19-7-09
Due to Jay being away on holidays there is probably a back log of blogs as I haven’t exactly stopped fishing. I’ll try give you a short summary of each event but I’ll warn you I’m not exactly short winded!!!
After an early morning fish with Jay to shoot our second episode of Fishconnect TV, a glassy day on Moreton bay was too hard to resist the temptation to go home, pack some lunch, hitch on my own boat and head back out to enjoy the beautiful winters’ day of slight breezes and flat seas. My partner in crime this time was my awesome girlfriend Allanah who was keen to see what all the fuss was about with breaming and squidding as she had only seen photos of my escapades and heard endless tales of cracker sessions out on the boat. So I packed a few little extra luxuries to make her day enjoyable and we headed out to our local hotspot of Redcliffe where if you can’t catch a fish you should take up croquet!! (No offence to our croquet playing breaming brothers.) We ventured out from Clontarf to join the hordes of boaties who all had the same idea as us to enjoy this beautiful day. Our first stop was the shallow reef flats outside Woody Point jetty which occasionally holds pretty good bream and with the tide rising may bring some feeding predators into the area. We both started by throwing hardbodies using Jackall Chubbys in Brown Suji Shrimp and the new Banana colour. I think this colour will be awesome in summer as it’s contrasting colours on the clear body will get heaps of attention. Third cast in I nailed an awesome 52cm flatty which really tested my skills with only 3lb Yamatoyo leader between me and a $20 lure!! Within a minute later Allanah was on the board with her first ever bream on lure!! She played it with ease like a season professional but the real truth was behind the smile that came after landing it. My greatest joy is seeing people new to the sport land their first fish as the combination of adrenaline and achievement sends such a rush through their bodies which we all can relate too every time we catch a fish. It not only makes their day but etches a piece of happiness in their memory that lasts a life time and is priceless. Money can’t buy that stuff!! We soon left that area to venture further north and with Allanah grinning from ear to ear our day was off to a great start. Our next stop was a small reef system near Redcliffe jetty where I thought I would try christen Allanah to a bit of squidding as she had heard funny stories of her dad copping a shot of ink right on his pants from some angry squid in past trips. After only a half a dozen casts I was on to a cracker and boy, was it angry!! With Allanah on net duties, I could see this was gonna be funny as I steered the squid away from us to shoot it’s last ink shot into the distance. Hahaha the total opposite happened and put it this way I’ve never seen two people jump back so fast and my boat received a new custom paint job!!! Hell funny. After some quick fishing, we decided to enjoy lunch on the bay and I have to admit the mix of great weather, great company and plenty of laughs, it really confirmed my love for fishing and to see the only thing shining brighter than the sun being my girlfriend’s smile was priceless.
Happy Living,
Grayson
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