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haha that was quick i at least lasted a few months before i bought my 2nd one ha if your ordering in from the states take a look at the spoons they use for downrigging for salmon i reckon they would go great on kings ive never seen them in shops over here

well done mate sounds like you got your downrigger all sorted out great tools they are i wonder how long it will take until there's a 2nd installed

Well I want to make some changes to my boat to increase the fishing space at the back of the boat At current behind the 2 swivel seats there is a LARGE ice box/seat that’s glassed and sunk into the floor Sure there is times when its very handy like when your sitting around doing nothing but when the fish are on the chew it gets in the way We don’t use it as a ice box we just use it to store our 45ltr fuel tank so it’s a big waste of space in my eyes What I want to do is remove the box all together and if possible turn in into a underfloor fuel tank or kill tank and to remove the 2 swivel seats ( 1 has already been taken out well broken and I never put it back in) I then want to fully carpet the floor and replace the seats with a large padded esky that’s strapped to the floor which allows me to remove it fully if I want to Now ive never done much glassing so just wondering how big a job this would be ive got a few mates who work in the boat industry who im sure would help out if I get some beers on ice Just wondering what kind of money do u think ill be spending and how long it would take to do Ill get some photos of the boat later on to give you a better idea of what im talking about

Gday Russ yeh i was just going to make my own until i sourced some Du Bro downrigger shock kits im getting 2 sets sent out for $22 inc shipping they actually look alot better then the orginal scotty ones i gave gofish a call but they didnt stock them and wouldnt have them in till after chrissy so Dubro it is

my downriggers had a run in with a reef on the weekend and it lost big time ended up snapping the cable and loosing 2 shark canonballs does any one now here i can buy the terminal kits for the end of the wire i can only find them OS and does any one here make DR bombs coz it looks like im back in the market would prefer the shark style ones this is the kit im after

i just use a sibiki bait jig sweep is always going to be a bycatch of yakkas just keep at it

cant go wrong with owner trebbles get yourself a pair of split ring plyers can get cheap ones for around $10 with the plyers its a very easy process takes a few seconds to switch them over

or a Garmin Fishfinder 140 they only cost around $160-80 had one on my boat before i upgraded and had no problems install the transducer on one of the removable plates so the whole setup is removable would run fine off one of those little 12v battery's

umm newport arms whalf at night

they take coin and credit card and make sure you pay for the time your going to stay for mate got busted a few weeks ago coz we came up 1hr late and got a fine

use bigger hooks so u cant hook the pinkies but if they are there they will keep on stealing your baits or change locations

i picked up a big river2sea poper last week comes with some big owner trebbles and was less then $20 lets see if i can turn it into a nice king this weekend

nice report havnt hit newport reef for a while might give it a hit this weekend

as Flightmanager said taking photos is always a good way to prove what size the fish was in my boat theres a photo taken of pretty much most fish that hit the deck and in alot of cases now theres also video of it

ive only ever seen the cuda used on yaks Lowrance is a tried and tested finder

Lowrance

i use tuffx,suffix and power pro all works well of the 3 i would choose the suffix

about time you blood in that reel anth ha give me a bell when u r gonna book up a charter ive got a few good ones i want to look into

my metals dont come out of the bag unless there is a school of fish on the surface im sure they would probally work if you just blind case them at some fishy looking spots but i have never tried nor would i bother there's better lures for doing that

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hitting up the kings again tomorrow then Sunday im running as a charter for my bro and his mate to get them into some reefies all the best on the charter anth

looks like its RayR

it looks like its one of the "yellowtail downriggers" the rod holder in these are just plastic and they will fail might not be on the first fish or the 2nd but sooner or later its going to snap

i hope you dont plan on using that rod holder on the downrigger accident waiting to happen heres mine

i thought it was a crap fight over way too quick i find boxing boring these days UFC is alot more enjoyable