Guest Guest123456789 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 After yet another big work/commute week the boy came in early this morning and wanted to go crabbing. His sister (who I’ve barely seen) was up for it as well - the wife not keen so she stayed home. after breakfast and preparations we put the boat in about 8:30am in woy woy. An absolute glorious morning I really didn’t care whether we caught anything or not. we motored to our yabby spot and both kids had a blast splashing about - we got only 6 yabbies which was fine as the target species was blue swimmer crabs. pulled up at the first spot and set out two hand reels and the boys rod with a rigged yabby. He struggled a bit casting and got fouled with weed a few times so I had a turn. I cast and drifted into a nice bit of structure and something sucked in the bait and I set the hook. On 6lbs and amongst the snags a good battle saw me narrowly win and get him into the chilly bin. A yellowfin bream and a healthy 29cms. we headed to the next spot as I really wanted a crab. This time the boy monopolised the rod and after I baited it he casted it out and let it drift before engaging the bail arm. He came up tight and a hefty battle ensued, with me holding him as to not be pulled from the boat. After a bit of winding against the drag and some solid runs a 42cm blue spot flathead comes into the net. we made one more move and our 6th and last yabby got taken VERY strongly but I was too slow to set the hook as I was distracted by a nearby boat behaving strangely. on the way back we had a swim and with the Mercury rising we were happy to be home in time for our seafood lunch. Thanks for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Sounds like a great day out mate and what better way to spend time with the kids! Are you sure it was a blue spot flathead? Seems very far inland for a blue spot ! But nothing is impossible i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 58 minutes ago, GoingFishing said: Sounds like a great day out mate and what better way to spend time with the kids! Are you sure it was a blue spot flathead? Seems very far inland for a blue spot ! But nothing is impossible i guess. Thanks Sam. I should have taken a picture. I recall a lot of white spots but yeah might have been another species Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 sounds like a good time nice to have with your kids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam bros Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Sound like a great day Too catch some fish was a bonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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