Humminbird were the first company to introduce the Side Image concept to the recreational range of sounders back in 2006. And, in my honest opinion, they still do it better than any other manufacturer today! Humminbird have always been on the cutting edge of sounder technology, producing Wide Eye, Quad Beam, Side Scan, Down Image…
A local fishing identity has just informed me that the Hinchinbrook Shire do not intend to renew the lease on the Mona Rd Boat Ramp. The lease runs out at the end of this month, and beyond that the ramp will no longer be able to be used by locals and the general public. A…
Yesterday I fished up Hinchinbrook channel with Jake. Jake is now living down Airlie Beach way and I haven’t seen him for ages. He was up for a Christening, but had time of a fish on the Saturday. Tides were too big to fish the southern creeks, and wind was predicted to be blowing hard from…
It seems Pro Tackle has a massive sale beginning 8am tomorrow. I am not versed with all the details, its hush hush. But a few leaked posts onto their Facebook page indicate the following: Squidgie Packets from $7 Classic Lures $10ea ABU reels for $99 Super specials on ‘Live Fibre’ rods I’m guessing stock will not last, so…
Yesterday morning I took Tania and the boys for a quick trip across to the weedbeds before having to go into the Townsville Boat Show at Townsville Marine. The plan was to head out the front of Alligator Creek in 3-4m of water and toll some lures for a couple of hours. It was never…
Recently I replaced my Humminbird 998 with the newer 998HD. Before removing the old sounder I ran through the standard ‘export all nav data’ option to save all my GPS marks to an SD card. I then removed the SD card and deleted the waypoints form the unit. When I go the new 998HD I…
In just over a week Townsville Marine will be hosting the 2013 Townsville Boat Show. Townsville Marine boasts the largest undercover display of boats in Australia, all powered by Yamaha. One big weekend, one massive show! Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th May. Specials on every boat in stock. Yamaha Repower specials all weekend! Free rig…
For the ANZAC ‘long weekend’ a group of us teachers decided to go on a camping trip to Rollinstone Beach Caravan Park with our families. As it wasn’t traditionally a long weekend, we all had to return for work Friday. So being not much more than 30mins out of town, Rollingstone Beach Caravan Park was an…
I have a few boat bits for sale. Came with my 485sf that are not needed. Pickup from my Douglas address. Phone or text 0428788672 or email sailfish@fishingtownsville.net. 120lt Xtreme Marine Cooler – $150 4 x folding swivel seats – $150 Includes all brackets 406 EPIRB – $100 Includes mounting bracket. Battery expires in June…
Following Mondays beautiful day on the water, Tuesday was predicted to be even better! And with most of Townsville back at work we figured the town ramps would be clear of traffic. I decided to take the family out to Maggie Shoals to check out my old Nannygai marks. Its been a while since I…