To say this year has been poor on the fishing front would be an understatement. I would bank on 100-200 hours a year on the boat but this year was 10. That said with the old man over for his first Xmas with us in 10 years I was determined to get out on any good days we had. Headed off from Mindarie on the 23rd along with half of perth. Bit slow early and where boats all over every bit of ground I had marked. Decided to head out wide and check out some very old marks on the way (at least 5 years). First drift resulted in a nice baldy which went into the esky. Next drift and I felt the tell tale picking of a small pinky. Hooked up and was about to give it to my young fella when it got thumped. I figured from the first run it was a damn sambo, but after a while I called it for a good dhuie. After a very gentle fight on pe2 up he popped. 18kg on the nose and a new PB for me. Stoked! Next drift I let the young fella use my rod figuring we would be lucky to getuch else - wrong. After another 15 minutes of the young bloke struggling to get line up popped a nice 14kg model to top of a cracker morning. She released well as they are all full of roe at the moment and we had too much with the big bloke. Back home by 11:30, fresh fish for Xmas eve and happy days. Nice having all three generations sharing a great day on the water doing what we all love .

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