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These are big figures for a little boat, however a 60hp motor on a lighter, pressed alloy tinnie would surely result in even higher numbers. Though what a lighter boat couldn’t do is make a mockery of decent size waves created by passing boats. Even with its shallow 10-degree variable deadrise, the RMP managed to avoid the dreaded ‘tinnie slap’ over …

In this instance, the F115XB fitted with a 13 1/8” diameter, 16” pitch Talon stainless steel prop punched out some impressive figures, especially in the 3000-4500rpm range. At 3000rpm, the Bar Crusher 575C was well up on the plane, cruising along at about 24km/h with an impressive 2.3km per litre fuel economy figure. And it only got better from there: …

it impedes the lure’s action. The braid helps to get your lure down deeper and bumps on the line from weed or a fish are better transferred to the rod without the stretch of mono. Medium to fast-action rods of about 7’ are perfect for this technique. Once I find the fish and hook up, I like to then cut …

The recent rain has given the creeks a much need flush out and the crabs are moving with several reports of mud crabs coming from around the mouth of the creeks as well as on the sand flats around Tin Can Bay with the added bonus of a few sand crabs as well. Golden trevally are about in Snapper creek. …

Matched to Dane’s rod was a Daiwa Certate 2000 spooled with 10lb Unitika Light Jigging braid rigged with 12’-14’ of 6lb Sunline FC Rock leader. Third place went to an angler who is coming into form at the right time of year, and he has the record to make any angler wary. Matthew Mott not only came out and took …

 If the lure got to the bottom before the boat drifted over the top of it, we’d give it a few bounces before bringing it up to go again. We found that the feeding fish were nowhere near the bottom and all plastics were hit on the drop from the cast. Most of our big fish were caught on plastics, with …

Hi there anglers, Looks like there will be some patchy rain around Kawana but that shouldn’t hold anyone back from enjoying a relaxing fish. The wind will be starting to decrease from Friday afternoon through till Monday which again should give us a manageable weekend of fishing. The inner reefs have showed more consistency recently with Old Woman and Arkwright …

The Noosa River has had a bit of a flush out with the rain last week, couple this with the larger tides, and this in turn has brought some extra food down the river and provided some cover for fish as the water dirties slightly. Mangrove jack have started to turn up in with some quality fish taken around structure …