best top end tinny

What places will you be taking the tinny? Something of that size should be reserved for the creeks and stuff i think. You should be right though with sides as high as 750mm. Spent most of my young days fishing from a 12 foot punt which only had around 200mm freeboard. Had an 8hp Yamaha on it, barely went anywhere but it did the trick. Just make sure you have an outboard that can get you moving along fairly quick incase one(croc) decides it doesnt want you there. I can remember many lizards following me on the lower Ord river, and as the river flows all year it was hard trying to push against the current to get away from them. When you on your own it isnt much fun. In recent years crocs have been jumping up into boats there now. One was just a couple of weeks ago actually.

diesel82,
I spent some time fishing in the Mary river in NT in a tinny of about 3.6 Mt, I actually run right over the top of a crocodile that was laying in the river, it obviously had it's nostrils out of the water and I did not see it.

The tinny had a 15 hp outboard and I was going reasonably fast, however when I hit it, the front slid over the back of the crock, but when the outboard skeg suddenly hit an 'immovable' object it forced the bow back into the water flicking it sideways, I was thrown about a bit and scared bleep less when the crock surfaced behind me as I was no longer moving forward.

Why did I tell you this, because if the crocodile wanted to jump into the tinny and devour me - he would have!

The extra 20cm height will be advantageous in some respects, like keeping the snakes out maybe, but remember the Jumping crocodiles adverts for the Northern Territory Tourist asn, they jump more than a metre out of the water.

Yes, you will 'feel' safer in the higher sided tinny and that's important to your wellbeing, but will you then take some larger risks?

Mainey . . .

Thanks for the imput. After doing a bit of research ive changed my mind to either a Savage 340 Jabiru or quintrex 350 explorer. THere is a stacer v nose punt also but im waiting for a price on that one. Has anyone had any experience with these?

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