The Freeman Channel
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- s07e54
In this, my last video for the year, I will talk a little about going offshore via the Freeman Channel.
This can be as rough as a bar crossing at times, but if you pick your weather, it can also be much safer.
If you are confident enough to take your boat offshore but have never done it, you can get some GPS marks from this video to help you find the channel for the first time.
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Thanks Paul for another great video of knowledge. Coincidentally, I was fishing the Inner Freeman channel with mates on Boxing Day and managed a few grassies. All the best for the new year and look forward to your next episode on sounders.
You're welcome, it's great to hear you had a good day. There are some really nice grassies in that area. Happy new year.
Love all the videos mate definitely boosted my confidence with all your in depth knowledge!
You are welcome. I'm glad you are getting out there!
@weFishAU if youve got a quick second what's your thoughts on Tuesday for the Cape? I'm usually in the bay but the wave intervals have got me questioning how good it'll be out there.
Thanks again legend 🤙
The forecast I am seeing on Willyweather is 6 seconds on a 0.6m SSE swell. That would be great.
GFS says 0.8m SSE with 6 second period. Not too bad.
If you get to the cape and decide it is not to your liking you could double back and fish the coffee rock reefs north of Moreton. With a SSE swell conditions there should be good.
Hey Paul. Love your vids. I run the same way, just a little closer to the beach!!
Thank you. It is a wide channel so you can run a lot closer and still be in plenty of water.
@@weFishAU For sure. Its not called the washing machine for nothing. There is another much smaller and safer washing machine at the bottom SE corner of bribie island close to land, that stands up with wind against tide.
That happens all over the bay. The penalty of having a bay that runs in the same direction and most of the prevailing winds and with exits to the sea at the north and south so the currents mostly run in those direction also.
I generally go out the South Passage Bar and that can get interesting on a whole other level. :-)
@@weFishAU yeah good point!
Thanks weFish au.
Really enjoy your videos, thank you for all your work in producing these videos for us. They hit the mark for me and looking forward to your future project's. Happy and safe new year to you and yours.
You're welcome, I glad you find them useful, Happy New Year to you too!
Cheers for all your great content , do you run a autopilot on your boat also what sounder should I get looking to mainly do offshore work cheers
You're welcome! Yes, I use an autopilot, which makes solo trolling much easier.
The transducer is arguably more important than the MFD. Most MFD manufacturers offer very good and reliable equipment, although I've always preferred Furuno when I could afford it.
Depending on the depth you plan to fish, I would recommend an Airmar 1Kw CHIRP transducer as a minimum. Choose an MFD that matches your chosen transducer and offers the features you want. For instance, some Furuno MFD/Airmar Transducer combinations can tell you the bottom composition (rock/rubble/sand/mud/etc.) out of the box, while others require an additional black box to do the same. Bottom composition is a worthwhile feature but may come at the cost of some other feature you regard as more important, or the price of the combination may not be suitable.
I've been making some videos on sounder features recently, and I'll finalize the 2D transducer side of it in the next episode, which should be out on the second weekend of January 2025.
I realise this advice is very general. If you have specific questions about depth and the fish you want to target, I'll try to give more specific answers.
@ yer awesome when I go to purchase a sounder I’ll keep all this in mind especially the transducer thanks once again much appreciated
No problem. You're welcome.
Hey mate what furuno you running cheers
I have the TZ3 with a DFF3D black box, B54 and TM265LH transducers. If you want bottom discrimination then choose something other than a 265LH otherwise you will need a second black box for that.
Furuno have released the TZX as a successor to TZ3 which should bring the price of the TZ3 down.