noelm
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It depends on water temp, if it's still warm, there's crabs, when it cools off, they disappear, during winter you will still get the odd one, you just have to decide if it's worth the effort, right now, there's plenty around, and winter is only a few days away.
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I guess in a strange kind of way, things like this are just a legacy of the age we live in, people break/lose phones, irreplaceable photos gone (unless backed up, which most don't do) it's just something we have to deal with these days.
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I find as a general rule, Snapper go off the bite as it gets dark, sometimes you will pick up the odd one, but when it's "properly" dark, lots of rubbish moves in, plus Tailor will remove you of tackle.
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Nothing wrong with the Suzuki's, just internet myth, I have a 50 Yamaha on almost the same boat and it goes OK, my mate has the same boat with a Honda and it is slightly more powerful than mine, either motor will be fine, if you don't mind a drive, there is a dealer near me sells both Honda and Yamaha, might be worth giving him a call, let me know and I can send his details if you like..
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I have had a Mako jump into the boat, it's not a whole lot of fun! it chewed the fuel line to bits, wrecked the battery hold down, and tipped it over and smashed a tackle box to bits, my mate ended up jumping on its back to calm it down, while I "subdued" it.
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Did you get a long aerial too? The 2.4m ones seem to perform best.
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How much fun are the flies! It is a big place with some great locations and characters you meet along the way.
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Cutting the cable can degrade performance, the aerial and cable length are tuned to specific tolerance, radio communication is "line if sight" the higher it is, the further it can "see"
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Don't cut the cable, leave it the length supplied, try to conceal the extra length, buy the longest aerial you can for maximum performance and mount it as high as posdible.
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Toss it, buy a new one, the cables will be all black and near impossible to resolder with any sort of reliability.
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I think I did a post here some time ago about reel repairs and tools? but anyway, you will only need a few quality hand tools (not cheap rubbish) I keep mine is a special "toolbox" (a Tupperware container I stole from the kitchen) you will need good Flathead and philips head screwdrivers, a quality set of jewellers screwdrivers, a good pair of small long nose pliers and a small shifting spanner, I also have some Dental equipment (pickers and hooked end things) that are perfect for locating small springs over pegs, and digging into corners to get grit out and that will see you able to dismantle almost any reel.
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Yep, me too, once just on dark, cold south wester blowing, just got the anchor up and slowly turning towards the ramp and a wave was scooped up and landed right on me, it was a chilly drive back, but not as chilly as the time I dropped the car keys in the water getting out of the boat to get the trailer, once again, cold winters night, stripped down to my undies to feel around the bottom for the keys, as luck would have it, I found them after about 5 minutes, lucky it was for my old Landcruiser Ute and had no electronic gizmos in the key.
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I think 5.5m is probably going to be "cosy" with a centre cab, it would be close to the minimum size I think, a bow rider is no different to a centre console when it comes to waves over the front, the VC suffers because the driving position is right up the front, making most weight well forward, the VC and the bigger Viking could be rather "refreshing" when a good wave comes over the top, especially in winter!
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Seems like a lot of people think a service is just changing oil and spark plugs.
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Beach worms, live Tailor then whatever else you can find.
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Trouble with Hydrogen is safety, might be great for experiments and rockets, and you need to make the Hydrogen, and the only way so far to do that requires electricity, and plenty of it.
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You will need a long extension cord though! until battery charging becomes much faster, and batteries become lighter and last longer, then electric outboards are a long way off. Don't be confused about electric cars, they are not free to run, you have to plug them into a charger, that's connected to the standard power grid, that's connected to an old fashioned "dirty" power station, so, unless you can wait for a day or so to recharge from a solar setup, then you are not really in front, yet! there is progress made in efficiency, but, it's slow going so far.
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Kind of interesting how their small HP engines are 4 strokes when once this was considered why people wanted 2 strokes because of weight issues, sort of proves that the weight difference is not what it was? plus I guess no one would buy a (say) 3.5HP e-tec, if they could build one, it would be too heavy, and too expensive, and the only way BRP can comply with pollution requirements was to use a 4 stroke like the competitors have.
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Still plenty of good crabs around, but this cold weather might see them thin out a bit.
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Yes, but not engines like the e-tec, only carbs style non compliant motors will be no longer available, most manufacturers deleted their Direct injection 2 stroke models some time ago, only BRP is continuing manufacture of them
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One fuse two devices is not a good idea, your diagram looks a bit confusing, what devices have you got connected, and how are they wired?
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43 minutes ago, Blackfish said:
Would have to agree with RickM 👍.
Me too, second is a Silver Biddy, first one is a bad photo but identity appears as a Javelin Fish.
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On 4/15/2019 at 8:19 AM, Pickles said:
“Red big eyes” are also called “happy moments”- be very careful handing these as they are very painful if you get spiked by their dorsal fins.
Filleted they are superb eating fish (don’t eat the skin though). The skin is very tough like a leatherjacket.
Happy moments are a different fish, nothing to do with the Big Eye.
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So, is the swell big in Sydney? its not really that far in a straight line!
Winter blue swimmers
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Caught plenty during winter and never noticed any difference in meat content, Muddies however do seem to be "light" now and then, even in summer, maybe depends on how recently they have shed?