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Thought so, I have one very similiar but a golden colour. Very smart dogs, he loves the water and fish as well.

Is she a cocker spaniel?

Good stuff Rebel, nicely done as usual.

Great stuff, lovely flathead. Nice to get back out. Well done

Beautiful scenery and a cracking amount of fish, well done mate.

Greta stuff Bob, nice feed to be had. Well done.

Good stuff Yowie and Zoran, better than nothing. Good feed still Well done

Who's complaining, if you can have a cracking good time and be exercising it's a win-win. A lot of that would be walking to the bait board to get more bait, grabbing equipment etc. Even hopping out of a boat and wading on sandflats would be a lot of steps.

Good stuff mate, well done. How big was the flattie?

Great stuff Larkin, well done. I managed a few snappers in the hacking yesterday as well with a few being legal and a few bonnies around as I got bit off a few times. Good feed.

Thanks Pickles, the memories are want counts, something I’ll never forget. You are making a few young kids memories by taking them out on the Hawkesbury and surrounds.

Good stuff Albert, good size flattie for the gear. Well done

Thanks mate, how'd you go in the hacking on Thursday? Thanks Neil, was worth the effort. The trip was a long time coming but lived up to expectations.

Thanks Yowie, I would take the mouse over the cockroaches anyday

Great stuff mate, nice feed. Have you seen the bonnies inside the hacking at the moment?

Thanks, mate, the mouse gave me a fright then my friend's mum another one about 15 mins later. Luckily she wrapped it in the doona and out it went. Thanks, certainly nice to have fishing buddies. I was talking to one of the guides with my mum and there is a chance I might go back in 1 and a half years for work experience!! That would be amazing. Thanks mate.

Thanks Blackfish, worth the write-up. Got there at a reasonable price as well. Thanks mate. Thanks Pete, how's the basin fishing at the moment? Cheers mate.

Great stuff Bob, cracking feed and a monster blue spot. Well done.

Great stuff Yowie, well done. How's inside the hacking fishing?

Great stuff Albert, good to get a first of any species. Well done.

Gday Raiders, I just returned from Darwin where I spent 5 days fishing on the Tiwi Islands. The primary goal was to land a Barramundi and explore what other fishing option came up. On day 1 our flight arrived in Darwin at 2:30 am and we had a flight to the island at 10 so we made the most of whatever sleep we could get. We got time in the afternoon once arriving on the island to have a quick afternoon session out on the boat chasing barramundi. It was my mum and my friend and his mum on the trip and everyone bar my mum liked fishing so she was happy to sit back and have a cast when we were done. My friend landed the only Barramundi for the arvo only being a small one but still cool to see one. Meals were something you would expect at a fancy restaurant, the chef always cooked the day's catch which was fresh and delicious. We had a bit of an incident in our tent. We were staying in a cabin with tent flaps around the outside to give airflow, but at about midnight, the power went out so the fans turned off and it turned into a sauna. And then a mouse crawled over me at around 1 am, so... yeah. Not the best night's sleep I've ever had. Day 2 was an early start to go out onto the reefs chasing Golden Snapper. It took us a few hours to find a good school of fish in about 8m of water and once the action started it didn't stop, we boated 10 'goldies' with the biggest being around 60cm. We also caught a number of small blacktip reef sharks, blue salmon, a small bull shark and a massive lemon shark around 4m. We headed back around 11 to have lunch then set out on another Barra hunt. We hit up one of the creeks next to the resort and cast into the pockets of mangrove roots and finally, I hooked into a Barra, again only a small one but was happy with my first one. My friend also landed a few small threadfin salmon and a decent mangrove jack. The bite was hot and I managed 4 Barra with my biggest being 56cm whilst my friend managed 6. One of the local crocs was keen for a feed and whenever we moved spots we saw it speeding down the river towards us. As fun, as it was catching 4 barras, I lost at least 10 in the snags or the fish following the lure up to the boat and striking then spitting the hook. When they run you into the snags half the time you can see the fish with the lure snagged on a branch near the surface then you just see the fish come off and slink away, which needless to say was very annoying. Day 3 was a long day, we didn't get out in the morning and the afternoon session saw only 3 barramundi caught, my friend's mum got a 60cm one which was the biggest of the trip but a slow session. The lures we used for the trip were a gold bomber shallow diver, a number of 85mm vibes in different variations of white and a 150mm white shallow diving lure with a redhead, Don't know the exact names but the descriptions should help. On the last day, the action was fire, I landed 6 barras and my friend with 6, on the low tide we trolled around the river mouths resulting in a big threadfin salmon hitting the redhead near the surface and I saw the fish fly out of the water and fail to hook up, it was a monster, easily 90cm+. Then about a minute later my friend's mum hooked onto a solid fish, first thoughts shark, the Jewfish then we saw the GT. 90cm and 8-10kg, solid GT for the estuaries. We headed back up the creeks as the tide rose and found a shallow mangrove flat that was exposed at low tide, had one good cast and my buddy hooked a monster, Mangrove Jack, this thing was a beast. We could see it hanging around with the queenfish which was only slightly bigger than the Jack. Unfortunately, the fish was so big and powerful that it ran him straight into the mangroves and we saw it swim away, crazily enough the queenfish took the lure once Jack let go and he got that instead. The queenie was 70cm, just to give you an idea of how big the Jack would've been. We continued casting into the snags for a little longer with no luck then we had to head back. Overall, a trip that I will never forget. Lots of new species and lots of fun with the people running the resort.

Good stuff LF, nice fish. Well done.

Good stuff mate, good Jewie nonetheless. Good luck on Thursday, I’m looking to go out then might see you out there

Good stiff Rebel, always nice to teach others. Well done.

Great stuff Jenno, nice Jew. Don’t get me started on the footy, I just got back from north of Darwin on a fishing trip and all my mates who go for the sharks (I go for the roosters) had all their messages go through.