PARROTFISH Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hello Raiders, My Mrs, 10yr old son and myself have a 6 berth Hawkesbury houseboat for the weekend to celebrate my birthday, from 9am Friday 24th till Sunday 26th. We intend on having a crack at the legendary hairtail. Any raiders who might be in the area or like to drop by please sms or call 0401758325. Anyone who might even be able to drop by and give us a few tips would be very much appreciated. Of corse our hospitality is offered Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Hi there and welcome to fishraider Parrotfish! I am sure there will be raiders lurking around there - good luck and enjoy your weekend. Read all the post on hairtail and articles for some tips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Welcome aboard Parrotfish & family, which bay you plan on mooring ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Salty Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hello Parrotfish and Welcome to Fishraider, there is plenty of information within Fishraider, search for info using the search box on the top right of this site, or browse the many informative threads posted. Happy Birthday and enjoy the weekend with your family mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Parrotfish To Fishraider and enjoy the site Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTFISH Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Welcome aboard Parrotfish & family, which bay you plan on mooring ? Hi 4myson, We are not sure which bay we will moor in. We happy to follow if someone wants to show the way Thank you to all for the b'day wishes, i am sure it will be a good weekend. Have a good one, Parrotfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amkr Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Happy birthday mate. If you can put up with the slow trip, check out pinta bay (off Jerusalem bay) that's where most of the social was based from. Awesome little spot and only a few meters from hairtail territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I'd definitely be taking amkr advice , with winds expected last this arvo & over the weekend Pinta Bay is your best bet . Hope you've been reading up on fishraiders Hairtail Social last week ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTFISH Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Hey again Raiders, Thank you all for the birthday wishes Our weekend was great. Firstly yes we drank responsively, only opening drinks once our anchor was set and let sit to be checked ! We began our journey Friday morning in what i have nicknamed "The FV Walrus" on the mighty Hawkesbury from upstream(no offence to the site sponsors, we will be taking one of your HB's next trip ) taking a 6 hour slow cruise, along with pricless views in every direction we stopped at the historic cemetery, the old church ruins near Bar island, the HMAS Parramatta wreck before anchoring up and enjoying the evening at Mooney Mooney Club for birthday dinner. Then more drinks with the Mrs back on the boat Saturday morning we fished drifting around the highway bridge for 1 x 35cm squire. Then we decided to venture back over to Mooney Mooney Club again for lunch. After lunch we decided to cruise up to Berowra Creek, find a nice spot and anchor there for the night. We did manage to find a very tranquil spot with our own little private beach and another pricless view. Anchoring close enough that the beach was easily reachable by dinghy. Beers were consumed, fishing rods set and i decided to wander off in the dinghy on a bear grills adventure lol, i went to the beach wandered up and down the river while my Mrs sipping southern and my son fishing sat in the Walrus finding it amusing watching me venture around. When i got back to the FV Walrus and told them of the interesting trip they then wanted to go hahahahaha. I was a bit rowed out by then so i just took us all over to the little beach we had anchored near and ran around like some robinson crusoe family lol. Upon return to the boat a 39cm flathead was found attached to my sons rod(yes all in holders with clips attached ). We caught a few fish just as the sun was dropping and maybe 45 minutes after but after the flatty all were under and went back. The evening was a repeat of drinks, bbq, music and fall onto the bed . Sunday morning we left Berowra around 10am to cruise back upstream. The trip was very difficult on some stretches of the river due to the wind that came up around 11am, most of the way we could tuck in against the cliff side of the river and get out of the wind but a few times we got hit straight on, glad the tide was running in. In the wind the FV Walrus really showed why i named it such, it handled like a racing walrus on a mud track ! Even on Friday when the whole river was a millpond the Walrus performed very poorly, setting a straight corse was very difficult, i have driven 60 - 70 ft ers that handled much better. Due to the Walrus perfoming so disgustingly i had to do alot of the driving until the Mrs got the hang of it otherwise i would have consumed more beer lol hahaha. Although the Walrus performed badly we didn't let it ruin our trip, it was quite a joke once i named it the FV Walrus and told my Mrs and son that it handled like a racing walrus on a mud track. Thats our adventure for my birthday and weekend trip Thanks, Parrot Edited July 27, 2015 by PARROTFISH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishy Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Happy Birthday Sounds like a wonderful weekend away with just the right amount of merry. Shame about the pesky wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Enjoyed the read Parrotfish - thanks for sharing with us - yeah memories of those poor handling house boats come flooding back . Cheers Blood Knot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Happy Birthday Parrotfish. Glad you all had a pleasant weekend away. Nice report too. Cheers, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyNurse Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I wonder what the poor people were doing that day? Oh, I know, I was was one of them. Great report. Now my missus wants to hire a HB (in the warmer weather) and have an adventure. Hope she takes me. Haha. She thanks you for a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDory Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Good read Parrotfish, Keep them coming. Welcome aboard. JD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harold Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Glad you had such a wonderful time. Enjoyed your story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARROTFISH Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 (edited) Hello Raiders, I return the gratitude, thanks for your welcomes Gald you all found our weekend adventure and my descriptive wrtiting a stimulating read. Shame the fish aren't as excited lately. I have resorted to hunting tackle stores and online to restock my tackle box with bells and whistles, also purchased a couple new rod and reels sitting up in th garage rafters the mrs don't know about yet I got myself a Live Fibre 8kg stick, Shimano 8000D baitrunner, Diawa Seabass 10kg stick and Shimano 12000D baitrunner Presently i am determined to consume ales patiently waiting for the weather to warm. Cheers, Parrot Edited August 11, 2015 by PARROTFISH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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