Leeroy

Yep he knows his stuff good channel to watch.

No specific spots for tailor look for bait in the main channels. 

10 hours ago, Mylesfisher said:

Thanks guys I really appreciate the feedback I have looked at the weather and it looks bad 16-28 km winds sometimes and I dont want to get me self into a mischeif I will go for some tailor and anything big near the pipe and around the estuary with 4" minnowz opening night and some 5" jerk shads with 4/0 3/8 ounces the minnowz will have 1/6-1/8 ounce and 4/0 I might go with a mate and hopefully I'll catch a biggun do you know anytips on these plastics?

Plastics are hard to fish in the seaway especially with the big run in at the moment. Have you got any metals? The 3/8 will get down on the change of tide but that's late tonight.

Good way to target GT's over the pipe is to start your drift above the pipe on the run in and drop the metal close to the bottom and rip it back as hard as you can to the surface. Soon as you are past the pipe go back up and start again. 15 to 30g Halco Twisties or similar.

Tailor i would go a bit further up the Broadwater or even Nerang River late arvo and look for the birds. Or look for the bust ups. Again use the metal but throw it at the birds/bust ups and crank it back quick.

Go as light as possible. I think people fish way too heavy for snapper/mackeral.

My equal PB came on 10lb braid/16lb leader and i've even caught 60cm fish on 6lb/12lb.

I use 15lb/20lb for plastics/metals and 30/40lb for livies.

You will get more bites and lose the odd fish but i'd rather hook them then not at all.

Lot more fun too.

Fishing in about 3 to 5m of water and yes the current yesterday was ripping in.

And I think another trip to Doug's won't be far off. 

3 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Nice one @Leeroy. Great way to end the day.

Have a look at this clip for some relevant up to date info.

 

 

Thanks @ellicatI think my problem was I had darker and pink jigs where as the other guys were using more natural colour. Also I was using 3.5 and 3 which may have been too heavy. 

My first 2 spots i struggled drifting with tide against wind even with the electric. 

4 minutes ago, Hweebe said:

Boats looking the goods on the water and some night arvo fishing photos. Great that u have a job that allows u to get on the water after work. 
 

Mates getting Tailor on main beach at night last week so they should surely be around in the Broadwater

Yeah from what I've heard they were further inside the Broadwater.

Boats good just got to fill the old speaker holes and do the hatch and step down in the foam decking and new rear light/epirb battery and get my lifejacket serviced and I'll be just about finished. 

It never ends.

1 minute ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Looks like fun Leeroy. I've been seeing a fair few pics of squid from the Broadwater recently so hopefully you can get some !

Cheers Hamish

Thanks Hamish,

Had a chat with some guys at the ramp I was in the right depth and area and right jigs same as them so a matter of time I hope.

Only ever got them up at Inskip Point but never really targeted them here. 

First run today no fish to brag about but was mucking around with the electric more than fishing. 

1st thoughts are the spot lock is much improved,quieter and quicker response to the first generation motor I had.

Still to go through all the functions but they are not too different. Tracks,heading etc.

The spotlock is so much better from my first use this morning. It definitely holds the boat straighter with less swinging the stern around. Very impressive. 

Keen to see how it goes offshore. 

Not sure until tomorrow I can see its benefits and I think if you had the i-pilot link to a hummingbird sounder that it would be a must but not worth $400 without. 

Usefull offshore or fishing canals where you want to move a few meters,or chasing flatties and want to move spots along a bank.

If it was an option I wouldn't have paid extra for it.

Great trip Tugger couple of cracking nannies. 

Wish I had a mate with a boat like that. What rig was it?

9 hours ago, ellicat said:

Circuit breakers are the way to go imo. Not having to carry spare fuses and the ease of just resetting it are great pros.

Same thought although I never blew a fuse on the old one so maybe a waste of $50 but then as you said being able to reset it is good but need to think why is it tripping out?

Got a 60amp fuse yesterday used the same holder.

I think i'll get a 60amp circuit breaker in future.

50m is plenty but spinning is better on an incoming tide as they move into the closer to shore gutters. 

Best part about light spinning is being able to walk the beach to find the fish. 

Some good fishing there Neil.

Pin seems to be fishing really well this year maybe all the rain we've had?

23 hours ago, Another Wazza said:

Yep, it’s a good looking deck, but a bad looking finger, I can see that causing some discomfort 

That's not the worst one lol.

8 hours ago, ellicat said:

Just for interests sake, I thought I'd post up how the costs are going with the boat. I've nearly spent the same as the purchase price on it. Crazy how things add up.

Jeez I'd hate to see my wheel for the last 10 years. 

I'm with @Another Wazza delete it now before this missus sees it.

Hopefully the accessories part will just about be done?

I do use a dab of sikaflex marine ellicat but she's an old girl anyway. 

I thought there might be interference with the compass.

4 hours ago, Hweebe said:

Looks the goods @leeroy1. Definitely would agree with you on going a second battery for electric. Do you have a mounting spot for the battery?

Did you use the screws that came with the heading sensor? Just got to make sure you don't cause magnetic interference with your own screws

Batteries are under the front deck. 1 x 150ah and 1 x 120ah AGM's. 

Yes the stainless screws? Yeah I just screwed straight into the Ali.

Is that an issue?

I skimmed over the instructions may have missed it.

Look out bass he's back.