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Hi All. Thanx for the replies. I've never had to charge batteries as they maintain charge via use. I have spring washes with nylon nuts on battery terminals…. $450 is the RRP for the rectifier unit…

Hi All, I have a 115hp 2 stroke Johnson 2004. For some strange reason my rectifier blows every approx 100 hours. I’m up to my third rectifier at $450 a pop!!! Everyone tell me to check my battery connections, and from what I can see my dual battery system is all good / secured… I can not fault any other electronics… Has anyone experienced or have a similar issue? Can anyone offer any advice?? Or I’m I just unlucky… Thanx. Rgs, Choteo.

Slimmies were caught at The Hump as well.

I don't know the exact address of the boat ramp, but I believe there is only one in the area facing Port Hacking Yes, Stanwell Park Beach From Jibbon (South Head) approx 23km south. Hope this helps...

Excellent attention to detail. My mistake… However key word above is “approx”. I can assure you that all my fish including the snapper and dolly seen on this post were released by me. I very rarely keep my fish. After consulting with others fishing on the day (3 others), it turn out 3 dollies were caught. 2 were kept by others and one was released by me. Hope this clears things up. I have update the post above to avoid further confusion. Thanx.

Snapper were caught on the outside of the Hump in 48 - 50m. The other fish were caught over the middle. We were drifting.

Hi All, It's been a while since I last posted a fishing report, but here goes…. Fishing Event Date: Sat, 21 March 09 Fishing Location: The Hump (out the near Stanwell Park) ETA @ Fishing Location: 0700 Departure - Boat Ramp: Greys Point Got out of bed at 0300 to what was forecasted to be a magnificent day on the water. Peaked out the windows and the sky's looked good… Arrived at boat ramp 0445. 0500 put boat in water and commence our journey through a light rain drizzle. Arrive at heads (near Jibbon) and it looks really dark and scary out on the horizon. Back the throttle off and we sit in idle. The water was dead calm… Within minutes it start to piss-down rain and I'm thinking where did this come from…!!! So I decided to wait until day-break and suss things out a little more. Check weather report online again. All looks good. Come daybreak the rain eases and the dark sky's commence to separate. Set nav to destination point, change to "highway" view and we're off…. Arrive at The Hump around 0700. Armed with pillies, live slimy mackerel, mackerel fillets and soft plastics, two (2) lines are sent to the bottom, two (2) lines are sent near the bottom and one (1) live mackerel is sent out on the baitrunner (free spool). The waiting game commences… The next 2 hours are actioned packed with double hook-ups and screaming spools… A variety of fish are landed, snapper, nanigy, sweep, slimy mackerel and mahi mahi (dolly). Yes, you red right mahi mahi at The Hump…. We caught approx: 10 snapper, 4 nanigy, 6 sweep, 3 mahi mahi and 6 tones of slimy mackerel. All fish bar 2 snapper and 2 mahi mahi were returned to the drink to either fight another day or send their bigger brother/sister. Headed back towards Cronulla to my flathead ground for nada (nil). Into Port Hacking, to my squid ground, and nada. Tried north of Lilli Pilli, and nada. Back to boat ramp and home by 1430. That evening after everything was sorted (boat cleaned, fish gear ready for another battle, tummy full, etc) I got an invite from neighbour across the road (he makes his own beer) to join his social club for a game of Poker… Even though I was a wreck, a ride-off!!!, where there is beer, ciggies, beer, $$ and good company, I'm there…. However, I lost $90.00 in the game. At 0200 I stubbled across the road towards home thinking "I'm still a winner because I went fishing today…" Tight lines!!! PS. Maybe not 6 tones of slimy mackerel, closer to 20 - 30 fish….

On a hot summer night, while waiting for the ferry, a mate and I saw what we believed to be 2.7m King Fish off the Jetty at Luna Park. It come-up and flapped its fins and then dived to the bottom...

Hi Everyone, It's been a while for me.... Count me in. I'll be there with the wife and 3 kids. Should be a TOP day...!!! Rgs, Choteo

Lukeric, what do you mean "The fads that we fished yesterday were private fads". Can you describe / explain... Rgs, Choteo

Hi All, Thanx for all your input. I'm inclined to 7.5 - 8m mono (Alloy Plate) with 270hp Sterndrive, Diesel Turbo charged. Thanx again... Regards, JM

Hi All, I'm from Sydney. Thanx for all your input. I'm inclined to 7.5 - 8m mono (Alloy Plate) with 270hp Sterndrive, Diesel Turbo charged. Thanx again... Regards, JM

thanx for the advise. Regards, JM

thanx for your advise.... Regards, JM

Hi Huey, Thanx for your opinion. I'm inclined towards the Sterndrive.... I comparing, Cummins, Steyr, Yanmar and Volvo. Cummins, Steyr and Yanmar come with the MerCruiser leg and the Volvo is Volvo. All Duoprop. Do you have an opinion on the makes above? What about Duo vs Single prop? Any comments are appreciated. Thanx... Regards, JM