Hi Crew,

I havent been fishing in over 2 weeks, cuz last time I went a bloody spider bit me and I got a nasty infection.

Last weekend my brother and a good friend of mine arrived from Germany for his first down under holiday! My brother is a keen fisherman also and my aim was it to get him on his first shark. So that he finally could feel how it is when a fish takes line of you.

So we went out last night and I paddle out one big bait and one slide bait and one cast bait ( intended for ray so no steel trace). With all lines set the waiting and beer drinking starts! About an hour or so after dark the first run happens on the slide rod. I set the hooks and pass the rod to my brother. The fish does some nice short runs and my brother holds on to the rod, I think it took him about 2 seconds to be fully loaded with adrenalin. It was a bit of an effort for my brother cuz he is not used to overhead reels but after a few minutes his first shark ( a bronzi and it was approximately 1.3meter) was safely landed on the beach. We took some pics and then I released it.My brother was stoked!

Bout 20 minutes later the cast bait started running, my brother grabs the rod tightens the drag and ping gone. No steel trace on the rig so no chance. And this rod has braid on it so my brother got his first ever line burn when he touched the line

I rigged it up again and this time with steel. Bout another 20min later next run on the cast bait. This time its on for a lil while. After a few seconds the fish hits reef and of again. So out goes bait number 3 on the cast set up. Again another 20 min later next run. This time my friend managed to land the fish, a lil smaller bronzi but still nice, removed the hooks and released it. So now I had my brother on 1 fish and my friend. The next run was mine, this time on the slide. I got the fish on the beach and decided we keep this one for a feed as it was perfect eating size from about 1.1meter.

Then we waited another hour or so for a pick up on the big bait but nothing. 

So we packed up and went home. All in all a awesome night with 3 fish landed and 5 hook ups and I think its a bit better then the trout pond fishing in Germay my brother is used too

Cheers Seb

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