Mike.

Well done again Mark, nice fish. Reading your report reminded me of our Blue that we hooked and lost about 4 weeks ago..It also charged at our boat and we were doing about 20knots too to get away from the dam thing! I was on the rod and thought we lost it but we just couldnt get away from it quick enough to get tension again. It threw the hooks half an hour later. Had a heap of fun and we learnt alot that day. Mike

What a way to pop my marlin cherry. When I saw it jump 300m behind the boat, i knew i had a lot of work to do to get the line back on the reel! I had half an idea what i'd be in for, but once your strapped in onto a blue, you really know how angry they can be. It was pretty tough when it hung deep, but the skipper talked me through it and offered me some wise words of wisdom, not soon after joining in with Pete sledging and cracking jokes at me while i was in pain...well i expected that It was definitely a team effort and we would not have tagged and released my first beakie without Skipper Mark and Deckie Pete. A day that i wont forget, thanks guys. Thanks again Mark for your hospitality, I learnt alot. I dont think we stopped talking about fishing for the whole 10 hours we were trolling! Couldnt ask for a better day

Top fish Scratchie, good work to pull it from the rocks, great eating size!

Thanks guys appreciate it, that was a solid drummer chewie, It would have went pretty hard i can imagine at that size! Big thanks to Ian Bat and Roadrunner who support COTM. Ian was great, he gave me a couple of options for the prize, and i chose a GME VHF aerial. Check out their website, they have some great gear Ian has mentioned that raiders get trade prices too Mike

Thanks Swordies and Ian and a big thanks to everyone that voted, I was up against some great fish entered this month. Its great that the sponsors Roadrunner Parts and Outriggers Direct support this competition and have helped to bring COTM back. There are alot of happy raiders Cant wait to see the entrants for this month, looks like there will be some solid contenders from the reports Cheers Mike

BEAST of a king, well done!. Looks like you put some hurt on him, or he put hurt on you , either way top result!

Sounds like a top sesh for 2 hours! You have to be pretty nifty to pull them from the rocks too, nice work.

Nice work mate, they are some solid central coast bream there!

Not a stupid question at all. A 6m Quinnie will be fine. Water surges up and down the ramp most of the time from the swell, so you need to keep that in mind when putting the trailer in. We generally launch the boat fairly shallow, because when the water surges up the ramp and your trailer is in too deep the boat could float off the trailer and you can be in all sorts. Same goes for when you retreive the boat, we dont go in too deep to compensate for the surge. Just keep it in mind when your down there. Watch the locals first to get a good idea Hope this helps

Cheers guys thanks for the compliments. Thanks mate, Yes it was pretty rough, there seemed to be a storm out wider heading south that was causing it to be windy, seas were very sloppy too..i have a few bruises from the side of the boat! Seemed to ease up after 2pm when we had to leave ofcourse. We lost one rig early on, could have been a mako or a coota, but that was it. We wernt burleying that much so maybe we didnt attract them? Cheers mate. Bellambi is about 1 hour south of sydney (just before wollongong). There is a 4 lane ramp there, just be cautious when releasing and retreiving the boat as the water often surges at the ramp. You could also try Port Kembla ramp which is completely protected and has its fair share of snapper to be caught around the islands and general area. I was using a 3/4 ounce jig head. A sea anchor helps slow the drift.

haha, well Im sorry but what happens in the cabin stays in the cabin And yes i guess your right, Pete keeps putting ME onto the big ones...hes going to stop taking me to his spots if i keep showing him up! heard you guys and Formosan did well Cheers Scratchie, its definitly easy to forget the elements when fish like this are coming aboard. Swell was pretty sloppy too, that explains all my bruises! Thanks mate , yep was a fat fish! Yes we do alright together, always a team effort. Good keeping in touch on the water

It was 3 weeks since Ive been snapper fishing and I've had snapper on the brain all week!! So headed out with my mate Pete (DTROJAN) Saturday to chase some south coast snapper. Also on the water were a few other fellow Fishraiders that we kept in touch with throughout the day, taunting eachother on the radio everytime a fish came on board. It was good to keep in touch and I hear they also did very well!! Launched from Bellambi and fished different depths between wollongong and stanwell using bait and plastics. Plastics seem to get the biggest fish of late but baits still caught their fair share of fish. we like to use a combo of baits and plastics, as some days they only want one or the other. Saturday they were happy to take both We ended up with 7 reds all up, with the biggest going 5.3kgs and touch under 80cm that hit like a freight train! The next best was a 70cm model weighing in at 3.7kgs caught by Pete on a plastic We have had a few good sessions this season, but this was the biggest red this year so far, so i though id share. It was caught in 42m of water on a 7inch Nuked Pilchard Glow Zman jerk shad...and i might add that ive been very impressed with the Zmans on reds, especially their durability with pickers. 79cm and 5.3kgs 70cm and 3.7kgs It was wet, cold and windy at times but thats snapper fishing for you! And thanks again Pete, you always seem to put us onto the big ones! Mike

Awesome bag of reds there boys, sounds like it was a hot bite!

Kind words boys but you have been doing equally as well. There have been a few good sessions by all, but i think the best of the season is yet to come.....hopefully

Well done boys, putting in the hours and consistantly getting awesome reds! Nice vids again....I never get tired of seeing those Gomoku's bending! If the weather (and the misses) allows im keen as to get out this weekend...fingers crossed!