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Once you reach your allocated retirement age and have actually retired you can use all your super if you wish. Mind you, you’d then have to depend on catching a lot of fish in order to keep eating!

Getting some serious boat envy with @Cobiaaddict and @GregOug upgrading their boats. Some seriously nice rigs. Might need to start a new post to gather ideas from AFO members on how to fund my next boat....
Anyone know anything about crypto 😀, NFTs, ETFs, Shares, Debt recycling, Investing or just general financial planning for a new boat? I wonder if a boat is allowable as a lump sump payment from super?

Getting some serious boat envy with @Cobiaaddict and @GregOug upgrading their boats. Some seriously nice rigs. Might need to start a new post to gather ideas from AFO members on how to fund my next boat....
Anyone know anything about crypto 😀, NFTs, ETFs, Shares, Debt recycling, Investing or just general financial planning for a new boat? I wonder if a boat is allowable as a lump sump payment from super?

I genuinely think last year was our chance gone begging. Premiership window is closing fast.
Few things bringing us back to the pack:
Reynolds not getting any younger - I would say we are just barely managing his  age decline. Prime Reynolds is over which will mean Mann needs to step up. Flegler / Pakasia / Capewell is a huge loss in depth which we haven't replaced. (Fletcher Baker or not) The big one and most underated was Herbie. Genuine metre eater, yardage. Teams know and have figured our Bronx are 1 trick Reece show. Need likes of Cobbo / Staggs to be threats otherwise Broncos attack is too predictable (pass it to Reece). It might be effective week to week, but in the finals when all the plays have been exposed. Defence coordinators can commit to planning a counter. I think Bronx are being overhyped this year. They will make the 8 but I think the team they had on the park last year was better.

I'm thinking you can't replicate / build full match fitness with only training. Plus Raiders in Canberra is a tough first match for the Tigers.

I'm thinking you can't replicate / build full match fitness with only training. Plus Raiders in Canberra is a tough first match for the Tigers.

Getting some serious boat envy with @Cobiaaddict and @GregOug upgrading their boats. Some seriously nice rigs. Might need to start a new post to gather ideas from AFO members on how to fund my next boat....
Anyone know anything about crypto 😀, NFTs, ETFs, Shares, Debt recycling, Investing or just general financial planning for a new boat? I wonder if a boat is allowable as a lump sump payment from super?

Getting some serious boat envy with @Cobiaaddict and @GregOug upgrading their boats. Some seriously nice rigs. Might need to start a new post to gather ideas from AFO members on how to fund my next boat....
Anyone know anything about crypto 😀, NFTs, ETFs, Shares, Debt recycling, Investing or just general financial planning for a new boat? I wonder if a boat is allowable as a lump sump payment from super?

Love the new Boat! @GregOug you are living the dream and definitely have your priorities right. You must have been an accountant in a past life to name your boat liquid asset 🙂 

Love the new Boat! @GregOug you are living the dream and definitely have your priorities right. You must have been an accountant in a past life to name your boat liquid asset 🙂 

I genuinely think last year was our chance gone begging. Premiership window is closing fast.
Few things bringing us back to the pack:
Reynolds not getting any younger - I would say we are just barely managing his  age decline. Prime Reynolds is over which will mean Mann needs to step up. Flegler / Pakasia / Capewell is a huge loss in depth which we haven't replaced. (Fletcher Baker or not) The big one and most underated was Herbie. Genuine metre eater, yardage. Teams know and have figured our Bronx are 1 trick Reece show. Need likes of Cobbo / Staggs to be threats otherwise Broncos attack is too predictable (pass it to Reece). It might be effective week to week, but in the finals when all the plays have been exposed. Defence coordinators can commit to planning a counter. I think Bronx are being overhyped this year. They will make the 8 but I think the team they had on the park last year was better.

Getting some serious boat envy with @Cobiaaddict and @GregOug upgrading their boats. Some seriously nice rigs. Might need to start a new post to gather ideas from AFO members on how to fund my next boat....
Anyone know anything about crypto 😀, NFTs, ETFs, Shares, Debt recycling, Investing or just general financial planning for a new boat? I wonder if a boat is allowable as a lump sump payment from super?

All,
Got the new boat on the water end of October 2023 and what a ride it's been, done plenty of trips to break her in, mainly chasing squid and chasing Tuskies which I loved doing in my teens with my Dad.
1st trip was on the tuskies was 2 weeks before I got my boat,  i headed out with a good mate in his boat to see if any of my old hunting grounds still held the elusive blackspot and wouldn't you know it 2nd drop with a rather large sleepy crab wich spells big trouble at this spot in some rather ordinary seas off Moreton Island I was on,  under locked drag, with 80lb braid and 120lb leader I was hooked up to a dinosaur of a blackspot Tuskfish that was running hard for the coffee rock ledge, after some very intense spool thumbing and some grunting I'd managed to to turn this fish and have it heading my way until it decided it wanted that rock some more ,  with a few ugly rod angles and a few more grunts I managed to get him boat side for netting and my 1st blackspot in 20 + yrs was on the floor of the boat and we was in absolute awe of the colours this fish went, ended weighing in at a modest 10.2kg after being bled. 
Enough rambling, I'll let everyone enjoy the pics
Cheers Josh <><
 

Nice tub Greg, looked at buying one myself but I was just on $210,000 short so settled for a 4.2mtr Renegade, also it would be somewhat of a problem getting too far up Ningi Ck, even on high tide, hope you catch plenty 

I'm thinking you can't replicate / build full match fitness with only training. Plus Raiders in Canberra is a tough first match for the Tigers.

There is a knack to it.
Once you have the flatty on the water surface you start the swing....you have to commit to getting it over the railing 🙂  in one go.
As soon as the water is not holding the fishes weight - Gravity is your enemy and that is when hooks get pulled.
So its a swing from the water surface (almost sling shoting it) straight up and over.
With a softer rod this isn't possible to sling shot over. You really are just scull dragging the fish out of the water.

Used to fish canal bridges on the goldie just at or around this height. 
The compromise we made (at the loss of "feel") was to go heavier rods and try to pendulum swing them over the bridge railings. You will definitely lose some this way but it beat carrying around a net/gaffe.
It always made for some good banter if the mates, stuffed up the swing and hit the railing (and lost the fish) or vice versa, some over the top swings saw "flying" fish up and over onto the adjacent bridge road. hahahahaha
 
 

Must be an IT guy thing (I'm also IT Project delivery) and also had to get my boat kitted out with all the latest gadgets and electronics when i got my boat (DIY of course)
When are you going to get Sonar on your boat and then open it up to auto pilot hahaha (not because you need it but because its a tech gadget 🙂 
Getting the sounders dialled in and settings to what you want is as you say time on the water.
I always thought livescope was more for your fresh water fishing (all the US Bass guys run it) In salt water and deeper water does it come in handy.
I've seen vision of livescope for the guys that go prawning. Now that's a sight seeing the prawns and cast net live.

I think you are on the mark at looking at a 6m plate for your purposes (usually 2 up) and tame bar crossing, 15nm. I'd only going bigger again if you wanted to go wider to shelf.
This is my rule of thumb $10k per meter of plate boat (decent secondhand)
5m = $50k
6m = $60k
7m = $70k
So if you are considering the bigger boat it works out to be $10k for that extra 1m of room 🙂 
Remember its $60k purchase, but likely you will mod and make additions /electronics on top of the purchase price.
 

$60k is definitely on the low end for a NEW platey. You would have to compromise on size (length) to fit into that budget and be on the water.
I would go secondhand brand name platey in that price range.

Questions:
1) What's the bar crossing like in your area? Is it relatively tame or sketchy?
2) How many people will be fishing onboard?
3) How far is the run to your offshore spots? What's your ideal cruising speed / motor hp combo?
 
 

I think you are on the mark at looking at a 6m plate for your purposes (usually 2 up) and tame bar crossing, 15nm. I'd only going bigger again if you wanted to go wider to shelf.
This is my rule of thumb $10k per meter of plate boat (decent secondhand)
5m = $50k
6m = $60k
7m = $70k
So if you are considering the bigger boat it works out to be $10k for that extra 1m of room 🙂 
Remember its $60k purchase, but likely you will mod and make additions /electronics on top of the purchase price.
 

I have learnt the art of swinging from my DIY rod, a dried bamboo pole with a few zip ties and about 2 metres of line with a float. Landing many blackfish/luderick, best was 23 luderick in 1 hour, biggest was 43 cm. All of the sea walls and pontoons in my area. The bamboo rod has no reel so you just have to fling the fish out of the water, it seems to always work no matter the size, but when I try with big flatties, it's just not the same. I'm sure with more practice and experience I'll get the hang of it.

I dug some worms yesterday afternoon and took the little boat for a spin down to Jumpinpin this morning . 
Launched at the Alberton ramp at about 5.30 am and enjoyed the cruise down out through the mouth of the Logan River then , down past the power lines  , and ended up down near Golden Bank .The sand flies were bad as usual, till the sun got  properly up and the breeze picked up a little - lucky I took long pants, shoes and a full can of bushman’s.Sorted my way through undersized bream , grunter ,flathead and sting rays and ended up with a bakers dozen of pretty good quality whiting  by 10am  , got one that gave Kats 40cm model a little nudge ,  but fell short by a few mm’s and wasn’t good enough to  make the grade.
Just had some for tea , they’re hard to beat ! 

Ditto Steve and totally agree. There’s been tossers in the past but we survived them 😁😎

$60k is definitely on the low end for a NEW platey. You would have to compromise on size (length) to fit into that budget and be on the water.
I would go secondhand brand name platey in that price range.

Questions:
1) What's the bar crossing like in your area? Is it relatively tame or sketchy?
2) How many people will be fishing onboard?
3) How far is the run to your offshore spots? What's your ideal cruising speed / motor hp combo?