Been trying to take my niece out for a fish for a while as she got given a Shakespeare Durango kiddie combo for christmas and hadn't had the chance to christen it yet and we finally got the chance yesterday. And boy did she christen it, she managed to hook up to a pretty big flathead which was peeling off line off the tiny little reel like nothing else and put a solid bend in the rod. Was hilarious watching her scream with excitement whilst trying to winch in the fish.

If only I'd put more concentration into getting the fish out of the water than trying to film the occassion I could have got it out of the water without busting off the 6lb leader... I reckon the prawn and hook would have gone down a bit deep and the raspy teeth worn through the leader. But nonetheless she was stoked as it put up huge fight and took her a bit to get it in. The fish would have gone 40cm+ I reckon and was quite fat. She also managed a couple juvi black bream.

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