Penguin Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) Hi everyone, My 70yr old uncle from Europe is in Sydney visiting us for a couple of months and he has been harassing me to take him for a fish. Yesterday I had a free day up my sleeve and my mate Bill and I took my uncle out on the Harbour for the day to see what we could find. We cruised the harbour at 1st looking for some sort of bird activity or fish boils. We found some but nothing that lasted more than a few seconds. We stopped off at one of our favourite spots, but only managed a couple of nice Tailor. We moved to another spot near Shark Island where we got plagued by little Snapper, we did manage one specimen that went just over legal. We moved back to our 1st posi where we found a few Kingies mostly rats. We all managed to catch a few small Kings even my uncle who got 2. Bill managed to land one that went over the legal size, and we lost a couple more that felt a little bigger. A 34cm Bream, 37cm flounder, 42cm Flatty, 34cm Leather Jacket and an Occy also made their way into our keeper net. We have been eating fresh fish at home today, and the uncle is keen to get out there and do it again soon. Heres some pics My uncle and his 1st King and his 2nd king Bills 67cm King Our take home fish Edited February 20, 2009 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 well done, enjoy your next trip, hope your uncle enjoyed himself, i do know what they eat in europe is what we use as bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 (edited) well done, enjoy your next trip, hope your uncle enjoyed himself, i do know what they eat in europe is what we use as bait You should have seen my uncles face when I threw a 25ish cm Snapper that he caught back in the drink , and when he landed his 1st Kingy of about 55-57cm, he said " Now thats a keeper " . He almost cried when I told him he has to release it, its only a baby. Edited February 20, 2009 by penguin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 You should have seen my uncles face when I threw a 25ish cm Snapper that he caught back in the drink , and when he landed his 1st Kingy of about 55-57cm, he said " Now thats a keeper " . He almost cried when I told him he has to release it, its only a baby. poor guy, did he get a shock when you used the pillies for bait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickman Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 that uncle off yours looks old school pel and hard as nails he has certainly been around the traps seafood smorgasboard there mate well done i wish i could get a legal pinky in the harbour did your uncle bite the occy between the eyes to kill it i used to fish with a tuff old bugger that did this on a regular basis top effort mate and keep up the good work cheers gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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saltrix Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hi everyone, My 70yr old uncle from Europe is in Sydney visiting us for a couple of months and he has been harassing me to take him for a fish. Yesterday I had a free day up my sleeve and my mate Bill and I took my uncle out on the Harbour for the day to see what we could find. We cruised the harbour at 1st looking for some sort of bird activity or fish boils. We found some but nothing that lasted more than a few seconds. We stopped off at one of our favourite spots, but only managed a couple of nice Tailor. We moved to another spot near Shark Island where we got plagued by little Snapper, we did manage one specimen that went just over legal. We moved back to our 1st posi where we found a few Kingies mostly rats. We all managed to catch a few small Kings even my uncle who got 2. Bill managed to land one that went over the legal size, and we lost a couple more that felt a little bigger. A 34cm Bream, 37cm flounder, 42cm Flatty, 34cm Leather Jacket and an Occy also made their way into our keeper net. We have been eating fresh fish at home today, and the uncle is keen to get out there and do it again soon. Heres some pics My uncle and his 1st King and his 2nd king Bills 67cm King Our take home fish Good catch, your perseverence paid off, I couldnt catch anything in the harbour yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glennmreid Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Great mixed bag. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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