Botany Bay 23-12-09

[Penguin]

Hi everyone,

My 6 and 7yr old boys have been asking me to take them for a fishing sesh. So today

my mate Bill and I took them out around midday onto the bay.

We went to secret spot no.2 (breakwall) and anchored up, we were onto fish more or

less straight away. The wind picked up and it got rough out there but the endless supply

rat Kings kept the boys thrilled, and me and Bill forever baiting hooks and untying tangled

knots. We had a trio of Bream and 8 Trevs come aboard as well, all destined for the plate.

The Kings ranged from 58 -64cm just shy of legal. My boys also had a few bust offs

on what felt like better fish, but on 2000 size reels running 4.5kg line they were hard to stop.

Live nippers, peeled prawns and chicken breast did most of the damage.

We had a top day in choppy conditions at times and did ok.

My sons came home happy tired just like their dad.

Heres a few pics.

There was something wrong with this ones rear.

Edited December 23, 2009 by penguin

[Krispy !]

Looks like a nice day on the water there mate WD

Seriola,

[cut_loose]

nice fish there and your boat looks nice and wide what sort of boat is it mate ? Edited December 23, 2009 by cut_loose

[Hodgey]

The looks on the boys' faces says it all! Well done Penguin. Yet another successful day on the water for you and the boys.

Cheers

Hodgey

[Ray R]

Good onya buddy , bet the kids had a ball, hard to go past playing with those little kings.

Congrats Penguin..

[Penguin]

nice fish there and your boat looks nice and wide what sort of boat is it mate ?

Thanks, its a 5mtr Quintrex Coastrunner.

cheers

[Basil D]

HI Penguin, I was out with my son as well, saw you there with the boys, I got three trevs, three kings all undersize, busted off numerouse times as I was fishing with light gear.

didnt have the camera so I wont start a new post.

It was windy but ok, what started out to be a good days fishing turned into a commedy of errors and stuff ups, with my eletric anchor stoped working and lost my clip to my down rigger, twisted lines around my prop was the last call, packed up and went home.

I tried to anchor near you thats when I found my line around my prop after finding out my whinch was stuck

good to see your boys had a ball and both wearing there lifejackets.

My son caught his first ever king fish and brought him in all on his own

PS now I know your no so secret spot

Edited December 23, 2009 by Groper

[jim77]

Sounds like a great day Penguin - got to love the smiles on the kids faces when they pull in great fish like that!

[MrGenius]

You guys did alright We didnt even get a touch all day, not one fish landed

[Penguin]

HI Penguin, I was out with my son as well, saw you there with the boys, I got three trevs, three kings all undersize, busted off numerouse times as I was fishing with light gear.

didnt have the camera so I wont start a new post.

It was windy but ok, what started out to be a good days fishing turned into a commedy of errors and stuff ups, with my eletric anchor stoped working and lost my clip to my down rigger, twisted lines around my prop was the last call, packed up and went home.

I tried to anchor near you thats when I found my line around my prop after finding out my whinch was stuck

good to see your boys had a ball and both wearing there lifejackets.

My son caught his first ever king fish and brought him in all on his own

PS now I know your no so secret spot

I recognised your boat out there when u came past but I coudnt remember which Raiders boat it was,

I was gona give you a wave but my mate was on a King at the time and he was afraid he would

lose it. He lost a nice King 30 mins earlier to another boats anchor rope after they came and anchored

20mtrs behind us over our berley trail

Congrats on helping your son get onto a few fish, to bad about your other dramas on the water but

the wind did make things hard for everyone.

cheers

Edited December 23, 2009 by penguin

[jenno64]

Great to see you out with the kids! I've had my 5 yo out catching poddies and I'll take him out on my kayak after seeing those smiles!

[fishmaniac]

Hey penguin,

Well done on a good sesion of kingies and bream with your boys, there are certainly plenty around.

Are you going to be fishing the harbour anytime soon?

Andrew

[Basil D]

I recognised your boat out there when u came past but I coudnt remember which Raiders boat it was,

I was gona give you a wave but my mate was on a King at the time and he was afraid he would

lose it. He lost a nice King 30 mins earlier to another boats anchor rope after they came and anchored

20mtrs behind us over our berley trail

Congrats on helping your son get onto a few fish, to bad about your other dramas on the water but

the wind did make things hard for everyone.

cheers

doest that get on your nerves, they did to us early on, right into the berly trail

I did yell at them and they mooved.

It was like a parking lot early that day, looks like everyone is on hollidays.

I plan to get back to work sometime in feb.

Edited December 23, 2009 by Groper

[sadamson]

Great day out with the kids and good to see them wearing there life jackets have a great christmas everybody cheers stephen

[Penguin]

Hey penguin,

Well done on a good sesion of kingies and bream with your boys, there are certainly plenty around.

Are you going to be fishing the harbour anytime soon?

Andrew

I'd like to get out on the harbour soon mate, just finding it hard to find the spare time atm.

cheers