mrsswordfisherman

Howdy all' Swordfisherman was on the hop as usual to go for a fish today. We were to go to Macquarie Rivulet at Lake Illawarra but we heard that the lake was closed. We decided to go to (you guessed it ), bloody old Chippo Lakes! We arrived at the ramp about 7.30am, yes I stuffed around and made us late, swordie was jumping around at sparrows fart 5am ready to go. We whacked the poly into the river and out came the pink Smilin' Jacks again for a bit of a troll. Two seconds later I caught a fish and then a second. Swordie took up the challenge at 2 nil and of course well overtook me by the end of the day. I selected a few cd's to play as we fished, some oldies for a change. The Skyhooks song Smut was blasting away and swordie and I were singing about the twisties and what was in the bag and a lady of similar age was pushing a pram along the bridge and waved knowingly at us . Just as we went past the Warwick Farm Road bridge, I was casting along the bank trying for a few more bream, when I said to swordie "I think I am snagged" ZZZZZZZZZZ woohoo this snag is moving . After a few tentative moments and Stewy trying to knock my fish off with the environet trying to keep the score even , I landed a pb flathead of 56cms. Atfer a quick measure, Stewy says "now put this rag around your thumb and shove it in its mouth". . The bloody thing clamps down on my thumb and bites me, and Stewy is screaming at me to hold it still for the picture . Check out the grimace in the pic below. Although the bream were small we had a great time casting to the structure and landing a heap of fish. I also got a pb Silver Biddy today as well. On the way back towards the bridge, a guy and 2 young boys were fishing out of a tinnie. The man yells out "Stewy isnt it"? We motored closer and he introduced himself as a raider by the name of george s. See raiders are everywhere! We chatted with George and his boys for a while and left to go home. Nice to meet you George and your sons. PS: Note to self - BUY THE BLOODY BOGA GRIPS ASAP Cheers mrsswordfisherman

No matter Flattieman, we all can't play every day either. Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Nice job kikila, only 3 of us in today so far Top Scores Yesterday Player Pts Awarded Correct Seconds Score 1. mrsswordfisherman + 16 pts 10 65 935 2. treble + 14 pts 9 92 808 3. SHNAPPER + 13 pts 9 94 806 4. clutch + 12 pts 9 108 792 5. nick_s + 11 pts 8 116 684 6. mottyman + 10 pts 8 136 664 7. numbers + 10 pts 7 84 616 8. outnumbered + 9 pts 7 91 609 9. slayer666 + 8 pts 7 110 590 10. The Iceman + 7 pts 7 137 563 Daily Winners Over Past Week Date Topic Winner # Players Wins Winning Score Mar 17 06 Mixed Bag mrsswordfisherman 16 1 935 Mar 16 06 Mixed Bag JEWEL 23 1 844 Mar 15 06 Mixed Bag Henryk 35 1 932 Mar 14 06 Mixed Bag Mondo 25 1 818

Excellent Dave, thank you for letting the members know you will be there Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Congatulations to you and Kim mate and the best of luck for your future Cheers Stewy

To Shane aka madsmc from all the raiders We hope you and your lovely lady have an excellent engagement party and we wish you long life and happiness Cheers mrsswordfisherman

We will have our blue hats on with fishraider.com.au come say hello if you spot us Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Is anyone going out to the Boat Show this weekend http://www.bia.org.au/events/Rosehill/index.html swordfisherman and I will be there on Sunday from midday if any other raiders are going. DON'T FORGET TO VISIT THE YABBIE MARINE STAND (ONE OF OUR SPONSORS). Drop by and say hello to the guys on the stand, Eric and Ben. Cheers mrsswordfisherman Uh oh there is tackle for sale there shhhhhh don't tell Stewy .............

Ok I am in also - good luck to all and thank you to pekingduck for starting this tipping comp up for us all Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Way to go Flattieman (grrrrr you beat me) Our trivia stats are hotting up here GLOBAL RANKINGS - Of 2000 active tournaments, MRSSWORDFISHERMAN'S TRIVIA CHALLENGE was #61 in terms of popularity yesterday Top Cumulative Scores For This Month Player Wins Avg Pts/Game Total Points 1. mrsswordfisherman 0 -- 46 2. swordfisherman 0 -- 37 3. Henryk 1 -- 35 4. Sharky 0 -- 30 5. bbm rick 0 -- 28 6. Mondo 1 -- 25 7. warpig 0 -- 25 8. Weasel 0 -- 25 9. Coast_Bloke 0 -- 24 10. rosscoe 0 -- 21 Daily Winners Over Past Week Date Topic Winner # Players Wins Winning Score Mar 15 06 Mixed Bag Henryk 35 1 932 Mar 14 06 Mixed Bag Mondo 25 1 818 Top Scores Yesterday Player Pts Awarded Correct Seconds Score 1. Henryk + 35 pts 10 68 932 2. swordfisherman + 32 pts 9 91 809 3. bbm rick + 28 pts 9 96 804 4. Sharky + 26 pts 9 115 785 5. Weasel + 25 pts 9 145 755 6. mrsswordfisherman + 23 pts 8 82 718 7. rosscoe + 21 pts 10 300 700 8. josam + 19 pts 8 108 692 9. Davy + 18 pts 8 117 683 10. outnumbered + 16 pts 8 117 683 C'MON RAIDERS GO FOR IT http://my.funtrivia.com/tournament/MRSSWOR...ENGE-48356.html

I had to ring the swordfisherman at work to tell him that you had knocked him out of first place Henry Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Geez Henry that is a great score mate congrats only 2 hours and 16 mins to beat his score too. That may just get you into the Hall of Fame WATCH THIS SPACE Cheers mrsswordfisherman

to all the newbies this week. We look forward to sharing fishing experiences and hope you enjoy the forums. Matt T, PULINTUP, milczy, M & M's, madmac, Beach Fisho, Dutchie, monkey, Fat Chili, teamdos, sniper, prowler, CR@ZY OS@M@, Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Ok all you serious trivia players if you hit the WORLDWIDE and STANDINGS icons at the top left of the trivia page you can see our fishraider standings against the world !!! Here are some of our stats Of 2000 active tournaments, MRSSWORDFISHERMAN'S TRIVIA CHALLENGE was #157 in terms of popularity yesterday MRSSWORDFISHERMAN'S TRIVIA CHA 25 players scored 12611 with an average player score of 504 playing Daily Mixed Bag Mondo is the highest rated player in our tourneys so far with 818 points, followed by swordfisherman with 809. Perhaps we can make The Hall of Fame

Ummmm some of us are not THAT interested . On a serious note, Danielle is always welcome to join the forums and post her own reports of course!!! Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Yes mate I think I will do one daily, it gives us something to do when we arn't reading posts. I will do some with specific topic matter - anyone have any favourite subjects? Way to go mate!! I didn't realise that it was timed either. Gotta select the RIGHT answer very quickly to win

Looks like we have some unfriendly "non-raider" type people playing in this trivia game. Good job I have the IP addresses to ban them from viewing anything on this site again. You know who you are and goodbye to you Hmmmm what's the weather like in Blacktown??? Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Try some trivia while you wait for some more posts http://my.funtrivia.com/tournament/MRSSWOR...ENGE-48356.html GOOD LUCK ALL

Those of you that have Microsoft Office can use the Microsoft Office Picture Viewer, it is able to compress the pics for email, web page or document inclusion in an instant. Cheers mrsswordfisherman

to all our new members. Don't be shy, introduce yourselves and we look forward to sharing fishing experiences with you all. Greeko_Fisho, kwaka, fishy, Fletcher, fletcher3108, Ashleigh, The One, Mungo, mr_grumble, pk-fishn, itquestion, ttadrian, fishingtragic, jamesf, Hooker, mrbroadbill, Bloosgottaboat, Cosmo, plugger, Kerro Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Excellent Coast_Bloke!!!! Cheers mrsswordfisherman

Perhaps the beanbag will become the FISHRAIDER mascot............ Cheers mrsswordfisherman

The beer also prevented some from eating or keeping down their breakfast SOME JUST LAY BACK IN A BEANBAG AND TOOK THE BEAN BAG EVERYWHERE EVEN TO THE BEACH (note chris digging the sand out so Russ fell off it) HAVE BEANBAG WILL TRAVEL SWORDFISHERMAN ALWAYS ON THE PHONE AND WHAT DID SHARKY TURN UP ON SUNDAY MORNING CARRYING? AND THE WINNER IS....... A PIC OF CHRIS ACTUALLY HOLDING A ROD AND WHAT IS BRIAN DOING HERE? SERIOUS FISHERMEN...... PERHAPS Standby for more fascinating shots of the social AND the story of the ubiquitous beanbag Cheers mrsswordfisherman

My pleasure Tony. It was a shame you missed the early brekky but we managed to feed you 3 latecomers with no probs. Do make contact when visiting Sydney next mate. Cheers the swordies B-FORE-TONY, OUTDOORDAN AND IANOC69 EATING A LATE BREAKFAST

A pleasure to meet you too Russ, we look forward to seeing you again soon mate Cheers Donna and Stewy