Old Scaley

Have you tried pulling out the transducer cable at the head unit and cleaning the pins and sockets?

team south Tai Bui nice yella NPD 3/3/24

I see that the Tiggers will start the season off in the top 8.... then again 😇

well, here we go again... I think.
is it just me, or has the NRL's build up for 2024 Round 1 season opening kick off (on home soil) been nothing short of pathetic.... anyway.
Good tipping every one, and enjoy the opening 2 games on a narrower and shortened field, Las Vegas style.... 
Oh by the way, this NRL's spiel about expanding the game to the US is unpicked up doggy poo... it's solely about getting into to the US's betting markets.. just saying, it must be the cynic in me.

The draw I have put up is the only compatible one I could find... please check the details and Qld times for kick offs

 
ROUND 1
SUNDAY MARCH 3
Sea Eagles vs. Rabbitohs Allegiant Stadium 1:30pm AEST
Roosters vs. Broncos Allegiant Stadium 3:30pm AEST
THURSDAY MARCH 7
Knights vs. Raiders McDonald Jones Stadium 7:00pm AEST
FRIDAY MARCH 8
Warriors vs. Sharks Go Media Stadium 5:00pm AEST
Storm vs. Panthers AAMI Park 7:05pm AEST
SATURDAY MARCH 9
Eels vs. Bulldogs Commbank Stadium 4:30pm AEST
Titans vs. Dragons Cbus Super Stadium 6:35pm AEST
 
SUNDAY MARCH 10
Dolphins vs. Cowboys Suncorp Stadium 3:05pm AEST
Byes: Tigers
 

The big tides create significantly more run when their flooding and ebbing , this often makes fish expended a  whole lot more energy to feed. Big tides also often make the water a lot more turbid in estuary’s. I personally dislike fishing the estuary’s during the big tides.In saying this the fish have still got to eat , so the tide changes  and eddies often create the  best opportunity for meet and greets with our fishy friends. I find the week before  and after the full and new moons good ,particularly if there’s a SE wind blowing , this always seems to get fish biting well where I fish .As for the neap tides , they’re ok depending what your targeting , and where. The run in the tide stirs up the bottom and banks of creeks and rivers this is often feeding time for fish if it’s not too strong, no run no fun is something worth considering , but if there’s too much run I”ll always look for eddies out of the main stream run.
Neil
 
 

Well the alarm went off at 3.30am like a kick in the head after 2 hours of sleep....
Anyway got to the ramp at 3.55 and launched at Dohles Rocks, first trailer at the ramp....was 4 others by the time I undid the mooring rope off the pontoon....geez theres some crazy fishos out there!!
Headed to my live bait spot looking for live prawns...tide was too high to be good but persisted for about 20 casts....11 prawns and about 6 mullet and 1 herring.
Run out to Queens Beach for the first of two drifts there for 2 grinners and 1 snapper about 45...sent it back.
Relocated to around the Woody Point green zone and spot locked next to a rubble patch. Well I did see three bites on livies....all 3 were cod with their distinctive power walk for 3 metres into their bedrooms and parting my leader.....15lb just is not cutting it today. Eventually the rest of the live baits were annoyed to death by micro bream like a plague of mosquitos eating me jack fishing.
Flicking placcies about I managed another 45cm snapp and sent it home too.
Spent the next hour side scanning wide of the green zone marking rock bottoms...will investigate those at a later date.
Side scanning did not show any fish yesterday...that doesn't mean much though....looking for structure mainly.
Interestingly down scan did show a healthy thermocline the more I entered Bramble Bay...I should have traced that a bit instead of looking for more structure.
Water quality was ok, normally a tad greener, still has a hint of fresh out there.

If I was you Brett I would use the neap tide to fish the Jumpinpin bar area for Jew. 

Same way I approach all other tides @Bretto77  Just get out when wind and weather allow and if you brain the fish it is a bonus. 

She looks the goods, Greg.  And you have already given it some mojo! Should be some great reports coming. 

As some of you know I work on Straddie for a few months of the year and get a chance to occasionally wet a line. I like fishing at Amity Point because of the variety of fish that are there, and that you never know what you will get from one trip to another. As well as the usual spangled emperor, squire, Moses Perch and grassies, this time I got some tuskfish and Eva got to catch her first ever black spotted tuskfish. Black spotted tuskfish are probably rarely taken land based so to get a few was very rewarding. They go like submarines. Probably the most unusual landbased catch on this trip was a gold spot pigfish (safely released). 

If I was you Brett I would use the neap tide to fish the Jumpinpin bar area for Jew. 

Is that because the invoice for the new weapon arrived? 😂 Looks like a beast, Greg. Looking forward to the thread. 

If I was you Brett I would use the neap tide to fish the Jumpinpin bar area for Jew. 

Same way I approach all other tides @Bretto77  Just get out when wind and weather allow and if you brain the fish it is a bonus. 

Is that because the invoice for the new weapon arrived? 😂 Looks like a beast, Greg. Looking forward to the thread. 

She looks the goods, Greg.  And you have already given it some mojo! Should be some great reports coming. 

Same way I approach all other tides @Bretto77  Just get out when wind and weather allow and if you brain the fish it is a bonus. 

She looks the goods, Greg.  And you have already given it some mojo! Should be some great reports coming. 

If I was you Brett I would use the neap tide to fish the Jumpinpin bar area for Jew. 

Same way I approach all other tides @Bretto77  Just get out when wind and weather allow and if you brain the fish it is a bonus. 

She looks the goods, Greg.  And you have already given it some mojo! Should be some great reports coming. 

Looking for something to do one day a couple of months ago l made the mistake of going down to Northside Marine for a look around.
I had a bit of a look at their Surtees and Stabicraft aluminiums then I noticed a nice looking new fibreglass cabin cruiser. Well, three of them actually.
On closer inspection I found they were all from the Merry Fisher range by Jeanneau, a French brand owned by Beneteau.
There was a 6.95 metre, a 7.95 metre and a 10.95 metre. I liked them all but went away not thinking seriously of buying one. Until I found myself back there a few days later. And a few days after that. Before I knew it I was thinking about which extras l'd want if I bought one and getting prices for them.
Eventually I bit the bullet and put a deposit on a new Merry Fisher 795 Series 2 cabin cruiser. I then spent weeks going to Northside Marine almost every day, watching the accessories I chose being fitted, the engine installed and the boat going through water tests to check everything worked as it should.
I took delivery of her about three weeks ago now. I've only been out in her twice so far. The first time was during the handover as the dealer gave me a rundown of the electronics etc. I've been busy since working out where to put things, sorting out mooring lines, fenders etc.
The second time was about two weeks ago. A mate and I decided to venture over near Tangalooma for the night. Unfortunately the B.O.M forecast was up to its usual standard, and the predicted less than ten knot breeze was gusting 10 to 15 knots, if not more. It was also coming from a totally different direction. Consequently, the seas were at least a metre, with big holes every tenth wave or so. Whitecaps were everywhere. We decided to keep going anyway and it took an hour or more to reach Tangalooma, as we found the best speed was around 19 kmh. Unfortunately, we couldn’t stick to that speed because we had to keep altering the revs and speed as the engine is run in. So sometimes we were well off the plane and chugging along, and other times we were going too fast for the conditions, and hitting those big holes with a thud. I’ll be glad when it’s run in. It is actually very difficult to do any running in, in rough water. 
 
We eventually dropped the anchor over a bit of rough bottom, and spent the night there, a couple of kilometres off Tangalooma. We started catching fish straight away, mostly undersized grassies and Moses perch. After dark the small squire moved in. We kept getting bites until around 11pm then it all went quiet. Over the course of several hours we managed to boat 3 or 4 legal grassies, a few legal Moses and a 58 cm’ish slatey bream. We also lost a few much larger fish. We also failed to hook a few more. There was definitely enough action to entice us back there again on a future trip. 
 
The wind blew all night and unfortunately it was mostly from the SSW, which made conditions more uncomfortable than the predicted easterly would have. We awoke around dawn and dropped a line again, but the whippy tails had moved in and we decided to head home to clean the fish. Overall, it was a successful first trip. Hopefully there will be many more.
 
i realise I have much to learn about the new electronics and other goodies onboard. Auto-pilot, radar, fishpoint, track point, joystick, etc etc.
 
Only further trips will fix that. 
 

Is that because the invoice for the new weapon arrived? 😂 Looks like a beast, Greg. Looking forward to the thread. 

If I was you Brett I would use the neap tide to fish the Jumpinpin bar area for Jew. 

If I was you Brett I would use the neap tide to fish the Jumpinpin bar area for Jew.