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Based on the Google Photo and the T "trunks" visible through the console cutout and the cables @Huxstang laid out on the red mat. They are both NMEA2000.

I've fished Inskip around the barge landing. Mostly pickers i found, but I didn't fish there long enough to find out what was around. You could easily see chopper tailor busting up all around inskip but they were too far to cast to.

You won't have any issues with engine hours due to powering the NMEA. The NMEA is a effectively a "dumb" comms / network cable and is only transmitting what data is presented back from the outboard ECU. The Outboard ECU is what transmits the stored engine hours. As long as the Outboard isn't idling, engine hours won't increase

Hahahhahaha sometimes in boat trailer wiring looms they use other colours which is a big help when troubleshooting which trailer light is connected on the wiring loom. I have definitely used old odd coloured wiring and Future Me has definitely rued this when I've had to come back and figure what past me did....:)

I love all this rewiring stuff (at least with DC anyway). Once you are handy with a soldering iron / crimping tool, 12v wiring is piece of cake. Working through old boats / tinnies / trailers / 4wd camping rewiring is usually the first thing to sort out Pairing it all back red goes positive, black to negative/ground. Bobs your uncle.

Are you not able to trace the Boat supplied NMEA backbone and find where the positive and negative wires to disconnect this. Once this is done you should be able to join the two NMEA networks together and single power source from the NMEA backbone you installed?

For a 4.3m i would just use the welded on rails. This would be more than enough. Cleats especially if they are not flush mounted can cause a few issues: 1) Tangles with cast nets 2) If you have a painted hull - water paint bubbling 3) Electrolysis (depending on what kind of fasterners you use (dissimilar metals)

Perfect spot - I've been through there last time at was a Yeepoon

How big is the swell / wave break where you are trying with soft plastics. I'd recommend trying inland creeks / rivers first. Easier conditions to hone your craft.

I'm running 24v for my trolling motor on a BarCrusher 5.75c and love it. 24v also allows me to plug in my waeco camp fridge for longer fishing trips. I'm also thinking of getting a nice pie / sausage roll oven. I'm heavy on the Lowrance echosystem but by all accounts I see a lot moving towards Garmin. (it will be just prohibitively expensive to swap out for me. Maybe on the next boat)

I'm usually running at least a rod length of leader so swivel is not an option. Flatties are one of the best species to try and test yourself on the soft plastics. (ie put your lure in their ambush zone and they will engulf) Getting the rod tip action and lure action / pause with the squidgy will be more important than whether you have a snap swivel or loop knot. For a squidgy the lead head will drive most of the lure action with the sinking and squidgy tail flutter. For other species or more delicate lures this may not always be the case.

Which did you decide 24v (80lb) or 36v (100lb) What kind of switch panel is on the formosa? Enough blanks / space on the bus bar?

3 way swivels are good for tangles the 3xtag ends usually get caught or tangled on the main line.

For the fishing I do in the bay/beach definitely the halco twisties in various weights

Got some tickets for the last home game for the Colts vs the Light showers. (Broncs vs Storm) the team lists look unrecognizable. Hopefully still a good game to watch.

@Huxstang what sort of electrics have you got lined up to self install. Would be interested in following this once you can get photos to work

Wagyu is definitely polarising. Some will say it melts in your mouth others will say its too "beefy" tasting due to its high fat content. IMHO - I don't see the value in it for what you pay for per KG. Speaking to a cattle farmer. The best bang for buck is to pick your favourite cut and choose grain fed over grass fed. It's a little bit dearer for grain fed but makes a discernible difference to steak quality / taste / tenderness. Grain fed cattle tends to not travel move as much for food. Movement of cattle is what causes meat to toughen and naturally grass fed cattle have to move more causing their steaks to be generally tougher. My preferred way of cooking a steak (if i have time) is to sous vide a steak and then sear it (its a bit wanky i know) but its idiot proof and after a couple of attempts to get the steak cooked to your preferred doneness you can't muck it. It's the same principle as @Junky but instead of using the bbq as an oven, its a water bath set to a very precise temperature to get the internal temp of a steak (of any thickness) to your preferred doneness. Only downside is it is the longest process to cook a steak.

Bit of Benji magic dust has helped the tigers attack. His time under bennett, time away from the game after retiring, doing league analyst work and the final mentoring under sheens is going to make him a great coach

Who says it needs to be plastic? Old bread board material / timber decking / timber offcuts - preferably free from around the house.

Back to back fishing days! Saves time unhooking / unpacking / cleanup! Straight to the ramp in no time. A 2:20am wakeup would mess with my body clock the rest of the week. Lucky you can take naps at will

That's a large reel for whiting and bream. For Tailor maybe ok but even then the weight at 600g would get tiring very quickly. I'm guessing if it is for Tailor in the surf 10ft+ rod or longer to help balance out the reel weight.

Plump and well fed trout. Nice catch!

Not much water around Macgregor worth fishing. Best bet by bus is to head into Breakfast Creek / Newstead area to fish the river and chase threadies.

Hahaha turning over cold hard cash I'm that guy with the boat in the yard LOL. Although looking at Boat pricing compared to when i bought in 2019 (pre-covid) I'm pretty happy with my investment. How nice it will be to reinvest back into your fishing passion. (I've still got anther 2 decades of working life yet)

Nudgee beach/ beaches in Redcliffe hardly have a wave break so you can just use what you have for regular estuary fishing. For Bribie 12ft is way overkill again the wave break is only slight. A 9-10ft graphite or fibreglass rod will suffice for the mostly dart / bream / whiting / flathead catches there. For Bribie Island the upper beach side end where there is more swell / wave action tends to fish better.