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Some of the boys from our Footy club thought it would be an awesome idea to do some fishing seeing as were unfortunate to end our season early by deciding not to play in the finals series. Rather than head out on a few smaller boats we decided to charter a vessel ourselves and make day out of it.

We decided on the boat Nebraska (www.nebraskacharters.com.au). as the vessel of choice. They were not only competitive on price but kept us uptodate with the weather and ensured us that we would bring home some fish.

The morning started early (we were able to dictate the time - to some extent- as we had the entire boat to ourselves). The plan was initially to head to direction bank and chase some snapper just on sunrise and then head to some deeper ground in and look for some dhuies.

The snapper were biting right on crew and most people were able to bring something over the side of the boat. Deckhand Steve was always keeping ready to assist with pulling fish in ensuring that nothing was lost at the final hurdle. Among the snapper we also managed to catch a few blackarse some thumping KG's and one of the biggest cuttlefish (4.2 kg) I have ever seen.

Once the sun came up we headed out wider in the search of that elusive Dhuie. Along the way we encountered numerous schools of sambos (we lost a few horses) which kept the boys entertained. Mid morning was when we caught our first only dhuie for the trip - a nice fish of around 6.5kg.

By no means did we set any records with what we caught but by the smiles on everyone's faces it wasnt hard to see that we had all enjoyed the day. Both the skipper and deckie were more than willing to assist in helping all on board catch a feed. If you are looking at doing something different at your sporting club or you work I would highly recommend Nebraska