Thread: The Grey Seal Huon Seal

A mate and I did some trolling and fishing with HS on Monday.
Trolling wasn't successful , but fishing was !.
We got heaps of Bream and Pinkies.
We had to motor , there was no wind .HS isn't a fishing boat , but still we did well enough.
Two metre seas , but HS did well .
Regards Rob J.

Sounds as if you had a good day Rob.
Fresh fish for dinner. YUUMMM..


Paul.

The spot my old mate took me too is south of the Minerva reef , his grandfather had shown it to him.
When we got there , there was a line of boats right on the edge of the reef , and another boat maybe 100 yds from where we wanted to go , south of the reef .
We dropped anchor , threw the first line in , and had a bream on board within 2 minutes.
And so it went , lots of fish on board.
We had a problem with sidesteppers taking the bait , but we did just fine.
The other poor buggers didn't catch a fish in their big bit of fancy plastic , they just pretended not to see the 2 old buggers in the wood sailboat hauling them in.
Oh , and my mate bought just a handline , thats all we used , 2 handlines , and another handline to troll with.
No room for anything else.
Regards Rob J.

In answer to one of your earlier questions Rob.
Jarvis Walker have/had a range of short boat rods called "stubbies", worth asking your local tackle shop about.
They are very short rods, just what you might be looking for.

Paul.

This is available to the Americans Whopper Stoppers mini rod - custom fishing rods. .
But this book I have ordered , it looks very good !.
And I'll check out the Jarvis Walker Rods , for sure..
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Regards Rob J.

Finally , I've got out again !
And I took out a women I met on the beach , for some trolling.
No sailing , my arthritic body was hurting too much , but we had a good time motoring around , in a significant swell .
And we didn't catch a thing !.
But it was good being back out on the water again.
HS did well.
Regards Rob J.

I got to take out HS again today , a beautiful day for sailing.
The big A is giving me hell , I couldn't pick up anyone on the beach , so I went out "on me pat" motoring , trolling.
And once again , I didn't catch anything.
Hopefully I'll be able to get back to my successful lure and paravane soon , and start catching them again.
But it was a good day , a nice even 3 metre swell to play in.
Rob J.

I took my next door neighbour out fishing today in HS , on a beautiful day for fishing .
And my mojo is working again !.
I changed my lure again , set it up the way it used to be , and we were away !.
Catching Pike and Couta , but really big mothers !.
When we filled the esky , we came home again.
A great days fishing though.
Rob J.

I took out my 2 nephews fishing (trolling) today , 10 and 12 yo kids.
It started out cold , but we soon warmed up hauling in fish !.
The 2 boys had never caught fish before , I was hauling in my handline , and they wanted me to deal with their fish too !.
I just told them to "reel the bloody thing in " , and they struggled !.
But again we filled the esky , with squid , pinkies , rock cod , big pike and couta !.
They reckon this fishing caper is all right now !.
Rob J.

Good one Rob.

I just love to see the children, when they catch their first fish.

Those two are just old enough to help you sand your boat. Ha Ha.

Paul.

I wish !.
But they have gone back to the big smoke , looking forward to eating their catch !.
Regards Rob J.

Your are a hard task master Rob. I surpose you made the kids clean the fish as well .
Ian L

No chance Ian.
I had to clean the lot .
Except I gave the squid and some of the couta to a mate , he cleaned his own.
We had the Pinkie ourselves , it was very nice !.
I reckon I'll get out again this week.
Jeez , I can remember as a kid , much younger than these two, riding out the bush with my ferrets and dog , catching rabbits , wringing their necks , and gutting them , before riding home and selling them to the bloke in the Chilling works.
I saw an ad a couple of days ago about kids playing , and all that was working was 2 thumbs !.
They don't even know how to use a knife and fork properly !.
I'll shut up now.
Rob J.

Jeez , the posts by Ian and Paul , posted on the 11th , finally got here on the 14th !.
Is that slow , or what !.
Regards Rob J.
Oh , and yesterday , the 13th , we got one of those tweeter posts , or whatever , from the nephews , showing what the fish looked like , on a plate !.

Some "Person" has complained to management about me putting stories of me catching fish off HS on this thread.
I have asked management to delete this thread entirely.
If they don't do that I won't be posting on it ever again anyway .
I want the thread DELETED please !.
A seething Rob J.