father son quality time

[rosco1974]

the youngfella had his 12th birthday this week so i let him pick what he wanted to do this weekend..so yesterday we went to the tinny and tackle show for the arvo then today we went for a fish...he wanted to fish mud for snapps::) ,i have to admit i hate mud lol but we left manly this morning around 5.15 and headed to mud on the way we dropped 4 pots at my spot x to see if any are there yet.we anchored away from the rest of the crowd in a nice little spot we threw out a mixture of baits pillies,mullet flesh and squid.we fished there till around 7.30 for no keepers...we got quiet a few squire and grassies but the biggest squire went the usual 34cm:( .we got a few grassies at 29cm but nothing bigger..i got dusted bout 3 times but i think it was a shark as we got a few fish biten in half when bringing them in...the next spot was on the inside of mud..sort of half way between mud and st helena fishing for flatties.we where using plastics i was usind 6lb braid and 10lb leader and the youngfella was using 10lb flourocarbin..on the first drift i got smashed for it for a good 5-10 minutes and got in a 64cm dusty model..i thought geez this is easy..the youngfella hooked his first flattie on a plastic it was 38cm sand flattie...we kept at it for a hr or so with the odd flattie caught but no more keepers...we headed to the rous for a squid fish was there for an hr got 4 squid and 1 ting...we caught the 4 squid within 15 minutes of getting there then went looking for the ting.they seemed to have gone from there..we headed back and collected the pots for 4 keepers sandies and 2 pots had wobbygong's in them so no crabs in those pots...all in all was a great weekend spent with my youngfella.
cheers rosco

[Axl]

Sounds like you both had a nice weekend mate and scored a nice feed to boot well done to you rosco and your young bloke.

Looking at seabreeze this morning it should have been a beaut day on the bay as well.

[Millsydude]

thanks for the report Rosco, sounds you and the young fella had a good time, can't wait until i can do it with mine.

[rosco1974]

was a bit of a breeze out there early this morning at mud prob 10-15 but dropped off to glassed out conditions for the trip home

[wags on the water]

Good work Rosco. I wish I was home.

[rosco1974]

yeah wags the squid are on that bouy i give you the mark for in the rous.in 3mtrs of water using a 3.5 jig they didn't touch the 3.0 jig..

[Aquarius]

Howdy Rosco, sounds like you and your son had a top day on the Bay.
We had no luck in the Rouse with the squid but we put in the hours and ended up with 24 good whiting.
Your right the whiting are very scarce.
Cheers Brent

[marto78]

Nice mixed bag there mate.

We looked for the weed banks near Bulwer today in the hope of some calamari all we could find were schools of starfish. Dont know what happened to all the sea grass.

[rosco1974]

its been a bit quiet this year for the squid..have got another spot right over on straddy i am hopefully goint to hit up next weekend

[Silent]

Just add hot chips on your feed as a perfect fresh seafood basket.... Ohh love it

Thanks for report...

[Waraba Mick]

Nice work re the father son weekend rosco, the memories will stay with him forever. A mate and i did find the winteries at the cockle banks today, got a good feed, size did vary a lot, threw quite a few back, just polished them off with a feed of chips, perfect:P .



Mick.

[rosco1974]

atleast some1 got a good feed of the tasty little buggers..will have to chase them abit next weekend...

[wags on the water]

I'll be home for Easter Rosco, so if the weather is good you'll see me about.

Cheers,
Wags

[rosco1974]

yeah mate for sure.planing to do a fair bit of boating if the weather permits over easter

[robsue]

been waiting for a report from you Rosco, wondered where you have been
you both fished a few different areas, and got a feed as usual, happy birthday to your son
how did the cat turn out?
i havent been out myself, going out wed ton the rouse to try for tings and squid
cheers
Robsue

[rosco1974]

wouldn't bother bout going to the rous for tings.u will get the squid where i got them last yr...put your pots in my other spot other than green as i think there are a few there.had bugger all tide on sunday and still got a few ..would of got more if the sharks wern't there.mate the cat got sold today so i missed it but the dealer has a few more comming up in a week or so no hurry.really want 1 without antifoul on it anyway
cheers rosco

[Rainbowrunner]

Nice mixed bag there mate.

We looked for the weed banks near Bulwer today in the hope of some calamari all we could find were schools of starfish. Dont know what happened to all the sea grass.

noticed that myself that seagrass banks marked on my gps have disappeared too.
Have the dugong gotten hungry lately?