Ed.

That's makes 2 of us. 🙂, although I am a bit hesitant in eating Coral Trout as I had a dose of Ciguatera about 20 years ago and once you have had it you are always susceptible to it, and Coral Trout, Queenfish and Spanish Mackerel  frequently have it especially the large ones, but a nice Red or Spangled  Emperor I wouldn't say no to! 😀

Mine was a different problem, I had plenty of oil but as the sensor was faulty, it told the motor there was little oil, as the alarm speaker was also faulty  it did not give me any sound alarms either, it's a bit like if the engine temp sensor was faulty and reading hot when your motor was really normal temp, it would do the same. The modern engines all rely on sensors so when one gives an incorrect reading, the motors are designed to try to save themselves. On the other hand should the temp sensor fail completely and if the motor did over heat for some reason then it would allow the engine to keep running till it seized up.  I supposed mine was the lessor of two evils!🙂
All these newer motors have a heap of sensors which can go faulty.

Took the boat in to the mechanic at Brisbane Marine, he connected the computer to it and found the problems and they can be be fixed without me having to sell a kidney. Two faults found, first one is a faulty alarm speaker hence the reason for not having heard any alarms and the second  one which actually caused the problem was the sensor in the reserve oil bottle in the motor. Bottle was full of oil but the sensor was faulty and so reported that there was low oil hence the reason it went into limp mode.

Ordered the parts and will cost a total of $537 for parts, labour and today's diagnostic check. So a doable repair, will bring the boat back to them next Wednesday as the parts should be in by then.

So at this stage, 1770 is looking good. Better get my gear ready, also need to build myself a burley bucket, do some maintenance work on the trailer and lastly find a spare battery.
 

FishyBoy184:   If you are after some fish in the XL size and have a live bait tank setup on board, it would certainly make your day interesting to float out a live bait on a balloon and wait whilst you do some bottom bashing. 5-10m down should do the trick! A bit like dangling a carrot and ringing the dinner bell to see who's  hungry in the area. 😀 You will often see bait clouds on  many of the reefs there so just use a Sabiki style jig to fill your tanks with live bait ,  you might also loose your jig when something takes a liking to the bait on your jigs as you pull them up so have a few spare.
Cheers
Ed.

FishyBoy184:   If you are after some fish in the XL size and have a live bait tank setup on board, it would certainly make your day interesting to float out a live bait on a balloon and wait whilst you do some bottom bashing. 5-10m down should do the trick! A bit like dangling a carrot and ringing the dinner bell to see who's  hungry in the area. 😀 You will often see bait clouds on  many of the reefs there so just use a Sabiki style jig to fill your tanks with live bait ,  you might also loose your jig when something takes a liking to the bait on your jigs as you pull them up so have a few spare.
Cheers
Ed.

FishyBoy184:   If you are after some fish in the XL size and have a live bait tank setup on board, it would certainly make your day interesting to float out a live bait on a balloon and wait whilst you do some bottom bashing. 5-10m down should do the trick! A bit like dangling a carrot and ringing the dinner bell to see who's  hungry in the area. 😀 You will often see bait clouds on  many of the reefs there so just use a Sabiki style jig to fill your tanks with live bait ,  you might also loose your jig when something takes a liking to the bait on your jigs as you pull them up so have a few spare.
Cheers
Ed.

Just check your sounder and see what you can spot on it, It's been a while since I fished there last , I was actually heading out there about two weeks ago and got within about 15 minutes of there and my motor went into limp mode so had to do a U'Turn and crawl home. But that shoal has everything from big palagic to bottom dwellers.

I have trolled there a couple of times, caught a nice Amberjack from there but that was about 20 years ago, last time I went to that area I got spooled by something that didn't want to stop. Unfortunately I had put the 50W away and was just using a small Daiwa Saltist ST20 just bottom bashing as it was a slow day,  otherwise it might have been a different story, although at the time and even now I suspect that I might have snagged a whale as there a heap of them there that day. Not that a 50W would have stopped one of those,  it was one of those slow runs that didn't build up speed, no shakes, nothing, just kept going and going like something that didn't even know it had been hooked.😀 It's one of those things that I like about fishing that side and also north of Morton Island, you never know what you are going to get.

I had a heated discussion about this on the other forum I frequent, unfortunately I think that we are only delaying the inevitable, human nature of a minority group will always ignore advice and so in the end I think that it will become widespread here as well, although not to the degree that it has happened in VIc and NSW, possibly in Brisbane and other big cities. The biggest problem for the government was the inconsistent and sometime stupid rules that they applied and  people got fed up then ignored all of the enforcement's that were put out. I think that it is only a matter of time, but do we want to bankrupt the entire economy in the process or take our chances?

Just check your sounder and see what you can spot on it, It's been a while since I fished there last , I was actually heading out there about two weeks ago and got within about 15 minutes of there and my motor went into limp mode so had to do a U'Turn and crawl home. But that shoal has everything from big palagic to bottom dwellers.

Isn't there a snapper ban till middle of the August!

Isn't there a snapper ban till middle of the August!

Isn't there a snapper ban till middle of the August!

I had a heated discussion about this on the other forum I frequent, unfortunately I think that we are only delaying the inevitable, human nature of a minority group will always ignore advice and so in the end I think that it will become widespread here as well, although not to the degree that it has happened in VIc and NSW, possibly in Brisbane and other big cities. The biggest problem for the government was the inconsistent and sometime stupid rules that they applied and  people got fed up then ignored all of the enforcement's that were put out. I think that it is only a matter of time, but do we want to bankrupt the entire economy in the process or take our chances?

I had a heated discussion about this on the other forum I frequent, unfortunately I think that we are only delaying the inevitable, human nature of a minority group will always ignore advice and so in the end I think that it will become widespread here as well, although not to the degree that it has happened in VIc and NSW, possibly in Brisbane and other big cities. The biggest problem for the government was the inconsistent and sometime stupid rules that they applied and  people got fed up then ignored all of the enforcement's that were put out. I think that it is only a matter of time, but do we want to bankrupt the entire economy in the process or take our chances?

Yep, it costs to be a good granddad, you know the old saying, "no good deed goes unpunished" 😀
But think of it this way, time on the water with the family is "priceless!" These memories cannot be bought so get them whilst you still can!

Like others have said and IMO as well,  it is also way too small. Yes, you may be able to do that, but that doesn't mean you should,  If you have no room for it then see if you can store it somewhere, maybe at a mates place.
The sea is a fickle place it might be flat as a tack one day and getting out may be a breeze, but it can also turn on you very quickly and you may get caught, with boating it is not a matter of if, but when!

Like others have said and IMO as well,  it is also way too small. Yes, you may be able to do that, but that doesn't mean you should,  If you have no room for it then see if you can store it somewhere, maybe at a mates place.
The sea is a fickle place it might be flat as a tack one day and getting out may be a breeze, but it can also turn on you very quickly and you may get caught, with boating it is not a matter of if, but when!

Yep, it costs to be a good granddad, you know the old saying, "no good deed goes unpunished" 😀
But think of it this way, time on the water with the family is "priceless!" These memories cannot be bought so get them whilst you still can!

Yep, it costs to be a good granddad, you know the old saying, "no good deed goes unpunished" 😀
But think of it this way, time on the water with the family is "priceless!" These memories cannot be bought so get them whilst you still can!

Like others have said and IMO as well,  it is also way too small. Yes, you may be able to do that, but that doesn't mean you should,  If you have no room for it then see if you can store it somewhere, maybe at a mates place.
The sea is a fickle place it might be flat as a tack one day and getting out may be a breeze, but it can also turn on you very quickly and you may get caught, with boating it is not a matter of if, but when!

Thank you, I like to be safer than sorry, If you know what I mean, better to have  extra fuel and not need it, than need it and not have it.

Took the boat in to the mechanic at Brisbane Marine, he connected the computer to it and found the problems and they can be be fixed without me having to sell a kidney. Two faults found, first one is a faulty alarm speaker hence the reason for not having heard any alarms and the second  one which actually caused the problem was the sensor in the reserve oil bottle in the motor. Bottle was full of oil but the sensor was faulty and so reported that there was low oil hence the reason it went into limp mode.

Ordered the parts and will cost a total of $537 for parts, labour and today's diagnostic check. So a doable repair, will bring the boat back to them next Wednesday as the parts should be in by then.

So at this stage, 1770 is looking good. Better get my gear ready, also need to build myself a burley bucket, do some maintenance work on the trailer and lastly find a spare battery.
 

Well the stars aligned today, the weather was great, sunny day, sea was flat, the missus wasn't working so we left Bribie Island headed out to Hutchinson Shoal. Got to Morton Island and headed out to the Shoal, about 15 minutes from reaching it, the motor just went into limp mode. No warning or alarms, wouldn't go over 1600RPM, temps were fine, water coming out of the tell tail, plenty of fuel and oil, nothing. So radioed the VMR and told them we were returning.

So did a U turn and limped home, at a blistering speed of 3.5-4.5Knots all the way back, at that stage it wouldn't rev past 1200RPM, my missus reckoned she could walk home faster, you know the saying "are we there yet!" 3.5hrs later we reached the ramp. Not happy Jan!!! We had the motor checked out about 8 motor hours ago and also the impeller changed, pulled the cover off it at home but no obvious clues, oil bottle full and no loose cables or anything, so looks like it will be back to the mechanics. Even threw out some lures on the way home but no takers. The only alarm we got was about 2 hours in on the way home and it was a single long beep of about 5-8 secs and then nothing else.

Took the boat in to the mechanic at Brisbane Marine, he connected the computer to it and found the problems and they can be be fixed without me having to sell a kidney. Two faults found, first one is a faulty alarm speaker hence the reason for not having heard any alarms and the second  one which actually caused the problem was the sensor in the reserve oil bottle in the motor. Bottle was full of oil but the sensor was faulty and so reported that there was low oil hence the reason it went into limp mode.

Ordered the parts and will cost a total of $537 for parts, labour and today's diagnostic check. So a doable repair, will bring the boat back to them next Wednesday as the parts should be in by then.

So at this stage, 1770 is looking good. Better get my gear ready, also need to build myself a burley bucket, do some maintenance work on the trailer and lastly find a spare battery.