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Fishing from a boat at night for jewies I sometimes use a 1 inch cube of foam right down in front of hooks to float bait off bottom. Doesn't deter the jews and reduces stingrays. Unfortunately this may cut down casting distance from the beach. Ron

You probably have to buy them, so the simple answer would be to take seat to your stainless shop and try them out. Ron

I have always been amazed at how slow leci winches are and thought why would you bother? I have always taken some pride in being quicker getting boat in and out single handed than most crews. Im mid 70s, far from fit with a 5.6 meter Quinnie with 90hp Honda and have no problem winching her onto trailer single handed. Although I must admit that I have lately been swinging to driving her onto the trailer after fitting a boat-catch. My tips for easy launching and winching are as follows. 1. Get rid of galvanized roller axles and replace with home made stainless ones. You wont believe how much easier it will roll off and on. 2. Don't put trailer too far into the water to retrieve . The keel should rest on last roller, not float over it. 3. Get a 3 speed winch ( preferably a Jarret) and winch boat quickly on fast 1 to 1 cog as far as you can do it with ease (usually over half way), then change to slower speed to finish without straining. You may be happier with a power winch but I suggest you try driving on first and what ever way you go consider those stainless axles. Ron

Its hard to know what will work. I prepared an add for ebay and almost as a joke I printed it with best photo and put it up on Woolies noticeboard and had buyer phone me on 1sþ night. Also just sold my daughters car in 2 days on Facebooks Marketplace which is free. Use plenty of photos. Good luck. Ron

I did have a couple of spares I have picked up on highway and keep one in car boot. Gave 1 away a couple of weeks ago when bloke was stuck on ramp after he left his on trailer and someone pinched it. Be careful as magnet wont stop it being half inched. Ron

The wharf at Yowie bay cann be ok at night, but all of PH will be difficult until the recent fresh is flushed out of the system. Ron

The most damaging electrolysis usually occurs under the floor if sinkers, swivels coins etc get dropped. I always lift floor and remove floatation once a year so I can thoroughly clean out. It's amazing how much dirt and bits of line congregates under there but it's a pain to do with a big tinny like mine. Ron

Trailer appears to be too short to me with too much weight not being supported at rear. There is also the issue of whether there is the correct weight over the towball as this can cause excessive bounce when towing which can affect controll of rig and breaking probs. Just a thought. How long is the draw bar, is there any chance youu can move the winch post forward bringing boat further onto the trailer. This may mean you need to move axle as well to adjust drawbar weight. First thing would be to contact trailer manufacturer ang find out max it was built for. Dealers selling rigs with unsuitable trailers to cut costs used to be fairly common once but it is rare these days. Ron

Never heard of brand but should be ok if they are deep cycle.

If using roof racks load them butt forward or risk breaking them. It amazes me how many load tip forward. Ron

As a beginner you probably don't really know what you will be fishing for so hard to advise you. I would recommend a 2kg to 4kg rod between 6ft6 and 7ft 6 leaning towards the longer with a 2500 or 3000 real. 4kg line would suit and any heavier will cut back casting distance. Braid is good but complicates things needing to learn fg knots, neading a mono leader etc. This outfit will cover your bread and butter species as well as casting plastics for flathead and squid fishing. Even if you move on to bigger and possibly better speciies you will still nead an outfit like this for general fishing and bait collection. I'm a confessed tackle junkie and would have about 5 like this. Ron

Its risky exceeding the recomend max hp for a hull. If manufacturer has reccently increased max hp I would check with them that they haven't beefed up the hull or transom before accepting that this relates to your boat. Just a thought? Ron

I have used old saucepans successfully in the past and like blackfish also used jam tins many years ago. I am planning to make some large deep drop sinkers but problem now is finding lead cheep. Ron

If looking for light battery be careful and don't be talked into a lithium battery as Watersnake advise their motors are not compatable with them. As your likely to flatten such a small battery fairly often I would only be considering a deap cycle battery as they can be run flat without damage. As you already have extra weight at back consider mounting a fair way forward but don't tie down till you have experimented a bit. Ron

I used to have a quinnie 4.5 lazeabout with a 50hp and appreciated later upgrade to a 60hp. I imagine a 40hp would have been hopeless. Ron

The Next tip I want to share is for Burley distributors. There are basically 2 types, fixed pots that distribute burley via holes in sides and bottom and bombs that drop all the contents in one go. Pipes used by me were 90mm stormwater and 50mm for small one. FIXED are easiest to make. You can make them with screw on tops but that is extra cost and work that isn’t needed. I make mine from 90mm stormwater pipe and 2 end caps with a hole in middle big enough to take rope or heavy cord you are using. Pass rope through pipe and end cap and tie knot big enough to stop rope pulling through. Slide other cap onto rope, tie a loop in end to place over bollard and slide cap down onto pipe. Depending on burley used, drill appropriate holes in sides and top. For frozen minced fish I use half inch holes and weight them heavily. For chook pellets holes just smaller than pellets. Only put a couple of inches of pellets in as they need room to move and swell up. I leave mine in burley pot so pellets get wet when launching as they need time to soften. Works best in a current or set near surface where they are agitated by waves and you will get a constant stream of fine particles to attract bait etc. If stream stops give rope a jiggle to get moving. BOMBS are made in a similar fashion but assembled differently so that when rope is jerked lid comes off and whole unit flips upside down to dump contents. I also weight these heavily to sink quickly with lead moulded from appropriate sized tin can. Small ones can be weighted with snapper lead as per photo. Size of pipe is varied depending on how much burley you need to dump. Drill larger holes on sides of tube and end caps + hole in caps just big enough for cord then glue bottom end on pipe. Pass cord from bottom into pipe and I also through hole in lead moulded to fit bottom and tie a large knot. Now the tricky bit. Run cord on outside of pipe and tie loop about 8 inches higher than pipe then pull other end of loop through hole in end cap leaving enough slack in cord to top pull end off the tube. Larger pots I have 3 cords on pull cap as per photo. To operate, put burley in pot and slide top cap on just enough that it will hold against weight of the pot. Gently place in water over side of boat and lower to bottom or desired depth, then give rope a sharp tug. Top will come off and whole unit will invert so that where rope goes through bottom cap is now the towing point. Give rope a few jiggles to ensure burley goes and retrieve pot. Never use still frozen burley as it will float up rather than sink. VARIATIONS. If you look at small bomb you will notice a small slot on top. I did this many years ago when it was impossible to get a bait down due to the mutton birds at the Banks that would chase bait down up to 30ft. I’d put bait and sinker into bomb with line through slot and lower it deep enough to avoid mutton birds before releasing bait. I considered lowering burley to bottom with a baited hook amongst it but never got around to try it. Large bomb shown can be converted to a fixed one by drilling a small hole through top cap and putting a pin or wooden skewer through it to prevent separation of cap. Hope this is of help to someone. Ron

À lot of people leave trailer parked with brakes locked on. It's better to chock wheels and release brakes as pad can bind onto disk with rust. Ron

I replaced roller axles with home made ones made from stainless steel rod on my last 2 boats. No more replacing or jammed rollers and boat comes on and off trailer much easier. Ron

I have about 15 reels I'm using at moment a mix of Daiwa and Shimano and found them pretty equal, however I've found spare spools etc much dearer for Daiwa and a line roller bearing cost me about $20. I lean a little towards Shimano as they are based locally at Taren Point for service and parts if required. 6 or 8lb braid will easily serve your needs, any higher will affect your casting distance. Little difference between 2000 and 2500 with some models using same body with different spools. Ron

If going to trouble of removing wheel to set straight, make sure to get right position. Next time running boat go to protected area out of wind and current and run boat at speed and mark wheel and ßtem so you can set wheel straight at home before removing it. Ron

You may find like I did that you end up with an area of dead lawn under the boat anyway. I am considering paving the dead area under the boat wide enough for wheels. It will also make it easier to push if you get a large diameter pump up jockey wheel. Ron

I have a 5.6m quinnie with a 90hp honda on my front lawn. No way it could be pushed on lawn. I use car to reverse over gutter using home made ramps and back it into position. To use boat I reverse tow ball under trailer to hook up. Reversing camera great for this as I can get in perfect position to lower trailer onto ball. Can do this by myself as no need to push boat. Ron

Didnt get to do new post will try tomorrow. Workshop just above boating section. You can catch slimies the same way as yakkas with smàll baited hook but they are more common on close offshore reefs. They will go a string of bait jigs much better than yakkas and a good school can result in a full striger of baits. Burly pots work best when there is some current to agitate the contents. Alternatively give rope a shake occasionally or if water is choppy, set it just under the surface so waves keep it working. Ron

Hi Gengar. I mostly fish from my boat but do fish from shore and wharves to collect live baits. If wharf fishing for bream etc, occasionally throwing small hadfulls of chook pellets out can help. The pellets will sink to buttom and slowly soften and break up. You can also mix a little tuna or pilchard oil in them as well. For yakkas and mullet its hard to beat good old white bread broken up in a bucket with some water with optional fish oil added. To make things easier and less messy you can get burly/bait scoops on a long handle and flick a little bit out every 5 mins or so. I got mine from that big online site where you can find them from $5 to $197 (seriously) but mine was $6. If you get extendable one with chromed handle wash and wd40 after use or they rust pretty quickly. Maybe the $197 ones last longer? LOL. I have been putting some of my tips up in Workshop area. I will put up a couple of burly dispensers there tomorrow. Ron

I have seen longliners shoot nets around slimies with a dinghy but this was just a slow run at a couple of knots continually doing wide circles. couldnt see sign of net but boat had short mast with davit up front similar to what I've seen on trawlers. As I said I have no issues if what they do is within law, it was just a comment how ones emotions kick in when their on your patch. Ron