First Post

[Pat Clarkson]

Hi all

Finally my first post. Whilst I have been visiting the Fishraider for an awful long time, opportunities to contribute have not been plentiful.

In the past my beach fishing has been limited to the lovely seven mile beach at Gerroa on the South Coast. I would pump my nippers then stroll down at sunset and fish for whiting & bream. Unfortunately the house down there was sold and it has taken me a couple of years to get back into fishing. This summer I was up at Lake Macquarie and frequented the beach at Budgewoi early mornings with my stepdad.

Hours go by very slowly when you do not get a bite or at least a nibble however finally the moment came and the lovely sound you hear on those tv shows of the line being stripped from your reel, then the panic of realising you have something bigger than a whiting or bream and have no idea what to really do whilst then realising you are still using the little light whiting rig. Well the years of watching Rex & IFish must of kicked in I slowly and patiently brought the fish in to the beach and realised in the rough surf I had no idea how to get it up from the slope of the sand into the safe ground. Seeing the size of the fish I did what any amatuer non successful fisherperson would do. Drop the rod and dive on the fish. Probably not recommended as a method but with a light line and a large wave approaching it actually worked.

So finally a decent size fish and a post on this excellent site.

[Blood Knot]

Goodonya mate - nice fish and to Fishraider

Cheers John

[Ray R]

to FR buddy, nice salmon and I'm sure we will see more of your exploits of the finned kind come on to the site. Congrats..

[cat-as-trophy]

to Fishraider tryinghard, and what a way to open your account.

Me being an amateur beach fishingperson, I would probably have done the same thing as you, hey, but the result was an excellent salmon, a terrific report and the chance for you to get out there again and catch some more.

Look forward to the next few thousand reports from you.

Cheers

Mrs Flightmanager

[Day's Fishin]

Good first post mate. I would have loved to be there & see you dive on him.

Regards Jeff

[Wobbler]

well done mate. that's one good looking sammy. a BIG thumbs up

[winfield]

nice one mate,i like the drop and dive trick,it seems to work.i still do it lol

Edited January 31, 2010 by winfield252001

[hooklineandsinker]

great post you pulled a steve erwin on the fish

congrats on the the salmon and your first post

[slinkymalinky]

Well done on your first post. Good looking salmon

Cheers, Slinky

[Hodgey]

to the site mate, and congrats on your capture. I have seen some funny antics on the beach, and the famous 'drop-rod-and-swandive-onto-fish' has been executed many times Keep the reports coming

Cheers

Hodgey