yellow door 1

3 minutes ago, Softy said:

Those Trevor's would put up a good fight

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Yeah it’s been a long time since I’ve hooked a Trev. They’ve definitely earned their rep as a fighter 

I was chasing salmon at the time and I was glad I had 10lb leader on when he started head butting the rock wall. 

When the big old town bridge trout ignore every lure in your kit. Time to change plans and hit the estuary 

Ok so thats 2 strikes on the repair - Ive been told a product called "stormsure" is what I need
 

ok that didnt work - sometimes instructions are important
 

Well that was fun while it lasted.

I was always going to measure this Kayaks worth, in hours of fun versus cost price - so at 12 hours for $80 - thats $6.66 an hour until my first puncture.

But all is not lost - the real reason I bought the gorilla glue was Kayak repair - and within a day of the glues purchase I get a hole.

After seeing how well it worked on wood and cement - I've got high hopes for another 12 hours

 

On 03/04/2023 at 3:57 PM, yellow door 1 said:

Glad I tested that - there was no way I was going to break those zip ties with out pulling myself over board- even the smallest most flimsy ones I have break at an average of 10kg of pull. The others were getting to 30kg and still not breaking so I stopped trying

So I'll use those the little fellas

 

If you are going to use zipties as the weak link - just make sure they are a "Weak Link"

I originally went with the thicker red one in the middle - that was the one holding on passed 30kg - the short red ones are the ones that break at around 10kg - Id be scared to think what it would take to break the black one

Hypothetically - this discovery may have its uses out in the field - I wasnt expecting this to go so well
 

Just opened it up to see how it ticks and apply a liberal coating of Innox to all metal parts.

Yeah theres no stainless in mine

The are basically a plastic drum - with a wound up, thin flat steel coil, to retrieve the line.

If you could store it vertically and drill seepage holes to let the water out - the drum could shed the water without touching the metal parts.

But if you laid it on its side and the water pooled and could access the base of the flat spring - I imagine saltwater would eat it pretty quick 

but one full dunking in salt would probably end the fun - thats why its good to have a plan B

Glad I tested that - there was no way I was going to break those zip ties with out pulling myself over board- even the smallest most flimsy ones I have break at an average of 10kg of pull. The others were getting to 30kg and still not breaking so I stopped trying

So I'll use those the little fellas

New Kayak anchor with break away Zip tie - even this little fella got over 25kg of pull and didnt snap - i might have to go thinner

Going to attach it to a retractable dog lead.

and my nose cone expander slipped - so thats been sorted

As my new worms are made from the same stuff as Zmans and Im not using jig heads designed for Zmans - they can benefit from a dab of super glue to hold them in place.

And while I had the glue out, I figured Id put some eyes On the heavier heads I planned to retrieve like bait fish.

One benefit I hadnt thought of is they act like stabilising arms when the lure is paused on the bottom - hope fully the hook point will ride up more often

While I wasnt too concerned about the reddies smashing the worms - (They did smash them)

But I figured they needed a tougher test

Turns out the bream dont mind them either
 

Heres the white one swimming bait fish style
 

The new fake Zman sand worms arrived - very impressed with strength, flexibility and best of all, the tail wiggle on the pause
 

1 hour ago, Softy said:

Impressive...

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Yeah the creative juices were flowing today - Just shaved a couple of mins of my inflate time and also added a nose plate to stop my toes from getting crushed
 

Sometimes it can be a wild ride on the bog and you need 2 hands to hang on

Surfing strikehook on the job just got a whole lot easier.

I cut my groove on a 22 degree angle

7 hours ago, dmck said:

I'd be too stuffed from blowing it up to go fishing!!!

 

I admire your stamina... can I please have some?

 

Haha - I take the wimps way out - I even take a seat while the 12 volt pump does all the work. I saw a bloke with a cordless usb rechargeable pump the other day - he reckons he can blow up 3 kayaks off one charge - the thing was about as big as a pack of smokes

So theres plenty of options out there for the lazy man

8 hours ago, Kelvin said:

nice fish

Thanks Kelvin - yeah I get less and less surprised when Yellas eat tiny lures after ignoring my big ones

What kind of idiot buys a cheap inflatable kayak to fish out of - This sort of idiot

Ive already fished out of an inflatable belly boat without putting holes in it - so I figured with the temps dropping, I may aswell get a yak aswell.

Foot room sux bad but the seat is super comfy.

I was chucking big lures for the first 2 hours without a hit - So I swapped down to a 1.5 inch paddle tail. That didnt do much but at least I got a little reddy - Then I decided to troll the 1.5 inch for the last 50m back to the car - thats when the yella scoffed it





 

Dammit - just found a seller that does 50, 8cm, tpe worms for about $6.35 delivered

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...8daM514WE&mp=1

........

and they're floaters