After being hit with the dreaded Kidney Stone (a sign of getting older) a few months back I haven't been on the water at all until yesterday. So after a trip to hospital on Thursday to forcibly remove the stubborn little bastard, I decided enough was enough and I'd better get back into it or lose my mojo for good.

We headed out from Mindarie just on day break and with the wind at out backs headed out to the grounds only to realize on arrival that the wind was way too strong to sit side on to the massive wind chop that was breaking all around the boat. So we draggeda few lures around for an hour until it eased a fraction. No hits on the troll but a few new lumps located for future exploration.

The day was reasonably eventful, with the first fish a good size Dhuie that jumped the hook next to the boat as I was getting the tagging kit ready. Estimated to be around the 60cm bracket. Ah well it was only 7am so a full day ahead

We ended up tagging 5 Dhuies plus another two lost boatside and one that I kept for Xmas day lunch, a sambo, a Baldie/red throuat double header,

a KG,

a few Blackarse (kept one for Xmas lunch), a Blackarse that still had one of my tags in from maybe 12 months ago... definitely one of my tag numbers but I need to research the fish to see how much it has grown (haven't got around to it yet).

YES ANOTHER RECAPTURE>>>> THEY DO SURVIVE RELEASE WITH A RELEASE WEIGHT!!!!

The end of the day Darryn managed to capture an awesome Harlequin. This one would have to be up there with some of the biggest I have seen out from Mindarie, so a great capture to celebrate Xmas.

The new Buzz cut I am sporting didn't effect the mojo so it will be here to stay.

Merry Xmas everyone.