Heath

top setup. The only thing I would probably do is put a 90deg bend on the inlet hose so the water has a circular motion. Livies love it.

Can be used with all types of anchors. Biggest factor is the actual size of your buoy that you use and the size of the ring. The buoy must be heavy enough to hold your anchor and chain. The ring must be big enough to slide over our shackles at least. I don't like using the clips. Good in theory but in practice they are a pain in the butt.

You must be one of the lucky ones mate. All the johnsons I had clapped out well within 12 months

Have you checked if its picked up a bit of crap that could be causing it to be noisy? Rule are the best pumps IMO.

Agreed. Catching squire when you know the big boys are down there gets the stress levels up a bit.

Still will get floaters down when current is running. Regularly floatline in depths of 100m. What ever works for you I suppose.........

Forget the paternoster IMO , you'll catch squat. 1st option would be to anchor up near a pinacle or bomby and berly like mad. Then float some baits down, using as little weight as you can to get the bait down. 2nd option would be to drift the area, again floatlining your baits down the water column.

The entrance has closed up totally a couple of times actually. If left eventually it would open up, most likely during a storm with a flood.

Micks still chuggin along, get emails from him regularly.

Top fish mate. You also forgot to add, and bigger than Heaths, Andy's, Lance's, JB's, Robs & Willo's best as well We've all got some catching up to do now Makes the 15lber we got on the weekend look small at that size. Willo will be spewin

From the local tackle shop mate at Tweed Heads. I have seen these types of holder systems in many a tackle shop. Particularly the bigger shops.

He has a bit of foam up the front as well to protect the tips. The system works very well, should see the hardware he carries in there now. Worth more than his boat..LOL

This is a pic of my mates boat. A 4.2 Dory. His system works well.

What model baitrunners? A , B or Triton Sea Spin ?? I've got several BTR6500's and the youngest an "A" model is by far the worst for maintenance. Give me an old Triton Sea Spin anyday. The roller runs on a bush & thats half its problem. If you keep them lubed, that is with a bit of grease they are fine, I don't use mine on the beach however. Once you throw sand in the mix your just asking for trouble no matter the reel IMO.

C'mon you blokes!!! As responsible holders of a NSW recreational fishing permit, you would have gotten a letter with a copy of the new size limits and bag limits. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZSCHNAFFFLECKKKKKKKKKCHCCHHCH Oh whats that! Damn, I just woke up! Rest assured they'll sting you if they catch ya' With their highly publicised media campagn, they would have reached hundreds of thousands licence holders, wouldn't they.......

Onya Brandon !!! The bloke that took them pics did a fine damn job Good one for showing the big boys how its done... AGAIN!

Mate, The first thing you do when you get a new boat is fill it with holes! Rod holders, transducers, pumps etc... it's all part of the game. There is nothing wrong with putting a pump on the transom. I have my inlets comming in through the transom to my pumps. The pumps are below the water line so they are self priming.

I'm on the Goldy mate & know exactly what you mean

We use the same method in my uncles tinny up on the bow. Keeps all the rods out of the way.

Up here in Qld we don't have any option but to cross a bar whenever we want to have a fish outside. Had to learn real quick how to read the water and conditions. Have also learnt to never become complacent when running a bar also, no matter whether coming in or out. I been pushed up the beach, lost a guy over the side and been airborne higher than I'd ever want to go in a boat in my most darkest nightmares. Getting wet sometimes is part n parcel of crossing a bar. Waves are unpredictable simple. There is no such things as a rogue wave or a freak wave. These two references refer to the same thing.... a BIG wave which catches you off guard. We fish around a lot of bomby areas when the depth can go from 30m to 2.5m in a verticle motion. The water has to go somewhere and that somewhere is up and eventually over. You'll be surpised at how fast waves move as well. When coming in a bar at times, I can't stay on the back of waves and I'm doing 30km/h or more, they are moving that fast. So trying to judge a wall of water moving that fast can be difficult. By far the hardest waves to judge and navigate are pressure waves which are most common on out going tides on most bars, you also get these over shallow reef areas when the current is roaring. They can pop up and dissapear in an instant. If the surfs big and looks dangerous, turn round & go home. Outside I've never come across a big breaking wave, apart from on a shallow bomby. Awsome to watch they are. If confronted by a big wave if you have no other choice turn into it or try and out run it over the shoulder if you are able and hang on! I've seen blokes deliberatly beach their boats as they have made a run for it & not been able to make it. Then been confronted with a wall of whitewater and they have no choice but to put the boat on the beach. These 2 pic were taken approx 6km off shore, and yes, that is a boat on the other side of the wave in the 2nd pic.

Stinkin Tuna! Small YFT I'll keep every now & then for the missus. She uses it to make her own Caeser Tuna Salad. Other than that its used for berly or bait.

Sounds like you've have a few ordinary BTR6500A's , Red. Don't know about the 6500B having fluid drive, the BigBTR is the only one that has that as far as I am aware. The big difference between the A & B models is that the B model has infinite backwind. It also comes with ARB ( Anti Rust Bearing).

With all the fresh you guys got down there, I reckon it would have killed the weed off quick smart. You might be lucky though......

Samarai NV8 with a 4500 baitrunner loaded up with 20lb braid. Perfect for mackerel and snapper.

Only one of a few things I miss about Sydney is the ol' Hairtail fishing. Them freezing winter nights while cooking up a storm on the gas BBQ on the boat..... ahhhhh the memories.