Hi All
What do you get when a PNGian, a Lebo and a Saffer get together for a fish??? A lot of S#it given and spoken, and not a lot of fish in between!
RICHIEBOY, yours truly and ole mate WHITE STEENBRAS (Barnesy) got together today for a raid on the local fishing population. Suffice to say that no fellow Ausfisher will suffer due to a lack of fish caused by our superb hunting skills! We kicked off the morning at 8.30 at our local bayside flattie haunt (well 8.30 for Rich and I while Barnesy was late due to some visually challenged woman driver in Mickey D's car park (allegedly)...).
Me in waders, Barnesy in his new shiny black water shoes/boots, and Rich in his, well, bare feet (they breed em tough up there!). The wind was relatively low initially and conditions seemed ideal. Not a lot of action however as we covered a fair bit of territory. Rich took the honours for the session with 6 flatties between 30-40cm on his fav Atomic paddletail in pumpkinseed. Master Barnes managed 2 smallish flatties while all i managed to do was feed the local toadfish population with Gulp tails! Then the wind hit its predicted forecast so we headed to our Squid spot to see if we could score a couple before heading to Barnesy's fav spot - the CB bridge.
On our way out to our Squid spot, Rich and i stumbled across a pidgeon hanging upside down from the barbed wire fence. Making the comment that it was comatose, Rich exclaims that it winked at him[smiley=smitten.gif]... Bizarre i thought as this thing looked like it had been deprived of half its back by an eagle or crows. A closer inspection revealed that the poor thing was still alive. After trying to untangle it's leg from the string that seemed to be seriously wrapped around its leg/fence, Barnesy arrives with a pair of scissors - then hands it to me and steps back with some story about having to hold a kangaroo down once... Not sure where he was heading with this, i blocked my ears and passed the scissors to Rich (he was the tallest of the 3 of us) and proceeded to cut it loose. Well it soon became apparent that the poor little pidg wasn't going anywhere and he would struggle with his injuries to survive. So, we made an executive decision to put the poor thing down. Rich stepped up to the plate (Well, Barnesy and i pushed him up and he is stronger than both of us) and proceeded to humanely put the pidg to rest
. Poor thing but it would have been crueler to leave it there in its state of distress.
We went on to our Squid spot only to discover the water too dirty to fish! So, lunch was called and a meeting time made for the CB Bridge! 1.30pm and Barnesy is hanging off the rocks while Rich is rerigging. Out comes Barnesy with some sob story that his 50cm flattie didn't like something blah blah blah... 'Did you see it Rich?' 'Nah mate, wasn't here yet!' 'Hey Barnesy, did you get a pic?' 'No, but the kiwi guy that was here saw it...' ALLEGEDLY!
Anyway, we proceed to fish till about 4ish with the only thing landed a small GT by the Master - so much for his Jewies that were smashing him the day before - ALLEGEDLY.
So, a day of fishing didn't produce a lot but it was a seriously enjoyable day with the boys with a few good laughs thrown in - i'm sure that guy wanted your phone number Barnesy!!!!
Until the next adventure, Take Care T
PS: Who's the local celebrity on Page 63 of this weeks Wynnum Redlands Herald???? No wonder the poor pidg winked!
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Originally Posted by shayned
