My Annual Swr Trip Away For Christmas

[johnno]

Hi All Sorry so long

Well i went up to South West Rocks again for this christmas actually 26th to the 3rd

Well this was my first Christmas with the new boat and a new Baby 4months old girl (Bridget).

All was planned to a tea.After a hard end to the year i was looking forward to heading away

with my brother coming (PEST).

I left home around 2am on the 26th to beat all the traffic but whilst on the HWY around Morriset

BANG there goes a Trailer tyre. .Changed and got there with a total trip time of 6.5hrs

with a baay feed and a tyre change.

day 1 decided to do some Bread and butter fishing Whiting/bream/flathead.

the day in all landed around 90 fish but only 4 legal fish,The non legal where all about 1.5/1/0.5cm under

day 2 decided to hunt around oyster leases for bream. Long day out but nailed a fair few but all a little small but keep 2 for the day 28and 29cm. Got a good sun tan this day /burnt

day 3 Friends that where up wanted to fish so we toke them out in the morning and landed 2 nice whiting

but i gave them away to the friends but they enjoyed there morning.

Arvo on day 3 mate and his cousin came up for a fish.That was some comedy there in it,s self

4 in the boat lines everywhere tangles but i was hiding up the front Landed 2 bream and 2 whiting

but they got the fillets and i got to clean all rods and reels and boat.

day 4 went for my first time outside and got to cross the bar

with the brother standing beside me hanging on for life.NAAAAA i toke it easy

we went out and trolled a rapala Xrap and 2 skirts around along jail wall and fish rock then a little wider with

no hits 2.5 hrs later we headed back in to get the tyre fixed on the trailer.

Day 5 We went out for a night fish dropped some pillies and some live mullet a prayed

I also used and little steak i got a flounder whiting and 2 bream on a pillie we got a tailor 15cm long

and later on zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Yeah he we go after

a 25-30min fight on 4kg line bloody 60cm diameter sting ray.After that with the lighting rolling in we headed home around 12.30am

Day6 different plan flick plastics round and a hard body

i decided to try up near Jerseyville red bouy on the sand flats flicked away and away and got half a tail

chompped of a wriggler. Brother got a bump on a new pink prawn squidgie.we spent a few hours there and decided a new tact drift around the fishing trawlers in jerseyville and flick in and around them.I put on a eco SX 40f and flick away then zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz POP what ever it was went then spat the hooks.I was cheering my first hock up on Hardbodies.We continued up the lag with no luck. Headed home and cleaned the boat and my brother was off home.

I got time to fish which i love small feed of fish i said small

i got to take bubs to the beach for the first time and spend lots of time with grandma and wife

for a great family holiday

I had a great time.

Edited January 4, 2007 by johnno

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[Guest Reel Addiction (Sea Jay)]

gee mate that tyre is a mess, lucky you didnt loose the lot, did it blow out on the freeway or what?????

[johnno]

115km/h i think when i was over taking

I felt it start to go and was backing off

but don,t know how much speed i had knocked off

but it stopped quick