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Byron. Havent fished the hawkesbury for ages. My big bream and big whiting days are now but a memory. I plan on chasingbig kings, snapper and bills this summer from the little Haines. Will have to pick my days for Marlin but hey everyone should be doing the same. Clears Vs Solid coloured dodgers.. Clears would be nice but the boat came with whats on it and i am keeping them till they bust. And besides i reckon it looks quite good the way it is.

Is that how lhey looked when they were new?? HEHEHE, mine are not quite as shiney anymore. I drilled a hole in the top of the tail on my shark bombs as an attach point for the release clip.

Sorry. Caught on plastic. The light outfit is a megabass XOR silver shadow 72ML. Basically a beefed up bream rod. Reel is a branzino and running 12lb braid with 15lb leader. I wish I could have stayed out there all day

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Guys I am stoked! Had a great session today. Started off very early on first light hooking a Stonker Red on my second cast. Chased it down in very shallow water and to have the hooks fall out just meters from the net. I was heart broken. Fishing was slow for a while then it happened again. Changed locations and on the second cast again i was on... This fish went nuts! long blistering runs on my light setup. Things held together this time and after a long battle I Landed this ripper! my new PB Red. Stats. 77cm and 4.5 kg Enjoy!!!!!

I run 2 downriggers and have never noticed any difference with hits. I have 2 Chrome Shark bombs, 2 stock round bombs and a combination of all the above. No difference if you ask me as far as hits are concerned but yes with the chrome sharks the cable doesnt hum as much if that bothers you.

on ya kingy kid!!!! Lovely pitty king. still trying to decide which is the better rig, the double single hook rig, straight for the top hook and Circle for the bottom or straight for the top and trebble for the bottom as the stinger. I know i have pulled quite a few hooks with the trebbles but i have found the hookup more frequent..... Havent pulled many circles but have missed a lot more fish. What do you think?

Perfect for those stelth missions.

Greg. That boat of yours was easily the sexiest going around and it looks as though it just got 20% sexier!!! Please explain that front sounder setup again? does it run off the same transducer as the console mounted sounder / display or is it stand alone? How have those Reds been treating ya? Some good fish beng caught lately.....

Took my "bathtub battleship" out yesterday arvo after getting a heap of mods done including a massive 110 lt fuel tank under the console of the boat. (levels out the boat sooo much better and changed the whole performance of the boat in slop). I Couldnt wait to test it out in choppy water. I got my wish thats for sure. the winds were very strong and the chop around the heads even crazier to say the least! Boat performed even better than ever in the messy Chop. getting the boat back on the trailer at drummoyne was another experiance in itself. Lucky a guy that had just landed his little inflatable gave me and a mate a hand. I reckon i would still be there now and the boat in a million pieces if he didnt. If your out there THANKS!!!!!

I have taken my haines 445F CC (4.5 meters) out to 12 mile in less than favourable conditions. Although i wouldnt have even attempted it in a tinny. It would have been a very painfull and slow ride back.

A seal was hit by a boat on saturday morning near the spit. Water police were called in to try and revive it.

Quick report. Basically havent fished in over 6 weeks or so since i have been moving house etc etc. Slept in and hit the ramp at 10:00. Out to the grounds and plugged away till 14:00. Was very quiet, no kings, not even many bakers, pike or jackets. Landed 2 reds with the bigest going 55cm. Also had my pants pulled down big time again. (seriously i am sick of getting bricked) Its amazing how hard these things go when they want to!!!!

Caught a few of those little cuttle tupe squid stripy things. Make great bait for Kings!!!!!

great fish Gary. finding fish in new locations is what its all about. Well done.