Hillaries Sunday 25/06
Well I hadn't been out in the boat for months and was even getting the dark thoughts of if I should keep the boat or not... ! I haven't even logged onto FW in ages as life got the better of me for a while.... Glad that's now over!
I managed to convince my old boy to leave Mandurah at 2:45am on Sunday to get to mine at 3:45am for our departure.
We made our way to hillaries and got there before 5am, with only one car in the car park and the outside temp reading a somber 8 degrees, we knew we'd be facing the cold that morning.
We got to our spot in 12-15mtrs before the first rays appeared over the east and had the burley flowing.
I baited up my new budget combo which is a sienna 4000 paired to a diawa Laguna and sent it down, paternoster style.
As the first rays made their way over the hills I felt the rod tip slowly load up, after the hook had set drag started peeling nicely and that sweet sound reminded me what I love about fishing.
After a couple of minutes a nice dhuie popped up measuring at 55cm, yeeew what a way to bleed in the new combo!
About 20 minutes after that my dads Stradic 8000 fi started screaming, I knew he was into a snapper and I enjoyed watching him battle with it for a few minutes while taking in the serenity.
After that the skippy came to play and we had a ball for another couple of hours on them.
Was a great morning out despite the cold and relentless wind and having to re-tie every rig at least once, including an fg knot on my 1000 combo, yep one of those trips.
We each got a feed to take home and some memories to add to the collection with the man that started my fishing addicition.
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meglodon
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Now that is
Some very good eating fish there, enjoy and well done
Hutch
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Nice looking bag, would've
Nice looking bag, would've been plenty of fun I bet
kirky79
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Nice
Your old man must still be keen as getting up at 2:45am. Well done great feed
Faulkner Family
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gotta love it when the fish
gotta love it when the fish fire up to warm you up on a cold morning. well done
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Krusty
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The best way to cure those
The best way to cure those dark thoughts is to do just what you did and get out there ....nice bag ...well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Fisheagle
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Great story and catch
Thanks for sharing and do not wait too long before repeating.
Fisheagle Ed
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J Mann
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Rod tip slowly load up
cool story, fun times
Diggedy
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Yea thanks lads.Was
Yea thanks lads.
Was definantly one of the most memorable trips to date.
Might be able to sneak in another trip just before the next Bub arrives and I have to hang the rods up again for another couple months.