pmak Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Went south to Lake Burrill before Easter with the family and stayed at The Old Boathouse close to the Lake itself. The place was great and the fishing even better. There are three fishing platforms on the south eastern side of the lake to fish off. We ended up with lots of leatherjackets to keep and lots of throwback bream and tarwhine to keep the kids interested. I was rewarded with a 28cm bream on a 2inch Gulp grub in pumpkinseed. Was lucky with the Gulp grub as subsequent casts resulted in lost grubs - leatheries at work. Switched to hardbodied lures and got my first legal tailor Even caught leatherjacket on the hardbody. We had fresh fish for dinner every night. Trevally showed up on our last day there and my no. 1 son landed a healthy 28cm one within minutes of another party catching a 38cm one on the next fishing platform. Turns out the next party were allergic to fish and gave us their catch, proudly held up by my youngest in the photo. We were surprised at the presence of leatherjacket in a closed lake system - the local bait shop owner reckons they must have entered when the lake was open and then thrived. They had just opened the lake up when we were there - the place used to stink with the still water but was fine when we were there. Lake Burrill - kid's favourite holiday place now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Mate, I just took a look at your two beautiful kids with their fish , and i'm afraid to say..... That they are saying to you.......Dads a shithouse fisherman, look what we pulled in !!!!! Now, I know you must be angry, but take a good look, you even baited up for them didn't you??? It sounds as though you and the family had a great time. Well done! Cheers! Mate, I just took a look at your two beautiful kids with their fish , and i'm afraid to say..... That they are saying to you.......Dads a shithouse fisherman, look what we pulled in !!!!! Now, I know you must be angry, but take a good look, you even baited up for them didn't you??? It sounds as though you and the family had a great time. Well done! Whoops, on looking again, mabe you had 3 little terrors running around. Okay., mabe I should suggest the Victoria Cross.............................. No , mabe next report Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBLiME Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Congrats on the catch, some ncie sized Trev's there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmak Posted April 11, 2007 Author Share Posted April 11, 2007 Stumpy, You're quite right - the kids are better fishos. They're able to bait up and cast out on their own. They catch their own stuff! Here's the youngest in action ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBLiME Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 hahahaha good on him! Good to see younger children outfishing their parents ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Great report pmak and thanks for sharing that with us. Love to see the kids catching fish our junior fishraiders are being shown the way to go. Cheers mrsswordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Stumpy Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Excellent photo's of the kids. Great to see families getting into fishing over the easter period. JO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightmanager Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Of course you know , you are heading into very dangerous territory here Pmak , soon it will be " Dad , I just gotta have a new Shimano rod and reel" , and " Dad , we REEEEELY need to get a boat!". Great to see you having such a great time with the family , well done on the catch as well !! Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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