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  1. GregOug
    Not sure where you are on the Northside but for very cheap fruit, Veges and meat try T-bones, Robinson Road, Aspley. As for a decky spot, I may have one from time to time.
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    I wouldn’t think so. So long as the engine is tilted well up clear of the sand. Need to think about transducers etc though.
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    Black Marlin

    GregOug replied to Towknee's topic in Boating

    Not sure it’s going to give you any softer ride
  4. GregOug
    Can we add Giant Toad Fish as a species?
  5. GregOug
    Oh well. We all get taken from time to time. I knew the risk when I ordered it.
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    If by a miracle they are the real deal I think I’ll be replacing all my reels!
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    Well, they reckon they’ve sent me something anyway! Lol. Tracked awaiting overseas transport.
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    No. I emailed them a few days ago and they apologised for the delay but said they have now sent it. So that’s something. However the tracking number they gave me doesn’t work of course. But even some of the items I order from Australia have tracking numbers that don’t work. I think it will be a few weeks yet before I see anything. Even a couple of other times I ordered from overseas from different suppliers haven’t arrived yet, even though they sent them the end last month.
  9. GregOug
    The latest engines seem to be very economical to me.
  10. GregOug
    Okay. Thanks guys. I’ll look into it.
  11. GregOug
    Okay. But what does your speedo display in? And can it be changed?
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    Although, it is the actual speedo, which is a Mercury stand alone device, separate to the gps/sounder, which displays the speed. Not sure that changing a Lowrance setting will alter the Mercury readout. Then again, there may be something which can be changed in the Mercury ‘smart’ gauges setup that will do the trick. I’ll have to have a good look tomorrow but it is my recollection that the 0-80 graduations on the gauge are permanent features, not a digital readout. However, perhaps the internal computer can automatically convert the actual quantity displayed on the speedo, depending on which you choose - kph, mph or knots?
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    That sounds about right @Ed.. I selected Kph because that is the metric measure, just like metres for depth, km for distance etc on my sounder/gps. But I might try and see if I can select speed as a seperate measurement to the rest.
  14. GregOug
    Definitely not a whale
  15. GregOug
    It wasn’t moving at all though. We drifted past it at a distance and the waves were breaking around it and you could see the swell surging up and down it. It looked like a pinnacle sticking about a foot or two out of the water. Weird!
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    Probably more likely
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    No I forgot @ellicatbut that reminds me. We all swore we saw a rock sticking out of the water probably at least a couple of hundred metres out from shore as we drifted past Cowan Cowan artificial. Does anyone have knowledge of a rock there? Very bloody dangerous if it is a rock.
  18. GregOug
    Actually, you are right. The tide was racing. Didn’t realise until we drifted past a buoy at a great rate of knots.
  19. GregOug
    Yeah. It was actually going faster but the speedo couldn’t register it. Lol
  20. GregOug
    I would guess at a blocked fuel filter or fuel line but who knows. Anyway, sorry to hear about your terrible trip. We’ve all had them. Unfortunately yours was today.
  21. GregOug
    Well I took everyone’s advice and headed out for a fish today. Left from Pinkenba Boat Ramp near the mouth of the Brisbane River. There was probably half a metre of chop most of the way, up to three-quarters of a metre the closer we got to Tangalooma. Had a look at the wrecks then decided to drift from Cowan Cowan Point out towards Bulwer. Ended up drifting all the way to out past Comboyuro. Did a few drifts back and forth past Bulwer for a net result of one huge toad fish. And this was over the same ground I used to catch quite a few decent reef fish. Mind you, that was forty years ago! Anyway, Bulwer has now joined my ever growing list of unproductive grounds. Oh, for one bloody spot where you can actually catch a decent fish. So frustrating! The weather itself and the boat were beautiful though. The boat ate it all up, just as @ellicat said it would. Still a bit choppy on the way back, but still managed to go past the eighty kilometre an hour mark that the speedo goes to. Might have to change to mph or knots for future trips! Anyway, that’s my report for what it’s worth. Lol. cheers Greg
  22. GregOug
    Thanks @Cobiaaddict. Where do you find the beacon numbers though?
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    They could close it for the whole year and it wouldn’t affect my snapper count at all!
  24. GregOug
    Thanks Hamish.
  25. GregOug
    Thanks for the advice guys
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