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Guys please dont believe what is reported as fact, unfortunately some of us know the crew involved, they were actually heading out. Wont comment on any more. On another point, Who has been out on the harbour fishing early hours and has nearly hit something? and why? I know i have!

Mariner 31, i to have heard about this, and yes they would be responsible for the electronics block as well. After Iraq 1 alot of gps and actual live satellite sites were closed down national security i believe lol. NASA has a great website where you can log on and check all satellite movements in the world, its quite amazing to look at, but how many dont they show ? ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY . A m8 has just told me that when his dad operated a trawler out of coffs, they were followed by a sub, and in the late 70s sprung a fishing trawler that was actually Russian and was spying off the coast!

Pappy1 very nice cod m8, actually havnt seen a cod that big, the only murray cod ive seen have been hanging up on pub and club walls in the bush some up to 50kg. How have the carp impacted on these beasts or have they? Has the drought affected your fishing yellowbelly etc? . Pappy do you still think there are big cod to be had around?

LOL Yeah that had me stumped to started to wonder so i rung the bloke, and the actual add is wrong! NO Clevos dont come in diesel. 351 Clevo petrol 4 speed auto, Sorry lol

We saw one out at Port Stephens during the interclub, he was floating around on the surface but as soon as we came near to it, he took off at speed and dived very quick. Makes me think if this one let you pick it up easy it may have had some problem with it. As for me i would have actually rung Taronga Zoo and given it to them.

Stewy, Glenn Thanks. Also forgot to add it has a Hayman Reece 2800-3500kg tow bar, arman is that any more help. The Trailer and vessel weigh around 3T and it is equiped with vaccum brakes.

Fellas need some help, how do i know what weight i am allowed to tow. Vehicle: 1990 Nissan Patrol GQ ST Engine: 351 Cleveland Diesel trans: 5 speed man 4x4 Any help would be appreciated!

Daniel, being no expert, my bigger blue rigs are shackle rigs, 2 hook 1 bigger than the other and rigged as you said one up one down, why? i think that you would get a better hook up rate and depending on which way the up hook sits determines for me which side i will run it on, dunno if it works yet lol.

Warnie, basically each time you go out or any other Raider for that fact, maybe an image could be taken of what is showing on the sounder. If you think it is interesting and may be able to educate with it Post it, then maybe Explain The Make and Model of sounder, What is showing, Type of bottom and how to read, What does that colour mean ( if available ), Maybe where image taken or general area etc etc. Think you have a great point as maybe not all of us can or know properly how to use them or get the best from what weve paid for.

Ah yes good old BTL didnt think about that one lol. Thanks guys!

Wouldnt have been Predator? would it. Sounds like a great day MMM.....84kg fin good reports from up and down the coast early in the season, may be a bumper?

Ungry and LePasha thanks fellas, just another thing. Ive noticed that on some of my newer lures, the skirt bulges at the sides. Now would this have an effect on its action or enhance it, meaning would the little bulge cause the trail to flow a different way, or cause head to move differently? Should i recut skirt to take out the bulge? Have run these lures and it seems to have no effect. They leave a strong smoke and seem to travel straight and breathe consistently between 5-7 seconds any thoughts?

Gday all, just wondering a couple of skirts have come loose and moved off the head. Now, it appears that nothing has been used to secure the skirts onto the base, sooo what do you do to secure your skirts to lures? Or do you do nothing and just put them back on the head?

Guys, dont forget there is no briefing on Fri night, and you can pick up your goodie bag on friday! Hoping for some good weather. Swell and wind are set to die down, patchy rain periods any thoughts weatherwise?

Will be there for sure! fishing out of " three in one"

You are all completely wrong! It is a chicken

Gday all, down the ramp Sun Arvo, spoke to a bloke been out at the fad, holding Dollies and they were free jumping everywhere, his 15yr old was stoked and he caught a nice dollie cant put up pick cause its to big Just spoke to m8 at the fad, Water Temp 22Deg, Water awesome blue and very clear said he could see the chain go down for heaps, also still holding dollies, had only managed 1 so far, also heaps of mutton birds hanging around stealing bait lol.

Sorry Jigholio, Achilles cant post the pick as its to big if you pm me ill email it to you its a classic shot.

Achilles, m8 try ringing the NSW DPI, they should be able to help you with tags or if you know any Game Fishing club members they might be able to help you out. Just a tip, prepare your tag pole beforehand, by mounting the tag on the tip and securing the actuall tag with a rubber band. a) it keeps the tag on ready for use and wont fall off tring to tag whatever. your not f@#$%^&G around looking for a tag, trying to fight a marlin whilst putting on a bill rope and putting a tag on the end lol. Cant help you with GPS points and good luck1. M8 bellow is a photo of a vessel that took part in the interclub, and it is not the big Riv behind it, so take heart, pretty sure this bloke tagged 2 marlin on the first Sun of the comp.

dodgem, m8 what an awesome kingy, well done sounds like he nearly ripped you out of the boat, there are places that the kings get to around 100kg! Bay of Plenty great place stayed at the mount for 3weeks years ago.

Gday Ross, yes the seas were shocking for the Tourny, took time out at the Marina to look at the Maritimo, lovelly vessel but i can see how youd miss Broady, also laughing at your sked call yesterday morning. We also found it hard going actually hit the water at 800am being a 5.5m we only spent 4 hours on water and unfortunately couldnt get out wide, but had an awesome first tournament

Congrats to all involved, that is a fantastic achievment and one that you will now remember for the rest of your life. As for yor arty farty shot lol Mrsswordfisherman THATS the look !!, still cant get it out of my head. Paul and Roberta as for your knockers, if they had any sense they may or may not realise that it would probably be totally impossible to the revive that beautiful marlin anyway, would be no hope in a yak without a 25hp on the end lol,so congrats to your capture I hope you thanked the marlin for the fight and said sorry then hopefully threw a gold one in. If not do it now lol

OH MY GOD just had alook at the forecast Pappy1 we had finished fishing and were just cruising through of Cabbage tree on the eastern side about 20 meters past the rocks looking at the scenery, all our fault as to not knowing the regs properly, like i said after a great exchange with the marine parks officers we explained our rigs and lures and set ups and what we were doing etc and after numerous questions by us we all shook hands and all left the more wiser.

Thanks Mrs S, still cant get that look out of my head and dont think i ever will, we learnt many lessons that day lol. boutime we were listening to the sked calls all day with great intent, i dont think all crews faired too well, but i may stand corrected on that, the only capture i saw was when we came back to the ramp and a few guys were filleting some great mahi mahi, another crew had also begun to fillet a 80-90kg black, few yellowfin taken but only jellybeans around 8kg i think. Craig how unlucky for the guys, being only new to the sport i dont understand why they cant tag whites its good for research, yes? or is there a reasonable answer to not tagging them?, congrats to you and your crew hope things keep for next week, our boat is called "three in one" if you see us say Gday. Thanks Anthony( Keepin Tabs) Warnie lol come say hello too

Gday all, just returned from the first weekend of fishing The Interclub, My first ever. Have always wanted to try Gamefishing and now i know why. Have only had a few months preperation and can confidentlly say that i am at the lowest point of the learning curve!. We arrived Friday and stayed at The caravan park in Shoal Bay, Our entry into town was amazing Vessels, Vessels and more Vessels some on trailers other bohemouths moored up around the various marinas, some 200 entered into the Tournament. We had a look around and attended the Briefing, wow 100s of people all there for one purpose. Our weekend started well we came up in the boat draw and won a mad prize pack, containing, 1000m 15kg spool Momoi line, Black Pete Lure Bag, Black Pete Large and small Tournament Rigging Kits, and a couple of Lures. Was totally overawed by the prizes on offer and their value, if i remember 60 vessels are drawn out of a hat. As well all vessels get a Riviera pack, Simano Bag and a couple of other things to many to mention. The work that goes into these things is amazing, scientists galore, fisheries and marine parks etc. Couldnt wait to hit the water. Saturday morning saw us woken by a strong change about 4.30 am, all vessels had to be on water by 700am for the start of The Sail Past we got there about 730 but as we were numbered one of the last vessels we were lucky and took our place in the line up, Did anyone else notice the current coming of the Red channel marker approaching the Marina? 200 plus Vessels all parade in line along the foreshore watched by hundreds of spectators to the start line off the heads....mmm now why are all these vessels coming back in i wonder didnt realize the first day had been cancelled due to high seas and strong winds, but then we gathered what was happening and decided to go out and have a look anyway swell was easily 5 meteres and stong southerly winds after a couple of hours of looking around the islands decided to pull up lines and head in, we were then pulled up by Marine Parks and had it explained to us that we could loose all our gear because it was rigged up, with all gear except no lures were on the snap swivels. So after a quick chat and a now good education of the areas and the marine parks we were let go with a warning. So that was the first days fishing. Sat night we just sat down, drunk beer and prepared and checked all rigs again. Sunday we were up early this time and on the water by 630am we headed out greeted with a great day bit of swell and wind and the hopes of our first marlin, for us and the boat. We listened to the first radio calls of the day to gather a bit of info of what was going on and who was doing what and who was where with pen and paper in hand we took notes, our first stop was the fad, on our way out at about 70 fathoms we were greeted by a huge flock of birds working, so we trundled over to be greeted by a huge pack of dolphins that started to play with the boat all of a sudden i was reminded of the beauty of being offshore, the colour of THAT BLUE WATER mesmerises you, anyway off to the fad after working wide around the dolphins, there were already a couple of vessels there so we trolled round for a while with no luck, it was decided to head out to the carpark? Bloody hell "its a jungle out there comes to mind" lol, so many vessels its bloody stressful watching everyone, making sure your not running through a spread, make sure no ones going to run into you, everywhere you look you try to pick things up on whos doing what, how are they doing things compared to us, what rigs are they running , listen to the check ins to hear the scores and what radio zone they are in. It seemed some crews were doing well whilst others were constant 0 0 0 . By 400PM it was decided to head in as we are only in a small vessel and as the seas had picked up considerably we encountered a 4meter set of green swell on the run home, by now our 0 0 0 started to stick and the boats mood had turned more out of happiness to the no luck feeling that haunts your first true outing. So all lines were pulled in.... Then we decided bugger it well still make it safely trolling back home with fuel to spare and to run a small spread, one short corner the other on the long corner. The day truely was amazing, some of those Vessels that get around on the water are just floating palaces be nice to be able to own and operate one ( one day lol ). Just as im watching one come up on our port side heading in as well, at a great rate of knots, the long corner goes off, Ben grabs the rod none of us have harnesses or gimbles on lol, the boat breaks into a sh#$fight looking for gimbles and harnesses that had been put away because we thought nothing of the lures behind. The Tiagra 50 is screaming.The inexperience shows, suddenly i become the traceman, Sean who was actually meant to be on strike became the skipper, i get ben into his gimble and start to look for the harness, meanwhile we are all screaming at each other trying to get things done, (we looked back later at the video and had a great laugh) , Ok harness is on and i stand up to see this beautiful thing jump clear of the water about 50mtres back, Bens working hard on his first Marlin, im screamin at Sean, Seans screamin at Ben we are all pumped with adrenalin and dont really have a clue, everything it seems i have tried to learn goes out the window, weve got a hookup on a marlin, im stoked we start the fight. The fish jumps again and stays close to the top, Sean backs up on him, Bens doing his best to reel this what we think is a 80kg Black in. Ben has him close to the boat but he decides to dive and comes straight under the boat, not real good when you have a 200 Yammy on the back, Seans trying to angle the boat away from the fish, but the swell and wind is combining to fight with the fish and we cant get the marlin from under the boat i look down to see him swimming directly underneath us, head forward swimming with a vengance it looked awesome underwater, we managed to get the fish behind the boat again but again he went down, finally after about 20mins, we think he was spent, trace came up, on the end our first marlin, grabbed tagpole whilst holding fish and tried to tag him missed, boats been put into a slow forward, Sean comes over and takes the tag pole allowing me to get a hold of his bill, im 200mm away from his eyes and hes looking at me with almost human eyes, Sean gets the tag in, i easily manage to dehook him, Ben gets to say thank you to the marlin for the fight, i get to hold and swim him, have a chat to him, give him a pat and say sorry m8 and send him on his merry way tagged and released. What a spinout have had this marlins face on my mind all night and couldnt sleep cause all i could see was his face Its monday morning and i still cant get it of my mind. Cant wait to catch one myself now although just being on the trace was an experience, Bring on the second week