Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

The privilege......

Home from trip away all I wanted was to wet a line and with a long weekend ahead I was fizzing, checked the forecast and checked with the oldman ...weather looking pretty average ...bugger ...then out of the blue @vietnamcam texts...are you jet lagged want to go fishing?

Seeing photos of gurnard and brim I couldn't say yes please fast enough...a phone call later and I had visit to the bait shop and down to the ramp and there he is VC and a new truck even to boot.

Load the boat launch and away ...I was full of yarns about the trip away I was limited help baiting the hook line but VC was pantient and did the chores whilst I continued to chew his ear off (thanks Cam) , we set the hook line soaking ..and set ourselves to fishing with no tide we soaked baits VC binned a couple of carrots, and then bang, reeeeelllll ...a real treat of a good sized early season brim on his sons rod! Made my day to just see and smell my first of the season, what a difference a year makes last year we were sharking hardout , this year the devil fish is somewhere else where we had the pleasure of soaking baits.

I was giving the simple of task of adding another burley spud to the pot ...down it went ..sat down and relaxed and VC quietly asks ...Joe why is our burley bomb over there floating away ?? Ahhhh crap ..what rookie ..didn't snig the the loop up tight..up lines , anchor ,burley pot off to chase our burley ..success back into the pot and back into into the tide...back to fishing..

We sat enjoying the evening sunset and the chop,eased off to a beauty of an evening, what a way to be welcomed home!!


The night wore and I wore out ...VC was straying a single bait and got a howler of a run that didn't stick and with light fading VC took pity on me and we pulled the hook line and harvested some fat carrots and then out of the green came a thumper ...wow what a way to start the summer thanks to you Vietnamcam!! There is simply nothing better than sharing time with a fisherman that hunts fish, not simply hopes to catch but rembers the seasons past and where and what and also is willing to share his knowledge.
Snapper sure as hell worth smiling about



The crew for th night