Reelāem 43 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Easter Saturday I took my family for a day trip to Soldiers Beach near Norah Head. A beautiful sunny day for beach. While my 3 yrs old Son and my wife was playing with waves and making sand castle I thought to cast a line in the water, but I only had a 6 ft long Rod setup with an old Abu Garcia reel (12yrs old) that I kind of use to catch live baits with a small long shank hook and a tiny little sinker. I thought to myself I wonāt get anything with this setup as itāll be absolutely impossible to cast any farther then a meter or two from where I was standing. I had few sand worm in a zip lock bag and a small bucket in the car. I didnāt have anything else with me ( left my tackle box at home , this is what happen when you donāt wanna upset your partner with your fishing plan but you still have a plan with a small āincaseā) Ā Looking at the beach and thereās people everywhere but not a single beach fisho. But I still wanted to just have some fun time. So I started , 1st cast I couldnāt feel anything as my line was pushed towards me with the wind and waves, so I started reeling and bang! I feel a little tension and a nice little whiting. Let it live another day. 2nd cast almost the same thing and got a 28cm whiting, now I was super pumped as 2 cast 2 fish only happened in my dream before. Filled up the bucket with water and kept the fish in the bucket. My 3yrs old son was super excited to see a fish and ran to me screaming ā pishinggg daddy ; I wam (want) pishinggā. So I cast again and gave him the rod to hold and to my surprise he started reeling the line like a pro. ( I guess he saw me watching plenty of YouTube videos) and then the biggest surprise he actually got a 32cm whiting ,probably the biggest one of the day. Rest of the day he was busy with his fish in the bucket and let me fish. We end up 8 legal size whiting and let go plenty almost legal sizes. A great day with my Sonās first ever catch. 24 Link to post Share on other sites
bessell1955 71 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 That is gold!Ā Well done.Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rey05 60 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 good stuff mate, he'll be hooked for life now.Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
big Neil 1,217 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Great report. You will have a fishing buddy for years to come. It just goes to show that with nothing how it should have been, you can still catch fish if you are in the right place at the right time. Cheers, bn 1 Link to post Share on other sites
lakelad 47 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Fantastic @reelemin, sounds like a hot session and the best memories for you both to share. There are some good whiting tips in a couple of the Australian Lure Fishing pod casts episodes, I think fresh bait is best as you found but I have thrown some worm soft plastics in my bag for those 'just in case' days.. I find the podcast is something different to throw on in the car to work. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Little_Flatty 124 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Great job @reelemin! I totally understand what it is like to do opportunistic sessions without getting in trouble with a partner! 95% of my fishing these days is opportunistic, done with handlines,Ā travel rods and lures/bait I can keep in the car. But the big upside is that you do get to share your pastime with your family, which for a lot of us is a big part of what itās all about! You sure do have a keen fishing buddy to join you now! (That said I did get in trouble last weekend gone by for dissappearing in the early morning...thankfully I came back with a feed...). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rebel 817 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Great report. Well done. YourĀ Son looks very happy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GoingFishing 1,126 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 What an awesome day with your young fella and the family. Love how you had the bait and rod ready secretlyĀ š 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hucho hucho 30 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Congrats to your son! Great report and photo. Thanks for sharing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Welster 453 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Great report and it just shows when they say the fish are at your feet its often true. Ā It is pretty hard to beat whiting on the table too.Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
blaxland 201 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Well done lovely report makes me want to go fishing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mrsswordfisherman 1,972 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just love this report. Look at his little face, he is so proud of himself!Ā Well done.Ā 1 Link to post Share on other sites
masterfisho7 530 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Nice report love the photo of the young fellow 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Yowie 1,745 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Shows you don't always have to cast toĀ New Zealand to catch fish from a beach. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GordoRetired 211 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Great to get the lad a nice fish. Well done 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pickles 1,145 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Pishinggg is great fun - starting your young bloke off with a great pastime. nice report, thanks for sharing Link to post Share on other sites
DaveBM 50 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Great story. Would have been a lovely feed too! Link to post Share on other sites
dlvbw 110 Posted Sunday at 01:39 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:39 AM Awesome MD. Brilliant stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
slothparade 6 Posted Sunday at 04:16 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:16 AM That's awesome!! Link to post Share on other sites
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