[Port Stephens-Back on the Water]

Yes just around the islands mate, south side of boondelbah for slimies, have never missed, and theres a ridge on northern side of little island heading towards broughton for bonito/mack tuna on bullets. A lot of people only try around the hole in the wall which is very hit and miss, thought it was worth a mention

Nice fish, we kept ketting smashed on plastics by coota on Sat 😥 but at least got 10 or so sand flatties for a feed

Cheers

[Port Stephens-Back on the Water]

@Woodsy1 what bait where you after? I know of a couple of spots that holds slimies, yakkas and bonito year round if you're interested. Picked up 3 bonito in a couple of minutes on Sat morn on the way to broughton. Plenty of free bait for a days fishing 👌

[Livebait pump set up]

Hey guys have just installed a new stern mount livebait tank on the boat. What setup does everyone use to plumb in their livebait tanks? 

Thanks in advance

Will

[Braid - Looking for specific]

Am i the only weirdo that feeds the line through the entire rod, ties onto the reel, puts a pen through the spool of line, then holds the pen each side with big toes on each foot? You can put pressure on the spool of line to wind on nice and tight, and the rod loads up so it goes on evenly.  just make sure you have socks on as it burns 😂. 

Have had some weird looks from the mrs haha but it works

[Garmin 1020xs transducer install]

Just realised this should have gone in Boating thread sorry

[Garmin 1020xs transducer install]

Hey guys,

Recently purchased a 6.2m plate alloy cuddy cabin, which included a Garmin 1020xs. After a bit of research am upgrading the poverty pack transducer on it to a B75 600w chirp transducer and GVC10 scanning module to hopefully get the most out of it. My questions for you guys are

1. Any other recommendations for the transducer set up for this sounder? We fish mainly offshore on the deeper reefs/shelf

2. Can anyone recommend a mechanic/marine electrician to install the through hull transducer. Preferably Sydney but travel up to port stephens regularly

Appreciate any feedback guys. Have only been on here a while, and have learnt a lot already by flicking through the regular posts and replies

Thanks again

Will

[Braid - Looking for specific]

Black magic rainbow elite. Have used their leaders and terminal tackle for years as is imo the best on the market, and this is the best braid i have used. Has the 10m colour change also, great if targeting fish off your sounder. 

Good luck 👍