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Entertaining post... how'd it go fella's? any joy? AJ

Holy shit! That is one nice bluefin! haven't heard of many reports of them being caught off Sydney. Nice pair of Gemmies too! Well done! AJ

Well done Tan! Always good to get out on the water and land a few fish mat. Weather's been great the last few days too! AJ

Could be a bit early yet too though... Last time I was out, water temps were unusually warm for this time of year.. Even offshore, the YFT aren't off Sydney in numbers yet, but are further south with the colder currents.. AJ

They are thieves!!! They will swallow the hook so so deep everytime... rarely lip hook them.. I lose more tackle to them, than what I do getting snagged off the stones! Saw some korean blokes catch and sashimi them... I always send them back.. Or if there are rock pools around, straight in the rock pools so they stop taking my bait!

G'day Ross, Sorry ofr the delay.. haven;t had much fishraider time this week.. Will send the pictures through to you tonight. Cheers! Squidhunter.. I agree with Rooss... a good fun productive day out... And some quality fish! what more could you want?!

Howdy raiders, Here are a few more pics from our day out on Saturday We had an absolute ball on the water... I don't think we ever went longer than a 10 minute spell without a hookup, double and triple hookups were the norm... and many other reef species (not pictured) were caught. Ross (if you havent already had the luxury of fishing on his boat) is a top bloke, and an absolute legend... We lost a couple of good sized snapper to some seals and sea lions.. one absolute beast was at least 150-200 kilos.. And lost a few good striped tuna on the troll back.. awesome day out.. and highly recommend getting out there! A few more pics below for you to enjoy.. 1st fish of the day Some more stripies Some Bonnies The obligatory jackets The bigger reds AJ

Gday dicko... That jacket went 58cms!!!! My dad caught it.. gotta love the smile on his dial

Good work mate! Seems you've had a fair amount of time on teh water.. hope the good spell continues.. AJ

SOunds like a good day on the water Good work on the dory... have known them to be a winter fish, but haven't heard of many reports of them being caught. Do they fight much? AJ

Well done simmo!!! nice fish.. Lucky the lady needed a lesson Otherwise, you might have missed it..

Bored out of my brains, and not keen to let the weather get the best of me.. What to do.. where to go? any suggestions? AJ

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Apararently sotherns are better eating.. same.. only ever landed calamari's..

I managed 1 squid in the harbour last night... and droppped 2 others at my feet... plenty around it seems... Not too bad for a 2 hour session during what is typically not prime time for squid... 2 things I noticed about this particular squid... Only had 1 long Arm/tentacle instead of 2 (any thoughts?) And when i was cleaning it... it had lots of little clear eggs inside, that would pop when you squash them. Do inkers go into spawning season? Anyway of knowing if they're carrying eggs prior to killing them? AJ

Hi Mate, I went for a quick 1 hour flick last night.. timed to perfection! Happened to find myself a patch of - No rain - No wind then the wind picked up, and the rain came.. Impossible to flick plastics about in the wind we've got today IMHO... best of luck if you do go out... AJ

Well done Sails! some good back to back sessions! AJ

Awesome! good work Tan Glad the little fella is enjoying his fishing lessons! AJ

Was up around byron bay for New years, and there were some Koreans fishing the stones catching cockies and Kelpies. Kept them all, .. they reckon that they make great sashimi! I always throw them back... not keen o n giving them a go... AJ

Hi Mate, Where can you get SST Chart info from?

I've found that Powerbaits and Squidgies (in that order) are also effective, and don't get as destroyed as gulps... 35->40mm blades are a good alternative too and you can fish them just like plastics, any part of the water column... Rapala CD range also good in this respect... I usually switch to HB's when my plastics are being shredded to bits by Jackets and Choppers ... or.. when i'm not catching much on plastics... Bait.. hmmm don't know much about these days but sometimes it's a good alternative.. will only pump for nippers, or send livies out though.. haven;t touch the servo stuff for ages!

Have heard that corn works well.. and bread is know to damage.. given that they're mud suckers, can understand why the worms could work a treat too... Good luck Ross.. hope you get a couple mate! AJ

Looks like it was a great lil arvo session! well done Ray! haha.. how tiny is that Kingy.. barely bigger than your foot! What were you using for bait before the squid? AJ

Mixed emotions... fishing and bills all in the same envelope This Saturday parramatta City Council are have a carp cleanout... apparently loads of give aways and fishing prizes to be won. Registration is free..... www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/cfo I'll be down in JB going offshore so the carp will have to wait Hope some raiders get stuck into 'em and come out with some prizes ANy raiders planning on joining the annual carp cull? AJ

Yeah, the guy deliberately fell in, and the Westpac Rescue heli was on hand to come in and pull him out for the purposes of the shoot... Love the technique used to put this together... they are all still shots less than a second apart all sequenced together to produce a filed/animated effect. He did something similar with Mardi Gras and they showed it on the news...