Maiden Voyage! Another hobby....or should i say Hobie!

[Possum]

Ooooo... I checked these out at the Fishing and Camping expo in Melb.. then took one out for a trial... (was out there all day) certainly the ducks nuts! .. it's on the next xmas list too

[swabio-ACT]

Ooooo... I checked these out at the Fishing and Camping expo in Melb.. then took one out for a trial... (was out there all day) certainly the ducks nuts! .. it's on the next xmas list too

I reckon it will be great...... once I have the time to sort it out and get it wet!

Drilled my first two holes in it this afternoon........ talk about freaking me out!

[Possum]

Ooooo... I checked these out at the Fishing and Camping expo in Melb.. then took one out for a trial... (was out there all day) certainly the ducks nuts! .. it's on the next xmas list too

I reckon it will be great...... once I have the time to sort it out and get it wet!

Drilled my first two holes in it this afternoon........ talk about freaking me out!

You could make it look like swiss cheese and it still wouldnt go down.. well almost
How are you going to cart it round? did you see the roll racks?

[mohawk miss]

very cool !

would love one myself but alas, is waaayy down the wish list for now

[swabio-ACT]

Ooooo... I checked these out at the Fishing and Camping expo in Melb.. then took one out for a trial... (was out there all day) certainly the ducks nuts! .. it's on the next xmas list too

I reckon it will be great...... once I have the time to sort it out and get it wet!

Drilled my first two holes in it this afternoon........ talk about freaking me out!

You could make it look like swiss cheese and it still wouldnt go down.. well almost
How are you going to cart it round? did you see the roll racks?

Well........... it will be going on the roofracks at the moment, have a rack and roll to assist with loading the behemoth! And have a plug in cart to wheel it from the car to the water

here are a few pix of my handywork today..........

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[Possum]

So much for going stealth .. Neat work
...arent those rack and rolls a treat! what do you usually fish for?

[swabio-ACT]

So much for going stealth .. Neat work
...arent those rack and rolls a treat! what do you usually fish for?

It is good with the sideboards, as it stops the lights shining into your eyes! Works a treat

Hmm I fish for anything really........ would like to get upto Laguna bay etc and try for some tuna / mackeral, doubt i will get a chance to before they are gooooooneski...... but estuaries, will be the forte! So bream, flatties, trev's, jew, threadfin salmon (hopefully), squire / snapper........... tailor......prawns (when i can throw the cast net from it )

[Possum]

Sweet and half your luck.. Moving to SA Thursday and when settled cant wait to go out for a dabble

[swabio-ACT]

Sweet and half your luck.. Moving to SA Thursday and when settled cant wait to go out for a dabble

Some good fishing down that way! Just watch out for the toothy critters!

[Possum]

Sweet and half your luck.. Moving to SA Thursday and when settled cant wait to go out for a dabble

Some good fishing down that way! Just watch out for the toothy critters!

So i keep getting told and lets hope they dont like Possum

[Jonno]

Sweet and half your luck.. Moving to SA Thursday and when settled cant wait to go out for a dabble

Some good fishing down that way! Just watch out for the toothy critters!

Mostly sharks, rednecks from Elizabeth trying to swim back to Tassie and lots of barrels so I am told.

Tommy roughs are common and good smoked albeit hard to light.

[Possum]

Good god, might be safer on the bike

[swabio-ACT]

lol....... well............didn't touch it today though unfortunately............ had the car in for a service at 0730 at Zupps Aspley....... told them i needed it "ASAP" and proceeded to go for a walk towards Chermside.......... thinking that I would eat a bit of time, have a look at some shops......and then bus it back to the dealer......... well........ once at Chermside I decided I would just keep walking towards the city......................before I knew it I was in Fortitude Valley..........then Newfarm........ caught a ferry to North Quay...... then wandered around the city a bit, before catching the bus back out............. all up I covered just under 30km for the day........ got rained on a few times....... then dried out in the sun......... was a crazy day! Anyway I picked the car up at 1430, drove to Sunstate Hobie @ Murarrie, swapped the sounder mount i had for the correct one............. and headed home! Once there......... relaxed for about half an hour, then went and picked the Mrs up from work............. came home, had some food............. saw the leaking tap..........decided that i would fix it...........broke it........... off to bunnings to get a new mixer tap..........installed it.............. and well, no time for rigging the yak today.............but the good news is, not too much on tomorrow, so should be able to get into it!

[Possum]

mahaha.. and????

[swabio-ACT]

mahaha.. and????

And today was the maiden voyage of MARISTIKA...............

Well,

Decided today that prior to venturing out fishing, it would be a good idea to become acquainted with the yak before I loaded it up with all kinds of extraneous fishing gear to tangle myself up in!

So decided that we'd make a bit of a family affair of it, and loaded the yak and kids up and drove down to the GC broadwater in southport, and proceeded to get out there and pedal around.... My six year old daughter, whom I thought would not want a bar of the yak, was the one who pestered me the most for the first ride in the back......... she even wanted to ride in it from the carpark to the beach with her lifejacket on......... anyway I convinced here that she would be able to wait until we were in the water before hopping in.........

So down to the beach we went......... and launched "MARISTIKA", my trusty six year old decky on board, and we pedalled around for a while, she had a ball..............

Next on board was my 8yo son..........and off we went.......... pedalling around........

Both the kids had an absolute ball on the back, and also got a turn up front with dad to "drive"

On the second time out both kids wanted to come at once.......... so in the back they piled.......asking to go further out this time, and then were excited to go over the waves created by the boats out in the channel........ they also liked to jump out a few meters off the beach and "swim" or be towed in ..... overall it was a great afternoon with the family!

here are some pix from the day!