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  1. Ed.

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    Ed. replied to a topic in Saltwater

    Yep, can't let the good ones slip past, when you spot one you have to grab her and not give her any reason to leave. Happy wife equals happy life!
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    Ed. replied to a topic in Saltwater

    Just an update, BCF sent me a promotional email and when I checked their fishing reel section they had the reel I wanted in Caloundra with free shipping, so wifey just bought it for me! Yay, way to go wifey, told you she was good to me!
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    Ed. replied to a topic in Saltwater

    My wife is also good, tells me to go fishing, she was even going to buy me my new reel this morning but unfortunately the stores didn't have the model I wanted, even buys me a fishing trip occasionally.
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    Don't have any more, I just finished dismantling the greenhouse abut 10 days ago. The 50m3 of dirt to cover the site which I was supposed to get on the 25th didn't pan out so need to chase up another supplier soonish. I am off to the gym this morning and after that I might pop in and see if Outback Adventures have a Penn SSVI8500ll with my name on it.
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    Looks like I will have to rule out the Cabo 100/120 as the cost will be too high to import one and there won't be any support or parts available here in Oz should they be necessary, I most likely will settle for a Penn Spinfisher SSVI8500LL or SSVI8500/9500, the Slammer 3 version sounds good but it is almost double the price so finances may dictate which one to get. Cheers Ed.
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    Well this is disappointing, rang the Australian distributor and found out that they were unable to get stock in the large sizes so they dropped them from their range. So the only way to get one would be to get one imported. Not happy.
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    The 60/80 size versions are built different from the 100/120, the bigger sizes have a brass pinion and a stainless main gear so shouldn't have any problems with the gear teeth breaking. That link that Old Scaley posted above is what I based my desire to get one. Whilst I appreciate it is a lower cost reel and is less refined than the top tier reels, it still should do the job, and it won't cost me an arm and a leg to get one. Which is where my problem lies I can't get a look at one to judge just how big it is as there seems to be a shortage of them, and that is why I asked has anyone here used the larger sized models and how they found them in use or are they just too big or any other issues that they have found. Reviews are one thing but getting one in the hand is another! I will do a ring around and see if anyone has them in stock.
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    Same, casting for GT's using large poppers, thinking about a trip north in the new year, I normally would not use it for more than an hour or two as if no fish then would try something different such as troll, lure or bait and I have other reels for that. As for the size, seems like very few stores have them in stock so can't get to see one physically to judge the size. From what I gather, the 100 and the 120 are the same body just a different spool but those are built different to the 60 and 80 sized reels.
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    Thinking about getting a big Quantum Cabo 120 spinning reel, don't really need it but as X'Mas is coming up fast I thought I wouldn't mind having a big spinning reel, and my darling wife is going to get me one for X'Mas but she doesn't know it yet! Does anyone here have one or used one, and what were your thoughts regarding it? They seem to have enough grunt and reasonably built, I can't justify getting one of the big brand reels at 2 to 4 times the price of these, seeing as it will only ever be used in a blue moon! Thoughts anyone....Good, bad or indifferent? Cheers Ed.
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    Ed. replied to ellicat's topic in Non-Fishing Chat

    Toad fish?
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    Have fun up there.
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    The other thing about lithium batteries from what I have heard is that they need a charger with a Lithium profile to charge them properly.
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    In my opinion it its way too low, drill a couple of holes above where it is and reposition, I think that the bottom of the transducer should be about 6-8mm just below the top of the tinnies tunnel in between the 2 strakes and just slightly inclined., hard too tell from the pics but I would say it could go up 30-50mm. Tinnies are hard to position the transducer well because of the large number of closely placed hull strakes, so any air that goes under the hull gets funneled along to the transducer which interferes with the signal and creates noise on the screen.
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    Fish preferably, either or.
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    The family and I stayed down at Kirra Beach about 5 years ago, I took my 2 of my daughters and their boyfriends fishing at Tallabudgerra almost daily. Nice spot, only caught some little fish and no legals but the girls enjoyed themselves catching those anyway.
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    Well that didn't take long, you're well and truly on your way to the dark side! We did try and warn you!
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    So Kat, geared up now and ready to go, now we just need some pics! In a prevous life that tuna a few posts up would have been my dream fish, now not so sure, don't think the old body would cope with the strain.
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    Getting Old

    Ed. posted a topic in Humour

    Just got this doc off the web, originally on Facebook. Funny.docx
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    I have a vague recollection that there is a rod builder/repairer ? in the Scarborough area, I know he builds rods but not certain if he also repairs them, I would imagine that he would though. I bought some rod parts from him many years ago and as he was quite old then I am not sure if he is still doing it. I also think that there was a small shop opposite the Bribie Island VMR that also did rod repairs. and lastly Phil at the Bongaree tackle and bike store may also do some repairs. The reel seat may be quite hard to fix depending on how it was originally glued. When I do mine, I do a set of thin rings made from masking tape, then cut out some slits in them, cover with epoxy and slide the seat down, any trapped air and excess resin will ooze out of the slits and get wiped away, then the top grip get pushed down from the tip over wet epoxy and the whole lot sets, so effectively the slits gets filled with epoxy and forms a solid plug binding the seat and blank together. To fix a loose seat you will have to get some epoxy between the two for it to grip again. The masking tape rings are there just to keep an even spacing between the seat and the blank, to do it properly the blank in that area needed to to be lightly sanded down first when the rod was first made. That area may be completely filled with epoxy so you may not be able to get any more thick epoxy in there. If that is the case you might be able to flood the area where the reel seat touches the lower or top grips with super glue and as it is quite thin it may seep down to where it is needed and bind the two together, you can tell if it is going down as it will keep disappearing from where you are squeezing it on. If it does then give the real seat a couple of quick partial turns or move it up and down slightly before the super glue sets and leave in position. If the super glue is still disappearing, then once the seat is in the right position, give it some more glue and let it set. Just a suggestion!
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    My first intro to Bermagui was many decades ago, before I was married and I took my little 14ft 85HP boat up there from Victoria for a 4 day holiday. Put the boat in the water and was just tolling a lure when my mate yelled out to me that a bloody big sail that had a go at my lure and became a bit air born in the process. A little while longer we heard over the radio that a guy had been fighting a big tuna for about 2.5 hours on a 50 sized reel and had been busted off. He would have been devastated not to mention worn out. In those days a 50 sized reel would not have had the drag capacity that the modern day reels do and you would have the fight go on for much, much longer. My view is drag them up quickly and release them without stressing out the fish to the point of death due to the length of the fight. You don't catch many of the huge fish here but when you do, you will remember it forever. On my honeymoon I hired a 23ft boat in the Whitsundays and took my fishing gear with me, we anchored up at Whitehaven Beach overnight and the missus went to bed to read a book and so I put on a large piece of fish on a big hook, added a balloon and used an Okuma 50W, hoping for a Spanish Mackerel, a little while later I hooked up and turned out to be an 8ft tiger, about 15 minutes later I got it to the boat, could have had it in about 5 minutes but at several stages I was letting it run out on a lighter drag just to be able to have fun reeling it in again. The drag on that reel wasn't as strong as the current ones. Just goes to show I would need to get a much, much bigger shark to challenge that sized reel. I called out to my wife to give me a hand , she came up on to the deck, took one look at the shark and said I am on my own! I eventually released it but next day when we were swimming at the beach we were both very wary and just stayed in the shallows and kept a watchful eye out. So if you want to land big fish you need a big reel. Here is a link to some guys hooking for research 2 giant Bluefin Tuna, the largest towards the end is a 280kg tuna using a Makaira MK-80 reel. Swedish language but English subtitles. If you watch till the end you can see that the 80 size reels do take it out of you and depending on the size and type of fish you hook will make you wish you had a smaller one on! Definitely not for us old buggers.
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    That setup is for trolling for large fish, ie marlin, sharks, big tuna etc. I have a Makaira MK-30II on that rod with 150lb Braid on it and that reel can put out 55lb drag. My larger reel is the Makaira MK-50W which I will use for ballooning (need the larger line capacity) from a land based position and also a 34Kg rod and that one has 85lb of drag. Both of these reel require a rod harness and a rod gimble belt to get the most out of the setup and if you don't use those you are wasting your time, unless you hook a small fish on them then they are seriously overkill. Just for reference there are 2 larger sizes than those, an 80W and a 130, both are very large reels , as in huge and humungous, with over 100lb drag designed for fish around the 1000-1500lb but I am not into that sort of fishing as for me they would not be fun, fighting a fish that big with those sorts of drag for hours on end would probably kill me, (actually 15 minute would do me in) I am not a spring chicken anymore. Do a YouTube search by typing in those model numbers plus "shark fishing" or "cow tuna fishing" and you will get the idea of what you can do with them. For the bay here they are are just overkill as there is very little that would require that size reel unless you are targeting white pointers (protected) or very big tigers. Down around Montague Island NSW and off the shelf, or the edges of the Barrier Reef is where you will find them used.
  22. Ed.
    Speaking of Rum have you tried Ratu rum? it is a spiced rum and quite nice. Back to rods, I haven't looked at the new Ugly's yet, I know that they are available but I try not to spend too much time in the rod racks as I know what will happen, I will walk out with another after spending 20 minutes justifying to myself why that would be a good idea and I really, really do not need any more rods or reels for that matter! ....... I think? .
  23. Ed.
    Thanks for the offer Sneaky1 but I rarely make rods anymore as I have now 20 of them, occasionally I will redo a rod with guides but I generally switch them over to SiC ones, I bought a heap of them many years ago and almost down to having enough just to redo one more full rod, and that will be my last one, (unless I stick one in a fan! ) I also must stay away from Rum!. I still have a 37kg Ugly Stik which I bought and not happy with the existing guides on it, however someone else may take you up on your generous offer.
  24. Ed.
    4 rods?? Apparently not, , some of us learn faster than others! Sorry couldn't help myself! but in full disclosure, I came close to a ceiling fan once, but fortunately it wasn't on at the time.
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    That really starts off your day in a bad mood, I have only ever broken off one rod due to carelessness, about 40+ years ago when I started making my own rods, one of the first ones I made in fact, I even went so far as making a fancy wrap for it above the top grip, it was a nice light rod for catching bait/whiting/herring, took over a week for me to make, second time using it and whilst getting it out of the car with the other rods, I left it inside the open door whilst I was taking all the other rods out and moving the other rods to position them on the jetty, I had to go past the door and so closed it slightly to get past and crack, 1/3rd of the rod at my feet. I just stood there in silence like a stunned mullet marveling at my own stupidity. Having said that I have never done that again! Lesson learnt, only other rod I broke was not my fault, I bought a brand new high graphite content rod, about second cast in and the tip snapped off, It is only recently (in the last couple of years) that I bought my second high content graphite rod because of that experience (although I hear that it is still a bit of problem nowadays with some brands), all the others have been composites or glass. Once you break your first rod due to a lapse in judgement it will always be on your mind.
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