Interesting day at the Pine

[Shawn 66]

G,Day All
Had a interseting day on Monday ( RDO ) on the Pine . It all started with the fact that one of my fingers is fractured in 6 places . No drama's I thought , no way will that stop me going out .Strapped him up and set out at 0330 for the ramp . Got to the ramp , went to close the car door , and somehow managed to jam " The Finger " in the window . @#@#ing , @#@#ing ,@#@#ity , @#@# says I , that hurt . Oh well ,thought I it cant get any worse than what it is now .
Launched the boat , and in the process managed to collect " The Finger " with the winch handle . @#@#ing , @#@#ing ,@#@#ity , @#@# says I , that hurt . Onward I go undauntered . First to get some livies . First cast of the net , you guessed it , lead weights wrapped around " The Finger ". @#@#ing , etc .Ended up getting what I needed then headed off for a place I have wanted to try for a while .
Anchored up , lines in the drink , sitting back having a hot brew , when one of the lines take off . Jump up , spill steaming hot liquid over the unemployed bloke down below ." Sh!t , starting to get sick of this ", thinks I .
Anyway to cut a long story short ended up with of of these on the end of the line.
Got the second one an hour later and was more than satisified with these two , so decided to head in before I did any more damage .
Caught the bigger one on salted mullet , and the other on live herring .
Both were caught on 6lb braid and 8lb leader .
Shawn

[Obi _ Wan]

Thanks mate, for the report and the laugh, sorry, but it read well, almost knew what was going to happen next. LOL

At least you got a feed and a day on the water.

Cheers,
John.

[Still_Dreamin]

Thanks for the laugh. I haven't laughed that hard for a while!!

[smokindrag]

WOW sounds like we have the same kind of luck LOL!!

nice flatties from the pine too!

[Agrav8_and_Lulu]

Great read Shawn, even with all the bad luck your still abel to take some fillets home.

[Seahorse]

Good laugh Shawn. A bad day at fishing beats best day at work.

Cheers

[petelaska]

I was waiting for the handle of the alvey to whack "the finger" on the first run. lol

[Funchy]

Haaahaahaaa... sorry to laugh but..... nice lizards mate. Wonder what this new bit of fresh is gunna do to the place

[tunaticer]

Now you are making me wonder if the luck with the finger persisted in the filletting process? Can you still count to ten??

Good read, good result and hope your finger stays outa the way in the future.

[killitfillit]

You have to wonder do those tender parts attract attention or do we only notice them when they are extra sensitive.
(couple of lizards may dull the pain though)

[Moonlighter]

@&:?-ity, that was funny!

I know how you feel though. Ex-basketballer, broke more fingers than I can count when i was playing, and paying the price these days with arthritis, bloody hell it hurts when they get whacked by that winch handle!

But by crikey, I laughed at your post!

ML

[Billy C]

Great report mate thanks forf that!

[netmaker]

that hurt just reading it

[clone trooper]

Top effort Shawn 66.

[Matthias]

the unemployed bloke down below

^^^ Absolute GOLD!