The perfect weekend???

TarJak · 03-08-08, 03:59 AM

So far it's shaping up as a good one! The Waratahs finished on top of the Brumbies 24 - 17 in monsoonal conditions. Despite the wet weather I was well chuffed with the win.

The fishing trip was pretty good this morning too! We set off at 0500 and got the boat wet by 0630. After a nice half hour cruise to a spot just south of Dangar Is, we dropped the anchor and baited up the hooks. Pretty much from the first cast we were getting bites but nothing came up for about 20mins when my mates 11 yo son hooked up a legal sized flathead (just). For those who don't know the flathead is one of the nicest table fish you can catch in an Australian estuary.

5 mins later it was my turn with a nice sized tailor which was a keeper.

My mate hooked up less than 2 mins later with a much bigger flathead than his son's. We kept pulling in some smaller one for the next hour and a half before my mate hooked a monster flathead on his 2kg rig. It came up giving a nice fight but we didn't take a landing net with us so when he got the fish alongside, he had no option but to pick it up by the line which snapped just above the hook as the monster's head came out of the water. We reckoned it must have been at least 4kg.

A bit later I bagged a reasonble sizzed flathead myself. We kept at it for till about 1130 when we decided we'd go an whack the fish on the BBQ and have some lunch before going home.

The fish tasted great! just a bit of butter and lemon juice sqeezed over them, wrapped up in foil and then straight onto the BBQ. Yum.

Anyway off to Eastern Creek tomorrow to see the V8 Supercars. only one thing could cap this weekend off and as usual I'm ever hopeful...:hmm:

I hope your's is going as well as mine is so far!

03-08-08, 03:59 AM	#12
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	So far it's shaping up as a good one! The Waratahs finished on top of the Brumbies 24 - 17 in monsoonal conditions. Despite the wet weather I was well chuffed with the win. The fishing trip was pretty good this morning too! We set off at 0500 and got the boat wet by 0630. After a nice half hour cruise to a spot just south of Dangar Is, we dropped the anchor and baited up the hooks. Pretty much from the first cast we were getting bites but nothing came up for about 20mins when my mates 11 yo son hooked up a legal sized flathead (just). For those who don't know the flathead is one of the nicest table fish you can catch in an Australian estuary. 5 mins later it was my turn with a nice sized tailor which was a keeper. My mate hooked up less than 2 mins later with a much bigger flathead than his son's. We kept pulling in some smaller one for the next hour and a half before my mate hooked a monster flathead on his 2kg rig. It came up giving a nice fight but we didn't take a landing net with us so when he got the fish alongside, he had no option but to pick it up by the line which snapped just above the hook as the monster's head came out of the water. We reckoned it must have been at least 4kg. A bit later I bagged a reasonble sizzed flathead myself. We kept at it for till about 1130 when we decided we'd go an whack the fish on the BBQ and have some lunch before going home. The fish tasted great! just a bit of butter and lemon juice sqeezed over them, wrapped up in foil and then straight onto the BBQ. Yum. Anyway off to Eastern Creek tomorrow to see the V8 Supercars. only one thing could cap this weekend off and as usual I'm ever hopeful...:hmm: I hope your's is going as well as mine is so far!