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Hey boys We are heading out sat morning from Sydney for our first time that wide. We generally stop at teh furthest FAD. If anyone is interested in going out as a pair from a safety and first time out, please PM me. Both blokes who are heading out are experienced anglers and boaties. Many thanks Dodge

Me and a mate are thinking of heading wide out of Sydney Harbour on Sat 6 June Anyone else heading out?? Does anyone know if there are many Tuna out there at the moment? Cheers Dodge

Hi guys Heading out off Terigal on 8 march looking for some Dolphin Fish. Has anyone been out their lately - are they still around?? Anyone keen in coming along in their own boat. Cheers Dodge

Thanks Bodyboarder We have a Tabs 5.8m - so hopefully it can handle soem rough stuff. May punch out early and then pop back in the harbour afetr an hour or so. Thanks for the heads up Cheers Dodge

G'day We are heading to Long Reef Sat morning from Tunks Park for the first time in our new boat. Wondering if anyone else is heading out that way. Would just be good to have a contact for us as we have not been offshore in Sydney before. Cheers Dodge

G'day Mr Wolf Your report is like De Javu. Me and a mate have just bought a new Tabs 5.8m runabout. We too were at Balmoral and struggled to get livies, we too floated around 1km off North Head (for the first time) and found it hard to even stay on the bottom with our baits - let alone get a fish. Last week we had our anchor stuck just inside north head and the stress levels definatley were heightened whilst trying to get it off!! Maybe we can hook up some time and head out together, as we are keen to learn more, but there is often saftey in numbers when going offshore! Good luck and pm me if you are keen to head out some time offshore. Cheers Dodge

Hi Squiddy I used to live in Tama and found the salmon all along the various beaches. Specifically I have caught them at Tama and Maroubra (middle of the beach) on the turn of the high tide. Keep ganging the pillies and they will come! Great flattie Cheers Dodge

I can tell you - fishijng trip of a life time. Went last year May 2007. This should tickle some taste buds! I can tell you - fishijng trip of a life time. Went last year May 2007. This should tickle some taste buds! I can tell you - fishijng trip of a life time. Went last year May 2007. This should tickle some taste buds!

Nothing better than when a planned fishing trip comes together!~! Great work on bagging so many Barra. At least photos and times like that help the hard and long days at work easier to take. Great stuff - Dodge

AHhhhhhh Copafisher, you are too smart, west - east, what does it matter! I can gaurantee you will catch fish when leaving from Terrigal with this man, have been probably 12 times before and ALWAYS come home with a good feed! Good luck with it! Cheers Dodge

Hi guys, Thanks for the kind words!! One day in a lifetime! Just quickly though Roberta, I do not think we should advocate taking GPS devices on charter boats. This skipper from the charter boat company works damm hard at making a living with his business and taking a gps would in my opinion and his be detrimental to his livelihood. Cheers Dodge

G'day all Went away for my Bucks weekend to Terrigal and spent Friday morning on a charter out of Terrigal for what can only be described as the best Kingfish action I have evry seen or heard of. After waking to a windless morning, sun just peaking over the horizon, I knew I was in for a special day. Six of us boarded our charter at six am and headed west from Terrigal Haven! At our first spot, we had been there for about 45 minutes, for one snapper and a couple of sweep. We were on our last bait before we were about to move when one of the boys rod is nearly pulled from his hands! Bingo, after five or so tentative minutes bringing the fish from 40-50 metre sof water, we get colour, it has another big run, before being netted. A solid start going just leagl at 66cm. Not huge, but a kingy all the sam and a cherry popped for the angler. Well all rods went back in, baited with pillies and bottle squid. Then all hell broke loose as we had four to five boys at any one time hooked up to a kingy! The size also started to grow, and soon we were regularly pulling up 70+cm kingy's, one after the other. You may think this is a bit fisy, but the photo below will show you just how thick they were. We lost over 60 sinkers for the day as some just pulled to hard too quick and were bricking us up. So we started jigging with knife jigs and also some Bozo soft plastics on big TT jig heads. It took a couple of jigs and bang, we were on again. A mate, MAD MICK, using a red and white 300gm jig made the call that he was on big time. After a huge fight, I nearly fell over at what I was seeing, he had jagged not one, but two kingy's on teh one kinfe jig, one on teh top hook and one on the bottom hook!!!!! Both went legal size and the skipper of the charter went and sat down for4 a while not believing what he had just seen. Anyway, the biggest for the day went 76cm, we ran out of sinkers, live bait and basically my arms were now touching my toes from being pulled so hard. The tally was 70-80 kingfish, kept two fish per angler and threw the rest back for me to chase again this weekend. Best start to a Bucks party ever, and my thanks to the skipper for putting us on to such a special patch of reef!!!! Cheers Dodge

Its a contra deal for the enagagement ring - trust me - she is still well in front!~!

Hey raiders Heading to FIJI in middle of May 08 with the misses on our honeymoon! Looking to find anyone travelling at the same time who may be up for some serious sport fishing. Let me know Cheers Dodge

Nice rig and even better snapper! Great work!