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Nice post Ray & Roberta Always nice to meet up with a fellow fisho. Love the camper too!!

Wilcara, you need not worry about breaking the outriggers unless you forget to put them down when your trailering your boat. Outrigger clips have adjustable tension settings, and / or hold the line by an elastic band. Unless you had a seized clip (which meant you wouldn't be able to insert the line anyway) you would be hard pressed to "smash" them.

Found this in one of the daily rags. Thought you cephaladdicts might enjoy.

http://www.weblite.com.au/index.php?pageId=3237 November 7th - 11th Next Month

Fourteen-year-old angler Andrew Hargen may have netted himself a world record when he hooked this bluefin tuna off Westport. Andrew Hargen, 14, of Christchurch, with the giant bluefin tuna he caught off Westport. Andrew, of Christchurch, caught the 268kg pacific bluefin tuna off the charter boat Te Ariki Nui on Thursday. The fish took just over an hour to land on an 80lb line. Andrew is no stranger to catching big fish. At age seven he caught a 117kg marlin in the Bay of Islands. His father, Alan Hargen, said the catch could be a world record for Pacific bluefin tuna in his son's age group.

Great report, Great fish, Great photos, Great scenery, Great release, Great weather - Don't think much of your shoes though

It's not pissin me - chill out and find your own spots. Plenty of Kingy's at the fish markets if you can't catch them yourself. Nice job guys, conditions look great too for a day on the water.

Fish are pretty well categorized into either dark flesh or white flesh Try this link for all your cooking methods. http://www.seafood.net.au/health/cooking.php Hope this helps Mariner

I personally think it's been a bit of a false economy for a while now. Take the Stock Exchange, Aussie Dollar and US crude. They're all back to where they should pretty much be now.

Might be worth checking the microphone. I've had to replace a few in the past. Open it up and have a look - a lot of dirt, salt, etc can accumulate. If you have a mate with the same unit then it is quite easy to change over the mike from his unit to check that your set is okay.

From using a paper Furuno sounder 30 years ago, all my electronics are now Furuno. Can put it down to personal choice, but I've had other brands and still believe that the accuracy and resolution of the Furuno is second to none. I'm running a GP7000 Plotter. The good thing with these Navnet series is that they are available in screen sizes of 7,10, 12 & 15 inch. Very useful if you wish to run a split screen. In fact you can watch 4 different views at once. I have this unit interfaced with a M1834C Radar The NT MAX Chart Card features include live Nav-Aids, tidal flows, local street maps, photographs of major harbours and perspective view in addition to grounding alarm. You can also get these units with the Navionics Gold Chart Cards. These again have much more features. Good to check out the specifications on the different brands that you have mentioned. Furuno also now have the new Navnet 3D series. Check the link. http://www.navnet.com/ All the above gear will set you back some serious dollars. From memory the GP7000 with card was around the 3K mark. With any equipment you purchase the most important feature is the screen size. In my opinion that is where a few extra dollars can be justified. Go for the 10", it is an excellent size screen. Unless you are using your boat for commercial applications (Charter), then I would think that most brands would suffice - again though - screen size is the important factor.

Well done Hodgey on reaching the milestone of 1,000 posts, very pleasureable indeed. Always feel like I'm in the boat with you from the descriptive and photographic posts. Can't wait to see some reports from that new "neck-of-the-woods". I think there would definately be some lure smashing specimens in and around those ledges and snags. Congratulations. Cheers Carl

Here's a photo of the location of my fuel filter - in the transom. I have since changed it for a unit with the glass bowl and drain as you mentioned. In my view, there is really no point having the glass bowl unit if it is not in a location that is clearly visible.

If the report is anything like the "pre-match" preliminary pep talk that has occurred, then I think we need to contact Sydney Fish market to be on standby! I would love to be that organised, and confident!!! I am certain we are going to see a "kill" of mass preportions with this much organising and expertise. Can't wait to see the carnage that these Gurus create. Byron, you wizzard, I know you are going to blitz them. Tight Lines.

Very nice outfit indeed. I bet the young bloke felt comfortable with that wrap around cabin. Pity about the fin but, for me, just being out in that beast would have sufficed. So what are you going to buy the for xmas to appease her Mate, beautiful machine. And by all looks, a great day had by all just being on the water. Thanks Stewie ( I was a little confused at first by the photos) both rigs you captured nearly have the same donk!!

Well done, it appears that you have been able to answer your enquiry youself. This thread has given some good advice, however I would have expected more Raiders would have had experience with the units you have mentioned. The last "toy" unit I purchased was from a large "K" store and it was portable - the transducer was mounted on a suction cup and the unit was in a small moulded plastic case. This unit served me extremely well and put me on to plenty of good fish I would normally have passed over. It operated on 2 x 6volt lantern batteries or a standard 12volt battery. I guess I am trying to say is, that anything is better than the nothing you previously had. That said, it surprised me that these portable units were far more expensive than a permanently mounted unit that most fishos own. Units that have transducers of 600watts or less will not provide the clarity needed for "offshore" applications. If "inshore" or "enclosed" fishing waters is your target, then value for money would be your priority. Just don't confuse quality over quantity. Good Luck with you purchase. Dollars are hard to come by.

Now that's a lizard! Good to see the better half showing off the old man. Well done, would have killed them but for the wind. Next time The secret is to tell the to stand by on the anchor while you get the first cast in Nice report and great pics - I wish I could spend a satisfying day on the water with the better half. Cheers Mariner

Have read everything I can find and there are no guidlines as to the legality of burleying for sharks in the harbour - only exception I understand is that you cannot use mammals for burley. I guess common sense would prevail to prevent you from "chumming up" within close proximity of swimers! If in doubt send an email to NSW DPI and ask them. Good luck

Who needs more picks when that stonker of a Breambo says it all! Well done, I can almost taste those fillets.

Come on guys, this is obviously a survey that you will all benefit from. Maybe the Mods could look at pinning it till the end of the month. Cheers Mariner

Great to see, Edi is obviously an expatriate from somewhere - from memory, Balinese only have 4 names which will be repeated for the 5th child and so on. A glimmer of hope is presenting itself in Indonesia, my last visit only seen gill nets in abundance. Definately no place to purchase tackle from. Gotta be pleased with those specimens - you should of extended your stay lol! In your brief encounter with Edi, did he mention the (his) purpose of his outings? Would it be for recreation, or subsistence. Either way, some thumping looking trevs he's got there! Pleased to see you had some good R & R. Cheers Mariner

We just got the report Only need to see the pictures now Good Luck

ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation soared to 231 million per cent in July, confirming growing hardship in the southern African country, a state newspaper reported today citing official statistics. The Herald newspaper said the annual rate of inflation gained 219.8 million per cent, up from the June rate of 11.2 million per cent, adding that it was "driven faster by food prices". "The month-on-month rate rose 1760.9 percentage points on the June rate of 839.3 per cent to 2600.2 per cent," the newspaper quoted a statement from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) as saying. Bread and cereals were the main drivers, the statement said. Bread prices have been pushed up by wheat shortages as bakers are relying on imports, the newspaper said. Once hailed as a model economy and a regional breadbasket, Zimbabwe's fortunes have nosedived since 2000 when veteran ruler Robert Mugabe seized white-owned farms and handed them over to landless blacks, often with no farming skills. But the Government blames the country's economic meltdown on sanctions imposed by Britain and its allies. The UN World Food Program estimated recently that 83 per cent of Zimbabweans are living on less than $US2 ($A3) a day and that 45 per cent of the total population is malnourished. The Government has tried several measures - including price controls and striking off 10 zeros from the country's currency - to try to rein in galloping inflation. To keep pace with the rising costs, shops sometimes change the prices of goods more than twice a day while long meandering queues have become a familiar sight at banks as depositors queue up to withdraw cash which is rapidly losing its value. Last month the central bank gave some shops licences to sell goods in foreign currency in a bid to ease shortages which are fuelling the black market.

THE season's first tray of mangoes at the Brisbane Markets has sold for $20,000. With 12 mangoes in the case, buyer Carlo Lorenti of Clayfield Markets Fresh paid a premium price of $1666 per fruit in the annual charity auction. Mr Lorenti is Queensland's "Mango King" for the second time, having placed the highest bid in 2006. It is the 11th time the Brisbane Markets Mango Auction has been held. All proceeds from today's auction will go to Redkite, a charity that supports children and their families through cancer, and Life Education Queensland. This year's price was considerably below the world record price for mangoes, $60,000 paid for 12 mangoes by Sam Mangano in 2004.