Rompin - Year 6

It was quite a disappointing fishing trip in 2015.  The haze from Indonesian burn-offs has been camped over South-East Asia for around a month and with the lack of visibility it was hard to see birds feeding on bait-fish. We had no bites on day one and then nothing on day 2 until mid-afternoon.

There was plenty of life out there - cuttlefish, mackerel, barracuda, some mating sea-snakes and this little guy who lived to tell his tale another day.

 

For Richard and Evan this was their first fish of this size and ending up with 4 fish including a double hook-up, meant the trip ended on a high.

 

 

Easter in NYC

 

 

 

 

 

 

70kg plus at Rompin

Unfortunately I was pulling in tiddlers however Tim landed this beautiful sailfish in October 2014.

South Africa Christmas 2014

 

Fathers' day

There were two people who were my early fishing partners - my teacher, Dad and my partner, Nathan.   Dad and Rick have known each other for 45 odd years and Nathan and I for 35. There have been many trips - soccer, camping, school, tennis....... and this year, fishing in Kuala Rompin.

Fishing was slow this year however we all landed one fish each and with the nice symmetry completed minutes before lines-up, we headed home happy to then watch the Waratah's win the Super rugby after all these years.

It was still squid season this early in the year and I am so amazed by them, I couldn't bring myself to keep all the calamari. The skipper couldn't understand why I was throwing them back however with enough for dinner here are some for the next little boy and for next year.