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My wife went through her job being made redundant a few years ago. She didn't have a choice but to leave where she was working for over 20 years. The money was good but as you'll mostly find with a lump sum of money, it ran out with some house renovations etc. I remember how upset she was at the time but looking at it now, she agrees it was the best thing to ever happen to her. Overall, if you take the money, it's a change and they say a change is as good as a holiday! The only word of caution I have for you is speak to an accountant as I think, although not exactly sure, that there are different tax rules for volutany redundancy v's forced redundancy. I thought forced redundancy was taxed less, but again, not sure and you should really find out as it can make a big difference to the $$$$ that end up in your bank account at the end of the day. Hope this helps.

Great catch there mate. Well done.

Hi. I have a couple of the original Smaki Zecton rods, the first series, in 2 different line classes and love them. Can't be faulted. They are my "go to" rods in terms of feel and performance. A mate I fish with has a gloomis in the same line class and size and although more expensive than my Samaki, the feel of the Samaki is much much better. Hope this helps.

Hi Benzeenees, I have an accusharp sharpener and love it. It takes a few seconds to get a great edge on a filleting knife! I've had mates comment on how sharp the knives I have on the boat always are and all it takes is seconds. The only thing I recommend is to start with a good quality knife. If the blade is good, you'll get end up with a very sharp knife otherwise if the blade is crap, it will only be average is sharpness. When my current accusharp wears out, I'm buying another! Hope this helps.....

Hi mate. If you decide to make a couple and sell them off, count me in!!!! It's brilliant. Well done.

Hi Ian, I have a HDS-5 and I find the screen being a little too small to have it split. Does get annoying but you learn to live with it. My recommendation would be to hold off until you can afford to buy the 7. Enough of a difference in size to make the extra dollars worth it in my opinion... Cheers.

Don't be concerned about the size of the yellowtail. Big baits are a good thing in the right environment! Try the butterfly fillet. Works a treat on all sorts of species. Best of luck.

Great flattie regardless of the type! Very impressive.....

Well done on the catch! Beaut day for it.....

Nice work and what a great feed. Well done!!

Hi guys. My favourite Trev recipe is to fillet and crumb the fish and cook them with a small amount of butter on the bbq hot plate. I add lemon as they cook and they are delicious! My kids love them too..... Having a beer with them is great.

Great fish there. Well done!

That's a legendary effort! Very impressive.....

Hi guys, Looking for some information on a topic that I'm sure has been covered before but I just couldn't locate the thread. I have a Lowrance HDS-5 and was thinking about buying a Navionics Gold card for it. What I'm struggling to find is what information is on the card? Does it give you co-ordinates and directions to say Long Reef or Browns or 12 mile etc or does it give just a clearer picture of the coast line and depths? If someone could let me know, that'd be great. Thank you.

Excellent work boys! Well done......