first boat = first ever tailor.

[flip1906]

Howdy,
Well heres hoping after my weeks purchase the frequency of my reports will remarkably increase. So the big buy picked my first boat up a nice 08, explorer trophy 4.2, 30 merc elec start, bow mount etc. Pretty out there for a first but hey why muck around I say.

So yeah besides the maiden voyage at cabbage tree to try out the sounder etc and get use to the bow mount. First fishing session was saturday morning on the water at pinkenba @ 6am after watching the radars to see if weather was going to become to much. Origional plan was for 5am. Anyhow been reading the whiting reports so armed with some squid out I headed. However as I passed the last of the docks saw plenty of birds hitting a school, didn't watch all those fishing shows for nothing so giving the school a wide burth of course pulled up ready for a drift. Only thing I haded rigged that seemed half viable was a 4'' shad nuclear chicken on 1/4 oz. Down it went and second hop I'm on. Boating a just under tailor hipped as you can imagion this become my mornings focus chasing the school with the leccy even just dragging the placcy behind the boat while I moved landed a few. So in the end result was 5 legals and 5 just under happily released.

Did end up going out for a bit of a look around however think I may of fallen short of the compass bouy mentioned for chasing the whiting. Still not real shore of fuel usage etc so will try next time. Other then that bit of a relaxing troll in boggy for a flatty however no luck. Final note come on M&G and R2M, I'm on the water finally.

[Lapras]

Congratulations on the boat, and nice effort on the tailor. Hopefully it sets the scene for future trips.

Dave

[jayvee]

awsome mate,boat looks top knotch aswell. the explorers are a great stable platform for lure casting!!
JAYVEE

[SeaHunt]

Jeez that water looks smooth, are you sure you didn't launch it in someones backyard pool?
All those tailor should have had their throats cut as soon as you decided to keep them.
Then again you would get blood all over your nice new boat.
But well done anyway.

[flip1906]

yeah old man mentioned that about the throat thing wasn't sure of particular reason for it though? Cheers guys next trip is monday.

[Damned67]

Congrats on the new boat. That first pic reminded me of my first boat purchase 18 months ago. I found that the bottom of the reels were scratching the boats paint, or visa versa (depending on their position). So a friend suggested I make these (in pic). Stops the boat and reels from damaging each other, and you'll make half a dozen for less than $10.

Cheers!

[004dam]

yeah old man mentioned that about the throat thing wasn't sure of particular reason for it though? Cheers guys next trip is monday.

Makes them Taste somewhat better basically.

[mowerman]

Makes them Taste somewhat better basically.

Yep.

Bleed em as soon as you get em.

Although.............
1 of my customers is a pro fisher.
Tailor from boxing day to march.
Straight into an ice slurry with no bleeding.
Taste great.



Rod
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[Stroadman]

Congrats on the new boat. That first pic reminded me of my first boat purchase 18 months ago. I found that the bottom of the reels were scratching the boats paint, or visa versa (depending on their position). So a friend suggested I make these (in pic). Stops the boat and reels from damaging each other, and you'll make half a dozen for less than $10.

Cheers!

Thats ok damned until you fish rods in lock drag and get a huge strike! You'll end up with a broken piece of pvc pipe, and a lost rod and reel.
I've seen it happen!

[chief]

Nice work with the new boat mate sounds great and well done on the tailor. I'll have a slug set up for my next trip.

[ddobson]

Nice boat for a starter. Hey thats a huge esky you must be ready for some good sessions eh. Nice boat to try it in and that choppy day there, would have been fun to hook up on tailor in that calm water. Cheers

[flip1906]

Do like the idea of getting the reels up a little maybe not so keen on losing it over board though for obvious reasons will keep in mind though cheers.

Yeah those conditions really tested the boats handling, probably a good thing till I get use to this active style of fishing over lazy bait fishing.