rickmarlin62

sounds like your on top of it Geoff.....can you get a length of garden hose into your tank and siphon out old fuel ???if not yo may be able to disconnect fuel line at motor extend it with hose then pump it and try to siphon that way...rick

They dont care they have mincers

Squid heads dont troll too well as they dont look natural u dont see too many squid swimming round with no body..use paternoster with sinker drop to bottom then lift up 2mtrs so as not get snagged..rick

yeah wrong time of year neil cant even go for a swim unless your a polar bear...we did over 800 ks last week just for a day fix of cod...sometimes I think im mad..hahahaha

if you have ever been to browns you see it all the time we bag out in two hrs go off trolling come past five hrs later same boats are still there pulling gemmies I hate it...rick

cod are protected bass are closed season and traps are illegal sorry not much help...if you go higher and further west you cant target trout as closed season on them too..wrong time of year mate...I caught some murray cod last week but they are in west flowing rivers...rick

your freshwater options will be limited as bass are in closed season..opera house traps are actually illegal in creeks and rivers east of a line drawn from nth to sth thru dubbo according to freshwater rules book...rick..ps to protect platypus

double uni knots in most cases only need 5 wraps either side..i join 20lb trace to 10lb braid for cod with improved Albright..twelve wraps down four back over..in lbg I use 5 wraps of doubled maimline and 4 of trace...never had a failure on hundreds of longtails kings macks cobes...over many years of fishing the stones...rick

a well tied double uni should be about 95% knot strength..so..in 60lb trace an doubled 30lb line you still have over 50lb strength..with 30lb mainline you shouldn't be able to break it if im correct......light line is not ideal for double unis but saying that ive never had a break at the knot and im 55 and been fishing since I was a kid...rick

I knew there was a good reason I don't like salmon...rick

good stuff dirvin..sounds like a great session...rick

stick to the softly softly technique and you might win a few..ive lbg fished for nearly forty years and still run pretty much the same rig...tie a short double with plait.bimini.spider hitch..then join leader with double uni..tighten well trim short..i run 15/20 ft of leader with torpedo on it..i also cut and retie trace to itself with double uni 2 ft up from hook..if you get bit off by bonito or macks.sharks..you don't lose cork..d/uni knot in trace wont break easy so you don't lose strength in system...simple but effective..you can use ball bearing swivel 2ft up from hook if trouble with line twist...rick

some of the knife sets you buy for fishing have a 'cake' of stainless steel in them...rick

i take it you will be using live bait..depends on length of trace..rollers vs runners will knot travel thru guides..castability as in length of rod...balloon or torpedo cork ????????small livies or whole bonito or frigates...need more info dude...rick

mates cousin has been pro fishing out of one up the coast and luvs it...cant damage it with traps or beach launching...handle pretty good..feel strange to travel in everything seems to flex and they make noise while travelling...if its cheap jump on it so long as motors ok...rick

nice much current..rick

seriously.??? wot possesses some people..??????????????

BUGGER..your not havin much luck mate..its gotta turn round soon and come good..hope you get some fish soon neil...we did 800 kms on wed to get a cod fix..but it was worth it..rick

authorities might deny it but THERE IS A COUPLE OF LARGE CROCS IN THE MARY..so keep your eyes open

ive had a couple of close ones with broken skin but that's wicked...rick

my bro inlaw has been up there for 22 yrs and caught two in the river..the threadies are the go..good eating and pull a barra backwards

mate had similar happen went an got mates to pik up some old tyres and tied them to trailer sunk it then floated boat on and tied it down...got him home...rick

not sureif the trout patterns will work as being in a dam no breeding no cannibalism....small crawdads or maybe crickhoppers thinking about it may be the go...rick

being in a dam is hard to pick..go natural colors crayfish patterns..browns oranges..rick

rapala cd5s are a go to...rick