Picked up Shane at 4:30 and headed out to Saltwater Arm for another trip to the Wilshire's.
Despite it being a beautiful day, the fishing was extremely quiet. Tried all my usual spots and only managed 3 fish, only one of them being legal.
21st Oct ......
Picked up Sam and his son Lachlan at 5:00 am and headed out to Saltwater Arm.
Stopped off at Leaders compound where I had left the boat after the previous day's trip as the Gunn Point Road was in a pretty deplorable state. Neither Sam or Lach had caught barra before so after the previous day's results the pressure was on me to find barra for these two virgins.
After trying my usual spots with no results decided to have a look at a spot that I had previously caught a couple of fish last month.
First troll through and I hooked up to small barra which was successfully landed and released. Now that I had shown them how it was done I told them it was their turn now.
Luckily the barra had read the script and soon after Sam landed his first barra which was under size, followed shortly by a legal barra.
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| Sam' first legal barra |
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| Sam's first barra |
A couple of trolls later I hooked and landed a legal barra and another under size.
Young Lachlan was by this time starting to get a little impatient, however he persevered and was soon rewarded by his first barra ( under size ) and then his first legal barra.
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| Lachy's first barra |
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| Lachy's first legal barra |
After that things went quiet, the first of the incoming tide had slowed and so we decided to call it a day. After an uneventful but rough return trip I dropped off two Very Happy Campers at their front door, I am sure they will back for more in the coming months.
