Guinness Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 We had the grand kids over to our humble abode on Lake Macquarie last weekend. Apologies for the late report however I have been interstate this week. I was attempting to woo the family away from their favourite form of angling- namely bait. I have been successful of late using vibes to nail some quality lizards around the concentrated bait schools of Eraring Bay. The wind was up a bit so I thought it best to introduce the youngsters to lure fishing off our jetty prior to taking them out in the boat. I have been having some success with the 85gram pearl white vibe and had a few of these, as well as some nice 'green' vibes. (Can't remember the actual lure description). Our eldest grandson, Billy (10 years old), was very keen and kept casting lures whilst his 8 year old brother and 5 year old sister were losing interest. Of course I was copping the comments, 'We've never caught fish on lures', they just don't work. Well of course young Billy hooked into a nice fish, and after much commotion managed to land a nice 68cm flathead. After much pleading Billy agreed to release the fish. The photos show the excitement. It was obviously the biggest fish he had ever caught. The look on his face and that of his sister, Rocky is truly memorable. We continued to fish and managed to catch another 4 flathead, 58cm, 56cm, 53cm, and a smaller fish. The 2 largest fish were released as was the smallest. We did dine on the other 2. Rather nice that we didn't have to go anywhere to catch a feed, however the kids of course want to come back next weekend! Fortunes of living by the water. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD351 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Awesome flattie mate ! Young bloke looks super excited and he will never forget that fish - I still remember my first big flattie 40+ yrs later like it was yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Great post and good to hear you found a patch of good sized eaters! The smile on the young fella says it all👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 @Guinness that pic showing all the kids and their expressions of excitement is fantastic. I bet they want to go fishing again and soon👏👏🎣🎣🎣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Very nice. Good sized flatties for this time of year. The kids are verrryyy happy, and a feed kept with others released. Cannot get any better than that. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_Flatty Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Great to see that you were able to open the grandkids' minds to another method of fishing. Fantastic effort in winter as well. Somehow I suspect that when you get the grandkids out on the boat, they'll nag you to go back to your jetty the whole time, because that was where they nailed their whoppers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordy Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Superb photo great memories there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 That first photo is priceless! I don’t think anything more needs to be said. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Top report. Super photo. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welster Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 What a great experience to share with them. I am envious of anyone who can fish from their backyard but even more so with the quality of fish available. Well done on the release maybe they will catch her again in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Ct Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 Well done, great look on the kids face. They will be running back for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madkanu Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 He’s never going to forget that fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 That is a catch to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlvbw Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Epic flatties - what a croc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kantong Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 cracking flathead, well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 I love it when we read posts of people teaching others the finer points of angling and it ends up with a positive outcome. Well done Guiness and Billy for your relative successes. Tell Billy that there would be a lot of adult anglers who haven't caught such a big Flathead and that he did the right thing to release it. Well done. bn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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