Fishing In The Sixties

[Haji-Baba]

Many years ago we found a "crossline" and a net in the Condamine down from the Bannana Bridge.

Both finished up over a log very badly damaged when they fell over an axe and somehow the fire took over the log.

It is impossible to put out a fire in a tarred net and rope.

We did try but the more diesel we put on thinking it was water the worse the fire got.

Funny that.

Have Fun Haji-Baba

[Deelirious]

Guys,
This is the best post I've read on Ausfish - ever.

My only wish, that a few "genuine" old timers could post some yarns. A bit hard I know but if any of you blokes out there have some grandfather type yarns from the early 1900's they'd really compliment the stories that have already been posted.

Thanks for a great read.
Eddie J

[gunna]

My old man is 90 and tells great stories about the Logan and Tweed. I will get a few next time I see him.

[nigelr]

Sure was Mal, May 1974. Largest high tide on record! (coupled with the storm of the century...20m swell recorded at the North Head wave bouy)
Used to dive for 5 cent pieces on the northern side when the North and South Steyne ferries berthed......ah, tourists.......

[sandbankmagnet]

This is a great thread and I get so much enjoyment reading the old stories.

Myself? Well, I was born in the late 60's but as a youngster used to fish DI, Rainbow and Fraser pretty much every second weekend around the age of 8 through to 13. I wasn't allowed to fish when the tailor were on. Strictly my older brother and dad then. Caught my share of dart and bream though. God it was cold sometimes in that old canvas tent. And then someone from the back needed to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and I'm the one near the door always.

Also used to pull hession bags full of diver whiting out of Hervey Bay in the morning and spend the afternoon cleaning them. Burrum river was full of good bream and you'd only have to go across to the black banks on the right tide to clean up in a short session.

I remember we had an old cruiser tray back and my mum and dad and sister would sit in the front, my brother and I in the back in the ute on a cushion between some home made storage tubs and off up the Bruce highway to Tewantin we'd go. A knock on the back window meant we needed another columbine, which got handed out around the window. I remember waving to the cars driving behind us.

The thing that I think this thread has yet to discover is that the kids today will speak exactly the same in 50 years. I feel an obligation to take my kids camping up the beach and to Fraser these days, as I think my brother does. And I can tell you the fish are still there. Last time my 8yo and 4yo caught 8 whiting about 30 to 35cm in about an hour at Fraser. The delight in my youngest's face when she caught her first I will never forget and is better than catching it yourself, tenfold.

I think the general feeling of this thread is that you had a great time fishing with your parents when you were very young. Make sure you pass that on. Who knows what the world will look like in another 40 or 50 years.

[gunna]

Couldn't agree more. I have been introducing the grandkids to huntin and fishun and campun down Emmaville way. I don't know if they will continue as they get older but at least I am providing the opportunity for them. Love to think it would be passed on when I am gone. Might be ray guns by then lol.