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Hi Oz, I like the photo of you holding the fish and the rod in the back ground buckling over.

Found this story! Pretty amazing I think. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=277970

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5001021,00.html

Hi James, I usually head North for most local getaways but recently went to Gerringong. It is a beautiful place, very close to Sydney, about 1.5hrs away and is pretty close to the many waterways of the south coast. I was down there for a 3 day getaway with my wife. I only managed one fishing session which was cut drastically short, the reason for this was there was a manta ray (massive) swimming right to the edge of the boat ramp I was fishing from, anyway it swam close to me 3 times so I thought I would grab my camera to get a snap shot. Well as I'm turning around to get the camera with fishing rod in hand the hook from my rod goes into my wife's mouth, I was unaware of this until I hear a scream, a bloody loud high pitch one, I have never heard my wife scream and it scared the sh** out of me. I turn around and see the fishing line going into her mouth and no sight of the hook, I crap myself then somehow, amazingly she pulls the hook out without any major damage, just some serious scraping. By the way my wife if allergic to seafood and I was lucky the prawn that I had on the hook had just fallen off. This was one time I was very happy that i wasn't using my chemically sharpened hooks. A quick run to the chemist see us get some antiseptic then straight home to have some vodka shots to clean the mouth out. Back to the topic, top place and extremely nice. I am sure with some local knowledge you will be onto some good fish. I know there are a couple raiders who know the area well and would be able to give you some insight to the immediate area and also the surrounding areas. Have fun and good luck Francis

A woman comes home and tells her husband, "Remember those headaches I've been having all these years when you want to make love to me? Well, they're gone." "No more headaches?" the husband asks, "What happened?" His wife replies, "Margie referred me to a hypnotist. He told me to stand in front of a mirror, stare at myself and repeat: I do not have a headache. I do not have a headache. I do not have a headache. It worked! The headaches are all gone!" The husband replies, "Well, that is wonderful." His wife then says, "You know, you haven't been exactly a ball of fire in the bedroom these last few years in the times I didn't have a headache. Why don't you go see the hypnotist and see if he can do anything for that?" The husband agrees to try it. Following his appointment, the husband comes home, rips off his clothes grabs his wife and carries her into the bedroom. He puts her on the bed and says, "Don't move, I'll be right back." He goes into the bathroom and comes back a few minutes later and jumps into bed and makes passionate love to his wife like never before. His wife says, "Boy, that was wonderful!" The husband says, "Don't move! I will be right back." He goes back into the bathroom, comes back and round two was even better than the first time. The wife sits up and her head is spinning. Her husband again says, "Don't move, I'll be right back." With that, he goes back in the bathroom. This time, his wife quietly follows him and there, in the bathroom, she sees him standing at the mirror and saying: "She's not my wife. She's not my wife. She's not my wife!" ~~ His funeral service will be held on Monday.~~

Hi Stephen, First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on the new purchase! Thats a great first boat you got yourself there. My first boat was also a cruise craft, it was a 4.42m walk through cabin. I learnt so much in it, it had great hull for everything I needed to do and I had some great fishing sessions. Looks like yours is in great nick. I wish you many enjoyable fishing/boating days in it. Francis

Congrats Netic! Your daughters birth must rate up their with the tiges grand final win... only joking mate, well done and I am sure you will cherish the moment. I am glad to both the girls are going well. francis

GO THOSE TIGERS Top session there mate! Sorry to hear about the availability of beds but good luck with the birth. Francis

I have never seen a number ray before but have heard plenty about them. At least if I ever catch one I know what it looks like and definitley wont' be touching it.

Hi, I have a question which hopefully isn't too silly, I don't have a lowrance sounder, I have another brand in my boat but would be interested in attending this social. My question is, would it be beneficial for me even when my sounder may vary in operation? Cheers Francis

Nice one! It goes to show persistence pays.

Excellent fish Mako! It was a great day to be on the water. I am hoping to get out there soon. Never been that far so I will need to get the confidence up prior to venturing out. Do the blue eye taste good?

nice squid netic, At least those squid are some form of consolation for the Tigers loss. I cannot believe them, they are going to be the end of me. They almost brought a grown man to tears. I think I would rather that they get thrashed than lose by 2 or 1 point... To make matters worse my wife goes for Manly, she is gloating even more tonight.

It was awesome to be with beach fisho for his first kingy. What amazed me was that the kingies were right on the shore line chasing small bait fish. I didn't think that they would be heading so close to shore.

Hi, I know how you guys feel. We went out yesterday into Sydney Harbour with little success, lots of snapper (pushing legal limits but no keepers) and a flattie but besides that not too much. We did see one of the charter guys pull up some nice size kingies and Beach fisho hooked up to a nice kingy but unfortunately it lost him under the boat. We tried hard for a few more hours all over the harbour including middle harbour and it proved quite annoying. On our way back to Roseville my mate "Beach Fisho" was trolling at 5-6 knots and my other buddy " I'm on" luckily noticed some rope at the very last second which was heading straight into the props directions. This rope did get wrapped around the prop but due to the slow speed I was able to cut the motor and it only went around a few times and we were able to unwind. The rope seemed to be from someones mooring, unfortunately it didn't have the yellow buoy on it and was virutally impossible to see. We couldn't do anything with the rope, had nothing to tie to it so no-one else would get it stuck around their prop. At speed this rope could be very dangerous and cause some serious damage to someone or their boat. I have called NSW maritime and reported it to them so hopefully something will be done about it. I'm glad you guys didn't hit the log, could of been very dangerous. Cheers Francis