Red Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Hi raiders, took my 6yo daughter Zoe out for a quick session and had a wonderful time. She is the best deckhand i've ever seen. She kept me fed, covered me with sunscreen and made sure i wouldn't go thirsty Doesn't get better. Got a late start and struggled to get squid. Managed 5 before taking off to find the kings. Today was quite slow but we managed 3 kings. A throwback of 61cm and two keepers of 72 and 67cm. As soon as a rod would buckle, Zoe would rush for the net and had it in the water way before the fish was even close to boatside.....lol Got some work to do on her patience. Was running the heavy gear today (15lb braid) and she was a bit worried about losing a rod overboard however she was very excited to see some kings and to spend some quality time in glorious weather. Can't wait to do it all again Cheers Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanger Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 nice work red.... heavy 15lb????? what do you usualy run???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbielites Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Sounds like an awesome day mate Cheers, Robbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Nice post Ange I am sure Zoe will be your best "mate" ever for fishing as she grows older. Cheers mrsswordfisherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankp Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Well done red and awesome to hear your daughter getting involved. My brother is actually on teh water now trying to target them, can i ask where abous you hooked them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan777 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Ha ha!! Nice work, i'm only a newlwed but i'm the clucky one and i'm tryng to talk my Mrs into makin one of those great deckhands!!! What do you normally fish- 6lb/8lb??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Well done.. My daughter will accompany me one day.. she is only eight months old so she won't be netting any fish jst yet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Fishing with kids is so much fun. I've taken Zoe a few times but never just the two of us. I think the trick with young kids is to take them one at a time. Hopefully with any luck my children and yours will be hooked by our wonderful sport Fishlexic, you will laugh but we use 6lb, 10lb and 15lb braid with 20lb leader......pushed to the max. Its so much more fun and rewarding. I'm sure many people don't realise just how hard you can push 15lb braid. The 72cm king gave me heaps of curry today, so much so that the rod started making awful noises . The combo that did the trick today was a little Daiwa Alphas baitcaster and Battler rod. This rod will be lucky to see christmas as a one piece. There's not much that can't be stopped in the bay with that combo. Cheers Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damariboyz Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 As I said last week Red your the King of Kings mate well done again. Your daughter is lucky to have a dad willing to let her pamper him like that. Good on ya Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBLiME Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 haha sounds like a great day out on the water great to see the kings coming back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 great work on the kingies mate, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GOOB Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Good on you Red, I bet the missus can't say anything about not spending time with the kids Sounds like the kings are making a comeback, good to see. Love to catch one myself and pop my kingfish cherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Iceman Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 We have something in common Red a 6yr old named Zoe unfortunately mine doesnt like the boat but my 8yr old loves it I think I will try taking them out one at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodHolder Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Great to see you got out with the little one mate I cant wait for Liam to be joining us in the near future... That Battler of yours in truly named.. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roosterman Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 well done again on those kings mate... and thanks again for those jigs .... good luck with those beakies up north.... steve..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Nice report again there Ang, and well done taking your little one out for a fish penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Iceman, do try taking your Zoe out just the two of you. I've taken up to three kids at a time and it usually ends up in tears. I found they were too involved in their own little conversations and then they'd be fighting over who's using what line....etc. If one didn't catch a fish they'd often get jealous and frustrated. Thankfully I had none of the above today. Zoe was wonderful. Taught her about the need for size and bag limits after releasing the undersized king (much to her disapproval ), gave her a quick history lesson about Capt Cook and took her to Kurnell to visit the site where he landed.......etc. The fish were just a bonus. Rodholder, no doubt Liam will make an excellent deckie. Bet he can't wait till he lays eyes on the new boat Roosterman, you are welcome anytime. Heres hoping you nail those huge calamari that got away. Goob, welcome to the site and i hope your cherry pops soon. Penguin, how are you going mate? We need to tee up a trip one of these days. Cheers Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho1 Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) Iceman, do try taking your Zoe out just the two of you. I've taken up to three kids at a time and it usually ends up in tears. I found they were too involved in their own little conversations and then they'd be fighting over who's using what line....etc. If one didn't catch a fish they'd often get jealous and frustrated. Thankfully I had none of the above today. Zoe was wonderful. Taught her about the need for size and bag limits after releasing the undersized king (much to her disapproval ), gave her a quick history lesson about Capt Cook and took her to Kurnell to visit the site where he landed.......etc. The fish were just a bonus. Rodholder, no doubt Liam will make an excellent deckie. Bet he can't wait till he lays eyes on the new boat Roosterman, you are welcome anytime. Heres hoping you nail those huge calamari that got away. Goob, welcome to the site and i hope your cherry pops soon. Penguin, how are you going mate? We need to tee up a trip one of these days. Cheers Red Red, Congrats on taking your daughter out, I just got back from a two day trip with my 12yo daughter Brittany and we camped overnight in a bloody three man tent, or should I say three midget tent. We had a ball and of course she outfished me. She has her own plastics flick stick and loves it, she will have memories of these outings for years to come. Regards, Hutcho EDIT Add Quotes [MOD] Edited October 22, 2007 by Flightmanager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cflife Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Sounds like you both had a top day cant wait till my daughters old enough to take along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GOOB Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 G'day guys, Took my brother Archie, Frank Sinatra's love child, out on the Bay early yesterday to see if we could get him a King. Got some squid around the moored boats at St George motorboat club and moved over to Molly point to give it a go. About 10 minutes after setting up, the boy was on and I thought he was gona have a heart attack. Almost lost his Fedora over the side in all the excitement. He was pretty upset the King was undersize and had to be put back. He ended the day with two legal kins around the 72cm mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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