Scratchie

Now you starting to sound like Baz! Lol 😝 Hook the boat up and get out there! The weather from Wednesday looks crap! There’s another excuse!

Bloody autocorrect. The last tip you gave me was a dud too! Lol

Cheers mate! It was great fun. There out there baz. I’m sure there’s one with your name on it. Get well soon! 👍👍👍 Cheers yowie! You should travel somewhere that has fish then! Cheers mate! Maybe one more! Lol 😝 Yep! Worked out where to use it yesterday 👍 Thanks! No mako, bronzy! The dustings well very frustrating but that’s fishing! Glad you enjoy it BN. Fishing takes my mind off everything It was mate! Tyrone’s netting skills are almost up there with yours! Lol 😝

G’day raiders, Well I’m sure your all getting sick of me putting up many snapper reports but for me, it is the best time of year for them and my favourite type of angling! Today was no exception! Headed out with fellow raider @tyrone07 after @Woodsy1 pulled the pin last night due to illness.(get well champ) Anyway, conditions look promising and we headed off. Collected some live bait really easily and zoomed off to our first mark. Didn’t take long to find a few pannies and find some string pullers. Trouble was I couldn’t stop the bastards! They were taking livies, sps, bait and anything we could throw at them! Although, as soon as the wind died off, so did the bite! Had to move around several locations but I had faith I’d find them again and I sure did. Switched back to plastics with a good drift and was hitting up one after the other! Tyrone had a good tangle with a shark but I kept smacking some good fish! Started to feel a bit sorry for Tyrone as two good fish he worked hard for all day got the better of him! But to his credit he “just kept casting” except for when he was required on the net which was fairly often! The seas calmed to a glass off and the fish went to sleep! A few whales were breaching around us and it was time to head home at 30 plus knots! Overall we landed 26 legal fish, best one in the 70’s. Cracking day out and thanks for the netting Tyrone! Cheers scratchie!!!

Yep! No need for that IMO. Looks like a real hassle!

Thanks Baz. Very interesting! We actually caught nearly all our fish between 10:30 and 2:30. Ive never really believed in the almanac. This sort of proves it. It was hands down the best snapper session I’ve ever had. My only lame time is the day of a full moon and the water is super clear and I still manage one or two! I guess if your lines not in the water you ain’t catching anything! 👍

Mine either Fab! Do you have a photo of it?

Can someone tell me what was Monday 22nd predicted bite like?

Some solid fish there Jon! She’s certainly an accomplished angler both above and under the water! Cheers scratchie!!!

Cheers BN. Hopefully the water level and fish return for you soon mate! You guys seem to be doing tough out west! Hang in there and hope to hear a positive report from you soon! Cheers scratchie!!!

Haha, big dogs gotta eat! He had one job and failed miserably. Bloody kids! Definately was an unforgettable day champ! P.s: I’m sore too! Haha 😂

Cracking video Josh! What a shame the fish didn’t play ball. Great commentary along the way! Loved it 👍 cheers scratchie!!!

How did you go Bryson? Some pretty good information here from our raiders?

Well done Rob! That’s a nice healthy fat fish there! Good to see one of my spots produce! Haha 😂 cheers scratchie!!!

Thanks for all the positive comments raiders! The fish were caught on a mixture of sps and slimies heads and fillets. Also bonito fillets. We were using the same technique for bait as sps with big long casts and allow to waft. The spango took a bonito fillet! What took the livies was the big snapper you see there! And we dropped (me) another two biguns! Many different sps were used but I think the pilchard came up trumps! Cheers scratchie!!!

Good stuff Pete! Always nice to come home with a few. Cheers scratchie!!!

G’day raiders, Well, where do I start??? Firstly I spent the weekend with two of my boys on the Hawkesbury and had a ball (report to come) Then I managed to swing it with the mrs to head out with Woodsy today. (What a woman). Also got to take Jnr with us. (Thanks woodsy) Anyway, we left, I mean we left a few things. Maybe like the bungs out, maybe like jnr leaving our lunch and food at home. (One job) but we eventually left and loaded up with a few fat slimies and headed north. Got there early and began to cast. Woodsy up first and a nice 55-60 model on board. A couple of drifts and a few more fish. Moved spots and couldn’t get a good drift so went back to a different area. Well after that it was all a blur!!! Multiple hooks, singles, doubles, triples, livies going off, absolute MAGIC! Without exaggeration we would have caught over a 100 snapper between us with 90% of them legal size! A huge spangled emperor and a few Sampsonfish in the mix. Hard to call a fish of the day, Either woodsys 80cm+ snaps, Brandon’s PB snaps just short of 80 and his PB or my spango that went like the clappers! So yeah, to say it was a magic day is probably an understatement! Good on ya woodsy “beats working” Thanks for reading, cheers scratchie!!!

Nice work Sam! Good to see a few reds in mix more consistently now! Cheers scratchie!!!

Nice work Pete! You seem to be making a habit of dropping a good snaps! Next time mate! Those pearlies will make for some quality eating! Cheers scratchie!!!

What beach and I’ll see you there? Maybe we can hold a social there that day! Lol 😝

They are some massive squid. Enjoy the feed mate and save the heads. I owe you a trip chasing snapper! Cheers scratchie!!!

Always worth a shot! Don’t chase the news, make the news! The best time, is when you have permission to go, the kids are keen and you have a plan! Even if I’m unsuccessful I’ll have fun trying! Cheers scratchie!!!

Me too Frank! Looks like I’m taking the boys down for an overnighter this weekend!! I’ll find em!