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I recently purchased a Lowrance colour fishfinder/GPS combo for my mates boat and its a little ripper, all for under $500 Its not the most powerfull unit and its small but its great for the estuaries and we fish the Hawkesbury which is as deep as a river system gets and have found it more than adequate in these depths (up to 70feet). Pixel count is very good and for the money you cant go wrong. Sorry, cant remember the exact model (i think its the X67c).

priceless memories for the young fella ive found when i take my nieces and nephews fishing that keeping them busy is the key, yellowtail, small bream it doesnt matter as long as theyre catchinig something. did you get the flattie on bait or sp?

wow Changa, thats invaluable info and although not needed for myself i read every word!! good on you for taking the time to write it and help those who need it, that sort of info could avoid a disaster if not save lives. Legend great photos too.

jay, thats a beaut sambo. btw, DONT give jewies time to run off with the bait, theyll spit it out 99% of the time.

just do what i do and keep telling yourself its only a matter of time. If i dont get my big jew this year im doomed

theres no real foolproof method to avoid snags in bad areas but just remember that fish love structure!!! a few options i could give you are: 1. Use a float on your main line and adjust the depth of your stopper until you locate what depth the fish are feeding at. Berley up around the float with some mashed bread/pilchards and tuna oil. 2. Dont use a sinker at all or just use a splitshot and fish in close to the wall. as u said you were getting bites close in so the fish are obviously there. If you decide to use a sinker, dont use a swivel-let the sinker run right down on the hook (always use as light a sinker as possible) 3. Against the rules normally but try burying the hookpoint into the bait more to avoid fouling on the bottom. 4. Once youve cast out, walk along the wall as the tide moves your bait along and that way you will always have your line out the desired distance. 5. Buy longer rods. 10ft+ rods will allow you not only cast further if you wish but will give you greater control of a fish when it comes in close. You can also steer them clear of rocks at your feet with a longer rod. hope this helps and good luck

i was wandering i wasnt seeing the trawlers at the Silverwater bridge in the mornings, always suspected the $6/kilo prawns ive seen were from there.

well done Rob, nice fish and on the first cast too, cant get much better

have to agree with Whitto, even if you sacrifice a bit of horsepower or buy a late model second hand four stroke youd be better off. Or look at direct injected two strokes.

top fish Dean those black crabs are dynamite on the bream, plus they sort out the men from the boys. ive caught some stud fish at Roseville on them. Never thought about using a mudskipper for bait

i always use my Klamp-It regardless of what time im out. For $200 its worth every cent. If however some scumbag nicked the trailer i would go Telco's route, what a great idea mate

Ken is on the money here. Ive fished Cowan numerous times both day and night and i can confidently say that it sux during the day. You will still get the odd good fish (flattie, jew etc) but ive found the best period to be from dusk to about 10pm (seem to always get a good fish in the middle of the night aswell) and the crack of dawn (best time by far in my experiences). You will be plagued by undersized reddies during most of the day. As for spots its a tough call as most of the points will produce fish if you burley however i always like Waratah Bay by night and the Cottage Point are during the day. Remeber to throw out a fresh squid wherever you go as you might just strike gold on a kingie or jew. Fish or no fish, the place is Gods own country. Good luck.

1- 30-40 on average 2. $100-150 (squid costs me a fortune) 3. Big Jew are priceless 4. No, only cause i go as often as i can anyway but i would if i had more free time 5. I dont fish nights, around 20-30 days I think what your doing is great Matt and much appreciated by all im sure

cheers Matt, cant wait for the rest of the info now that beats the study i used to do.

sounds like a dream holiday

sent u a PM James.

Sounds like you caught yourself a flying fish (gurnard).

heads up mate, ive lost count of the amount of doughnuts ive had in the Hawkesbury

pogo could be right, the sender might be stuck down low (or stuffed altogether) causing the buzzer to go off. I had to get a new fuel sender (very costly for my boat) as it constantly showd a 3/4 full fuel tank. Ben, when i had the buzzer going off i rang my local dealer who services my boat and they told me the problem over the phone(as i said, turned out to be low on gear oil), try doing the same as it will save you taking it to them to get charged just so they can have a look.

that info would be GOLD!!

i had the same beeping sound coming from my throttle control too, as Dan said it turned out to be an oil warning (gear oil, $15 bucks and sorted)

just to be safe Pete, i did not place a hoodoo on you and hope your sensational run continues

throw me in the hat too please Ken

hi there rebel, Captain Pugwash is our resident kingie guru, just check out some of his recent reports a well missed member caught an 80cm model last week so they are around

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