Good fun in the new crusher

 Had a pretty good night fish in the 40's off hillarys fri night with some smallish pinks , monster sambos and a pB red snapper , then came in for a few hours sleep before heading out for another session yesterday in close on light gear then out to the 40/50's off hillaries agsin , got a ripper sambo in 14m on 10lb jig  plus some skippy to 60cm and some unstoppable beasts then a couple of smallish dhu and a good Baldie out deeper later plus a couple of sharks and several more sambos .just dropped of the boat to be prepared for display st the boat show this weekend. Racked up 30 hours since picking it up last Friday afternoon! 

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 well done. you certainly

Sun, 2017-09-17 12:25

 well done. you certainly blooded the deck. now you getting it all cleaned up for you . half your luck, the rest of us have to clean our own boat. lol. 

done well by the looks, them reds taste awesome too. the way your going your going to need a new motor in 12 months 

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Sun, 2017-09-17 12:51

 Certainly got it all dialled in Ryan.

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 Running her in nicely mate!

Sun, 2017-09-17 13:05

 Running her in nicely mate!

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 Look forward to checking it

Sun, 2017-09-17 13:21

 Look forward to checking it out at the boat show. Considering a 560wr as my return to boating

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Barcrusher

Sun, 2017-09-17 14:37

certainly enjoying the new beast.  

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Hey are you living the good life or what

Sun, 2017-09-17 15:55

Well done so let the good times roll ay what.

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Barcrusher

Sun, 2017-09-17 17:31

if you haven't been in one you will be surprised at the ride , it's superb for a 6m Ali CC.  

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Being a centre console

Mon, 2017-09-18 06:37

 Do you get pretty wet whent punching it out wide?

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wet

Mon, 2017-09-18 07:22

 havent been wet yet Travis , its got a pretty big screen to sit behind although it is a CC ! in saying that the new hull seems to push the spray out and down really well .

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nice

Mon, 2017-09-18 07:59

 we where deciding between a barcrusher and whitley when we were buying a new boat and only went with the whitley because we wanted the cabin but they are a nice boat the crushers

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Well done mate. That snell

Mon, 2017-09-18 08:17

Well done mate. That snell for the baldy is huge. What bait did you have on it??

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some nice fish there, passed

Mon, 2017-09-18 08:46

some nice fish there, passed you on Friday evening (was with JohnF)

 

Ever tried changing the back ground colour on your sounder? Im using black and love it!

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Bodie

Mon, 2017-09-18 09:04

 i have mucked around with it before on black and blue but stuck wioth the white on the old boat , might have to have another play , was chatting with John re settings (bottom zoom/bottom lock etc ) last night and ill keep tweaking it , really really happy with the 588 so far its definately better than the 587 i had on the last boat .  cheers 

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snell

Mon, 2017-09-18 09:07

 Crasny , thata about standard length snell for me using californian squid although the baldy was on a skippy fillet , dont usually make rigs out of Hoodlums but they are sharp and bloody strong!