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yep ill be there giving it a go should be a decent turn out by the reports of enquiriries and entrants already in.

yep the seminars they hold are the way to go, makes it so easy its unbelievable, the one i did went over 2 nights learn it all 1st ngiht then 2nd night they went over it quickly and then the test, and some of the teachers will haelp you if ya get a question wrong its almost impossible to fail

id have roughly 30-35 hours on it only had it for 4 months no smoke no smell and uses hardly any oil

ive got the 40hp etec its great nice and quiet and great in fuel starts with a touch of the key everytime one word awesome

nice fish diane, and good to see a fellow dora creek resident on here! there is some nice lizards getting around at the moment i got a nice 60ish one a couiple weeks back chucking lures off the bank.

whilst up my local creek casting poppers for bream last summer, i had a kingfisher come down and smack the cicada imitation lure, and the water dragons chase after them to!

ive been using the gulp 2"shrimp for a fair bit of my bream fishing lately, they seem to be stronger than the 3"minnows, i caught over 20 pike on the same shrimp before i got bitten off by something bigger and it was still fine before that. oh and the bream seem to have a fondness for them as well

the caravan park at greenmans valley is nice and quiet be a great spot to have a quiet weekend away, easy to get to and as its off the main road a fair bit there is no traffic noise at all

the tld is a nasty reel to cast as when its in freespool it disengages so to speak and has no brakes just keeps on spinning! i had a 100metre birds nest once lol. on a long rod off the rocks though can cast them easy 20 30 metres with a bit of practice, can allways cast with the clicker on as well to provide a bit of resistance

check out the nswptf comps, http://www.nswptf.com they dont have a age limit and they run bream bass and flathead comps around nsw

it doesnt matter at all mate, people regularly use smaller leaders use blackfishing as an example, and in clear water i regularly downsize my leaders to stop fish spooking so easy.

ill be heading out in lake macquarie for saturday morning trying to spin up a few nice breams, brother got a nice one last week 1.78kg 44cm to the fork, will be trying to better his efforts

wouldnt doubt a small cobe getting caught anywhere, i got a small one about 75 cm last year in lake macquarie and a few samll ones have shown up in newcastle harbour before to so anythings possible!

pick up boat with new 40 etec on saturday and hopefully fish on sunday in lake macquarie for some bream