Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Burnt by the tide!

Huge tides forecasted ..so we went hunting a huge low tide expecting it to empty the gutter and trap the flounder…

Well bugger Mother Nature gave us a good spanking, the estuary held water as it was a massive high tide so we waited and waited to see the channel empty…

In the end we plunged in at the honey hole as the rest of the channel was holding water way after low tide ..had a couple of short digs and got on the board with a handful of keepers ..

The estuary never emptied I think the ebb tide met the flood tide and all that high water got held in the channel, so we ended up chasing flats in a mid water tide.

Things went quite well will a number of fish being binned and water temps being a warm comfortable 18 degree. Along with this we had a handful of first timers that got into their work and we had the net cleared and fishing in no time each dig …bloody fantastic.

As the ebb tide finished the new folk got involved next level and took the drag out by themselves , a huge amount bullshit , laughter , and thoughtful exchanges were passed around, the net was beached and to the young folks delight some beauties were found snagged in the net , along with a couple of shorts that were released to see another day …( I think the young folks really enjoyed that part) …the catch was gutted and iced every time keeping the fish in pristine condition

The tide pushed so we set up for the flood , and waited and waited it crept up around us spilling into the flats before pushing up the channel , by the time it pushed the flats were flooding ..so we pulled in the drag to find a upset ray , but a handful of flounder ..a epic way to round out the evening..

Things sorted off home , shared out the catch enough for everyone to enjoy .

Another lesson learnt!