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I cant remember if its put together like this pongrass18ftr ? hope thats correct

so after a good nights rest got a call to go measure for Mirror install and finished about 12, got that itchy feeling again so I called my Old Buddy Chris whom i met on Fishraider some 15 years ago and frienfship still going strong as ever . Headed of to the Bommie area and further down, drifted for about 3/4 hours and only got slimmies , heaps of slimmies , we kept persisting and persistence paid off, no donkeys in the mix but we had a great time, few bears in the mix , lots of laughs and jokes Back the water next week with Mrs Groper Get into it guys, And Happy new year from myself, Chris and Mrs Groper

Thanks Heaps and a Happy new year this was all different days, The swell, wind and tides i check before i go out Depends on the boat, the size and how much it can handle the conditions , chop, swell etc, if got a decent size boat give your self about 1.5 hours, Browns is about 45km ofshore

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I have still been going out but havent been doing reports, sorry guys, yeah very slacked anyway, this lot was from Browns This lot drifting the peak when the kings where not on This Pics below port hacking and in front of the cliffs , Bomies, Osborn shoals some days with a mate and Brother and last trip with my wife Mrs Groper, also had a nice swim and coffee break at Bundeena

yeah I was in the Gun metal grey boat with my wife, and last time was a few months ago i was with a mate on the same boat, we where drifting further north of cronulla sea side of bate bay, no luck on the snapper this day with my wife , went back in to Bundeena for a coffee and swim , I did get a stonker 8 days ago on mates boat

In Greece they sun dry them then bbq them, not bad at all, they call it Gouna btw ive met you on the water once and was next to you this same day as well

I Love Port Stephens snapper

nice Flathead Yowie

bread n butter fish, cant go wrong

My Pleasure Lakelad

my pleasure Big Neil

Fitzroy reef

awesome, wish I was going back already, next year is too long to wait.

peak, 12 mile, kurnel , long reef, this is the time of year for them

Bellambie can be hot and cold and boy when its hot hang on

Snapper seem to be coming back in Sydney. Or are there a few guys out there getting better at catching them

you have to go back, dont deny yourself

yeah first time up and didnt know exactly how much i needed and also we may have wanted to cruise another 100km north but decided against it

Having my Brother over from Tasmania and my Long time fishraider mate Pongrass 18 foter Chris, we had Jokes, avoided Kangaroos only Just , too much Maccas and putting on 5kg in two weeks, yeah I have many strories lol. Now back to my diet

well where do I start. I got an Invite to take my new boat to central QLD to fish and stay Overnight around the Islands. Plan was to stay Local for two weeks, Pick the best weather to go out fish and stay on the reefs. Once we got there I went out to sus the ground out for half day and the next day it was on. we fished the Islands for Spangled Emperor , Red Throat , Coral Trout, Tusk fish, Red Emperor . Day one we landed all species and Trevally, also an amberjack before the sharks moved in. second day was the same and the third day on the way back to land Chris landed a Legal red emperor , we tried for hours after that but we couldnt find anymore. we headed back to land for a good rest and I was happy for my mate to land one and frustrated not to have landed one myself . We had a break in the weather next day and yep 5 days fishing in a row we fished . we had a really go break after that and the following looked bleak wind wise. we had other activities like taking the boat into the creek and exploring Agnes water and Gladstone. Our 3rd last day we had a break and headed out for an overnighter again but that night anchored 75km away from land was windy and looked like we where heading home with tails between our legs but someone was looking out over us as the morning was amazing so we went to the surrounding reefs for trout then turn of the tide we went for reds. Didnt take Long before I got my Dream fish, A Red Emperor , Man was I Jumping for Joy. we got another before the sharks moved in and I was onto an Amberjack of approx 25kg and was savaged, I would have loved to have landed that but wow what a fight and Only 5 meters near the boat before I lost most of the fish, Only the head remaining . we got back that night and cleaned up, slept, got up sat morning to clean the house and the Long drive home to tall this amazing story Today. Hope you Enjoy the Photos