Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Hmmm…lies being told? Or wrong place wrong time? Or cunning barstards using us to thin out the spikes?

Well tough day of fishing, weather was simply wonderful which was a real bonus…met a crew at the ramp going to fish shallow whilst we were setting sail for deeper water.

Hmmm dropped of the insurance policy x2 , set the burley ,set the expensive flashy shit , untangled the rig of doom . Heaps of current and with wind and tide both running true to each other we were sitting perfectly for straying and just about everything.

VC open the account with a solid spike , followed by another ( curse you @Sarvo we’ve had a great season of very few but you mentioned them and they arrived on mass) .

By then I had untangled my rig ,caught a spike that straight away tangled with my shinny thing turning my wonderful coloured braid into horrific nightmare. So being a calm relaxed sort of bloke ,I muttered my way through a untangle ..VC changed things up from bait to shinny and slowed down the bite ..thankfully

Then my shinny set to howling , set the hook only to find another spikey on my jig …” well bugger me “ I said calmly …VC complimented my fishing abilities that catching spikes on a lure is going next level. So showing that I’m pretty bloody good at this fishing lark I next managed a spikey my ledger rig and the burley pot from the other side of the boat…well that was the straw that broke the camels back.

All lines in off to check the insurance policies ..an empty hook was a blessing as we boated our quota of shit fish. One token carrot amongst the mayhem ..over to our shallow carrot patch …error more spikes ..sigh then the whole lot shut down ( thankfully) .

Geared up over and the side. 1.5 meters of vis not great but workable. Down on the hole …crays were well back with a couple of sizeable ones waaay back. Into the boat empty handed moved up to some turf we mark in the summer ..down straight onto a rock …wow three sitting out , slammed the biggest ,a nice taker buck , looked into the cave few better ones again out of reach ..did a swim round bagged a sucker the had no escape route.

Got a third taker very pleased with myself saw a number of shorts and lovely promising turf . In the boat Suns taken its toll on VC and myself ..head in…hello there old mate import in his kayak ..pull up to yarn he’s bags a double header of carrots

…” oh thats 5 now “ he tells us in a hour of fishing ..do you guys need some fishing tips ? He asks ..that was it …home time ..retrieved the boat and home.

Chasing early season snaps is always hard work. Cheers VC for not cutting my brand new braid and being a great skipper and putting me on the crays.

A tough day but a good day ..thank you!