big bell

my 6yo daughter is in town with the wife seeing it today , we saw it (wife and myself) a few years back when it was in Sydney , wasn't to loud although some props do make there way thru the crowd which could frighten her a bit . im sure because she s with her uncle all will be fine.

check under neath the seat/bench thats where all the floatation is stored

nice vids mate id already watched your lake Lyell one might have to get me a go pro or similar

Nice Dusky , might have to give that a crack myself in the bay have caught flattie spinning from shore in a creek with a spinner instead of the squid I put a squidgy which worked.

Having had an old hand me down 4.3 glass boat which was good for the lads to fish from , now the family is of boating age aka kids we decided to upgrade last year , we had a budget they grew 3x in varying thousands , Brand new was do able but not in the size or type (bowrider 5m mix of family and fishing). that left 2nd hand boats ,thru sheer effort and luck I found a stacer sportser 549 (inboard motor) it was 6 years old with only 14 hrs on the motor with a minor ding and some rubs (didn't use fenders on jettys) part of the sale was he had a 100hr service carried out and he d just renewed the rego and insurance .. sweet!! off the original paper work this boat cost him $ 39980 I bought it for $24000 , that was four months ago the boat now has 51 hrs we bought it as a life style for our family for many adventures in the future too, unless you have lots of disposable income 75k is a huge amount to spend for a start up. you can get a brand new forward control tinnie for 18- 20k that would be a good start btw im 32yo married 2kids and paying off a house I would have loved brand new but live within my means although you only live once!!!!

Hey was down at sussex at xmas and the basin and the inlet were full of bream. I hadnt fished there before but got chatting to an old local fellow who gave me some info on entering the basin form the inlet as it drops off anchor up in 6m of water , (he uses burley) i went without live nippers are the key on lightly weighted line with a vanish leader .for the two times i took the boat out the legal tally was 2x 48cm flattie and 13x bream with countless small stuff , only a few solid bream were kept for the table. the fishing was good and kept my inlaws and kids (new to fishing) entertained .with a few bust offs on the 6lb leader. Theres some big bream there and i didnt get time to explore further cant wait to go back

Nice one !! thats a cracker for the bay . I havent caught one above 30 let alone that biggen . your daughter will be hooked for life now, mine are just starting out and are rapt to be catching small bream and snapper , i cant wait til they catch a fish of that caliber .