rickmarlin62

ferry over to vic ..drive home fully legal..when home hand in plates after getting blue slip then you can rego with nsw plates..rick

there wont be a prob with your mixture its just a fact that oil in fuel remains when the fuel evapourates...if you take carbies off you will find brownish green residue in the fuel bowl...I have had to clean my carbies a few times...you can use many different greases for prop shaft ..any of the major brands have marine grease in their range..i use blue Valvoline grease..never had a prob ..it goes in all grease nipples on steering and motor bracket...rick

on the way to any of these reef areas keep an eye on your sounder as there is heaps of ground off norah whereas Swansea is a desert...rick

if it only appeared after you ran it it will be excess unburnt oil from exhaust in your propeeler ..if you didn't put it in gear the prop shaft wont have been spinning to allow oil to leak from shaft seal...if the seal was bad enough to leak you would have a puddle of honey coloured oil on the ground....fuel evapourates in your carbies but the oil remains so when you pump new fuel in your mixture could be as thick as 15 to 1...instead of fifty or 100..thus smoke thus excess crap coming out exhaust....rick

three years ago I got on ebay looked up coarse fishing reels and got one from Russia for $29.00 delivered ..steel backing plate alloy spool sealed bearings 5 inch diameter its awesome...my avon died on me and they are getting too expensive for the simple design they are......threadlines don't have the easy in and out control of a good freespinning centrepin......I fished norah head on sunday in the rain and a lumpy sea 50 mtr drifts were still controllable with centrepin but a spinning reel you have to feed line through your fingers then flick bailarm over to pik up line..centrepin is all done by spinning spool with your fingers ..much faster

my boats at mates place so cant access my gps for a few days...put these in your gps and pik how far you want to go...they all hold fish you just have to sound around....33,17,122/151,37,580......33,17,22/151,46,44......33,21,00/151,45,90......33,24,11,151,45,98

ps..squid in the bay where the boat ramp is and yakkas at hargraves reef couple of hundred mtrs nth west of ramp

the area you refer to as texas is actually the perch grounds ,texas reef is half way out to the kingie reefsin 55mtrs..the perch grounds are 90/100 mtrs...there are heaps of shallow reefs to fish within two miles of bird island..500mtrs nth east of the island is broken ground and small pinnacles..just sound around and im sure u will find some fish..rick

johndory that has to be one of the funniest fotos ive ever seen..cudos to you

yep...the latest two holes have a black ring round them.....we are thinkin the engine is earthing to hull and creating these holes in the forward section of the hull basically where it touches the water when planning...any ideas anyone ???

you cant drive out to the point at woolie its a holiday camp ..long walk. but you can walk and spin western side..try murrays beach jetty then walk north and spin for flatties..easier to get to...rick

in that situation drive forward and to the side of your anchor rope till you are same distance upstream as you were hanging downstream then lift anchor quickly before you drift back over it...rick

my mate has a stessl striker 5.5 and has had two lots of holes in the bottom of the hull...there are no sinkers or hooks lodged anywhere ..he has tested the wiring and cant find anything leaking to the hull..we are assuming the earth is coming from the engine..does anybody have any experience with this problem ???? rick

if your mechanically minded drain your carbies ..there are hex head with screw slots on the bottom of the carbie bowls...spray some carbie cleaner in then pump some fuel through to flush..if capable pull carbies off and completely clean bowls..ive done this at broughton island after getting crap fuel..its not that difficult I have 60 yammie..identical setup takes twenty mins to clean them from start to finish...if not take it back to service guy and voice displeasure...rick

you list prop as 13 1/4x7 but im unsure bout this as I have 60hp yammie with 13 1/4 x 17 pitch u may need to look at the pitch

wire 30cm long to hook then short length wire to stinger hook....I use haywire twist 4 turns then barrel roll 4 turns single strand wire ..you can use multi with crimps comes down to personal preference...rick

spot on grease traps the salt and becomes an abrasive....rick

been using same rig on small blacks using mullet..capt paul Whelan taught me this rig years ago..small mullet swim very well .use stinger on wire further north cause mackerel llluuuvvv them..rick

had the same with my 60 yammie ..where the cables lay in the outboard well the throttle cable outer had cracked and the inner spirals were rusted thus sticking to cable.. my money would be replace throttle cable...rick

cant go past penn spinfishers 7500/8500 for price and quality...rick

you can fish for them off the rocks on the bike/walkway around the warners bay end...bout 200/250mtrs from the lights...looking back towards warners bay...its not real deep but ive caught a fair few there also some large bream at night...rick

cheers mate...cant find much intel anywhere...just have to have a crack an do some miles...rick

most nth coast ledges they are necessary...some places I fish you are twenty feet off the water...rick

hi mg im at gorokan and fish both waterways with great success...pm me and il try and help you

goin bush for the weekend ..does anybody know if you can catch spiny freshwater crays at this time of year...never chased them and don't know if they hibernate..any input greatly appreciated....rick