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Great read. Thanks for sharing, and congrats!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I had the zman minnowz working a treat in the bay a few weeks ago. 1/4 oz 2/0 hook. Great plastic.

Cobba I recently started fishing a lot lighter and it does my head in sometimes as well. However i maintain that it is also making me a better fisherman, that's what i believe anyway. Look, sometimes you're just going to get busted off and you can't do much about it but it definitely makes me think about what i need to do to land the fish. I still cry however at the ones i've lost purely becuase of the light line! Ha!

Will do - thanks Gazza. Looking forward to getting it sorted - want to start enjoying summer without concerns for a stalling engine. Paddling can be relaxing - just not out in open waters with the Sun going down!

Apologies for the lack of update. Changed jobs end of September and had to hand back the laptop and iphone! It has been resolved and i think it was a combo of things. Did the load test and all was good with the new battery. Rookie error on my part i believe. My old SeaMaster has the post terminal with the thread on top. The new battery has dual terminals - post and thread/stud. I was connecting to the thread on the new one and i don't think it was allowing it to draw enough power. I bought some brass terminals, charged the battery and connected it to the post and now all is good on the battery front. However I have a problem with the engine where after running for 30-40 mins fine - it starts to stall at idle and on starting - which led me to believe that all my problems were from the battery but i now know that isn't the case since i have sorted out the battery issue. Fun and games - thanks for all your replies.

Thanks guys. I need to buy a charger and will do that tomorrow. Any help with that is appreciated as well. Planning to load test it tomorrow and then charge it and load test again on Sunday/Monday.

Nice one. Thanks Captain. All I can say is that I'm learning a lot and that is a good thing. 'Smooth seas do not make the best sailors'. Thanks guys.

Thanks mate. Looking forward to seeing what happens now under the load test. Battery World was just a meter reading not under load (he was right next to me with some gizmo) and then he gave me a print out of what the results were. 12.47 V and 769CCA reading or something like that, don't have it on me at the moment. Definitely 12.47 though. The puzzling thing is i scuffed up the terminals and checked the connections and that is why the SeaMaster still works. Old SeaMaster is fine. Only started having an issue with the new battery. Will let you guys know how i go. Thanks for the advice.

Thanks mate. Will attempt the load test tonight or over the Weekend. Thanks for your help!! Greatly appreciated.

Thanks Geoff. Sorry i should have included that info - I tested with a multi-meter last week and it rated 12.4 I took it to battery world today and the print out said the battery is in good condition and that the rating was 12.47. The indicator on the battery also says it has charge. Two seperate people have told me those ratings are ok? Do you think under 12.5 means it has too low a charge? I can't help but think it is a charge issue. I think i have no choice but to charge it for the next couple of days and then see what happens. Just surprised a new 720CCA battery is not kicking it over. Haven't tested it while trying to start the engine. Really appreciate your reply. When I can I will test it with the multi-meter while trying to start the engine and see how it goes. Just want to get opinions before I call an auto-electrician. Thanks again.

G'day Raiders, Long time reader - first time new topic starter : ) I am hoping someone might be able to provide some advice (expert advice would be even better). I have a 90hp 2 stroke Johnson with an old 585CCA SeaMaster. I decided to replace it with a Century MarinePro 720CCA. The Century kicked it over first go but in the following 30-40 attempts it has probably kicked it over 3-4 times. Luckily we still had the old battery out on the water when we ran into trouble first time we took it out after the new battery. When I hook the old SeaMaster up it turns it over much stronger and more often, pretty much no issue, the only issue being when it's cold which is to be expected. The new battery has been tested and is full of charge and for the life of me I can't work out why it's not turning the engine over. I'm no expert which is why i'm hoping someone might have a better idea. Could there be something wrong with the starter which is struggling with the stronger currents of the 720CCA? Could there be a problem with weakened connection somewhere? I really have no idea though. Thanks in advance! Nic

Everyone has different experiences and each area fishes differently. I've found pilchards dont do much on the Central Coast but down in Narooma inlet I catch flatties, bream, trevally, flounder, snapper, jewfish, tailor, salmon all on pilchards. I'm not sure if ones better than the other but pillies are def not a waste if time.

Great read. Thanks for that. Keep it up. Always good having a read of the days activities.

Nice Snapper. Well done. And there's always one that gets away that keeps you going back for more!