Scratchie

Welcome to Fishraider! Although your trip out wasn't successful, what a bonus being on the water with a backdrop like that. Better luck next time. Cheers scratchie!!!

Great first report. Sounds like there was a bit of excitement from the get go! Some nice fish there, well done and congrats on the pb! Cheers scratchie!!!

Great stuff guys. Those weed flies are the go! My son loves them and does pretty well on them too! It's nice to know you still a chance even after you miss a down! Well done Cheers scratchie!!!

What an awesome report of your adventure! There's nothing like taking some time for yourself and making the most of it. Thanks for sharing! Cheers scratchie!!!

Lol....... When my son was 2yo, he told me I caught heaps of "fathead". Never caught a shapper though!

Great analogy yowie! I would've like to have seen his face when it come up!

That's a great effort on fly! A very underestimated task to catch a king on fly with light gear. Congrats on your first and PB. Well done Cheers scratchie!!!

Found this doing the rounds. I was thinking of what type of fish would swollow this!

Great reminder pete! I took a fellow member out on Sunday and he caught a great fish that was put up for cotm! Hopefully I can put one up this weekend! The weather is looking great so far! Cheers scratchie!!!

You Definately back into it Mr. Groper! That squid looks like something out of pirates of the Caribbean! Wow, good day there mate! Cheers scratchie!!!

Balloons. Makes for a great instant float and you can use your rubber bands to attach them! Cheers scratchie!!!

Great stuff yowie! By the sounds of it, you ruined the party they were having. Lol good to see you found them. Drifting is the key, especially in the colder months! Cheers scratchie!!!

I would have no problem bursting into tears, right there and then! And for the next week to be honest!

Cheers Harold. The lurgie has been running through my family too. Can't wait for the warmer weather!!!

I'm Definately living! The dream would be to fish whenever I want but that's not the case! I can't control the weather! Lol

Good stuff mate. Looks like some quality time there! I hope your old man enjoyed it. The second pic he is holding up is a luderick! What were you using for bait? Prawns? Cheers scratchie!!!

Couldn't agree more nursie! And if you have it up this way, I'll probably get 10 more to tag along! I was just pointing out the obvious! Cheers scratchie!!!

Not a tradition anymore! The fun police took that one away a while ago

Congrats Muzza, that looks like a top little unit. And to christen it already with a few fish even better! Thanks for sharing! Cheers scratchie!!!

Sorry to hear about your incident. Very painful those barbs! Bass assassin was spot on, to dull the pain, place your leg/foot in the hottest water you can handle. Make sure you look after it post injury too! My father in law had to have his lanced a month later to remove toxins. Cheers scratchie!!!

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Definately not heroes! But bloody hard workers! I think we use that tag too loosely these days. Cheers scratchie!!!

Cheers guys! Cracking day to be on the water! Pete- your not wrong, good size skip bait I reckon!

Lol. I couldn't get there and Garfield forgot. So I was using fresh squid legs on a jig head! Worked a treat. I did spend some time with sp's, and missed a ripper but we were anchored for a majority of the time!

G'day raiders, I haven't been out for a while, so I got in contact with Garfield28 during the week and told him the weather looked good for Sunday. So we pencilled it in and met at shoal bay with his son Ryan at the ramp at 6am. Straight out to bait station to pick up a few livies, good to see the slimies about and headed off for broughton island. We were greeted with a nice swell, light winds and a moderate temp. Hit the sisters and after a few drifts we decided to anchor up and burley hard. It instantly paid rewards with a few nice pannies but not what we were looking for. We really wanted something bigger but the sun was rising and the fish were getting smaller so it was time to move. So after unsuccessfully trolling some live baits around the bommies, we anchored up again this time at north rock and sent out a few livies, one deep and one under a float. After burleying again, the sea came to life and there were fish everywhere. Behind the boat, on the sounder, busting up around us and it looked very promising. We were all using various baits and believe it or not the winner of the day was chicken breast! (Just found out I'm not getting dinner) Yep, good old chicken. So, as we were all baited up I noticed a bust up behind the boat and decided to chuck my line at it. Bang I came up tight and low and behold, I'm hooked up to a rat king!!!! Definately a first for me, a king on chicken! Wow! But the best was yet to come when garfield comes up tight and this thing is heavy and peeling line. We are all thinking snapper but after a good battle up comes this hulk bream! It went 42cm on the lie detector and a fat fish too! After that, I dropped two fish on my livies and we managed a few other reefies including a couple of port jacksons. We then moved to cod rock for a few drifts but time was now beating us and it was time to leave! A pleasent ride home at we made it back to the ramp by 4pm. We may not have got the big boys we were hoping for but it was another beautiful day in paradise! Thanks for the day Geoff. Great company and conversation, perfect weather and congrats on that hulk bream! Thanks for reading, Cheers scratchie!!!