Terry H

I was thinking "I never have issues with salt, what's the fuss?" until I saw this post...
 
Anyone know how it treats fibreglass boats & gelcoat?
As much as I endeavour to wash the boat as soon as I get home and before it's too dried, getting home at night in winter isn't very conducive to a washdown 🥶
Although I could argue I should just use the deckwash more when I'm out on the water... 😅

I've been trying unsuccessfully to get Mitch to clean my boat for a while now. He has a screen printing business, so I got this shirt for Christmas (plus the detailing pledge).

When you say stripped, is it the drag washers? If so, they could be felt washers - easily replaceable and even upgradeable to carbon fibre. CF will be less smooth but certainly won't flog out. 
 
Check whether Anaconda have the gear you want as well. They're often not the cheapest which is why they're so good 🙂 Use them for their 10% price beat guarantee.

When you say stripped, is it the drag washers? If so, they could be felt washers - easily replaceable and even upgradeable to carbon fibre. CF will be less smooth but certainly won't flog out. 
 
Check whether Anaconda have the gear you want as well. They're often not the cheapest which is why they're so good 🙂 Use them for their 10% price beat guarantee.

When you say stripped, is it the drag washers? If so, they could be felt washers - easily replaceable and even upgradeable to carbon fibre. CF will be less smooth but certainly won't flog out. 
 
Check whether Anaconda have the gear you want as well. They're often not the cheapest which is why they're so good 🙂 Use them for their 10% price beat guarantee.

When you say stripped, is it the drag washers? If so, they could be felt washers - easily replaceable and even upgradeable to carbon fibre. CF will be less smooth but certainly won't flog out. 
 
Check whether Anaconda have the gear you want as well. They're often not the cheapest which is why they're so good 🙂 Use them for their 10% price beat guarantee.

When you say stripped, is it the drag washers? If so, they could be felt washers - easily replaceable and even upgradeable to carbon fibre. CF will be less smooth but certainly won't flog out. 
 
Check whether Anaconda have the gear you want as well. They're often not the cheapest which is why they're so good 🙂 Use them for their 10% price beat guarantee.

Or in my case, bring it in when you are confused as to why the boat hasn't gotten on the plain yet... 
 

Thankfully(?) the actual legislation is worded fairly straightforward... s158 of the Fisheries Declaration 2019 is the applicable piece:

The issue is most people don't necessarily open up the raw legislation and you have to go dig for it. It would be nice if QLD Dpi would link to the various acts (Fisheries Act, Regs and Declarations) on their website. 
 
Edit: I just realised I didn't exactly help the situation 😂
Links to all relevant legislation can be found here, including a summary of what each piece achieves: https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable/legislation
Fisheries Declaration (most applicable one for Reco fishos is here: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2019-0076
 

I'm not going to pretend to know what this is all about, but these reports suggest our creek water systems aren't doing too bad: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/disasters/pfas/sites/brisbane-airport/water-sampling
but the seafood sampling shows periods where certain fish like Flathead are above Recreational trigger points for certain chemical groups: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/disasters/pfas/sites/brisbane-airport/seafood-sampling
 

Nice work Kat! Gotta give it to the Trevs, they do fight well!
Species wise I think the guys are on the mark with brassy/tea-leaf. A couple of differences in appearances: Goldens tend to have (with varying levels of visibility) tiger stripes down their body and the mouth structure is a bit different. They often have a yellowy, blubber-lip type thing that reminds me of a carp, whereas the brassy have something more similar to a GT.
Brag mats can be terrible for measuring, especially on non-solid surfaces like grass (the mat bunches up), plus most people measure fish incorrectly anyway.
The legislation states the mouth must be closed and without manipulating the fish. How many people do you see leaving the mouth open and pinching the tail tips together to get that extra cm or two? I daresay this is where most "the fish shrunk!" problems arise. Fisheries closing the mouth and not manipulating the fish!
Regarding the point on brag mat bunching, the ruler shot shows exactly what I mean!

Nice work Kat! Gotta give it to the Trevs, they do fight well!
Species wise I think the guys are on the mark with brassy/tea-leaf. A couple of differences in appearances: Goldens tend to have (with varying levels of visibility) tiger stripes down their body and the mouth structure is a bit different. They often have a yellowy, blubber-lip type thing that reminds me of a carp, whereas the brassy have something more similar to a GT.
Brag mats can be terrible for measuring, especially on non-solid surfaces like grass (the mat bunches up), plus most people measure fish incorrectly anyway.
The legislation states the mouth must be closed and without manipulating the fish. How many people do you see leaving the mouth open and pinching the tail tips together to get that extra cm or two? I daresay this is where most "the fish shrunk!" problems arise. Fisheries closing the mouth and not manipulating the fish!
Regarding the point on brag mat bunching, the ruler shot shows exactly what I mean!

Hey Kat, does this help?
https://www.ikijime.com/fish/brassy-trevally/
https://www.ikijime.com/fish/trevally-golden/
It's important to focus on the physical features themselves rather than the skin colour. For example GTs range from white/silver through to black, goldens from fairly yellow to not at all.
I'm not doubting your 45 measurement btw!

Hey Kat, does this help?
https://www.ikijime.com/fish/brassy-trevally/
https://www.ikijime.com/fish/trevally-golden/
It's important to focus on the physical features themselves rather than the skin colour. For example GTs range from white/silver through to black, goldens from fairly yellow to not at all.
I'm not doubting your 45 measurement btw!

Nice work Kat! Gotta give it to the Trevs, they do fight well!
Species wise I think the guys are on the mark with brassy/tea-leaf. A couple of differences in appearances: Goldens tend to have (with varying levels of visibility) tiger stripes down their body and the mouth structure is a bit different. They often have a yellowy, blubber-lip type thing that reminds me of a carp, whereas the brassy have something more similar to a GT.
Brag mats can be terrible for measuring, especially on non-solid surfaces like grass (the mat bunches up), plus most people measure fish incorrectly anyway.
The legislation states the mouth must be closed and without manipulating the fish. How many people do you see leaving the mouth open and pinching the tail tips together to get that extra cm or two? I daresay this is where most "the fish shrunk!" problems arise. Fisheries closing the mouth and not manipulating the fish!
Regarding the point on brag mat bunching, the ruler shot shows exactly what I mean!

Nice work Kat! Gotta give it to the Trevs, they do fight well!
Species wise I think the guys are on the mark with brassy/tea-leaf. A couple of differences in appearances: Goldens tend to have (with varying levels of visibility) tiger stripes down their body and the mouth structure is a bit different. They often have a yellowy, blubber-lip type thing that reminds me of a carp, whereas the brassy have something more similar to a GT.
Brag mats can be terrible for measuring, especially on non-solid surfaces like grass (the mat bunches up), plus most people measure fish incorrectly anyway.
The legislation states the mouth must be closed and without manipulating the fish. How many people do you see leaving the mouth open and pinching the tail tips together to get that extra cm or two? I daresay this is where most "the fish shrunk!" problems arise. Fisheries closing the mouth and not manipulating the fish!
Regarding the point on brag mat bunching, the ruler shot shows exactly what I mean!

Brassy Trevally also the White Spot on top of the Gill plate/cover

Nice work Kat! Gotta give it to the Trevs, they do fight well!
Species wise I think the guys are on the mark with brassy/tea-leaf. A couple of differences in appearances: Goldens tend to have (with varying levels of visibility) tiger stripes down their body and the mouth structure is a bit different. They often have a yellowy, blubber-lip type thing that reminds me of a carp, whereas the brassy have something more similar to a GT.
Brag mats can be terrible for measuring, especially on non-solid surfaces like grass (the mat bunches up), plus most people measure fish incorrectly anyway.
The legislation states the mouth must be closed and without manipulating the fish. How many people do you see leaving the mouth open and pinching the tail tips together to get that extra cm or two? I daresay this is where most "the fish shrunk!" problems arise. Fisheries closing the mouth and not manipulating the fish!
Regarding the point on brag mat bunching, the ruler shot shows exactly what I mean!

Thankfully(?) the actual legislation is worded fairly straightforward... s158 of the Fisheries Declaration 2019 is the applicable piece:

The issue is most people don't necessarily open up the raw legislation and you have to go dig for it. It would be nice if QLD Dpi would link to the various acts (Fisheries Act, Regs and Declarations) on their website. 
 
Edit: I just realised I didn't exactly help the situation 😂
Links to all relevant legislation can be found here, including a summary of what each piece achieves: https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable/legislation
Fisheries Declaration (most applicable one for Reco fishos is here: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2019-0076
 

Thankfully(?) the actual legislation is worded fairly straightforward... s158 of the Fisheries Declaration 2019 is the applicable piece:

The issue is most people don't necessarily open up the raw legislation and you have to go dig for it. It would be nice if QLD Dpi would link to the various acts (Fisheries Act, Regs and Declarations) on their website. 
 
Edit: I just realised I didn't exactly help the situation 😂
Links to all relevant legislation can be found here, including a summary of what each piece achieves: https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable/legislation
Fisheries Declaration (most applicable one for Reco fishos is here: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2019-0076
 

Thankfully(?) the actual legislation is worded fairly straightforward... s158 of the Fisheries Declaration 2019 is the applicable piece:

The issue is most people don't necessarily open up the raw legislation and you have to go dig for it. It would be nice if QLD Dpi would link to the various acts (Fisheries Act, Regs and Declarations) on their website. 
 
Edit: I just realised I didn't exactly help the situation 😂
Links to all relevant legislation can be found here, including a summary of what each piece achieves: https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable/legislation
Fisheries Declaration (most applicable one for Reco fishos is here: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2019-0076
 

Thankfully(?) the actual legislation is worded fairly straightforward... s158 of the Fisheries Declaration 2019 is the applicable piece:

The issue is most people don't necessarily open up the raw legislation and you have to go dig for it. It would be nice if QLD Dpi would link to the various acts (Fisheries Act, Regs and Declarations) on their website. 
 
Edit: I just realised I didn't exactly help the situation 😂
Links to all relevant legislation can be found here, including a summary of what each piece achieves: https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/fisheries/sustainable/legislation
Fisheries Declaration (most applicable one for Reco fishos is here: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2019-0076
 

I'm not going to pretend to know what this is all about, but these reports suggest our creek water systems aren't doing too bad: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/disasters/pfas/sites/brisbane-airport/water-sampling
but the seafood sampling shows periods where certain fish like Flathead are above Recreational trigger points for certain chemical groups: https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/disasters/pfas/sites/brisbane-airport/seafood-sampling
 

There has to be something said about a "One Year Incredible Total Peace of Mind Warranty" vs a 10 year warranty.
Ultimately, you get what you pay for.

There has to be something said about a "One Year Incredible Total Peace of Mind Warranty" vs a 10 year warranty.
Ultimately, you get what you pay for.