After an early (5am) start last Saturday, we were out on the water by 7.30am, enjoying the sunrise and magnificently calm conditions. We paddled directly out in front of the the Tea House and about 30m out of the marine reserve, we anchored up. About 15 minutes later, a red Hobie paddled past me. “How’s […]
The wife and I had last Tuesday morning off so we went for breakfast at a local coffee shop. While we were eating, she asks me what I would like to do. As a joke, I reply: “Let’s go fishing.” (Fishing doesn’t interest her in the slightest. ) “OK,” she replied. I nearly fell off […]
Yesterday was our annual snapper outing to Port Phillip Bay. Up at 2.30am, we were in St Kilda by 3.30am and out on the bay by 4.30am. On the first cast, one of the other fisherman hauled in a 5kg snapper. A great omen for the day’s fishing. But it was downhill from here! The […]
Yesterday Josh had the day off school, so I took a day off work and we went fishing. We arrived in Buxton around 11am, stopped at the local tackle shop for some worms and then headed for the Meeting of the Waters Reserve. This is where the Steavenson, Little Steavenson and Acheron Rivers all converge. […]
My 4 year old son, Josh, loves to come fishing with his dad but he usually gets bored within 15 minutes. So, this summer I was determined that he catch something. Just to keep him interested in the sport. While on holiday in Eden, I took him down to the wharf one afternoon and rigged […]