hanging with my Queenie
once upon a time my wife and i use to go fishing regulary but since the birth of my son we havent gone fishing together. Fortunately i have other deckhands but if the oportunity arose that we could get a nanny at 5am sat sun, and the weather is ok, and the swell is down then the boys would have to do a reshuffle and give up shot gun.
Such a weekend arose and after a bumpy 1.5hr ride out off mindarie we dropped our rigs. all of us no bites except her...bangbang she hooks up after a ten minute fight she brings up the biggest queen snapper i have seen,all 77cms. first drift.
next few drifts we pull up 2 baldcin 4+5kgs and a 42cm black ass. Not a bad day and we were done by lunch.
every time i go fishing two things always happen. One the captain (myself) never catches the fish of the day. and two whoever is in the 'fill in' position (the person who just makes the up numbers) always catches the fish of the day.
does anyone else witness this phernomia. its always the case in my boat? the last three times out the fill in has caught queen snapper 77cms Dhu 15kg, dhu 12kg,
DieHard
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Date Joined: 06/10/08
hey mate nice queenie! good
hey mate nice queenie!
good that you finally got out, think about in a few years you can be teaching the young'n.
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Faulkner Family
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well done to the wife on her
well done to the wife on her big queenie. as far as deckies and fill ins goes . yeah it happens to me sometimes but usually i just get outfished by Sandy, i dont realy care as at least we get a feed and my job as the skipper goes i, i did my job putting others onto the fish
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together