Sammy0884

Well done on the blacks dale... i saw a bunch fishing with Little Audrey!

I've used a dremel before... just make sure you use a reinforced cutting disc and wear eye protection, those discs have a habit of letting go.

I don't like the look of that mate, you can get something alot nicer for your money. I'd go out on a few boats and spend some time getting a feel for boats before you take the plunge. It may even be wise to borrow a little money so you can spend $3000 or so which will get you a much SAFER more seaworthy craft. Cheers Sammy

Hi Greg, the graphite powder is an excellent lubricant as it disintegrates under pressure into microscopic balls of carbon, think tiny ball bearings as opposed to sliding on grease. It definately wont scratch the male section.

Moisten it with some salt water, then squeeze it into a doughy pea size ball around the hook.

I find the best combination is to run 4 lures. Two divers and two skirts or hybrids. This season the most sussesful lures have been the Rapala CD7's in redhead and blue mackeral, and pink christmas trees. I've also had some success running the Pakula Dojo 4" hybrids in lumo and pink. cheers sam

Hi Greg, I have a number of two piece rods, including a few Tcurve two pieces that lock up after fishing and prove very difficult to separate. I have found the best solution is some talcum powder, or dry graphite lubricant. I have tried wax, grease and lanolin spray but they all seem to bind up once they have sat in the sun for a day and the wax/grease melts away and almost forms a glue. cheers Sam

from now... about 3 months...

Take your kwells and be patient.

The best sites are not free unfortunately. I use www.seasurface.com which is a fantastic site that gives very detailed SST and Clorophill charts every day, the other option are more professional "Remko" charts that are quite costly but offer more details.

Have a look at the Rapala Braid concept rods. Cheap, and nice components

Well done Gino! what a horse of a fish!

Hi Mate, The best way to learn this caper is to join a Game fishing club and crew on a boat for a few trips. What you will learn is invaluble, better than any book or video will teach you. Short of that, jump on an experienced game fishers boat for a few days and ask lots of questions! cheers Sammy

Happy belated Birthday stewy!

Man what an epic king! funny looking too!

Nice report and some nice videos there mate!

My last two boats have been surprisingly quick for what they are... My 5.2m Bluefin tinny used to do 40kn with the 4 blade prop and a little quicker with the 3 blade. My new Seafarer did 34-36kn with the 115 merc and now with the 150 ETEC tops out at 50kn+ where water conditions permit.

thanks for that.

Hi Mate, we were using fresh caught slimy mackeral for baits... floating out baits worked well but had the worst rate of leather jacket chop...

Hi Everyone, CFD and i fished out of bellambi last saturday, conditions were excellent with a total glass out.. however no wind and no current made drifting difficult. We managed half a dozen snapper, keeping three decent sized examples. We also caught 6 jackets, small consolation for the number of hooks, sinkers and swivels we lost Cheers Sammy

Keep at it mate, you'll get one !

The boundaries are Norah head to W'gong lighthouse and 60nm seawards.

Any pics of the snapper mate? nice mixed bag!

Again thanks everyone! I cant wait to get out there and have a crack at another!

Hi Mate, XD100 is a very dark bronze colour, XD50 is Blue, XD30 is red. I had a very small issue with an oil leak coming from the gearbox, a tiny drip of light greeny blue oil that came out of the water intake mesh and ran down the skeg on hot days out of the water. It was traced down to a faulty gearbox O-ring that was replaced promptly under warranty by Huey, i suggest it could be a similar thing as it would be very hard to distinguish the gear oil against the blue motor paint. Talk to huey and he will have it sorted. Cheers Sammy