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Awesome mate really appreciate the tips!

Interesting hadn't heard of Cid harbour before. A quick Google search brings up alot about sharks. I'll avoid that spot then!

Awoonga and the dams are a great suggestion. I'll give that a go next time I'm up there when it blows up. So I actually ended up rescheduling my leave to late June and have done a complete flip and decided to tow the boat up to airlie beach Never done any fishing there I'm sure it will be epic. Time to jump on navionics and pick out some structure to sound around on. Any tips on the area is very welcome!

Thanks for the input guys. Will look into Evans had and coffs more although I think I might take Angry51 up on his offer

Hey, So I've got 10 days leave booked and was to tow my 6.5m boat up north to Yeppoon from Brisbane. Typically, the wind is forecasted to be horrendous all up the queensland coast. It's always the way! The wind doesn't look too bad down south into NSW past the mid north coast - but I've never done a fishing trip into NSW as I've always been drawn towards the species we get up north. I am not familiar with the central/south coast at all. I like my bay / island / reef fishing the most. If you were in my position, where would you take 10 days off to travel to in NSW within 10 hours of Brisbane for some bay / offshore fishing? Looking forward to your thoughts.

Thanks to all who replied. Just thought I'd give an update in case it helps someone else sometime. Confirmed the prop had not become spun by taking the prop off and looking at the prop hub assembly . As a step before checking the fuel filters /lines I ended up putting some 'fuel doctor' in the tank (in case it was bad fuel) and was surprised to find the motor ran as normal afterwards. Whether or not it was the fix or if something in my fuel filter or fuel line resolved itself, I guess we'll never know.

OK fair enough. If I have crappy fuel, is there anything additive I can add to bring it up to scratch? The tank is holding about 200l of fuel

Could it be a spun prop maybe? It does not lose speed / power instantly like if it were slipping at a specific rpm, it just feels like I'm carrying a heaps of weight (but I'm not, weight distribution is normal and am carrying no water on the bilge)

Very interesting OK thanks guys for the tips will check it out. The fuel I had in before topping up at the marina was less than a week old (covered some kilometers that week)

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Interesting OK yeah I noticed it first in some choppy swell and also when I got over to the calm waters of the islands. I had the standard gear on board placed where it normally goes I normally fuel up at the servo but I fueled up at the marina assuming they had quality fuel (as all the charter and boats there use it). So weird. I came back home early as I was frightened that it resulted in a breakdown and get stuck out on the water

Hey, I have a 2021 yamaha f150 and recently noticed during my trip to Yeppoon that my fuel economy has worsened and that I wasn't getting the speed per revs as I normally would. Normally cruising at 40kph at 4000 rpm I'd get around 1.6 kms per litre (which I thought was pretty average to begin with?) During my trip I was getting like 1.3 kms per litre revving at 4000rpms which was getting me commonly around low to mid 30kph. The engine sounded healthy (no alarms or coughing) , but just lacked getting and maintaining speed, I had to work it harder to get up on the plane. At the start of the trip some fishing line went around my prop, which I thought I removed instantly and I also touched a bit of reef at low speed. I can see some scrapes on the skeg but not the prop. I got home today and took the prop off (my first time) and prop washer and couldn't see any fishing line. Only thing I noticed is the nut wasn't overly tight, it came off easily without a wrench. I'll probably do it again on the weekend so I can add some marine grease and a new split pin. Anything else I should check that might cause the speed / economy issue? And are there any 'gotchas' I should look out for when putting the prop off/on again (on yamaha 150)? My neighbour starting chatting midway through taking it off, so I got a bit distracted when taking note of how exactly it fitted together. I've watched a few howto YouTube videos

I didn't as I wasn't quite sure what it was at the time and if there was a legal size limit. I hear they are great baits for trolling for Spanish. Going to give that a try tomorrow if I catch another one

Thanks Andrew! No wonder I had trouble identifying them - was researching specifies of tuna

Did some spoon trolling using paravanes yesterday while up in Central queensland. Caught a stack of bludger trevally and heaps of these tuna. Pretty new to catching tuna. Anyone know what species they are? Can't tell if both Tunas in the photos are the same or different. One looks darker on top