Andy Loops

Mate a deep V centre console is the way to go! Ive been fishing out of my Boston Whaler 240 Outrage with twin 150HP Verados for nearly 5 years now and she does exactly what the other blokes are talking about in earlier posts. A "big" little boat. At 24 feet she is capable of getting out there all day at a fraction of the cost of the bigger gamefishing platforms. Stable, dry and solid in any sea she is a weapon. Up for sale at the moment shoot me a PM if your interested. Would love to see her go to a fellow raider.

here are a few pics of one of the ones I picked up recently.. sure sounds like them. Mine had black on the end of the nippers.

I caught a few males of these in the last couple of months up in port stephens and a mate of mine reckons they are a type of coral crab that are normally found up north?! I released the ones I caught too as wasn't sure what they were.

Way to go mate and talk about a shortlived PB haha broken within the hour! great report

What an adventure! Thanks for putting up the report sure looks like alot of fun!

she's beautiful!! thanks for putting up the pics of the finished boat I was impressed with the build and even more impressed now!! Awesome stuff.

that is sensational footage well done! cracking fish!

thanks for the offer mate but do they go through the gunnels? I just hesitate to cut holes in the boat! haha Got lotsa rod holders though ;-)

Thanks Radz that is a great idea and cheap/easy too.

Niiiiiice!!!!!!!!!!!

A couple of little things I do these days that have made my life alot easier; Elastic bands - in sizes for livebaits, outriggers and for storing lure rolls Small bucket to drop lures/jigheads/hooks etc into.. This is the bucket dedicated to being washed with fresh and sprayed with inox back on the dock. Rolls of that non-skid matting ($8 bucks from bunnings) to create a baitstation anywhere on the boat. Knives dont cut through it and fish/baits dont slide on it. Use tubs to transport gear - having two tubs that can fit inside each other means you have a spare to transport any fish/ice home. A4 plastic insert sheets to store livebait traces Cut pool noodles into segments to store large baitjigs/multihook rigs. Just wrap them around and secure with elastic bands. have a chammy on board to wipe down alloy bars/consoles etc on cleanup.. they really bring out a nice shine after a spray of fresh. there are a million more!!! haha

very nice work!!

Nice fish!! So tasty!!

which waterway mate? interesting capture!

Great work mate thats a nice day out!

thats awesome! Great to hear you guys had fun with a few nice fish thrown in to boot! Cheers Andy

Fantastic report!! We used to fish off the Busso jetty as kids..! Awesome place. Cheers Andy

Saw these things in Canada they look so tasty!! Fillets from the big ones are fat as!! Wish we had them down here. Cheers Andy

that really is a strange looking creature - let us know what the museum comes back with.

mate that is an awesome first fish for the boat - cant wait to see what follows!!

my goodness... guessing thats down SA or NZ way?