Welster

Maybe go with a theme for the names. Many of the appliances at my place have names. Boris is the pool cleaner, Doris the vacuum cleaner from the movie True Lies. The dishwasher is Vivian from Pretty Women every time I mention it I think of the line when she says something like my legs are 44 inches that’s 88 inches of legs wrapped around you. ?.

Very nice, I like the idea . Do you just put a meter or do trace on them?

That one on the right is huge

Warning to all fish in the Hacking Yowie is back! Great work on landing the Jewie and cracking your PB. When I was in WA 20 years ago I spent a day in Kalbarri and have always wanted to return.

No response from my local member yet to my message on messenger, my email or letter. When I called I couldn’t get past the guy that answered the phone. I insisted I wanted to know her position on the issue he said something to the effect that’s what the consultation period is for.

I didn’t reply to each zone but did s general reply and uploaded a letter. I intend to talk to my kids about if they wish to reply this weekend.

There is no doubt about it we have given to ground on to many issues. I feel sorry for our kids griwning up with the crap rules society keeps dishing out.

It’s probably best if you to start a new thread in fishing chat. Are you squidding landbased?

As Captain Spanner is saying not all jigs in a size range weigh the same or have the same sink rates.

Nice, you would have to be happy with that.

To get your jigs back I’d be using minimum 10lb line and leader, redo the knots every now and then.

I have a shimano d series in 8000, a thunnus 4000, and a penn live liner. I have also caught a 73cm snapper on a shimano OC 6000 that wasn’t mine. They all go pretty good though. Id consider the 4000 size as a step up with 20lb braid and 4 - 8 kg graphite rod. It has a bit more grunt than your other combo bit should still be fun waiting for the bigger fish. Brand wise I don’t think you can go wrong with penn or shimano. Just be aware baitrunners are heavier than an equivalent standard spin reel.

I agree two wheel drives were no problems for years nothing has changed. As long as the ramps you use are ok you should be fine. Just check your car towing spec as suggested above. I now tow with a four wheel drive with standard road tyres but never have I needed to engage 4wd at a boat ramp.

I haven’t done it but think paternoster would be the go to. I am pretty sure that’s the mothod in the articles section for the spit bridge so it’s probably worthwhile to read it.

I haven’t squid fished in JB. But as with most places the go is probably having a variety and hoping for the best. Reds, orange, pilchard look, black, yellow, white, green, maybe cedar and others have all worked for me at different times.

At the end of the day it’s each owners choice what they do. For me if I’m planning on keeping something a while I think there are benefits in changing oils sooner. On a new one I’d change the gearcase oil after the first 50 hrs and annually or maybe two years. But as you say the plugs and that I’d leave to closer to the 300hrs. Anyway the most important thing is Rebel has made the choice, has his boat and will be out on the water where we all should be more often.

For starters I can’t say I have figured out the Hacking with any sort of consistency. if you are burleying at anchor I think it would pay to have your burley drifting towards structure and also have a lightly weighted it unweighted bait feeding out into the trail. Dont overdo the hook size as there are plenty of leather jackets in the Hacking that are good eating. A paternoster rig with heavier leader and tiny baits would be the go for them. In the clear waters of the Hacking a rod length leader in a lighter size say 6lb might help. With the sounder make sure it isnt in demo mode. Turn off the fish ID feature and try to learn to read and use it. It’s not just for finding fish but finding drop off and holes to fish.

To me it all sounds like regulation for regulations sake. About the only thing I agree with is making the artificial reefs for Fishing only as the licence fees paid for them.

The middle cushion came with ours I don’t have the cushions or back seat in on Fishing trips if there is only two going. On my previous boat I made a ply box to fit to store an additional anchor. This boat i tend to leave the clears and some other stuff under there and access it from the cockpit side so I like the door not going to the floor. The quintrex infill did go all the way to the door unlike the Stacer one. When you make things for the boat you realise how asymmetrical the boat is.

I have the bow cover but only use it for road trips going away. I have used it once on the water and didn’t like it. I did make a new piece for the casting platform floor, I hated how Stacer’s version left a big gap and the cold air rushes through the cockpit underway. Even in the warmer months the kids often sit between the driver and observer against the door wrapped in a towel to warm up. its very rare we put the casting section floor down or remove it.

I had the quintrex millennial hull 5.3 bowrider and and now have the Stacer 5.7 bowride. Of the two I much prefer the Stacer hull. Over about 5m they are both around 2.4 m wide so with a single garage door it could be a bit tight. They are a great all rounder type boat but a bit of a compromise for anyone activity. The are good for a third or forth person to fish out of the front or just laze around. I mostly only fish with two in the boat and thats where I put the esky. Good for anchoring access. I generally have the Bimini on but they are much better with none as it tends to cut the boat into two parts. Fishing with two people the front doesn’t get used much unless casting lures or plastics, or it suits the way the boat is sitting. Great style of boat on a nice day with the family as nobody ever wanted to sit in the half cabin style boats we had when I was young making it really hard to balance the boat underway with a few on board. As the helm position is further aft there is less room in the back then a similar sized runabout so I would always get a bit bigger boat to compensate. Another thing that’s handy is solo launching or even just beaching the boat as it’s so easy to walk through to the front or climb in the front and get to the back.

Bow rider is a good option for an all rounder in my opinion. One fish from the front and two from the back. We had a 5.3 freedom sport, I don’t know how heavy but I’m pretty confident the Subaru will tow it. I use to tow it with my 2.4l hiace van no problem. My current boat is a 5.7m stacer bowrider with 150hp. If I bought another boat I’d go bigger again.

Now that’s a snapper! Well done

Thanks for your help guys much appreciated.

Hard to beat that feeed. Well done. Very concise report