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I would suspect that there are a lot more than just one or two

Sounds like a really nice day - well done on the kingy , hope they get bigger

Cant beat a nice king - well done

Thanks Chao Great info I am just about ready to purchase a slow jig stick - what Pe size are the rods you use

Hi Shakey 55 Sorry for the late answer - but yes the ramp to use at Shoalhaven heads is located adjacent to the caravan park. If you follow the road down to the river then follow the river road in an easterly direction you will find it. Its a good ramp well protected and drops in to a deep channel that leads to the main river channel

Hi Welst - I dont know how many hours on your motor but I do know that the Etecs are programmed to use double the oil to fuel ratio for the first 5 hours that the engine runs at a minimum of 2000rpm. I believe this takes the average boaty around 12 hours of running to achieve. And the motor would have been programmed to use the xd100 if thats what the dealer supplied from new. I believe that xd100 runs at a variable injection rate and the standard runs at a set rate. Thats how it was explained to me by my dealer . Im running an Etec 130 HO and I too am still in the double oil stage, hope this helps

Nice shots of the river and a couple of pretty fish Niel, got that summer flow happenning , its always great to get your partner out with you. I hope Santa finds his way to Wattle Hill.

They certainly are about we picked up a couple on whiting poppers using 3 pound braid and 6 pound leader - gets a bit tense at twenty dollars plus per popper

I fished the flats at the heads for whiting two weeks ago and got zip. The buggers are there and you can work your lure straight past them and they will follow but turn away . I fished the flats in St Georges Basin last week for whiting and got a similar result. Landed two in three hours and no great size to speak of . But same story , they were there and in numbers but not on the chew. In saying this we have had a run of prawns in the last week or so and usually, by my account , the whiting come on after the first prawn run in decemberish. Even so they do seem unusually quiet for this time of year, whether the floods of three months ago have anything to do with it , possible

Bonnies on light gear = great fun

For me its the Zip Bait Skinny Pop in the yellow, its a whitings worst nightmare

Not to mention those bloody pesky kingfish

Hi Farvos - weve been getting them on the surface below point perp light on poppers, early. Ive been using Williamson rooster popper

Another consideration is the newer gme style aerials are long ,non ground dependant whips where the whip can be unscrewed from the base and stored out of the sun. Just ten seconds work to reattach. Never had a problem with mine And I do go wide

Hi anthony Check out the link below it doesn't go into grounded antenas but does discuss why a longer ungrounded whip may be an advantage when using VHF (line of sight) http://www.boat-project.com/tutorials/vhfant.htm