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Ill keep an ear to the ground for you Ross, I fish with the boys from the Imperial Hotel @ RootyHill so ill ask tonite if anything been offered in the pub. Regards Gaff

3000 posts, your a legend Stewy. Gaff

Good day Raiders, it was great to meet Mr & Mrs Swordfisherman & Coolamon on Saturday at Wattos, and i would like to say thank you to them for taking the time to drop off a hat for me (which survived the 25knot winds on a charter boat Sunday) NOW thats a hat. Ps If we ever have a Sweep social dont even turn up ive got it in the bag. Cheers Gaff

Ill be there at 9 Stewy look forward to meeting you Ill take a Surf hat please if available Gaff

My mum has a saying that i think sums up this great site, if you have not got anything nice to say you dont have to say anything at all. Cheers Gaff

WWOOHHoo look good, will they be available from Wattos ? Regards Gaff

Thank you Wettingaline. Gaff

Good day everybody, when opening up the site this morning it asked me to log in, something ive never had to do before, has anything changed this end? or is it my computer settings? Just curious Gaff

I have to agree with Sammy, the big straw hat with a Fishraider Logo or a patch to sew on to my existing hat (my Scottish skin needs all the protection it can get) Gaff

Good day Raiders, headed up to Hawks Nest of Friday with the boys from RootyHill RSL Fishing Club to do some bottom bashing on the Sat and Sun, well she blew and blew and blew, no fishing was done, but did get to experience the effects of Plum Brandy and Grappa, Sheeez you have to pace yourself on that stuff. ps What a top spot Hawks Nest is (never been there before) Regards Gaff

Alan Jones is talking marine parks NOW Gaff

Allan Jones is in Melb today for a horse race. Gaff

Two out of two Ben your on a roll mate, (any good with Lotto numbers) the rod, reel and line has not changed, and yes he does treat the diesel a bit like gold, but on the up side your right he is a top bloke and he has shown me a secret or two that have made a big difference to the way i bottom bash. Gaff

Well done Heath. Gaff

The Rod is a Penn Powerstick 850SS dont know where i got the 805s powerspin from. Gaff

Good day Ben, you picked it in one one mate, ive been going out with Ron for about 2 years now, we also go out with Paul (the boat next to Dougo's) once a month with the RSL, we headed up to Towradgi on our previous trip and got a good feed of Flatties, i think with the weather on Sunday the boats where hesitent to head North, the gear i use is a Penn 805S Powerspin rod & Penn 9500SS reel loaded with Berkley 15kg Fireline, I trolled a Rapala shallow diver for a while with no luck, the bait was salted mullet, salted mackeral, squid & prawn. I usually fish a 2 to 3 hook pateroster rig if the boat is full but if we dont have a full crew and current is good i use a single hook on a 2 mtr trace you tend not to catch as much as the other guys using the paternoster set up, but if the reds are about i find this set up more succesfull. ps had the Groper last nite YUM YUM YUM Gaff

DV8 your right mate, filleted and skined they taste ok. Ive eaten worse. Gaff.

Good day Shaun and Claudia, thank you for your time and patience on Saturday, both rod and reel combo's went down a treat, both father and son were stoked with there new gear, one small prob though (not really), the father had to have a go of his sons new rod and reel as you would, and was so impressed with it he is going to contact you for the same combo for himself, he also would like to thank you personally for having the time to put the braided line on at such short notice and the more than generous discount that was given. Thanks again mate. Gaff

Good day Raiders, went down to the Gong yesterday with the local hotel fishing club, headed out on the charter boat about 6.00am, water was a weird looking colour, popped a lure out the back but no surface action to be had on the way out. We went down South towards the three islands with the idea of trying to stay out of the wind and current which was playing havoc with the other charter boats that went out wider, anyway no matter where we went SWEEP SWEEP and more SWEEP, my only saving grace was a 2.5Kg Red Groper and the biggest Poor Mans Lobster ive ever seen, anyway not much of a report but there you have it anyway, on a by note have never seen so many young Mutton birds on the water, it was like something out of a Alfred Hitchcock movie. Gaff

Sorry Gibbofisho, that sould have read njsconst. Gaff

Gibbofisho your timing is exellent mate, im heading up there on Friday with the Boys from the RootyHill RSL Fishing Club for a couple of days fishing on a charter boat. Would be happy to boat a Dollie half that size (what a bull), anyway thanks for the thread mate, that should keep me going till Friday. Bring it on. Gaff

Thanks everbody for the input, where taking the camera so i hope ive got some flash pics to show for the trip. Thank you again Gaff

Hopefully my mate fishraider member BigD, is going to show me what this Bass fishing is all about on Sunday, cant wait to see one smash a surface lure. Gaff

Good day Raiders, im heading up to Port Stevens on the Friday the 20th with the RSL fishing club to do a couple of days of bottom bashing, we normally fish down at Woollongong, so i was wondering is the fishing much different up there. (ie type of fish caught) any input would be appreciated. ps Everbody have a top weekend. Gaff

Good day Reeltired, top report mate, i cant help but get the feeling that the snap lock swivell may not have been locked, open (with no damage) hard to do underwater, but maybe not impossible as those Kingies are pretty cluey. Gaff