SargeRX8

Round them up as you would the yakka. Be warned though they will bust hooks off your sabiki.

I don't know much about the cooling system in the boat but if it can relate to a car then it might be right. When driving my car at normal speeds in traffic the car gets a little hotter but when driving on open roads, at speed, the faster movement of air through the radiator helps to cool the engine a little more. I assume the faster you go in the boat, the more water you pump, the cooler it gets. When my motor is done on its run and we flush it, the water that comes through the nozzles is also hot. Think about it. The engine was running, there is still salt water in the water galleries which is now being pushed out by the fresh water. Also the heat from the engine and metal components will be transferred to the water as it passes around the engine. As long as you don't hear a buzzer or a red light switch on, I think its within operating range. Check the manual online.

I think you're gonna need to call up on this one lol. I don't see why it would be illegal unless they throw the safety thing at you say you hook a big fish line wraps around your hand or arm fish turns wraps line around your body and drags you down. Sounds like something they wojld come up with.

That sweet soy is kecap manis.

Hey all Just a quick question about this reef. Not fussed by what I could or couldn't catch there but more the safety part. I read many years ago the reef was bombed to make it a little smaller but still has points which has been known to damage boats and ships. We went past there a week ago but I was too nervous to get too close as I saw waves breaking in the vicinity. I know what all the signs mean about deeper water in compass directions etc but I am concerned about currents, slipping anchors, tide changes(high to low), and also want to know if an anchor could get stuck around the reef. If anyone can shed some light for me or maybe go one further and edit the picture attached and show where is a good spot to drop an anchor and be safe from risks, that would help a ton. If it were up to me to judge by instinct I'd say anchor north side on high to low tide and south side on low to high. Much appreciated.

Dude no one bagged out your catch. It was just suggested you either don't eat much or you release them and fish for a feed out from cleaner waters. Its for your own good. Those 30 other people probably keep under sized fish and eat everything they catch. This is not something which will make you sick in a week or a month but heavy metals and other toxins are carcinogenic. It is for your own good. Most part of the prize is catching the fish and snapping the photo, dont risk your health and pump the mentality 'I caught it I eat it'. I recall reading some years ago a guy was catching parramatta river bream and selling them to the public. Landed him self a massive fine. That is the bream any bream fisher would dream to catch but knowing whats in that fish is enough to put me off taking it home for a food. Head over middle harbour and you'll pick up a tasty and much safer meal. When you also take into consideration how these fish live compared to others will factor in too. If you caught a hoodlum say at the gladesville bridge, its probably very safe to eat. That fish was probably there for no more than a few days before it turns around and heads out to bigger waters. Bream are a very local fish. They don't stray too far from one spot their whole lives, as with flathead. If you caught a jewfish in the river, some would question this one, but I think it might be on the safer side. The same fish could swim out to harbour, middle harbour, do some twists and come back around. Some would catch a big jewfish but still be concerned about the meat in the fish, then release it. Too many factors to consider. I either throw back my fish or someone else fishing near by asks for them. I can't educate these people, half of them can't speak proper english, they don't read the signs, they just don't want to understand. If you're capable of understanding that these fish are potentially no good but still decide to eat them.... well. There are fish everywhere, remember that. The harbour is relatively clean, parramatta river isnt.

This too. A bream of that size is probably 15 - 20 years old and could have potentially been exposed to dioxins and other toxins when the river was much more polluted. It won't kill you if you don't eat much of it at all, but prevent eating it when you don't need to.

Consumption should be very minimal from there. I throw back almost everything I catch but that bream would have been a thrill. I hope one day to catch a thumper like that on plastics. Top stuff. Dont over eat these fish. They still have high levels of dioxins which can do nasty things to the body and take many years to leave the body.

Hi guys, Is this still possible? I need to get my boat license. Ive been reading the book and doing the online quiz a fair bit but would prefer a proper training course where things are shown and explained, not just remembered off a book. If this is still able to happen or anyone can shoot me recommendations of places to go get my license, that would be great. Cheers.

That cuttlefish wow that is massive. The proportion, like nbdshroom said, makes all the other fish look small! Nice stuff man, really top stuff.

The wind is a huge let down. Its never what the predictions are. Always worse. Hows tomorrow looking lol.

What the **** is that. Its got a nose and potentially a tumor growing on its head. Mad size though.

Cheers for the current inputs. From what I have read they do work alright but it really comes down to how you interpret the image. Scratchie check out the humminbird units. Im considering the 798 it does down image and side image all in one unit. Ill give this one another couple tries and ill probably pick up an el cheapo off ebay which uses lower frequencies and see how they work together and use that to aid in reading the images. Cheers guys.

Hey all, Ive got this fish finder and after reading the manual and looking at what ever I could online, I still don't know wtf I'm doing when actually trying to use it. It doesn't seem to show any fish or there aren't any fish to see. When we used it last we burlied hard and saw about 200 yellowtail under the boat, When looking at the fish finder, it doesn't look like the bait balls I'd expect to see but more like squiggles and little dots and random crap. From what I have read, it is good enough to troll at slow speed and you should see some blips when you pass over things. I see nothing, no matter where I go. I tried looking for videos of demonstrations on the internet but everything I have found is not in English. Sometimes when were just sitting in one spot the bottom changes from a smooth flat line to a sound wave looking thing with ups and downs even though the boat was not moving. Would this be because of the choppy water raising and dipping the boat? Ive read that big fish and small fish on these DSI range units always look like tiny dots rather than arches. If you're anchored up in one spot and you see something pass, does that necessarily mean a fish or some other object just passed under the boat? Does anyone have a similar fish finder and able to shed some light on what I should see and how I can use it to benefit me? At the moment the only thing it seems to be good for is checking depth. It came with the boat so I'm not fussed about it but if I could make use of it, it would save me from looking for a new one to buy. Cheers.

I'd definitely be using something like 60lb. Fishing off the land, you don't have the flexibility of a boat fisher where you could chase the fish, move the fish or move your self into deeper water away from snags and structures. Awesome stuff getting the hookups. I do believe, though, that if the kings aren't in a frenzy, they are leader shy.

After running seemingly fine yesterday, this is how it sounds today. What the ****. http://youtu.be/jBj6y_w8C4U I don't know if this is a misfire or if this is fuel starvation.

Its a reserve, generally they have signs which say you cannot light fires there. If there is no sign saying this, just light a contained one in a metal bucket.

Sometimes check behind the wheel, make sure the cable didn't jump a track. At one point it felt like ours seized up but it was the cable, it jumped the track and made it hard as shit to turn.

That beach off clontarf is a stingray haven. Ive given up on everything at the spit, its over crowded and doesn't fish that well if you're after a feed.

Check out the new penn ssv. They feel solid like no other reel with awesome features and massive drag plus the live liner.

Thanks for the positive comment dude. Corrected the second video, it should be viewable now. Tomorrow is going to be insanely windy but we might take it out just for a 10 minute run on the water. I suggested to my dad that we take a 300m length of rope and ill hold one end while he drives the boat and if the motor flops on us I'll pull him back to shore lol. If we do run it, I shall post how it goes. Maybe prior to that I'll run this tank of fuel until its empty and put premium in a fresh batch.

Well disregard the part where I question the positive terminal. I fit it up and there was enough room. I went to start it up, first it wouldn't go. I got abit of start ya bastard just to get it to kick over and bam it started immediately on the next attempt. I haven't changed anything since I took the carburetors off and put them back on and it sounded much better. Its also not heating on one spark plug more than the other. Ive uploaded a video of how it starts, it should be live soon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1hwKKqIOE0 I took that video after I let it run it self for about 15 minutes. During that time I did some forward then reverse changes, gave it some rpm, then let it idle. I didn't even need to use the warm up lifter, I only used it for the first couple of seconds just to get it stable. It never used to kick over like this even after a start. The starter motor never got stuck once like the old one did and the battery wiring was not even warm when cranking. I'm uploading another video of it idling just for you guys to see how it sounds at the moment. I tried to get the camera into the guts of the carburetor, I noticed the top right jet seems to be squirting visibly more fuel than all of the other jets. http://youtu.be/t-P6mY_5-Vc Thats the video of it running, just 30 seconds worth, about 5 minutes after I first started it, warm up lever all the way down.

Believe it or not, you inspired me. After some prior reading, I read of one chap who ran these motors on 50psi even across all 4, although slow, he said his boat was very reliable and made a comment that after he decarbed the engine, his cylinder pressure shot up to 110psi in all 4 which was insane. I also read that these motors, if cared and looked after are work horses, although they munch through fuel like usain bolt on gatorade. None the less I spoke with my dad and nek minnit theres a starter motor here. Its a rebuilt unit and has a 6 month warranty on it. It is an identical piece to what we had on it but the housing of the unit was lined up somewhat different and the positive terminal of the starter motor sits about half a cm away from the block. Is this too close for comfort? I suggested to my dad that he takes it back there and have the guy loosen and change its orientation, I don't feel like fiddling with it because alot of shops will generally throw out your warranty for something so minor. If she starts up, were gonna cycle some seafoam through a batch of fuel(or probably get some of the other crap you spray in through the carbies and through the spark plug holes) and see how it rolls out. We also mentioned to the shop that the ignition switch was a different brand but he claims that the evinrude and johnson parts of this motor are exactly the same, just different stickers. The choke switch works but the thing I cant seem to find is how it primes fuel. The motor works purely by crank case pressure moving the fuel pump diaphragm to push and pull fuel. I can't see any electric components which could push fuel at request from the switch... None the less, I'll keep you guys posted with how things unfold. Hopefully a decarb of the engine can bump up cylinder pressure and a carby rebuild can see her on the water by next weekend!

For the time being, I can't attempt to do anymore tinkering. Ive had conflicting bits of advice and suggestions. Some are saying scrap the whole project and buy a new boat. Another guy said if we can get the motor running for under $500, its well worth it. Another guy suggested its pointless since 90psi even on all 4 is too low and the motor will be lacking in power. Another person suggested that we decarb the engine and it may just push the compression up as it might be filled with shit. For the moment, I can't spend anymore money into it, its reminding me of when I had issues with my car, although up and running now, it took alot of time, effort and money to get it there. I'm going to hopefully attend the boat show tomorrow or sunday, at rosehill, see what is what over there. Also might go and check out a stacer tomorrow. My dad was speaking with a marine dealer and he said he can do him a nice deal on an aluminium(quintrex I believe) with a 60hp yamaha and trailer for 15k brand new. If I drive my car and it breaks down, I pull over on the side of the road and I'm safe. In the middle of a bay, harbour, or even river, breaking down isn't very pleasant at all. For the most part of me, as Geoff suggests, how confident could I be with this motor taking me out and bringing me home safely and reliably. Imagine we did fix the fuel and spark issue, got out on the water, done our fishing then go to start it up to hear the starter motor seized like that. The way I see it though, is what ever could have been a problem, has been a problem so far and its either been resolved or on the list. We went yesterday to have a look at a second motor, almost identical to this one. It started up just fine but it was very shaky and cut out a fair bit. For the most part, I think its the end of the road for this boat and for safety and reliability, time to get something new. I will keep you guys posted. Also Gazza, a note to what you posted. Not sure how much difference it makes but the ignition/throttle system(what ever you call it) is an evinrude system while the motor is a johnson. Don't know what the go is but it seems to operate things fine.

Good info for us land goers. What coloured waxwing were you using. Never heard of them before, just checked them out, they look interesting but not cheap.