Jurien FADs Project
3 FADs were deployed off Jurien on the 15th Jan 2013. Here are the coordinates;
WAUC North 30° 13.0576' S 114° 34.6623' E
WAUC Central 30° 17.5194' S 114° 36.1417' E
WAUC South 30° 21.6075' S 114° 37.2768' E
The idea of a community-managed FADs project originated on FW, and we successfully constructed our initial FAD with purely community resources. The project was managed by Jamie Moir for WA Undersea, after a grant was successfully secured through Recfish West's Small Grant Program.
The project also enjoyed pricing support from Taylor Marine and Jeyco. Storage and transport assistance from Schaffer Loaders.
Fishwrecked members contributed; Browny donated rope. Grantarctic did some welding. Sunshine donated some cash. Sea-Kem got some galvanising done. Southcity104 did some painting
WA Undersea did a lot more than just receive and spend money. We received the following assistance from members; Cameron N-L designed the current FAD. Byron Smith and Raymond Hill did a lot of splicing Ben Kent came up to help us launch (and operated the camera when he had a spare minute).
If you contributed and and are as-yet uncredited, just get in touch over the details ;) We still have some leftover bits and pieces up in Jurien and hope to deploy another inshore FAD between the banks, will keep you posted about that ;)
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Adam Gallash
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Yup
The idea was born here too, credit to everyone who followed up and made it a reality.
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/fw-jurien-fads-project-donations
http://fishwrecked.com/image/jurien-fads-what-needed-now
http://fishwrecked.com/image/fishwrecked-jurien-fad-mk1
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/anchors-fads-jurien
Can't find the original thread thou :(
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Jayden20
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job well done lads.....
job well done lads..... grats to all
southcity104
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Big effort!
well done Jamie for carrying this for so long for little benifit and providing the whole sportsfishing community with diverse fishing options.
"Its a life style job"
terboz123
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this is pretty
this is pretty incredible....are they staying out year long?
Good work Jamie! and everyone else involved
a hard days fishing still beats work
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GCGFC membergrayzeee
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Great work all.Well done.
Great work all.
Well done. Looking forward to the reports.
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
Alan James
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Congratulations to all those who contributed
Well done Jamie for coordinating the project. A lot of time and effort has been expended to achieve the successful outcome.
grantarctic1
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Great job
Great job Jamie and others
Seaquest
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Good stuff Jamie. Now to
Good stuff Jamie. Now to organise one for down here.
Lamby
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Yep kudos Jamie & those that
Yep kudos Jamie & those that helped this project into a reality, amazing stuff.
Andy Mac
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Top Effort
Well done to all involved.
Now I've just got to swing a trip up to Jurien to fish them.... Hasn't happened in the past 50 + years so I am not counting my chickens just yet, although there were whisperings of a trip with my neighbour sometime soon....
Cheers
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fisho-ron
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nice work jamie, great to see
nice work jamie, great to see it all come together.
do you know if they will be placed in the same position every year if it happens?
well done mate
till
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There is no next year mate,
There is no next year mate, this is a one-off.
The grant was $6150 and each FAD cost $2048ea, not including the time donated by myself, WA Undersea and Fishwrecked members.
I'm personally out of pocket about $250 by the time they were all done, but its nice to put something back for the community.
big john
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Consumable
So your not anticipating recovering any of the fads then Till?
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fisho-ron
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?????
?????
till
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If there is some money down
If there is some money down the track we might pull them up to inspect and replacement, but probably not recover.
sea-kem
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Kudos to you Jamie for
Kudos to you Jamie for making this become a reality and the other members that helped too. Just hope I get a chance to get up there. Maybe a few members to get together for a group outing??
Love the West!
Vinesh87
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Yep brilliant job for sure.
Yep brilliant job for sure. Andy let me know when your going I'm keen for a group outing !!
sea-kem
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Will do Vinnie. As I'm not
Will do Vinnie. As I'm not doing Gnaraloo this year due to the big US trip I was thinking of heading up there later in the year for a few days anyway.
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wangler
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Well done !
I'm heading up that way to Green head for the 1st week in March, taking some eastern staters for a fishing adventure...
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Dougie
Notorious
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Legendary effort by
Legendary effort by Jamie!
Well bloody done! very proud of all the parties involved
This will benefit all WA fisherman (lino and spearo)
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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FADS!
Gonna hit up the PGFC FADS whilst they are red hot at the moment with billfish/YFT/wahoo etc and if things go quiet I will packup the car and all the fishing gear and make the trip to Jurien
collie5
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well done guys,approximately
well done guys,
approximately how far offshore are these things? i was planning on getting up to cervantes soon so a day trip out to the fads would be perfect.
jigsaw
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Fishwrecked Fad
Is it called the Fishwrecked Fad?
till
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Starting from the Jurien
Starting from the Jurien Marina, 22nm to the 1st FAD, 8nm apart, then 22.4nm back to the Jurien marina, all as the crow flies.
Their names are in the thread. They are named after he major sponsors; WAUC.
Notorious
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*likes this* Are they
*likes this*
Are they labelled with WAUC sprayed on them till?
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till
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We might signpost them but
We might signpost them but they went out like the pics show.
Its all about the fish right?
Notorious
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thats it :)
thats it :)
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spanishmackeral
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congrats on getting this done
congrats on getting this done till, thumbs up!!
Lucky Last Cast
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Awesome job guys on
Awesome job guys on implementing this.
Can't wait to get out on the water and try them out.
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naylor_1
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Any reports on how the fads
Any reports on how the fads are fishing??
Lucky Last Cast
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We havnt fished them yet but
We havnt fished them yet but are hoping to within the next week. Will keep u posted if we hear any reports or how we go when we eventually get back out on the water as it has been so windy here :(
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spanishmackeral
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in another thread whitey said
in another thread whitey said theres dollys at the nothern fad
seasport
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Definitely Mahi Mahi on the
Definitely Mahi Mahi on the Nth FAD, sighted around 30 on Sat, very flighty, less fish on Sunday but more on the chew. Plenty of Spaniyards from the town Jetty to Second bank, Wahoo on the temp change which was around 50m and Marlin lurking west of Greenhead and Leeman from 60 - 120m, also alomg the temp/ current breaks
Browny
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Well done Jamie,Great to see
Well done Jamie,
Great to see this project eventuate.
Congrats to you on the organising, I know its taken a lot of time!
Now just to get time off work to go fishing............
I just love Exmouth: Its a quaint little drinking town with a fishing problem!
till
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Ta Browny and thanks for your
Ta Browny and thanks for your contribution as well.
Yeah the new job must be keeping you busy!
Sea Hunter
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Current news?
Fantastic project and thank you,
does anyone have any current news on the FADS?
Or a fishing report for Jurien, preferably boat based?
MattMiller
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Here
Sea Hunter - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jurien-Bay-FADs/227882653976728
Sea Hunter
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Thanks Matt
Spewing, I can't believe they didn't even last a year.
iamad
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Why is this still in the feed?
Heading up to Jurien Bay for Easter so clicked on this link. No comment since 2013 and it looks like the FAD project was a short term project that had funding in 2012 and ended in 2013 but this hasn't stopped Department of Fishheries still hanging their hat on the project in a 2015 update"
This is an extract from the above link:
"Examples of some grants that have already been approved include:
www.fish.wa.gov.au/fishing-and-aquaculture/recreational-fishing/supporting-recreational-fishing/Pages/default.aspx
Even RecFishWest makes a mention of it.
Have I missed something and there are actually one or more FADs between Cervantes and Jurien Bay?
Judging by this video there were a success from a fishing point of view...
www.spearfishingdownunder.com.au/tribe/fads-run/
If anyone has an update, I would love to hear it.
Trimee
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Are these still out there
Hi all
I know this is a super old post but looks like alot of effort went in to these from you all.
But are there and fads still up. Jurien way
Thanks
JohnF
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I dont think so. The boat
I dont think so. The boat that was used to put these FADS out has moved on to more profitable ventures.......
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
sea-kem
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Yep was a one time only
Yep was a one time only project
Love the West!
Trimee
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Darn it would of been good
Darn it would of been good to fish them.
I am sure we will find some fish somewhere out there
Paul_86
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You can sometimes find
You can sometimes find dollies hanging around cray pot floats out deep this time of year up there.
JohnF
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If you find 44 gallon drums
If you find 44 gallon drums full of white stuff....BINGO!
Boston Whaler 235 Conquest......getting the flogging it was built for.
Ryan C
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John F
i find the dollies really acrobatic around the drums you are talking about , not much meat on them though!