Borryking

Cheers Plankton! I did a bit of searching today and ended up buying a pack of stainless welding rod to make my own 👍

 

There's a few variations of this rig. Chk out this guys Youtube channel for more info on making your own gemini clips etc.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeVntpTqOSg

 

Nice vid but geez the bloke can talk! Suggest starting at 8:29 if wanting to get down to business.

 

I'm hoping they put up the english version soon. Almost need subtitles with that one 

Great work there Plankton! Really appreciate you putting this up. Going to have to get a few more bits and pieces for the FWC mission in a few weeks by the looks!

Remember that anyone retrieving has right of way regardless of which lane they are in, and what state of launching you are in. You never know if there is someone injured on board, hole in the boat, etc. Had a big mouth have a go at me one day at sullies for launching in a non-priority launching lane (nothing says you can't). He retrieved down the priority launch lane and started mouthing off at me in front of his yachtie mates. If the tosser had read his boating manual before leaving home, he would have been aware he could of pulled in behind me and I would be obliged to get out the way - which I would have.Another note from your manual - take note of which side of the harbour entrance you need to be on whilst exiting / entering. The amount of people that don't know this simple rule is dumbfounding.Take your knowledge and commonsense with you and leave your attitude at home. You will find most people will try and help you.

Jeez the resolution is ordinary on attached images. Here is a better version:

Long exposure shot over the sticks at Pt Willunga. I think Southie will know what night this was taken on

Had a similar problem in my old motor and it was a blocked main jet

Learn to run it in manual and check out this site, some very good information:http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.phpThere are also a lot of good books providing beginners guides to DSLR cameras. p.s. If you are shooting in or around water and / or landscapes involving the sky then a circular polarising filter is your best friend

I have had mixed experiences personally. There have been members that have have openly helped me with spots / techniques and in one person's case taken me out numerous times on their boat, which resulted in my PB snapper. There have been some great friendships forged as a result. I won't name these members as I don't wish them to be hounded for information. Their spots will follow me to the grave, as I believe trust should be earnt not assumed. I have also reciprocated with information where possible from my puddle of knowledge (in comparison).On a separate note I have taken a S&H member on my boat out to one of my spots on a strict agreement that it was to be kept confidential. A number of months later I find that spot posted on the internet by the member despite promises to keep it quiet... understandably :c off with this situation.That in itself has really soured the experience for me, and I am now very cautious about distributing information to others.

The two spinners straddling the middle lure look like Celta's:http://www.freetime.com.au/rublex/size2.asp

The biggest concerns that I've seen the experts worry about is the cleaning chemicals that are used to treat the water and equipment mixed with the brine and dissolved metals that it picks up passing through the machinery. But that can be managed by rigorous water quality testing and treatment. The other really big concern is the inlet sucking up large amounts of larvae from crabs/shrimp/krill and other juvenile stage sea life. Again' date=' good design of the inlet so it has minimal intake velocity and is placed in a zone with minimal spawning characteristics.[/quote']I wouldn't be at all concerned with the intake, that is easily designed around with oversized suction piping and large surface area inlet screen to reduce the inlet velocity. Not sure on the exact design of the intake, but being sea water I would say that they would also have some sort of backwash mechanism to stop build up on the screens. This could be achieved either by a parasitic load off the discharge side of an upstream pump, or via a compressed air blasting system. The use of (if they have used them) wedge wire inlet screens also allows smaller aperture sizes without the pressure drop. Due to the geometry any items caught on the downstream side of the screen also tend to fall off (ditto if there is a backwash system).Agreed that the biocides used in the discharge system are of the biggest concern. They typically use sodium hypochlorite, which is essentially chlorine. Sodium metabisulphite is often added near the discharge to neutralise the chlorine, but this also comes with its own series of environmental impacts. A bit like introducing cane toads....They are however, using GRE pipe which has an inherent resistance to marine fouling, so technically not too large quantities of the chemicals should need to be used. That being said, the content of chlorine needs to be at a high enough quantity to clean ALL of the piping - right to the discharge point. This guarantees that there will be chlorine at the discharge point. I believe they would be well aware of this, and would hence know that a certain area of the environment will be affected. I would like to know how they are going to control the discharge of these chemicals? Is it through periodic manual testing of the water at the outlet, or with some type of sensor within the pipework to alarm / shutdown on high level? If it is manual, you can pretty much guarantee that the control is going to be pretty average.

The outfall as mentioned is a questionable topic, but personally I don't see it as a good thing. They are removing salt gigalitres of water and dumping the concentrate into one area. If it was in backstairs passage it wouldn't be a problem due to extreme currents that would dilute the outfall quite quickly. Dumping it into a culdesac such as our gulf can't be a good thing. It will also take a while for the true impacts to be seen, as firstly the micro / macro marine growth will die, then everything else will ship out as it decides there is now nowhere to hide and nothing to feed on. The weeds will go first followed small fish / crustaceans then everything else further up the food chain. One great plus though - there won't be any sharks!! They will no longer have anything to eat so will head for greener pastures.The big question I would like to ask is how the hell are they powering the great white elephant of the south? All this BS about carbon taxes, the environment, etc and they are installing this thing. The nature of RO plants is that salty water is forced through a series of membranes at high pressure to remove the salt. Pumps with high discharge head require very large motors to power them. Now combine this with the volumes that they are expecting, and we are talking some serious pump duty. Maybe if they installed a massive windfarm next to it they could come close to justifying it, but no, they will be pulling the electricity off the grid which is mostly supplied by dirty great coal burning power stations. Media Mike made a job creation scheme with little regard for the impacts. They should have looked further into recycling the vast amounts of storm water that ends up back in the ocean.

Small ziplock bags. Coil the rig up then leave the connection loop hanging out the top. Clip on your snap swivel or tie on the main line and lift the rig out usually with a minimum of tangles. You can get packs of hundreds on ebay very cheap

You want dodgy? Try using Tiger Airlines. I used them for the first and last time to go to Avalon last summer. I took my surfboard with me and it cost more to send the board than it did for me. And.... they caved the nose in on the way over. These budget airlines are definitely not very budget once you add it all up. I make sure to check all of the fine print before buying my tickets now.

@ Urhookedfish for me when I was looking to upgrade it was good to have all the boats in one place at one time. To be able to walk arou@nd compare prices and features which made it easier to select what make and model was suitable for me. You can’t do it that efficiently on the web; ok you get a few pics and a description: however you cannot sit in it or touch it. You would not pick your wife that way' date=' would ya? Then again some do. Driving around all day going from one yard to another and then back again to compare your top 2 boats is a pain the rear and could cost you just as much if not more. The boat show gets 10/10 from me cheers BB[/quote']Also much easier to compare boats when they are 30 seconds away from each other rather than a half hour drive. You can get a pretty good perspective by walking from one to another. The boat show makes it very easy to rule out the ones you definitely aren't interested in. We didn't buy from anyone exhibiting at the show (at the time), but we did have a good look through which helped to put our needs and wants into perspective.

Some good info there Jack. Nice one! One mark will often produce fish on a certain day, but understand when and why they are there and you open your options up considerably

I asked the question today and was told that the trawler crews are on a rest break. Apparently that is why the trawlers are moored in as close as they are. When I asked if they were trawling in that close I was told that they are not legally allowed to trawl in close like where they are now.

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Zipbaits Khamsin JR

Don't anyone take it as a reason not to go tomorrow night, that is why they have done it. Trying to take advantage of fisher's relaxed she'll be right attitude. We need to get bulk numbers down to Burnside, the more the better.

Hey BORRYKINGI have worked in insurance for a while now and have some pretty happy experiences of boofheads that have wiped themselves out before they were able to wipe out anyones family :)Some absolute tools out there mate!I love your line "...incompatible brain power horsepower combination" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Needs to be put in the law books for the judges to use at sentencing time

Yeah mate, at the end of Landers Rd I think. Turning left onto Dyson Rd big snakie to faceplant. I don't normally like to laugh at others misfortunes, but better an immoveable concrete curb than an 8yo kid playing on the footpath. Looked like they had done quite a bit of damage to it too

Yeah that paj got a good working over. Dudes rolled it onto its side and were jumping up and down on it. Guess they won't do it again. Saw a good one on the side of Dyson Rd yesterday too. A couple of forlorn looking boy racers sitting on the side of the road while their beloved skyline sat high and dry up an embankment. The result of an incompatible brain power and horse power combination. Some good snakies leading up to the trashed car. Should have taken a pic. Gave them a good laugh when I went past

i just nomally use pilchards 4 berley ' date='if u want them to stay on when casting wrap cotton around them[/quote']ever tried this Cocky ?http://baitelastic.com/

You can buy it at tackle shops as baitmate or spider cocoon. It is a kind of elastic cotton and works real well to keep pillies on. We have used it a lot at salt creek.

If using pillies I always run the IQF ones as bait. The block ones are crap and turn to much as soon as they are thawed. Only grab as many as you need at a time from the esky so they go on the hooks mostly frozen. Block pillies are a berley only option for me.