Ross Hunter

Dancer , Here are some facts for you. These are the facts. This mako deal is driven by the Pew Charitable Trust. They are an American organisation that made millions from oil. They are loaded and already have made sanctuaries in WA for whales and no fish zones for recreational anglers on the coastlines on WA. They are also pushing for the closure of the Coral Sea for all recreational and commercial fishing. That means no more charter boats and no more marlin fishing from Cairns. These people are very powerful and are a “jugernaught out of control’ and are the most powerful force that we will ever experience They are the instigator of the Sea kitten image and the purveyors of how cruel it is to harm the little Sea Kittens by us criminals, the rec. anglers I personally am all for protecting our marline species but it was not recreational anglers that reduced the shark population by 70%.. The GFClubs knock maybe a 100 or so over a season but that’s only a drop in the ocean compared to the millions killed by shark finners and long lining. They have allotted shark sanctuaries all over the Pacific and Indian Oceans Pew also wants sanctuaries zones out to 200 mile and Peter Garret loves them because it does not cost his government a brass razoo to implement. We are, wether we like it or not faced with major changes in the future to what we have been used to in the past. The good news is that I had lunch with a good friend and client Steve Isaacs as well as The Hon Robert Brown of the Shooters and Fishing Party. He is a good man and is, like Duncan Gay dedicated to reverse sanctuary lock outs in NSW. These idiots that are in power will get dumped by every fisherman who cares and Both Brownie and Duncan Gay are in our corner fighting and fighting hard and I do believe that they are both very genuine men. Rob Brown has called for a Recreation Fishing Enquiry which is in Parliament as we speak It is important that we vote correctly as fishermen to ensure both these parties get in. PEW are intent on banning Mako shark fishing in January 2010. So if you care make some noise Sign petitions etc It may help “You see we didn’t start the Fire” But we are copping the blame for it. Ross Hunter

Raiders, These are the facts. This mako deal is driven by the Pew Charitable Trust. They are an American organisation that made millions from oil. They are loaded and already have made sanctuaries in WA for whales and no fish zones for recreational anglers on the coastlines on WA. They are also pushing for the closure of the Coral Sea for all recreational and commercial fishing. That means no more charter boats and no more marlin fishing from Cairns. These people are very powerful and are a “jugernaught out of control’ and are the most powerful force that we will ever experience They are the instigator of the Sea kitten image and the purveyors of how cruel it is to harm the little Sea Kittens by us criminals, the rec. anglers I personally am all for protecting our marline species but it was not recreational anglers that reduced the shark population by 70%. The GFClubs knock maybe a 100 or so over a season, but that’s only a drop in the ocean compared to the millions killed by shark finners and long lining. Pew already have allotted shark sanctuaries all over the Pacific and Indian Oceans Pew also wants sanctuaries zones out to 200 mile and Peter Garret loves them because it does not cost his government a brass razoo to implement. We are, wether we like it or not faced with major changes in the future to what we have been used to in the past. ON THE NSW SCENE IT'S A LOT BRIGHTER The good news is that I had lunch with a good friend and client Steve Isaacs as well as The Hon Robert Brown of the Shooters and Fishing Party. He is a good man and is, like Duncan Gay dedicated to reverse sanctuary lock outs in NSW. These idiots that are in power will get dumped by every fisherman who cares and Both Brownie and Duncan Gay are in our corner fighting and fighting hard and I do believe that they are both very genuine men. Rob Brown has called for a Recreation Fishing Enquiry which is in Parliament as we speak It is important that we vote correctly as fishermen to ensure both these parties get in. PEW are intent on banning Mako shark fishing in January 2010. So if you care make some noise Sign petitions etc It may help “You see we didn’t start the Fire” But we are copping the blame for it. Ross Hunter

Craig, Having fished this tourny for many years on Broadbill, it has always been a most friendly affair and well supported by boats from many of the gamefishing clubs far and wide. We will be at Pt Stephens then for three months, but will listen in on the Hf Radio, good luck with it....... As usual it will be a fun event with great trophies and prizes. Ross Hunter

Bat, What about that huge one we caught at Pt Stephens in the early 80's It took two baits and we estimated it at 70kg. Do you remember I also caught another in '69 off Broughton Island, but it was small and they are the only two up there. However we did catch one off Sydney, you may have been on deck at the time I took a head rigged tailor off Coogee... Well done up in the land of the tropics Ross

Rob, I recieved the photos and saved them and then deleted the email and did not save your email address to thanks you I will use more of them in our next update on our site www.gamefishingcharters.com.au look in Fishing Reports sometime next week. It was a fun day Ross

Luke, Thanks for booking for Pt Stephens 2010 It is my mission to see you with stretched arms from a Pt Stephens marlin, it will happen and that will make me very happy. We still have two spots left if any Raiders would like to join us ..maybe one like this 140kg model would that do Luke? Ross

Raiders, The past two days on Broadbill has seen a major improvement in the inshore scene. We have had some really great catches of salmon to 4kg ,bonito, mowies, the occasional red, pig fish and blue spot flatties to 60cm’s, The current is now back into a southward set and with water temps of 18 degrees life has become much easier for The Emu and me and our clients. Great days indeed. I have never seen salmon as thick as they were both Friday and Saturday. Great to see and to experience. These amazing sportfish we targeted on 6kg spin gear and sp’s great fun. We are offering our Xmas specials for Raiders ‘ “A DAY ON THE REEF” @ $1200.00 that’s 7 hours fishing for 6 anglers @ $200.00 ea (that's 25%discount) Ring 9534 2378 to book if you are interested. Roscoe

15 to 16kg Roscoe

Raiders, For those of you who have enjoyed the fishing show "Hi Tide", (formerly 2KY for the past 19 years) we have good news, it's back on air. The show has been the Fisherman's voice for many years. ( a show where we could state our stance against sanctuary lock outs etc..) I will be doing my segment from 5.45am if any one would care to listen in. Tomorrow's segment a yarn about Live baiting the rocks off Pretty Beach with the St George sportfishing club in the 80's Then Sunday mako sharks .. Then next week "How To improve your skills catching dolphin fish and much more as the weeks flow by. The show has many great presenters have a listen I'm sure you will enjoy from 4am to 7am. Ross Hunter

Schnepy, The Bats on fire.. Add to these fish "runner up boat" in the Cairns Tourny ( although he did catch his marlin first, but beaten on the lighter line) a most versitile fisherman. Well done Lord Barron Batsrum. Roscoe

You can never predict stripey tuna but one thing for sure they were thick on Friday Ross

We fished yesterday on Broadbill with the crew that caught 21 marlin in a day at Pt Stephens 2005 They were keen for a good day and it started OK with afew kings around Botany Bay There were heaps of them schooled with white gulls and terns on them. Good Start I thought We then headed out wider and ran into acres of striped tuna,double hook ups were common. We will fillet and salt these as snapper baits I thought to myself ( which The Emu dillegently did on the way home) We headed to the shelf to cube for a tuna or a shark but the current against the wind made for a nasty time at rest even on Broady (which is the most stable boat around in these conditions). A couple of the guys got sick, so we headed off without raising a scale. We caught more stripeys and bonito at the Heads. We trolled the stripeys on small black and purple squid. We caught 51 stripeys and let 20 go. They were all filleted and kept for baits for later on. Billfisher had a reef day at our favourite spot "Hunter's Hill" and whilst he caught a small 40 kg mako which was released he reprted that the reef side of things was a bit tough and worked hard for all fish caught , mind you they only fished a four hour afternoon session. The am tide would have been better.. Sorry no photos.. No fishing Saturday due to weather or probably Sunday (due to football Go Parra) Ross Hunter

Jack, The world shark population is down by 70% and it seems a waste to keep killing these beautiful fish and then dump them at sea, maybe I am overprotective of our ocean Ross

Slinky, Thanks mate! Boy I reckon the next time I go to sea I may get sea sick It's been that long, what with new engines, holidays and gale forced winds it's been a few weeks now, but as always I am looking forwrd to getting back out there Ross

Emu, I am looking forward to the marlin season as well..There are only two things in life that are important to me and that is MARLIN and WHAT THEY EAT......Bring it on Ross

Stay at home and watch the football with a coldy Ross

Raiders, If you want a funny read about our annual get together Click on this linkMy Webpage An account of what happens when you get 14 fisherman mates together in one hit at Dunbogan. Sorry not to post direct but too many photos Hope you enjoy. LOOK IN FISHING STORIES AND HINTS OR SIMPLY CLICK ON THE HOME PAGE BANNER Ross and the Dunbogan crew

Billy, Thanks mate It was atough week or so but she's running like a well oiled sewing machine now. There's still a lot of fishing to do for us both Cheers Ross

Glen, Having been a guest speaker at St George for many years I can assure you that they are a great bunch of guys who actually have their own premises and boat ramp. St George Sutho is a most active club and a bunch of nice people Good Luck Ross Hunter

Raiders, Have just spent 8 days replacing the engines in BROADBILL. These are some sats..The boat has done 27,800hrs.. She was launched in 1989 She has steamed as The Emu says "to the moon and back". Has been thru gales to 100 knots and encountered seas that have been huge over the years.(never by choice but by encounter, she has always brought us home safely, if not a lttle shaken) The builder was Marlin Broadbill ( the company I started in "76 ) and she was custom designed by myself and my team as a purpose built charter boat. Stats. on the boat... Length 13.3 metres O/A by 4.35 M beam weight 13 tonne approx Engines Cummins 240 hp running thru ZF gearboxes spinning 26'' wheels. Construction alloy. The vessel holds many records inc 97KG Tuna on 15kg , 38 kg king on 15kg, 297kg blue marlin on 24kg. She has won many tournaments over that long period inc. The Interclub three times ,AIBT , Northern Waters 4 times and Billfish shoot out twice. She holds the current port record of 21 striped marlin in a day at Pt Stephens 11th Feb 2005..She has released 2805 marlin and caught more tuna than we can remember.( not all killed, a lot released) With her new engines she will be a most reliable vessel for me to see my time out on. All that fish on Broady love her for her stabillity and huge cockpit and sea keeping abillity. See some photos of the dear old girl The one I love is of her backing down in huge seas with Mark Taylor and Big Merv Hughes. Hope you enjoy Roscoe

Alasdair, Mate always a pleasure to fish with nice people..What about Pt Stephens 2010 Get stretched on some of the local striped marlin? Ring 95342378 or email for details.There are two Raider spots left in one group. Ross

Rob, Let's hope so my friend..The fishing has been pretty good but the weather up and down Ross

Raiders, We have just posted an update on our web site......look in Fishing Reports Section for a great season on the reds.. Hope you enjoy Simply click on the linkMy Webpage. Let us know if you enjoy Regards Ross and Glenn Hunter

Peter, I had heard the snapper were quite and the 20 mile run from Botany Bay is not worth it So we bit the bullet and had a great day locally and saved a lot of travelling time. Thanks for your reply, glad you had a good day down south Ross