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Mate bit further & North but Laurieton just south of port mac is great spot. Caravan park there called brigadoon with own ramp, can hire tinnies at dunboggan. Good fishing and great folks. I like south coast but find it crowded at times, and worst of all my MIL lives there

Thank you all, I am very honoured to be appreciated by the people that run this site. The site is great fun and friendly because of the hard work you all put into it, with contribution from some fabulous members and sponsors. Cheers Jim PS kids think i should change my avatar?

Doesnt seem to fussed at 1st. Maybe it was only dads car

Flew into Sydney Thursday arvo, waterways looked like coffee! Nepean ramp and jetty are under and it is a putrid colour streaming down

My limited experince with blue swimmers (in Adelaide & Pt Mac) is they do not bite in cloudy/dirty water.

Spongy I have been going through looking at changing prop on my boat. It is 90 yam with 17" stainless on a 5m Quintrex. It is only revving to 5k max and the 90 should go 5400-5500. Am skeptical of changing to 15” as all the other 5m Quintrex with 90 yams have 17” props. Huey explained to me how this can be and A Yamaha dealer I trust told me that the 90 it is not a big capacity motor and struggles on props much over 15-16” and he believed a 15” would be a good match. Perhaps that is what the Solas man is thinking? I would be following up on Pelicans good advise and be getting and sale and return agreement with them e

Think it is construction ply. cheaper than MP

Later Quinnies dont even use Marine ply. So i would say if you got marine ply after cutting and drilling you totally sealed the timber before carpet you wont have a problem for donkey's years. My 2c worth

Welcome to the world of fishing, I always justify this and think postitivly that at least the fish didnt spoil your peace & quiet

Gotta love the simplicity of the 2 strokers. got a friend in adelaide having huge problems/costs with a late model 4 stroke Johhno/Suzuki 90 at present, traced back it is due to a poor service/repair which is not directly to be blamed on the motor/brand but if the same poor repair workmanship had been done on a 2 stroke it would not be costing anything like it is going too now. my 2c worth i like the basics of a two stroke. Samy make sure you talk to Craig at Huett re a eTec he offers invaluable advise here at times.

Yeah I will be going back before but plan on taking the family next xmas/Jan

Sorry for the late report. We planned an assault on the snapper grounds 25k into the Gulf, these have been providing 10+ reds between 8-12kg on the right days, and unfortunately this wasn’t one. Left at 5am in the boss and his son’s new 5.4 trailcraft (great boat) with our Local manager Marty and successively tried all Marty’s marks, a few bites but all too small and we saw one Great white that went 3m (baby for Adelaide!!!) Rob hooked one keeper just over legal. Our original plan was to try till 10 and then pull up stumps and head inshore for Blue swimmers. We persisted to 10.30-11 but still no luck. Moved back to about 1-2 ks off semaphore and set up for crabs. In Adelaide they use a lift up pot not the witch’s hats, they are much easier to get the crabs out. We tied off 5 pots to the boat, opened a beer then went and pulled the 1st pot back up voila 2 crabs in that, so we new they were on. After that it was a production line hauling crabs in, only down side to there pots is you can’t muck around pulling them up or the crabs can swim out so it can get quite tiring. Tide change and they went off the tooth for ½ hour or so and the ropes all tangled up but once we swung around they came on again. Photo below is the 135 litre esky on its way to being ½to 3/4 full. Final estimate was about 90-100 crab. Bailed at about 2pm as I had a 5pm flight, grabbed a shower and the team kindly packed my Pelican flight case for the trip home and by midnight all my share of the crabs were backed and either frozen or in the fridge awaiting Saturdays Chili Crab feast. If you get the chance to go to Adelaide in January when the crabs are on it is an experience to see them in such numbers. Shame about the snapper though………next time. Big thanks to Greg, Rob and Marty for the boat, time and company.

Mate how are ya catching them? I have tried a few times to no avail.

Mate I have a Lowrance 3500C colour plotter with navionics golds card. Very happy with unit and clear to se in sunlight.

Netic can you advise more? I have a lowrance, presume you work out waypoints on Google then manually enter to plotter?

Hi All does paint stay on top of Gal trailers and wheels? Does it offer more protection? I am looking at new trailer wheels and most are Gal but some are Gal powder coated? Would that be better?

Not just the towbars Pelican but the towing specs of the vechile are down rated, as mentioned it does not matter what towbar is fitted to the Klugers they are rated to 1500 kg max and 700 kg w/o brakes

Also keep in mind that 750kg GVM for brakes only applies to vechiles not already rated for towing! Some vechiles have a maximin towing wieght rated with and with out brakes. IE my Kluger is only rated to 1500kg max and 700 kgs with out brakes. I have heard of other vechiles only rated to 550 kgs without brakes.

A mate up that way told simalar, although he belives the problem lies more in where the local farmers keep there pesticides etc and they foul the river. Either way as you say a tragedy.

Thanks again. Steve becareful of dishwashers, not all knife handles like them long term.

Hi All I haven’t got down to the pro shop yet to check out the Dexter Russell knifes. Whilst enjoying the excellent weekend weather I went over to Castle Hill and picked up a set of Mundial kitchen knives on special at a major retailer. The specialist knife store downstairs was demonstrating the basic Furi tech and American Accutech sharpener’s The Accutech uses carbide blades and would be good for resurrecting totally blunt/damaged knifes. But every time you use it a small trail of swarf comes off the knife, so extensive use would whittle away the blade. The furi tech system using the diamond fingers is a fine hone and requires a few stokes to keep the edge on a knife and can be used more like the steel. Ross is correct the amount removed is microns. This is what I purchased for knife maintenance. I could only see the wife doing more damage with the steel than good. I will most likely order the Lansky kit from the US and use that for my other knifes. Also I noticed they had the Kershaw filleting knifes, (not floating handle model) any body use them? I have a Kershaw lock knife and it has an excellent blade, the model on offer had a Japanese made blade. Once again thanks all for your input it has been invaluable.

great fish, well done

I think the units are basically same as Mariner/Merc and as so ok. It Just seems you dont get the same level of dealer/warrantty support, and the few horror stories on here have scared raiders off. Good advice and help from a good dealer getting it right is worth more than the few dollars you save up front.

Ross thanks for tip. Those sharpening systems look great? I was thinking of gettiing the Lansky set. And maybe the Furi diamond fingers for keeping the edge on the kitchen knife. I can not see the using a steel but the diamond fingers are close to her beloved wiltshire sharpeners in operation. Jigholio thanks for the Pm, going to go have a look.