aussie123

That is a nice repair job Wayne.

Some nice fish there boys, well done.

I do the same mate.

It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy at night thinking that I am sponsored by ReelTackle 

Back to being a Gobblers Lures Sponsored Angler, your resignation did not last long, lol

It is working for me Robbie ans was working yesterday as well.

Find another portable tank and fuel line and run the motor off that.

This will tell you if it is a fuel issue or electrical issue.

Is that the 414 or 444 hull

This was an amazing trip with so many fish biting every where we went.

Thanks Mark for another top trip, it was such a shame that no one else could make it up this time with us.

Bring on the next trip.

Those times will not effect us or most fishermen heading to the ramp.

2 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

When do you go into full production? 

I have no intentions to put them in to full production Robbie although I did plan on building half a dozen for some close mates to help cover the initial costs and the R&D cost.

I have people everywhere wanting them now and I had a shop from WA call me last night wanting 5 units straight away for their customers but I said no to him, lol

The next one I build with be very different again internally and I may consider doing something with that one if I can get it working properly.

I fitted the reel to the boat today and went out for a quick test run to make sure everything was working right before we head out and start dropping in 300m.

The reel performed amazingly and certainly better than I thought it would so i am very happy with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4uM9pVxvJ8&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvPRTrx9mNQ

They look like old Stacer seats made back in the mid to late 80's.

Maybe check out the Stacer website or send them an email and see if they have anything suitable these days that will fit.

9 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

Awesome mate. I am around this week if you want to go out in my boat let me know. 

How do you mount it? 

The frame has a 22mm solid rod coming off the bottom that you cannot see in the picture as it is inside the roll of bubble wrap.

I am tied up this week, I have a bit of work happening and then either Fraser or 1770 this weekend, location will depend on the weather forecast later this week but tomorrow is a bay trip towing large paravanes to test the reel out.

41 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Looking good Lance!!

Thanks Kelvin.

Its been a fun project and a real learning curve in electronics,lol

20 minutes ago, ellicat said:

Looks good. How will you manage the lay of the line ?

Thanks Brian

I will just work the line back and forth by hand like we do now on our other reels.

Next step is going to try and design a level wind but at the moment that has me a bit stumped on how to do it.

I can build one driven off the  drive shaft but the level wind will keep driving regardless of what the spool is doing so ultimately i need to find a way to drive if from the spool rotation only.

I do have an idea in my head but whether it can be built is another thing.

Moreton Bay and the beaches on Straddie have Bonefish.

A guy fishing with us one day caught a large one at Boat Rock and about 2-3 years ago, a massive spawning aggregation was discovered at Heron Island.

They can turn up anywhere in SEQ.

9 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

I see how you cleverly avoided my decky request haha!!! 

Did I tell you how well the rod holders went? They are awesome. 

I had safety lines on all the rods at first but after 2 days with no incidents I have taken them off. 

I used them again in my mates boat out at straddie and they were awesome again. 

Thanks for the tips mate. 

Sorry I missed that bit Robbie but you know you are always welcome to come out.

All you have to do is say yes when I ask you,lol

Glad you like the rod holders mate.

8 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

That is awesome @aussie123 If you need a decky...

As long as it is after the 6th. 

Should be able to do some serious fish piggin with this one Robbie. 

4 hours ago, rayke1938 said:

How many hours so far?

There should be a world wide market for that;

Cheers

Ray

I am not sure on the amount of hours Ray but there has been quite a lot so far.

The hardest part has been finding machine shops that are happy to do small bits of machining at a time and then the wait times  to get things done has been horrible.

I have some mates wanting to buy some reels and that's all I am going to sell as i only want to recover the development costs.

If someone else wants to take the plans at a later date and do something commercially with them, they can have the hassles of building and selling them.

That is a nice Hussar.

I have not seen many of the Brown Hussar down this way.

That looks really good Wayne.

10 bux if you can land it on a crocs back when you go over there.