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This one is my first and only attempt at weaving

How about I just send the decky out to get the boat?

Thanks Ron that’s a great tip, much appreciated. Another good setup I’ve seen is to have a bungee cord attached to the anchor so it pulls boat out from the beach and when you want to jump in you can pull the boat in using a rope secured on shore. Let it go and the bungee cord pulls it back out safely away from shore. I just find I sleep a lot better when the boat is secured to a mooring rather than an anchor. But yeah then there’s that other issue of getting eaten when I swim out to get the boat. If my boat was bigger I’d take the yak with me.

The following weekend I'll be at Elizabeth Beach and hoping to launch from the beach there and fish inshore. If conditions no good then we'll smash the flatties in the lake.

Unfortunately this is another trip to Broughton that I must postpone. Just got word that my father in law has been booked in for a quadruple bypass op on Friday, so wife is going to Newcastle to be with him and her mum, and I'm looking after the kids. The kids don't even like fishing, everything is so unfair (yes I'm being sarcastic, but yes I'm also disappointed).

Trying not to pay too much attention to the forecast for a few more days ? Haha I often think that! I always come back to the fact that my boat is a lot more versatile than a big one... I wish I had could have a fleet tbh

Good to know, I thought they were still mandatory. I know a guy who was asked to show his charts during an inspection probably about 5 years ago now and he didn't have any. They did have a GPS and 3 anglers onboard who all had Navionics on their mobiles, but it still wasn't good enough from the authorities' point of view.

Quick update. I now have 2 mates coming with me. There's probably room for more on the camp site if anyone wants to join us, just let me know. Now we wait until closer to the date to see what the weather's going to do.....

They announce target species in a few days I think

Yes

That's my least favourite part of camping there, the swim out in the dark...

I've gone ahead and booked 2 sites ( I couldn't get 1 for the 2 nights so got a grass site for night 1 and a timber platform for night 2. No biggie.

That wouldn't be a problem! I've done a few weekend camping trips in my boat and it does get very full if there's 2 on board. With just 1 it will cut down on a fair bit of stuff so you wouldn't have any trouble. Pity you can't make it.

Not shy, sorry I just got excited about fishing and forgot you asked. Umina Beach.

Awesome guys, I'll keep in touch!

That's a great idea Rick, thanks. I've been trying to think how I can get around the issue. Those pedal kayaks make sense but your solution is very practical.

Hi guys After my last Broughton Island adventure was cancelled due to the weather, I'm penciling in the diary for another attempt, camping at the island on Friday 9/3 and Saturday 10/3. None of my friends are available for a fish, they're honestly just not as keen as me, so it's time to try to find some new fishing buddies. I'm quite happy fishing on my own and do this regularly but it feels a little irresponsible to go somewhere so far away from help for the weekend by myself. Looking to see if there's anybody else that might want to come along in their own boat to camp and keep an eye out for each other basically. Can keep in touch on the radio and help each other find fish too! It will be weather dependent for me as my boat is a 5m aluminium centre console. Cheers

Started with 6lb leader and went up to 10lb. The challenge was that the fish would pull the kayak over to the lease and before you know it I've drifted over the top of the lease that the fish went under. Not a good scenario!

Hi Arron I reckon they're pretty good. Not much meat on them but they taste nice. Definitely worth keeping some next time.

Great story and video, you'll be telling people about that one forever. I don't know what kind of shark it is, but 'spinner' shark certainly suits it. I didn't think mako though, hard to tell but it's head doesn't look pointy enough. I'll go with whaler.

Nice one Tyrone. I can totally relate to your attitude towards bream. I've come around in recent times too. The surface strikes are awesome and they can be a real challenge around structure.

There are a couple of access points to the beach along Crowdy Head road. The first one's not far after leaving Harrington but they're easy to spot so you won't miss it. We've gotten jews off the beach there before but no big ones. Might be worth doing a bit of spinning/livebaiting from the rock wall at Crowdy Head too. Should be some pelagics about.

Had an action packed session actually. Plenty of bream, EP's and flatties in the creek at the moment. Biggest problem was pulling the bream and EP's away from the oyster racks. I landed a few but lost plenty more.

Fishing Patonga Creek in the yak tomorrow morning. Launch 6:30 to paddle up with the tide to the top section of the creek. Anybody wanting to come along in their yak is welcome.

I don't know if there's any truth to this but I heard that because they're such voracious feeders they have eaten all the other fish in the ocean, and then they ate each other and now there's just one really big kingy.