My Polycraft 5.3 repairs and upgrades

The reason for this post is twofold. First to give me a record of how all the wiring works on my Polycraft and secondly I hope this post and the wiring diagrams included may be of benefit to anyone setting up a series of complex 12V or 24V electrical systems on their boat.

Garmin Panoptics – Down View

PANOPTICS DOWNI have set out below a series of photos of all all the screens that you will come across when tuning in your Garmin Sonar to Panoptics Down View Mode. Basically all you have to do is to open each screen/photo on your Garmin Sonar and change your settings to agree with mine. TIPS … Read more

Hammer variant

These soft plastics were inspired by a white soft plastics that I was given in late 2019.
It turned out that soft plastic was called a “Hammer” and unfortunately they became unavailable in the early days of Covid 19.

Fingermark 2

One of the most popular target species of fish, not only in Australia but throughout the world, are the Lutjanids and we are lucky enough to have two of the family, Fingermark (L.johnii) and Mangrove Jack (L.argentimaculatus), endemic to our coastal and estuary waters in Central Queensland. Whilst very closely related they are still quite … Read more

Threadfin Salmon

Threadfin are fantastic table and sport fish with big tails and plenty of vigor and would pull a similar sized salt water Barramundi backwards. They also have a well earned reputation of being finicky and difficult to catch.