nickmenai

Thanks fellas. Much appreciated.

I cant get onto the bow so wouldn't be able to disconnect it from the trailer whilst on it. Haven't really checked if the motor can be started whilst on the trailer either. I think my best option is beaching it on the sand, might actually go down there on the weekend and watch how everyone does it. Thanks for the tips.

Hi all, First time boat owner and needed some advice. I have a 4.2m fibreglass runabout and I was looking at ways to launch from shallow rock (Grays Point) alone. Once getting my boat off the trailer, there are only two options I can see, dock it on the sand bank to the left or guide it to the jetty where I can jump on comfortably. when docking it on the sand back, what is the best way to get on it, do I turn it around facing the water and jump on from the back or do I just climb in from the side? when guiding it to the jetty, as I wont be in the boat, do I get a rope long enough to guide it whilst walking over the bridge? I am happy to dock it on the sand and get in that way, but when I eventually start taking the kids and the wife, I don't really want my missus climbing in from the sand bank which is why im enquiring about the jetty. I am sure I will figure it out, but just wanted some tips from anyone else out there who launches alone from Shallow rock.. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

i found after it rains, there are bucket loads of tailor roaming around the hacking. a couple of times down at grays point ive been smashed by taylor after a good rain, they wont even let the bait hit the bottom before taking it. the first time i went there (late feb, early march?), caught a few that had these white bugs hanging off the gills or in the mouth, found they were some type of isopod that cling to the fish via gills or tongue and feed off what they are feeding, never saw this before in ym life. threw the fish back in thinking they were infested with something but then found out what they were later.