Jacob Traynor

Top fish. Any photos ?????

Headed out in the port hacking with my mate stewart on Saturday on the new yak and was paddling around , a whole squid on a 2 hook rig hanging out the back and then boom off the rod went. 5 min fight and the yak saw its first kingy. It was Only a rat but good fun on the yak as it pulled me around a bit. Took quick pic and let him go to fight another day. After this we saw kings busting the surface chasing bait fish but we couldn't get any takers Gonna head out tomorrow early for a sesh to hopefully land a legal king

shitbox baracuda. Watch the teeth there razor sharp. Good fight though especially on light gear

Another good sesh for you again Stew . I think i might head out on Sunday night and have a go

Top Fish Stu , wish it was me hanging onto the ine ahhhhhh well there is always next time (i always say that) Thanks for the couple of outings over the past couple of days.

Hello Raiders im off to Geelong ( Victoria ) in two weeks for a trip for the kids sporting events. While im down there i would like to go for a bit of land based fishing , Dont really care what i fish for , just want to get out there and have a go. Never been to Geelong before and i have no idea on where to fish. Have any raiders got any tips on places or species to try for ?????? Cheers and tight lines

nothing better than seeing your kid enjoyin themselves . Well done

what surprised me is that i had all my expensive gear with braided line etc etc and she gets it on a sh@$ combo with 6 pound mono

Woke at 4 am and decided today was a great day for hunting Kings in Botany Bay. Sent Dad an sms and he was keen so i woke my 9 year old daughter and off we went. On the way to the ramp i saw a couple of fishos on the side of the road with a flat trailer tyre , pulled up to see if they were ok and they gave me the thumbs up so off i set down to the ramp , launched boat , headed off to the breakwall only to see another fisho had beached his boat , hooked up the bridle and tow rope and towed him off , i was starting to think i should not have gone fishing today. Got out to the breakwall and set all my lines only to catch zip , zilch , bugger all. We didnt have long out there today as i have domestic duties to do today. I said to Dad lets have one drift thru the centre of the bay and then head off. Loaded a pilly and bang a 38 cm flathead , beauty , it then went quiet for about 20 min and then it happened. My daughters $60 combo from grrrrrrrr buckled over , she grabbed the rod and set the hook and the little reel peeled off at a milliion miles an hour , i gave maddison a few pointers and then grabbed the ignition of the boat ready to start the boat and give chase if this fish was going to spool her. Lucklily the fish had a great run and then pulled up , she was lifting up and winding down , she looked like a true professional , after about 5-10 min i got a glimpse it was a Jew ( you bloody ripper ) Into the net it went and high fives all round , i would have done cartwheels down the centre of the boat but there wasnt enough room for that. After the fish was in the net it spat the hook ( size 1 0 ) bloody lucky to get it. She measured 57 cms which is her biggest fish to date . Ive been hunting Jews for years but am still a Jew virgin , my little girl outfished both my father and myself today and showed us how to do it. As much as i love to fish there is nothing like watching your daughter land a solid jew. I was and still am very proud of her. Next time darling we will aim to get a metre plus Jew. Congratulations Maddison I might even enter her into the fish of the month competition

Gday raiders. Organised to meet the father down aat Hawkesbury boat ramp at about 7am. Woke up at 3.30am , couldnt sleep so i decided to head off early. Woke my 9 yr girl up ( mad fisho ) gave her some weeties and off we went. Boat launched rang the father and told him we went early so hurry up and meet us down here. Whilst waiting my daughter asked Dad can we fish here while we wait. Not to disappoint her i said sure. within in 5 min i looked up to see her rod bent in half and bang landed a brim 39 cms. Great effort , i was hoping this was a sign for the rest of the day. Dad turned up a little later and it was off to the deep blue bay , blue it was the water was suprising clear considering the rain over the past couple of days. Headed out tried various spots for another couple of flathead. Threw back a tonne of pinkys which my daughter had a great time playing with. i thought that there was nothing better than hooking up on a big fish , but its just as goood a feeling watching ur daughter plugging away trying to reel in a fish or two. It was a very pleasurable day on the water and a feed as well.

hey raiders im thinking of heading out late fri arvo for a session targeting blackfish. has anyone got any tips for the hacking. im struggling badly in the fishing dept overr the last couple of months. i need to get into something cheers

Its the second time ive heard of this at that ramp. I use the ramp at least 3 times a month. Its a disgrace when u cant leave your trailer safe at the ramp. If the cheap ar@#holes that took this blokes trailer read this "you dont deserve the right to be associated with the water at all. You S%#t me so much you selfish unsavoury characters I hope for your shake the trailer was insured as ive just purchased a reco trailer which still cost me a fortune. I highly recomend Sales Trailers at mortdale. They have a gret range of new and occasionally some great second hand trailers. If ya dont get ya boat trailer sorted shortly contact myself and ill take you out for a session on the bay. I feel for you mate

Thinking of heading out to the Peak on saturday arvo. Does anyone know whats on out there ??????

nice catch chief. good to see you had a great day