Gday guys,

Just got back from a trip up in the kimberely with the wife, was up their for a few weeks and only managed to sneak in 2 days of fishing, hadn't caught a barra before, its been on my bucket list for a while. Managed to talk her into a last minute trip to go heli fishing out of derby, fishing was pretty slow but what an experience, pushing the bait of the banks with the chopper and watching them get smashed by barra was insane, equally frustrating as we only landed one for the trip and the wife caught it good job on her behalf though.

Had a day booked with makaira a month prior to the trip this was my last chance to get one before we had to head back to Perth.

Fishing was again quiet we ended up landing a few more fish this day, tried sight casting for triple tail but they weren't interested in the lures, so we moved further into the creeks, no threadies but managed 3 barra for the day, finally got my first barra at 84cm was pretty happy with that quick photo and sent her on its way. After that fish, was happy to sit back and enjoy a beer and the rest of the day flicking lures.

 Went out this morning to check our pots and have a quick squid bash. Crays have slowed a little for us with the full moon but got afew on the weekend as well. I used one of those duo jigs today and I had 4 squid on board before my sons second cast. But I lost it on a snag, I'll be getting another one of them. 

 The Rockingham city have advised that the Bent Street Channel will be dredged commencing October, See Attached https://rockingham.wa.gov.au/planning-and-building/current-projects-and-works/bent-street-navigational-channel-dredging

 Got 2 brand new pots into the water yesterday and with the wind a bit lower than predicted my son and I got out around 7 and checked them thinking any crays would be good for brand new unsoaked pots we had 4 crays and an occy in the first pot 1 was undersized 2nd pot had 3 crays all size. Pretty happy with that looks like being a productive month or so coming up. Sorry have to click on the pic and it changes seems to be my phone. 

Shot over to the Montebellos last week for 5 days what an awesome place.

A mate drove up from Perth and met me at my place on the thursday(paraburdoo) we left para at 4am on Friday to head to dampier arrived by 9.30 fueled up and hit the water by 10am. We cruised over at 22knots conditions were pretty awesome there were whales everywhere it took us 3 hours to get to the islands and we used 105 litres of fuel. We spent the afternoon cruising around found a bay to camp in on Bluebell and spent the rest of the day unloading the boat re fuelling and setting up camp and a couple quiet beers.

Day 2 we woke to magic conditions we cruised out the west side through a gap in the reef and started sounding around I was lucky enough that a mate give me a couple of spots to sound around so we looked for a bit of action on the sounder which didn't take long then it was non stop action for most of the day we fished in 15m to start with then out to around 35m and some great fish caught the number of coral trout caught was incredible I had to put the jigs away as it was almost a trout every drop and they were averaging around 75cm so it was good fun the reds were only interested in bait. We forgot to take lots of pics as the action was so good but managed a couple.

Day 3 was much the same as day 2 but the fishing was a bit slower really only on the bite an hour either side of the high tide but still plenty of fish caught and released.

Day 4 the wind picked up considerably it was very hard to drift as the tide and wind were the same direction still managed a few fish due to the wind we thought we better check the forecast for the next couple of days so later that day we had a look and it wasn't easing up so we decided we would cut the trip a day short as it was better wind direction to travel back in on day 5 rather then day 6.

Day 5 we packed up camp loaded the boat up and had a cruise around the islands while jumping in the water having a free dive on some of the coral bombies. The coral colours are amazing and the marine life is superb. Some huge cray fish around and some massive cod we didn't spear anything as we had our fish limits for the trip. Once we were out of the island group we thought we would have one more fish before heading back to dampier so we found some flair ups just past the gas pipe line and had a quick jig session with a few fish raised but there were a lot of sharks around. We could see plenty of dolphin fish but couldn't hook any. So it was 1pm so we thought we better start the journey back it was a fairly strong sw wind but still managed to comfortably cruise at 18knots back at dampier ramp by 4.30

A huge thanks to all members who helped me with some info it made doing the trip so much easier with the knowledge before hand. 

We travelled 250nm and used 360litres of fuel. I took over 500 litres as i thought I would use 150 litres to get there and have 50lt a day to use but the economy didn't change much at all being fully loaded. I have a 6.5m pacemaker with a 250hp mercruiser.

I can't wait to do the trip again.

Cheers 

Rod

Spent a week in Point Samson earlier this month. Didn’t have the best weather but still managed to get out 6 times. Went out wide for the first time and came up the goods bagging out on Reds. Was 30nm to get into the 40s.

Biggest Red was 7kg. 

 Took advantage of a day off yesterday and headed out with a mate (who hasn't really fished). Was super stoked about the forecast so headed out deep to see if could get that elusive fat dhue!

unfortunately deckie ended up vomiting all day so I couldn't focus as much, no dhue unfortunately. Missed a few hits while checking my deckie was still alive. Ended up with 2 decent baldies. Would have loved to have stayed out longer, but felt bad asking him to get a license just so I could keep fishing lol! Magic afternoon conditions. Bit bumpy and quick drift in the morning. Releases a big harlequin, couple undersize blackass, and a decent shark.

not sure my deckie will be keen to head out again any time soon! At least he was alive enough to have a picture with the fish when back on land.

Was great to get out for a fish yesterday, very wet offshore and not so great with no protection against the elements in my new boat, third world problem, lots of whales, found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, ended up with a great bag, my decke Eric hooked the fish with the big tail and I have never seen a spool empty so fast, 

Quick run out Sunday morning in spectacular conditons, averaged 35 knots on the run out and back which made for a quick morning fish. 

Lots of dhuies around, got our bag in less than an hour, then headed for a KG fish, no KGs but Den got this on a No.1 kg long shank hook.....released well. We were not keen on hooking more dhuies and doing unnecesary damage, so we headed back to Hillarys for bacon and eggs and coffee breaky at the Marina. 

Heaps of Minkie Whales around, they would not leave us alone, we had about 10 hang around the boat for 20 minutes checking us out.

Show up good on the sounder. 

 Well it got to 1/2 time on the footy and with the eagles already with a game winning lead and with the wind sitting at about 5knts at OR I made the decision to go for a quick snapper bash.   Went outside to hook the boat up and it started to rain pretty hard.   not a good sign ....checked the radar after 20 mins and all looked clear so off I went. Went out to three mile to an area I have fished recently with mixed success (few undersize and just size snapper).   Decided  to go slightly north of my previous spots and follow a channel of sand which drops to about 12m but which has Bombies running along both sides. After working out the drift and failing a few times (the wind swung to the east, a south weat swell and a northerly current) I ended up anchoring in about 8m and then drifting until I was pretty much in the channel before tieing off.   I started to throw a few cushed mulies and pellets into the water and within seconds  the skippy were going bananas. Caught a few on my 6/0 snelled mulie rig .   The swell was pumping which was painful but the absence of any wind made it otherwise ok.   All went pretty quiet until just after sunset when one reel screamed and with all the head shaking I knew it was a big snapper. I probably got a bit excited and tightened the drag too much and about half way into the fight the hooks pulled.   No sooner had I rebaited and got the line back in the other rod took off. Same thing - big run and lots of head shakes.   Having learnt my lesson I was softer on the fish and got to about 3/4 of the way through the fight and the hooks pulled again. I knew I had lost two prize  fish!   Next cast ....on again but the dead weight was a giveaway.   A big ray which I cut off close to the boat. For the next ten minutes I had that sinking feeling that I was going to go home empty handed and then the reel screamed again.   After a decent fight a nice 650mm pinkie came on board.   This fight was nothing compared to the two I lost so I suspect they were biggies.   This one was caught on 7/0 octopus circles which I put on after cutting off the ray.   The hooks that pulled were 6/0 octopus so I will continue to use the circles in future and see if that makes a difference to catch rates. So happy with my snapper but that feeling of what could have been has annoyed me all day. But hey that's fishing. Hope to get out again this week! 

 Just back from a great 12 days in Exy , covered all bases fished the shallows on plastics , jigging in the 90s for goldband and scarlett sea perch , couple of feeds of muddies and deep dropping for grey band and rubys with an exceptional amount of very large rubys accounted for including one that bottomed out 20kg scales with ease !!!

Over the years we have received significant help from a fish market monger, and have long talked about going out for a fish together.  We have been limited to a Sunday due to work commitments, and last Sunday showed some promise with the forecast easterly around 10-15kn.  We made the plan, and Dean really wanted to bring one of his employees (Spring) as a reward for doing an excellent job.

Given the forecast temperatures, the afternoon looked a lot more comfortable than the morning so the plan was to leave around midday and fish until dark.  We decided to play it by ear as to how far we ventured out based on the wind conditions when on the water and unfortunately it was blowing closer to 15kn so we had to stay inshore, much to Spring’s disappointment as he really wanted to catch a big fish.  Our “on the water” plan was to burley up a weed bank close to the marina, head to a spot that can hold big sand whiting and then settle at an inshore pinkie haunt that has produced the goods previously at dusk.

10 minutes from launch and we had the lines and burley in.  I keep the offcuts from our commercial burley manufacturing process, and use them myself so we had a lot.  We had herring and garfish all around our boat, and some large predators that smashed the schools every now and again – saw a big pike launch itself out of the water right on top of us.  We checked licence status, kept the big herring and released all of the southern garfish, small herring and other undesirables.  Unfortunately we couldn’t tempt the bigger things and the live baits went untouched.

A short move down the coast and we fished for sand whiting as the order from home was to get some fillets.  As usual in this location, they occasionally school through but you do get some bigger models.  The burley had fish all around us again, and we got some nice whiting in amongst other various species.  The highlight was Spring’s XL sandie, and this was a big fish in its class at probably near 300g.  Another highlight was Dean landing a small eagle ray on the 4lb whiting gear after a long and entertaining fight.

As the sun started to drop it was time to move and set up for the late afternoon.  Again, burley in the water and we generated an aquarium.  Skippy were the main species this time although there were plenty of smaller pinkies, and the herring again.  Spring managed to hook up to a nice tarwhine amongst the smaller pinkies, but it was a job to get a bait through the skippy although the bite fluctuated quite a bit. 

As the sun hit the water my baitrunner started to sing as something sizeable hit the floating mulie.  It is always a relief when you engage the reel and the hook up is solid, as was the case here.  I had the drag set reasonably tight but it still pulled a lot of line in the initial runs.  The head shakes were unmistakably those of a pink and when we finally saw colour, that’s what it was.  A skilful net job and we had a good fish in the boat – Spring was over the moon to see it.  We stuck it out for a little while longer but the school had moved on, it was quite dark, and time to come in.

My family is fussy about the fish we keep so it didn’t take much convincing to let the visitors take them home.  It was a nice mixed bag and was good to hear the skippy and whiting were consumed raw that evening by family and friends (and settled the anger about getting home so late), the herring were given to relations and the pinkie weighed in at 6kg with a 2.5kg fillet return plus the wings – it helps being a professional fish filleter.  I have arranged to pick up the frozen frame so I can donate it to the Fisheries skeletons program.

It was a nice afternoon on the water, testament to the fact you don’t have to go very far in Perth metro to get a reasonable return, and there is value of using various burley types and techniques for targeting different species.  We have already talked about doing it again. 

 Had just as much fun catching these kgs , almost as good as catching a Dhuie. almost.

Built up the awesome squidding down here all day to the kids and launched from Port Geo Marina with a stiff breeze still blowing at 2pm with Bailey our pup on his maiden voyage.

Headed straight for my honey hole and the look on Lachie's face said it all when he saw the colour of the water. We did three large drifts for no interest on a range of jigs so pushed out to the 10m line where the water was nicer.

Hit a couple of broken up areas with jigs and whiting rigs and not even a bite and kept a sardine cube untouched!!

Oh well... the beer and lemonade was cold, the tunes were good and Bailey was a star.

 Fished the mouth of the Murchison out the end of Chinamans last night. Tried baitcasting some mulies for Tailor, but they were a bit mushy and the pickers were cleaning them off the hooks.

My daughter's boyfriend thought he would try a popper in the dark and he eventually hooked up big time. After a good tussle, he had a very big Tailor at the base of the rocks (est 6 kilos), but he tried to lift it up onto the rocks we were fishing from and the line snapped and that was the last we saw of the jumbo Tailor  .

Another one that got away...

Been scanning the forum as a ghost for a couple of months now and finally decided to write a small report of a foreigner’s new home. I have been calling Australia home for a couple of months, however the trip happened 4 weeks after arriving in November 2019. 

Been with a new company for six weeks before they forced me to take a two-week holiday (Christmas break), how unfortunate. Me and the misses decided to start working our way up from Perth driving north and sleeping wherever and whenever we feel like it. Fishing rods packed, sleeping in the van and having no idea what to expect along the way. Got a few decent tips from searching the forum.

The first couple of days had minimum success as can be expected if you drive around inland and looking at all kind of tourist attractions, finally we made our way up to Hamelin Pools and decided to continue to steep point and see what the fuss is about. Our first two night we stayed at false entrance, being the only campers there was exiting and allowed us to explore and really experience a bit of remoteness reminding us of back home (Namibia). Early mornings and late afternoon gave us a couple of tailor which was fun and starting to lighten up the trip. Next stop, steep point and the next two days fishing the bay and diving in the area yielded no results and after just two days the wind has finally driven us away and made me realise that we were not nearly as prepared as we should have been, we decided to leave and continue north, but before we leave I will gather the courage to stand between numerous other anglers on the point and give it a last go with my spinning setup and hoping that if I manage to hook something that someone will give me a hand getting a fish up the cliffs. One fellow angler saw me standing on my own and having a less than average time, told me to join them and even gave me one of his lures, a yellow belly that is apparently deadly. Humbled I casted the whole afternoon till dark with no results and not seeing one fish landed for the day. To show my gratitude I had to spend a couple of hours on the cliffs the next morning before we leave. This is when it happened for me, my first Spanish mack and that on spin from the shore blew my mind. We ended up spending another three days at steep point joining my newfound friend and his camp. This is where I fell in love with WA and its people, taking in a foreigner and sharing without the slightest hint of selfishness. 

As our trip continued, we found a honey hole and managed to bag a couple of good crays (biggest 2kg), and to repay some of my debt we had a good feedback at the camp. We headed north and ended our trip in Exmouth, a great first trip. Since then I have done a couple smaller trips and closer to Perth as my work does not feel as forgiving as when I started. Now that I managed to get rid of most of the touristy stuff and settling in. I am looking forward to exploring and uncover a couple more secrets along the way. 

Shot out late yesterday arvo for a solo inshore bash, weather played ball and was bloody beautiful. Heaps of bait playing on the surface on the way out, which had me frothing for a couple of 90+ snapper. Anchored up and got the berley going, got the baits out and picked up a small pinkie (yes, it was legal). A bit of time passed and just the usual skippy/herring/flathead hanging around. Bit of current happening so I had to muck around a bit until I got the weight right on my rig. The amount times i picked up a bottlebrush nut thinking it was a ball sinker was quite funny. And trying to thread them on in lowlight without a headlight is frustrating. Anyhoo

Just on sunset I got a run and started getting my hopes up for the big pinkie, strange fight ensued which was unlike a pinkie or stingray. I find it hard to pick what it is on the lightish gear. Had the other rod go off at the same time which turned out to be a small stingray. Got the original fish close to boat but had given up on it being a snapper. Saw the blue fins and my heart jumped a bit but it ended being a small sambo. Shortly after I had another run but pulled the hooks, I rerigged and fed the bait out with the current and hooked up, not fighting like a snapper but I still took care as it was giving me curry.  5minutes later there was a nice little dhuey on board which ended up weighing 6.9kg. You can see in the pic my net has a hole in it (cant really see but its quite big) and the fish swam straight out of that 3 or 4 times before I finally got him. Stoked with that fish I started packing up and headed home stoked with an hour of hectic fishing under my belt. Nothing huge or spectacular landed but happy with the action.  cheers Jim

If anyone can give some advice where to catch pinkies at the moment around the sound, garden island and five fathom. Please pm me if you can help

cheers 

G'day guys,

Last week we (Harro, Kane and myself) decided to head north to Exmouth, to chase the sunshine, warm weather and quality fish.

With the weather gods playing their part, we were able to find pockets of good weather utilising the Windy App. This allowed us to fish 5 out of our 7 days.

The first few days we fished the gulf and islands, getting into a few fish. Kane catching his first Coral Trout and Harro falling in love with the Vexed Bottom Meats (it wont be long and I'll have fishing jigs and plastics haha).

With the weather clearing up we decided to head out deep and try and find some Red Gems of the deep. First drop and we were on, landing our first 20kg+ GB. 

After that it was slow going, sounding around, hooking and dropping a small black before finally coming across a small patch of Rubys. From this little school we managed a Darwin Roughy and a pigeon pair of Tang Snappers too (a first for the boat). Last drift of the day Kane managed to catch his first GB, a solid fish at that. 

That fish concluded what was yet another awesome trip up north. I absolutely love that place and can't wait to get up there again!!!!!!!!!

 Just got home from an awesome week In Exmouth. Plenty of sharks in most areas of your heading up that way my best recommendations are travel a bit further to Long Island work the ground 15 to 30 meters very productive . Never experienced so many good reds in under 30m . Regards Camel 

 Had a productive day out with the wife. Biggest red went over 9 kg

If there is one thing about fishing, then that is the unpredictability of the outcome of this pastime enjoyed by millions around the world.  Fish behaviour is determined by so many variables which include air and water temperature, current strength and direction, moon phase, air pressure, wind direction ….. and the list goes on.  Seasoned anglers take decades to learn the patterns that determine fish behaviour, and even then they are not guaranteed that they will return successful.  

Enter the occasional angler like myself who only has the opportunity to get out on weekends and then only if the weather permits.  The point here is that a lot of my success is being at the right spot at the right time even though unintentionally and unknowingly.  Such an occasion occurred this weekend when mate Xavier and I decided that it was time to stock up on snapper fillets (I am starting to scratch the surface of this fish’s behaviour).

We took off from the Woodies ramp at first light with the plan to fish the West side of Garden Island until the wind settled and then to head off to a new patch of ground which I recently discovered South of Rottnest Island.  We have a few snapper spots on the west side of Garden Island, but the Raymarine told us that there was nobody home at the time that we passed over their regular feeding grounds.  There have been some good reports of snapper being taken in shallower (less than 10m) water recently, so we changed our plan to look for some promising indications at this shallower depth.  It did not take long before the sonar reflected some good activity below and the pick was summonsed to keep us on the spot.  A few handfuls of burley made it clear that these fish were not the snapper that we were hoping for, but in fact a large school of skippy.  I never turn my nose up to a good fight on light gear, so we spent the next hour plus being entertained by these willing trevally, with the occasional curious herring mixing it up for us.

Around mid-morning we made our way to Rotto in somewhat sloppy conditions resulting in a painfully slow trip.  Xavier and I had not fished together since PC (pre-Covid) which meant that the chinwagging made the trip across more bearable.  A number of drifts over the designated grounds resulted in no more than undersized pinkies (47 - 48.5cm ouch!).  Around mid-day Xavier suggested that we head off to the West end of Rotto to a spot where we had pulled baldies from the depths before.  Loaded with bottom baits we were soon drifting over the caves below trying to entice a baldie or even better a dhuie to take our baits.  Whilst on the first drift we noticed some good bird action closer to shore, not too far from some breaking surf.  I suggested that Xavier change his bottom bait for a stick bait while I manoeuvre the boat to within casting distance from the action.  At this stage we were convinced that the action was a school of tuna smashing the baitfish.  Xavier hardly had a chance to put two turns on the Shimano before we sighted a decent mackie come up and smash his lure.  The first run was hard and long with at least 40m being stripped from the reel in very rapid time. Xavier’s first comment was that he was not going to land this fish today, especially not on the 3-5kg rod and 20lb leader with no steel.  I spoke some courage into him and said that I would follow the fish with the boat and all that he had to do is keep the pressure on his end (I too was not convinced that this fish was coming on board).  At least these macks are clean fighters, unlike the kingies and sambos that run you straight down into the bricks below.  After a decent fight we eventually gaffed the shark mackie and had it on board, celebrating with high-fives (what Covid?)

By the time we bled the fish, we had drifted a good few hundred meters from the action, but the birds were telling us that there was more to come.  Xavier took the wheel and I quickly tied a 120mm Fish Inc sinking stickbait to my now favourite combo - loaded with 30lb Pandora X8 (thanks Luke Ryan from Tackle West) and waited in anticipation for my turn to get into my first - yes first mackie.  I need to digress for a moment and confirm that I have put half a dozen others onto mackies without being able to catch one myself - the confidence level was not too high at this stage.  Xavier skilfully lined me up and I put in my cast.  My hands were shaking and the mind was running through all the checks to ensure that I did not stuff up this opportunity that has been eight years in the making.  As my lure hit the water I witnessed at least three mackies jockeying for position as they raced to engulf my offering.  I am not sure that I even turned the handle before the PE4 Oceans Legacy bent over donating line through its guides at a speed that I have only experienced after hooking an angry kingie.  

After what felt like an eternity I eventually had the fish next to the boat so that Xavier could put the gaff into it and bring it on board.  After more high-fives (sorry Hon Roger Cook) and real smiles for the photos, and we were ready for another round.  Unfortunately three other boaties noticed the action and raced right into the middle of the school of fish.  Now this does not take decades of experience to understand that type of behaviour will chase the fish straight down and turn off the switch.  Oh well, I had my first mackie, we had two on the boat, and both without steel - let’s not push it. 

We decided to call it a day and made our way back to Woodies with smiles that were impossible to erase.

YouTube video - https://youtu.be/K47sFbMVqYk

 Went out with a mate from Hillarys for a tuna troll yesterday arvo. Acres and acres of bait out near the big ships but couldn't turn a reel. Still a beautiful day to be on the water and enjoy a couple of beers.

had an interesting arvo yesterday.

didnt get out til 1 as had to do a picnic with the wife in the mroing, took a mate out, and bashed straight out to the 40s.  managed 3 dhus, 2 baldies and a breaksea and a few undersize snapper..

dhues were 48, 48 and 49! we knew they werent gonna be huge so reeled up slow and released well with the dropper weight, same with breaksea and one of the baldies and the snapper.

only keeper was a 50cm baldie, so good fish.

highlight of the day was almost falling in when a whale breached not 5m away, then proceeded to swim striaght  under the boat and out the other side.... pretty disconcerting, but amazing! unfortunately no camera, and mate was tyiing a rig! we just stood there shocked for a few minutes..

saw 2 other whales and a pod of dolphins.

curised in at 35 knots with the sunset behind us to an empty boat ramp.

not very productive, but one hell of an afetrnoon all the same.

cheers

goat

Well i gave it a good crack this weekend and after getting thrown around by the Wind and swell last night i was starting to think my early success was beginners luck.   After catching a stingray, one skippy and two wrassse I gave up. Never to be defeated and living close to ocean reef, the wind change to SW tonight inspired me to do it again.   Arrived at my spot at about 4.30pm and had to spend a bit of time working on the drift to get on to the sand spot I had eyed off.  Started the burley trail of diced mulies with a few handfuls of chook pellets soaked in tuna oil.   second cast ....on to a just size pinkie. As I am unhoooking that one the other rod goes off and his twin comes on board.   two just size pinkies in about 20 minutes. Then it all turned to crap....the wind changed pushed me back onto the bombie....the pinkie stole my hook and when re-rigging my brand new terez  15-30 the tip clean snapped off...(back to bcf tomorrow for a warranty claim) and then to top it off I had to leave the stuck anchor out there.   Anyone know of someone who can help me retrieve it. It's in 5m of water??? Anyway, the good news is I bagged out on pinkies for the first time ever ...but as usual nothing comes for free! 

G'day All
Off to Rottnest Island this week for some land based fishing . Wondering if anyone has been having any luck over there and knows or has heard what's actually biting.
Im taking my poppers and sticks to try entice some pelagic's and my soft plastics over and a few squid jigs and will visit the usual haunts of Radars and around Strickos for some likely holes in the reef.
So yeah any info knowledge or reports would be appreciated
Cheers
Beats working.

 Been getting into a few pinks lately with fish on this spot about half of the time I go there and a few smallish sambos which is a nice bonus. 12m 

Havent put up a post in since before the young fella was born (now 9 months old), felt like todays run was worth it.

Newly found time constraints have meant more efficient fishing missions, so having a go at squidding with my wife lately (kid at grand parents).

First 2 trips for 3 and 2 smaller squid, not a bad feed for the 2 of us with some fish caught on previous trips thrown in.

Saturday seemed like weather could go either way, but report looked to good to miss today, hit the water by 2:45 and shot out to the weedbeds we had been trying.

Managed 6 squid in the hr on the water with biggest hood going 27cms, also finally managed to outfish my wife!

Water was like a pond when it was time to leave and honestly if my mum wasnt cooking dinner would have stayed longer.

Nothing beats heading home at WOT after a good day out.

Went out for a post covid fish with my son yesty arvo/evening trying for an inshore snapper out from Warnbro although not too much to write home about, it was just great to get out with my son after not fishing with him for a long time, I have so missed fishing with him so much and enjoyed the hours we spent out on the briney.  Ended up with a nice black arse 6 skippy a port Jackson each my son got a ray and me a poxy eel, but all in all it was more about the time you get to spend with your family doing what you love cheers

 Needed a fishing fix, so went out on Offshore Charters with 3 other punters today.

We got our boat limit of mainly smaller fish, with a couple of nice sized Pink Snappet rounding out the catch. Mostly pinkies, coral trout and a couple of redthroats going into the esky. A couple of undersized Dhuis, pesky Skippy etc also caught and released. I got done twice on my SP outfit by suspected sharks, the second one taking all my braid with the knot at the backing snapping when I locked up.

Heaps of whales out there today and as always, bloody great to be on the water.

A couple of pics of me with average fish should be attached.