Mousse Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Hi Raiders, I had been wanting to take my uncle fishing with me for a while - but he's getting on a bit in age now and we don't live really close to each other any more. With busy lives and health issues it's near impossible to get him out on the rocks I know well. When I was a young kid - it was he who would take me fishing to places like Bundeena, Wisemans Ferry, The entrance and Tom Ugly's. It was mainly bread and butter species like Bream, Flatties and whiting - nothing really arm busting, but great memories and heaps of fun for a young kid. Fast forward a couple of decades and he's been getting really worked up about the pics I'm showing him of 40cm plus Tarwhine and 50cm plus Drummer and Groper I've been regularly landing from my favorite Botany Bay rock spot . "We've got to go fishing together!" We'd always tell each other, but it just never seemed to work out. Finally, he decided that he's up to it, so I bought him a pair of cleats, rigged up my second rod and Penn 750 reel with 25 pound Shneider mono and picked him up 5.30am Wednesday morning. As we were driving from his place down to the bay - it brought back heaps of fond memories - just with the roles reversed! I was the one doing the driving, rigging, choosing the spot, getting the bait, burley and he was the one coming along for the ride! I have to say, it felt great to be able to repay the favor. Now to the report! Willy weather had the swell at 1.8m, which was usually comfortable coming from the South. Now I don't know what it was but the ferocity of the swell made it seem like they got the 1 and the 8 the wrong way around! No way was that 1.8!! Luckily the spot I fish from is still very much sheltered from direct waves from any swell from the south, but they were still breaking up to our left and spraying us making it uncomfortable, but not in any way dangerous. "See, that's why I made you wear your cleats!". It was cold and overcast - perfect bream and drummer weather. I rigged up his rod with a no 2 ball sinker straight down to a Mustad 542 hook. Baited up with half a peeled raw King Prawn, and out into the wash it went. As I was rigging up my Alvey, I heard him laughing with delight and turned around to watch him reel in a nice mid 30cm bream! Great start! First cast - keeper! I unhooked it, put it in the esky, and baited him up again. As I was baiting up my own outfit, he snagged his. So I put mine down and busted him off and re-rigged it again. Payback for the days he used to do that for me as a kid! I had been telling him about all of these kilo plus fish I'd been catching from here - and over the next half hour or so we landed a few small drummer - all throwbacks and another keeper bream smaller than the first. I was really hoping that one of us would land a whopper - then it happened! His rod buckled over and he started screaming in excitement! "It's a big one! Michael it's big, it's big!" "Relax!" I told him, "Keep reeling!". I was expecting a drummer, but as it came closer I started to see a silver body thrashing about! It was a Monster Tarwhine!! I grabbed the line and helped lift it up on to the rocks and it was really a whopper! A couple of weeks ago I caught one which went 43cm. When I measured this one...48cm!!! The look on my Uncles face was one I won't forget for a long time. I am so glad that I gave him this opportunity and had the chance to create a memory doing something we both love before he gets too old to do it at all. He might not be able to get out to spots like this very often - but this trip makes up for all that! The rest of the day we got another Tarwhine, a 35cm Drummer and another couple of legal bream. A great feed, and a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manhands Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Great report and stoked for your uncle. Good on you, can imagine how great it was to repay the favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbf1 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Great times, well done. I often take my grand father out who I have been fishing with for 35 years. I have so many great memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbdshroom Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Good stuff for taking him out. May you receive the same treatment when you are his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandad Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Great story, brought back memories of me and my father, put a lump in my throat thinking of it. Grandad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarana Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Learnt and moved. Will try the best not to get upset when my boy gets a few more snags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zod Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Gold, that was one good story, he must of been so happy. I shared this story with my wife and she loved it as well. Keep it up if you can, he won't forget it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 That is a stinker....a Fishraider record? Don't they pull hard and it looks like a red without the pink! Top post!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werris Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Your a saint mate. Bought a tear to my eye. One day this day will have much more meaning to you than you could ever truly imagine now. And what a fish to confirm it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinP60 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 great story mate enjoyed the read. Sounds like you both had some memories return and some good fish to boot. Thanks for the story and the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousse Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Thank you for all the nice comments guys! Even though he caught the fish - I was just as excited and happy as I had reeled it in myself! And yeah Rob - it is a fishraider record - I know because my 43cm model which I caught a few weeks back was in top spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Great fish mate, he would be an old fella too, almost at his maximum size fo 50cms or so.. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRED-ATOR Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 awesome fish mate, and great report. thats what its all about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Not wrong about a stonker tarwine! Great story to go with it too! The memories that have lasted with you, I'm sure flashed back for your uncle too. Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shak4g63 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Mate that was heart felt, good on you man for making his day i wish i have a nephew like you if i get to that age, well done on the horse tarwhine!!!!!! Tight lines!, Shakeel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 G'day Mousse, Your story was very deep and touching. It portrays a character who has values that are all but lost in todays world. That character is you. You grew up as a kid with fishing memories, made for you by your uncle. Those memories were very powerful and shaped your thinking and personality for many decades into the future. You understand and appreciate the beauty of those memories and love your uncle very much for contributing so much to your life. You understand the meaning and importance of what he did for you and you are returning favour to him. I have the greatest degree of respect and admiration for you sir. I firmly believe that anyone with whom you interact, at any level, be it fishing or otherwise, would also see the same character in you that your uncle does. It is always a pleasure to read reports like this and fishraiders are lucky people to have you here. May your esky always be full of fish and good times. Oh by the way, that's not a Tarwhine - It's a HORSE ! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousse Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 Thank you for all of your nice comments everyone. What a great bunch of people you all are on here! I feel privileged to be part of a community with great people who share my passion. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note II via Tapatalk mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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