Just looking for a new boat cover and found these polyester canvas ones on ebay

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Heavy-Duty-6-4m-7-0m-Trailerable-Jumbo-Boat-Cover-/261410448868?pt=AU_Boat_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cdd46e5e4

Look the heaviest duty ones I can find

Anyone have any experience with them??

I have done a search and haven't been able to find wha to am after. I am looking to get a solar panel set up on the roof of my boat to tops the batteries up but also to run up to say two fridges. The worst case situation would require having enough grunt to maintain the 2 x fridges for two days whilst the boat is getting towed from say exmouth. I have twin batteries and a vsr. 

Questions are:

• what wattage panel?
• what type of panel is generally used?
• what else is required in the system? Is it jus a regulator or do you need a charge controller?
• any recommendations on where to source the gear locally (been told jaycar)

roof 

bus bar

isolator

vsr. 

 Hi guys and gals,

Just wondering if many others are having there pots pulled and stolen lately.

In the last 2 months we have had 5 pots stolen. 3 were brand new pots, All from 

out on the 5 fathom bank. all up pots , ropes , floats , ballast , baits soon add up

and im about a grand down. Not sure if anything can be done, we have been on

to Fisheries but dont really think they can really be everywhere. Maybe there too

busy shark fishing.  its damn annoying.

Cheers 

Can any one please tell me who can fix power winches up around the hills area kalamunda   it would be a waste to throw it

cheers

I'm keen to ditch the alligator clips on the power cables for my electric reels. I'm thinking of running a cable from the battery under the gunwale, then installing three take-off points equally along the side.

I'm assuming this is what quite a few anglers have done, my question is can anyone recommend good quality, salt resistant fittings for the job and where to get them from?

Thanks

 Iam after a good easy to use gps for my boat have had a navman found it to be useless if you can recommend good model please tell me thanks

Fellas
Mate of mine. former Perth lad turned New York Model and Muso Andrew Moore has released his first album "Lady Lust".

I am a big fan Of Saffron Skies and also Tequila 1,2,3 for a catchy tune. Let me know what you think.

http://polthefisherman.com/ then go to iTunes for a listen.

 hi guys, i want to start catching sharks and i might keep a few gummy sharks or black tips and i was wondering what do i do as soon as i catch it. Bleed it, put it on ice ect.

 Here are a couple of recent builds for people.

The marbelling is on a 6 foot 6 inch 2 peice MHX that was designed for whiting/bream on the flats. For anyone looking at getting built or wanting to roll their own rod, I seriously suggest looking at these blanks. Reasonable price for the quality and a limited lifetime warranty.

The samurai with fish wrap is a 2 peice butt join and turned out very nice. Stainless frame 'k' guides with sillicon carbide tip. 6 ft 6 in 12-20lb. Camo grips and a rubberised gimbal. Is being used for soft plastic snapper fishing.

The samurai with thunderbirds is built on the NV 9. 7 foot 15kg. We trimmed this a bit to 6 ft 8in. From the pics I have recieved, it has already slayed some nice Dhu.

Damo, this is yours..I let my daughter do it...haha

Happy fishing!!

I am looking for a good strong light gauge hook for inshore fishing for sand whiting to baldies around the 1/0 size

I have been using hoodlums for everything - jigging, trolling and bottom fishing and they have never failed , but they are a little too thick gauge for the rod I'm using inshore.  (20lb plastics rod)

Anyone have any input on the black magic KL's or recommendations on something likewise??

 Hey guys tacking the yack out tonight to have a shark fish just wondering if any 1 has fished these spots or I'm between but more then welcome in any one else wants to come down for a while just inbox me :) cheers 

are there any F/W members out there that are considering doing the FeNacl fishing comp this year

 hi guys, does any one know were i can buy some 200lb or 300lb black coated wire. the only place i can find it is kamikazi online shop and ebay. does anyone know any shops in perth south of the river?

thinking of heading out for a bream fish tonight, can any one tell me where they have been getting caught, i plan on using prawns aswell. is the canning river still producing nice bream? 

any info would be gladly appreciated.

cheers.

 Hi Guys

Heading to Hamelin Bay this easter, any reports on the Salmon? Has anyone caught any, or anyone know the progress of the salmon? Thanks 

Was fishing with the rellies for Yellowfin Whiting just north of Myalup this morning when about 50 metres straight out in front of us a 1.8 metre long Spanish Mackeral jumped clean out of the water 3 times chasing baitfish. Couldn't believe it. Next time mite take the ballooning gear as well!

Fishing off Exmouth in May in about 60-80 metres of water. Can I jig for the above species. Has anyone tried and had success. And if so, what type of jigs, weight etc. Dropping a bait, losing it, and then lifting a big lump of lead off the bottom is tiresome.

After seeing Friday Funny's and the last shot off the Bondi Beach storm wondered about some shots. Pinched one from Bodie to begin. (sorry mate at work so havent got my own at hand)

Enjoy Off to Bali for a couple of weeks

 Hi guys. A friend of mine is about to purchase himself a fin nor marquesa 30 or 20 for a trip north in a couple weeks. We're both away at work and leave the day we get back so he's unable to go to a shop and properly pair it with a decent rod. 2 questions. Anyone had any experience with these reels and can recommend a rod.  Secondly, what size? 20 or 30. Will be bottom fishing 20 to 60 meters. Spool it with probably 30 maybe 50 pound braid. Any help much appreciated. 

Hi Guys

Thinking of taking my boat down to busso on the 15th of march. Just wondering if any one could tell me how the artifiial reefs are fishing lately or would i be better off just Sounding around out the back of rights bank and trying to find something.

I have heard the coral lumps are also good but cant seem to find them on my gps or navionics on my phone. Any one help me with this?

Would like to get into some demersals aswell as jigging for some sambos for some fun.

Cheers Jayce

 Hi guys

taking a mate out tomorrow night for a fish, normally go out to the 40s but seeing its his first time on a boat I dont want to take him too far.

never really fished the FFB and have had varied opinions on success / failures.

Any advise on my plan would be appreciated!

Plan boat in water at 4.30 pm bout 3/4 the way up garden island on the back edge of the bank drop anchor. Apply generous amounts of burley and fish rigs that have 2 snelled circles with squid or strips of mullet and light weights so they drift down through the burley trail.

Again any advise or direction would be awesome!

thanks in advance.

How are the bream going at castledare currently? Heading down on Saturday and will throw around some river prawns unweighted. Any other suggested baits for castledare railway?

lachie

 G'day lads

couple quick questions while I wait for my burger after the front 9 (which was horrid) 

1. When fishing places like eshed and busso jetty for mulla especially what sorta spin rod for a heavy spin real is appropriate? Would I look rediculous with my beach combo or should I rather get a heavy boat spin rod? Running 50lb braid mostly

2. I have my Uni break in June/July and thinking if camping down Albany for the salmon. Would they be past there by then or would they still be hanging about. Would it be better down dunsborough way at that time?

cheers fellas

 http://youtu.be/UWuEqIIcL1U

 Hey guys going scooping tomorow and was thinking of going in Harvey inlet down the end of Herron point rd. Anybody been down that way was it productive haha or should I go elsewhere. Any info would be great last second trip and don't rly know where to go cheers. Pm me if u like cheers guys.

 Hey guys, it's my mate's birthday soon and we were thinking of doing an over nighter on the Swan in our 4.6m half-cabin. Can anyone suggest any general areas where we could anchor up relatively safely and fish for the night (and nearest boat ramp if possible).

Any info and advice would be appreciated as this will be our first overnighter on the Swan.

Cheers

Hutch

who is keen to do Fenacl fishing comp this year I left dampier nearly 2 years ago but have 30 years+ of fishing out of dampier , I would love to put together a metro team of boats to see if we can beat the locals up there in their own back yard

OK, didn't know how to create a new post with photos in previous thread so starting new one....

My first go at the frame was very basic - just a square frame to completely contain the GoPro housing with heavy hand line mono attached to a single point on top and a heavy sinker attached to bottom via some mono. The theory was that I'd be able to feel the sinker hit the bottom at which point I stop feeding out line to keep the frame off bottom. In practice because the frame was quite heavy and bulky the weight and drag in water combined meant I could not feel the sinker hitting bottom and ended up with the frame bouncing along sand/reef. The other major issue was that a single attachment on top resulted in the frame spinning a lot and being dragged sideways resulting in crooked picture.

I re-started from scratch and ended up with this:

The key I've found is to make the frame buoyant, that's what the capped PVC pipe on top is for. The attachment on bottom is directly below the centre of PVC pipe, a heavy sinker is attached to it to make the whole thing sink. When the sinker hits bottom the frame naturally floats above the bottom and the GoPro is level (ie not tiled up or down). I control the depth of the GoPro off the bottom by varying the length of mono between the sinker and the frame. I attach the sinker with much lighter mono, something like 20lb, if the sinker snags the lighter mono snaps first and the frame complete with GoPro naturally floats to surface due to it's positive buoyancy. The double attachment of heavy mono on top has eliminated the spinning and also ensures the GoPro faces forward during a drift.

That's it, like I mentioned in other thread, very low tech!

My last test in the Swan worked very well, I posted a link to You Tube video in other thread. Now I just need to test it in deeper water. My only concern is the GoPro housing it's self is relatively unprotected so I'm thinking of rebuilding to better protect the GoPro.

I should mention I did not set out to mount the GoPro upside down, originally the frame was the other way round but when I added the capped PVC tube for buoyancy the whole thing ended up upside down. No big deal as the GoPro has the option to invert your footage.

Let me know what you guys think, always looking for improvement ideas.

Hi all

time to respool the dogfight and was wondering if anyone knows exactly how much XP tufline 100lb will fit on it?

Reason I ask is that I know the 300yrd spool will go close, but didn't want to be caught short and wanted to know if I need to spend the extra for the 600yrd spool.

Have done a bit of net searching and 100lb tufline is .49mm diameter, but cant find the .mm capacity breaskdown for the dogfight anywhere... I know I could go the backing to make up the difference on the 300 if its not enough, but would rather not if possible.

cheers in advance