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    Flatties On Sp's

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    :1welcomeani:

    Great report well done on the flatties :thumbup:

    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 :beersmile:

    Fed Up With Owning A Larger Boat Or A 1/2 Cabin Boat ?

    in Boating

    Posted

    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. :mellow:

    At the moment I Launch\Retreive, the :wife: 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. :thumbup::1clap:

    Just my thoughts on Boat ownership

    Cheers :beersmile:

    That started as such a short post :1prop:

    Leaky181

    (Kyle)

    First Ever Cobia

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    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 :thumbup:

    Cheers

    What Are Fishraiders Plans For This Weekend 15-16th

    in The Bar

    Posted

    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 :wife: 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 :beersmile:

    Computers Of Tomorrow

    in The Bar

    Posted

    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 :beersmile:

    Who's Fish Is It Anyway?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    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 :beersmile:

    Upcoming Season

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    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 :wife: is doing tonight might slip out and go for a quick fish

    The Weekly Welcome

    in The Bar

    Posted

    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

    :1welcomeani: 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

    :beersmile:

    South West Rocks - Early Morning

    in General Photos

    Posted

    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

    Botany Bay 26-08-07

    in Fishing Reports

    Posted

    Hi all

    We spent Sunday on the Bay. On board the mighty "YES DEAR" was myself the :wife: 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 :1badmood:

    Whislt we there we had a bit to eat as the worms where getting hungry. the :wife: 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 :yahoo: 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 :thumbup:

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    The Correct Way To Hook Up A Jewfish

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    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 :fish_h4h:

    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 :beersmile:

    Can Someone Pls Explain The Price Differences

    in Boating

    Posted

    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 :beersmile:

    Impatient Fisherman

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    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.

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