Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Flounder 2 Cam nil.

So I have been waiting for a while for weather and tides to line up for a flounder drag.
Under strict instructions not to drag a net from....my Mum.....my Dad.....my Wife...... so it was lucky the man child was home from camp and the daughter home from freinds places.
Both ultra tired and scratchy
Decided to drive to a new spot to avoid manhandeling the boat and just walk out.
Well grumpy one and prickly 2 were at each other all the way there....bitched and whined at each other and wouldn't listenin to a bloody word I said so net went out in a mess once and came back tangled up and full of weed....I did see two flounder tho not caught.
By then they were lucky I couldn't run to the truck and leave them there to fight to the death.
They rubbed off on me cos I was a bit shitty on the drive home.
Kids....who'd have em!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Flounder 2 Cam nil.

So I have been waiting for a while for weather and tides to line up for a flounder drag.
Under strict instructions not to drag a net from....my Mum.....my Dad.....my Wife...... so it was lucky the man child was home from camp and the daughter home from freinds places.
Both ultra tired and scratchy
Decided to drive to a new spot to avoid manhandeling the boat and just walk out.
Well grumpy one and prickly 2 were at each other all the way there....bitched and whined at each other and wouldn't listenin to a bloody word I said so net went out in a mess once and came back tangled up and full of weed....I did see two flounder tho not caught.
By then they were lucky I couldn't run to the truck and leave them there to fight to the death.
They rubbed off on me cos I was a bit shitty on the drive home.
Kids....who'd have em!

Shoot sum bullits and chill

Originally Posted by Pengy

Shoot sum bullits and chill

Well chilled now,just gotta keep the little shits apart atm
They sorting some tidy clothes for the morning now.....bulshit threshold will be absolutely zero till after dawn service.

These were welcome today ..... plenty around, along with big groups of just undersized packies, one monster that bailed as soon as I spotted him

Nice to see some bugs
,

Originally Posted by stingray

Nice to see some bugs
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Abiut the only upside to winter diving. Heaps of crays

Water was 18 deg so still pretty good

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Abiut the only upside to winter diving. Heaps of crays

We got on to some nice ones on Saturday, I'm amazed how soft some of them are.

@stingray was keen for a flounder drag and even better he had found another sucker I mean keen guy.



We tried a few different spots.


Tides were big and very low.



We did very well in the end with around 26 nice big flattys.

Cheers Joe and friend.

What VC doesn’t tell you , is how good it is to go with local knowledge. We brought wetsuits and high hopes , VC brought the know how ...how to get a bloody angry stingray out of the trawl ..how to supervise and yell instructions ...

Honestly this was an epic afternoon we’ve tried before catching logs a large Kahawai and shit ..today was just that good ...deep ..neck deep but good ...three harden fisherman set sail ...dragged so much weed we would have made a stoner weep ..then I chose quiet gut ( that was well out of my depth ) VC offered helpful advice like “ keep swimming “ ...my import friend stood beside VC yelling advice like “ don’t worry I’m ok” ...so when I finally beached we dragged the trawl in to find we had snagged 4 flatties

Well that go the blood pumping so another shallower drag was set up , we got a thump ...me yelling “ fuck yeah we’ve got a beauty “ only to see a rather pissed off ray trying to turn our drag into candy floss ...my import mate strove forward to shake the bugger out ...VC was superviseing yelling let it go up tide ...nope ..free then straight back in the net ....more of a cufuffel and it’s away ...then the tide pushed we hauled and well bugger me flounders ..big wide delicious flatties .

Cleaned the weed from the net had a second dig another handful .....Tide and time wait for no man and so it was that was our lot ....cleaned the fish VC brought the boat up ..we headed for home ..words cannot express the worth the knowledge of VC his nets and spots ...thank you from all that will enjoy fresh flounder tonight

I don't think he really needed to go that deep

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I don't think he really needed to go that deep
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Cant say i'd be keen doing that in our harbour anymore...

Originally Posted by Gibo

Cant say i'd be keen doing that in our harbour anymore...

Sharks or poos ?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Sharks or poos ?

These guys everywhere, over 12 individuals identified.

https://youtu.be/SxJofoHrcqs

Originally Posted by Gibo

These guys everywhere, over 12 individuals identified.

https://youtu.be/SxJofoHrcqs

Yea not much chance of them in our wee estuary.....maybe in our harbour tho?