mrsswordfisherman

Thanks Hull we do have a special badge - I have given this member with excellent Raider behaviour a Gold Member badge Well done to you flickinlures

hope we get lots on the Fishraider Hairtail weekend 26,27,28th

Ooooooo we will be in Finland soon! Looks like you are having a ball Stu. Where else have you been?

Marine Rescue Cottage Point plays key emergency transport role in yacht blaze At 1715 on Wednesday 10 June, Marine Rescue Cottage Point was alerted to a vessel on fire in Yeoman’s Bay in Ku-Ring-Gai National Park, and tasked to assist the Rural Fire Service and Ambulance Service at the scene. Yeoman’s Bay is a narrow waterway about 1 nautical mile from Cottage Point and is accessible only by water. Within 25 minutes, skipper John Bensley and crew member Chris Jones were at the Marine Rescue Cottage Point base and liaising with emergency services. They deployed Cottage Point 30, a 30' Sailfish Catamaran to ferry RFS and ambulance crews to the nearby scene and assisted the RFS fire crews and Police in fighting the fire on the vessel. The burning vessel was a 48' luxury pilot house Buizen yacht and its fibreglass hull was still alight on the arrival. Fortunately the skipper had been able to escape the blaze in his tender and was checked by the Ambulance Paramedics at the Marine Rescue Cottage Point base. He was uninjured and was very grateful for the prompt response of all the emergency services, just as his family was very grateful that he was safe and well. Cottage Point 30 made numerous trips to the scene, providing logistical support to the firefighting operation. The rescue vessel’s large aft deck was ideally suited to carrying large numbers of firefighters and equipment to the burning vessel. It also provided a safe platform for the firefighters at the scene. Despite the desperate efforts of the RFS Fire Boat, the Water Police and crew from Cottage Point 30, the damage caused by the fire caused the yacht sink on its mooring. This posed a significant environmental pollution hazard in the National Park as the vessel had over 300 litres of diesel and unleaded fuel onboard. To minimise the hazard, the Marine Rescue Cottage Point crew assisted the Fire and Emergency HAZMAT team in rigging a floating boom around the sunken yacht. This task was made even more challenging with limited visibility due to a thick fog, a large amount of debris on and under the water, a flood tide and headwind as well as a narrow channel. When the boom was anchored and the area declared safe, Cottage Point 30 returned to base using its electronics including night vision and radar to navigate safely in the fog which gave only about 15 metres visibility. This enabled Cottage Point 30 to provide guidance for the weary firefighters in two RFS fire boats that did not have the advantage of this advanced equipment. Through the close liaison between RFS, Ambulance, Water Police and Marine Rescue the incident was managed to the best of the agencies’ capabilities with minimum impact to the environment. Unit Commander Chris Perdue was full of praise for the professional efforts of Skipper John Bensley and crewman Chris Jones. “Their prompt attendance at the scene to support the operations of the other emergency services was pivotal to the safe conduct of this dangerous event”, said UC Perdue.

Thanks Brett good job

MARINE RESCUE NSW Media Release Date: July 9, 2013 Marine Rescue volunteers’ prompt action saves life Two members of Marine Rescue Forster Tuncurry have been commended for helping save the life of a fisherman in a medical emergency on Saturday. Unit Commander Dennis Travers said Watch Officer Grant Maxwell had been on duty in the unit’s radio base on the Forster breakwall about 9am on Saturday when he received a garbled radio call that he had been unable to understand. “He then noticed a boat returning across the bar at the entrance to Cape Hawke Harbour at great speed and a short time later, a man arrived at the base asking if Grant could take a defibrillator down to the boat ramp,” he said. “Grant grabbed the defibrillator from the unit’s reception area and hurried to the nearby Forster Boat Harbour ramp a couple of hundred metres away. “When he arrived he found another Forster Tuncurry member, Milton Shaw, performing CPR on a man from the boat that he had seen rushing in from sea. “Milton and Grant connected the defibrillator and applied one shock before re-starting CPR on the man. “NSW Ambulance and Fire and Rescue crews arrived and transferred the man to Manning Base Hospital. We understand he had suffered heart damage. “We don’t think this was the type of day the gentleman and his two friends had planned when they left to go fishing off shore. “The use of the defibrillator saved the man’s life. This was a great result, thanks to the efforts of Milton and Grant.” MRNSW Commissioner Stacey Tannos commended the two volunteers for their swift, calm response to a serious medical emergency. “Grant and Milton have demonstrated the value of our members’ comprehensive first aid training and the life-saving impact of defibrillator units. “These two volunteers are a credit to their unit and our organisation and deserve our thanks and congratulations for their ability and the assistance they provided in a life-threatening emergency.”

Love that one Shakeel You have no idea how many idiots we reject! Thanks for the kind words much appreciated.

Enjoy Jani catch fish and drink more whisky

Here is a link to the post in Fisheries News and Politics that was pinned back in 2008 - let me know if any of the numbers have changed http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=29015 Photo or Video evidence is always useful in gaining a conviction , but do not under any circumstances post this information , on this site , or any other . Give the information to Fisheries , and let them handle it . They have the weight of the law behind them , you do not . You may definately NOT post such information on this site. Fishraider is not a vigilante group , whilst we may disagree with some peoples fishing practices , legal or otherwise, identifying them on this site is neither condoned or permitted. Any breach of this rule will result in an immediate suspension of membership.

Not a good idea MannY - just report to the authorities

MARINE RESCUE NSW Media Release Date: June 14, 2013 Marine Rescue volunteers work in dark to rescue elderly fisherman from icy lake An elderly fisherman was last night rescued from the icy waters of Burrill Lake in the Illawarra after a four-hour search by volunteers from Marine Rescue Kioloa and Ulladulla. The man, 73, was transported to hospital after being pulled from the water about 10.30pm, conscious but barely able to move his limbs. The fisherman had slipped from his 10ft tinnie about 12.30pm and been unable to get back on board or to climb the steep lake embankment, spending 10 hours in the freezing lake before being found after a lengthy search in pitch darkness. He was not wearing a lifejacket but was standing on rocks in the water, trapped at the base of the three-to-four metre cliff, when rescued. MR Ulladulla duty radio operator Barrie Lovell-Davis had been preparing to close the unit’s base at Ulladulla Harbour about 6pm when a distressed woman arrived to alert rescuers that a friend had failed to return after launching his small boat from her back yard. Mr Lovell-Davis alerted duty skipper and Ulladulla searchmaster, Keven Marshall, along with MR Kioloa and Police Marine Area Command to arrange for the Kioloa unit’s Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat to be tasked to Burrill Lake. Kioloa crew members, Skipper Peter White and Peter Lee, were joined at the lake by Ulladulla crewmen Terry Campion and David Lindley. Ulladulla Unit Commander Ken Lambert said the searchers had been guided by information the distressed woman had managed to give the rescue crew and police about where the missing man liked to fish. Skipper Peter White said on the basis of this information, the crew had searched the northern end of the lake before heading south in response to a further report indicating the gentleman also fished in the shallow south-eastern arms of the lake, before they eventually found him. “I’m sorry we didn’t get to him earlier. He’d been cold and wet for 10 hours,” he said. Skipper White said the crew had been aided in the challenging search by the Kioloa unit’s recent familiarisation training on the uncharted local lakes, during which they had conducted a navigational survey of the waterway. After several hours of fruitless searching, the crew on board Kioloa 20 spotted what looked like torchlights on the shore. Crewman David Lindley said: “When we got closer the people on shore told us they could hear someone calling out but they couldn’t see anything. “We went in to Man o’ War bay and could hear the man calling for helping and eventually we spotted him in the water by torchlight. “Terry managed to get him on to the bow of the RHIB and we got him back to the ski ramp. He couldn’t move his limbs and he had to be carried ashore after we beached our boat. “The crew had alerted the base and an ambulance was waiting on the shore to take the man to hospital for treatment.”

Yes Scratchie it is exactly as he speaks as well and it is easily understood! We love his reports too

This is from fisholb - thank you to hotbite for showing good raider spirit Hi. I would like to nominate hotbite as my mentor. He has been helping me a lot on how to fish on a boat. Thank you very much. He helped me catch my 1st teraglin my 1st morwong my 1st snapper.

I see the beard is coming along, Ray

Ahhh Jani Well it is really two words Fish and Raider Raid is a military term meaning "to make a sudden attack", a raider is the one who is making the attack. So a fishraider is one who is luring fish away from the other fish

Oh Dave you are risking a lot taking your kiwi wife to a Wallabies/All Black game and your buddies The disabled access ramps question hmmmm - perhaps ask one of our sponsors Mike Clarkson of Reef Magic Charters as he may know where is best for you. Here are some other links I found that may have some info or pointers http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks?keyword=Sydney Harbour National Park http://www.australianboatguide.com/ramplist/sydney-boat-ramps/ http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/docs/recboat/boatramp_syd.pdf http://www.maritime.nsw.gov.au/E-Publication/betterboating2010/flipviewerxpress.html

Looks like ray r got the gig! Let us know what happens Ray. He could be an international face!

Hmmmmm indeed Ray they could film you on "your" Avoca rocks

We received an email from a production company - please see below. If anyone is interested please message me for details to make contact. Hi there, I work with a production company. We're doing a photo shoot in the coming weeks which involves shooting a fisherman on the rocks. We're looking for an authentic, traditional looking fisherman. He needs to be rugged, weather beaten and have stubble or a beard. Do you know anyone who fits that description? Or any suggestions of where I could find people? Any recommendations are very welcome!

that is a shame Sean - you will be missed

HAIRTAIL SOCIAL JULY 26TH TO JULY 28th 2013 THREE DAY EVENT (Friday noon till Sunday noon) See full details below Stop Press The swordies have hired their houseboat, maybe consider getting a group together and hiring one as well The Social will be held on the waters of the Hawkesbury River (Cowan Creek) All attendees must sign in with the mothership that will be moored in Jerusalem Bay or Waratah Bay(Cowan Creek) before fishing and be registered as a Fishraider with any guests. If you intend to fish this social....please post your attendance here. All safe boating requirements will be adhered to as well as a NSW fishing licence. N.B this social is not a catered event but some coffee provisions or hot water will be available from time to time onboard the mothership. More details to follow. Just to clarify a few things about this years Hairtail : 1) Its FREE!!! All we ask is that you register before you start fishing. 2) The Mothership will be manned and ready from 1PM ( 1300) on Friday until we finish on Sunday Morning. 3) If you catch a Hairtail in the wee small hours of the morning , stick it in the esky , and show us in the morning ( we need our beauty sleep as well !) . 4) Its going to be cold . Very bloody cold , so please carry sufficient dry warm clothing . 5) The Mothership can be contacted on Ch96 , it will be monitored as long as we are awake . Please try to get your spot early , the usual haunts fill up pretty quickly , and there will be a lot of boats there. IF ANYONE HAS A SPARE SPOT ON THEIR BOAT PLEASE GRAB A NON- BOATER BY PM AND REPORT TO US ATTENDEES LIST swordfisherman & mrsswordfisherman redback286 and Julie Scratchie + deckie mike2153 Reggie & Fiona Laurie + crew Deisel and Jew Stalker Black Dragon Chimiria Matt & Matilda Kenny dhype + 2 Screaming Reel + 1 fishheadbreno + 3

Scratchie, jewhunter is referring to a trip he is doing with some mates - it is not a fishraider social event or a fishraider comp

This is NOT a fishraider comp - it is a group of old blokes trying to pretend they are good fishermen This should be in fishing chat pahleez

very nice post Keflapod - I will put you on the "never to be banned" list

Nice start Jani! Can't wait till we get there to see your part of the world - not long now Look out Finland here come the swordies