Dont turn your back on the kids!
Submitted by Swompa on Mon, 2019-07-29 13:05
Or they will out fish you!
Young bloke was extremely happy with himself to land his first squid. I was looking at something out the back of the boat and hear a small splash, similar to the sound of him casting. Turned around to see him lifting a squid over the side!
He was very happy with himself and everyone within half a mile of us knew how proud I was of him!
At 2.5, he cant properly form a sentence but can say "I caught squid by myself"
He ended up with a pair and I got nothing....
This is why I fish for the future and pick up rubbish when I go to the beach.
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rob90
Posts: 1528
Date Joined: 06/02/13
Thats awesome, i cant wait
Thats awesome, i cant wait for moments like that with my young bloke
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
scubafish
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Date Joined: 15/08/12
The golden years
Print it out frame it time & date and save for years down the track.
Hope that's not the anchor you use ,they are sh#@.
http://img.gg/BQ91Sys
Swompa
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Date Joined: 14/10/12
Cant say I've ever had a
Cant say I've ever had a problem with it. with 3m of 6mm chain on it, I don't think I have ever dragged when I have anchored properly.
When in rock, I just change over to a reefy.
ranmar850
Posts: 2702
Date Joined: 12/08/12
Danforths? Shit?
Excellent sand or mud anchor. Bad at fouling in reef unless you get the sliding shank model, use them as intended. If you can't get them to hold, you are not undertanding that they need enough chain to keep tthe shank flat to the bottom as they are setting. I had an old one like that I used on my previous boat, always got ot back. Then, one day at Ningaloo in a strong tide and big swell, it chafed above the chain. Gutted.
Anyway, as to the OT, excellent. Did he spray the whole boat with ink as he held it up?
Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
awesome stuff. hope you made
awesome stuff. hope you made him clean his catch.
great to see the youngsters having fun out there.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Da pirate
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Date Joined: 03/05/15
Ripper ..
ripper of a squid for the young bloke .
Top stuff . Cheers pirate..
scano
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Date Joined: 31/05/07
Awesome!
I love how in true kids style it’s wind the jig right up to the top eyelet. (I got 2 kids myself). Hence why my kids get the older Kmart rods and I keep the jigging rods and top end rods well away. I think I’m 3x rod tips down thanks to indoor casting sessions from my young blokes. Hahaha
meglodon
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Date Joined: 17/06/10
Picture is gold
Frame it putting place and date on the back and bring it out at his 21 birthday, for you must remember this occasion
dmck
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Date Joined: 07/03/19
How good is that!!!!I wish
How good is that!!!!
I wish my 8 yo grandson would fish instaead of trying to meld into a iphone scfreen.....
crano
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Date Joined: 04/11/09
Good dad
I was camped very close to swompa and his family at coral bay last year and believe me he is a great dad.
Swompa
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Date Joined: 14/10/12
Too Kind! Our goal is to
Too Kind!
Our goal is to fill the kids with manners and life experience and then see how we go.
And lets not forget plenty of fishing and camping!
Brock O
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Nice work...just got my 9 yr
Nice work...just got my 9 yr old onto her first squid a few weeks back. Good signs for the future!
big john
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Launched
The squid that launched a lifelong passion!
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Jigs available online in my web store!
Swompa
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Date Joined: 14/10/12
Cheers for the positive
Cheers for the positive comments folks.
If anyone has young kids, Kmart have a small Jarvis walker rod and reel combo's for $10. They are around 2ft long.
I pull the reel off them and put them on a 5ft rod to keep the sharp stuff away from the hands.
The reels are easy to operate for kids.
crasny1
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Date Joined: 16/10/08
Love it
Plus the parallax make the jig as big as the youngster.
I have a photo of my son (now 25) with his first fish (a whiting) about the same age.
Disaster struck 5 min later when he burnt his hand on a gas lantern -ouch!!
Needless to say the other half was very pissed at the fishermen, but all good in the end and a memory both good and bad never to be forgotten.
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
hilly9
Posts: 282
Date Joined: 13/10/12
I should give up this
I should give up this squiding caper. I went out on Tuesday off rocko and go 0. I'm nearly forty and there are 2.5 year olds out there out fishing me...ha
Jackfrost80
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Date Joined: 07/05/12
What a dude and outfishing
What a dude and outfishing dad too. I see you haven’t trusted him with the Yamashita’s yet.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon