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World cup

 We're right in this!!

 

Warner to win back some popularity with a big 100!


Any young guys need some reels

 Have a tynos 30, twin power, will need maintenance service, surplus to my needs now, can't seem to load photos atm


Fibreglass Floor Replacement

 

Question for those in the know. 

 

How hard and/or expensive is it to replace a section of soft or lifting floor in a fibreglass boat.  I'm sure I've seen a few on here who have done this.  Any ideas on what it might cost to get done by a professional would be appreciated too.  As far as I can tell stringers are solid, just the floor need to be redone (hopefully). 

 

cheers 


" Lest We Forget" 11th. of the 11th

 Sharing with like minded  Fisherman.

 


ultimate 9 throttle controler

Has anyone got or had one of these. Comments good or bad.

Been told about them but just not too sure and want more input from people who have had experience with them before buying one for the ranger


just another day ouy

Took advantage of the forecast lighter winds and headed out for a fish aiming to explore more ground.this time I said to Sandy that we keep nothing under40cm.  Not much around on the areas we searched other than a trevally so went back to the area we were at last trip out. Got a few fish on board with a few going back that were just under 400 . With the wind increasing we decided to head In a bit closer to home. Next spot got a few more keepers and quite a few went back. Moved on again a bit closer in and got our last couple of fish with even more going back to fight another day. Sandy got another small red of around 300 which swam off strong. Got back to the ramp to discover the tide was a bit too low to dock the boat. Had to wait for about hour and a half for enough water so just anchored up in the shallow just outside the harbour.  Had a little guest settle down on the windscreen for a while and wouldn't leave  o matter what. Ended up jumping on my hand for a while . With the big fire up towards Broome there was a lot of smoke hanging around which made for an interesting sunset.


Selling the Hilux

 Selling the Hilux if any members are interested.

Could not post in advertising section so apologies, no access. Feel free to move across Adam.

Please see advert on Marketplace.

Details

This is a 2014 Toyota Hilux KUN26R MY SR5 4x4 3.0L DT$ Diesel Turbo 5 speed manual.

Colour: White

Four brand new tires

New spot lights

Extra high toyota canopy

Travelled: 136943 low ks

Full service history and just serviced.

Fitted with long range 140 litre fuel tank.

$34,500.00 for FW members. 

Excellent mechanical condition and well maintained.

Contact Dave on 0403 978 583 or send through a PM.

 


Orange Roughy Fishing Doc

 Howdy fellas,

 

Check this out if you have an hour to kill and have any sort of interest in this sort of thing...

 

Incredible time in the fishing history in Australia...

 

Few familiar names and boats from the area in SA where I grew up...

 

Some of the tonnage talked is incredible...

 

A boat from home used to have 100 T of Roughy Quota over there, they'd catch that in 4 days after steaming from SA to St Helens to fish the famous Hill off St Helens....

 

Wild times...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2hF7xOo-I

 

Enjoy....


Sandy doubled up

The weather gods were on our side with the wind predicted to arrive late arvo so we decided to go way further out than we have done up here. Extra jerry of fuel and off we went. Ended up about 30nm out looking for ground but everywhere we tried the pickers were in full force. Hooked up to something big that took some line   but after a good fight then lines tangling up the hooks got pulled but going from the fight it was a monster trev. Shortly after another good pull on the line but up came a nor wester .

We decided to move back in a bit and look for more ground which resulted in some nice looking ground 21nm out where we started to get some decent fish before the pickers . A couple of nice grassies came on board and then I got a nice red, nothing huge but it will be dinner. Shortly after on the same drift Sandy hooked up good , she said the reel is getting hard to wind it needs to be greased up. Getting the fish to the boat we found out why it was hard, she had Hooked 2 good size grassies in the same snelled hooks. With a few more drifts we had bagged out and on the way back. Had a great trip back in sitting on about 25 knots all the way. Beating the wind. All up had a great day with a few feeds on the way



On his way

 Pack your bags


Bent Street Boat Ramp- Latest pic of Sandbar buildup.

 Nice clear Picture- it's amazing how much sand is moving around. "Mother Nature!"


Octi tread light grey

 Long shot I know, just wondering if anyone happens to have some left over Octi tread light grey stashed away?
Ran a little short and don't really want to buy a complete sheet iff poss


Fresh feed of flake

Had the morning off so time to go fishing. Tide wasn't the best but just a chance to wet a line and chill out for a while. Only got 1 shark but that will do. Pan fried with a creamy lemon sauce on a bed of mash went down a treat


relaxation

What a better way to just chill out. Only thing missing is a few fish


AFL Trade Week

What was looking like a quiet trade period has gone boom in the last few days.

As a Pies fan, I'd be disappointed to lose Taylor Adams but it will free up some cap space and we've got some young midfielders in the VFL which need AFL minutes.

Lachie Schultz could be a great get, with McCreery hopefully going into the midfield in 2024. Schultz could eventually replace Billy Elliot in the forward line. 

A lot of water to go under the bridge to get that deal done but we're rapidly becoming a destination club.

 


Canvas sewing machine

 Howdy lads,

 

Have any of you fellas made anything yourselves using a heavy duty sewing machine?

 

I've got plenty of little jobs I could possibly justify buying a machine to take up more room in the shed with the rest of my crap.

 

Just wondering how heavy duty you need to go with my the machine

 


Blooded the new boat! Not how I intended though

Been working on boats about 30 yrs and did this.

Slipped into open hatch, seen this horror a few times over the yrs and did it myself last night.

28 stitches, in and out of ED in 90 minutes and about 15 people filed thru saying "ooooh that's a nice one..."



Boat Wrap

Hi all

im thinking of getting my Fraser wrapped in just a blue colour from gunwale down 5 m long 500 mm at stern to 600 mm at the bow of boat can anyone recommend someone mobile who can come to warnbro an do it, if anyone has done it do you know what price I am looking at please cheers Darryl 


Steep Point by road then boat

Howdy Folks,

Over Six months ago, we started toying with the idea of a steep point trip and taking the tinny for a few days of camping. After navigating the DPAW system, we managed to book a few days in Shelter Bay for the week before school holidays. With school holidays coming up, we ended up booking 4 nights across three different sites as we were unable to get the same spot for consecutive nights. Pain in the arse but so be it.

As timing got a little closer, we opted to sub out the tinny and take the big boat and follow the Shelter Bay swagging holiay with a few nights on the boat. Its good to have options.

Day 1 - Casual departure from home and arrived at Cliff Head after not exceeding 90kmh. We were very heavy with all the food and drink we needed for a week onboard. I was suspect of the trailer brakes which randomly pulsated so we went slow so things didnt get hot. 

Day 2- the worlds slowest drive from Cliff Head to Geraldton going throgh Dongara and pretty much every road that went to the coast between. The hubs were getting warm but nothing to worry about. 

After lunch, we push through to Nerrin Nerrin for the night. Kids were sick of stopping so we got there early afternoon which was regrettable but thankfully we did as the hubs got real hot and spat a bit of grease out. I called all the mechanics in Denham asking for someone to take a look at it but couldnt get anything until after the school holidays. 

Day 3 - Up early while it was cool and after a fuel top up at Billabong, we arrive at Hamelin Pool to drop the boat off and move swags and food into the car.
It took us about 4 hours to get to our campsite (Blackies) though we went via the blowholes. When checking in, the ranger told us of a few cancellations so we managed to consolidate our booking to 3 nights at Blackies. I was happy with that. The wind was absoloutely pumping so we set up for the night and managed to see a few shooting stars. 

Day 4 - Out to Steep Point we went for the iconic photo and a look at the fishing spots. I had a few quick flicks but there were people fishing and lines going everywhere and without wanting to interfeer, we didnt stay for long. Didnt see anyone catching anything. It was still blowing
I forgot to take bait so we managed to take a chunk off a piece of steak and used that to catch some butterfish which would be hopefully turned into something else. 

Day 5 - Took the track to the Nor 6 memorial and got a few drone shots there. Poor little drone was battling maintaining its position with 20 knots blowing up the cliff. We walked through another couple of bays before heading back to camp to catch some more bait. Still yet to see anyone with a fish.

Day 6 - Really casual day. Daughter had managed to pick up a cold so we did a little more driving around before planning to watch the sunset at the point and having tea out there. We forgot to tell the clouds our plans so ended up having tea at The Oven while I was fishing with the chunks of butterfish that didnt even get touched. 
The mass of fishers at the point and their marquees had cleared out and all that remained was huge amounts of rubbish. Its really dissappointing the amount of shit these folks left behind, weather it be broken bits of fishing rods, leader, line, terminal tackle packets, glass etc. Its really shit. 

Yeah its difficult to get the rubbish back out but the amount of cars out there would suggest that someone had room to pick it up. 

Anyhoo

Day 7 - Time to go back to the boat and up to Denham for a re-stock. The track was really so easy. The big hills were not remotely boggy, just dug up and undulated due to people going too fast. It took us 2.5 hours almost to the minute from leaving camp to turning off Useless Loop Road, including airing up.

Day 8 was in Denham and Monkey Mia to tick them off the map

Day 9 - One last kick of the footy on grass before concerning the bank and fuelling up the boat. Ouch!
The weather forecast had been on mind as it was going to be atrocious with a strong wind warning issued for the next two days. The plan was to go to Useless Loop for the first night but not wanting to transit across to DHI in what was going to be 30-35 knots, we opt to go west. 
We head out with mandatory lifejackets on for all just while I got used to the boat fully loaded and with a new extended canopy. Wind is 10 knots from the south so it is a fairly effortless drive across to Cape Herrisson at the top of useless loop. We're looking for somewhere to stop for lunch but canont find anywhere to tuck in so we head across to the next headland being Cape Bellefin and once past there, the seabreeze is blowing 25 knots. Wife not very comfortable and we have to punch into the wind to keep the water out of the boat. Wife had to open the scuppers due to the spray and move anything that shouldnt get too wet, forward.  Initially, we aim for Tumbledown Point but ended up going into Homestead bay and dropping the pick for lunch. We ended up spending the night there after moving a couple of times before sunset to find the right spot. 

We managed to pick up a couple of scallops/pippies/muscles and cast them out picking up a gardie which would become bait. 

Day 10 - With two anchors in, we did move at night even though the boat was shuddering in the wind which was into the 30's. I had read a suggestion that Notch Point was a good anchorage in a blow after brekkie and a stroll on the beach, we pick up anchor(s) and head north. I dropped in a 6 inch soft plastic that gets immediately bitten in half by what I think was a tailor but have to give up fishing as the wind is so strong, the lures are skipping along beside the boat due to the wind, and us only doing 8-10 knots. 

The charts up that way are horrendous in close and in more than one spot, C-map says I am in 3.5m but i am infact dodging coral bombies. 

Notch Point wasnt half of what it was meant to be and after 30 minute of pondering, we agree to make the 4 nautical mile punch back to where we came from. Scuppers open and everyone straps in. Down to 6 knots for most of it as the boat got smashed but due to the wind angle, it got better every minute we got closer. 
Back at homestead bay, we beached the boat knowing the tide didnt have much more to go out and spent the arvo buggering around on the beach, walking the boat up as the tide came in. Got a few more shells for bait and fished for a bit unsuccessfully.

Day 11 - i woke up early as i felt a wave hit the boat and spray me in the swag. Rude....but then i notice the land behind the boat. I had forgotten about a southerly swing with the wind so thankfully the boat had taken up on the second anchor which was more east than the primary so the boat was sitting paralelle to the coast and swinging into 400mm of water. Almost buggered that one up.

The wind was meant to moderate so we waited until mid morning before head south to Tumbledown bay and waited there until lunch before heading south to Shelter Bay. Had a quick fish just out of the exclusion zone before heading south admiring the view of the land. We stop just beside Sunday island and fish a hole there and find millions of small pinkies which proove entertaining for a bit before heading south. 

Shortly after lunch, the wind is pumping again so we make our way south and find a spot for an arvo snooze before heading out to some weed patches to try to get some squid for bait. Without luck, we anchor just out from Kel's 2 anticipating an easterly in the morning. The young bloke, now with proper bait managed to catch a heap more butterfish and charlie court, one which we kept for a taste. 

God damn did it blow that night! It must have gotten above the 30's again and held on until ~3 in the morning where it didnt go east, just moderated. 

Day 12 - After a rough night with the boat whipping around on anchor, we head over to try for squid again before heading west. My fuel gauge was showing that i had a little of half a tank of fuel (but only used less than 1/3 litre wise) i was anxious about fuel. We trolled around for an hour watching the world and whales whilst marking a couple of spots. No luck on lures so we went back to one of the spots I marked and instantly we are on. Charlie court...bugger. 
Still fun for the kids and i hand the wife our only heavy rod and I dont know what happens but the next second she is lunging for the gunnel as it hits the water...some how she dropped it and we all watch it slowly sink down. oh well. 

After being forced to swap rods, we only have the small rods and proceed to bugger around for the next hour and manage to bag out on baldies, pick up a stripey tuna and a blue lined emperor...all before brekkie, and all with the kids in PJ's. Out of all of that - i caught nothing!

Bearing in mind we have one license onboard, and I wanted to try for snapper elsewhere. we pull the pin on fishing there and beach the boat to fillet the catch + have brekkie. 

It has absoloutely glassed out at this point and had been around 5 knots since we picked up anchor. It was a glamourous day and you could essentially select the fish you wanted in 12m of water. 

After cleaning up the catch and having a bit of a swim, we loaded up, strapped everything in and proceeded to make our way around to useless loop (Eastern side of Herrison Prong) at around 25 knots. After a stop to watch a tigershark, look at dolphins and try for swuid, we arrived at a bay north of the salt jetty for lunch and a snooze.

After being rudely awoken by a work call, we drift around catching a few squid to go with dinner. 

We dropped a few baits on the salt jetty for some pocket sized snapper before anchoring just inside Ant Island, south of Useless Loop townsite for fish and squid for dinner.

 

Day 13 we wake up to an absoloute glass out and silence from the boat. Almost eery. I pull up the anchor because there is the slighest south westerly wind which will push us out as i drag out the dunny and cast for squid while we drift at .003 of a knot doing the morning duties...

Once the chores are done, we moved over to the ship loader and have a bag of bait + squid heads to use. A snapper a cast explains the next hour and a half, again, with kids still in PJ's. 
We manage one size pinky out of it to the young bloke and I thought i was onto the fish of the trip before pulling up a gold spot trevor. Still, a first for me. 

After using all of our bait, we head back to the anchorage at Herrison Prong to clean up preparing to head back to Denham. 

Brekkie was had, town clothes put on and again, 25 knots most of the way to Denham after 4 days, 23 hours and 25 minutes living out of the boat. The most consecutive amount of time on the boat was 41 hours. 

We leave Denham after a quick re-stock at lunchtime and make it as far as Cliff Head at 19:30 at night after taking an extended brake at Billabong to let everyhting cool down (hubs) which were no longer getting hot (had turned the brakes right down on the controller). It was 24 in Denham, 39 in Billabong and 24 at Cliff Head. We contemplated just driving home but figured we wouldnt be getting home until midnight and didnt need 3 full days at home. 

Dont need to bore anyone with the last day of driving but we were home just after lunchtime.

Overall a challenging trip wind wise but still an awesome trip none the less and ticked up a couple of things off the list. 
The kids got pretty board on the boat and we forgot a few card games we had planned to take out. They were good when we were fishing but when it was blowing 35 knots and there wasnt much else to do, the parenting was outsourced to iPads. 

Fish wise, for two x 400gm bags of mullies, we did OK. Took lots of gear but boat wise, 3.5 out of 5 days were unfishable. 

Ranger did great. I am glad there was no one with scales between the fuel station and the boat ramp....I average 17.4l/100 on the way up with a tail wind doing 90/95 and on the way home with very favourable winds (nil), sitting on 100, we did 19.9. 

 

The boat ran faultlessly. The only thing that broke was a screw holding the lock into the glovebox fell out. We ended up back at the ramp with 120l in the tank so over 1/3. 

 








 

 


Paver/landscapers on here or recommendation for an easy job :-)

Hi all
looking for a paver/landscaper
our front yard is paved with old red bricks and we want to remove some to change into lawn (we will do the lawn bit) and re-level the existing pavers (bricks) - area of about the same

so essentially removal of some and lift and relay of the rest - anyone on here do that sort of thing or know of anyone who is available?

cheers


Electric Knife Sharpener

 So...Im getting lazy and cant be assed using the wetstone anymore to sharpen my knives.

Can anyone recommend a good electric knife sharpener?

 

Thanks


auto trans cooling system

Did a trip down to karatha on the weekend with the camper on the back and the boat in tow. Drive down no problems but the trip back in 40 plus temps we got about 200klm back and the transmission got hot and started to play up.

Anyone had experience with the transmission cooling system and what brand. Hopefully we can sort the problem out or it's going to mean up sizing the tow rig which I don't realy want to do .

Any help greatly appreciated


Spotlights for driving

 Howdy all....

 

I'm getting some bar work done on a new Lux tomorrow and will put some decent spottys/lightbar on it....

 

I've been doing a bit of reading on Fyrlyt products, they make some pretty big claims in regard to HID instead of LED...

 

Some of you fellas would be the full bottle I'm sure...

 

I'm not interested in Top of the Waz, should be plenty of well prices options out there that do the job so If anyone has any good suggestions throw em at me.....

 

Cheers

 

TB


Tikka T3

 G'day there lads,

 

It's not hard to find Tikka love on the forums but wanted to know if any any of you fellas are shooting Tikka centrefires and how do you find them.

 

I've had enough of my kick like a mule Winchester 308.

 

I'm going to fuck that off and get a Tikka T3x supervarmint.

 

While I'm there I'm going to order a CTR in 223...

 

Working offshore again, time for some retail therapy!!


Concrete shed pad

Any concreters on FW keen to quote on an approximately 9.5 x 1.4m shed pad? Will be for three inline 3m long skillion sheds, with a raised section inside each shed for waterproofing.

Job is NOR in Iluka.

Alternatively, is anyone happy to recommend someone?


Need advice about my rusty nuts!

 Gday guys, went over boat trailer on the weekend and found that I cant remove the wheels because the wheel nuts have rusted on hard. Managed to get a couple loose on one wheel but it took alot of hammering on the wheel brace. Most would not budge so i gave up  any tips on how to remove them? its a problem ive never had before - do i need to get them red hot with one of those portable flame blow torches first and then try. Also the wheel rims are all badly rusted and i want to replace them.  The tyres are  185R14C all like new. Any tips on where to get repalcement rims? i dont want anything flash second hand is fine   just the solid disc type rims will do me  and does   185R14C mean i need a 14 inch rim? thanks ahead for any advice   cheers   dave


Adam Britton

 Woof...

 

Sorry, bad taste...

 

Fark what a mongrel, pardon the pun...

 

I hope they throw him in a cell and let 6 police dogs finish him off, would be fitting for him to die this way....

 

I don't think David Attenborough will be sending him Cheerios and asking how his long lost buddy is finding it on the inside....


Not a bad job - tax free income and pretty cool location!

tax free
6 weeks annual leave
medical paid for whole family
free flights

am sure you would get a decent feed of tuna thrown in too! :-)

https://www.seek.com.au/job/70159178?type=standout#sol=1ebc96ef176b6c01994d28e68f80e7c7f89b7e81


Sea Pen Dismantling

Does anyone have any experiance with dismantling a sea pen? 8.5m x 3.5m dimond front type.

Any hints, tips or tricks would be appriciated from those that have attempted it before.

Cheers