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Our own flightmanager is on his way to Hawaii - flying the plane Have a look at this link that may interest any virtual pilots CLICK HERE Worldflight Australia is a “virtual” round the world flight to raise money for the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service. Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Beautiful shots comrade! I want to see the aurora borealis before I depart this world Nanook means "polar bear" doesn't it? Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Give me a yell on msn Glenn I have some info for you. Navman may help but you may also need to contact RCC Australia to change the details on the MMSI registration database. If you give them a call I am sure they will tell you what needs to be done. Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Thanks for sharing this with us Nanook This form of fishing both fascinates me and scares me. back to Oz and fishraider. Why not join us for the next social and meet some raiders CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Yes quite right too!! We spend hours every day trying to read every single post that is put up here. This is why we have moderators to assist us. The emails and pm's have to be answered. This site is becoming very large and post activity is constant in all sub forums. There will be many that get through and that is where you as a member come into play - SEND ADMIN OR A MOD A PM if you think there is anything that should not be on our site. If there is anything you don't like then let us know immediately mrsswordfisherman

Indeed !!! If we don't halt these sort of posts fishraider would turn into a huge advertising site. We have been doing this for too long and we recognise people trying to get "free advertising". We are not ebay or a place for people to get people to use their product/business unless they give something to our members and our site. The persons we allow to advertise on here are respectible and give to our members great service and information. Be aware that we reject many every week because they are not reputable or they are unwilling to give something to our members and our site. You may notice the post about the charity request has also been removed. I have had 3 emails from persons/charities requesting money and that we take up their cause. It is sad that we can't respond in the way these people want. Let's stick to fishing and keep on track mrsswordfisherman

I suggest you read the report REPORTED IN LOCAL NEWS mrsswordfisherman

Being an Eastern Subs girl I spent lots of my Fridays and Sat nights at the Bondi Lifesaver where I saw all of the bands already mentioned. Concerts at the showground and masonic halls were goers too - does anyone remember Blackfeather or Stars or Chain Skyhooks were always a fav at Bondi Lifesaver. The Coogee Bay had a place called The Celebrity Room and around the corner was The Tavern. My brother was a drummer in bands that played around the place too. He played in bands with a guy called Daryl Braithwaite who went on to form Sherbet. Of course there were also LRB, Chisels, Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, Gangajang, Hoodoo Gurus, The Church, Pseudo Echo, Dragon and the list goes on. Ahhh those were the days Swordy and I are off to see Stevie Wonder tonight - that will bring back memories too I am sure Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Yes another idiot to remove tsk tsk I won't have anyone being disrespectful to the valued members of our fishraider community Sorry to all who had to read that rubbish. As you were fellas Nice job Mike! Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Good on you Ian on 1000 posts Loved the 1000th post too A big thank you from admin for all the hard work you do as a moderator on fishraider. Cheers mrsswordfisherman

This is something we have been meaning to organise for some time - thanks for bringing it up NickN Fishraider admin and mod team are in the process of organising a Soft Plastics workshop. We have much knowledge amongst our members here and it will be a hands on day somewhere that everyone can try out the techniques and catch fish just like slayer666 and Italian Stallion did at our recent social. Everyone will be welcome Watch the social events for details. Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Pete and thank you for your contributions to fishraider I hope you had a great day Cheers mrsswordfisherman

A gorgeous child!!! He is coming along quite nicely chopper Cheers mrsswordfisherman

CLICK HERE TO READ ROSS HUNTER'S COLUMN Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Thanks stoney. Here is a screenshot Roberta Cheers mrsswordfisherman

I have a whole bag full of those DVD's ask me at the next social if anyone wants one Cheers mrsswordfisherman

A very big to the webmaster Hope you have a great day mate and thanks from all the raiders for keeping us afloat Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Thanks everyone for the kind wishes - much appreciated Cheers mrsswordfisherman

We did miss you guys today Hope all is well. The official report is a work in progress and will be up for viewing withing the hour Cheers mrsswordfisherman

The weather gods smiled on us for the 2008 Back to the Bay social #3 With a predicted 20-25 knot norwester only puffing around 15 knots at 5am we were set for a great day out on the bay. Flightmanager and family arrived 1st with Mako and started setting up camp Fishraider for the assault on the beach at dawn. Admin and Hodgey arrived at 5.30 and quickly assembled the registration desk and cooking commenced in readiness for some hungry raiders. The well oiled team moved into top gear and away we went on one of our most successful socials ever. Raiders arrived en masse and after a feed of bacon, egg, sausage, onion rolls and hot coffee they headed off in many different directions to target flathead, bream and trevally. There were some great prizes on offer donated by sponsors Pete from Go Fish Dural, Huey from Huett Marine and member reggie the rabbit. Pete joined us briefly as he had to go out. This shows the commitment from our sponsors even though they had prior engagements. The catering crew had a well deserved rest for a few hours as the raiders attacked the bay and its tributaries. From early reports the fishing was a little quiet. Craig Huett arrived in a 5.9m Aqualine boat and took raiders out during the day for test runs. Several raiders came along for a chat and to meet others and spent time chatting and learning about techniques and rigging of soft plastics. Two members in particular were very interested in trying their hand at soft plastic fishing shorebased. Swordie demonstrated the fine art of rigging soft plastics to slayer666 and italian stallion listened intently. Stewy showed Joe and Marco the retrieve required for flathead and shortly after Joe and Marco took off to practise their newfound knowledge. About 15 mins later Joe comes running up the beach grinning like a Cheshire cat with his first ever legal flathead (48 cms) taken on 5" Gulp in green and black !!!!!! Everyone cheered him on and glad to see the first fish of the day being measured. A few mins later Marco comes running up to the measuring table out of breath carrying something extremely large in a landing net. Everyone's jaw dropped as he produced his flathead capture of 72 cms!!!! Marco had never caught a fish before let alone on a soft plastic and the smile on his face was priceless. He recounted his "fight of a lifetime" to us over and over. Hi fives all around and off they went to fish again. This will go down as one of the most memorable catches in the annuls of raider history. The wind had started to strengthen ahead of the predicted southerly change around 2pm. Raiders continued to bring in good sized flathead ranging from 40 cms to 50 cms and a solitary bream of 25 cms. As the finish time was approaching there were still a few raiders out fishing. Marty and smitty had decided to hit the Cooks River where their shot at glory paid off with a nice bag of bream the largest being 30.5 cms. Unfortunately no trevally were landed so prizes were awarded to the 3 top flathead and the largest bream. LARGEST FLATHEAD - 72 CMS taken by italian stallion and he received $100 gift voucher (Go Fish Dural) LARGEST BREAM - 30.5 CMS taken by smitty and he received a Smartcast Portable Fishfinder (Huett Marine) 2ND LARGEST FLATHEAD - 50 CMS taken by Lasty and he received a Rod and Reel combo (Go Fish Dural) 3RD LARGEST FLATHEAD 49.5 CMS taken by robeebee and he received a Fishraider Measure of Success mat and anchor rope (reggie the rabbit) Presentations were attended by Craig Huett and special mentions were made to all the helpers and sponsors who helped make the day a success. The members who donated food and drinks and their time to help will be now recognised as Gold Members (if not already) Those members are: penguin, slinkymalinky, Bar Up, forliano, fishguts, brickman, jewfishrobby, Mako. Thanks to Hodgey, johnno, flightmanager, mrsflightmanager. The moderators do so much work for the site and its members, both on and offline and we thank them very, very much. Thanks Hodgey for coming up from Tuross Heads for the weekend to meet us all finally. Plans are in place for the next social - bring on the Kingfish Social at Clifton Gardens ............. Cheers mrsswordfisherman PS Check back for more pics later

Fishraider has been out of action today due to server issues. Sorry for any inconvenience On with the show ............ Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Added Andrew - it wouldn't be a social without you Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Hi Lasty Everything is covered thank you for asking Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Nice work erwin You have definite fishraider spirit and are a very welcome member to this site. Thank you for sharing that with us Cheers mrsswordfisherman

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