Ocean Fishing Help needed?
Hi Guys, Looking for a little help or experience , I have resently purchased a Quintrex 620 ocean sports, for family and fishing, I have been only on chareter boats to sea, so have no real knowledge for skippering out at sea, so if there is anyone out there that have a plan to head out on a good day in there boat if I could tag along with my boat (Safety in numbers) or if you have plenty of expieriance maybe come out with me for a days fishing, you can show me how to use the GPS and so forth correctly and any other tips would be muchly appriciated.
I have the perfect boat for it now just need the knowledge and do not want to just go like a bull at a gate, but looking forward to getting out there, so if anyones keen would love to hear from you.
Cheers Rickster
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Nice boat Rickster. Hopefully
Nice boat Rickster. Hopefully you have obtained a skippers ticket. My advice would also be to do a basic nav course, which I did a few years back at Tafe. It will teach you how to read nav maps and plot courses which is a good precusrser to using a GPS. Going out on Melville waters on a weekend is good for an intro into the ocean as it can whip up a bit out there but reasonably safe. But if you can get someone with a little bit of experiance on board all the better, to show you how to tackle the swells ans seas etc. Hope this helps.
Love the West!
Rickster
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Date Joined: 07/02/11
Thanks mate for the
Thanks mate for the Navigation tip, this is certainly where I am lacking, I have a large screen Navman navagation/GPS and same size and make fishfinder/sounder, so have all the gear just want to be comfortable on using it correctly, I do not have time to do a tafe course as I travel internationally a lot with work, but hope I can someone with plenty of ocean time up there sleeve to jump me boat, I think actualllly doing would give me more benifits and knowledge, whats making me even more eager is there some nice tuna running out behind Rotto I am told :o) , well lets see If I can get some further feedback, thanks again for the tips buddy.
Cheers
Rickster