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    Cordless wet & dry vacuum cleaners

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    Posted · Edited by Smasher

    5 hours ago, Fishop said:

    Bunnings has them for 149 bucks

    DEWALT 18V XR Cordless Hand Held Wet And Dry Vacuum

    Vacuum only.

    Battery = $109 (4ah) to $140 (6ah)
    Charger = $139

    Unless you own other dewalt kit you might already have those. 

     

    Cordless wet & dry vacuum cleaners

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    Posted · Edited by Smasher

    Does anyone here own a cordless wet & dry vacuum cleaner for cleaning your boat?

    My boat has a number of points inside that don't drain out, specifically the main floor area. Which means if I'm driving into heavy chop and getting wet I often end up with a puddle on the floor and no easy way to get rid of it.  

    I currently use an old towel to soak it up and wring it out, but there's gotta be a better way. Now I'm eyeing off cordless vacuum cleaners that I could potentially keep in the car and pull out to suck up all excess water in the boat as I'm washing it down at the ramp..

    Looking at Milwaukee and De Walt ones for around the $200 - $300 mark.

    Anyone have prior experience with these for this purpose?

    Dollies at the FAD

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    5 hours ago, GoingFishing said:

    Everywhere i went there was a thick greasy diesel looking surface scum. Not sure what it was but if that's coming from the container ships were doing some serious damage to the waters off Sydney.

    Not sure if it's the same thing as you saw, but what I saw especially as I was coming back towards the shore passed The Peak was seaweed bloom. It floats on the surface and looks like a dusty dirt slick, but it's actually the equivalent of pollen or sperm for marine life.

    I've seen the sea look like pea soup in northern NSW & SEQ at this time of year for the same reason...

    Oil / diesel slicks will always have a rainbow colour edge. 

    Paper Maps

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    39 minutes ago, raging said:

    Wasn't that long ago, I think last February. 

    Must have been later than that.

     

    I was pulled up by a police boat off Bondi on 16-December 2017 and they only asked to see a compass and a paper map, and life jackets.

    Lucky I had a map in a plastic sleeve under a seat in the cabin. Mind you it could’ve been a map of the English Channel for all they could see in a brief flash at 15m away. 

    It is ridiculous that even with a dash mounted GPS and every person on board with a smartphone in their pocket that you still needed a paper map. 

    Port Hacking

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    Nice catch!

    I was hanging around the sand bar off lilli pilli on Saturday. Plenty of good sized whiting cruising around. I flicked a whiting popper around for a while, right passed their noses, they weren't interested. Others on a nearby boat were using with live worms, not one caught. 

    Any tips for pulling them out? I supposed live nippers could be the go. 

    should i get it?

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    Posted · Edited by Smasher

    I havent used my yak for several years since I got a boat. They're good, but contrary to others in this thread they do have some downsides:

    The major one is that you have to paddle or peddle the bloody things. I'd get jack of it pretty quick. Others are;

    • I found it took me at least half an hour to mount the kayak holders onto the roof racks, and then the yak on top of those and strap it all it in. Although I've got a van which makes it extra tricky with the height. 
    • Unless I'd go out for a dawn fish, there's very few places in Sydney where there is parking at the waters edge on weekends. Which sometimes means parking a couple of hundred meters away and carrying the yak, and all of the fishing gear in a couple of trips down to the beach, rocks, whatever. By the time I'm done with that I'd be too exhausted to want to go very far.
    • You get wet. Not an issue for 5-6 months of the year, but at other times...no thanks. 

     

    That said, if it was my choice to have a yak or not have anything, definitely get a yak!

    Bonnies Save The Day Again

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    Posted

    On 16/02/2018 at 10:00 PM, Berleyguts said:

    The only trouble with catching bonito... they make a hell of a mess of the boat, spurting blood everywhere!

    I put them head down into a bucket, stick a knife in under the gills and cut right through. Then carefully rinse over the side with fresh seawater 3-4 times. Result is a bled bonito with no blood in the boat. 

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    Fish farm

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    Posted · Edited by Smasher

    Barra will live in 22C water. Surely it wouldnt cost you that much in power to keep it that warm over winter. Unless you live in mountains..?

    Fish farm

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    Posted · Edited by Smasher

    Lookup aquaponics.

     

    I know a guy who has a tank roughly that size. He grows veges on top, that are fertilized by the poo from the fish living underneath, and the plants provide oxygen for the fish. Brilliant setup. He has Silver Perch but you can have just about any fresh water species. Redfin are good eating! You’ll need a heater for Barra or other tropical species though.

    Big shark Botany Bay

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    Posted

    1 hour ago, Mr Squidy said:

    Whatever it is its bloody great footage that I'm sending straight to my boss who loves a kite surf through that area 

     

    I kite surf in Botany Bay. Well aware of sharks in the bay. Last year a dog got taken off Silver beach in Kurnell and another little shark was spotted cruising up the beach in Brighton le sands.  We try not to think about them lol.

    SouthWest Rocks / Hat Head?

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    4 hours ago, rickmarlin62 said:

    hat head is the best ledge for spinning..hard to get livies and the current runs hard round the point..live baiting is best done off s/east pt of hungry head just south of town..take garbage tip rd.look on google  southern rd  to the gap turn right.

     

    Hungry head is just south of Urunga. You havnt got them mixed up?

    Squid taking plastics but not squid jigs

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    49 minutes ago, rippinlips said:

     

    Most plastics have some sort of scent in them these days. Buy some EGIMAX and spray your jigs or dip your jigs in plastics scent....will make a difference...

     

    The poor mans version of that is to smear some of your fresh bait over your jig. Esp. raw prawn meat. 

    Suitable trailer for boat.

    in Boating

    Posted · Edited by Smasher

    You could take your boat/trailer to a public weighbridge and find out exactly how much it weighs. Some trailer dealers have them in their yards as well.

    You could also call up a dealer of your make/model boat and ask them what trailers they put them on. They will most likely use the bare minimum trailer size that they can get away with, while trailer dealers will most likely try to talk you into buying the most expensive. What you'll need might be something in the middle of those two. 

    New boat trailer rust protection prevention

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    Posted · Edited by Smasher

    1 hour ago, Fishop said:

    My main local boat ramp around here doesnt have taps/hoses otherwise I would consider it for sure.

    I'd say that most boat ramps don't have taps. 

    I go out of my way to those that do, or otherwise I take a 20L drum of water that I connect up to my boats deckwash pump. But that's only just enough to flush the motor and give the trailer a brief shower. 

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