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Hey @ubnt
Assuming that the jetties you are netting from are all relatively close to the port, mullet won’t be that common. The main thing you will get will be (banana and tiger) prawns, herring, glassies, and the odd anchovy/bony bream.
If you want mullet in the river you will need to find a relatively shallow mud bank, creek mouth, or sandy beach. A berley bomb or two won’t hurt either. I find that mullet school up more when the water is slightly cleaner, and they are more scattered when there is a lot of rain.
Assuming you are fishing for threadies or jewies, prawns and herring will work great as well.
Cheers Hamish

Well the season is fast approaching, with the All Stars games on this afternoon.
First is the women's game at 4.20pm and the Men's game at 7.10pm.
 
As usual we will have a tipping comp that all members are welcome to join. I will post the details when I've set it up.

Just set it up -
Comp Name- AFO NRL 2022
Code - AL3T6VN7
https://tipping.nrl.com/comps/93354/ladder
 
 
 
 

3 people went to NPD this morning and one person caught a 25cm bass and then we ran out of fish. no name or photos.

I went kayaking, cost me a broken rod and a small atub of lures when the rapids took me into a log and the force of the water tipped me out. Lucky it was shallow as I had my phone and camera around my neck.After 3 portages the trip was called off. Even with long pants on my legs look like road maps with cuts and bruisers. Thats the last trip in the bush basher and the hobie will follow soon after.😂

Hi everyone,
 
Went on a solo trip to Mud last Thursday morning. Just as the sun was peaking over the horizon I baited and cast the first rod with mullet strip when I  started baiting the second rod. ZZZZZZZZZZ and my 6lb line is peeling off, it ran me around a snag so I left it to cast my second rod in. Tried freeing it again by standing on the gunnel and lifting rod as high I as I could and ZZZZZZZZZ its off again. After a few minutes up pops a 50cm Snapper. While its on the floor of the boat the second rod with half a pilchard goes off and finally up comes a 50cm Grunter. What followed for the next hour was chaos as I could hardly keep a rod in the water. Final keeper tally was 3 snapper (50, 42, 37), 3 Sweetlip, (43,40,38)  2 trevally (42,40), 1 bream (29), 1 javelin (50) and 1 mother in law (43). The mother in-law (my first ever) was bled and eaten fresh and tasted pretty good. Not sure why they have such a bad reputation. Didn't get another keeper after 6:00 am, did manage the biggest stingray I have ever caught though on a fillet of Grinner. Got about half a dozen just unders in the snapper as well. 

This one is a copy of a Sid Boland Barra Frog. Originally produced in the 1930's until the 70's it was so popular that the Japanese began producing copies.

This one is a copy of a Sid Boland Barra Frog. Originally produced in the 1930's until the 70's it was so popular that the Japanese began producing copies.

Personally I don't think so. I had a prop hub go faulty on a 225 Evinrude about 2 boats back and if I remember correctly, when it happened the boat slowed down and the revs increased  due to the reduced load on the prop as it was spinning on the hub. It  would slip at a certain rev due to the pressure of the water on the propeller blades and so the prop would stop spinning but the shaft would keep turning inside the rubber hub. As soon as I felt the motor revving higher I would back off the throttle straight away and then the prop would grab again on the hub due to reduced pressure on the prop. It was like driving a car and slipping the gearbox into neutral but not taking the foot off the accelerator which results in the motor over revving. Only way to fix a faulty rubber hub is by replacing it, but as you are not slowing down it doesn't appear to be your issue.
There are numerous causes that can make you reduce your fuel  economy, ranging from an ignition coil/ spark plug/lead breaking down at speed, down to clogged fuel filters, injectors, etc. I had replaced all my filters before I found out what my actual problem was, on my motor there were 2 filters under the cowl and another inline fuel filter just above the fuel tank.
Forgot to mention earlier that with my motor problem, I occasionally had revs but little power, so revs were high but no actual power, so instead of doing 27 knots at about 4000RPM I would only be doing about 15 knots. That didn't make sense to me as the gear box is fixed to if I got the revs I should have being going a lot faster, maybe my prop was also slipping at the time. But in any case once I fixed the fuel line blockage issue I didn't have any more drama, so who knows!

Hi ubnt 
I catch my share of mullet for bait in castnet, sometimes targeting sometimes as bycatch. Though I'd say I've never noticed a pattern, caught them before and after sunrise, high and low tide. A few specific conditions do stand out though, I think they usually hold high in water column, spook easy with boat traffic and head to shore, and on runout tides hang around run-off, drop off points. When struggling for bait Il walk/ cast up stream maybe every few metres ahead of me shallow, then again out deeper to cover ground. If quiet and undisturbed you can find mullet in ankle deep water foraging. Keep throwing you'll catch something! 
 

Yeah, signed up. ( with a fair bit of user error I might add. )
Only do it once a year, give me a break.😁

Well the season is fast approaching, with the All Stars games on this afternoon.
First is the women's game at 4.20pm and the Men's game at 7.10pm.
 
As usual we will have a tipping comp that all members are welcome to join. I will post the details when I've set it up.

Welcome back.

Well the season is fast approaching, with the All Stars games on this afternoon.
First is the women's game at 4.20pm and the Men's game at 7.10pm.
 
As usual we will have a tipping comp that all members are welcome to join. I will post the details when I've set it up.

User error. You need to put the code in, not the comp name.  All signed up and raring to go.

Well the season is fast approaching, with the All Stars games on this afternoon.
First is the women's game at 4.20pm and the Men's game at 7.10pm.
 
As usual we will have a tipping comp that all members are welcome to join. I will post the details when I've set it up.

I'm not at liberty to answer that question. 

That's interesting @turdle. I  have only run 98 in my Merc without isuue. Now I'm going to have to look up the Owner's manual. haha

Welcome back.

I'm back

Tsunami raider... 

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)

There is another thing you can try, I had a 150HP XS Pro Merc on my last boat and had a range of problems for a while, wouldn't get high revs and when run at say 4300 RPM plus for a while (20 minutes or so) it would suddenly loose power for a split second and then continue as if nothing was wrong, however at a slower rev speed it would work fine all day long.
Turns out that where the fittings  such as fuel filters and fuel bulb went in to the fuel hose I had a small blockage. The fuel line I had (grey line), had a plastic liner and where the fitting pushed into the fuel line, it had sort of pushed and scrunched the plastic away from the line and it turned it into a small blockage. There was enough fuel going past it to run the motor normally but when hitting 4300 RPM it would not go past it for any length of time, after a long sustained run at higher revs the blockages were starving the engine of fuel to a point of it not being able to reach or maintain the higher revs for any length of time and also to miss a beat or two every now and then.
As this motor was overpowered for my boat I usually didn't travel normally at higher than 4100 RPM for any length of time, as it meant I was travelling way too fast for my liking and the conditions, so rarely did the problem occur. Took it to the marine mechanics a couple of times and they couldn't find any issues as they didn't run the motor at high revs or long enough in the tank, so everything came up as normal and there wasn't any error codes showing up on the scans.
It could be a long shot, but just take off the fittings and check inside the line ends to see you might have  a similar problem. Not sure if the black fuel line has a similar liner to the grey fuel line I had. It is worth a shot as it won't cost you anything to check. Hope this helps.
Cheers
Ed.

I take manufactures "advise" with a grain of salt. 
Hey, it's worth a try but you get better economy out of higher oct. I have a 92 b2600 bravo that even runs better on 95. The fuel economy is astounding compared to 91. 
My father inlaw is a very good car and light commercial mechanic (which by the way I am happy to pm his details if anyone would like a good honest mechanic in capalaba. He's no dodo.
He even designed and financed the creation of Seadex boats Australia. His name is on every vin plate to this day🤘) 
 
There is no way I would run any of my engines, car boat and moto x bikes on 91. 
No I do not own a Yamaha. Once you go black, you never go back. 
I did have an older yam 15hp years ago that I'd run on 95. No problems at all. 
Most 91 is just not good for engines. Ethanol free, may be okay but there's not many 91 fuels out there that do not contain up to 10% sugar. 
Run at your own peril. 
 
Also, do not service your vehicle every 15k. Manufacturers advise but your engine will hate you and will detonate in a shorter time than a motor serviced every 10k.I am only mentioning this because it's manufacturers advise. 
That's why they have "interim" services at 7.5k. That saves their bacon, however it is not a mandatory service in their eyes to maintain a warranty, so most people ignore it. Then when the motor does self destruct, 9 times out of 10 the vehicle is past its warranty expiry date. 
My father inlaw replaces a lot of blown motors... 🤣
They're not always advising on what's best for your hip pocket. 
Sorry for the rant.... 🙏
 
 
@Ryannnnnnnn
How old was the fuel in the tank before you filled up?
If the boat sat for a while then perhaps the existing fuel was nearly crude again. 
 
Do you have a spin on easterner type fuel filter (looks like small car oil filter). 
Spin it off and tip out its contents into an ice cream bucket. See if there is any contaminants. 
Replace with a new one of course (fill with fuel and lube rubber gasket before you wind it on). 
Probably wouldn't hurt to remove the spark plugs and check colours, maybe even throw a new set in. 
Fill with a fresh tank of BP95, you may need to contact your bank for a loan to do this atm😭 and go for a good blatt in your regular location. 
 
 
 

I use a about a rod and a half length, so the knot is just off the spool when casting so the knot doesn't catch on the lip of the spinning reel spool. I might have to give your method a go as I like the idea of of tension and wear. Do you ever get knots in your main line ?