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i will see what Neil does.

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testing https://lensdump.com/i/qUP4Yr

My plans for the week consisted of going to Boaties market today and Fishing NPD on thursday. All thrown in disarray when late friday I was informed that we are going to Esk for the week on Monday. I decided that I would rather miss out on the boaties market today and go fishing instead. Quick phone call and I was able to rustle up a couple of deckies and arranged to meet Roul and Hai at the gate. I think I may have been better off going to the boaties market. Thick fog when we launched and used the gps to navigate halfway out of the bay when the fog lifted enough so that I could see the bank. Could only find 12 small bass to 36cm, 2 spanglies plus Hai provided some entertainment when he nearly wet himself when he hooked into a good yella. Good run continued when I got home and unable to log into suntag to record my miserable catch.

After a delayed start because I forgot that I was driving and Rick sending me a text where are you we finally got away. Bit more wind than forecast the 3 of us started off at the tip of Ians island and headed off to check our shrimp pots when the wind dropped off and by the time we had checked them the wind was back again. We tried a few spots and could not even raise a barred grunter so we tried another spot in the lee of Ians Isalnd and increased out tally to 43 bass with the largest going 42cm. The majority of the bass were around the 35cm . Mark caught 2 tagged bass no results yet, Only one barred grunter caught all morning and that was in a shrimp pot.

take a vid ,post it to utube and then post the link to utube.

I am a belt and braces person. When my boat is at rest the lowest point in the bilge is in the bow so I have 2 bilge pumps on separate circuits one in the bow and one in the stern. With no bung installed when you are under way the venturi effect will suck the water out from the bilge. Cheers Ray

Bit rough but at least it works I took a vid of the photos and uploaded them to u tube.

P1040415.MP4 f Off to NPD with Craig and Brian. The weather was dreich but the fish did not mind once we found them down near the old far marker. 39 bass,2 tandans and a small spangled perch all on live shrimp and released. Percy has arrived back and was looking for a feed. Brian was happy to increase his bass pb to 46.5 he also recaptured a bass that I tagged on 1/4/23 that had grown 10mm tin355mm.Only other wildlife was one pig and a couple of roos with no deer spotted. Maybe they did not like the cold wind and drizzle. I thought that I could bypass the site photo problem by taking a couple of vidios on my phone only to find out I cannot download them from my phone to my pc.

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Went with Rick, Joy and Hai. Bit of southern weather with wind, rain and then sunshine today. The bass did not like the weather and stayed home and sulked with us only boating 12 bass and Rick donutting. Only bonus was plenty of large shrimp in the pots. Cheers Ray

5.15 at gate no smoking. bait fishing with live shrimp kids welcome 0403072325. Cheers Ray

it is a 60 inch shaft

Bow mount or transom ? 12 or 24v? I may be able to sort you out with a 24v minnkota i pilot link but you will need a humminbird sounder to use all the link facilities i will have to have a delve in the shed to see if i have a mounting bracket for the kota. do you have batteries and a charger?

I lost count for the deer at 12.

Reasonable day today with Brian and Michael. Did our shrimp traps the shrimp were small and scarce but we got enough for a reasonable session. There were a lot of flathead gudgons in the traps that took a bit of sorting out. At first fish were hard to find and only small and we really didn't do well till we got to the drop off at the old far marker. The fish were not schooled up but moving along the drop off at the edge of the old river bed and were coming through in groups of 3 or four. The fish were between 30 and 40cm and in very good condition and had been feeding on small bony bream that they spat out when hooked. Our final tally was 52 bass and one 43cm yella that Brian took home for a feed. All the rest released.

Yes see you there Michael Holland also coming.

Couple of decky spots available Sunday 1st 5.30 start bait fishing with live shrimp downstream of ramp. NO SMOKING kids welcome usually finish up around midday. boat is 16ft tinny with plenty of room and high sides. Bit of luck should be a few bass caught. cheers ray 0403072325

took them home they all need repair frames rusty might relocate to eastern arm

only about 40 to 50 shrimp out of pots bonus was went we went downstream we found 10 of our pots high and dry out of the pots that were stolen about 6 months ago. Guy must have abandoned them after he was sprung. Still 6 to go we suspect they may be somewhere in the eastern arm. We also found 2 of your old pots that were tied to a fallen tree. Not much left of them but gutterguard is still ok.

Headed to the western arm this morning with Mark. We first went upstream and wasted a lot of our valuable shrimp feeding the barred grunter and a few small bass before we headed downstream to the drop off near the white post where we found some better size bass plus the bonus of no barred grunter. We had to leave because the wind and waves were coming straight down the eastern arm and making it too uncomfortable for my back. We moved upstream into the adjacent bay and tied up to one of the isolated trees and found more quality bass ending up with a total of 30 bass with the majority of them over 35cm. The eagles appreciated a feed of barred grunter.

23 bass today follow FB link for story and photos. https://www.facebook.com/groups/384045624946154/user/100006363675304

Another slow day with only 18 bass between the 2 of us. Best bass over 40 rest between 20 and 36.