Just wonderin if anylne has changed waypoints to different units before.... i need to convert Lowrance (.usr) file type to garmin (not sure on file type)???

hey was just wondering if anyone has given it a crack chasing croakers on soft plastics round perth.. mainly off the beaches but any advice on wat lures you'v used in the river would be cool..

been looking at it with everyone doing it on the east coast and wanna give it a crack here see if we can turn up the same results.

any help would be appreciated

 G'day, can anyone give me some info on the best plastics to use for dhus. I have some good spots that we fish with bait successfully but Im looking at trying plastics and dont know what are good ones to use. Any info helpful, cheers.

 G'day folks. 

I want to take my young bloke out to grab a few tailor of the beach. Unfortunately I live in down town High Wycombe but with the freeway systems in place now days it doesn't take all that long o get to a decent beach. My question is where is a good spot to take him to rip into a few? I understand no one is going to reveal their prime time locations but any response will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. 

 Hi,

I need to get the springs replaced on the trailer, the axle also needs some surface rust removed. I was quoted about $400, is this a good price?

Hey guys has any-one used or own an Okuma trio 55-s. Thinking of buying on and doing and carbon fibre drag upgrade. Gunna team it up with a berkley drop shot 6-10kg graphite rod to chase snapper etc from boat ? cheers.

Hey guys,

Looking at going out with saltwater charters in October at least twice to try get onto some big sambo's.. My current jig stick is a Wilson LiveFibre Venom 5'6 80lb - Paired with Stella 20k running 60lb braid.

Is this overkill for Sambo jigging or will there be some monsters big enough to give it a workout?

Thanks

Chris

 Anyone else recieve some feedback from your fish frame donations? Just got a letter in the mail from fisheries with some info on a few fish that I donated the frames of, thought it may be of interest to you all to see the age to size of a couple fish.

Dhufish - 1021mm Female - 24 years old - Estimated 16.5kg * 

Dhufish - 691mm  Female - 9  years old - Estimated 5.4kg

Snapper - 709mm No data - 6 years old - Estimated 4.1kg

Anyone else have some more of their own details on fish frames they donated?

* This was my "20kg" Dhuie (on my scales) and just for the record we did try to release it but after such a long fight on light gear she was unable to be succesfully revived.

 Hi guys as some of you may be aware I'm looking for a pe5/50lb rod to match a seagate 4500e

Had the xzoga taka-si 6615 suggested to me

Specs look pretty good for what I want which was mainly bottom bashin plus throwing poppers for kings little bit of an all rounder almost

Ideally wanted something around 6'2 but this length is not a bad suggestion

Never seen any xzoga rods especially in SA

Is anyone familiar with them especially this model and whether it would suit my needs

Also possibly price range if able!

Cheers

Hello all,

While fishing this morning, I noticed the GPS was dropping its sattelites very often, something which never happens.

Finally a message pops up on the screen saying "GPS MODULE NOT RESPONDING".

It is a Lowrance unit with an external antenna.

Its certainly got me confused.

Chris

 Hey guys I know this has been discussed before but I'm planning to get my trailer re galvanized. I'm not mechanically minded and have no room at my place to do the work. I'm chasing a mobile trailer repairman or a semi retired person who is mechanically minded .I require someone to strip the trailer down assist in getting it regalved and put it back together obviously in the shortest time possible as I will have to organize to Moore my boat somewhere while this is being done? I will be replacing all nuts and bolts and maybe one of the axles but I'm not sure. Any help would be appreciated

Hey guys im wanting to buy a Furuno 585 eiither new or second hand. If anyone has one to offload or knows of anywhere selling them at a good price flick me a pm.
Thanks guys

 Going to make a rocket launcher for my boat and wanted some feedback on the spacings between rod holders please. Was thinking about 250mm or am I able to go smaller or do i need more spacing?

Hey does anybody know of some good sites to get info on rod building and where to get some quality saltwater blanks,overhead and spin. Need to find some quality components too.

with the weather looking good troy, my mate whitey and myself decided to head out for a night fish.

got in the water about noon and headed out to the north side of rotto in the 40's looking for some dhu's before it got dark, well, after many spots tried with nothing coming over the side at all and nearing dark we decided to head in to a spot in 20mtrs and drop the pick down and start the burly going.

after 20 mins the first fish pulled over the side was a 63cm dhu, followed by another 2 after that,

a bit smaller than my keeping rule at 60cm, but well over 50cm, so they were returned.

from then on the dhu's went quiet and everything else started, pinky's galore with some keepers and alot of under size thrown back, 2 nice KG's, 2 bronzey's, 1 leapord shark (i think), skippys by the truckload, 3 port jacksons, dirty stinken eel, plus numerous other shit fish and a couple of decent squid.

only a few fish kept for the table and every thing else returned.

there were plenty of squid but they were very fussy and wouldnt chase the jig, so only managed the 2.

then troy being the jag ass prick he is, pull's this crayfish in on the bottom hook, bloody good size as well, spewin we couldnt keep it.

heres a pick of the cray(sorry about the pick it's of the phone) and ill put up some pics of the fish 2morow sometime.

a good night with lots of fish caught by all!! with a few jimmys washing it all down.

cheers ron

this is what was kept for the night

 G'day guys. Just wondering how the weed is like at the mo, NOR? Might get out for a flick tomorrow arvo after watching the mighty Dockers flog the Giants. 
Cheers, Leemo. 

Should be interesting how packed they will get and will they stand up to our big W.A storms....

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/ocean-pools-to-beat-sharks/story-e6frg12c-1226431606805

Hi all,

Im after everyone's recomendations on charter operators running out of Perth (Hillary's to Freo). I'm after offshore day trips chasing anything from billfish, spaniards, samson, pelagics through to bottom fishing for Dhu, snapper etc.

I have a heap of mates rolling into town early October - if it were you, what species would you chase and with which charter operator?

Looking forward to hearing of your experiences & recommendations

Cheers & Beers

 Hey everyone just wondering where I could find a rovex barrio around Perth? Any help would be good

Thanks parry

Hey guys,

my stradic FJ 5000 ended up in the water a couple of days ago. It wasn' in there for more than 8-10sec. I gave it a rinse with fresh water, cleaned it up, put some of the grease in the maintenance port and it appeared fine. Didn't use it for a day or two and now I picked it up it's not smooth any more. It's not really a grinding sound, more of a constant soft noise when I turn the handle.

Do I need to send it for service, or can I take it apart myself? It's pretty new, only bought it couple of months ago..

Cheers!

 Guy, heading up to Lancelin in a few weeks to do some yakking, and also have a mate coming with his boat. Just chasing a bit of info;

* Whats the launch like for boats? Mate has a 6m Assasin, is it doable, its a beach ramp i gather?

* Whats the ground like along the 20m contour just out from town? Ill be on a yak, so cant travel too far north or south, but capable of heading out 3-5km.

Not looking for coords, unless you are keen to share, but just some general advice.

Cheers in advance.

Can someone confirm that I am right in saying fishing is fine in the management area but not allowed in the 3 conservation areas.

heading up in late August for a couple of weeks.

Cheers

Gibbsy

Can anyone tell me does an interstate visitor need a fishing licence to keep a feed of fish and does that person need a WA skippers ticket to drive another persons boat or is the licence thats issued in there home state good enough to drive a boat on .I got a couple of mates coming from over east and one from the NT to fish in October .When I lived in the NT you didnt even need to register your boat only the boat trailer let alone have any sort of licence to fish .Cheers JP

Hi

I have got a son staying with me at the moment and he is driving me crazy, he has been with us for 3 weeks now and he's bored stiff. He works on construction as a TA  The last job finished a month ago and I need him to get back to work for my sanity he has tickets for this that and the other doesn't do drugs his only vice is he fornicates females when ever he gets the chance. If someone can help with a bit of  knowledge about a job going up north/goldfields or OS and give him some info on who to contact etc it would be most appreciated by his grateful dad

thanks for any help

Perth CBD now - just infront of Exchange Plaza ... police is expecting the crowd to expand!

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/05/13/captain-paul-watson-arrested-in-frankfurt-germany-on-warrant-issued-by-costa-rica-1374 

Hi guys, the cuz and myself will be in Exmouth in the beginning of August and want to go on the onstrike fishing sportfish charter.

Only thing is they need a minimum of 4 and there are only two of us.

If anyone else will in Exmouth at the same time and is interested, please let me know.

Cheers :)

EDIT - Oops forgot dates

30 July - 5 Aug

Enjoy

Adam, please delete if this is unfairly slanderous in any way, but jmho and need's to be allerted to anyone thinking of daiwa purchases from Australia on the the basis of after sales care, as a consideration.

while working in the trade this was a Major selling point, one im sorry for making.Times have changed!!!

Guys who own ANY Daiwa reel's beware.....please read the following ridiculous response from a service tech at Daiwa, very very disgruntled with this response.....imagine we all had this approach to problem solving, and remember this product was purchased from Daiwa AUSTRALIA - not off the net from OS at a far cheaper price because of "a better warranty this way" - warranty what?

I have removed the respondants name as this doesn't need to be like that.but, apparently a sheared bearing is normal expected wear.

And I have underlined the parts of the reply email that make hulk angry.

Bear in mind it's a twenty buck bearing, for a very expensive reel, so i have lost faith in the after sales service of this product.

read the bottom email first ...then this reply, then go buy Shimano.I have also forwarded our "dealings" to the state ombudsman.

I hate being treated like the little guy when I support a brand and do the right thing.

Hi Joff,

There are a few things that could have caused that problem, however with a reel that is 2 years old and has been ‘Flogged’ this would come under normal expected wear. Also bearings are never covered under the manufactures warranty unless it is a brand new reel out of the box, never been used and has a bearing problem.

So would you like to purchase the rubber seal and one handle bearing??

Always looking to pass the buck .....

http://news.com.au/national/live-sheep-exports-blamed-for-wa-shark-attacks/story-fndo4e3y-1226429751498

Funny, haven't seen many floating sheep around Wedge before ... :-/

Hi All,

Need some help on my Lowrance ElITE -5.

Just purchase Navionics Gold Card.

 Imagery of the Navionics navigational charts (safety depths, depth contours, spot soundings, text, etc.). Is this only available when on water via satellite . When I installed the card the GPS shows my position. I know its a stupid question but when on water will I pick up the cards.I have not been on the water since I purchase the card.  

Darryl