my best catch to date, and a week too soon
Submitted by randall df223 on Sun, 2012-12-09 18:06
went targeting sambos at gemini wreck and this nice dhuie popped up. quick photo and then successfullt released.
and there may be a rumour about a FW member requiring the services of whitfords vsr, thanks guys....doh!
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Dizzy
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Bad timing on that one.C'arn
Bad timing on that one.
C'arn spill the beans - what happened with the VSR event ?
grantarctic1
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Nice
Nice Dhu Randall, at least your getting some practice on the jig's for when the ban is over .
fisho-ron
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yeh mate spill the beans,
yeh mate spill the beans, what happen?
edit; nice dhu as well....spewin eh!!
randall df223
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i blame it on the fact the
i blame it on the fact the fuel guage doesnt read properly. my wife say it doesnt need to be fixed, we just need a dipstick, and then realises we already have one.....
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fisho-ron
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oh, not good, at least you
oh, not good, at least you can laugh at yourself!!
my boat dose not go in the water without a full tank, no matter what!!!!!! and i have 250ltrs
grayzeee
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Same Ron. I know even on the
Same Ron. I know even on the biggest days , I'll use little more than half a tank.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
randall df223
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yes and there will be the
yes and there will be the appropriate donation forthcoming...
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Vinesh87
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Unlucky, i dont trust my fuel
Unlucky, i dont trust my fuel guage either.. ever
But same as ron goes in with a full tank (350L) haha
Nice fish but !!
fisho-ron
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yeh mate, even if its
yeh mate, even if its prawning in the river, only a few hundred mtrs from the ramp it gets filled up.
but your not the only one randall, someone i know did the same, lucky i was there to give him a tow.
never trust the gauge!!
catchalittle
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should have chucked him in a
should have chucked him in a cray pot to swim around for a week lol
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tim-o
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Nice dhu Randall, what was
Nice dhu Randall, what was the water temp out there?
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randall df223
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the sounder said twenty....
the sounder said twenty.... but that could be as reliable as the fuel guage...
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randall df223
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trolling was a nightmare
trolling was a nightmare because if the weed. gave up in the end.
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randall df223
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does anyone know which
does anyone know which direction the gemini lays? we were drifting se - nw and sounder wsd showing the wreck to be about 50 m wide and about 5 - 10 m off the bottom. holding a lot of fish, solid upto about 15 m. would we have been drifting across it rather than along it?
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tim-o
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Prob bout 50m long. Prob some
Prob bout 50m long. Prob some good kings down there atm. Hmmm drop down camera.......
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Iceman
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Out of fuel
Don't worry too much about being rescued due to lack of fuel.
We had another 2 who ran out of fuel as well. Overall a busy weekend including 3 kite surfers getting into trouble Saturday arvo. They are a pain in the arse.
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randall df223
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i dont know what the
i dont know what the legalities are, but i am sure there are some to prevent it... but all i needed yesterday was a ten litre jerry can of fuel to get us back to the ramp. is there anything, other than cost recovery, stopping you guys passing a jerry can over? rather than a tow back to the ramp? your boys could have gone on their way to more important things once we had fuel rather than spending time rowing idiots like me for an hour.
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Iceman
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OH & S Regs
We made the decision many years ago that we would not pass over fuel or batteries or try to jump start someone at sea after one of our members were in jured trying to pass fuel across to another boat. No matter what the conditions.
Also how much spare fuel do we carry. I recently had a vessel run out almost 10nm from Hillarys.
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dodgy
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We do. 20l jerry sealed. Rope
We do. 20l jerry sealed. Rope between the vessels and Jerry into the drink. We have a grab type waterproof bag and do the same with a booster pack.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
chris raff
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Must be a bit tricky ,
Must be a bit tricky , getting the boat on the jetty whilst being towed ...
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dodgy
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Fuel and batteries are
Fuel and batteries are probably 80% of what VMR respond to. Both totally preventable.
And yeah, Chris. Can be tricky when there is a ripping side wind. Get better the more times you do it though.
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Deckie
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This weekend
i imagine this coming weekend will be exceptionally busy, so i'm preparing myself for a hectic saturday with a few calls re; fuel & mechanical failures. I guess that's why we are there.
enjoy & be safe.
cheers Rob
Cheers & Stay safe
uncle
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allways have a backup tank
for others to use in an emergency if required as well, tank is old school only 80 litres,used to take extra 60 litres for fads
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