What I've bought...

[samsteele115]

Pretty chuffed with my new setup. Daylite sport 8.0 yak ($300 retail) I bought second hand for $50 basically in perfect condition. Turned it into a fishing kayak. Very practical, plenty of storage and actually very very comfy. Grand total of $62 with the extras. Not bad! Now to find some time to use it...

[tomartomau]

Shimano Charter Special 1000 model (Smaller) $155.00 shopped locally

Rovex Carbontec OH 15kg 39.00 delivered (AU)

Shimano Speedmaster $135.00 delivered (US)

Carbontec Washers for both reels $30.00 deliverd (US)

I have not told my wife about the Speedmaster yet.. just breaking it up a bit.

I bought the Speedmaster from the States, I contacted Shimano Aus first and they have dade quite a lot of requests for the older reel and have asked Shim Japan to fill an order later this year... a poor man's Trinidad

[keen_as]

Picked up the new ride today, will be working on fit out over the next 2 weeks.

[sunnydays]

Looks great Bill! You must be excited!

[pancakes_and_haggis]

Well a while ago I picked up a nice Daiwa Luna as the lure of a bait aster go te better of me,, with an up and coming cape trip planned for August I couldn't head up to barradise without a baitcaster

Yesterday I finally matched it up to a Daiwa TDX and from having a click today down the canals I'm extremely happy with the rod

Decided to upgrade the tyres in the truck and these bad boys won't let me down I'm sure of that . 6 of them for the cape !!!

[Samwilly123]

bought me some new GT toys Catalina 6500H, ASWB 130f Bungarra, FCL labo ebi ext160 and a Jai big head with owner rings and SJ-41 11/0, Jobu 9/0-8/0 and shogun assasin 8/0 hooks

[daveylad]

getting ready for a trip to 1770 and bought a new PELAGIC CUSTOM BUILT EXTREME HYPA-JIG SPORTS rod for the Big Reds and Coral trout up there its a 6 foot 50-100lb

Fitting up with my Shimano Tyranos with 80lb braid and looking at some 80lb Schneider leader, size 8 hooks. :woohoo:

[bersim]

Got a GoPro hero 3 Black edition during the week :woohoo:

James

[neal82]

just bought a membership to the dark side,

down from $999 to $599, i've been looking at yak for a while now and couldn't pass up the 40% off offer BCF is having until tomorrow. It's on lay-by so i will have it in a month or so, hopefully before the noosa river to reef. then i'll be on the water freezing my nuts off!

It's going to need some pimping... seat and a couple more rod holders to begin with, then maybe a sounder and whatever else i need.

advice and suggestions welcome

[Surfingant]

just bought a membership to the dark side,

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down from $999 to $599, i've been looking at yak for a while now and couldn't pass up the 40% off offer BCF is having until tomorrow. It's on lay-by so i will have it in a month or so, hopefully before the noosa river to reef. then i'll be on the water freezing my nuts off!

It's going to need some pimping... seat and a couple more rod holders to begin with, then maybe a sounder and whatever else i need.

advice and suggestions welcome

That's a hell of a lot of yak for $600, good buy

For the seat whatever you do, don't skimp. You really can tell the difference between a cheapy and a good quality one.

[neal82]

Yeah thanks Ant, i thought it was a bargain too!

I was originally looking at the X-13 but the BCF bloke talked me out of it as it's my first yak and it's mainly going to be used in the maroochy and noosa systems (can walk to the river @ cotton tree in 5 minutes) but he said its good enough to get outside once i'm confident enough and have the paddle fitness up. Reckons he takes his Pro Explorer 10-15km out of the maroochy river and regularly takes it to Old Woman island off mudjimba (7km ish from mooloolaba).

I've checked it out, and if i decide i need a rudder, it looks easy enough to fit one up even if they're not designed to take one.

[Old Scaley]

Got this baby delivered today. Thanks heaps Lance, you are a great sponsor, vendor and all round good guy :cheer: :cheer: Installing tonight and hoping to try it out on Wednesday (weather permitting). I will capture and post some screenshots even if I can't capture and any fish.

[PlasticFantastic]

New reel arrived this morning via Digitaka, a Luvias 3012 which ive paired with a 13 6-14lb rod going to run 24lb line on it for light offshore work or heavy bay work.

[Samwilly123]

are you putting radius on it? how much will the 3012 fit ive been looking at getting one i want a high gear 3000 i have a certate 3000 was thinking just buying a new certate 3012h and swapping spools. i want to get 200m of 24lb radius on it for snapper/light longtail reel

[rinkerdink]

After seeing a couple of comparisons to a Century surf casting rod on another forum (nowhere near as good but to be even compared is something else) I decided to splash out on Mojiko Surf Cannon from Anaconda. Currently $40 for 3.6m of carbon (not fibreglass as the spec says). Had a try with it today down at Decker Park. Cannot believe the value. Was throwing 2oz + mullet strip almost out of sight with nothing more than an overhead thump (with a lazy pendulum it will rocket). Never caught anything but got broken up by what was probably a large stingray on a small whole squid. Had a few flicks with a Tailor slug (40g i think). This did actually go out of sight. I have plans to replace the guides which are very heavy for the rod but if you are after a bit of distance from the shore I can't see you beating this for value.

$40!!!! incredible - I might go and get another one :woohoo:

[Angus]

New travel rod for my overseas trip. Delivered from Russia this week

Specs should be clear enough...

Excited much

[Hein]

Got myself a new Daiwa Generation Black Wicked Weasal (6'10" 2-6kg spin) and matched it with a Daiwa 2500 Freams... Super smooth reel and the rod feels A LOT more expensive then what I paid for it!!! Just gotta get some braid for it now and will probably throw some 8 pound Suffix Matrix Pro!!!

[aussie123]

I grabbed myself one of these C-Tug Kayak Trollies.

They look very spiffy and it seems to be built very solid and the yak sits on it nicely.

[RUSSIAN]

Been busy purchasing the last few weeks

[Jig_Meister]

Shimano tropical tackle bag large few lures.

A Daiwa saltist 6500 matched with a Shimano terez jigging rod

Samurai reaction tourny shirt and some terminal tackle

Happy little vegimite at the moment

[Doobsy]

Where'd you get the Sammi shirt?

[Bi_polar]

Mo tackle and Tackle warehouse also have then on their site....they look great, don't they.

[Doobsy]

Very cool. Cheers.

[keen_as]

I've been in dire need of new BC set up, so today I went and picked myself up a new Major-Craft Basspara 12-20lb rod and an Abu Revo STX.

Looks the goods, feels awesome. Now just have blood it :whistle:

[JarrydA]

I thought i might join in the fun.

Have made a few purchases lately

New Ute, 2008 Rodeo VCDi.

2013 Hobie Outback.

Also Got a Marks Custom Fishing rod. Which is amazing, it has the new Microwave guides which make a massive difference to casting accuracy and the blank feels sweeet.

Diawa Luvias 2004H, Sweet reel

Diawa Caldia 2004, also a decent reel.

[keen_as]

Nice

[crazywalrus]

I've been in dire need of new BC set up, so today I went and picked myself up a new Major-Craft Basspara 12-20lb rod and an Abu Revo STX.

Looks the goods, feels awesome. Now just have blood it :whistle:

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Hey bill in the third photo - I did not know you painted your toenails :whistle:

[Surfingant]

I thought i might join in the fun.

Have made a few purchases lately

New Ute, 2008 Rodeo VCDi.

2013 Hobie Outback.

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Also Got a Marks Custom Fishing rod. Which is amazing, it has the new Microwave guides which make a massive difference to casting accuracy and the blank feels sweeet.

Diawa Luvias 2004H, Sweet reel

Diawa Caldia 2004, also a decent reel.

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Show off. #nobodycaresjrad

[Runty66]

Had a pretty good Stocking up session of late..

few Nordics and a few of these bad boys..

2004 steez x 2 :evil:

Loving them so far, amazing reel

[BrisVegasBretto]

2004 steez x 2 :evil:

Loving them so far, amazing reel

You have too much money

[Runty66]

2004 steez x 2 :evil:

Loving them so far, amazing reel

You have too much money

i wish

[fishingnut]

Miss it already

[doss]

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[doss]

Walk into charltons to get 2 atomics walk out with these big bad boys!

[Doobsy]

Walk into charltons to get 2 atomics walk out with these big bad boys!

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LOL. Hard to resist all those pretty colours.

Nice selection.

[aussie123]

Today my collection of new Cod lures arrived.

In the package was 2 lures that have a new experimental paint and fleck pattern and these things look just amazing.

The fleck with clear coat over the top gives a 3d holographic appearance to the lures which when moved look like a 3d rainbow.

I cannot wait to give these ones a swim for a Cod.

These are all hand carved from Western Red Cedar with one piece wires so they should be pretty bullet proof.

[Luvit]

Nice paint jobs and well made lures.

The wire is heavy duty just what you need for those rare big girls. (these days)

[gardiner]

Recently purchased a Majorcraft. Also had a bit of a play around with the camera

[dhess]

Had half an hour to kill at lunch so went to have a window shop at Jones' Tackle. Was greeted by the Runt man who sold me a Shimano Talica 8 and Shimano Terez 20-40lb.

Awesome little reel with plenty of nuts and enough room to fit 400m of PE4. My regular outfit is a talica 12 which I thought looked small, this thing in comparison is tiny. The overhead terez is nice too. Seems to have a more progressive action than the spin terez models.

A can for scale:

Should be a bit more sporting than my usual gear and still have enough balls to stop some pretty big fish.

[Boatguru]

Just got myself 1 of these

XL 655DM 12V Fishing Reel Loading

XL 655DM 12V Fishing Reel

This is our flagship reel for use on overhead rods. It has enormous amounts of power (100kg drag) and can go to extreme depths. The spool is a high capacity type, holding 1000yds (914m) of 200lb (90kg) braided spectra.

Power 12V

Dimensions 29 x 25 x 16 cm

Weight 6.9kg

Capacity 1000 yds/200lb braid

Retrieval Speed Variable 0-100 metres/minute

Average Current Draw 12 Amps

Lever Drag Yes

Dead Weight Capacity 50kg

Maximum Drag Capacity 100kg

Features

Manual Wind Feature

Fuse Protection

Harness Loops

Acoustic Indicator

Programmable Digital Speed Control