Jump to content

GaryO

MEMBER
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    191

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Posts posted by GaryO

    FISHING NAROOMA

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hi all

    I have a trip planned for Norooma in early March , I have never been there before so I was wondering if anyone has any advice on locations and species caught there that time of year. I will be taking my boat but because my mate gets sea sick at the drop of a hat ill have to do all my fishing in enclosed water.

    Thanks

    Gaz.

    Building a false floor for savage snipe tinnie

    in Boating

    Posted

    Thats a front steer boat isnt it ? I had one called a Snipe mk2 . I had a checkerplate floor which I still have but I chopped a piece out to use on something else. It still may be ok for a template I guess. it was in the boat when I bought it but I found it made the floor to high when u were sitting down so I took it out.

    Urgent help!

    in Boating

    Posted · Edited by GaryO

    The last time my cable started seizing up I removed the cable from the the steering box and used a plastic bottle top as a funnel and sealed it around the cable with bluetack and filled it with silicon oil over night until the oil was leaking out the motor end. Runs like brand new and has been perfect for about 3 years.

    post-19015-14118578698345_thumb.jpg

    Storm in Broken Bay footage

    in Boating

    Posted · Edited by GaryO

    I remember being about 5mile out from the mouth of the Hawkesbury in a 15 foot Bermuda cuddy and watching a storm further out to sea heading south , thinking we dodged a bullet and missed It we fished on only to realise 20 or so minutes later it had circled around back over land and coming straight towards us from the Hawkesbury area :( . In a massive panic bringing in lines and anchor we forgot a line which was now heavily wrapped around the prop and stalling the motor... luckily a minute or so in reverse freed it enough to get the motor to run in forward and we were on our way into shore and through this mofo storm . We were pretty calm until we had forty foot boats passing us heading back to land, we then suddenly felt very very small out there in our boat.

    End result we got back to calmer water to ride it out, and the Bermuda handled the conditions beautifully thank god.

    Thankfully we have better technology these days to monitor the weather better :) .

    Bate Bay. don't bother , save your fuel

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Thank god ! I thought it was just me. Have not been able to raise a decent fish from the hacking or bate bay in the last two summers. I love the place, the clean water , river formations etc. but where are the damn fish ? Plastics, live poddies, yakka fillets and it's just not working. Cheaper alternative per result I think is to haul the boat upto nelson bay or forster once a month for a better return on dollars spent.

    Nevermind Nelson Bay , just spent a week up there and it was totally dead as well.

    Boat advice

    in Boating

    Posted · Edited by GaryO

    Gorilla and Huey have covered it I think :) . Cant beat a quality glass boat as long as u can tow it , launch it and store it plus afford the little extra fuel it will meet your needs . Keep in mind you will have to go up a notch in HP to give you the power u may like and also a tad up in size to give you the internal space of an aluminum boat.

    water pump replacement

    in Boating

    Posted

    Lol.. hope so.

    By the way the ss base plate and pump housing was in perfect condition , its built like a brick outhouse so if I keep the maintenance up it should last a lifetime.

    I did have a question I will ask here rather then open another thread, its in regard to a rubber hose leaving the leg with in my case is cut off about 3inches above the gearbox housing. Ill take a pic to post up.

    Thanks Gaz

×
×
  • Create New...