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Just saved an image from sea surface.com i assume this is where you will find them? your opinion will be appreciated.

That sounds great, I will be going out this weekend, what water temps shall we target? And how far offshore are they reported to being? Thanks Albert

Well after showing a mate of mine the video he told me that it was a blue shark, here is the you tube clip, I thaught I'd edit it as there was too much swearing, and carrying on

Thanks for your reply, I ended up heading out Friday night, beeing keen, with a few mates, and got to browns at about 11pm, we tried for blue eye with no luck, then about 2am we started cubing, till we saw a fin quickly disappear as quick as it appeared, it was a large fin, this was just on sunrise around 6ish, half an hour later there was some pulling at the lines and lost a few baits, we looked back and saw a large mako shark snatching our live baits and pilchards off the hook, before I had a chance to set up a wire trace, the large mako was on the okuma Makara 50 set up for tuna with mono 80lb leader, I pulled it up as quick as I could to save the mono leader, we had it up to the boat three times, but had issues loosing the flying gaff pole on the first attempt (due to nervs), the mako was about three meters plus, it was recorded with the go pro on wide angle, it looked smaller in the video, maybe due to the wide angle, will post the video later as we only got back today, Whether we technically caught it or not you be the judge, the leader was in our hands, and the shark was pulled up to the boat. Also what would a 3metre mako weigh? Althoe it was a quiet trip overall that mako made our day worthwhile.

Good luck, hope there out there, I will wait for your reply

So you think trolling is the go? I have outriggers, my shotgun still needs to be installed

Hey raiders I am going out wide this Saturday the second, are there any reports of tuna out wide, or is it safer to just go deep rigging for blue eye or jigging for kingfish? Your opinions will be much appreciated. Thanks

Sorry, just realized on the beginning of your clip it says top ender, they don't handle too bad outside, I've got a place in Ulladulla, where were you fishing at?

Wow, that's awesome, looks like you were in a Quintrex top ender? Where we're they caught from? Good work champ.

I was not on a boat last weekend, but every time I go out I hear wingnut blabbing about bs, apparently he fishes along long reef. Don't know who he is, wish I did. Hopefully he gets the message.

Wow awesome mate

Hi mate Im going to Ulladulla today for the week, is the lake ok at the moment? There were some issues there with contamination when it closed up. Did you get any other fish, as alot of dead fish were floating around the edge of lake back then

Some pics would be nice, what sizes are we talking about ? How far deep did u go? What current water temp was it??? Your reply would be appreciated

Great work, what setup were you using, and what bait

Hey, great work, Was that today? I was in botany today.

They have been getting them out at 80 fathoms, striped marlin, a little patchy.

I currently have two batteries with an isolation switch, all the negative current comes from the wiring and not the hull, but the hull is somehow connected to the negative terminal, I have done some investigation and think (not shure) that the motoris bolted to the hull, and the motor body is connected to the negative, and there is a link between the motor and hull. At the moment I have been turning off the isolation switch, but that disconnects the positive terminals only, is that sufficient or shall I run a second switch for the negative. Another thing a mate told me is that I'm missing a insulating mounting plate that is supposed to be in between the motor and hull, could that be the problem, as everything else seems ok.

Thanks Champ Quintrex do have great hulls and that's about it. They will be receiving a call from me again.

Thanks Guys, I got someone that may be willing to help, if that dosent help I'll have to go back,

I have had my quintrex for a little over a year now, it is a 530 top ender, purchased new from hunts marine in march 2010. Within six months I noticed unusual blistering in the hull, not worrying too much about it as cosmetically a fishing boat is made to be practical. The blistering is not major at this stage, but slowly getting worse. A few months back, May 2011 I noticed an issue when using the VHF, when the VHF was transmitting the sounder which is a hds5 will dim to the point of resetting itself if transmit was held long enough, the Stereo will also reset. After some investigation thinking I had a problem with my new 1KW transducer, and VHF Radio, I had Disconnected the Sounder, and still had a problem when using VHF, stereo would cut out. Then Disconnected the negative terminal of the VHF and thats when I was puzzled that it was still on! it stayed on with only the positive terminal connected! I then disconnected the antenna and thats when the VHF turned off, so i figured the hull was earthed. Being P!@@#$ Off! went to Hunts Marine and spoke to the service department about the issue with the hull being earthed, they told me that the boat was out of warranty (I was only two months out) and told me to replace the VHF. and the fact that the hull was earthed is normal to them. I went back to the boat and noticed that the negative terminals coming from both batteries was bolted straight onto the hull without an insulated block, so I took that off thinking it will resolve the issue, but tests with multi metre and using VHF showed no solution. I then gave up I am pissed off with Hunts Marine and Quintrex and don't want to go back to them to sort it out, they won't acknowledge the issue without charging an arm and a leg to have a look at a problem that has been there from day one. I need some advice on sorting this issue out, and would like to know if this is common and do i have something to worry about.

Great work,

Thanks Leo Can't wait

Hi, please pm me a price aswell, as I'm supposed to meet up with someone and buy mine today!

I have not decided but will most probably go for reelax, photos will be great I'll pm you my email

I have a Quintrex 530 top ender, side console, and I'm looking at installing it with outriggers so I can increase my spread of lures while trawling, the issue I have is choosing a location for the outriggers, my option will be either front or back of the boat, can anyone give me advice on best positioning ? The outrigger I'm looking at is 14ft, I don't mind putting it up the very front, but worried about bouncing. On the back might seem like an option but being an open boat it breaks up the fishing area, and will make it difficult to pull a large fish to the side of the boat. Please help