first Spanish off the Goldie

[father&son]

Headed off the Goldie on Wednesday with my son to hopefully chase mackerel for the first time on my boat.

Got to Mermaid at about 6am and their was only 2 other boats their. We could see they were catching spotties but we couldn't hook up . We had 3 strikes on bait but no luck.

We decided to go for a trawl and after about 10min and losing 2, picked up the spanish (7kg). My first ever so I was stoked.

We saw some birds working tightly so went for a look. It was a ball of bait!! Got the slugs on and it was on!!! One after the other.We caught about 12(spotties), kept 4, and one tuna for bait on a later day.

We lost all our slugs and they would not take anything else. We were satisfied so we headed back to the seaway.

What a day, had a ball..

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[Jeremy]

That is a great shot of that bait ball. Congrats on your first spaniard and what a way to do it with your son. Hope to do the same with mine in a few more years.

Jeremy

[Pistol_P]

Very nice fish mate....Well done to the father & son team.

Tried to get a spaniard today actually but no luck.....just a heap of spotties.

Pete

[father&son]

i wouldn't be disappointed with that
regards son

[Fishing_Freddy]

Well done guys, the smile on the young fellas face says it all
Ken

[gr hilly]

good onya mate i can see your son caught your big smile too lol nice pics to well done
tight lines hilly

[geeb]

Great stuff - good on you both nice to see a father son combo getting results......cheers............Geeb

[Peter Gerke]

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WOW Father and Son !!
Thats AWESOME thanks for the pics too.

I'm at Straddie at the moment and will stay for 10 days .
I only have a 4 mtr with a 30 HPand plan to lanuch from Flinders beach.
... I know they are cleaning up with the mackerel at the moment here but I'm not too sure where to start any tips from anyone would be good. ??

I have 2x Penn 330's and some fresh Pillies washed ashore by dolphins this morning.

I have planned to troll around Shag rock and the group ... any advice on leaders (wire ??) or anything would be very much appreciated.

My little fella (7) is SOOO keen to get out there but I just want to have your luck

CONGRATS mate

Pete

[Haines620 Mu]

It's so nice to see you spending quality time with your son fishing...excellent memories money can't buy. Catching a good feed makes it even sweeter! That's gold.