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Your right windy they did stock manly dam many years ago with trout. We caught 4 in a couple of weeks, tiny rainbows about 5inchs long. Haven't seen one since unfortunately. I thought they should have been able to survive in there it's definitely cold enough in the deeper parts for them to last the summer but I guess not. Caught a few yellas and silvers in there over the years too. My local haunt I grew up around the corner from the dam and have fished it religiously since I was about 2 with my old man. Great spot so close to home Cheers, Mark.

Wow yep never seen them in pittwater before! Diamond for sure. They catch a few in lake mac but that's no suprise. Beautiful fish mate well done!

Fantastic thanks for that information mate that's exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for. I'm like you mate and spend most of my time inshore so the Navionics Shading seems to be a worthwhile advantage for me too. Thanks again for that big help mate. Cheers, Mark.

Thanks for the replies, I'm pretty sure that Lowrance HDS touch are now compatible with both but I haven't had much to do with them. Would love to be able to get to the boat show but got way to much on this weekend unfortunately. I'll have to do some more investigation. Cheers, Mark.

Hey everyone, Looking at getting a card for my HDS12 and wondering if anyone has had experience with these cards. Looking at either the Navionics Platinum or the Top of the line C-Map. Has anyone had a play with both? Cheers, Mark

A Soron STX60 will take pretty much bang on 300yds of 20lb woven braid. If you fish with a thin diameter line you could get close to the same of 30. I use spiderwire code red and it takes almost 300 of that. Hope that helps mate. Cracking reel you got there I own a swag of them and they have landed some serious monsters. Remember, the way you spool the reel also affects how much line it will take. Cheers, Mark.

G'day Formosan, No they don't come in a tub unfortunately. Keep your eyes peeled in the next couple of months as there are 4 new colours on the way as well as 4 new Jerkshad colours and 5 new colours in the Squid Vicious range. They look the goods! Also new colours in minnows, shrimp, ripple shads and jigging grubs plus a couple of new surprises! Cheers, Mark.

We are making them as fast as we can! Haha they really are taking off all over the place at the moment. Do some serious damage on the north coast Jews too! Cheers, Mark.

Check out compleat angler in Sydney they have a great range of fly gear

Yep needs another washer on the shaft to lift the spool a little

Hi guys sorry about the late reply. I think a little fresh water isn't a problem to spread it out they are a water based scent. The Gulp spray is fine to mix as it is actual gulp juice just with added scents too. The good thing about gulp is that they absorb other water based scents really well so you really only need to apply extra scent if you want to after you take the bait out of the container. I don't think it's worth the risk of loosing a whole tub by adding anything other than what is meant for them. Cheers, Mark.

Hey guys! Purefishing recently released "Gulp! Recharge" it's in a 236ml bottle and retails about the same price as a packet of plastics. It is the same liquid as what is in a tub of gulp alive so different from the spray bottles which have extra scents in them. The global demand has been massive for this stuff and because of this the supply has been a little slow coming out of the US. Expecting some shipments to arrive in the next 2 weeks so hopefully all the stores will have their back orders fulfilled. If your local store doesn't have any in stock but carries Gulp they can order it in for you. I wouldn't recommend keeping your gulps in anything other than the juice that's meant for them as they can spoil. I've seen people try to mix stimulate and other products with a tubs of gulp and lost the lot. Food for thought.. And fish! Cheers, Mark O

We don't bring that particular model into Australia mate. Only the lg model with 3 long trays and a mixed model with 2 mediums on one side and 4 like the one you want down the other. If you want them they should be available from your local Purefishing stockist. They can order it in for you if they don't carry it in stock Cheers, Mark.

I think I met you at the ABA on Thursday if that's where you bought that reel from. Goodluck finding them put up some pics!

What do you mean the Veritas has had some issues? They are Abu Garcia's best selling rod in Aus and have had very little issues with them at all? The Slingshot can't be beaten at the price they retail for definitely good bang for your buck!