GregOug

Yes, the Broncos lacked impact in the forwards, and hardly spread the ball wide at all until the last 20 minutes or so.

Very disappointed by the Broncos effort. Maybe the narrower field just didn’t suit their style of play? I’m certainly hoping that was it.

Ningi Creek used to stop you, even in a dinghy at low tide, at a rock bar a fair way up. But that was forty years ago. It has probably all changed significantly now. It was a good place to fish as the tide came back in, especially for big bream.

Thanks for the nice comments everyone.

Hi Neil, Thanks. I'm not towing it because I would have needed to buy a large yank Ram or similar with enough towing capacity, as it is around 3500 kgs. I have it dry docked at Scarborough Marina at the moment, although I may move it to Manly Marina eventually. cheers Greg

I mean the emojis that you click on to like etc for a post.

That’s not a bad idea. Another boat or two and we can go for a drinks cruise up the river or in the bay

You are more than welcome to bring cocktails on board. In fact, any alcohol is welcome!

Emojis aren’t working for me. They’re all just question marks. Is that the same for everyone?

Who would do something like that?

That’s the one. I think it ultimately influenced my decision on buying the new boat somewhat.

I intend to do both in this one. It has fishpoint which is basically spot lock using a 250hp engine!

Yes, having a closable cabin and a self draining deck is great. No more freezing to death, or not being able to see where you’re going, as you try to negotiate those huge seas bought on by that storm that wasn’t predicted and that you’re currently in the middle of halfway across the bay. And, yes, a plumbed live bait tank on the port side duckboard, near the fishing station/baitboard.

Hopefully you’ll get better soon. My wife had vertigo and it eventually passed and she hasn’t had it since. That’s at least 3 years ago. And losing your balance on a boat is never good.

That only works if you have more than one spot!

That sums up fishing Moreton Bay perfectly.

Thanks mate. Now, if only I can get rid of this bloody nausea. Terrible feeling. Can’t do much while you have it.

At least you have an excuse now when you start feeling seedy off your Caloundra spot! lol.

Lol. You’re not wrong there!

Well, that all depends on whether they are larger than the ones I’ve managed to catch I suppose.

Looking for something to do one day a couple of months ago l made the mistake of going down to Northside Marine for a look around. I had a bit of a look at their Surtees and Stabicraft aluminiums then I noticed a nice looking new fibreglass cabin cruiser. Well, three of them actually. On closer inspection I found they were all from the Merry Fisher range by Jeanneau, a French brand owned by Beneteau. There was a 6.95 metre, a 7.95 metre and a 10.95 metre. I liked them all but went away not thinking seriously of buying one. Until I found myself back there a few days later. And a few days after that. Before I knew it I was thinking about which extras l'd want if I bought one and getting prices for them. Eventually I bit the bullet and put a deposit on a new Merry Fisher 795 Series 2 cabin cruiser. I then spent weeks going to Northside Marine almost every day, watching the accessories I chose being fitted, the engine installed and the boat going through water tests to check everything worked as it should. I took delivery of her about three weeks ago now. I've only been out in her twice so far. The first time was during the handover as the dealer gave me a rundown of the electronics etc. I've been busy since working out where to put things, sorting out mooring lines, fenders etc. The second time was about two weeks ago. A mate and I decided to venture over near Tangalooma for the night. Unfortunately the B.O.M forecast was up to its usual standard, and the predicted less than ten knot breeze was gusting 10 to 15 knots, if not more. It was also coming from a totally different direction. Consequently, the seas were at least a metre, with big holes every tenth wave or so. Whitecaps were everywhere. We decided to keep going anyway and it took an hour or more to reach Tangalooma, as we found the best speed was around 19 kmh. Unfortunately, we couldn’t stick to that speed because we had to keep altering the revs and speed as the engine is run in. So sometimes we were well off the plane and chugging along, and other times we were going too fast for the conditions, and hitting those big holes with a thud. I’ll be glad when it’s run in. It is actually very difficult to do any running in, in rough water. We eventually dropped the anchor over a bit of rough bottom, and spent the night there, a couple of kilometres off Tangalooma. We started catching fish straight away, mostly undersized grassies and Moses perch. After dark the small squire moved in. We kept getting bites until around 11pm then it all went quiet. Over the course of several hours we managed to boat 3 or 4 legal grassies, a few legal Moses and a 58 cm’ish slatey bream. We also lost a few much larger fish. We also failed to hook a few more. There was definitely enough action to entice us back there again on a future trip. The wind blew all night and unfortunately it was mostly from the SSW, which made conditions more uncomfortable than the predicted easterly would have. We awoke around dawn and dropped a line again, but the whippy tails had moved in and we decided to head home to clean the fish. Overall, it was a successful first trip. Hopefully there will be many more. i realise I have much to learn about the new electronics and other goodies onboard. Auto-pilot, radar, fishpoint, track point, joystick, etc etc. Only further trips will fix that.

Yeah. Probably. I might do a bit of a blurb when I’m feeling better. Had nausea last couple of days.

The new boat

They are actually shown on my Garmin maps?

Can we ban @Neil Stratford please? I haven’t caught that many fish in the last year, let alone on one trip. Either that, or change each species to list the top ten captures rather than the top three, so I can see my name on there occasionally.