mrsswordfisherman Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 A huge congrats to @Scratchie on becoming a fishraider Deckee brand Ambassador. This was posted on Instagram late this afternoon. Well deserved JeffđđŁđ đ deckeeapp Deckee is proud to announce Jeff âScratchieâ Thompson as an official brand Ambassador! @team_scratchieâ â A local fisherman and colourful personality from the Port Stephens area, Scratchie has a love of the outdoors and is constantly exploring out on the water.â â His fishing journey began as an 11-year-old on a family holiday, when he was introduced to a handline, and captured one big angry fish. From then on he was âhookedâ!â â An enormously passionate fisho, Scratchie is a Senior Moderator for Fishraider.com.au, and enjoys taking fellow members out for fishing sessions to showcase the beautiful waterways of Port Stephens and teach them about safe boating.â â Recently, Scratchie rescued four fishermen that were stranded in the ocean for almost an hour after their boat capsized. The story was covered on all national news stations. His experience out on the water and his engagement with the fishing community make him an ideal Deckee Ambassador.â â âI am honoured to be nominated as a Deckee Ambassador and look forward to spreading the word with the wider boating and fishing community,â said Scratchie. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Way to go Jeff, youâre now officially a legendđ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Top stuff well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribs Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Well deserved brođđźđđźđđźđđź! Â 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Thanks so much @mrsswordfisherman for posting this and your continued for me and the fishraider community.  Iâm very proud to be representing fishraider within the Deckee brand. The Deckee app is an exciting innovation and has some great tools and information to help you safely navigate whilst boating.  The app itself is developing all the time with some fantastic existing features like: Detailed weather information Mapping with locations to marinas, fuel, bouys etc. You can also use the distance marker whilst on the water for your next location.  It has reminder settings which is a unique feature. Enabling you to set expiry dates and reminders for all your safety  and boating equipment Quick links for Transport NSW, Tasmania and WA.  Coming soon, it will also have âlog your tripâ.  That will record speed, distance, trip time, heading and youâll be able to save it to your profile. PLUS........... Coming really soon.............. I will have a STORY MARKER that I can place on the app, where you can follow me and my journeys to see where I am and what Iâm up too whilst on the water! So if havenât downloaded the app, do it now and get onboard with Deckee.  You can also follow them on Instagram @deckeeapp and me on @team_scratchie Tight lines all, cheers scratchie!!!  6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Thanks so much @mrsswordfisherman for posting this and your continued for me and the fishraider community.  Iâm very proud to be representing fishraider within the Deckee brand. The Deckee app is an exciting innovation and has some great tools and information to help you safely navigate whilst boating.  The app itself is developing all the time with some fantastic existing features like: Detailed weather information Mapping with locations to marinas, fuel, bouys etc. You can also use the distance marker whilst on the water for your next location.  It has reminder settings which is a unique feature. Enabling you to set expiry dates and reminders for all your safety  and boating equipment Quick links for Transport NSW, Tasmania and WA.  Coming soon, it will also have âlog your tripâ.  That will record speed, distance, trip time, heading and youâll be able to save it to your profile. PLUS........... Coming really soon.............. I will have a STORY MARKER that I can place on the app, where you can follow me and my journeys to see where I am and what Iâm up too whilst on the water! So if havenât downloaded the app, do it now and get onboard with Deckee.  You can also follow them on Instagram @deckeeapp and me on @team_scratchie Tight lines all, cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Congratulations Scratchie and thanks for explaining some of the useful apps which Deckee provide to the boating and fishing community. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Top stuff Scratchie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Well done Jeff, you deserve the Award. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) So I opened the App Store, downloaded the app and it said it was sending me an email to validate, after around 30 minutes got the email. Went to the app that is supposed to show fishing spots and it has a total of 4 off Sydney. 12 Mile, Browns Mountain and a couple at Long Reef. No FAD's, wave riders, reefs or anything. Sorry Scratchie but that app looks to be 99% useless or am I missing something? Edited February 18, 2021 by GordoRetired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, GordoRetired said: So I opened the App Store, downloaded the app and it said it was sending me an email to validate, after around 30 minutes got the email. Went to the app that is supposed to show fishing spots and it has a total of 4 off Sydney. 12 Mile, Browns Mountain and a couple at Long Reef. No FAD's, wave riders, reefs or anything. Sorry Scratchie but that app looks to be 99% useless or am I missing something? Hey Gordo, Thanks for your feedback.  The app is is there for boating and safety information as well as some of the features I outlined above. It is not navionics. But it is constantly developing all the time. Once you have the app, you are able to place your own fishing spots and share with other users if you wish. I would like all fishraiders to get on board early and show their support as Deckee is also the owner of this site. Any suggestions are welcome and will be forwarded to the development team.  cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, Scratchie said: Hey Gordo, Thanks for your feedback.  The app is is there for boating and safety information as well as some of the features I outlined above. It is not navionics. But it is constantly developing all the time. Once you have the app, you are able to place your own fishing spots and share with other users if you wish. I would like all fishraiders to get on board early and show their support as Deckee is also the owner of this site. Any suggestions are welcome and will be forwarded to the development team.  cheers scratchie!!! I dont see any problem at all if fishing spots are not added for public, probably the opposite LOL. There are plenty GPS marks around - just do a bit of homework.  What I would appreciate is App ability to add(manually or upload file) own GPS marks in several formats - rather than currently dropping a pin. Also , a basic depth and/or some bottom structure map would be a nice feature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 46 minutes ago, savit said: I dont see any problem at all if fishing spots are not added for public, probably the opposite LOL. Quite a few fishos read these reports, for their own advantage, but will not join the forum and provide info to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savit Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, Yowie said: Quite a few fishos read these reports, for their own advantage, but will not join the forum and provide info to others. There is no lack of latest  fishing reports (with photos, even sometimes current biting area) on current social media.  I have seen even Fishraiders reports posted faster on FB than on a forum.  What those short reports  are missing is a good report story and regularly quality of comments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 3 hours ago, savit said: I dont see any problem at all if fishing spots are not added for public, probably the opposite LOL. There are plenty GPS marks around - just do a bit of homework.  What I would appreciate is App ability to add(manually or upload file) own GPS marks in several formats - rather than currently dropping a pin. Also , a basic depth and/or some bottom structure map would be a nice feature. Thanks Savit.  This was actually first question I asked about the mapping, depths and contour lines. Lol As the app develops, that is where I will try and have the most input as a rec fisho. The benefits will be enormous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, Yowie said: Quite a few fishos read these reports, for their own advantage, but will not join the forum and provide info to others. Plenty Yowie! Although we all know, the more you put into, then the more you get out of it! đ¤ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 6 hours ago, GordoRetired said: So I opened the App Store, downloaded the app and it said it was sending me an email to validate, after around 30 minutes got the email. Went to the app that is supposed to show fishing spots and it has a total of 4 off Sydney. 12 Mile, Browns Mountain and a couple at Long Reef. No FAD's, wave riders, reefs or anything. Sorry Scratchie but that app looks to be 99% useless or am I missing something? @GordoRetired the Deckee app is powered by crowdsourced info and reports from fellow boaters and recreational fishos. Itâs just how our fishraider community started and became the best fishing forum in Australia. It is there for us to use and give ideas as to what we as rec fishos and boaters would like to see. We are able to have input. We are the perfect community with years of experience and full of great ideas. I will ask Mike to do a post regarding things.  I have asked for some focus groups to be set up so everyone can have input. Get the app, start playing around, put your thinking caps on be ready with ideas when we are called on by Deckee team. I have every confidence in our members to help on this. Deckee is very pleased to have us. Letâs just get back to congratulating @Scratchie. He has a big following here and on Instagram. He is well respected. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Well done Scratchie! Awesome stuff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordoRetired Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 3 hours ago, mrsswordfisherman said: @GordoRetired the Deckee app is powered by crowdsourced info and reports from fellow boaters and recreational fishos. Itâs just how our fishraider community started and became the best fishing forum in Australia. It is there for us to use and give ideas as to what we as rec fishos and boaters would like to see. We are able to have input. We are the perfect community with years of experience and full of great ideas. I will ask Mike to do a post regarding things.  I have asked for some focus groups to be set up so everyone can have input. Get the app, start playing around, put your thinking caps on be ready with ideas when we are called on by Deckee team. I have every confidence in our members to help on this. Deckee is very pleased to have us. Letâs just get back to congratulating @Scratchie. He has a big following here and on Instagram. He is well respected. Congratulations Scratchie on being selected as a Ambassador. I hope that with your input the app will earn a place on my phone. Apologies if my comments earlier offended, that was not the intent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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