JonD Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Firstly, my 15 year old son has never taken much interest in fishing, partly because music is his thing. Even today, he is gigging at a local winery. At Xmas I bought him a light 8ft spin outfit, but due to the bushfires and covid, he's only just started using it over the last few weeks. It's funny how catching a few hard fighting fish has suddenly completely transformed his opinion on fishing. He's now obsessed like his sister!!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingFishing Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Cracking photos. Glad to see the boy getting into some fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berleyguts Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Great stuff! Fishing and music... my passions, too! Good to hear he’s getting some gigs! Nothing happening where I am and a lot of my muso friends have got nothing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 That Ray is huge, would have been an awesome fight. Great pics of the milky way as well. Notan easy shot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfish Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Great to see Jon and those shots of the night sky are fantastic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Jon the beach fishing will enhance his music - time to reflect out there 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterfisho7 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Great to see him getting into it top photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey05 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I can't wait till my son is old enough to enjoy fishing with me...... as soon as he can walk, ill be gently nudging him in that direction haha. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Great report. Super photos. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 22 hours ago, kingie chaser said: That Ray is huge, would have been an awesome fight. Great pics of the milky way as well. Notan easy shot! Those shots of the sky were on my compact sitting on my jacket on a little kids stool. The waves kept washing around the legs of the stool causing it to sink, so yes not easy, also the first time Ive tried them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 As usual Jon the quality of fishing and photography in your post is first class. I have never had any luck taking photos at night. I know it's down to settings, but if you don't know how, you're not going to get a result. Thanks for the post. bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 12 hours ago, big Neil said: As usual Jon the quality of fishing and photography in your post is first class. I have never had any luck taking photos at night. I know it's down to settings, but if you don't know how, you're not going to get a result. Thanks for the post. bn I agree Neil it can be tricky and frustrating at times. Even having a reasonable background in photography I find myself having to continuously work around failures and try different settings. Using a nice big strobe flash I can mount on this compact works great testing at home but as soon as I get on the beach everything seems to fail and I quickly have to drop back to the little pop up flash on the camera. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Awesome report Jon. No matter what age, kids just want to catch something. Glad he’s like your adventures! But no snapper??? 😝 cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonD Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 8 hours ago, Scratchie said: Awesome report Jon. No matter what age, kids just want to catch something. Glad he’s like your adventures! But no snapper??? 😝 cheers scratchie!!! It's funny, I was just reading an old report of yours where you posted locations to fish up around your way. I was especially interested in the shore jewfish spots which I'd like my son to have a chance at. Like the snapper jewfish are pretty rare here now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, JonD said: It's funny, I was just reading an old report of yours where you posted locations to fish up around your way. I was especially interested in the shore jewfish spots which I'd like my son to have a chance at. Like the snapper jewfish are pretty rare here now. Plenty of Jew up here atm! I’ll be honest in that I have not targeted them for ages. I’m always drawn to the ocean. Might have a go on the weekend if the tides are good just for something different. Usually in the estuary the window is quite small to target them although usually plenty there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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