Fuel costs - How much?

[Haji]

I thought it might be interesting to get some idea of the average fuel useage for a typical days fishing for our members and whether the costs are shared with any visitors/crew?

I know that when I was running a game boat in the early nineties a days trolling could cost $400.00. (twin 225 HP Chrysler V8's driving a 26 Ft Savage) and the crew contributed very little toward that.(or the maintenance,cleaning etc)

My current Seafarer Viking with a 90 HP OB takes around 60 litres for a reasonable days fishing out of Botany Bay after putting in at St George Motor Boat Club.

What is your experience and where do you fish? Kamil, Mulloway, Sydfish, Quinie, Joecool etc?

[quintrex101]

Good idea haji,

My 30 hp 3 cylinder 2001 yamaha would use about 7 litlers of fuel a trip at most,I mainy fish port hacking and i put the boat in a greys point run to the heads and all around the bays in the hacking and that and back to greys point, i am very happy with it,

my dad would put the fuel in every week and that about 7 litlers and he paids for it and i buy the oil for it,

[James]

I thought it might be interesting to get some idea of the average fuel useage for a typical days fishing for our members and whether the costs are shared with any visitors/crew?

I know that when I was running a game boat in the early nineties a days trolling could cost $400.00. (twin 225 HP Chrysler V8's driving a 26 Ft Savage) and the crew contributed very little toward that.(or the maintenance,cleaning etc)

My current Seafarer Viking with a 90 HP OB takes around 60 litres for a reasonable days fishing out of Botany Bay after putting in at St George Motor Boat Club.

What is your experience and where do you fish? Kamil, Mulloway, Sydfish, Quinie, Joecool etc?

400 bucks trolling doubt it

you cannot be serious thats roughly 600 litres a day, there is no engines that would chew that much

[Bass flicker]

Sounds a bit hectic, though my Dad was paying well over a dollar at the marina to fuel his cruiser in the 90's. So it may be spot on?? Im sure Haji will set it straight.

Oh and remeber that haji said he was running two V8 engines all day.

[imnotafish]

reckon though it is plenty, twin v8's trolling all day possibly could cost $400 - game fishing boats could easily go from syd to almost port for a fish then back again in a day... long bloody day but they do it...

also the old engines were way less efficient than the ones we got now....

for me, going from broken bay out about 40miles then to browns then back (prob 80-90nm) costs about $250-$280 (@marina prices of $1.85ltr) on a single 225 in a carribean 24, bout the same or a touch less in a stessl yellowfin 6m plate boat with a 150 (heavy boat)....

[storms72]

James, Haji's figures would be hard to doubt....He owned the boat, he paid for the fuel in it and also considering a boat that size would be moored and as marinas always charge much higher prices on fuel than a servo I would knowing Haji as I do and after seeing photos of the boat have no reason to doubt him.

My old WB with a 308 218kw averaged 17lt per 100km taking it easy-went over 30lt per 100 when the foot went down, you have to own a V8 to appreciate how much fuel they use.

Mates V-Sea with 80's 50hp has done 3 solid trips around Botany bay and only used around 30lt.

Mates 19ft with 100hp Merc-we used 140lt in the day (4am till 6pm) few weeks back but did a lot of full throttle driving.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Cheers
Jason

[James]

90's fuel prices were no where near where they are now even marina prices were way bellow a buck.

it is impossible to chew that much fuel in day trolling unless your trolling at 30knots.

[sydfish]

I have a 175 ocean pro evinrude 98 model on a 620 Haines Hunter, it chews around 120l for 60 to 80nm, conditions dependent, if I open it up the figures change as the RPM's double but I get there faster.
However I have noticed that 3500rpm will get me crusing at 28knts and 5000rpm will only push us up to 34 knts, not really worth doing the extra fuel for the sake of only a couple more knts. WOT in glassy conditions will get me an exiting 40knts, I do love the fast feeling but it does cost.

[netic]

I have a 4.75 wigth a 2002 Yammi 70hp.....

In a normal day chasing kings we go through about 35-40 litres of fuel....

But the boat engine hardly turns off as we are downrigging most of the day so i do chew through more then i would if i was fishing at anchor.


We all chip in for the fuel and food etc..........in most cases the boys would cover most of the fuel for the boat and i would cover the car fuel

[Haji]

Thank you for responding to this thread. This is all good information and I hope that others will contribute so that we can get a better picture of just what it costs to go boat fishing for a day. (not counting gear etc).

And James, my records of fuel purchases for the Savage are long gone so I cannot verify my recollection of the cost of a full day running which would include a hard run to the shelf and back, possibly hard running to areas where someone reported some action etc. Anyhow, I know that the cost of fuel was the main reason for getting rid of the Savage (otherwise a great boat) and changing to a 5.2m Kevlacat which in turn was replaced by a 10M Seafarer with a single Perkins diesel. Now that was an economical boat to run!

I havent yet tried my 1999 90 HP Mariners fuel consumption on the Seafarer Viking as yet but based on comments from some of our members I expect that it will be significantly more economical than the 1983 V4 Evinrude that was on the boat.

And yes Storms, my boat was due to go to the painters today to have my modified transom re-gelcoated but the bl&^%$ rain put a spoke in that wheel! But on the good side, the mods are looking good and should end up improving the boat no end in terms of safety when fishing close to a backwash from the rocks. (I raised the inner transom wall to be level with the gunwale instead of 250 lower as it used to be)

[BONECRUSHER]

I run a 90hp and use about $70 in fuel per trip maybe another 20l if i go outside wide.

My friend runs at Sunseeker with twin diesel engines and uses about $1000 to fill the twin tanks and that last a day going out wide wide or a couple of trips around the harbour. It costs him $1600 per month to moor it a marina. Way to much money to spend i reckon. Give me the bonecrusher anyday.

coops

[Boiler]

I actually hope this will help me!!

I have a 5M quinnie with 115hp 2 st yammie (98 model). I have a 60L tank and usually go through 3/4 of a tank - (sometimes half) i fish out of parsley bay & usually head out to Broken bay & then back in and around the hawkesbury. Usually spending around 6hrs on the water.

I usuall pay, tell my mate how much i spent then leave it up to him to decide how much (he always buys a beer for when we get home though!!!)

I cover car fuel & tolls (gotta love company cars)

[xtosea]

If i troll all day in my Quinnie with 75Hp Merc on it, i go thru about 100litres if the weather is good for the whole day and that is covering about 80Nm, if the weather shifts slightly, i may end up going thru about 50litres more. It is all dependant on the seas and the weather. Always be sure to take extra fuel. I know 4 strokes more than half the bill, but thats on the next boat.

Going back to Haji's boat, i believe it to be possible to go thru that much fuel. If its a petrol engine then for sure. i know of some underpowered Diesels that go thru nearly $300 in a day with 8 on board! Then again i know of one boat that can troll from Pittwater to the Car Park at Port Stephens and back on 80litres of Diesel. My mate that owns a Petrol Blackwatch and owns the new tackle store at Dural, everytime he goes out he fills it with $700 of Petrol, and the way he drives from Brooklyn out to the shelf and back, he will nearly go thru it all, but he has the boat tapped out all the way there and all the way back. Some people have too much money!

On a side note about chipping in, that should not be questionable! If people dont then they dont come out again! SIMPLE!

Kamil

[bustoff..]

I actually hope this will help me!!

I have a 5M quinnie with 115hp 2 st yammie (98 model). I have a 60L tank and usually go through 3/4 of a tank - (sometimes half) i fish out of parsley bay & usually head out to Broken bay & then back in and around the hawkesbury. Usually spending around 6hrs on the water.

I usuall pay, tell my mate how much i spent then leave it up to him to decide how much (he always buys a beer for when we get home though!!!)

I cover car fuel & tolls (gotta love company cars)

how fast does she go pinned?

[Haji]

That's some great info coming in,keep it up guys this will be of a lot of help to anyone looking to start fishing out wide and wondering how much fuel they should take. The more examples of different boats/motor combos the better!

And yes Kamil, the 26 ft Savage was a thirsty beast, built like a brick outhouse like all early Savage boats, a deep vee and twin petrol Chryslers. It used a S$%^&%# of fuel! And yes, running flat out to the shelf and back doesn't help!
:headbang: :headbang:

[fishinf]

i havea 4.5 mt quinnie with 60hp 2001 yammie
if i go to bellambi i travel up the coast to the suspension bridge
and then work my way back maybe go 12 km out and i will use around 30lt
same in the hacking when i go there
in glassy conditions i do 32kt its a lot of fun outside

[nimrod]

Maurice. I fish out of bellambi often and always head north toward the new road and the Hump, but very rearely get that far as I always get tempted to fish some of my favorite spots along the way and most times the fishing is so good there is no point driving over the top of good fish to get to a distant waypoint.
Love the area and if the ramp was more suitable in all weather conditions I would be there more often.
In my Lancer 5.3 with 90hp Etac I very rearely use any more then about 15 ltrs a day.
If I went to the shelf and back from Bermi in the lancer about 30 ltrs.
With a few drives back and forth along the edge.
Frank

[fishinf]

frank i heard those etec,s are very good

[storms72]

Frank how is your e-tec going, I have read many mixed reports on them????

[choc74]

I run a Haines Hunter 650 classic with twin yamaha 115 4 stroke engines.
A typical day's fuel usage is about 100 -110 litres which will get us to and back from Browns and a hour or so of trolling around.
Ecconomy used to be 1km to the litre although I have just fitted solas 4 blade props to it. Last week in a very heavy following sea and constantly on and off the throttle to climb the back of waves we got just over 1km to the litre so hopefully will get even better ecconomy in better conditions.
I pay for the fuel, another mate brings the food and beers and another buys the pillies.

[Dog Catcher]

I know that when I was running a game boat in the early nineties a days trolling could cost $400.00. (twin 225 HP Chrysler V8's driving a 26 Ft Savage) and the crew contributed very little toward that.(or the maintenance,cleaning etc)



I've got to go along with thatJames (http://www.sydneyfishfinder.com.au/sffforum/member.php?u=645) http://www.sydneyfishfinder.com.au/sffforum/images/statusicon/user_offline.gif vbmenu_register("postmenu_14508", true);
& think you're telling porkies


Back in the early 90's fuel was no where near 2day's prices & even though you were paying marina prices StGMBC have always been resonable as far as price goes.

You would've been paying around the 80 cent p/l mark which by my calculations says you used 500 litres per trip & thats where the porkies come into play.

Cause it's not that often you get days where you can throatle both Jack & Sledge hammers all the way out best you can hope for is the 5 mile run from the berth to the heads, I'll even allow for a dirty bum on the hull still no way cause once you've got the boat up out of the water & planning weight dosen't play such a big factor there's less drag.

From the heads to browns is another 20 miles so you're basically saying each motor was using 100 litres per hour & if you're gonna come back & say you trolled well @ troll speed V8's or not they use very little fuel @ low revs

xtosea (http://www.sydneyfishfinder.com.au/sffforum/member.php?u=578) http://www.sydneyfishfinder.com.au/sffforum/images/statusicon/user_online.gif vbmenu_register("postmenu_14559", true);
SydFish Admin
Tiger Shark


I think your black anchor has got a serious drinking prob & if I were you I'd book it into AA for theropy :alcho: :alcho:

[xtosea]

Why does that fact that my motor that has never been anything but good to ME, use more petrol than 4 strokes or Etecs?:rolling laughter: It has never concerned me, it is the lowest rating motor for my boat, and off course when loaded up with 3 blokes and fishing gear and all the extras will use that much more fuel!:nopity:
There are bigger problems in life! Maybe you need to see someone about your worries? And leave these problems for others IF they affect them to worry about them?:ohhh yeah:

Its never let me down, has served me very well, and i cannot fault it!
As to Haji's, obvisoulsy you have never been out in a twin petrol engine? They are thirsty! Simple! Have you thought that maybe technology has come along way since then, and maybe they use less now than before? Hard to fathom maybe?
Why do some people bother having digs at others!:banghead:

Kamil

[Dog Catcher]

Not having a dig @ you

I used to have A black anchor myself 80 hp on a slightly bigger tinny I actually found it very economical & was surprised your's used so much

[storms72]

Interesting topic Haji.....your twin V8-many variables on fuel usage there mate.....I'v done a little research and the engine would be the 318-5.2lt....released in 1968 known for their economy when used with a low diff ratio and sensible gear box but certainly not economical at all by todays standards.

Haji-Many things would effect your boats fuel usage.....Were the engines stock? What Props were you using? What was the final drive ratio? What RPM's are we looking at flat out? What was the weight of the boat?
Consider these variables and I think those that doubt your fuel usage figure will see how easily V8 engines chew through the fuel....

Just a quick one for the non-believers....worst fuel economy on the old WB I owned was under 200km for the 110lt tank and this was hard driving around Wakefield Park. Yeah more than 55lt per 100km!

Jason

[mulloway mayhem]

my point here is that haji is a well respected member on this site....and if he says thats how much fuel he went through,well thats it....he isnt going to gain anything from telling porkies is he.....

well with my boat i cant believe how much fuel i use cruising around the river...it guzzels the fuel......i reckon if i did a full day trolling to browns and back i would do a few $$$$ thats for sure.......

[xtosea]

Not having a dig @ you

I used to have A black anchor myself 80 hp on a slightly bigger tinny I actually found it very economical & was surprised your's used so much

Fair enough, and by the way :welcome: to the site.

Sorry i get defensive sometimes as there are people that come on here and just have digs at people for no other reason than to start stuff!
Another thing about Haji is he is a very successful businessman who would not need to lie or make things up so that is why i was in his defence, that and the other mates that i know who literally can go thru that much petrol these days while technology has improved, so i did never doubt what he had said.
Kamil

[James]

you cannot be serious bout comparing a car with a boat.

totally different

doesnt matter how well respected some one is wayneo 500 litres is bull****

[quintrex101]

Fair enough, and by the way :welcome: to the site.

Sorry i get defensive sometimes as there are people that come on here and just have digs at people for no other reason than to start stuff!

Kamil


thats pretty good for a 75 hp mercury kamil, :headbang: :hellyeah: .

and :welcome:
Dog Catcher



:red party: :ohhh yeah: :beerchug: :hellyeah:

[xtosea]

James what if i told you Simons boat could use 340litres in one day and still run out coming in to Jervis Bay and that was not a whole days worth of fishing!? That is with twin Evinrude Ficht 150hp engines! My other mate bought the boat after it got repoe'd, and he used that much in a trailer boat? This is no word of a lie! I will give you the link to the thread, but i know the bloke personally!

This is all good for discussion but please keep the BS in short form please, for younger members sakes?

Kamil

[storms72]

Why say someone is BS'ing about this James.....Is it jealousy cause you wish your boat had a V8, maybe just a engine that runs on all its cylinders would do you.:rolling laughter: :rolling laughter: :rolling laughter:

[Dog Catcher]

Like I said I wasn't out to put anybody down I just found Haji's remarks a bit far fetched & thought he was confused with a one off situation easy to do with a moored boat mine had a 2000 litre capacity & I had buckleys of keeping accurate tabs of how much fuel I used unless I went out with both tanks full & refilled the used one when I got back.

Who knows he prob did little trips in the bay & thought little fuel was used & blamed it on the trip to browns but I'm sticking to my original reply & think the claim is far fetched.

1st mistake he made was talking in $$$ you never do that talk in litres they are more accurate &I only went by what I remembered the price per litres was back in the early 90's

To give you's an idea I ran turbo'd diesel's on a much bigger boat than Hagi's & I put big days into fishing & a day out I would use around 160 litres unless of course I was out wide wide wide & motored hard to get home

That Choc guy has the right idea talked litres & his consuption is spot on

[xtosea]

Hey i talked in litres too:tongue:
I believe your boat used that much, but as i said for example i know of people that have just bought a 2006 Model Bertram with Diesels in it, in this day and age of technological advances i know they can use up to 300 litres a day, for a full 12hrs+ of fishing and cruising in summer, chasing fish, caining from spot to spot!, now that is in a Diesel and to me it may be excessive??!
I have other mates that i said can troll to the Car Park and back to Pittwater and fish the whole day while chasing down fish etc etc and use only 80litres!!! This is in a 25ft boat.
I think alot has to do with the size of engines for the boat, and maybe the driver? Who knows?
I have met Haji and can say that he would not need to prove anything by making it up?
Good discussion nevertheless as long as its kept civilised.
Kamil

[mulloway mayhem]

look all motors are different and so are circumstances.....lets all not worry about hajis $$$$ and tell everyone about your own experiences.....

im with Kman here,good subject but lets not get all uptight about it......

i do over 100ltrs just cruising the river chasing jews in a day and a half......and i dont really do that many ks.......

[Haji]

Allright James, I confess, I rounded up, $375.81 was the most that I ever spent on a days fishing in the Savage, but as you say that was a bad day when the boat was due for a bottom scrape and the 12 inches of weed hanging off the bottom did slow me down somewhat. Oh and I think that I probably forgot to pull the anchor in as well so that may have affected the fuel consumption, as I used the boat infrequently the engine tune tended to deteriorate (a problem with Chryslers) ,add a head wind of 40 knots, now are you happy?

Get a life mate, I didnt start this thread to buy an argument but to try and get some usefull information that would be of help to our members. And yes, for your information I did convert the fuel used to todays pricing per litre so as to make it relevant to the thread. Not for one moment did I expect that someone would be so anally retentive as to miss the whole point of the thread and instead try to use a throwaway line to score points against me.

If you had a problem why didn't you ask me to explain instead of suggesting that I was lying?

I hope that the above now makes you happy, OK?

And when will we get your contribution to the real purpose of this thread?

:nopity:

[Dog Catcher]

I didn't say he made it up I said he was telling porkies no different to other debates I've had with peeps who claim they water ski hard all day & claim they use very little fuel trying to make E Techs look good in actual fact they spent bugger all time full throatle but because they were on the water all day

Yeah Yeah we ski hard all day

You've got one thing right It's the person behind the wheel who governs fuel usage not the boat / motor's

[storms72]

Here's to Haji, I say....best non fuel consumption related post(2 up)

Dog, turbo diesels are a lot more economical that carbi fed super sucking CHrysler V8's..........Maybe you should go to members intro section and tell us a bit about yourself instead of using your first posts on SFF to tell members their claims are far fetched and BS....Not making a very good first impression mate:ranting2:

Jason:coool:

[choc74]

doesnt matter how well respected some one is wayneo 500 litres is bull****

James, WTF would you know about fuel costs??:2gunsfiring_v1: When was the last time your engine ran at WOT on all cylinders.:lol: You need to learn to respect others comments. Its Christian like!!:ohhh yeah:

[fishinf]

this has really opened my eyes up espesially yours wayno
im keeping my boat

[mulloway mayhem]

choc.....:rolling laughter:

also jason im hearin ya about first impressions mate....

its been a while since mulloway got all Hott up...........

fishnf,mate theres nothing like being on the water in a comfort mate and i love it..i fish in all weather conditions and never get wet......a few extra $$ for fuel isnt a problem.......

[storms72]

Maurice, that boat you just had fixed up will prolly go through a hefty amount of fuel.

[Haji]

Clearly "fishinf" has found this thread usefull, as have others so lets get back to the purpose of the debate and have as many members as possible provide details of their fuel cost for a typical day's fishing and how the cost is shared.

A comprehensive data base will be very helpfull to any members contemplating the purchase of a new boat.

Peace brothers!

[fishinf]

choc.....:rolling laughter:

also jason im hearin ya about first impressions mate....

its been a while since mulloway got all Hott up...........

fishnf,mate theres nothing like being on the water in a comfort mate and i love it..i fish in all weather conditions and never get wet......a few extra $$ for fuel isnt a problem.......
yeah my boat is not very good for all nighters ,rain ,wind

[mulloway mayhem]

oh well maurice lets hope its not raining or to windy for the sff meet.....you might try and hijack my boat.....:rolling laughter:

[xtosea]

oh well maurice lets hope its not raining or to windy for the sff meet.....you might try and hijack my boat.....:rolling laughter:

Does that mean you will be there Wayneo?:headbang:
Kamil

[mulloway mayhem]

im not saying if im coming till we get closer to the date......i might be on the water some time but not sure where and when.......

[Dog Catcher]

Here's to Haji, I say....best non fuel consumption related post(2 up)

Dog, turbo diesels are a lot more economical that carbi fed super sucking CHrysler V8's..........Maybe you should go to members intro section and tell us a bit about yourself instead of using your first posts on SFF to tell members their claims are far fetched and BS....Not making a very good first impression mate:ranting2:

Jason:coool:

Of course diesels are more economical than petrols & I think I was more than fair pointing out why I thought using $400 back in the early 90's a bit hard to swallow I also gave just about every reason why it could use surplus fuel from higher marna prices to a dirty bum & again had the convertion been in litres instead of $$$'s dont think we would be having this debate.

Even a thirsty V8 petrol engine can run very economically & like I said in my 1st post it's not that often you get to run out to Browns & back @ full throatle .

I digested all the info b4 my 1st reply I didn't just jump in & rave on like a lunatic one can only reply to what one reads & thats the way I read into the opening post in this thread.

I'll say it again as well I wasn't out to belittle Haji by any means I'm one of these people who if see's something not right will comment on it

[James]

Why say someone is BS'ing about this James.....Is it jealousy cause you wish your boat had a V8, maybe just a engine that runs on all its cylinders would do you.:rolling laughter: :rolling laughter: :rolling laughter:

i wish i had a boat like you wish you could catch fish.

looking forward to the social mate :rolling laughter: :rolling laughter:

[storms72]

On ya James, all fun and games mate! :rolling laughter: :rolling laughter:

I too am looking forward to it, will be good to have a chat with all the people on here who are going....From what I have seen since being on here there's plenty of characters around including yourself and many others, I'm sure we will all have a laugh, share some fishing tips/stories-a beer or two (I will just try to get as much info as possible so I can improve my strike record). :headbang: Its not too terrific is it, but there have been the odd catches of sharks, flathead, bream, trevalley plus some other's I don't know the names of and I have become very good at catching taylor and yakkas so I'm not too dissapointed and have had some very relaxing days!

Cheers
Jason

[quintrex101]

i have learn alot from this thread, it show me that a little bit bigger motor can use alot more fuel, i am keeping my boat :headbang: :ohhh yeah: :beerchug:

[Dog Catcher]

bigger motor can use alot more fuel,

Quite the opposite little grasshopper

A boat with a underpowed motor will be chew a hell of alot more fuel than boat achieving the same speed say @ 75 % of the revs.

A motor reving out to max = heavy fuel consumption

In my books you cant oversize a motor to the boat unless manufacture's specs says otherwise else you could void your warranty

A little tip if you've reved out motor/s to max & achieved top end speed back the throatles off just by dropping say 200 - 300 revs saves you alot of fuel but you'll still maintain top end speed maybe lose 1/2 a knot speedwise of course all this depends on your boat set up.

[Haji]

Hey Dog, like the positive contributions you are making to this site, that's what we are all about. And thanks for the info on gel-coating, much appreciated.

[Dog Catcher]

Well I've done a bit of glassing in my time & sprayed a few boats as well glass boats are a bit easier than the alloy ones all you need is a sealer & colour 17ft boat like yours 6 litres will do the trick in & out recomend using 2 pac sealer which you can spray 2 pac acylic straight over the top within 20 minutes saves rubbing back the sealer.

Since that SMART A**e Kamil & his Black Anchor :alcho: :alcho: worked out who I am here's a pic of my little tinny I only just refitted & respayed a few weeks back & already it's got scratch's in the paint like I said dont fuss out to much about a paint job on a boat

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4995/11lt0.jpg

[Haji]

Nice rig Dogs, and yes that Kamil is one smart rug rat. I guess that we "oldies" will have to keep a close eye on him.

I ended up finding a guy in Bankstown who quoted a reasonable price to do at least most of the work that needs finishing on the Viking. Dropped it there today, finish next week.

I will need to do some repair gel coating along the keel of the boat as it has suffered from contact with material that was clearly harder than the gel-coat e.g. Concrete ramp or similar.

As the boat has distinct strakes running from front to back I thought that I could patch the damaged 'dings" with a suitable filler then give the area between the bottom strake and the keel a couple of coats of Flo-Coat to protect that area. This way it wont matter if the color isn't an exact match (ask Jason, I am probably too boat proud and fussy but that's me)

I didn't know that Flo Coat and Gel Coat can be thinned down, had I done that when I first tried to paint the transom etc I would probably have avoided all the hassle of sanding out brush marks that I couldn’t avoid and saved a lot of money. We live and learn!

:beerchug:

[Dog Catcher]

I'll answer the Gelcot issues back in your other thread as for that Kamil chappy ?

Well it was the ANDE line which I suggested that gave me away he knows I use it

[quintrex101]

is that you jumpus goodarus from FOS

[xtosea]

I'll answer the Gelcot issues back in your other thread as for that Kamil chappy ?

Well it was the ANDE line which I suggested that gave me away he knows I use it

Jumpus thats what put the icing on the cake, there were other things. hehe!
Kamil

[Dog Catcher]

is that you jumpus goodarus from fishing oz style

ps] It's

Save The Fish, SHOOT a Kat

[xtosea]

ps] It's

Save The Fish, SHOOT a Kat

Daniel is the King of thieving signatures!!!! :rolling laughter: :rolling laughter: :rolling laughter:
Kamil

[fishinf]

after reading this top post i was thinking how much people spend
all up in a year on fishing ??
this would vary and could be quite scary
petrol in car
petrol in boat
bait
gear
line
and whatever else x a year maybe 3 or 4 thousand

[Haji]

Hey Fisnif, if this is such a top thread how come no-one has rated it?

I know my name isn't Jason (or Feral) but hey guys a little encouragement wouldn't go astray.

:rolling laughter: :rolling laughter: :rolling laughter:

[storms72]

What a thought maurice......For myself......wow: A day fishing would prolly cost me round $100.00.....no boat expense so my costs just car fuel, tackle, bait, tolls, snacks.

[netic]

I just did some numbers and here is what i have got.....in the last 12 months i have spent the following


$3900 on fishing reels and rods including line
$800 on game fishing lures and teasers
$250 on deep sea jigs
$780 on a new sounder and map
$1500 on boat fuel
$600 on tolls to get to the ramp
$300 on boat servicing
$600 on boat welding
$70 on trailer bearings

Thts all i can think of at the moment and that totals $8,800 for the last 12 months.......If my wife only knew

[Haji]

netic I'm impressed! That's the best lot of photos and videos that I have ever seen. And jealous as hell of the fish that you have caught.

What sort of boat do you have? Looks like a Quinie and superbly set up. No wonder you have big bills to pay.

I also like the pic of JoCools boat, gotta love the name.

Also, what size/type of line were you using and rig details if possible. Thanks.

[netic]

Haji...mate i fish out of a few boats...........Im lucky enough that i have a group of 6 close friends that all love fishing as much as me so we accomadate all types of fishing. I have a few more pics to add as i havent been bother to upload them as yet.

My boat is a 475 Stessco 2002 model which i use for my king fishing and all types of estuary fishing....set up perfectly for downrigging...easy to launch and cheap to run.

The other boat we use is a Stacer 575 bowrider 2003 model, This is my best mates since childhood and we have used this to go as far out as 60km to chase marlin and YFT.....the YFT video you would have seen was in this boat...we also use this in summer sometimes for kings but not often as my electronics are better whic is needed when chasing kings.

The third boat is the newest addition......Its a 6.4 metre Cougarcraft 2006 model, Its the light blue one that was at the boat show last year...This is a full game fishing rig with reelax ouriggers...just been fitted with a furuno 585 sounder with a 1kw trans, Electric anchor, Kill tank, you name it this rig has it...cost my mate 95K........We do most of our game fishing out of this boat these days.....

[storms72]

Top stuff there Oz, you are a lucky man, can't wait to see more of your catches soon.....used to have a few mates up the cantral coast like that...I had a 12ft tinny for our inside fishing, other mate had a 16ft glass for heading out a bit and my old boss let us borrow his 18ft 1/2 cabin for overnighters......

[quintrex101]

thats alot of money in trolls there guys, do you have a e-tag, i have

[netic]

Mate this is what the toll costs.......

My place to Tunks....

$6 each way M7........$10each way M2..............$20 per trip

My Place to Rose Bay

$7.70 each way m5.......$4.50 eastern distributer


Then we sometimes take the bridge that cost more