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  1. IN my experience the last place you want to be when the swell is up is between lion island. Can get very nasty through there. Just saying.
  2. I beleive you. I saw a small black of barrenjoey years ago. Blacks are often found around inshore reefs.
  3. Corromandel mussel barge gets my thumb up as well. Beware the xxxos kingies who have a liking for weighted 9 inch suggos.
  4. eagle ray

    Need Dingy

    Thanks for the reply. The boat i am looking for is a row boat just to get out to the mooring.
  5. eagle ray

    Need Dingy

    My dad says its to hard for him to get into the boat from the kayak. I was wondering if any one could point me in the right direction. Looking for a small rigid dingy. must have wheels as he will need to push it about 60 meters. Must be small enough to fit in the back of an audi a3 hatchback. Must be light enough that one 60 year old man can lift it easily (into the car and down the steps to the beach). Stability a must aswell as good flotation. Should be able to carry 2 85 kg men. Does any one know a dinghy that fits this description. Dan
  6. Great fish. My mum grew up on the banks of the Murrumbidgee in the 50's. My uncle became very proficent at targeting the larger ones (100lb fish) with live rabbits as bait. They would give the fillets away and then use the heads to make terrine. It was supposed to be delish. One day i would love to try but i have to catch the fish first.
  7. Great News. Now they need big marinas on at JBay , Batemans and Bermi. NSW is seriously lacking in big boat facilities. Big boats bring big dollars to local communities.
  8. If any one out there just loves looking at boats they cant afford then head down to super yacht marina at rozelle bay as the 80 foot Garlington "Dreamin On" from USA/Carribean has dropped in after crossing the pacific and fishing the black marlin season in cairns. Spoke to one of the crew and they will be around for a little while longer (new years or so) before heading to Port Stephens and back to Brisbane. They didnt fish on the way down from cairns so no reports of blue marlin.
  9. I saw one jump out of a wave at belongil beach at Byron bay many years ago. Absolutley certain it ws a dolly as it was blue yellow green and was a bull with the big head and i was 10 meters away on my board, good size fish like your one and it freaked me out a bit. They are semi regular catches off the beach in Mexico when people target rooster fish i am led to beleive.
  10. Harbour is dirty. I went down to the boat on sat morning. Looked at the colour of the water and decided i would be better of going later in the week.
  11. Well done mate. Killer dollies. Can you run us through what you used to make it and how you deployed it.
  12. IF you have got the range. Get your self across the bay to Fraser. Then head north. Roonies, Platypus Bay and the fabled break sea spit at the tip. Longtails, trevs, and wait for it baby black marlin on the flats. There have been some small blacks and sails seen on the flats very recently. Hervey bay game fishing club is having there tourny next week end. THere will be a mothership out there at the northen end of fraser .and a lot of guys in trailer boats targeting the inshore blacks and other bigger boats heading offshore for the big blues. Great time of year to be there. Western side of the island is protected in the predominant se wind however you absolutley do not want to be there in a northely or wind with west in it. Hear is a youtube film of light tackle and a baby black.
  13. Definately some deals to be had out there. Definatey cheaper to import than to buy local in terms of quality. There are pros and cons and towing (in NSW) can be problomatic. Warranty is an issue issue however 2 days four strokes are very relaiable. your biggest concern would be quarantine and having the boat held up however a good agent with offices in both oz and us should make sure that your boat is clean before it departs the sates. The biggest issue for me is what to pick, there are so many choices, though not so many with a beam under 250cm.
  14. Cheap international from whitworths. What do you recomend. Also only do 1 coat as i am cheap know i should do 2.
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