Another early start today with my 2 daughters saw my youngest cast and retrieve her first Barra, she has been trying her hardest this season and has now drawn the ACE. Cast, Landed and Released all by herself [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]. The little smiley is only half of the excitement she had shown with her first ever Barra shakes .
My youngest has always been the champion of the 2 on Bass and Yella's, now my eldest is worried and I say it is going to be one big competition over the holidays on the day's I haven't got clients.
We started the morning by trolling just on daylight and had one solid hit in the main Basin, but the Girls {and Myself} were bored within 20 minutes and wanted to go casting.
We only put 1 in the boat and lost another 2 . The morning was heavy Fog then overcast , as we decided to head home around 10.30am the sun was just breaking through, where if I didn't dig them out of bed so early we may of done a bit better as the Temps rose above 30 deg.
A gentleman had mentioned to us on leaving the Dam that another guy last Thursday night weighed in 12 Barra over the metre mark, and from what I could make of the conversation as I was half asleep , they were weighed in at Camp. {1 person 12 Barra , Closed Season, Hmmmmm},
I will be asking a few more questions about this next time I go up.
2 blokes have already been done a few weeks ago with 2 undersized and 1 over the limit by the DPI waiting at the turn off checking boats.
If anyone witnesses this sort of Pilaging it is in the best interest for eveyone to ring the DPI with rego numbers of the vessel involved. These stocks in the Dams are our Future and the way Green Zoning is going , it could be our only Fishery available to some. Same goes for Dangerous Boating, all you need are Rego numbers and a Marine Incident Report filled out from the Marine Transport and you will be amazed how far it will go.
Sorry to mention this but it did bring the Edge off from what our Family classed as a brilliant day.
All that said and done I think I will have an almost permanent Little Blonde Figurehead casting her arms off on the front deck untill she can beat big sisters record.
Barbie Dolls only lasted as long as it took for the girls to stand up and hold a rod.
One thing I will give them , on nearly every trip they will spot at least 2 lures on the edges, at least it is a little bit cheaper on stocking their Tackle Boxes.
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Could do with a few more Fisheries officers.... as we don't see enough of them.
, but atleast I get the satisfaction of hearing and seeing the results and achievements of other people's prides and joys! Kids are great! So willing to learn and strive! Teaching is our power, we have so much to offer, and as absorbent as they are it is little wonder how they come out with the phrases and words that we often wonder,,,,,,,,"what the?"
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