MGibbo Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 TOP WEEKEND, TOP PEOPLE, TOP LOCATION, TOP EXPERIENCE. Got to the social Friday evening in time for dinner, settled in and met a few Raiders within minutes of our arrival - special thanks to ROSS, DONNA and STEWY for making my family feel so welcome. Extra special thanks to Ross (aka Flight Manager) for a wonderful evening sharing life and many beverages with other easy going raiders ie. The Stumpies and The RZep's! Got up a little later than expected with a slightly sore head but all geared to enjoy a bacon and egg roll then hit the water. I've put together a few photos which basically tell the story of this great social weekend. I do have some good pics of other Raider's fishing success stories but I'll leave that for them to post. In total my family caught over the weekend: 6 Bream (1 almost legal 24cm) 5 Flatties (1 legal 37.5cm & others just under sized) 1 Blue Swimmer Crab All the kids were thrilled to receive a generous special show bag donated by Watto's and Stumpy. A big THANK YOU from my three sons. We all enjoyed the Casting Comp - will definitely get them to practice that for next time. Full on action at Budgie Woi Saturday arvo/night with all raiders heading to the beach - must take the beach rods next time and also plan a special trip there soon. Going a little stir-crazy? Finally - thanks for such a great weekend Fishraider - it was great therapy! Had to reduce the pics to extra small to be able to post. CHEERS MARG, STEVE, NICK, BEN & RILEY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Marg, It was great to meet you, Steve and the kids. You have taken some great photo's there and they do tell a story. I am glad that you en-joyed yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Marg love the way you have done those pics We do have some clever women on this site don't we!!! Lovely to meet you and your family Cheers mrsswordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGibbo Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 Marg, It was great to meet you, Steve and the kids. You have taken some great photo's there and they do tell a story. I am glad that you en-joyed yourself. Hi Paul - what lovely people you and Pieta are, it was a pleasure meeting you both. Cheers Marg Marg love the way you have done those pics We do have some clever women on this site don't we!!! Lovely to meet you and your family Cheers mrsswordfisherman Thanks Mrsswordfisherman (aka Donna) - I find it hard to cut down on my pics, so by making a collage I get to display more. Look forward to catching up with more Raiders hopefully at the next workshop, as we got our fishfinder working over the weekend but need to learn more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MRS WATTO Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Marg it was a pleasure meeting you , steve and the kids, Hopefully we werent too noisy last nite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Hopefully we werent too noisy last nite Claudia, When you say "we" your really mean "I" don't you??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MRS WATTO Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Claudia, When you say "we" your really mean "I" don't you??? Paul I mean WEEEEEEEEE , I think, Peita, Paul, Offtap, Di and Watto were making all the noise. I was trying to control you all, and telling you all to be quiet every 2 mins. and Paul, playing those games, Knock and Run, its just not on, people were trying to sleep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Hehehe, nice call Paul. And.......... Well done Marg, We had a good time with You the Tribe, and the Raiders we met! As usual.................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGibbo Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 We must have been out cold Claudia - if we'd heard you I'm sure we would have joined you. Nice to meet you all as well and I definitely will know where the party is when you arrive! Will keep an eye out for Watto's BBQ!!!!! RE: Stumpy / Flightmanager - love the prayer! Very clever I look forward to our next fishing adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Stumpy Posted April 29, 2007 Share Posted April 29, 2007 Love your work hunny but you didn't send me that picture of my girl on the beach. Love Ya Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGibbo Posted April 29, 2007 Author Share Posted April 29, 2007 Love your work hunny but you didn't send me that picture of my girl on the beach. Love Ya Jo Lots of photos coming your way Jo - just emailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw367 Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Hi Marg Good to see every one having a good time sorry i wasn,t there i was working when the lot of you where having fun next time yeah yeah yeah cheers robert PS keep the good times rolling and the I was watchin the riding at Hawkesbury Show. Great to hear everyone had a good time! Sounds like it was a very successful, well organized event, made great by great & generous people!! See ya all at the next one (hopefully)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGibbo Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Yeah guys, we definitely recommend attending a fishraider social - the people who own it, run it, belong to it and attend these events are wonderful. I'm positive no one felt out of place and it was great to put a face to the raider names. I think that's the beauty of this website, you don't have to be a pro fisher, as all posts cater for a variety of fishing styles and talents - the one thing we no doubt have in common is the eagerness to fish. What a great way for us to all learn and socialise at the same time. It was wonderful to see such encouragement that Raiders gave to the kids - they were all geared up for the weekend fishing challenge and thrilled with their fantastic show bag of fishing goodies. My kids definitely learnt a lot and are keen to head to the beach for some beach fishing. The Fishraider team were so generous providing a hot breaky each morning - it was just such a generous and enlightening weekend. WELL ORGANISED FLIGHTMANAGER! Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Marg , it was an absolute pleasure to meet you and your family this weekend! We all had a rare old time , the fishing and the company were all first class !! Cant wait until the next one , I will be putting on the Organisers hat tomorrow morning , to plan the next one!! By the way , did I mention that I have a new Outboard on my boat? Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmoshe Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Marg , it was an absolute pleasure to meet you and your family this weekend! We all had a rare old time , the fishing and the company were all first class !! Cant wait until the next one , I will be putting on the Organisers hat tomorrow morning , to plan the next one!! By the way , did I mention that I have a new Outboard on my boat? Ross I hear you got a 5hp Seagull painted blue Ross...well done Just pullin' your leg mate...WEell done on the new power plant. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGibbo Posted April 30, 2007 Author Share Posted April 30, 2007 Marg , it was an absolute pleasure to meet you and your family this weekend! We all had a rare old time , the fishing and the company were all first class !! Cant wait until the next one , I will be putting on the Organisers hat tomorrow morning , to plan the next one!! By the way , did I mention that I have a new Outboard on my boat? Ross Hi Ross - Dido re: pleasure to meet you. As for the next one, the venue was great as it wasn't far from Sydney, was right on the water and that BBQ area was ideal. Well done. Look forward to reading your future posts. Cheers Marg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 (edited) Hey Marg Fantastic shots & sooo creatively presented!! You're a Pro Photogroper, for sure! It was great having so many folk taking photos of everyone else & keeping the excitement level high!! Really tremendous meeting you & all the other raiders - terrific mob! Hope you get to FOrster! Cheers Roberta Edited May 1, 2007 by Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGibbo Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Nice meeting you as well Roberta - it's so good that the names on FR now have identities. RE: Pics - have you tried to resize by right clicking on the photo, select a size then select the reduced photo to add to the post. Just select the first size at it's the best for viewing - in this post I selected the last size as I had lots of photos to add, however, they came out extremely small and hard to view. Hope this helps. Hope to catch up again - unfortunately we have something on for the Forster weekend - but maybe at a workshop or future social. Cheers Marg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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