Braved the wind and headed out for a run in the new boat on JB this arvo. Launched at Murrays and had a look for squid but with the water so clear and sun out they must have been hiding..

Trekked across to Honeymoon bay, was blowing 20+ knots with a good swell from the Sou East so was a good test for the boat to see how she handled and im super impressed.. So good to come home dry and feeling fresh instead of warn out and wet! Had a spin for squid to see if they were hiding over there but still no luck.. Had a drift along long beach for flatties and picked up 3, 2 on bait and one on a plastic. Leather jackets stole most of the bait and a few plastics too. Flatties all in the mid 40's.. Will make a good feed..

Shot across to callala bay and no squid there either.. Then it was time to head home and put the pork roast on ;)

Will head out early tomorrow to try and get some squid and some kings if the wind behaves!

Was awesome to be able to do a full lap of JB in comfort and staying dry. really really wrapped with the boat, driving position is great, ride is smooth, much smoother than a alloy bucket.. ;) Could keep at 40-50km an hour heading 45degree into the swell and chop comfortably... Is also really comfortable with 2 people fishing, sits very stable as 2 people walk around.. Really couldn't be any happier..

Have had one issue and its with the trailer, the wobble rollers are falling off.. all the split pins are rusted out so need to do some work on the trailer... Have already priced up a tandem drive on though so will look more into that soon, especially with the amount of KM i may do with it i want a good trailer under her..

Thanks for reminding me because mine are rusting out too, I've already replaced a couple with stainless.

Idiot trailer makers using zinc plated crap.

I dropped in to CBC bearings today to get some 0 rings I was after and checked out some genuine bearing buddies while I was there, talk about a well made item compared to the Chinese ones.
$60 a pair inc GST so I'm going to grab a couple after I do a quick measure up.

One week old & it's allready falling apart

That's what happens when people dont do their homework run out & buy the 1st boat offered to them
They fail to have a good look @ it & miss any flaws

HaHa, all that from a bloke with a green dog dish held together by birdshit welds & very thick paint.

Vern says what would you know, been fishing with you twice and still havn't turned a reel...



Yep massive job replacing some split pins...

Now ive spat rum all over my keyboard!!!

He makes me laugh too Rumpus.

Remember his old saying...

HaHaHa!
He drives like Miss Daisy without her glasses on and trims his motors so high the props ventilate in smooth water, PROP DANCING MY ARSE!

Hahaha, there goes another rum....

They sound like the words of Spud not Vern
Cause if they were the words of Vern they would read like this

Chad keeps telling me how good he is @ hunting but keeps shooting everything in the guts, cant head shoot & yet to get me a pig
From what i hear it's only when Jumpy visits does Spud ever come close to getting any pigs

Now that's what vern would say I know cause i've heard him repeat them every time i see him

If only we didnt all know you and how bigga storyteller you are... Maybe the guys on fishnet will believe you ;)

Whatever you say spud
Dosen't say much for your ability when even the likes of Toovlo can ketch fish on my boat

If i recall vern caught squids on my boat what did you ketch that day

Get vern on here he'll tell it as it was

Vern is right here and said you dont know how to catch fish... squid are not fish....

He said at least when Chad takes me out I catch fish!!! ;)

I must be getting allsashonists desease cause i cant recall spud ever putting up a pic of a fish he caught
He's put up pics of fish pez has caught trying to make them his

WOW, thats a worry...... Whats happening to your photographic memory??

Spud when you're posting stuff like that ewe have to start being aware jumpus reads it





20 plus knots huh
In the swell you described

Wun needs a full boat not a 1/2 boat tobe able to do that

Funny, thats the same graph we looked at B4 we went out.... Thought it was going to die off, but guess what.. didn't happen until later,,


12/02:00pm 18.8 13.6 7.3 47 5.8 SSE 24 30 13 16 1016.0 - 0.0
12/01:30pm 17.8 12.6 5.7 45 5.9 S 22 35 12 19 1016.4 - 0.0
12/01:00pm 17.8 12.9 6.7 48 5.5 S 22 33 12 18 1016.6 - 0.0
12/12:30pm 17.2 12.2 6.4 49 5.3 S 22 33 12 18 1016.7 - 0.0

Hey, look at that, the time we first crossed the bay, gusting to 18/19 kts? not a bad guess hey?? Mind you thats on top of PP... Was defiantly stronger on the water where it was funneling down the bay.. But I was only out there on the water? what would I know hey? Would know more if i was at home on the computer!

Actually, it was probably a 5m swell and 50kts but the smooth riding fibreglass boat made it feel so much smoother!

Lay off the baked beans spud
Eat more greens

Funny day today, Seabreeze predicted that the wind would be gone by lunch but they never saw the nor easter hitting at around 11am?? Guess the got it wrong 2 days in a row hey??

Water temp was around 18.5 and the fishing was slow until we found a spot (Spot X) where the salmon were thick so played with them on 3kg gear for a few hours and had some laughs...

Just about brings my holiday to an end.. Will give my girl a good wash and put her away for a few weeks till I can get back down and take her out again.

Seabreeze allways get it wrong in predicting
But the gragh like i posted yesterday is accurate they are actually readings of wind strength every hr

I use that info when trying to decide if i'm going to venture out or not

I would be taking boat back to dealer if i were you
You're entitled to 3 months warranty get them to sort trailer out

Vern how do u put up with it?
chad in one ear Jumpy in the middle
you deserve a medal
Luckily Chad isnt near as bad and your right he can catch fish
Morning Jumpy

Shut up bitch

Haha....

Did ewe take trailer back ?????

nope im back at home.. Will give em a call and see what they say.

am getting some prices on new trailers. what ya think of the full slide jobbies for fibreglass boats? Such as the one that pelagic boats make?

Waiting for some quotes from dunbier/mackay etc too...

A few pics..

Also, what are people thoughts on eating aussie salmon.... I always thought it was a no go, and then a mate cooked some, the same weay he cooked flatty and i thought it was alright.. Went to do it again and everyone laughed at me and wouldnt touch it??

I'm assuming you're refering to something like what i use

Heaps better than rollers those side supports are just that only there to balance the boat from rocking on trailer not there to take any weight.

Whether glass or Alloy the keel is stongest point on a boat is it's keel & thats where weight should be taken up

Yep realise that about the keel taking the weight. What im not sure about is the material they use? How does it go against the gelcoat sliding and hitting it?? Id imagine it would be a softish sorta rubber or poly that wouldnt damage the boat? Do you know what they use?

Would like to see one in the flesh and see how a boat loads onto it (a glass boat)

I use polyethalene wont scratch paint so should effect gellcoat
Besides side thingy's should be adjusted so they dont cop any load when boat slides up on them.



You thought bluefin tasted good & i wouldn't touch it

Salmon is good for ket food

I found that blue PVC stuff (supposed to be skid material) was damaging my gelcoat Rumpus.
The boat was sitting on keel rollers and pretty well balanced from side to side and the side skids were taking bugger all weight.

Jumpy struggled to get the Viva boat (white teflon skid shit) off the trailer at Revesby ramp where my boat will roll off under its own weight on that ramp.

Maybe if you only use very steep ramps and sort of float on & off skid trailers with glass boats would be OK but I wouldn't risk it or limit myself to certain ramps.

Why don't you just fix your trailer if it's broken or is it rusted out?

And ewe wonder why i keep calling ewe a Goose

Tell it how it was not the way it wasn't

Ramp covered in sand no slope on it @ all towball on tow vehicle sitting 12 inches off ground if that, low tide
Water hadn't even made it to spray chines & ewe wonder why it was a bitch to get off

Use your bloody noggin

I can launch without water, do you need water to semi-float off?

I have no interest in how much trouble you have getting your boats to float off Jumpy, just relating to Rumpus on how skids are not as easy as rollers on flatter ramps.

Why do you take everything so personally Jumpy, I'm sure on steeper ramps skid trailers are perfect.
Just depends on how you like to do it I guess.

What makes ewe think i take it personally ???????

I just correct that which is not true

Didn'y ewe yourself start that thread quotes from the net ??

Ewe want to laugh @ those guys or did what they say hit ewe personally ???

Sorry mate but it was true, I watched you having trouble with my own eyes.

Quotes from the net is just a bit of fun, I think a lot of them would be people not quite getting across what they mean to say.

Was my tow vehicle ???

Come on Fed get real if ewe couldn't work out why then you're not a thinker
Not even the Duckman has probs he's got same rig & is allways telling me what a dream of a trailer he's got

I had a choice a couple of years ago and I suspect a skid trailer would have been cheaper and definitely less maintenance but I still went with the rollers. No regrets here.

But ewe never use your boat to know any better

How many times a year do you actually take it out

It's easy to tell when Jumpy's wrong he either starts typing in a large font or, as in this case, he changes the subject.
You're too easy to see through Jumpy.