harold

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Next week it is our sons 13th birthday and we want to buy him a good fishing rod and reel for general use around the Hawkesbury from our boat. Would welcome any recommendations. Our budget is $600 for both but that could be extended. Thanks for any advice you could offer.

My father lives there too. It is about 25 kms south of port Macquarie. Quiet place filled with retirees.

There is usually 1 or 2 retailers of fishing gear and I always reckon it is mostly the stuff they can't move in the shop.

we have a 30hp 4 stroke mercury on our dinghy and it will get the 3 of us on the plane as long as we sit along the water line. If 2 sit in the back there is no way no way it will get up. I should have bought a 40hp. Next time.

Donna, everyone here would have a mobile phone and internet connectivity so perhaps one of the carriers?

great work Sasha. A great catch of quality fish.

thought i was the only one that got such tasks. Congratulations on your catch and make policy.

another good catch to you. Good work.

Good Jew. You are really killing it at the moment. We are in Canberra this weekend but will probably be out there next weekend.

Congratulations, it's a good specimen.

Where were you? There was a boat with 2 guys close to us and a tinny with 3 guys close to it.

Pillies on gang hooks

Yes, go to the eastern side after the bit that juts out.

I thought, after the Hairtail fishing weekend our son would have had enough but that was not to be so. So last Friday about 3pm we pushed off the dock and i decided to fill up with fuel and pump out the holding tank. Well, the dock hand overfilled the tank and diesel flowed every where including into the water way. As he was trying to hose it all off our boat with the firehose he dropped the nozzle and put a small dent in the gelcoat on the walkway which i will now have to get fixed. I just love this sort of stuff. Anyway, getting that all out of the way we motored over to Jerusalem Bay. I had explicit instructions that i had to anchor in the same spot as the weekend before! I put the anchor down and got out the bait and rods and within 1 minute of them hitting the water we were on and then off. This repeated itself many times until one 110 cm example committed suicide and hooked itself properly. That was put into the freezer straight away by my wife. Then it went quiet. It was pouring rain so there was not another boat in the bay. This was in stark contrast to the previous weekend when there were Raiders everywhere. It was very quiet last weekend and whilst not wanting to malign any one i do note that when Stewie was there the week before it was noisy and when he was not there last weekend it was quiet. Could be a coincidence i guess????? The next day we launched the dinghy and i took the dog for his daily kidney break over to the beach at little shark point bay. I watched this giant eagle looking at our miniature chihuahua like it wanted to take him to its young for breakfast so i quickly grabbed Tiny and we returned to the boat. During the day we drifted throughout the bay and successfully caught every reddie under 3 cms that was there. Some were smaller than the hook we were using, it is a testament to fishing tackle technology that they could even be hooked. I believe we could make application for an entry in the Guinness book of records with 2 of them. We went back to the boat in the afternoon and after being nagged by my son to put out the Hairtail lines at 2.30 i finally agreed saying "there wont be any here at this time". 1 minute later we were on and we landed a 120 cm example that was once again put in the freezer. Then we had hook up after hook up; followed by bust up. Once memorable example was without doubt the biggest Hairtail i have ever seen, i kid you not when i say it was over 2 metres long and we got it up to the marlin board for a clear view, it got off as i lifted it up; my son is still abusing me days later for losing his fish. Over the next few hours we hooked a large number of Hairtail and landed zero. And yes i did use the special hooks i was given and yes we did let the fish run with the bait! About 7pm we caught a 20 cm flatty and as i threw it back i said "go and get you big brother". Lo and behold, 5 minutes later we landed a 45 cm flatty and into the freezer he went too! About 8pm we caught a giant and i do mean giant Toad fish (i hate those) and my line got bitten clean in half twice during the evening, probably leather jackets i guess. Through the evening we hooked several large squid/occy's and they managed to get off at the transom. On the Saturday night there were about 6 boats in Jerusalem it was interesting because 4 of them were fishing in an area that was just downstream from the entrance to Pinta bay; towards the eastern shore. Might be another 'hot spot'. All in all it was a fun time and i am now hiding the boat keys for the next few weeks as i am all boated out. We were back in the berth about 8am on Sunday and home by 10. All fish were caught by Jeremy as apparently I was only employed as an assistant. If my rod went off it was automatically and immediately his rod. Rods only became mine when they required bait or were tangled. Stay safe on the water at all times.

Great event, great people, great place and to top it off great weather. What else could we want for in the world of fishing? Congratulations to everyone who joined in the comradarie that was freely available to all.

He is a good guy and he helped us.

HBA Learning Centres is proud to be part of this and we will be back next year. Thanks to Stewie and Donna for everything you guys do. One of the things I love is, it is a family activity and there are no troublesome people on Fishraider. Stay safe and congratulations to all the prize winners.

I am sitting here and the midnight bite has not eventuated. I will persevere for the next 20 minutes then back to bed.

Well it has definitely gone quiet this side of the bay. Hope you guys are doing better than us. Still, plenty of hours left in the night! Every time I look over and see the lights on the kayaks I shake my head. Good luck to you guys.

So what is a collective noun for 21 boats and 2 kayaks filled with Fishraiders? A gaggle? A swarm? A school? Any ideas?

That's terrific. What is the limit? Hope you guys have a nice peaceful night over at WB.

Well we got smashed until about 6pm, then it went quiet. Landed 1 hairy circa 1 meter, 1 small Jewie that we threw back. We have brought so many big fish up to the transom only to have them bust off at the last second. Had dinner and soon we return to the fight out back. It is the right weekend to be out here doing this. Stewie is in a boat 100 metres to our east and he seems to be catching quite a few. I am sure he will post all about it soon enough.

Well we hooked the biggest squid I have ever seen just before we went to bed. I fought it to the transom then it broke the wire trace clip. Wouldn't have kept it as it would have eaten us rather than the other way around had I brought it on board.

Plus a 30vm port Jackson shatk. So cute