ray67

Own a boat and it gets worse B=bring O=on A=another T=thousand HE HE

Hi Mate I had the 2004 stejcraft monarco 6.4 exactly the same hull poor riding boat in the ocean slapped around on every little bit of chop poor windscreen design need to be 6.6 feet tall to see over the dash comfortably very poor fittings i think all made in china {not that theres anything wrong with that} gelcoat was very thin screws came out everytime i went out seats constantly came loose it was hard work maintaning this boat due to the poor finish i bought brand new and only held on to it for 4 yrs due to to many minor problems .i think the worst part though is they look great when new but tired after 2 years i now have a 5.4 metre aluminium centre console and feel a lot more safe at sea in this than the stejcraft cheers

hi all the trout will be in the nepean but not worth going yet water is so high went for a look early today best to wait till water drops dramatically then fish the lower side of the weir with spinner baits or worms ive had succsess with this method years ago before the drought cheers

here goes for my story was about 18 months ago was going out for an early morning fish 3am had a late night not enough sleep my boat was 6.5 meter with 200 litre fuel tank had about a quater tank so wanted to fill up for a full days fishing got to the servo early in the morning still half asleep pulled out the pump started fueling up laughing with the mates not concentrating at all pump stops excellent full tank around 190 dollars worth of fuel still laughing with mates put pump back in holder something clicks ohh f--- i say to my mates i think i filled up with deisel nooo they say jump up on the side of the boat smell the fuel yep filled up with deisel off to home disapointed no day out decided to empty fuel tank big job take up floor undo the fuel line and dump all the fuel into 20 litre buckets after about two hours dumping fuel in my yard tank is empty off to the servo again to fill up so that the boat wasnt empty that day cost me about 500 bucks and didnt get out of penrith

the moored boats at callala hold plenty of squid aswell just get over the weed

hey i got the 2010 90hp suzuki four stroke on my centre console best thing i ever bought had a few different engines from time to time all 2 stroke i would never buy a 2 stroke again to noisey to smelly and having to buy oil is another cost the suzuki heaps of power great fuel consumption and extremly quiet cheers

hi all was down there sunday aswell left from parsley bay smooth seas no t much wind did ok heaps of trevally and some kings biggest 64cm lost a heap on the reef due to light line had the kings in the burley trail but wouldnt play on the heavier gear left there about 11 am and found a masive school of salmon off palm beach landed about 20 kept a couple released the rest left them on the bite cheers

hi all i got one of these and am taking it off pretty flimsy wobbles around a bit its ok for a bit of shade im thinking of a getting custom one made up or none at all yet to decide but it wont be there in summer

weather looking excellent for the weekend any one heading out cheers

hi all i agree with mutsy if i invite them i dont expect anything just the way i am i guess but when you get the guy thats pestering you all the time to take them its a different story i have never asked for money and guess what i dont get offered thing that gets me the most more than anything is not the money its the cleaning up this takes a few good hours and we all know how tired we are when we get home cheers

as soon as this weather calms down im in i am availble any day except mondays and tuesdays due to buisness

hi guys i live in glenmore park and happy to take some people with me when you get out i find it hard to get a crew alot so if any one is interested let me know i have a 2010 5.1 aquamaster centre console with a 90 suzuki 4 stroke

hi guys try you tube thats where i learned to use hds very handy cheers

hi all i used to fish garie on a weekly basis it is very dangerous i used to fish a place called the deck it was on the north side between garie and watermolla amazing fishing there at times with salmon tailor trevally brim big kings blue groper snapper and jews all caught here{that was 20 years ago dont think it would fish like that again } the downside of fishing here is how dangerous it is we used to have a 20 litre plastic drum tied off to the old railway track that had been hammered in to the rock so if you ever went in and were lucky enought not to get dragged under the rock you could throw the plastic container out to the person in the water and get pulled back to safety. i was there one day and the water was so flat it was amazing but like people say watch for the freak wave we allways watched the water but this day we copped the freak wave it went right up to our chest luckily there was only two of us on the rock so we could both hold on to the railway track it was the scariest thing i encountered as a rock fisherman sort of gave it up after that bought a boat instead hope this gives you an insight to this spot cheers

hi guys i live 5 mins from nepean lived there all my life there are plenty of spots around depending if you are going land based or boat i have caught trout bass and big mullet down there both from land and boat also carp if you want to catch them but dont go there very often anymore to many skiers in summer fishes best after some heavy rain i would be more than happy to show you guys around just let me know cheers

hi all funny topic here goes 1st boat $4k second boat 11k Third boat $65k new what a waste of money used way to much fuel 150two stroke never again juice guzzler new pajero to tow the boat wife not impressed kept for 6yrs sold in june downsized to new 5.1 aluminum centre console 90 suzuki four stroke much better 35k new sounders and gps rods reels tackle been fishing now for 25 yrs i could not put a cost on my addiction as for buying a boat i like to buy brand new gives me a secure feeling when i go out to know its had its proper sevices

i was out monday anchored in my fav spot got 1 king 68cm on 3 kilo lost two others plus a couple of trevally wind was horrible they were taking peeled prawn on a 1/0 circle hook but was hard work due to wind very tiny bites went the sunday before got 5 kings on the same setup bigest was 73 cm two at 65cm 1 at 60 cm and a baby of 50 cm all went back to fight another day but great fun on 3 kilo

can you add me plus 1 cheers ray atleast i know where to go this time

hi there i can fish anytime during the week as i have my own buisness and i have a 5.1mtr centre console with 90 suzuki four stroke but find it hard to get a weekday crew together i like botany bay easy for me to get to and happy to take a few out with me just need 48 hrs notice cheers ray

hi there garie is the way to go i fished there for many years both rock and beach dont recomend the rocks if you are only new to this the beach fishes best when there is a bit of swell around best place i found in all my years there is the most northern end of the beach about 50-80 mtrs down from the rocks i used to fish here very often with good results sambos ,tailor ,bream and also got a 25lb jew here many moons ago best of luck down there dont forget gates open at 7.00

just bought a new aquamaster centre console excellent boat after owning a 6mtr glass boat 2004 model bought that new aswell . i liked the glass boats ride but lost to much space being half cab very heavy when towing lot more work keeping looking good ie polishing waxing getting fish guts off aluminium boat easier to tow more economical more fishing space easier to clean dont have to worry about it when putting up on a beach and its quite quiet aswell i was a bit worried when i bougt it that it was going to be noisy very impressed with the new boat

i had a 2004 model bought brand new they are carbie oil injected very reliable never had a problem with it but i allways used the johnson/evinrude oil 50 blend then the xd 100 synthetic two stoke oil when it arrived they dont smoke or smell on that oil i used garage oil once when i couldnt get to the boat shop to buy some oil bad mistake smoke and fumes were terrible i had it on a 6.4 mtr boat went very well 65 plus klms per hour but fuel economy not to good with WOT got pretty good economy running about 4000rpm

Hi all went out on the bay yesterday with a few mates was fishing about a km from the third runway when a guy came over in an old runabout being pushed by an electric motor and asked for a tow as his main engine was broke he wanted to go to cooks river ramp i said no as its a new 90 suzuki and not run in yet so i said have you got a radio NO he says i said i will call marine rescue for you he says ok and throws out his anchor after telling marine rescue where he is they tell me it will be an hour or so till they get him ok he says after catching only port jackson shovell nose sharks and under size reddies we decided to head out for a troll and told the guy to stay put as marine resue would be here soon ok he says after being out for only a few minutes marine rescue calls me and says they cant find him i say ok will come in and direct you to the guy i see the big yellow boat go over and say he is over here they follow me get there guy has gone tell the rescue guys he has gone what a waste of time and effort for these rescue guys P.S if any one finds my plastix rod and shimano sahara reel with suffix braid can you pls return it as i accidently threw it in middle ground yesterday

yeah mate sick of towing around the big glass boat so got something smaller and easier to maintain now got two boats in the driveway and the missus is not impressed need to offload quickly