Headed straight to some good ground and the sounder was like xmas so rigged up while judging the drift line and we swung back around. The Mrs had a drift bait with circles and hooked up straight away and pulled in a 46cm snapper and I pulled in a 47cm Dhu on the jig. Second run and the Mrs hooked into something solid but dropped it. Third run she hooked into something she was struggling to even  lift with her PE2 rod and 5000 reel and after a short fight dropped it again. My 'advice' was met with a "well you bloody hook something and bring it up yourself"... fair cop.

 

Rigged up the boy with a whiting rig and he was having a ball bringing up wrasse, a solid drummer, some small snapper and a nice flattie. It was about then the sledging began informing he he was 'fisherman of the day'.

 

The Mrs and I were pulling in a few more undersized snapper and dhus and I hooked into a nice fish on my PE2 outfit and after a good fight pulled in a 62cm dhu. The Mrs watched her rod go over and she was onto something huge and learning the lessons of the last two fish kept good pressure on the line and was working it like a pro. After a good 10 min fight I could see the leader and grabbed the gaff only to look down and see a massive chunk of Australia on the end of her hooks. Still laughing about it today and I've kept it as a souvenirfor the ages.

 

The highlight of the day was a minke whale that stayed with us all day swimming around and under the boat and my nature loving Mrs was in heaven seeing this magnificent creature up close. As you can see in the pics the conditions were shithouse