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Fair enough,years ago we use to see them come in close to the island that's all.

I'm sure it wasn't caught in the lake. Do the tuna still come in close to Windang island?

Another way is cut a small length of tubing or hose like vacuum line etc and feed this on the wire then solder,heat shrink and place tubing or hose over the lot and pump sikaflex sealant in one end until it comes out the other.

Another way to join two wires is to cleanly cut the ends of both wires and stick a pin half way in one wire then run a dab of quickset araldite or super glue around the tip of the insulation on both wires. Then simply push the other wire over the remainder of the pin until both ends of the insulation meet. done properly you would think its a single length of wire. when I was a teenager this method drove me a couple of hundred Kay's after an alternator wiring failure and some. As I always say,where there's a will there's a way. Cheers.

Thanks guys,I've taken everything said on board and I'll try a few things next time I get out and see how it goes. I suspected that you could use mono with them but of course not as well as having the proper rods and braid. Cheers.

I don't know how you do it mate but you always manage a feed.Good eating there too.Well done!

That's the new saltwater rub method for removing all oxidation from the paint.He missed the door jambs though and forgot the all important tyre shine.

Can I advise that if possible use only marine grade tinned wire on your boat not plain copper wire. Good post Jim .

That's perfect for lake illawarra and the minamurra river.

Next time I get out I'll try just the plastics alone then mate. Thanks guys.

This is even worse!Are we really that stupid?

As the title says,has anyone fished say a paternoster rig with a bait on one hook and a plastic on the other using mono? Or just use the plastic using mono? I've been given these plastics but I'm not set up for them really. Im well aware that you need light sensitive rods,braid,etc,etc which I do not have. All we have are light glass rods matched to either 4000 or 2000 reels. My son did catch that flathead at the shoalhaven on the drift using that gulp shrimp so I'm guessing it's possible to some degree but not ideal. These are the plastics and jigs I was given. Thoughts?

As the title says,has anyone fished say a paternoster rig with a bait on one hook and a plastic on the other using mono? Or just use the plastic using mono? I've been given these plastics but I'm not set up for them really. Im well aware that you need light sensitive rods,braid,etc,etc which I do not have. All we have are light glass rods matched to either 4000 or 2000 reels. My son did catch that flathead at the shoalhaven on the drift using that gulp shrimp so I'm guessing it's possible to some degree but not ideal. These are the plastics and jigs I was given. Thoughts?

I'm hoping it's fake but I won't be surprised if it is real as there's some real dills about.

The best way to do it mate.Great advice rick.I did it like that for years too.

I hope someone's not stupid enough to really have done this.

Another tip is to mark your existing roller position as a reference point with a pencil or marker like this. This is how you want your side skids,Hard up against the insides of your planing strakes and angled slightly to the out side of the boat to prevent the boat sliding laterally as she comes up the trailer. Hope this helps you mate and appreciate what a fellow raider does to help another by crawling underneath his boat to take photos for him.Just kidding. Good luck and let us know how you go. Mods can you please rotate my photos the right way?Don't know what happened. cheers.

Mine are exactly the same as yours. Note how I have leant them towards that last roller by undoing the nut and leaning them over. This is the end result of a combination of lowering the last roller cradle all the way down and raising while tilting the v guide over to overlap the rear roller. In my opinion they don't work very well as you have a hard sharp edge digging into the guide(The boats keel) sliding forward on the (Softer)guides while at the same time trying to slide laterally down on to the rear keel roller. Basically the keel cuts into them going forward and gouges them sliding laterally across them. The cure?Like I said before,after you set up your trailer,Back down the ramp until the top of the last keel roller is just under the water on both launch/retrieve. Like I said my tinny will self launch if I let it once I undo the safety chain and winch strap and comes back on the trailer easy and straight every time as long as the keel at the bow is on that rear roller.

You can do it at home in the garage like I do.I wish you could post Videos on here and I'd make one.

I'm still dizzy reading your post mate. Where you have circles in red in between the roller and guide is where the keel will wedge itself every time if you let it. Your boat should never come off the second set of rollers like you have photographed. I would change the rear roller on your boat too ones like mine as yours are too flat and have no raised edges to keep the boat on them or a self centering roller. Your boat should have a slight angle from front to back with the rear roller as low as possible. My boat launched the same with the ute which the coupling sits higher than my kia. Think about it,it doesn't matter how high/Low your trailer is as the boat will sit on the trailer the same way except with a higher tow bared car your boat will have a bigger slope from front to back on the trailer but you still back in until that last keel roller is just under water both on launch and retrieval. You want your keel rollers sloped slightly from front to back (a down hill slope)and after you've set your keel rollers and the boat is balanced level from side to side you raise the side skids to just touch the hull evenly and angle them out wards against the inside of the planing strake. This will help prevent the boat sliding from side to side also. Hope this makes sense. This is a self centering roller.

Are your keel rollers sloping slightly from front to back?You only need the front roller 50mm higher than the rear.Are your side skids set at the same height,just touching the bottom of the hull and level? I run the same setup as you and have set my trailer up as described above and never had a problem. When I picked my boat up brand new it use to come up askew and chew the rear roller and v guide as they hadn't set the trailer up properly and you can see the damage in the photo. I back my trailer in until that rear roller is just below the surface of the water,bring my boat up and pull the bow up onto the roller and clip the winch strap on that I had at the ready at the back of the trailer then simply winch away and she comes up straight every time. Setting your boat trailer up like I said and greasing your roller pins will have your boat trying to self launch as soon as you take the safety chain off and winch strap. It will winch straight and nice and easy too. With aluminium boats you want skids supporting the hull and rollers along the keel(the strongest part of an ally boat). Loosen your v guide bracket bolts at the rear roller and angle them in towards the roller like I have. Heres a few photos of how I set mine up. hope this helps.

Thanks Wellzy,hope you enjoy making and using yours like I do.

Did you have a chat to Rms?If not give them a call with the vin and 4 digits and they should be able to tell you when that trailer was last registered and if those numbers are legit. Otherwise if in doubt walk away and find something else.

When I use to fish from shore I made up a berley canister similar to the one pictured that I use in my boat now.It was 40mm pvc pipe about a foot long and I would through it out into my fishing Zone. If the current was racing I'd through it out weighted and if there was no to little current I used it unweighted and caught the typical light tackle estuary species more often than not if they where there. I found frozen berley both from the bank and in my boat work the best and are the easiest to deploy for me. As Rex senior said,it's true that berley can attract small fry and bloody puffer fish at times but I wouldn't be without it. The thing with being land based is you can't cover the ground you do in a boat and it pays to keep your baits moving and using berley. Theres a million concoctions you can use(Just do a search) and see what works for you. Cheers.

I'm still stuffing up.lol. Im sure there is others.