[Slimies & Yakkas vs. Sweep etc]

Ive caught longtails on mados an sweep

[Tackle Selection - Need Some Help]

fill it with 10lb braid and use 1.5 mtrs nylon trace up front to tie too...you will get probably 300mtrs of braid on..10lb braid normally breaks higher than 12lb so you will be able to work it well thru your rod..your questions on tackle selection are fairly broad.and.hard to give exact answers..best idea is to target a certain species as you will have more success than just throwin an hopin...rick

[Tinnie testing]

ps neil  pm me your details and address as I have something I want to send down to you mate..cheers rick

[Tinnie testing]

good stuff neil  glad all is well on the boat front..the fish sound like they are getting fussy mate...hope the yellowbelly was good company on the trip home  haha..rick

[New Badge MENTOR For Members Who Adopt A Learner]

thank you neil  I have already been blessed with a mentors badge  and im very proud of it....cheers mate

[Surf Casting Overheads]

ive used  tsm4s on fsus for years   I even use tlds on jew sometimes..so your not alone..ps I hate alveys..haha ..rick

[A couple of km's on the Nambucca]

top report dave..water looks beaut...glad the crabs are workin cant wait to try them..rick

[Savage osprey 525]

permatrim should help....I just put bigger engine on a few months ago  so I put my big esky in front of where I stand to balance boat better..you may have to look at where your loading is in boat also..rick

[Sounded on while fishing or off]

I turn mine off when fishing for snapper..i think it puts them off in shallow water...lean over the transom and you can hear the tranny clicking...if I can hear it im sure they can hear it..rick

[Mullet & Bream....and tangles]

great report   good onya antony....love mullet on bread...fish don't have to be big to be fun ...rick

[bloody wind]

sst charts are howing 19.0 dgs out front of here but around moon island on sat it was 16.1 at lowest....the n/easters can cause this by pushing water into beaches that curve and act like a trap..we call it rollover effect the cold water gets turned over from the bottom...it happens every couple of years when a finger of warm water pushes down the coast and sucks the colder water back up the coast in close..rick

[First boat, first puzzle]

footrests I would think..rick

[Savage osprey 525]

cant hurt...do you have too much weight in the rear..ie fuel two batteries..too big a motor..??????...can you move weight forward..is your motor trimming in all the way or is the pin out one or two holes out...rick

[bloody wind]

antony  try sardines on toast for brekkie and wash down with strawberry milk..........it doesn't stop seasickness   but it makes GREAT BURLEY....bahahaha....rick

[bloody wind]

I was going to port stephens but pulled out and launched in lake mac..the wind didn't die fri night like I hoped...we went and pumped squirt worms while the tide was low..it was freezing in the water up to our waists at daylight...the water coming in was 16.5 in the channel area..we took off outside and trolled and fished for a couple of hours with no results..water was green and cold 16.1  no fish anywhere so back into the channel and anchored in the shallows for whiting..we ran out of worms all too soon but had 4 nice whiting each all round 33/38cm and very solid..didn't take any fotos  but will try and take some later at weighin...we tried to spin for flatties in 25 knots of n/east howling down the lake..there was no joy on the lizards with not even one bump between us in 4 hours..bloody wind.....rick

[Respooling Tiagra Question]

50w will hold 1000mtrs of tiagra 24kg very neat...braid can be used but imo it gets wet and sits buried under topshot and doesn't dry out..rick

[Some kind of eel, caught at the Entrance at dusk (Highfin Moray Eel)]

longs and shorts are freshies  that's a green moray saltwater only..rick

[Calling all Coasties!]

what area are you from james..rick

[Croc and Rat]

sounds like a good day out   ..nice flattie..rick

[Visitor on job site]

lol

[Visitor on job site]

yep that's a mopoke..aka tawny frogmouth

[Bait/Tackle Shop Central Coast recommendations?]

small shops at toukley and the entrance are ok..rick

[That stupid reverse switch on spinning reels]

one way non reverse bearings cant be disengaged..thats why they are called one way ??

[Visitor on job site]

I was under the assumption a mopoke was a tawny frogmouth...rick

[That stupid reverse switch on spinning reels]

Nowadays they have one way bearings in the rotor so you cant wind backwards...rick