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Scoot around the corner in to pittwater, I usually launch in the hawkesbury and head straight to the basin etc and fish around there then work my way back around west head and flint and steel back to the ramp, as soon as I get back in to the hawkesbury the bites usually stop lol.

Nothing annoys me more then seeing a boat flying along the water in the dark, or even worse with no lights on, how the hell can they tell what is ahead and stop / steer away in time, sometimes other boat lights can only be visible from a few metres. At night i usually cruise at about 8 knots max and always have another set of eyes looking out as well. One night i was out at the Hawkesbury and travelling between the F3 Bridge and the Railway bridge when this f$#^%$# goose was anchored dead center of the channel with NO lights on at all in pitch black darkness. I was cruising about 8 knots and there was no moon out or shadows to see land, when i all of a sudden hear someones anchor chain getting pulled up like mad, i shit myself because i knew they we're very close and i hit the high power spotlight instantly and there's a bloody boat 5 metres in front of me, luckily i steered away just in time. I'f i was hooning like some other boats i had seen on the water that night i would have cleaned them up. Thankfully i was only going slow and i also had enough time to regain my breathe and give it to this idiot as i went past. After that incident i haven't been out at night since because its other people i don't trust on the water.

Left it too late, Need it for a bunch of blokes for a charter on Wed morning and its after 5 now so they wouldnt post them till tomorrow which is too late. Looks like i'll be taking a trip to Caringbah.

I've heard people raving on about the Bova Compounding Sea Sickness Tablet (ET Fishing) that can be purchased from the chemist at Caringbah (Cincotta Chemist), which is made by Bova Compounding across the road from the chemist apperantly. Does anyone know if any Cincotta Chemist sell these tablets or only the one at Caringbah? Thanks

Condolences to family, friends and anyone that knew him and those involved in the incident. Police divers have found the body of a man who was thrown from a runabout into Botany Bay in Sydney's southeast. A search for the man, who went missing after his boat crashed into a mooring buoy near Kurnell, resumed on Sunday morning. He had been fishing with his two sons and another man when the collision caused him to be thrown overboard, just after 6pm (AEST) on Saturday. His sons raised the alarm by issuing a mayday call and firing two flares. Emergency service rescue teams looked for the man throughout Saturday night before the search was abandoned at 3am and resumed after dawn. Police divers found the body of the man, aged in his 50s, about 11.20am (AEST), in water approximately 15 metres deep, near where the boat crashed. His relatives have been informed.

Nice one mate! It certainly wasnt delivering the night before and early that morning, i did an overnighter from Midnight till 9AM. Fished a few spots under the Railway Bridge, Flint n Steel, Lion Island and drifted from Danger Island to Juno Point and still did not even get 1 bite the whole time we were out, fell asleep for a few hours and woke up and the 4 baits we had out werent even touched, burlied hard, tried prawns, squid, pilchards, soft plastics etc.. Braved the blistering cold and 20knot winds all night for nothing.

Hi, I know these threads have been done over and over but im tossing up between a Seamaster Gold 80Amp/640CCA or a Century Marine Pro 90Amp/720CCA. All im running is a Evinrude early 90's model 115hp, Fishfinder (doesnt always stay on when the motors off) and a 12V Globe for the Anchor Light when fishing at night (around 6-8hours). Would the Seamaster be sufficient, only reason i ask is because i can get it for $80 cheaper then the Century but i dont want to scrimp over $80 if getting the Century means i wont get a flat battery on the water at night because it has a higher Amp rating. The battery in the boat at the moment doesnt have a label but going by the size its the same as ones that are around 80amp/600cca however ive never used electrics on it for long periods so was unsure if the Seamaster 80/640 would be sufficient for my motor size and electrics. Any recommendations?

Id be careful using bleach if its dyed vinyl.

I'll chip in here seen im a detailer, you should be able to remove it with a Multi Purpose Cleaner and agitate it with a brush, if not dilute some Degreaser and get yourself a brush (something like the one attached - Shoe Brush), you can get them from bunnings for $2 and agitate the marks with the degreaser, dont let it dry on the surface. You should be able to remove pretty much 100% of marks on marine vinyl with the right product, problem is most off the shelf stuff is on the weak side and takes a little longer to work with but with a brush it will make it a lot easier.

Unfortunately not, will be going back up in 4 weeks and will take the boat out.

Port Stephens was firing over the easter long weekend, plenty of Salmon off One Mile Beach / Middle Rock at Anna Bay, you could see them all along the beach in the waves and the occasional jumping out of the water. Pictured below - 66cm Salmon caught while fishing for Whiting, was using a small long shank hook when a big school of Salmon came through an took the bait, it demolished the hook and as i beached it the hook snapped in half, luckily i grabbed it before it swam away! Few people fishing beside me caught about 8-10 Salmon all around the 40-50cm size till a trawler came through and cleaned the place out and there was nothing around even the next morning. The Nelson Bay Marina Breakwall was also producing a lot of good sized bream, with everyone along the wall hooking up all night. Had one massive run that bent a stiff 10ft rod right over and took off like a bullet but unfortunetly spat the hook after a massive run.

Wish it was like that last week when i was out there twice, first day a 70CM jewie was caught and a lot of small snapper and tailor and that was it, then the second day there was no bites and a lot of boats drifting around and i only managed a 46CM flathead.

Thanks guys, Went out yesterday, didnt go out to Lion Island, just went to Flint and Steel, there was a few boats out there at 6am but nothing was happening after a few hours so drifted into Fishersmans Bay and Jerusalem Bay along the rocks and back to Parsley Bay with the run in tide. Only had one keeper though a 32cm bream, the rest were just under size Whiting and Tailor. A decent size flatty spat the hook as he surfaced though. Might have better luck next time but it was good to fish somewhere a bit calmer for a change.

Mate thats a cracker of a king, nice job! How big was it?

Just wondering if much is happening up the hawkesbury around brooklyn, dangar island, flint and steel, juno? Dont see many reports for up there. Thinking of heading up that way sometime this week rather then the usual Botany Bay trips that produces nothing for me.

Haha, Yeah just saw your post with the trevally, when i looked over and saw you get busted off i said to the misses i bet hes shattered. The one that busted me off was on a crappy little hawkesbury prawn aswell, i was out on Wednesday with a mate and he got a kingy on a prawn he had in the water for over an hour. They wouldnt touch the squid or yakkas both days.

Nice fat trevally mate, i think you blokes were near me at the drums near the ship?? I got smoked by a kingy too that had the rod bent right under the boat, then 5 minutes later i looked over and saw one of you guys get busted off too.

Headed out about 6AM with my sights set on getting some kingys after we pulled some in a few days before, went straight to the bait grounds near the tug boats to get some yakkas, while we were there catching yakkas i saw some action on the surface and thought there might be something decent around stirring up the bait fish so i decided to throw a line over with a prawn, within minutes i pulled in a Moses Perch - 32CM (threw it back in) then casted out again and within minutes was onto a Leather Jacket - 30CM (also threw it back), we then decided to move on before it got too late. After getting the yakkas we headed to the drums and dropped a few lines, one with a yakka, one with a squid and the other with a prawn, within 5 minutes the prawn line was spooling off the reel big time, after a few minutes of fighting it with the rod bent right over under the boat and it taking me on all sides of the boat it busted me off. About 10 minutes after a bloke in a tinny nearby had the same experience, rod bent right over then just before it surfaced it busted off. I knew exactly how he felt. We then tried a few other locations, molineaux point, 3rd runway, sticks but didnt have much luck and it seemed everyone was moving around quite a bit so i decided to troll some lures as i was getting desperate and it was well into the afternoon, so we chucked a Popper and a Rapala 4" Husky Jerk out the back and trolled around the heads and molineaux point without much luck and couldnt find much on the sounder, till i went around the 3rd runway and just as i stopped so i could wind in the popper as it got tangled in seaweed the Husky Jerk went off and i was onto a Bonito - 45CM, we then decided to call it a day. Little disappointed that we couldnt get onto the kings considering there is so many being caught at the moment but still caught a mixed bag of fish and had some fun so it wasnt a bad day.

Nice one mate, i saw about 6 boats close together fishing around the heads about 11am when i trolled past with lures.

Wasnt going to the dock on Hickson Road was it? I've seen some boats on crates and equipment on that dock before, but that was atleast 6-12 months ago.

lol thought so when i saw you guys belting the starter. Have a 115 on ours, havent had any troubles (yet). Nothing legal, just a kingy that was 60cm and a small port jackson, wasted most the morning trolling.

Nice one mate cant complain about that, seems there was a lot of raiders out on wednesday, you guys were the ones in the quintrex that had problems? was going to ask if you guys needed a tow back but figured you were waiting for someone then i saw the coppers giving you a hand before we decided to head back in.

When your heading to molineaux point from the botany ramp you will see the tug boats parked on your left where the wall starts, theres a little cove in there. You should get plenty of yakkas in there. There was about 6 boats hovering around there yesterday pulling them in one after another. I just use a sabiki rig on a hand line with some bread on the hooks and burley up a bit.

Nice one mate you did better then us, only hooked a 60cm kingy and a little port jackson shark both on prawns, one of our lines was peeling off but by the time i got to it we lost it. I did see one guy though that pulled in atleast 8 kingys within a few hours, probably all undersize though. There was another guy trolling a yakka that pulled in a kingy right next to us that would have been an easy 80-90cm. Atleast you cleaned up on the flatties!

Nice one mate, i should be out there on Wednesday or Friday, hopefully both days if the weathers good. Haha!!