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Great to have such an amazing places to go. Nice showcase of cooking the "goods".

Nice one, good to be rewarded for the paddle/peddle out wide.

Good result with variety of fish meals. Bit of a "April" weather this morning.

Always enjoy reading your update on fishing in Hacking. Cooking the catch is standalone skill and that is where the "average" fish can get some bonus edibility stars.

Good effort Isaac, it was similar morning for us. Bite early on but once sun fully came up it went quiet.

Great catch and report as always Hacking always gets busy over school holidays, that would not be a problem if everyone would do the right think.

Hi Raiders, Picked up this flathead with 'weird' growth or parasite on fins. Is it safe to eat? Well not the fins but the fillets 😁 Cheers

Good on you Yon! Would love to hear how you experiment with dry aging goes. Was there any mention of aus salmon or other less popular but sustainable local species in the book? Every time when I am out on boat, beach walk or hopping on rocks there is rubbish to collect. Worst is when you pull out a fish and plastic comes out of them. Enjoy the feast! Gus

Cheers Yowie, Yes it is bit hard on squid at the moment. Good to see that bonnies are still around. Flattie on butter with chilly and lemon for me, if I get lucky.

Nice one mate, good session. Good effort from a kayak.

Congratulations, fresh bait does the trick. Have you butterflied the Yakka?

Thanks for the reminder Richard. I have to admit that lately I have had "sore" eyes after fishing trips. Not sure what might be causing it as I am wearing good quality polarised sunglasses. And on top of it only few days a vein poped in my right eye - so have the terminator look for few days ( no x-ray vision aquired) 😉 Perhaps I need to pay a visit to an optometrist. Cheers Gus

I gave the bonnie fillets a go with a Greek style - baked with oregano and potatos (Palamitha sto Fourno) Tailor is currently getting a treatment with smoke, should be ready for lunch. This smoke box from a a shop is working well. Cheers, Gus

Hi Raiders, Ventured out to Bate bay for prospecting new grounds on north side close to Merries reef as weather was very kind on Sunday. Wife asked for kingfish for Ceviche so the plan was to get livies - no luck at Oak Park so I have tried to locate some of the bait schools which were earlier near Wanda beach - no luck there either. First flattie came up on home made flasher with fish strip. Off to Merries reef and picked up a bonnie and nice taylor on Halco Lazer pro in gold and Pakula bug skirt. No luck on squid on the reef however other boats did better. Picked another flattie and 2 bonnies(letting one go as I already had enough) off boat harbour and decided to head back to Gray's point. On my way back engine oil indicator started to flash - not good 🥺 stopped engine (Suzuki DF70), checked prop,revs also ok etc. Could not see any smoke...so getting home took a while. Think it might be an automatically triggered when engine reaches certain hours -now 85hrs- as a reminders of upcoming service. All and all eventful day. First on the menu is bonito with thai fried rice. Cheers, Gus

Hi Yowie, I always look forward to your reports. I was in one of the boats heading out. The weather was too got to miss - Bate bay was very calm. Plenty of bait around and some success with flathead on drift.