GregOug

5 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Nice work @tugger and @Drop Bear. Eastern Bay? I am going to drown the crab pots and have a fish tomorrow down the port or out from the reclaimed land. Being a good citizen I will be practicing social distance and having a solo trip. Might throw a jig out the back on the chance they are around the western Bay as well. 

5 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Nice work @tugger and @Drop Bear. Eastern Bay? I am going to drown the crab pots and have a fish tomorrow down the port or out from the reclaimed land. Being a good citizen I will be practicing social distance and having a solo trip. Might throw a jig out the back on the chance they are around the western Bay as well. 

5 hours ago, Old Scaley said:

Nice work @tugger and @Drop Bear. Eastern Bay? I am going to drown the crab pots and have a fish tomorrow down the port or out from the reclaimed land. Being a good citizen I will be practicing social distance and having a solo trip. Might throw a jig out the back on the chance they are around the western Bay as well. 

I’m heading out tomorrow too Old Scaley. Probably going from Pinkenba. What boat do you have? I’ll keep an eye out for you.

4 minutes ago, christophagus said:

it will do both of those things...but probably not the best option 

when you talk about chasing snapper, do you mean big snaps offshore or more bay sized snapper? id think a 4000 sized reel would be much better suited. i use 4000 for pelagics in the bay. 50lb braid is very heavy for the bay. My 4000 reels have 20lb and 30lb on them

2 minutes ago, Cobiaaddict said:

Hi Greg, 

I use the Shimano Thunnus 12000 Ci4 for my snapper fishing in the bay & in the shallows off shore., In my opinion they are a must have for Moreton bay snapper when fishing slow tidal movement areas.  Pretty heavy to have as casting reel for your pelagic fish. you would be better suited to a 4000 or 5000 Stradic or similar for that. 

I'm not personally big on braid with these types of baitrunner reels and tend to stick to 20--30lb mono.   But everybody has a preference. 

 

Cheers 

Josh ><>

Thanks guys. That was what I was looking for. More about the line size and type than the reel itself. I must admit I have braid on some of my reels, but have never really caught much on them. Although, like everyone, I probably have way too many reels, and don’t get to use most of them.

Thanks for taking the time to research Hamish. 

Hi all,

Just bought a Shimano Baitrunner 12000d. It says it takes 500m of 0.35 diameter braid, which is apparently around 50lb breaking strain. Any opinions on whether this would be a good choice for general casting at Pelagics in the bay and a bit of snapper fishing (if I ever manage to find one, that is). I thought it may be a bit heavy but would welcome any recommendations.

cheers

Greg

Hi all,

Went over to the Sandhills the other day. I know it is renowned for its whiting but does anyone have any details such as specific areas, water depth etc to find them?

cheers

Greg

9 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Very nice looking boat with some very good design features - I really like that cutting board with the storage under. Interesting how far back the console is, I suspect given the name it is more designed for in-shore waters. I'm no expert but wouldn't think it is the best positioning for crossing a coastal bar?

Yes. Could be a bit stern heavy with a couple of people onboard during a bar crossing. 

Another boat that looks decent. Not recommending it. Never seen it. Just letting people know.

cheers

Greg

https://gandlb.com.au/boat/246106/formosa-territory-550-2017my/

11 minutes ago, AUS-BNE-FISHO said:

Hi GregOug

I know nothing on electronics, especially sounders, and we haven't even figured out where to buy plumbers putty to mount a sounder on the kayak so I will be interested to hear some replies.

Cheers Hamish  

Lol!

If anyone is a bit of an electronics expert (Lowrance HDS7 live) and wouldn’t mind a cruise on a new boat I would appreciate some help setting up standard views that show what I want, instead of north up etc etc. The only bugbear I have at the moment.

18 minutes ago, ellicat said:

No offense meant. I thought it was a big motor for the boat size, but I'm no expert. That's a decent amount of fibreglass to push around.

Sorry, I thought in your original post you meant that 64 litres were left. (But I was in NRL mode when I read it haha)

1.2 l/m seems like pretty good economy to me. I didn't get as good as that out of a 40hp 2 stroke pushing a 4.2m tinny !

And no offence taken. Lol. It doesn’t look as big in the photos as it really is. I’m still coming to terms with all the information the smart gauges can supply however I imagine there is an actual fuel usage there somewhere. And, I’m very happy with the consumption so far, although I didn’t like the near $1.80 per litre service stations were charging yesterday!

5 minutes ago, ellicat said:

How many litres you refuel with will give you a more accurate measure of consumption. Do you have a GPS. If so, you can plot a track and measure your distance, then apply that to your consumption number to workout what your average usage is for that particular trip. After a while you will build up enough data to workout what you will need for a trip.

I'm interested to know what a 200hp will use. It's not pushing a big boat so it might not be too bad.

Hi Ellicat,

The 64 litres quoted was what it took to refill after the trip, so was the fuel used. Although, having said that I just checked the Mercury smart gauges and it says I actually used 61 litres and travelled 50.1 miles. And I’ll have to beg to differ on it not being a big boat. It is 21 feet long, weighs around 2 tonnes on the trailer and is close to the maximum allowable size without requiring a special permit to tow. It’s rated maximum carrying capacity is 8 persons which is more than almost all trailer boats.

cheers

Greg

Hi Hamish,

Pinkenba is a fairly isolated ramp, 2 lanes and fairly steep and a bit slippery at lower tides. Not sure of its fishability sorry. Never tried but it’s not far to the main channel, probably 150 metres. There are fish cleaning and picnic tables there so might not be a bad option for your family.

cheers

Greg

Finally had my first run out on the water in my new boat today. Put her in at Pinkenba boat ramp on the Brisbane River and motored out through the shipping channel and eventually over to the Sandhills on Moreton. What can I say? Absolutely blistering acceleration! Even when you’re already doing 30 or so mph. Hull handled everything well. It was calmer over at Moreton than it was in the river coming back, which for some reason had a rather nasty chop on top of around a metre swell. 
Now these figures aren’t exact, and given that I haven't had a trailer boat for a number of years not even sure how to get accurate figures, but here goes. In total we motored for 3.4 hours (from the instruments). Some of this was at trolling speed (we saw a huge pod of dolphins and mucked around for a while watching them, and also some tuna schools chasing bait so trolled a couple of lures for 15 mins or so). The rest of the time was mainly between around 20 and 50 mph, as I was running it in. I filled the tank before leaving and when we got back and it had used 64 litres. That was with five large guys on board and a full tank of fuel.  I have no idea if this is good, bad or indifferent but I’m sure there’s someone on here who is much more knowledgable than me and might be able to give me an opinion.

Oh. And I’d forgotten how lovely and clear the water is once you get away from civilisation a bit.

Cheers

Greg

Welcome Gluggy

Stuff it. I’ll come for a drive now. My mobile is 0451038759

He has to go to work soon so let Hamish have them

Give me half an hour otherwise Hamish can have them

Otherwise might be able to get a mate to pick them up today. Just waiting to hear from him

Next week sometime. I’m retired so probably around Wednesday. Just got my new boat so a bit busy storing gear in it etc

I’ll take them but can’t pick up today. Can eft transfer the money and send the electronic receipt. 

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

You're in the AFO comp; I can see you there.

On PC up the top there's the 3 horizontal lines. Click on that and then click on Comps. You should see AFO NRL 2020.

(You might have to adapt that for your iPad, but I can't help there )

Thanks ellicat. I can now see that I’m in the AFO comp. I presume you only tip once and those tips are used for the main comp as well as any sub comps you are in. Can’t see any way to tip more than once.

cheers

Greg

6 minutes ago, GregOug said:

I know I’m bloody hopeless but I can’t even remember where I go to put my tips etc in and if I need a password etc. lol

Okay. Forget all that. Found the app (already installed and on the front screen of my iPad) lol. Also that I’d already picked my tips for the first round (double lol) so I’ve decided to stick with them. The only thing I’m not sure of now is if I’m in our particular comp, or just the main one. Any way of checking.
yours faithfully

hopeless

I know I’m bloody hopeless but I can’t even remember where I go to put my tips etc in and if I need a password etc. lol

Welcome Alex

So what is the permit for on NPD? Fishing, skiing, both?