:

The seller claims since the boat is unlicensed there is no need to fill in any transfer boat  documents. Ditto for the trailer. I would just have to fill up a statutory agreement saying that i purchased the boat from him and then take that and register it?

Is this really the case? If so, would i just need treat it as a new boat registration and register the HIN and send the trailer over the pits?

The trouble is the trailer belongs to the guys dad who is in adelaide is unable to do the transfer. The boat he claims belongs to him, but when i ask him for the licensing information, he doesn't have it as he says he also bought the boat when it was unlicensed.

I dont think the boat or trailer is stolen, its just that the guy who owns it is a mess. Anyone encountered such a scenario and care to shed some light on the matter? Any advice would be appreciated!

Cheers,

Kackles 

Receiving pure rain straight from the Antarctic, Irwin Inlet
and the Bow River which flows into it, are among some of the most pristine and
untouched water systems anywhere in the world. 
The mouth of Irwin Inlet opens to the ocean at Peaceful
Bay and provides essential breeding grounds for a significant number of diverse estuarine fish and birds.

Despite that, and the recent announcement that the south
west including the Walpole/Nornalup Inlets Marine Park, the Valley of the
Giants and stunning coastline through to Green Pool/Denmark being listed in the
world’s 10 most desirable places to visit, the Water  Corporation has announced that it is
considering damming the Bow River to supply water to Albany, 100kms away.    

The planned complex would include a water treatment plant
with a 10 gigalitre capacity (Albany currently uses 4.5 gigalitres per annum); 
flood 250 hectares of the Bow Valley and its tributaries;  involve bulldozing
all vegetation (riparian and surrounding) in the flood area, the majority of
which is in the proposed World Heritage Walpole Wilderness.  It will also remove 20 plus landowners and
their families from the small community infrastructure and compromise an
important water source for other district farmers.

Damming goes against the National Water Initiative of which WA is a signatory. The NWI proposes re-use and
recycling;  desalination;  rainwater/stormwater and managed aquifer
recharge - dam building being the least preferred option and receiving no
federal funding assistance, which all other methods do.   The USA and Europe are actively demolishing
dams in an effort to restore ecosystems damaged by dam development.

If any of this strikes a chord with you, please don’t hesitate to email
one or all of the following people. 

Minister for Water Dr Graham Jacobs graham.jacobs@mp.wa.gov.au

Minister for Environment Donna Faragher Minister.Faragher@dpc.wa.gov.au

Minister for Agriculture/Local Member Terry Redman     terry.redman@mp.wa.gov.au

Water corporation principal engineer Paul Bendotti  paul.bendotti@watercorporation.com.au

Department of water Program Manager Chris Gunby  chris.gunby@water.wa.gov.au

http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2009/world/dams-demolished-rivers-revived/

http://www.rivernet.org/general/dams/decommissioning/decom3_e.htm