Junky

Hussar 39. 
Moses. 26. 

You don't have to be out there early mate. You've just gotta be out there. Fish aren't humans on a work schedule. 
For what it is worth,  I've caught most of my big fish in the middle of the day. 
 
Oh, try leaving the anchor in the boat when at harries. It is a big area. 

Update: we’ve let the otoliths dry out for three weeks or so, and blocked them (one of each species) in polyester resin. The drying makes the rings more obvious. The reason we block them is so we can cut a section through the centre of the otolith with a low speed saw without crushing the otolith material.

Two more weeks for the resin to harden then we will cut the sections. I’ll put some pics up of the rest of the process. 
 

Nah....plastics are no good out there, trust me. I sell used cars. 😉
 
Nice fish.
Lucky to get a break in the weather tbh. Been blowing like Bowen for nearly 3 months a little further up. 

Call in a speak to someone, with boat in tow. Arnold's fiberglass or someone like that will steer you the correct way. 
 
 

Geez, only 6:18am and already I've learnt enough for 5 days. 
What a great thread. Be interested to see the results reg the age. 
 
 
Never eaten hussar, always traded them in but that one would yeald some nice fillets.  
That Moses looks like a beast. I wouldn't have let out the camera trick secret. 

Geez, only 6:18am and already I've learnt enough for 5 days. 
What a great thread. Be interested to see the results reg the age. 
 
 
Never eaten hussar, always traded them in but that one would yeald some nice fillets.  
That Moses looks like a beast. I wouldn't have let out the camera trick secret. 

Geez, only 6:18am and already I've learnt enough for 5 days. 
What a great thread. Be interested to see the results reg the age. 
 
 
Never eaten hussar, always traded them in but that one would yeald some nice fillets.  
That Moses looks like a beast. I wouldn't have let out the camera trick secret. 

A week at Point Lookout will be awesome. There are lots of fishing options.
Point Lookout
The main area I like to fish is from Deadman's Beach to Frenchmans Beach. 
I have attached a map. 
There are lots of whiting along Deadman's up to the sandhills. Worms are your friend here for whiting. Best at lower tides but they will bit most of the time if they are there. 
The areas around the rocks at the sandhills is great to throw small soft plastics for Bream, Flathead, Dart and Trevs. Curl tail or paddle tail grubs with a small weighted jig head with about a 2/0 hook works well. Favourite colours are dirty red or clear with a flash. 
Try some bigger soft plastics at high tide for Mulloway especially if you get a good southerly. This can be a great spot to fish in a big southerly sea. Try heavier jig heads with about 4-5/0 hooks and pink or deep green plastics. 
Widdow's Rock is a long high area right on the water. It gets its name because waves can crash over it and it is a good drop to hard rocks behind so be careful especially on a high tide and a Northerly or Easterly swell. It can be a good spot for pinging chrome lures for tailor. They can be thick here at times. You can also try any deep holes near the Sandhills. The sand moves around a lot and what was a deep hole last week can be just sand the next so move around looking for the deeper holes for tailor. The 2 hours leading up to High tide and high tide itself is often productive as they will come into the gutters then. If you can combine this with Dawn or Dusk you are in with a great shot. 
First rock is great for Gold spot Blubberlips (known locally as Spotted Hind), Tarwine and Bream. Best baits are Cunji that have been cut the day before and left to toughen in the fridge over night or washed up and dried Cunji that you find washed up on the beach. I have a secret bait that I will tell you about if we ever go for a fish there. If the water is deep here it is also worth a ping for some Tailor or Mulloway. Dawn is best here and be very carefull of high tide as waves will wash over the whole rock. If you can, use a long rod and heavy weight and try to cast to the rocks to the north of here. 
There is a set of stairs leading from Point Lookout down to Frenchman's Beach. It is a good work out and totally worth it. Dragging a bag full of bream and Spotted Hind up these stairs lets you know you are alive. 🙂
There are lots of options to fish the main headlands. They can be dangerous and hard to get to and I don't fish them much so wont put up a guide here but the spot in front of the life savers is worth a go.  I know that Angus uses larger soft plastics here for Kingfish. 
Main Beach
Like the others have said Main can be productive. I only target Taylor at high tide and whiting at low. I have always found the bream, Flathead and dart patchy at best.
The trick with whiting is to use worms (pipis sometimes work) at low tide. The last 2 hours of run out and the first to of run in. Go to the little blind gutters and fish in about 1 to 4 foot of water. They whiting are feeding on worm heads at your feet. Fish each hole for only a few casts and move on to the next one. 
There are a series of fresh water lakes (The Keyholes) behind the dunes at Main Beach. Where you see the shiny water on the beach I find it harder to catch worms and pipis. I think that the fresh soaks through the sand and puts them off. Basically south of the Causeway the lakes become less frequent and further from the beach. For this reason, for whiting, I like to fish south of the Causeway. Anywhere is fine for Taylor. Look for deep holes not the long featureless gutters for Tailor. If you are up for it there is good night time fishing for Mulloway. Look for the same water as for Tailor and use live baits, Mullet fillets or a whole worm. 
Jumpinpin
At the southern end of Main beach you will find Jumpinpin bar. It is a great spot for Bream, Flathead and Mulloway. 
Amity
Amity is inside the bay. It has great rock walls to fish from and lots of people fish from the jetty. If you want to see Dolphins they always come to the jetty at about 5pm. The best place to see them is just in front of the sight that says "Do Not Feed Dolphins". Don't feed them. They like fresh fish the best (especially whiting) but will eat pilchards. 
At the southern end of the caravan park at Amity there are extensive yabby banks. The beaches at the front of the caravan park fish really well at night with yabbies. 
So that is about all I can think of. I hope you have a great trip. Let me know if I have not covered anything. We spend a lot of time here so know it pretty well. Make sure you do the headland walk. Stunning views. 🙂 I didn't proof read so sorry for the typos. 
 
 

Maybe have a chat to someone like Arnolds fiberglass. I know he is very familiar with those hulls. I would be renewing the transom at the same time if you go the bolt on pod option. 
 
The weight of the jacking plate won't be anywhere near as bad as moving the motor back 500mm. The plate only weighs about 30kg from memory. But that motor going back 500mm will need more weight up front to counter it.....or else the vessel may/will porpoise. That motor would nearly be that hulls max hp. Things get realy touchy on those older hulls when making big changes like moving engines. 
 
 
 

Maybe have a chat to someone like Arnolds fiberglass. I know he is very familiar with those hulls. I would be renewing the transom at the same time if you go the bolt on pod option. 
 
The weight of the jacking plate won't be anywhere near as bad as moving the motor back 500mm. The plate only weighs about 30kg from memory. But that motor going back 500mm will need more weight up front to counter it.....or else the vessel may/will porpoise. That motor would nearly be that hulls max hp. Things get realy touchy on those older hulls when making big changes like moving engines. 
 
 
 

That's a mission building a pod and a lot of time off the water. 
You can get jacking plates for around $800. 
That will do the trick....no moding the hull either. 

Maybe have a chat to someone like Arnolds fiberglass. I know he is very familiar with those hulls. I would be renewing the transom at the same time if you go the bolt on pod option. 
 
The weight of the jacking plate won't be anywhere near as bad as moving the motor back 500mm. The plate only weighs about 30kg from memory. But that motor going back 500mm will need more weight up front to counter it.....or else the vessel may/will porpoise. That motor would nearly be that hulls max hp. Things get realy touchy on those older hulls when making big changes like moving engines. 
 
 
 

Boat builder is your best bet. Some boats love pods, other's just aren't designed to have the engine back further. Then you have the design to think about. Do it wrong and the water pressure will "suck" the stern of your boat down making it a pig.
If there are not many hours on your engine, selling and buying the right one might be a good option. Personally I would try the jacking plate as Junky suggested.

I agree but you will be kicking yourself when you need those tools to get yourself going should you breakdown from something that was just plain bad luck. I once got some fuel that was contaminated with water from the servo and my 6mth old suzuki just stopped apparently the don't like water.
But with a few tools I was able to determine that I needed a tow. I usually pack a shifter in a couple of sizes, a pair of pliers, vice grips, a spare prop nut and split pin, fuses, screw drivers, tie wire, and glow sticks
I have never broke down from poor maintenance practices, so packing a basic tool kit should get any one out of trouble provided that their motor is maintained. and anything that is broken is fixed before the next trip.
And ALWAYS tell someone where you are going so if things go pear shaped someone knows where to start looking