Whats your all time favorite bit of gear you have fitted to your boat

[marty+jojo]

It would have to be my Minn Kota Rt55 bow mount with auto-pilot, it has improved my catch rate. Closely followed by my 85 litre eva-cool.

[bastard]

My 40 litre waeco

[NAGG]

Gotta be a leccy motor ...... How did we fish estuaries with out them? .... NAGG

[chuss]

The anti-wife device...

Nothing beats a nice cold morning, relaxing on my boat, nothing but the wind in your hair, the noise of the ocean lapping up against the sides of the boat and fish coming on the bite..... MINUS THE MISSUS!

so secret to her not wanting to come along..... 5am departure.

[PinHead]

The anti-wife device...

Nothing beats a nice cold morning, relaxing on my boat, nothing but the wind in your hair, the noise of the ocean lapping up against the sides of the boat and fish coming on the bite..... MINUS THE MISSUS!

so secret to her not wanting to come along..... 5am departure.

if she is that bad..be a man..tell her you do not want her on the boat...if it is that bad..just yell her to pack her bags and get lost.

[DALEPRICE]

the para-shute anchor
turns the unfishable into fishable.
cheers dale

[yamp]

extra trim and tilt switch on gunnel, right hand side, for tiller steer honda 40 on 4m hornet really good for trim adjustment while moving along

[blaze]

the para-shute anchor
turns the unfishable into fishable.
cheers dale

know how ya feel about the old para anchor, fishing in a big swell the other day for about 1hr, next minute we were nearly surfing, broke the bloody rope to the para anchor. Lost to king neptune, tried to retrieve it but it sank before we could get to it. Have to put it on the buy list now.
cheers
blaze
ps
seems we love our electronics, how did we fish without them

[disorderly]

Blaze or dale,

How do you use the para-shute anchor?

Scott

[Fish Guts]

extra trim and tilt switch on gunnel, right hand side, for tiller steer honda 40 on 4m hornet really good for trim adjustment while moving along

i have never thought of that. great idea.

[blaze]

Blaze or dale,

How do you use the para-shute anchor?

Scott

Depending what you want the boat to do, if you want the bowe to stay into the sea, tie the anchor off the front bollard. I tie off about 20 foot of rope. More often than not I tie off on a rear cleat, depending on how you want the boat to drift to what side you tie it.
cheers
blaze
ps
a cheap version is a 2 gallon bucket, tie it off on a 20 foot rope and have a play and tie off in different places to see the effect. IMO never tie off onto the side of the boat, for and aft only

[kingtin]

In the tinny, my whatdjamakallit............keeps everything to hand and rods out of the way.

In/on the Whittley............the marlin board. Gives me extra space, can mount the stove on the bait board and gets me more astern of the deckie and kids Oh! and hot water to hand is a great asset too, particularly as I have a penchant for handling happy moments

Most useless...........and why Whittley did this is beyond me An underfloor livie tank that fills via a foot pump which has the annoying habit of popping up when you don't need it. Why would you want to pump your legs into oblivion when you can just fill it via the deck wash?

[disorderly]

Depending what you want the boat to do, if you want the bowe to stay into the sea, tie the anchor off the front bollard. I tie off about 20 foot of rope. More often than not I tie off on a rear cleat, depending on how you want the boat to drift to what side you tie it.
cheers
blaze
ps
a cheap version is a 2 gallon bucket, tie it off on a 20 foot rope and have a play and tie off in different places to see the effect. IMO never tie off onto the side of the boat, for and aft only

Thanks Blaze,

I actually have one,just never used it.....

cheers scott

[Tassie JR]

gots to say me outriggers beats untangling line and also me deckwash as Mr_Bean said

[blaze]

might have to set up a deck wash, only just got a boarding ladder and thats still sitting in the shed
cheers
blaze
ps
second thoughts, havnt used the boat enough lately to worry about washing blood off it