So, my training continues this week as I learn about fishing in Oz.  After about 6 weeks off with the new baby, I was itching to get back on the water.

A quick trip by the Tackle Shack yesterday, and we were out amongst it this morning!  Ron and Brad wanted to teach me about KG fishing, so it was off to Rotto.  We had our lines wet by about 7:30 this morning.  Next time we need to start earlier, bc the fish were on the bite as soon as we dropped.

 We were fishing weed/sand patches in about 10-12meters of water.  At first it was sand whiting after sand whiting, but then the KG's struck.  The action was hot and heavy for about 1.5 hours.  In that time we caught 8 KG, about 30 sandies, another 20+ herring, 4 legal flathead, and a few each of skippy, goatfish, leatherjackets, yellowtail, trumpeter, and of course a few wrasse and blowies.  After hauling in the first few sandies we noticed that some big squid were following them in, so we popped a jig on a spare rod, and as I brough in a nice flathead, Ron cast behind it and caught a beautiful squid.

It was a lot of fun!  Weird thing was that about 9:30 the fish just completely switched off.  We tried a few more places with no joy, so we packed it in for the day.  Would have been nice to have taken a few more KGs, but all in all it was a great morning.  After developing some serious cabin fever over the last several weeks it was just great to be out on the water with a few mates!

So what do ya reckon my next training trip should be??  Still haven't caught a dhuie, sambo, spanish mack, or alot of other WA greats!  So much to learn....