Dreamtime

I think this question should be sent to the pro Jew fishos on this forum. I have never caught jews on anything other than strip or live baits. Maybe other Raiders may have had success on plastics. Time, patience, planning, right gear and a good deal of good luck should secure you a capture of the elusive Jew. However, I will stand corrected.

Your engine must have teflon liners to last that long without oil and not seizing! Unless the rings are "R.S" and other oils are lubricating your pistons. Your call Huey????

Hodgey, This must be your first post that you have not included pictures. I always look forward to seeing pictures of your outings. Maybe even some scenic pictures to keep my morals high. Great effort though when most fishos made excuses for the day. Cheers Mariner

Congratulations on a top build. It appears that you have skills beyond most immortals. Great looking rig, you must be proud with your results. If it was me, I think I would hook up the trailer and just drive it around all day for everyone to see my accomplishments. If you have any time free in the near future I offer for you to come here (I will meet the costs) and impart your skills on the locals here. Again, extraordinary effort.

Here's a photo taken from another forum. Check out the teeth on this Payara! Caught on a trip to Brazil Feb 08 A1ex

Always bad news to hear of anyone suffering from such a debilitating illness. Hope that you have a speedy recovery and get back to your regular routines From someone that has had Mylograms, traction, manipulations, depo-medral injections, back braces and the like, it is not a very pleasant experience, especially in the cold climate. Cheers and best wishes from all of us here in the Solomons. Carl & Martha & family.

Sashimi, Sashimi and Sashimi. Had it with lunch on Tuesday and Wednesday, with dinner Tuesday, Wednesday and be partaking in some Tonight at the Forum Fisheries Agency. The yellowfin must be thinly sliced and well chilled Sorry guys, forgot what winter is Okay, I also had some nice pumpkin soup with garlic bread and a juicy eye fillet last night. All washed down with a couple bottles of Cab Sav

QUEENSLANDER

Aren't they those things that happen in the night?

The Emma Maersk The cruise speed: 31 knots And look at the crew-size: 13 people for a ship longer than a US aircraft carrier which has a crew of 5,000 men and officers. This ship was built in five sections. The sections were floated together and then welded. The command bridge is higher than a 10-story building and has 11 cargo crane rigs that can operate simultaneously. 15,000 containers and a 207' beam! The 207' beam means it cannot fit through the Panama or Suez Canals. It is strictly transpacific. Country of origin - Denmark Length - 1,302 ft Width - 207 ft Net cargo - 123,200 tons Engine - 14 in-line cylinders diesel engine (110,000 BHP) Cargo capacity - 15,000 TEU (1 TEU = 20 ft3) First Trip - Sept. 08, 2006 Construction cost - US $145,000,000+ Silicone painting applied to the ship bottom reduces water resistance and saves 317,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year.

Depending on your storage, but generally I take the following. Tinned fruit salad Yoghurt Baked beans Cold chicken, sausages. Sandwiches don't really make it with me due to them going soggy, however I will generally take bread & butter sandwiches to munch on when I'm having some of the other fare. Probably boring for most but quick and convenient for me. N.B. Always take the wasabi and kikoman - fresh sashimi - yum!

IT SOUNDS LIKE BREAM HEAVEN AT THE MOMENT. A bit of payback for all the YFT caught the last week or so. Great effort and a smashing looking rig you've got there. Love to see a pic of the boat in it's entirety. Cheers

Bloody Hell !! Organically Modified by any chance??? What the heck are those fish feeding on? Congratulations for a great catch of well conditioned fish, and to have the skills to find where they are hiding. Jealous, jealous!!!

Hi Raiders, My names are not very creative but are close to my heart. My boats carry my children's names. On a lighter note, I used to live in Townsville many years ago, where there was a yacht named "Blow Job" and its' small tender named "Hand Job". :wank: Quite appropriate I thought.

Something seems amiss? We were having monthly rises before, now weekly - what the heck's going on? Is it the same in Australia?

Another sad day. When will we learn? RIP.

While reading Stewey's post on "Cotton wool and after shave" it brought back memories of a prank I played on my mate on an overnight fishing trip some years ago. Me and a couple of team mates from our local soccer club (Revesby Rovers) went for a spot of fishing under the Como rail bridge in my 18' 1/2 cabin. Was middle of winter and real brass monkey temperature. One of the mates was smart enough to bring his ski gloves to keep the chill out. As the temperature rose in the late morning we could all remove our overcoats and the gloves were removed also. Well, what an invitation, a couple of pillies slipped neetly into the fingers of the gloves, and then the gloves carefully placed back in his bag whilst he was not looking. I totally forgot about this for the rest of the day, and for in fact until several weeks later. My mate turned up at soccer training after a weekend at the snow, you guessed it, whilst skiing, he put his hands into the gloves and by this time they were infested with maggots. Well, it took a while for him to forgive me but we still managed a laugh, a bloody good belly laugh for me! What sort of prank have you pulled on your fishing mates?

Mine is the same as above except for 5) Retrieve hook with no bait and no fish attached

Well, I committed the cardinal sin. Had 20 or 30 too many last night and slept through my date at the boat ramp. Still feeling half cut so not a wise move to go out to sea. Looks like tomorrow will be the day. Other things to do when not fishing - yesterday Change spark plugs in the boat Start the engine - that V6 is music to my ears Sit in the boat on the trailer and drink beer Sit in the boat on the trailer and listen to DVD's while drinking beer Play with fishing tackle while drinking beer Finally, sit with the missus watching Worlds deadliest catch, and a glass (bottle) of red wine each Not much else to life really

We must be getting old then. I remember when that was the best part, and most fun.

Hi all, I've only recently aquired a trailerboat and am now renewing the pains that used to be so familiar with launching and so on. Fortunately my boat is "parked" within 25 metres of the ramp so the concerns of fuel economy are not so relevant to me. However, being a sand ramp I have to consider power and traction. I have a Rav4 which would not have the grunt to pull 2 1/2 tons of boat. My wife has (or should I say used to have) a Jackaroo Automatic turbo diesel. She now has the Rav4 Put in low 4x4 and L on the transmission, it pulls the rig with no problems whatsoever. Funny thing is the previous owner had a Landcruiser and struggled every time - had to hook up another vehicle to the cruiser to assist. Maybe something to do with the standard narrow tyres on the cruiser - we have much wider tyres fitted on the Jackaroo.

I have changed names before, not sure of any myths. Other mates have sold boats and not allowed the name to be transferred, as I guess it would be with Billfisher also.

Yeh, but he's got an apron on so he is probably staff?

ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON. HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD BY MILLIONS. BUT JUST BEFORE HE RE-ENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC REMARK GOOD LUCK MR. GORSKY. MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGH IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS. OVER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST SMILED. ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA, FLORIDA WHILE ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26 YEAR-OLD QUESTION TO ARMSTRONG. THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED. MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL ARMSTRONG FELT HE COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION. IN 1938 WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN, HE WAS PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACK YARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOUR'S YARD BY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS. HIS NEIGHBOURS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE BALL, YOUNG ARMSTRONG HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY. SEX, YOU WANT SEX? YOU'LL GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON. TRUE STORY.