leaky181

Great report well done on the flatties sound like you had some fun on the light gear awesome picture taking stlye With both arms strecthed out as for the boat YOU HAVE CAUGHT MORE FLATTIES ON YOURS THAN I HAVE ON MINE 5m glass bowrider the size of the boat dont mean much it is all in the FISHO Cheers leaky181

Hi All I (we) own a 5m Bowrider (glass) at present and are looking at going the other way to this thread UPSIZING well at least we where thinking that. At the moment I Launch\Retreive, the will take the empty trailer up the ramp and park it, she wont reverse down with the same empty trailer then i clean, wash and polish all solo. Why would i want to upsize??? The reason I would is so I can go further out and fish deeper waters in different conditions and be SAFE is it really worth the extra added hassle of upsizing and having more work to do by myself just to hopefully catch bigger fish that I would then have to gut scale blah blah blah. So I say before you look at upsizing which in turn leads to downsizing look at the future and talk to as many more advanced (old) boaties as you can and honestly look at what you currently do with your boat as to what a BIGGER boat will dofor you. I know I will probably go to a 5.5-6m Cuddy down the line beacuase I will still be able to Trailer the boat to anywhere holidays takes us. I will still be able to cruise the harbour. I will still be able to fish and ski. but I will have the added advantage of being able to go further out than I can now, which is not far at all, and catch bigger fish. The kids will get more involved in the help as they get older and get their car liscences and I know the wife does what she can and i love her for that. The boat was a family desicion unfortunatley it is up to me to maintain it for now. After all the hours spent on the water and the memories that they have generated I would not change a thing. If and when the boat gets to hard to handle I will just hand it (sell It) to one of the kids and then get them to take us out and finnally get my own back on them. Just my thoughts on Boat ownership Cheers That started as such a short post Leaky181 (Kyle)

Hey there Danilo Not sure if it will help but there is a tele for sale in the swap and sell section take a look in there Cheers

Good Report congrats on the first cobia i keep a dispoable camera in the boat for those rare times i forget the digital camera get the photo's processed and then scan them i have never had the pleasure of seeing whales that close must have been awesome Cheers

Hi All Saturday cleaning Garage out for Daughters 11th birthday disco party 15 screaming girls woo hoo whilst that is happening Crikey ben and i wil be packing our fishing gear into the boat and making sure all the saftey equip is on board and working correctly, fuel the boat. Saturday night off to seee the Choir Boys and Noiseworks at revesby with the and several friends. Sunday morning we have a small fishing social to attend somewhere in sydney should be a good weekend we are so looking forward to meeting and talking to people who are only a computer screen at the moment Crikey Ben has already spent the $100 for the biggest Flathead. I just hope we can have a good days fishing weather appears to be good for the day. Cheers and good luck to all who are attending the social and as always BE SAFE Cheers

I,ll take one in a Dinning table size so the kids would spend a bit more time at the table and not just eat and take off back to what ever game or screen they where on Cheers Isn't technology a great thing the boy(Crikey Ben) was at school yesterday doing Computor Studies contacts me via messengers and tells me to check out a thread here on raider. All this in real time Cheers Leaky181

Good Luck and be safe wished i could get some leave at this time could with a break Cheers

I have stayed in motels that that good. But i could come and go as i pleased i wonder if this prison is for white collar crimanals only Cheers

The rules on our boat are simple if you have a rod in your hand and there is a fish attached to that rod then you caught the fish !!! If you are silly enough to hand your fishing rod to another person to hold then you are to silly to reel in the fish. So therefore i say person B gets the fish. I have a couple kids the amount of times that my rod is in the water just sitting there whilst working on the kids lines re hooking baiting de tangling birds nest etc someone picks up my rod and they are awarded with that catch. Cheers

My Goal is a simple one Go Fishing 1/ Go fishing Regularly 2/ Fish with some of the more expierenced guys\gals 3/ improve my boating skills 4/ catch fish consistently doesnt matter what type just learn to be consistent then i can go and target a species 5/ meet more RAIDERS Cheers Might see what the is doing tonight might slip out and go for a quick fish

Hi Swordie Not that it really matters but you left an R out of cRikey ben cheers. i only point this out because i know he will when he finishes school today and logs on to all new members this is a great site with great people and a boat load of advise on just about all types of fishing, boating and relate topics

Myself and Crikey Ben will be hitting Botany Bay for a pratice sesion before the big social day hope to find a good spot and get onto some fish whilst the will be at a baby shower with our 2 girls it is such a pity we where not invited Cheers

WOW Why would you want to be any where else Here on Fishraider there is a phenominal (cant spell is there a spell checker) amount of talented people Is the photographer a pro or just a person with a camera like so many of us. With some of the photos on here they could do a coffee table book no words just photos absolutley awesome

Hi all We spent Sunday on the Bay. On board the mighty "YES DEAR" was myself the and 2 kids 12 and 10. Put in at 8.00am at port Botany swung around to Molli and fished for 1hr came up empty. Took off over to the refueling wharf anchored up burleyed hard and we all had bites but could not boat a fish Whislt we there we had a bit to eat as the worms where getting hungry. the decided it was time to go for a cruise so up anchor and head off for Kyle bay what a great day to be on the water. Passed a few fisho that did not look very happy i geuss no fish. At the turn of the tide we heaed for Bare Island anchored up lines in the water instant bites all round. The Boy (Crikey Ben) makes the call "I'm on". After @5 minutes and a hand from me there on the deck was his first Port Jackson @ 1m under 5kg man was he pumped lots of pats on the back and well done from Mum quick photos and back in the water he/she goes. After a few more bites but nothing hooked it is time to head back home after a great day on the Bay

so now (when they introduce this levy) if you smoke, drink, use petrol and fish you will be the highest tax payer better get me some oars or big lecy motor thank godness i dont smoke anymore

Hi My mate now wants to join in the fun so could you please add him (Ray) Cheers

well done Capt great stuff there good eating from what i hear 1st time out and so many fish to take home Cheers

Hi Jewgaffer, Thank you for all you advice, pointers, ideas and knowledge. it is so great to see people freely give away what they have learnt over time so others can have a chance at catching all type of As always your posts are informative and helpful and always make me look at what and how we do things and how we can add your tips into our routine to catch the P.B every time. Thank you again Cheers

Well done fellas patience does pay off What better way to spend a weekend than fishing then eating fish

They would bet the old tape measure anytime and probably be alot easier to get a more accurate measurment as well big cheer for the Fisheries

Hi There is it to late to add 2 more to this event i will have to check with and the boy but im sure i can get a day pass

Hi Dave, 2 years ago this xmas my wife and i bought a Haines Signature 5m Bowrider (glass boat)@32k. The critera we used to buy a boat was: 1/ cruise the rivers and harbour 2/ fish fish fish 3/ Ski and other various sports 4/ plus about another 50 lines as well but to many to list It took us 9 months to decide on the boat we have. We looked at every second hand boat around. Private and dealer. We wanted to spend 15k the more we looked the more the price went up due to the boats being in less than good order. We have 3 kids so safety and reliability where extremly high on our list as well. In the end it came down to 3 boats all Bowriders quinnie , stacer , Haines Signature The haines won out because of the deeper seats and what WE considered a safer boat. Next year we will be upgrading to a bigger boat probably a Whitley cruiser around 6-6.5m I guess what i am saying is sit down and figure out exactly what you want to do with your boat write it all down in a list make several copies then go shopping if you can cross all the items off the list then BUY that boat if the boat doesnt fill your list then what are you willing to do with out. Give the list to the dealers and see what they come up with. It is easier for a salesman to sell you what you want if he knows what you want. These replys always start out short and end up long Just my $1.50 + gst worth

Great topic I would have to say MORE FISHING Also late this year get outside of BB We have had our boat 6 months and only managed 6 fish so far so i would love to get that average up a lot Cheers

Hi Mrs swordfishman Havent we already done this one i think it may have been yesterdays all the same at least i got 10\10 this time Cheers

I dont have a mate like that but our Boy (12) is exactly like that if he has not got a bite within 1/2 hr then "I'm Bored can we go somewhere else and can i drive". But when he is catching fish no matter what or what size he just goes crazy and cant get his line back in quick enough.