[port hacking again]

Going in the port tomorrow where should I look for the Bonito 

[Towing a boat from Bowral to Greenwell Pt]

No problem let me know

[Bate Bay]

Ok no problem 

[Bate Bay]

Would you like a depth sounder for free hummingbird 128 wide it works took it out of my boat last week allcables

[First time Port Kembla]

Did you fish inside or outside the brakewall 

[Towing a boat from Bowral to Greenwell Pt]

I am in Wilton if you want a crew let me know port Kembla shell harbour or Kiama have my own gear

[Anyone collect old led sounders]

Cleaning out my shed found two old led sounders one with cables anyone want them for the cost of post or going in the bin next week 

[Show us your best fish you ever caught and tell us why???]

The biggest snapper I have caught was 52 cm in 8feet of water at the back of jibbon bommie south of cronulla biggest bream was 45cm in 4feet of water in the oyster leases in botany Bay were Georges River enters not very sporting used 20lb line and ugly stick if you didn't give it to them the cut you off all the time also you only had two hours to fish as well the leases are gone now it was a great place to fish

[Port Stephens fishing]

Thanks again to everyone not sure when it will be within twelve months have to sell our house first 

[Port Stephens fishing]

Thanks for the replys 

[Port Stephens fishing]

Looking at moving to the port Stephens area and would like to know if my boat would be ok outside fishing around Broughton Island on good days

Quintrex 4.5 fishraider centre console all refit 2007 new motor 50hp tohatsu and 18 auxiliary sounder and radio

Thanks in advance 

[Sans Souci Drift]

Thanks for the reply so you could rig them up anyway realy

[Sans Souci Drift]

How do you rig up soft plastics to drift with I would like to try that

Thanks 

[Who remembers the good old 80's]

1986 my first new boat 18ft shark cat

.game fishing from a 28 berty with botany bay game fishing club our boat won other gamefish trophy 3 years in a row mostly yellowfin there were lots out at the shelf.loved catching the 30kg ones on 12lb line some days there would be acers of them all round the boat feeding on pillies mostly 15-20kgs good to eat that size

[Pending World, Australian, NSW record PHGFC]

when i fished with botany bay gfc there was a guy who colected the smaller sharks and feed them to his greyhounds

 

[Jewfish Point, Georges River]

used to catch blackfish there as a kid run out tide brother used to catch jewies from oatley point

[Where to get good kind of cheaper boats?]

just on facebook boats forsale nsw 

4.5 quintrex for sale 4500 worh a look if thats what you want

[Where to get good kind of cheaper boats?]

bought mine on gumtree 4.5 qunnie s/c reef raider all refirbed in 2007 wth 50 toh and an 18 toh

all in good condition new colour sounder/ plotter ect paid 6k safty gear included

took it out first time leaked like a sive loots of water in boat.took it home put lots of rain water from our tanks in it found the leak the two bungs were pop riverted to the hull one each side broken and no sealer so lots of sicafelx 3 new alloy sealed pop riverts all good now

[Braked boat trailers]

PLETHORA

thanks for that info i have a 4.5 quintrex c/c and the trailer is a tinka it has to get inspected every year and is just under the weight of having to have brakes rego is very expensive for it. will take to get it weighed after i get the boat off and onto the grass.the trailer is 50x50 square frame full rocker roller tilt trailer.it also has a big old hydroylic brake tow hitch i might change to get weight down has mini wheels as well

[Old days]

used lots of the reels on these pages we used to get my gear from st vincent de paul shop in mortdale ther even sold guns back then 

still have dads mitchel reels and his everol my brother has the older game reels and overheads my dad could sure cast them even the tattler always had the big gear out on the boat an old timber boat the my dad put a gearbox in it so we could go faster.it was mored in the georges in oatley

[Which size electric motor]

those CTeks are great i plug mine into a lead om my ducati charges battery great  slow charge is best

[Fishing ponds/lakes around Macarthur NSW region?]

you could try on the rivers at menangle and douglas park you can drive real close to the river search with google earth

[frozen burley logs]

hi

is there anywhere in southern sydney or south to kiama that sells these i have a bait freized and my wife wants it gone as i allways bring stuff back to refreeze for burley

if i could buy these a couple of days before i am sure we wont need to have the old frezer on its not even a frost free one atm its got just bread and some pilchards in it

thanks

jim

[Custom Rods from Caringbah]

used to go to kens every thursday night played crib with him as my dad taught me to play closed shop then over the road to caringbah hotel good days them in the 80s member of caringbah anglers meet a great bloke there caled mick we are still mates fished a lot of comps with him lives in narooma now but has done for years

[There is always a bigger fish (or shark)]

in the port hacking 100 some years ago a boat weighed a mako like that it weighed 80kgs not allowed in point

a much bigger mako to the rest in one go