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I remember about 20 years ago or more I went to a sea food restaurant in Adelaide, the one in a old sail ship, and I ordered Snapper, out comes the plate with a Nanigui staring at me, I told the waiter I ordered Snapper NOT Nanigui and the waiter came back with " the chef insures me that that IS a Snapper. I ate it but never been back there again. I later found out that commersially they are called Snapper in some fish markets!!!. . Frank

Is the finger grinder or saw related ?, 80 present of workshop accidents involve grinders. As for the boat traffic, I have seen it worse, the bay is copping a flogging but the hacking is pretty quiet. Frank

Try a dab of soap on the male part, don't know if it will come apart after the soap dries out though. Frank

What I would be buying . New 2018 Wildsea 5.20 Centre console plate boat, 5mm bottom,4mm sides 5mm transom. No motor On trailer with the following extras, hydrolic steering,150ltr fuel tank, 120 ltr kill tank, 60lt bait tank, hard top with rod holders and grab rails, anchor well, carpet over alloy floor , wide side rails, 16 rod holders in total, bow rail, 8 switch panel, deck wash with flex hose, bait board with draw etc, under floor storage , compass, rear ladder. There's probably things I have forgot. All this for under $20,000 then I would go and have a new ETec 115 motor fitted and some electronics and I recon you would come away with some change. Frank

I think I would be having it looked at. Put the motor up on full tilt and put some weight on the end of the motor close to prop, you may have to have someone do this while you look to see if there is movement in the transom, get the person to sort of flex the rear of the motor ( sort of sea say it ) if you know what I mean. Frank

Perhaps I should have said CANVAS but shadecloth is lighter and you can sort if see through it, it will stop the spray and is reasonably easy to sow and add eyelets so you can tie it onto the bow rail. Frank

Fill the bow rail in with shade cloth. Frank

Hi Ando and welcome to the site. at first glance the old rum runner looks like a pretty decent sort of ocean going vessel . My guess is it would be approx. 1984 model. But in reality they were a bit of a pig ( sorry if this upsets you ) they were not a popular boat and you would see quiet a few of them on the 2nd hand market, they are heavy, don't sit very well in slop, broach on a incoming swell and purpose a bit, not a lot of fishing room as the cabin was oversize and needed a lot of power to get moving. With all this said if you want a boat that floats on the water and you don't really want to go offshore a lot they can be a comfortable platform for you and 1 or possibly 2 mates on inclosed waters once you get the work room sorted with things where you want them. Hope you enjoy it and have many years of boating and fishing, but it won't be cheap to run. Frank

Elbow slapper ! and right on your doorstep, gotta be happy with that. Frank

Well done Neil I knew you would do it. I recon that's the spot where you got that big Cray when I was with you. Frank

Neil they can look stuff up on the net but nothing beats hand to hand personal tuition, you can see what errors they make ( if any ) and correct them before bad habits find their way into the learning that comes from on screen videos. Frank

Thanks guys for the comments. Neil it was an absolute pleasure to spend some time with you and I am completely happy with what went down, I have tried several places along the Might Murrumbidgee Rive to catch a cod ( not including the Burrinjuck part of the river as I caught several Cod there ) and you put me onto my first so it's another want off my bucket list. Hope to do it again and hope things go well on your next visit to the big smoke. Frank

Gordo. Do you use lead line for trolling ? did you meet my mate Braz ( Blacktrout ) he used to be president of the jindy club when I knew him, don't know if he still is as he spends a lot of time travelling up north. Great fishing and you done really well. Nice way to spend a few days. Frank

Hi all. Not a lot to report but a few lines on my adventures with Big Neil. Headed down to Neil's place for the Cod opening, he had previously warned me that the water levels in the river was pretty low and my expectations wasn't great, anyhow we gave it a shot, launched the boat and headed down stream dodging sunken logs and on some occasions not dodging them, picked a nice looking spot that has produced before for Neil and soaked a couple of baits. Wasn't long before Neil had a very small Murray Cod in the boat which was quickly released, not long after I had my first Murrumbidgee river caught Murray Cod, a small around 40cm specimen which after a very quick video was also released. ( I have caught many Cod before but my first from this river). We moved on and Neil picked up a couple more from various spots. Unfortunately we kept hitting submerged objects and it wasn't worth risking damage to Neil's boat or motor so we called it a day and went back to Neil's. Day 2 Neil took me to another part of the river to try some land based activity, Beautiful location but I just couldn't manage a bite, but anyhoe here I am posing with my Fishraider shirt A couple of days with a great mate and then I drove down to Adelaide for a few days to visit relo's . I want to thank Neil for his hospitality and company and hope to get down there again when there is some water in the system. Neil Knows the system very well and is a good guide and very good company so I would recommend any Fishraider to take up Neil's invite to go down that way, but wait till there is some water in the river. Frank

Also the fishing at the Peak and places similar were starting to decline, you should have seen it in the late 60's and 70's . That's when fishing at the peak was AT it's PEAK. Frank

By the time the 80's came about I was well on my way to becoming middle aged, cricky I can remember the 50's we were lucky to have a TV set in the house and not everyone was connected to the phone. I bet you simply got up from your bike wreck dusted yourself off and continued on your way, these days a big deal would be made of it cause you weren't wearing a helmet elbow and knee pads etc. Frank

I will be down at Big Neils place or Adelaide. My thoughts will be with him. Frank

This is probably closer to your description, Same family. Frank

Hi, when you say it had diamonds on the side are you talking about scale pattern ? or colour pattern ? . Could it have been a juvenile Silver drummer ?. Frank

We're going Marlin fishin ! on Broadbill today. Ross will be sadly missed by thousands of fisho's all over Australia, not much of a singer but a tremendous bloke, he loved his fishing and his guitar. My commiserations to family and friends. I will now play and listen to his CD once again with fond memories of a great bloke. Frank

Any update to this topic ?. Frank

Mate I would really suggest you get someone to teach you the basics, weather it be me or someone else with experience as trying to learn by yourself might inbed some bad habits into your use of the gear and bad habits are hard to get rid of. They are a delight to use once mastered and not all that difficult if shown the correct way to start with. I can use them right OR left handed which in certain conditions can be handy, also many different styles of casting from basic overhead to Robin hood method. Hope you get to learn how to and you will enjoy the new art. Frank

Hi Nick. Don't know where you live but going by your user name my guess would be in the Horsley park region and if so that's not a million miles from Berala. Baitcaster outfits take some time to perfect and I would like to offer you a loan of an outfit for a few weeks so you could get to know if you want to spend dollars and get one for yourself. I could also teach you how to use the outfit and show you a few tricks how to become a decent caster with the outfit, I have several baitcaster outfits here and you could learn the basics in a few minutes, the rest is PRACTICE till you become used to it. I am home most times as am a pensioner. Frank

I can't take credit for that fish, all I done was take a photo, my biggest to date is 103cm or 4 can't really remember but I know it was just over the metre mark. Thanks for all the comments guys. Frank

BTW the resignation the braid puts out also sends a humming type sound through the water which can be measured with instruments and different line thickness sends out different decibels of sound, these sounds are apparently very sensitive to fish , and I assume all lines whatever they are made of would send out some form of vibration sound. PS I use the FG knot and find I can cast all day long without needing to replace the knot, just use my own home made quick release clips for changing lures etc. Frank