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55 minutes ago, sam bros said:
Hahaha yep sorry typo
Meant optimax
If it was a 20 year old Yamaha, Suzuki etc would you buy it?
Is it cause it's a mercury?
No experience with other makes and models, But i am still able to source brand new factory spares for my 89' yamaha 2stroke.
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On ganged pillies. We were on a boat tho not off a ledge. Shouldnt make any diff with moon phase
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Smashed the tailors last night on a full moon. Left them biting as we we got our bag limit within an 1hr
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The only place that comes to mind to me is Hill 60, i hate that place so much.
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Good stuff. Getting stuck into it.
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52 minutes ago, frankS said:
The cheapest way out IF you don't mind putting a bit of man power and time into it is get an old Box Trailer and use the axle hubs and wheels you will probably have to buy a spare separately as not many box trailers are sold with spares.
Also note in most cases box trailer hubs may not have marine seals behind the hub.
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Pretty much with axles. The common ones are either holden or ford stubs. Which then fits a holden or ford bearing.
then you would need a hub thats suits one or the other bearing. Are you following me?
the hub then has stud patterns. Also common ones are 5 studs in either ford, holden hq or ht which has different pcd. Still following me?
then you would need wheels to suit the stud pattern.
You would need to see what your current bearings are to see what type of hub you would need to suit your axle stub. Then you can go from there with what sort of wheels/stud pattern you plan to go with.
Im current going through a similar situation. Going from them 6inch wheels to 13inch wheels as the 13inch tyres are cheaper and more readily available if i was to get a blow out.
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Its pretty simple once you get used to how they act. Best advice i could give is when you are “feeding” the worm. They will arch their neck like as tho they are ripping the flesh off your bait. You would want to grab them during that time.
having only wormed off stockton beach. I got on to them in no time. But beware hunching over to look for worms for a long period of time will leave you with a nasty surprise on your back when seagulls fly over you
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2 hours ago, mrsswordfisherman said:
Great stuff. Love a great boat build
Getting ready for the hairys?
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Cant help with the fishing there. But i have been earlier this year. We anchored around the steps at night near the caravan park. Turned on my headtorch and had a look around, and there was a freakin head just sticking above the water looking back at me. Yelled at my wife to have a look but it dipped underwater.
I keep telling myself it was a seal or sea lion.
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1 hour ago, Derny Driver said:
Nice work with the crabbing! The talk at the time was about people's crab pots disappearing every night. Apparently the Pros pots were always untouched but everyone elses got stolen. Infer from that what you will.
I actually cable tie and security seal my pots. So if it gets open then i know someone has pulled my pots and possibly taken my catch?
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Some more happy snaps
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31 minutes ago, mrsswordfisherman said:
Delicious and a big Happy Bday to you all. Weather looked great for swimming.
Love that area. We tow the van up and stay at Tuncurry CP.
We are off down south soon and hope we catch some big fish.
Thank you. Weather couldnt have been any better.
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Not much of a report.
My family headed up to Forster for a triple birthday bash (wife,son and myself) in January all within a week of each other. And blue swimmers were the target.
headed up on monday 22nd and checked out on friday 26th to beat public holiday and boy were we glad.
set our pots in wallis lake and checked them every morning before heading out to go for a fish or stop off a beach. And checked our pots every late afternoon after dinner.
ended up with a few blue swimmers and a nice muddie. We did being our rods but were enjoying swimming on the beach or pool to be fishing.
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3 hours ago, Steve0 said:
I read it similarly but reached a conclusion one of the plastic bait traps would be legal, provided you complied with requirements. As you are allowed one only of the plastic style, you'd need to keep busy checking an moving the trap.
I used to use this style of trap, but they don't appear on the NSW permited method list. They worked really well when set in long sea grass.
That type of trap you linked would fall under bait trap rule.
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Daiwa j braid expedition has a silicone coating, Thats why its so bloody smooth.
I have it one setup but not used it yet. But first impressions are i like it.
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3 minutes ago, eitai2001 said:
My question is, if you shouldn't be starting the motor on battery 2 as it's a deep cycle, and you shouldn't be switching after engine is on, then how do you charge up battery 2? My understanding of the position 1+2 on the switch was for emergency situations where battery 1 is lacking charge and you need to jump start battery 1 with battery 2 effectively.
switch to 1 + 2 while motor is running to charge both batteries.
4 minutes ago, eitai2001 said:Also, somewhat related, I need to replace the deep cycle battery as it's beyond dead (couldn't even power on the battery tester!) ... anyone have any experience with the Kings 115AH battery? On their site says can be used for boats too.
No experience with kings batteries, But im sure it will work. In 4x4 land AGM for cranking was a no no, but on an outboard, im not too sure.
Im in a similar situation where im looking at upgrading my house batter (century marine pro 680) as it doesnt have enough juice when i take my family out (charging devives, lights, etc.). Also i do not sure an isolator switch to swap between batteries, mainly because im very forgetful. I use a VSR. With motor running, once starter hits a 13.3V (i think) it would then also charge house battery. A lot better than switch isolators
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The generic brand is pretty chunky as mentioned. And the fittings are pretty big. Definitely wont fit common 6mm and 8mm hoses let alone 10mm. I use one and have no issues.
only reason why i chose it over a yamaha filter was it is very common to purchase from big name stores locally or even going on a trip.
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Can always grab a set of vernier calipers, measure and purchase a tip of your choice.
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2 hours ago, XD351 said:
You may have hooked the main 12v line and the ignition or auxiliary wires all together . Radios usually have a wire that has to stay live to keep the memory active and part of that is remembering what state the radio was in when the ignition was turned off - simple fix is a switch on the dash to turn it on when needed .
That was what i was trying to explain.
You definitely worded it better
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Me thinks the stock level showing on the database is correct for most of these stores. But it does not account for theft before a stocktake
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There were lots of big tailor up at stockton and blacksmiths in july.
i just ganged 4/0 hooks and a 110g star sinker on slide. Cleaned up alright. Biggest went 52cm
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Which rapala lure for the rocks?
in Tackle Talk
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My favourite was the Rapala xrap long cast 12cm in either ghost or pink.
but now i use lively lure mack bait 4”.