has the boat show produced some thing special this YEAR..???
or
same old sh*t .....
has the boat show produced some thing special this YEAR..???
or
same old sh*t .....
"whats the time"
same old same old................ fishing/tackle wise, nothing really special you cant get outside any normal day IMHO.
If you are buying a boat you might save a couple of bucks......
I thought the stand with all the canoes/kayaks set up for fishing with rod holders etc was interesting.
Only Nugget's boat.
I only go for the lectures. Jason Comino's on Moreton Bay Cobia was a ripper! I took lots of notes. Bill Corten's on bar crossings was pretty good, and especially useful as a reminder of the fundamentals (and then some) if you had done his course. Great pix of bars shifting over time.
Unfortunately though, some of the lectures that I saw were unabashed sales presentations and accordingly lost their genuineness and indeed their educational merit. One presentation by a speaker well known to this site spoke in detail about the features of each of the products on display but did not sufficiently mention the basics about how to use the tools being demonstrated. I found myself asking a Dorothy Dix question meant to tease out a bit of basic usage info that should have been forthcoming and which was much better explained by a similar presentation by Brian Webb a couple of years ago with his home made equipment and home made presentation style.
Another speaker was so reliant on Bushy coming on time to answer questions that he really fumbled the answers and clearly was not expert enough to answer the questions although he was adequate in doing the sales demo with the live fish tank. Bushy appeared in the morning session but must have got lost during the later session.
The seminar facilities were first rate however, with excellent TV coverage on large screens by a live cameraman plus an overhead camera.
I went past the James Bond boat exhibits about three times and saw very little interest being shown in them. That might have been an expensive folly by the organisers. That such display was located in the boondocks of the site probably did not help but then again maybe that its purpose was to attract people to the boondocks. If so, on what I saw yesterday, it failed.
I also admit to being a trifle annoyed about there being some booths outside the main hall such that if you entered from the southern end and left via the same door, you would not have seen them. Not a lot of stuff there but enough to want to see them. eg the Marine Museaum stand, a couple of VMR raffles, a nice sand sculpture, and another few commercial displays.
One of the benefits of such a show, however, is that you can get to talk to people from the manufacturers not just the dealers and sales people who you see at any time in Brisbane. eg the Stabicraft display (which had a very good range on display) had a guy from the factory in Invercargill, NZ on site.
Nonetheless, I shall be back there again next year for the lectures that interest me, equipped with my pencil and notebook. The "workshops" which yesterday featured Nugget and Mono were a great opportunity to meet a few regular Ausfishers and I had a long deep and meaningful with Nugget who shared some fishing info with me that I appreciated very much. (Thanks Dave)
I would have thought any info Mono devulged would have been useful.......Originally Posted by charleville
Only Nugget's boat.
Unfortunately though, some of the lectures that I saw were unabashed sales presentations and accordingly lost their genuineness and indeed their educational merit. One presentation by a speaker well known to this site did not sufficiently mention the basics about how to use the tools being demonstrated. I found myself asking a Dorothy Dix question meant to tease out a bit of basic usage info that should have been forthcoming and which was much better explained by a similar presentation by Brian Webb a couple of years ago with his home made equipment and home made presentation style.
Craig Tomkinson's lectures were great! and he's a top bloke to boot!
Met a heap of other fellow BnB scribes, Ausfishers & TFGA members as well, which was great!
Also scored a great deal off Birdy from Sundown Marine as well
Was rather disappointing. Not much new.Oh well. Still good for a perv at the boats.
Scotty
...and they probably were, Heath, but I did not watch them. Perhaps too advanced for me at this stage.I don't especially want to name names of the duds but anything that had a brand name tightly aligned with the poresentation that I saw had a liitle too much of the sales presentation focus. I did not see such with Jason Comino's presentation, for instance and it was great. My apologies to those who might be unfairly tarred with my broad brush comments but I did not sit through all presentations, only about five of them.
Still, as a paying customer, that was my take-out on the day.
Charlie,
Once you've typed out your hand written notes, can you email them to me please?Double spacing please, upper case with correct punctuation.
Seems much easier for me if you do the leg work and then I can reap the benefits from what you've gleaned from the experts.
TOL
BTW, let's total the cost for the day with minimal purchases...
Entry fee $16
Parking - $15 - yesterday when i arrived at 11.15am, the carpark underneath was full so I had to to park at Southbank. Thankfully, the rain had paused when I walked back to my car.
Lunch $10 fish & chips and a coke (did not ask if it was Basa
Raffle purchase $5 tickets in a VMR raffle for a boat prize that I really don't want but happy to support any VMR.
Total = $46 without buying a bit of gear although I did see some interesting stuff.
Value for money - OK for me - I can afford it and I will be back next year - but it could get a bit expensive for a couple or a family. No different to any other trade show though but I rarely go to the Sanctuary Cove boat show simply because they don't have a fishing expo to attract my interest.
Charlie,
Once you've typed out your hand written notes, can you email them to me please?
Seems much easier for me if you do the leg work and then I can reap the benefits from what you've gleaned from the experts.
I love a man with a sense of humour!!!
I can give you a couple of the salient points from Jason Comino's talk about chasing Cobia.....be prepared for them to peel off 200 -300 m of line going down current. Prepare for a two - three hour fight (I kept wondering what the other guys on board do during that time
Bill's talk emphasised wind, tides and swell.
My notes from the workshop with Nugget are - will all of you b*&)*%#ds stop fishing Mud Island so that the rest of us can have some peace and quiet out there?!!
Hey that is pretty good - I did not even consult my notes for that stuff.
one thing of interest was a winch
for the anchor for small craft
other wise it was crap
listen to mono chat on live baitfishing in deep water was good
saw nugget had a chat on sounder he has same as me but gave me a idea to put mine on transom external
only worry was 6.5lbs hmm
pete
not bad. looked for arial for my sounder so i can turn it into a gps. costs went from $250 down to $200. got good bargin i thought. boats were ok but i guess seen them once thats enough. not a lot changes. but in general, it was preetty good. i was there for 31/2 hrs. tucker was a real rip off. glad i didnt have a family. would have left no money to buy.
I took my 4yr old boy today so was only there for a couple hours , didn't get to see any talks.
Jacob loved the submerged Stabicraft
... i only work to support my fishing addiction.....
Verdict still out snappa
cant call it any way...so I spose its same old same old
Cheers
Steven
I saved a fair bit by going in with over 30% off the advertised price on a Penn Affinity 4000 I have been eyeing off and a quote for a Yammie 90 at about a grand better than I had previously been given. It still smarts a bit to pay $16.00 to enter and at least another $10 just to park for an hour or so.
Neil
Why do we have to pay when the benifits of the show are directed toward the product manufactures and dealers?
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