As promised, here is part two of my Furuno 620 review. I managed to get a couple of photographs today of the beast in full swing. This first photograph show the sounders ability to hold bottom at speed. In the top left hand corner you can see the boat speed is 23 knots. Obviously the…
Report for 9/02/2008 Well today’s fishing trip yielded our second zero trip in a row. The disappointing thing about today’s trip is that we did everything right and had weather, tide etc all on our side! It’s got me beat what the fish were doing today. We hit the ramp at 5am and had live…
Not too long ago I was forced to replace my old Lowrance X87 sounder. The choice for a replacement was a difficult one and had me researching for several weeks. I finally settled on the Furuno FCV-620. I have been so impressed with it that I though I’d add a small review. While I was…
Club weigh-in for the first competition of the year was a great success. Around 40 people turned out for the BBQ dinner and presentation. Although the number of fish weighed was a little light on, over 70 fish were recorded as being released over the two days. Most of these were undersize Nannygai, with a…
Report for 02/02/2008 Ward and I fished in the Baptist Church Fishing Clubs monthly competition today. The comp was probably the only reason we went. Arrived at the boat ramp about 5am to a light wind and a bit of drizzle. But buy the time we reached the middle reef area it was raining and…
Report for 19/01/2008 My first fishing report is a back dated one for my last fishing trip. Ward and I headed out to a wreck mark wide of Rattlesnake Island. Collecting some live bait on the way proved a little difficult. But with a hand full of livies we headed for the mark. Dodging the…
Welcome to my Fishing Townsville Blog.I intend to use this blog to provide reports and hot tips on what I’m up to in terms of Fishing in the Townsville area.I hope to provide current fishing reports as well as information on how and where to catch fish around Townsville.