Fishing Victoria Forum

What line capacity Lb & type do you use on the 2500 ?

Few posts I read their used for Bait fishing,
gotta love these threads one guy says the FE is garbage & another says their perfect

Thanks Bowl think the FG be the go

If I was 20yrs younger probably would look into the "biggies" but getting long in the tooth now,
not only the actual boat size in consideration but what I can handle physically ok.

Havn't discounted the 'dark side' either Ally

G'dat Matt, Actually this is about the 3 rd time gone on the hustings since the 80's when I used to fish PPB in club boats, came close once at the Boat Show Exhibition buildings me & a mate thought it'd be cool to go halves in a Bertram, that didn't happen once his misses found out ! My interests we...

To quote cobby "If it is strictly for the bays only and zero chance of going offshore unless it's that 1 day a year where there's absolutely no wind, even going 4.5-5m sized hulls will do fine. And then you open up newer versions that are less likely to have issues" this sums it up pretty well Actua...

Hi all,

Notice a few guys recomend the Shimano Sienna 4000 reel often on posts,
but which model do they mean the FG or FE ???

Hello Cobby,

Thanks for the update on 'coosa board'

Been going through your updated condensed list your quite accurate on the the types & market values.

I know one shouldn't go off asthetics alone but the Haines Signature 530F is a belter.

Screenshot_20200203-122620.png byScreenshot_20200203-122649.pngScreenshot_20200203-122635.pngScreenshot_20200203-122626.png Nice buy there wow !....... looks like the guy has spent a few bob on it. What is "coosa" board :( If it were me I'd want to see all receipts on the hull work, who did it & if...

Yeah for a 5-6m not needing a rebuild and around $20k will be blokes getting divorced needing quick cash. Outside of getting lucky you have SFA of getting a proven hull on water without issues. Thanks for the encouraging words, but it is possible to locate a good one with due dilligence. Yes. If yo...

bowl wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:02 pm

I had a caribbean cobra.
Wouldnt mind one of these .https://www.boatsales.com.au/boats/deta ... AD-6512296

Yes I saw that one looks nice but early days for for me yet, Caribbean would be on my list eventually.