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    Downrigging Harbour Today

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    We pulled about 30 yakkas in total from balmoral on Saturday you just need to keep trying and if something doesnt work change it up ie use bread, squid pieces, jigs or pilchard pieces to get yakkas. As everyone has said squid is the key at the moment.

    We landed about 12 kings on Saturday most to the squid all around Seaforth.

    Question On Towing A Tube/biscuit

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hello raiders,

    I have a 40hp mariner on the back of my 15ft al dehaviland.

    Ive never tried towing a tube behind it but does anyone know if I would be able to do it behind that size motor/boat? Im not looking to break any speed records or anything, I just want to know if I would be able to pull it fast enough to have some fun with mates over the xmas/new years holidays.

    I would be towing my boat up to the central coast from Sydney if it is possible but I probably wouldnt bother if the boat wasnt going to pull a tube very well.

    Any thoughts, comments, ideas would be appreciated.

    Terrigal Kings

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Welcome to raider mate.

    I went out with Scotty a couple months ago, he knows his stuff thats for sure. All up in a day we would have boated 60+ kings and lost at least another 30.

    Well dont on your fish mate

    Rod Holders

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by Kiwi Dan

    Dan I use very tight drag on everything except large livies and larger live green eye squid. I have valuable rods and reels that I have to look after and these rod holders are as solid as a rock and absolutely unmovable once the nuts are tightened up. Road vibration doesn't affect them either.

    They are designed to be adjusted to 360 degrees by using an Allen Key and notice the closeness of the teeth in the pic, that's for fine tuning the rod spread and adjusting to keep the lines separate in wind etc.

    I gave mine a final adjustment (a once off only tweek up of rod holder angle and direction is all that's needed) with rods out on the water, making sure that the lines on all rods were kept separated and even having no wind bloom-out of a line over the tip of the rod next to it. That includes lining up the eight rail mounts with my two downrigger rod holders which are built into the gunnels facing 45 degrees out from the corner of the stern and another two solid rod holders that are welded to the inside of my gunnels to allow my two ten foot long cast rods to face back over the seven footers facing out from the stern that are on double welded rod holders on the solid uprights supporting my bait board.

    If I had the chance to buy any other rod holders on the market without paying I would lay my money out and buy these same rail mount rod holders all over again.

    Cheers

    jewgaffer :1fishing1:

    Hello,

    So do you have your rods straight up in the holders as they are shown in the pic or do you adjust them to fish out the back only?

    I want the rod holders to be point out at roughly a 45 degree angle to the sides of the boat.

    Rod Holders

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Hi jewfishrobby Have a thought about getting s/s rod holders. My rod holders in the pic are U.S Tommy Marine rail mounts now made in China to the U.S. specs and are now available over here at around $37.00 each.

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    Cheers

    jewgaffer :1fishing1:

    Hello mate,

    do these rod holders spin when you get a big hit?

    I was going to get some of these and mount them on a vertical rail on the side of my boat. I have stainless ones at the moment which i tighten but they still spin unfortunately.

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