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I've got a heated seat pad for my kayak, it's a game-changer! Oh there is such thing?!! I'm gonna need one for my kayak too. Where did you get it from? Imma googling it now. I dont know if you can still get them, I got mine from Aldi's about 5 years ago. You put it in the microwave for a minute and...

I've got a heated seat pad for my kayak, it's a game-changer!

Just pour some vegetable or olive oil into the drum. It stays on top of the water and starves the wrigglers of oxygen.

Cornacarpio wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 21, 2021 1:36 pm

Certainly have Kimtown. Exploring Mt. Cannibal and the like...

Not the Mt Cannibal car park I hope?

My grandparents had 5 acres on top of the hill above Golf Links Rd the views were incredible. My grandfather was an engineer at the oil bore at Lake Bunga.

Andrews wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 09, 2021 4:55 pm

I had a chat to a mate who's sponsored by Daiwa and mainly fishes pinkies/bream in the CBD kayaking

Would that be D.B. by any chance?

I've also caught a couple of KGW in Docklands on Gulp worms while chasing Bream.
The weirdest thing I've caught is a Mantis shrimp in Docklands on a live Mullet while fishing for Jewies.

Well done Alex! I jumped watching the take, I cant imagine how it was for you.

Sebb wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:38 am

Yeah been wanting to do that but still unable to figure out where to launch with easy unlimited parking (and free if possible).

There's a free carpark under the Bolte Bridge at the end of Docklands Drive. Easy kayak launch there too.

Another thing that will determine distance is how full your spool is. Anything over about 2 mil of lip will have a detrimental affect on you distance. If you find you cant fill your spool with the length of braid, take the braid off and start filling the spool with mono to take up the space required...