slinkymalinky Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Had a family day out today with Mrs Slinky, Jessica Slinky and my little fishing buddy, Gemma Slinky on board. For a little girl, Gemma sure is tenacious. My Little 6yo has been single minded about catching a king for the last 3 trips. She fished with BrettP and I for 10 hours on Saturday with not one complaint or sign of boredom and was back out there today. No 'kiddy' fisher this one... she's a real raider. Persistance has paid off... today she landed her first Kingy. A 55cm model that took a live yakka. All I had to do was get the rod out of the holder for her and keep one hand gently on the rod, and one firmly on the back of her, in case either looked like going over the side. 5 minutes of pump and wind and the smile says it all! Then to back it up, she nailed a PB Bream at 34cm, up in Middle Harbour... in between yelling out to every boat that passed within 30m that she'd caught a king! A gaggle of kayakers got a full run-down. Oh... and I got a 55cm flattie that snaffled the first yakka set for a king within 10 seconds of it hitting bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidboy Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Your a legend taking your family out!!! My dad landed his first HB jew this morning, and what a reaction when he was hooked up and it wasnt the bottom. These moments with family are priceless. Congratulations on the prize catches that many people would take a long time to achieve!! Squidboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettP Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nice one Gemma (the smile) and the fish too. Cheers Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagoon Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Excellent! We had a great day out on the water today, and saw many kings caught from the surrounding boats. BUT, we didn't catch one!!! Very sad! Right location, wrong bait i think. We caught 2 shovel nose sharks and an ocky, plus a billion 25cm reds. Learned from today - need to be better prepared bait wise, and make more of an effort to get livies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolan Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) Nice story mate, it was a little like dejavu, (Are you sure you didnt take my kid out by mistake ) Good on ya Slinky Jnr Cheers, Stumpy Edited January 28, 2008 by stumpy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricks Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 woo hoo well done gemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiasin Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 awsome wrk there on getting the young one onto some goo fish mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrt11n@hotmail.com Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thats Awesome gemma congratulations!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbielites Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nice fish there Gemma Won't be long now till you catch one the same size as you Robbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 great report, good to see kids get good results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Dan Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Well done mate, she was very excited about catching a king the day before im glad she didnt have to wait long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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