Hi All,

I've been testing out my new GoPro camera.

When transferring the videos to my computer (only 6 months old) the video is playing back distorted and pixelated.

Any suggestion to overcome this? Could it be codec related?

Is there any recommendation on software or the process to transfer/edit videos from GoPro to PC?

cheers

Wayne

Ok so i got a abu garcia omega 4000 currently with 20lb braid on it but have been getting these bloody tangles. I took a bit of line off the reel, used heavier metals, made sure the line was tight when casting etc but still ended up with a tangle or two after about ten casts, which was a better result from when i first used it but its giving me the shits.

So I am thinking of just fucking it off and going back to mono. Any suggestion for mono of about 20lb would be appreciated.....or alternatively, as I can't recall the brand of braid but if there are suggestions for a braid that is far less susceptible to these wind tangles would be appreciated as well.  Cheers!

get stuck in be a part of the coming season

league name: fishwrecked

invite code: 876974

only 17 spots

cheers

WAS a nice boat

www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/50860/a+hooked+marlin+sinks+a+fishing+boat+well+something+like+that/

 Launching from Quindalup Tomorrow, Hopefully find some ground this time, Only launched from there once and didn't have much luck finding any decent ground. Any advice on general areas to head for would be greatly appreciated  Is any one else launching from there tomorrow? 

Gav

what can I catch?

Are salmon there?

what is on the bite

please help

I'm keen to hear if anyone has hit the sound/had any luck with snapper now that the ban is over?

I can imagine the ramps there would be crazy at the moment.

Cheers.

 http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/albany-6330/motorboats-powerboats/quintrex-480-freedom-sport-2006-model-90hp-mercury-optimax-direct/1013501128

Too good to be true? Or way underpriced for a quick sale??

 We have had a lot of inquiries regarding our boat and people booking the boat out just for them and their mates.

Anybody needing a crew member on Sunday then please give me a shout. Scottish guy been in Perth for 5 months and needing to feel the ocean breeze!

Laid back, fun and make cracking sandwiches!

where apart from busselton jetty can you catch squid in the southwest

Weathers looking great for the weekend will be heading out to two rocks tomorrow to join the traffic jam few weeks ago was in line for hour and a half .
Old boy who collects the money told me 182 boats put in at the ramp that day.

Just received an email from Keep Australia Fishing. I dont know if anyone else on here has a thread going and apologise if there is one.

This is the form letter to Tony Burke.

""Dear Minister Burke,

Don’t Lock Us Out!

We are writing to you because we are concerned you are locking Aussie recreational fishers out of more than 1.3 million square kilometres of our seas and oceans.

If this goes ahead, you will be responsible for the largest lock out of recreational fishers in Australian history. To date, you and your Government have not yet provided a single valid reason as to why this needs to happen.

With about 5 million Australians going fishing each year, we are the largest stakeholder group affected by your marine park lock up plans. These plans, if implemented, will have obvious and immediate impacts on rec-fishing opportunities and on the thousands businesses and communities that support us.

Despite this, your Government has already said it will not be compensating us for this loss, even though you are giving other affected user groups many millions of taxpayer dollars. We are also very worried about the precedents that will be set if you continue to ignore our concerns and lock us out.

This is just not good enough. Australian recreational fishers will not accept this sort of treatment.

Minister, you know full well that Australian recreational fishers are conservation minded and that we support scientifically based conservation measures including marine reserves. If there’s a good scientific reason to limit recreational fishing for the sake of the environment, then we accept this and will assist in the protection of these areas.

However, your draft management plans are discriminatory. You want to lock us out of vast areas of Australian ocean and seas yet you will leave these same areas open to thousands of divers, tourism operators, cargo ships, naval vessels and bulk carriers.

If these areas are so special and so environmentally sensitive, then why are these activities allowed while recreational fishers are locked out? How can you ban one user group and impose no restrictions on others, all without any valid scientific reasons?

As anglers are known as the guardians of the sea, a decision by you to allow recreational fishers to continue to access these areas will enhance the environmental outcome for the reserve network and increase the economic and social benefits for all Australians and future generations.

You know as well as we do that there are options and management strategies that you can implement to make this happen.

Minister, for the sake of all Australian fishos, Don’t Lock Us Out!

Sincerely, ""

I added this "I am a labour voter and have never changed. But this lockout under the Green's influence has now made me think Liberal. At least they arent half Green and stay true to their colours.
DONT LOCK US OUT"

With the election looming in September the Lab-greens will push harder to get these reserves through, and we should be heard now. Get behind it.

http://www.keepaustraliafishing.com.au/index.php/take-action/campaigns/campaign-1-don-t-lock-us-out

Dr. Neels Myburgh

Recfishwest recognises that while the majority of the fishing community do the right thing and place their litter in the bin, there are a few who tend to ruin it for the rest of us. No one likes to rock up to a pristine beach to see it scattered with the remnants of food scraps, tinnies and bait bags.  Not only does litter depreciate the amenity of some of our favourite fishing spots, but it also has detrimental effects on the environment.

We believe there’s no time like the present to make a positive impact and take responsibility for our beloved beaches and aquatic environments.

Recfishwest and the Western Angler will be holding a clean-up day on Sunday 10th of February at North Mole, Fremantle.  The clean up session will be a community event, which everyone is invited along to.  We will aim to clean up the entire section of coastline from Port Beach round to the tip of the Mole.  So bring your kids, aunty, uncle, granny and grandad along for a fun community event and make a positive impact on the coast!

We will be meeting at the end of North Mole Drive at 10:00am and will finish up at 12:30 for a free sausage sizzle and refreshments.  All equipment will be supplied including gloves, rubbish bags, garbage grabbers and sunscreen.

Prizes will be awarded for the biggest bag(s) of rubbish and the most unusual item found.

Enjoy

Went down to the Ammo jetty last night and the ammount of scalies down there at the moment you could just about walk across the water and best of all there are plenty of nice sized ones about the size of a mulie perfect size for dropping down whole when out on the boat or for the rock hoppers out there who chase the tailor.

The usual shark boys were down there doing there thing had a bit of a chat with a few of them including our publicised member Ant was a good night no yar hoo rednecks

Only bad thing I saw was one of our off shore residents catching undersized crabs and after mentioning to him the size he was putting them back over and all swam off

 Hi again fellas, my saltiga 2010 has been put through quite heavy use over the last few months. Just wondering if any of you saltiga 2010 owners has serviced your reel recently? Is there any local shops that do it? And how much? Or do you need to send it back to daiwa? If so how long it took and also how much?

Thanks

 Hey all, what do you guys think is a good reel about the 6500 size for beach and rock fishing, under $300. Been looking at the Exceler, what do you guys reckon?

 Hey all, what do you guys think is a good reel about the 6500 size for beach and rock fishing, under $300. Been looking at the Exceler, what do you guys reckon?

Nathan Harrison from Fisheries was on ABC local today discussing the new laws that come in tomorrow and the question came up about Red Bight Fish.You will notice on the South Coast you're allowed 8 Nany's along with a mixed bag of 5 demersals and Pelagics. Now I've always thought of nanygai's as being demersal scale fish so when the closure is on in the West Coast Bio-Region I've never bothered to target them but apparently fisheries have a different opinion. There is some good ground in the Capes region that have some good nanygai habitat so maybe worth a go next closure. What do you other fishers think.

Kamraden,

My big brother is turning 50 soon and I want to take him on a mancation for a weekend and do a fishing charter for his birthday. So looking for charter recommendations.

Considering either Exmouth, Albany or Jurien/Dongra/Geraldton

Obviously Eccy is first choice but need back up plan if can't get up there and back at reasonable cost.

Would like to hear from people who have been on a charter in last 12 mths including details of what caught while on charter, what equipment charter supplied, how many people were on boat with you and anything you think made charter better than others you have done.

Would love to do a charter that involved trolling and catching Mackies/Tuna or similar action.

Looking at May-June as to when.

Thanks for your input

 doing my first kinda wide mission, to the 40s . 28km one way from cockburn ramp.  hoping for some dhues / baldies... anyone else going to be around and wanna head out together? im 16 ft ali, 3 on board. my brother gave me some area to try that they picked up some decent fish earlier in the week.  

heading out 7am, back by 2. 

any reasons why i shouldnt head out that far?   40hp mariner, 70l fuel on board . easterly in morning to get me out and sw in arvo.. head back round 12 hopin to be at ramp 1.30

never taken this tub out that far, usually fish ffb. just hoping for something good.

cheers

what bait is best for whiting and tailor of rocks on land

Salmonwanter

what bait is best for whiting and tailor of rocks on land

Salmonwanter

 Dose anyone know if it is better to have a bottom hook on a butterfly jig (dose it effect the lures action), or is it just prefernece? 

When using a butterfly jig do you wind it up like crazy, like a knife jig, or is the retreve more suttle?

Hi all,

what do you reccomend for salmon bait I am thinking gang hooks, lanbased fishing in windy area, probably salmon beach

please reply thanx

Salmonwanter

Has any one any solid news on cranka crab lures, these things are suppost to be the next best thing to come onto the market since sliced bread, only one problem though. They havn't come onto the market. Last year 2012 they won an award at the big fishing grear show over the east and every body was singing the praises of these new revolutionary lures that were going to slay black bream in the the millions along with a host of other species. In november i sent an Email to the cranka crab troops asking about when this lure was going to be released etc and basically received a reply that some manafacturing problems needed to be over come and this was taking time. If you look at their web site it is quite out of date and makes no mention of a proposed release date for their cranka crab lures.

I personly have a view of the situation and that view is not health, can any of the F/W sponsers through some accurate light on this company and their product, the two guys who run the show appear to be upright honest types but...

 has any body been down to waroona or logue brook lately. plan on camping with some mates and chasing some redfin.

was hoping for some advice.

cheers Richo

 Hi All,

planning to launch the boat from Canal Rocks on Saturday for a fish. No idea where to go from there. Any general direction advise greatly appreciated. 

Cheers

JW

Guys this coming winter I have more work to do on my trailer so I need the boat off the trailer for an indefinate period.

I have a 300 odd sq mtr commercial trussed shed, is it possible to lift an 18ft Fibreglass runabout with a 130 HP Johnson outboard off the trailer with a block and tackle, then set it back down stayed up onto a stack of tyres on the concrete floor of the shed ?

Cheers.