the only thing at colmslie

[noname]

was water and plenty of it, nearly covered the carpark, while the tide appeared to be going out? it was colored like coffee, but 1 threaddie was caught, all be it in the cast net, 0 prawns. think this might fire up the threaddies, they seem to like the murky waters up north? hmmmm. it might be a goer trav!

[Malcolm]

Rob do think it would be safe enough to go out in the tomorrow ?

[dhess]

How big was the threadie?

[noname]

in the river? definately, just watch for the usual rubbish just under the surface, as i could not see 4 inches below the surface. an inch maybe, that dirty. but definately calm enough.

[Travis]

yeah baxters jetty neally went under tonight :ohmy:

got nothing but a 28cm bream on live prawn.....

sounds like sat night could be a goer but ill have to try not to drink too much tomorrow night at byron... or have a sleep sat before we go

[Feral]

Keep a close eye out for floaters. Get some prop destroying stuff come down the river at times when it had a good run.

[noname]

dhess wrote:

How big was the threadie?

only a small 1 dom. a subway. foot long. but very active and took off like a bullet.

[noname]

Feral wrote:

Keep a close eye out for floaters. Get some prop destroying stuff come down the river at times when it had a good run.

won't be going to far and definately not quick. well i mean as long as trav stays behind me. cause he ain't gettin past me.

[Travis]

you just had to go and get a faster one :laugh:

[noname]

yeah :woohoo:

[Fisherjoe]

awsome so what time abouts are we meeting up?

has anybody ever considered putting a prop chield on for the wild rivers, you know the ones the surf lifesavers use so the props dont hack up swimmers

[noname]

not sure yet will keep you posted, swimmers had better get out of my way

[Travis]

i had to slow mine down cos it was outta control and you get a faster one :laugh:

[noname]

should stik the yammy on yours, see how that goes ay. :laugh:

[Fisherjoe]

well i guess the swimmers at colmslie wont smell as bad as the swimmers at the poochute lol

[Gad]

noname wrote:

Feral wrote:

Keep a close eye out for floaters. Get some prop destroying stuff come down the river at times when it had a good run.

won't be going to far and definately not quick. well i mean as long as trav stays behind me. cause he ain't gettin past me.

Heard on the radio this arvo, the citycats & other ferries cancelled running today,will revue the situation tomorrow.

The main danger isn`t always the floaters,but the waterlogged submerged logs etc just under the surface.

[nadders]

this might seem like a stupid question, but would you take a stainless prop out with potential debris around?

not having owned a boat before nor run my prop into anything before i'm not sure what would happen if i ran into a small log lol

[noname]

i'm not real keen on the idea of a stainless prop with all sorts of rubbish around, what happens is with an alloy prop, and you hit something hard, you will bend a blade or 2. with a stainless prop what happens is the shock is absorbed be the weakest link, normally the splines in the bottom of the crankshaft in the powerhead, just sheers them off, or very rarely the gearbox breaks.

[Davo_Dinkum]

what noname said

yeah i would go a ally prop softer takes the shock and brakes .stainless harder take the shock and transfers it on.

its a yuck feeling when u hit something that's under water ,with your prop ,skeg.

yuck when u got some speed on and almost get thrown out too.

have hit a few logs in the logan river years ago in a 12 foot tinny with a 15 on the bum,when i was a teen and still silly.

can still remember it i shit myself.

dam it took me 15 mins to write that ,dam i get slow at night .lol