mangajack
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Spare part availability will be your biggest issue hanging around the Johnson / Evinrude berths. In saying that they were good reliable engines without many problems...fuel line connectors aside. Internal corrosion on these old models would have to be a serious hazzard not to be ignored. I would be looking at a brand that is still operating....Mercury, Honda, Tohatsu or Yamaha....the old yamahas has issues with the oil metering and lots of guys disabled it and went back to premix.
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I would stay with std dealer prescribed service intervals, certain things are done on different service schedules. Flush well using muffs first, then add some saltaway or salty captain in the last part of the flush. Do not flush the saltaway or salty captain completely out of the engine....shut it down before the solution being added gets rather weak. This is ensure the residual salt pockets thay may be present will get some neutralizing after the shut down. Some town water supplies are fairly high flow and pressure and could be enough to not let your engine reach running temp and opening the thermostat fully. My water supply is like this. I start the flush at full pressure for about a couple of minutes then i reduce the flow so i can feel the water from the tell tale fluctuate in temperature with the opening and closing of the thermostat. I shut the water off completely a second before shutting down the engine ensuring some saltaway remains in the motor.
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Take some soft plastic crabs for the bones and permit that call Yellowpatch home. No recent reports, but it does follow consistent patterns on the northern end of the island. I suspect the soft crabs would tempt a good bluey around the Cape if you get a chance. Don't forget to pack a squid jig.
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The biggest clue to fishing is understanding why a fish would be feeding at this spot and when. Pay attention to water movement and what that water is bringing to the fish. A fish will not park up in a spot if the water is not bringing to food to it. Fish are essentially lazy, they will find a comfortable spot to sit and wait for the food to come to them. Whilst there are exceptions, you will find if you look closely enough, they will hang around the reef or log because that is where the majority of the food will be found. In saying that though, structure is not always neccesary for a fish....they will happily sit at convergences of current well away from any structure. Be patient enough to learn your local waters without falling to "the grass is always greener" syndrome....so many good spots are overlooked by most people in favor of something more exotic or "better" than where you are. Same goes for fishing gear.....w a n k factor does not catch you any more fish than std workhorse gear.
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I have caught about 6 of them in the south pine just past where the old dredging finished...on the big sand bar there....not sure if that area is still accessible on foot though...new estate has gone in. Every one of tem was caught on unweighted live prawns on 2kg mono....biggest was very close to a metre long. If you want a real challenge head to Yellow Patch and target the bonefish there.
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I don't go any smaller than #4 truturn hook.
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Never too early or too late for a jack session....they are primarily night time feeders. 30 years ago the two go to colours for jacks was red or green, the past decade has been white for me and next to no result with the old favorites.
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Careful fishing Bramble Bay, nearly all of it is green zone. Sups are ok if you don't want to cover a lot of ground....the paddle is the biggest hinderance. I would use one up north in the lakes for barra but that's about it. A kayak is far better.
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It looks to be nearly double the weight of my PB @ 61cm.
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Out from the leads into the pine, at night with a spotlight it is easy to find the schools in bramble bay.
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I'd be very happy with your first efforts on the blue bones. I used to chase the big blueys in Hervey Bay using purple rock crabs....they are pretty hard to find these days, I don't know why.
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Plenty of Moses Perch in the river....there are at least 3 subspecies in there.
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So last century's menu did not sit well with you. I used to butcher my own mutton back then too, how well you treated it is how well it ended up on the plate.
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That's got to be the most expensive piece of plastic i have ever seen.....try somewhere like Dotmar Plastics that specialise in plastics for industry.....
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Full story was he was on the foredeck being unhooked and the fish locker door was open....jumped there landed in the locker then i had him cornered to get the hook out. I need to find a better way of holding those grunter without either being spiked or cut by the serrated gill covers....this one got me both ways.....once whilst alive and once at the filleting station.
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Hi Kat, the moses were good sized nudging 30-32cm, the tuskie was undersized.....only the 2nd tuskie for me at Redcliffe in 40+ years fishing there. All the squire were under 45cm and returned.....I only keep squire bigger than 50cm fork length....can't see the point of killing 3 just legals to feed 2 people.
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Launched at 3am this morning at Dohles Rocks and went to my spot to get some live prawns....6 casts and over a hundred prawns between 4" and 5 1/2" and i kept 4 poddy mullet and 3 winter whiting for fish livies as well.Raced out to Queens Beach off Redcliffe and got a berley trail going then started with the live prawns and whiting.About 6am a 60cm grunter jumped into the esky....After 7am I moved to a couple of more spots and caught lots of large moses and 1 small venus tusk fish and a few bream.Winds started about 9am so i shot back into the Pine and drifted about with liver prawns and whiting for flathead...got me stuffed why they didn't take a bait....Just the grunter kept me company on the trip home. You have all seen photos of a grunter before....
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Unless the water is very clear I don't use flurocarbon these days. I am having an outstandingly good run lately with plain old Schnieder Klearline mono instead. If I can see more than 3 feet into the water I usually opt for the Nitlon DFC.
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To be honest mutton is my favorite flavoured meat, preferred above beef or lamb. Just cook it slower and it isn't tough and has a full flavour and self bastes with any cut. The big problem is finding a butcher that does mutton these days.
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I personally dislike wagyu beef. Much prefer a really lean piece lightly salted and well seared.
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Safe bet is to put 30lb Bionic braid on the baitcaster....handles the logs and rocks well.
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I might head out there around 1am for a look.....
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That's embarrassingly true when you look in my shed.....i need to cull a few soon. Count is somewhere between 30 and 40 I guess.
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your most cost effective way is to buy a combo from BCF or Anaconda.....they are usually remarkably good value. The Shimano Raider range is proven as a versatile and decent rod.... You are at odds in the Murray River however where you have fish there that would require two completely different setups.....2-4kg for trout, redfin and smaller yellowbelly and a 6kg model for the medium sized murray cod. Serious guys still get busted up using 50lb braid on the cod there. If anything I would look at a cheaper rod with an upgrade reel rather than a more expensive rod and a downgrade reel. In the Shimano range I would opt for nothing less than the Sedona and much prefer the Nexave or the Stradic. Keep an eye out on facebook marketplace as well, there are lots of decent second hand reels and combos there at reasonable prices.....will save you lots of coins buying there.
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Do not buy prawns from a supermarket or anywhere that sells imported seafoods....the risk to our environment is massive because very little of the imported seafoods is screens for diseases. It would be best if you buy a cast net and use that to catch your bait, it works a lot better than anything you can buy.
