Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

The tides of change…

Out onto the flats to catch the tide , the crew started with a a good number of souls arriving at the hunting grounds ,but as the as the long weekend took its toll, the bodies got fewer and fewer.

Meet up at the sand bank happy to see @Madjon had the afternoon spare , so we shared a beer and a yarn waiting for other folks to arrive and the ebb tide to bugger off out.

We waited and whilst we did car / vans / utes loads of surfers , arrived over the next hour and geared up and headed for the waves!!

As per the photos I had asked my lady to come for a fish , with the promise of an easy tea and good company!

Well that set the wheels in motion , Lis my lady talked to the good lady next door who organised her niece and family and things went from a gas cooker and a fry pan and a loaf of bread and snags to

deck chairs , cheese ,wine , fold out tables , a bowl of fresh fruit , burger buns , sauces salads and many others things !! A few blokes in wetsuits , with a flounder net and a chilly bin with a few cold beverages and a bag of ice didn’t know , or ever ever think they would need to go fishing !

So with that we made it into the tide , and set to fishing hits straight away and things were looking very promising …then our luck ran thin …snags …normally clear bottoms were plagued with branches and sunken logs, then the wind howled as we 3 tried to clear drag with tangles and just generally shitty conditions we battled through.

Support appeared on the horizon, but they were untrained and and were more keen on yarning and chasing straw hats that blew off their heads and checking out the fish in the bin rather than getting the drag in the tide ..

So with a bit of encouragement we got their hands dirty , and a few more fish in the bin along side a monkfish / stargazer and short flounder that the young ones returned to the tide with glee.

The tided flooded …but the cooks were calling the tucker was ready , so we binned the net with a couple more keepers, headed for dry ground and enjoyed a wonderful spread of delicious food with excellent company …it’s a tough old life this fishing…