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    Davidson Park Roseville

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    G'day Raiders,

    Hoping someone might be able to help me out in regards to Davidson Park, Roseville. I wanted to drop the tinnie in at the boat ramp there today for an afternoon fish. I have now been told two things :

    1, the boat ramp & park will be closed at 6:00 pm

    or

    2, the park closes but the boat ramp is open 24 hours ?

    Neither are completely reliable sources so, Does anyone know which is correct? I would really apreciate any advice or if you know of another ramp round that area would be great.

    Thanks

    The Drought.

    Site Suggestion

    in Community News and Info

    Posted

    Seperate forums sounds like a great idea :thumbup:

    As a LB fisho & new to raider-hood, I found I was going through a lot of reports which turned out to be about boat fishing great places that I couldn't get to.

    Seperate forums would make it so much easier to find the reports your after.

    J

    Northern Beaches, Land Based This Wekend?

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    We are pretty much novices round here too, though we did have a bit of luck at woolies bridge - Narrabeen. A nice little flattie drifting down from the bridge & there is some lovely whitting there but they don't seem to like my company!

    Malacoota Pete is a legend when it comes to Narra & is happy to give out advice for the area :thumbup: onya Pete.

    We have never tried the manly area before but driving through on the weekend, it look like a possible goer for us land based fisho's.

    Will PM you with contact details & if you don't get a better offer or find a better place give us a buzz.

    Jas

    The New Toy

    in The Bar

    Posted

    Congrats Stephen,

    It is a very tidy looking boat, hope you enjoy floating round Windamere while there is still some water in mate. some decent sized yellow belly have been taken near limestone creek.

    Just watch the drop off from the bottom of the boat at ramp at the Rylstone end .

    Best of luck .

    Question About Small Cars Towing Small Boats

    in The Bar

    Posted

    I tow Darren from Trailerboathire's 4.2M Quinnie Dory with a 30 HP Suzuki on the back with my little 4 cylinder Honda Accord (2 litre) without any worries and launch and retrieve without a problem. It is a front wheel drive and has a towing weight max of 1200kg

    I'd be mindful of trying it on a very steep or slippery ramp though.

    Check the towing weight in the Astra's handbook and make sure the boat & trailer is well under that and you shouldn't have any problems.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

    Thanks Pete,

    I appreciate all the info I can get! I might get the tow bar fixed up & then hire one of Darrens boats for a try.

    Jas

    War Movies...

    in The Bar

    Posted

    Agree , Kelleys Hero's , a great movie.

    Here a a couple more

    A Few Good Men with Tom Cruise & Jack Nickleson. Not quite a war movie but close to it.

    " Do you want the truth , you can't handle the truth."

    A great one liner , or is that two

    Father Goose with Cary Grant. Comedy about a reluctant coast watcher set in the Pacific during WW II

    The Final Conflict. This will test out a few raiders . For those who may not have seen it , Stared Kirk Douglas. Made a few years back , a story of a modern day air craft carrier , passes through a time worp & comes out 2 days prior to the attack on Pearl Harbour.

    Has a very interesting end , no , they did not save Pearl Harbour

    The last but by no means least , The Longest Day

    Geoff

    Geoff I love ya!

    My cousin & I have had a raging battle over the movie final conflict & no video store attendant has ever been able to work out the title for us!

    We had it mixed with the Phillidelphia experiment.

    Hahaha The last place I ever would have thought of finding the name of that damn movie!

    Go FishRaider !

    Question About Small Cars Towing Small Boats

    in The Bar

    Posted

    Ok Guy’s I am looking for a confidence booster,

    I did for the first time in my life, leave the comforting arms of real sized cars & purchased a Holden AH Astra 5 Door Hatch (Not knocking the little car, it is a beaut & takes a heap of fishing gear).

    The problem is I now want a boat, just a little tinny nothing fancy maybe a 15 or 20 on the back, Herein lies the real life problems:

    1, I have never used a little car to launch from a boat ramp – does anyone here have experience in this regard. I am concerned over having a car dragged in by the weight of the boat or slipping down the ramp?

    2, I was considering welding in a pull thru extension bar to the trailer so I could get up to another 6 feet from the tow ball to the trailer, thus keeping the car higher & drier up the ramp?

    3, Any suggestions for places to get a good quality tow bar fitted, So far I have been quoted between $350 to $750 due to there being some special harness required for the tow kit! I don’t want to end up with a bodgey job, i.e. the reason I am not doing it myself.

    4, Any suggestion for size of Tinny/trailer considering the overall weight.

    Love to hear any suggestion or experiences from Raiders.

    Hope to meet some of you at Watto’s tonight.

    Jas

    What Are Raiders Doing This Weekend?

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted · Edited by FishDrought

    Like Frizzy I think,

    Land based maybe round fig tree, also there is a jetty in Hunters Hill (I think the bottom of Mount St or ADY St - probably the latter?) produced a few nice bream, flatties & whitting though the whitting were just undersized. Its worth trying to flick a bait under some of the boats & a sp's through the shallows.

    Depending on weather I might try to wet a line up at Narra over the weekend & try for a feed of flatties.

    Best of luck

    Jas.

    ( Note to self, I really really really really really neeeeeeed to get a boat, a small boat - damn small fuel efficent cars!).

    War Movies...

    in The Bar

    Posted

    War movie favourites in no particular order:

    Platoon,

    Apocoplypse Now,

    Bridge over the river Kwai,

    Black Hawk Down, - The book is better but a good movie none the less

    Saving Private Ryan,

    We Were Soldiers,

    Full Metal Jacket (some of the best movie qoutes ever!)

    Odd angry shot,

    The Great Escape,

    The Dirty Dozen,

    Gallipoli,

    Breaker Morant,

    Cheers

    Jas

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