Went out in the Harbour today with my suzuki loving mate Mark. A lures only session from 10am to 4pm in east arm – I did not have much hope. However, we did okay. 4 barra (3 mine) with the largest being 47cm. Got a few catfish, a few small trevelly and Mark caught a thumping flathead.
Maggie and I took Pa to the farm today for his birthday. It was very easy to catch fish in the afternoon session, basically all the juvies around 40cm were going to smash each prawn. We all got one and moved onto trying to get bigger stuff. We didn’t succeed (a few did) and soon Maggie got over it and we went back to the juvie pond. She had an absolute ball, getting fish after fish. All in all she got 6 barra, and was getting really comfortable holding them up by the end of it.
Mike and I went to the vernons again today. First cast I got a massive pike and from there a bunch of smaller trevally. We went exploring for a new spot and got a variety of very small things like trout, cod and bluebones. Then we hit the goldie hole and it really fired – got quite a decent feed.
So all in all it was a good day, the only thing it was lacking was a real “photo fish”.
Maggie and I went down to a barra farm today. We also went on Saturday but didn’t manage to get anything.
On my fourth cast of the day I managed to hook a little fella. Maggie helped me wind it in.
A bit later on I hooked my second barra and Maggie reeled it in by herself.
At this point I cast and let her wind it in (teaching her how to jerk it a bit) and soon enough she hooked it herself! I had to get it off a pipe but otherwise she reeled it in all the way by herself. She was very proud and so was Dad!
She really liked the farm, additionally it is a great place to practice casting. She seems to be quite good at it too.
We went fishing on a charter in the harbour today with Maggie. I don’t love the style of fishing, nor do I ever have much hope of getting good stuff. However she loves it and I want to encourage the hobby while I can. It was ideal conditions but the day wasn’t great. We didn’t get much and the gear was very old and Maggie had a lot of trouble winding it. She still had loads of fun and the guide let her wind in a fish of his.
