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Me too mate we'll have to get out for a fish soon. Do you go as far as the Farm & Norah Canyons?

Mako, top stuff mate, great fish there. Do a fair bit of fishing in that depth myself don't know where I'd be without my reef Queen lol Steve

Most definatley mate, got a few homemade ones out there aswell Steve

Gday fellas, Knocked off work early yesterday arvo to have an arvo session off Swansea. Got out there 18 knots of Southerly wind confronted me. Not too pleasant out there at all. Chicked out when I got as far as the Flattie grounds. Heaps of undersize flatties and 2 keepers were caught.Headed in after two hours as the sky began too look mean. Not a bad quickfish at all Steve

Forgot to mention mate, Best offshore access is from Crowdy Head Boat harbour about 10 minutes Nrth Off Harrington. Only crazy bastards try and get out through the Manning *cough*cough* lol Steve OF*

No worries mate, If you do decide on taking it up. I'd be happy to gove ya some spots in the area Steve

Miller, mate will you be heading offshore at all?

We need an embarrased face Swordies hehe. Mate you think thats bad wait until you see my Garage

thanks mate, Can't wait until the blugger sends them through too me. I think it time to invest in a knew camera hehe Nathan, White Quintrex with a Blue canopy mate, your not wrong Moon Island was chockers we nearly had to cue up to have a Troll hehe

Gday mate, Yep that was me Its great to finally find some raiders from up around this area Steve

Good on you mate, Unlucky about the Big Red. Should of headed up the Coast more A few mates of mine were catching fish to 65cm on Soft plastics just off Norah head.... Next time your up this way mate let us know I might tag along too if thats alright, really wouldn't mind getting back into those Reddies Steve

Gday mate, those Kings bloody go hard it would of given your wife quite a scare ay hehe. How light were you fishing bud? Steve

Forgot too mention guys, a boat beside hooked up to a ripper of a Mako. Unluckily for the the poor bloke after I'd say a good 2 hour fight the hooks pulled right beside the prop.. Poor Bastard lol, was very entertaining to witness but hehe

Hey fellas After a tough few weeks its good to be back on Fishraider and out on the water , Woke up at the crack of dawn yesterday, looked outside not a puff of wind, checked rang up the the Coast guard and Off I went. Picked my mate up on the way. Hit the water dead on 6:30am, felt soooo good to be back out there . Proceeded over the bar and made our way down the coast with Norah Canyons in mind. Got out to the shelf a slight south easter was creating some small chop. Bait on the sounder but nothing feeding on them, but did pick up a dozen Slimies. The wind kept decreasing and by the time we arrived at The canyons it was like glass. Trolled for about an hour no sign of any YFT a few hits small Stripies the suspects although my mate Aaron did get spooled on his Baitrunner and 20lb Braid . Defrosted a few bags of Pillies and began cubing. half an hour into our cubing session and something began striping line of my mates Tld. After a solid fight a 20kg Yellowfin was in the boat we were stoked! . After a few hours of cubing and not much sucess we were thinking about moving and My TLD was sizzling, what ever it was it wasn't happy and after about half a dozen solid runs 13kg of Albacore came to the surface. Just as Aaron had gaffed the fish, he had hooked upto another Yellowfin breaking the 20kg barrier. .A few hours later changed tactics and dropped baits to the very deep bottom. Both Aaron and myself decided to wimp out after a couple of drops but did manage to land 2 gemfish and a sea perch. Trolled back in,one strike which didn't stay connected,another Stripie we reckon. Trolled our way upto Moon island for a solid Bonito and a undersize King. Great day out on the water was and was my first run to the shelf in my new boat. Handled like a dream. Hopefully will be hitting Sydney in the next few weeks and would love to catchup with some fellow Fishraiders... All the best guys Steve PS Pictures will be be up ASAP

Mate just checked it out, Definately will be ordering one in. Thanks for that mate, Top stuff! Steve

Ahh champion mate, thanks for that i'll keep my eye out on ebay if one comes along for sale. Saw them at for $250 today, seems an alright price but $220 is even better! Cheers mate Steve

Excellent!!! Cheers guys

Hey Guys, Looking a purchasing a Shimano spheros 14000. Ive got a couple of the 12000's. Anyone know a good price they'd be going for. Cheers Steve

Happy Birthday mate, best wishes Steve

Hey fellas, Sorry to be a pain in the ass lol. This is a question my old man asked me to specifically post up. He's a Sydney local and loves his fishing. Unfortunately I couldn't answer it for him . Are there any good reliable Flathead grounds off North Head up until about Narrabeen. As a kid we both regulary used to fish both Ben Buckler and South head but these days the old boy is a fond believer of fishing off North Head rather then South. Any help or spots would be tops Thanks fellas Steve Whoops sorry guys wrong section

Top stuff Jim, possibly a Bronzie. Quite a few out there. Steve

Sure does! thanks very much guys Steve

Thanks mate,It doesn't look too bad at all Cheers Steve

Gday gafmo, Barrenjoey,Box head and lion island are worth a shot mate, good chance of a few Sambos, This time last year pulled a few nice Flatties on the drift from Box Head to Lion Is. Hope thats a bit of help to you mate, Steve

Top stuff mate got that ya got a few nice fish Some blokes just won't learn,definately isn't worth a biff over,They'll get whats coming to em. Had a bit off dramas with a few blokes fishing the Farm off swansea when the decidedy a Gannet/Bird was good Shark bait. Unfortunately for me the blokes launched at the same ramp and left a little love message on my Car and trailer, sometimes it better to avoid those situations. Cheers Steve