SamBradley

Hey Raiders.... well a but disappointed today to say the least. We went out Saturday afternoon (later then we wanted due to kids party) and set about catching a heap of live bait and preparing ourselves for a great afternoon/next day fishing. Caught a 41cm whiting at 9pm and a few small snapper which all went back in. Slept on the boat and woke at 4am and headed out to Browns.... and thats when it all went bad. The sun peaked out for a whole half an hour only to reveal big messy rolling swell and not the Summery less than 1 mtr seas we were expecting. We didnt go out that far then and stayed in 150-200mtrs of water which we endured for probably 6 hours too long. Came in for a bottom bash in 100mtrs of water on a reef and lost too much gear to the nastiest jackets ever. Trolled again caught a brown bird in one of our lines - bought it in to free it and it bit me . Bottom bashed again and after we got sick (literally) we headed in to try one of our favourite fishing spots. Nothing there so we decided to move - lost the anchor and then couldnt stay in one spot for more than 5 minutes cause of the stupid wind and swell. So after a long 12 hours out we caught a maori wrasse and a brown bird. Definately not what we were hoping for. Bloody weather . So looking forward to a nice day out.... oh well thats boating/fishing for you i suppose.... Sammy

Hello Mrs Swordfishermiss, Is there any where that we can see the current Fish raider records? Just curious to see how close to the mark i may have been (but didnt put on measure board doh!!) Love the site and commend you on your obvious patience as i can imagine you deal with more than your fair share of Sooks.

awesome.... great pics

You lucky bugger!! We have spent so many freezing nights trying to catch our first hairtail and you get one at this time of year!! Well done - and what a Happy New Year for you!!

Nice day out! We are heading out tomorrow so i hope that some of their friends hang around!!

Nice work - that is one massive fish....!! Excellent to see that you put her back too!!

Nice catch! Spewing we couldnt get out on the water yesterday...best weather in weeks.. hope that Kingy has a lot of friends out there! Well done putting him back too.....

Great read - and im glad to see other people have runs of bad luck too - sorry mate Just keep getting out there and as your good times will come! While talking about these Raider fish records - how do we go about getting them and sticking them on the bottom of our posts etc? My missus has nailed some big fish lately (all of which were returned safely to the sea) I on the other hand am on a run similar to youself!! lol She caught a 9 kilo Wobbegong and a 12 kilo Port Jackson shark two weeks ago.... where do we find the record list to compare these catches?? Anywayz good luck mate - see you out there

Nice work!! Was that Saturday just been? The water was like glass and it was a perfect day out. We trolled past Browns heading East and we saw some guys hold up a nice Tuna as we went past... shame we could raise one ourselves! Well done - we are muchly jealous!!

Thats gold!!! ha ha ha

Nice work - mega jealous!! Hope to get out ourselves and experience that kind of fishing!! ps- love the boat name

ha ha ha - definately!!

Hey Raiders again... we were out a couple of weekends in April and had some great fishing fun... so much better to be on the water then stuck at home just thought i would share some more pics.... cheers Sammy

Hey Raiders - on one of our first trips to Browns we stopped and did a bit of bottom fishing and caught a few of these big leatherjackets and one very pretty flying gunard thing. A couple of stripe tuna made it an nice little trip out!! Sorry this report is a bit old but since i cant be out fishing i thought i would look at fish pics and share them with you!!! cheers Sammy

Hey Raiders - i caught this lovely little soccerball fish in April off long reef.... was very hard bodied - does anyone know what he is?? Thanks Sammy