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Depends whether we're talking whole or fillteted

Thanks Zoran. I had already searched and had seen your old post and wondered how it had panned out.

Thanks. She's a nice ride. Before I got it, I'd promised myself my next boat would have an electric motor. Got this one to be more family friendly, but missing an electric!

I wouldn't look at doing anything myself. Knowing my handyman skills I'll stuff it up and it'll end up on the bottom of the Hawkesbury the first time I deploy it! I don't have the motor yet, am trying to confirm the feasibilty of mounting before I proceed. Photos of boat bow below.

What are mounting options for an electric motor on a 5m fibreglass boat? Would love to see some pics of how others have done it on their fibreglass boats (I'm picturing it not as easy as on an aluminium boat).

Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't most ramps built and maintained by Councils, in which case kayakers would pay council rates and would therefore be contributing. Fishing licence fees contribute to fishing facilities like jetties and fish cleaning stations, not boat ramps.

Nice day and good report. Good to hear there's some flatties up that creek.

Great post Ian. A lot of those spots are already known spots, but your post gives good insight into why that might be. And more importantly, helps others think about what might be happening and how to find other spots. In a system like the Hawkesbury which is so big, finding the fish/spots seems to be my problem. I like to think i know how to fish. This post helps finding where to fish.

Great report XD!

I'm not convinced on the loop knot either, though i definitely don't have any authority on lure fishing. I just find it easier to do a fixed knot so just keep doing that. Always hear plenty of fishing experts talk about using loop knots for SP's. Then one day listening to a podcast with Bushy saying they designed the original squidgie SPs to be fished with a fixed knot not a loop knot. That's good enough for me.

what if you just moved the boat back off the trailer enough so that it is still on the trailer but you have access to where the rollers were otherwise sitting? then just an easy winch back on.

That wounded lure took off pretty quick 😉 Makes you wonder if she would've had another crack if the lure hung around for a bit after the first missed strike.

17 hours ago, noelm said: I think keeping tapered roller would be optimum for ease of retrieving/centering, they look like 18mm square "posts" which should be easy to get. Are you sure you cant lower the wobble rollers and/or move them out? edit......just as a side note! The trailer looks small for the boat, the last rollers are well away from the transom (where all the weight is) it might be just the photos though, how big is the boat? Noel, the size of the legs on the brackets are OK, it's just that they are at smaller centres than the existing brackets and won't fit into the slots without modifying them (I can't find off the shelf brackets with the same centres). I can move the wobble rollers in towards the centre of the trailer which will lower them (not sure if it would lower it enough), but I was hoping to keep things simple by not having to start playing with wobble roller location. I agree keeping tapers would be better. I thought maybe I could keep the first and last keel rollers as tapers and go straight rollers for the intermediates? How far back from the transom would be too far for the back rollers? The boat is 5m

the front keel roller is sitting as low as it can go

In an exercise of frustration I had a crack at it. Plan was to just replace the keel roller brackets with higher brackets, and replace out the tapered rollers. Had to go to 2 different suppliers to get brackets, rollers and spindles to suit. Got home and realised that the roller bracket is different to the current one and that the legs would not fit the slots on the trailer 😡 I thought they would have all been standard! Change of plan then. Changing the keel roller brackets not possible unless I get them custom welded. Not keen on playing around with the wobble rollers unless absolutely need to. Looking closely, I only need to come up about 15-20mm on the keel rollers. The taper on the keel rollers is about that much, so next plan is to just replace the existing tapered keel rollers with straight keel rollers which should be enough to make contact with the keel. 🤞🤞🤞 If not, I'll just have to move the wobble rollers in a bit. The only downside is that my keel rollers won't be tapered, hopefully I don't have issues with the boat sliding off the roller when getting it back on the trailer.