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Outdoor Section => The Outdoor and Survival Forum => Topic started by: TazzieRob on April 28, 2017, 05:00:39 AM

Title: Island Beach Fishing
Post by: TazzieRob on April 28, 2017, 05:00:39 AM: Back in March I headed over to Flinders Island for a long weekend with my Dad and Step Mum. (photos from Facebook so hopefully it works!)

Dad had been trying unsuccessfully for a while to catch some fish, so I had to go and show him how it's done! I don't fish regularly and in actual fact haven't done any in several years, so a bit of luck with the location and timing of tide and day plus the bait probably helped.

We walked what seemed like a kilometer from the car to get to this spot along the beach, close to the outlet of a creek

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Using a double hook and sinker and blue bait, low tide just turning to come in, I got this decent sized little Flathead

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Then another, which had followed my bait in before I realised it was there, dropped the hook back into the water and dragged it up on the beach. Then an Australian Salmon, then a double hook

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Dad was a bit frustrated still not able to catch anything so I told him to move further back up the beach from where he was and he ended with 2 good sized flatties

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I'd run out of beer so I stopped catching anything, but with 7 fish between us, the tide fast coming in, and a setting sun it was time to head for home

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I did have my Victorinox Spirit in the backpack but didn't end up using it. One had swallowed the hook so far I had to pull it out of its gut after clean up (I'll claim the knife we had is a multi as it has a fish scaler on the back! :D)

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Title: Re: Island Beach Fishing
Post by: Aloha on April 28, 2017, 06:03:21 AM: Nice catch :like:
Title: Re: Island Beach Fishing
Post by: TazzieRob on April 28, 2017, 06:16:08 AM: Quote from: Aloha007 on April 28, 2017, 06:03:21 AM
Nice catch :like:

Cheers :cheers:, and my 400th post :tu:
Title: Re: Island Beach Fishing
Post by: Toolslinger on April 28, 2017, 03:53:14 PM: Nice pics and story. :cheers:

Need to dust off my gear from winter storage and hit my local fishing hole...
Title: Re: Island Beach Fishing
Post by: zoidberg on April 29, 2017, 01:50:03 AM: Great thread mate. :tu: :tu: Congrats on the badge and 400 posts. :cheers: :cheers:
Title: Re: Island Beach Fishing
Post by: SteveC on April 29, 2017, 01:56:22 AM: Nice catch and congrats :cheers:
Title: Re: Island Beach Fishing
Post by: TazzieRob on April 29, 2017, 06:13:17 AM: :cheers: Cheers guys. I grew up over there and the fishing is pretty good. The big one I got first gave the three of us a hearty feed!