Hey all its flangies writing in from Spreyton Tasmania, You wouldnt believe it but its about 22 celcius right now and it's the hottest day we have had this week. only about 10 days a year it goes over 25 cecius, Just thought id tease you perth boys :)

Dad and i went fishing yesterday (tackle is about 20-30% above what you pay in perth!!! ) In the morning it was blowing a gale so we headed to the mersey river, there was about 20 people fishing there didnt catch a thing. Within an hour i had landed and given away 6 salmon and my sister had caught a flathead and a snotty trevally (with my help ). The locals were amazed as i was explaining to them soft plastics and what they are and how to use them, and i was the only one to catch a salmon all day let alone 6. I kept 1 small salmon for shark bait and gave away the rest.

Later on when the weather died down we went to Devonport and to the local jetty that actually hangs off the rock walls there. It was amazing i had never seen fishin like this before, there were schools of salmon patrolling up and down a 20 meter area , Every cast we would get follows from them and land one every 5 or so casts. Then my rod struggled and up surfaced a baracouta or baracouda i dnt know which one is which, was about 40cm.

This was halarious, Dad was using a metal slice for the first time in his life and he rarely fishes so hes standing there saying james james theres a squid on my lure o_0 he actually hooked a squid 34cm and landed it. So i chucked the jig on and within 15 minutes i got another four! all between 30-40cm (tubes) and i gave dad my rod for a couple casts. I explained to him how to use the jig and away he went, First cast he made he goes "hey james i either got a snag or a very big fish" Then surfaced a massive 45cm squid which almost snapped my rod! 

The fishing was amazing , came home about 2am and cleaned the catch . (only kept the squid threw the rest back).

Because of the small population there is very little pressure on the fisheries, especially in the salt water area. 

Still waiting to get a shark , going tomorrow night. 

I'll chat again soon, action packed holiday