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The issue that I see is, that mzaakir  has already bought a Spartan 20-30lb PE2/3 rod (which is not a cheap rod) but which will probably be too stiff for a light setup using light line, and putting a light reel on it may make it feel a bit unbalanced especially for casting, off the side of a boat might not be an issue though There are few 2500 sized reel that will have sufficient drag and line capacity to handle his target species but might feel "not quite right " on a 20-30lb rod. I have said it a few times on here, go to a tackle store and see if there is a reel you can put on it to see how that rod will feel.

The issue that I see is, that mzaakir  has already bought a Spartan 20-30lb PE2/3 rod (which is not a cheap rod) but which will probably be too stiff for a light setup using light line, and putting a light reel on it may make it feel a bit unbalanced especially for casting, off the side of a boat might not be an issue though There are few 2500 sized reel that will have sufficient drag and line capacity to handle his target species but might feel "not quite right " on a 20-30lb rod. I have said it a few times on here, go to a tackle store and see if there is a reel you can put on it to see how that rod will feel.

The issue that I see is, that mzaakir  has already bought a Spartan 20-30lb PE2/3 rod (which is not a cheap rod) but which will probably be too stiff for a light setup using light line, and putting a light reel on it may make it feel a bit unbalanced especially for casting, off the side of a boat might not be an issue though There are few 2500 sized reel that will have sufficient drag and line capacity to handle his target species but might feel "not quite right " on a 20-30lb rod. I have said it a few times on here, go to a tackle store and see if there is a reel you can put on it to see how that rod will feel.

Hopefully it won't affect the charter boats too much, I have two fishing trips and a sailing trip booked from Port Douglas and they are all large sized boats.

Hopefully it won't affect the charter boats too much, I have two fishing trips and a sailing trip booked from Port Douglas and they are all large sized boats.

I hope you are wrong as well Angry31, heading up north with the missus on Thursday on a road trip, so hopefully it will fizzle out or stay away from the coast. Staying at Airlie Beach for a week, so will wait and see what it's doing before we decide if we will keep going up to Port Douglas.

Hopefully it won't affect the charter boats too much, I have two fishing trips and a sailing trip booked from Port Douglas and they are all large sized boats.

I hope you are wrong as well Angry31, heading up north with the missus on Thursday on a road trip, so hopefully it will fizzle out or stay away from the coast. Staying at Airlie Beach for a week, so will wait and see what it's doing before we decide if we will keep going up to Port Douglas.

I hope you are wrong as well Angry31, heading up north with the missus on Thursday on a road trip, so hopefully it will fizzle out or stay away from the coast. Staying at Airlie Beach for a week, so will wait and see what it's doing before we decide if we will keep going up to Port Douglas.

I hope you are wrong as well Angry31, heading up north with the missus on Thursday on a road trip, so hopefully it will fizzle out or stay away from the coast. Staying at Airlie Beach for a week, so will wait and see what it's doing before we decide if we will keep going up to Port Douglas.

Nothing worse than planning a nice long road trip and everything goes pear shape when you get there, very disappointing. I can sympathise, I have had 3 trips like that, first trip to Roslyn Bay, motor ECU failed. 2nd trip 1770, blowing gale force winds. 3rd trip to Cairns, 4WD blew a coolant hose so didn't get there.
Hopefully this will be the end of our bad luck. The missus and I are heading up as far as  Port Douglas with various stops in 3 weeks time so hopefully we won't have any dramas, 4th time lucky perhaps. This time I will be fishing on charter boats!
At least you have sorted out your motor issues, so if nothing else you can fish locally again whilst day dreaming about the big ones you didn't catch. Not quite the same as fishing up north but you should still get a feed.

Nothing worse than planning a nice long road trip and everything goes pear shape when you get there, very disappointing. I can sympathise, I have had 3 trips like that, first trip to Roslyn Bay, motor ECU failed. 2nd trip 1770, blowing gale force winds. 3rd trip to Cairns, 4WD blew a coolant hose so didn't get there.
Hopefully this will be the end of our bad luck. The missus and I are heading up as far as  Port Douglas with various stops in 3 weeks time so hopefully we won't have any dramas, 4th time lucky perhaps. This time I will be fishing on charter boats!
At least you have sorted out your motor issues, so if nothing else you can fish locally again whilst day dreaming about the big ones you didn't catch. Not quite the same as fishing up north but you should still get a feed.

Nothing worse than planning a nice long road trip and everything goes pear shape when you get there, very disappointing. I can sympathise, I have had 3 trips like that, first trip to Roslyn Bay, motor ECU failed. 2nd trip 1770, blowing gale force winds. 3rd trip to Cairns, 4WD blew a coolant hose so didn't get there.
Hopefully this will be the end of our bad luck. The missus and I are heading up as far as  Port Douglas with various stops in 3 weeks time so hopefully we won't have any dramas, 4th time lucky perhaps. This time I will be fishing on charter boats!
At least you have sorted out your motor issues, so if nothing else you can fish locally again whilst day dreaming about the big ones you didn't catch. Not quite the same as fishing up north but you should still get a feed.

Nothing worse than planning a nice long road trip and everything goes pear shape when you get there, very disappointing. I can sympathise, I have had 3 trips like that, first trip to Roslyn Bay, motor ECU failed. 2nd trip 1770, blowing gale force winds. 3rd trip to Cairns, 4WD blew a coolant hose so didn't get there.
Hopefully this will be the end of our bad luck. The missus and I are heading up as far as  Port Douglas with various stops in 3 weeks time so hopefully we won't have any dramas, 4th time lucky perhaps. This time I will be fishing on charter boats!
At least you have sorted out your motor issues, so if nothing else you can fish locally again whilst day dreaming about the big ones you didn't catch. Not quite the same as fishing up north but you should still get a feed.

Nothing worse than planning a nice long road trip and everything goes pear shape when you get there, very disappointing. I can sympathise, I have had 3 trips like that, first trip to Roslyn Bay, motor ECU failed. 2nd trip 1770, blowing gale force winds. 3rd trip to Cairns, 4WD blew a coolant hose so didn't get there.
Hopefully this will be the end of our bad luck. The missus and I are heading up as far as  Port Douglas with various stops in 3 weeks time so hopefully we won't have any dramas, 4th time lucky perhaps. This time I will be fishing on charter boats!
At least you have sorted out your motor issues, so if nothing else you can fish locally again whilst day dreaming about the big ones you didn't catch. Not quite the same as fishing up north but you should still get a feed.

Personally I think that 1 teaspoon of Anise (Aniseed) oil is too much, when I used to use it, I used to use 2-3 drops of Aniseed oil per 2.5kg block of pilchards or in a large packet of bread crumbs (with fish oil) as it has a pretty potent smell.

Went into town today. Had to go to the bank to get some cash, but ended up at the ATM outside the bank and another bloke got there before me.
So I got in line behind him and he was taking forever and I noticed he was standing on one leg. Anyway after a while with not much action on his part I tapped him on the shoulder and asked what he was doing AND he said " checking me balance mate "

I reckon Bank's should stock ATM's better.
I went to 4 different ones and they all said insufficient funds.

They can be caught at all times but generally dusk to morning are better times that they hunt and feed.

They can be caught at all times but generally dusk to morning are better times that they hunt and feed.

They can be caught at all times but generally dusk to morning are better times that they hunt and feed.

They can be caught at all times but generally dusk to morning are better times that they hunt and feed.

They can be caught at all times but generally dusk to morning are better times that they hunt and feed.

My granddad is 90 years old and doesn't use glasses.
 
 
 
 
 
 
He drinks straight from the bottle.

There was a little fly buzzing around the cow yard and she saw a big fresh turd, as it was a fair while since she had eaten she dived straight down and started to have a big feed,
After a while she starting feeling full so she started to fly away and found out she had eaten too much and couldn't get off the ground.
She looked around and saw a pitch fork leaning up against the wall, so she walked over to it and climbed up the handle deciding she could jump off the handle and get enough height to get flying.
She jumped off and it didn't work. She fell straight down and hit her head and killed herself.
 And the moral of the story is-- Don't fly off the handle when you know you are full of ****.