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A busy day…
Posted by: | CommentsWell, as noted yesterday, I took Matt fishing at the mouth of the Barron River this morning.
We left pretty much on time at 7:30am and got there a bit before 8:00am and although the fish weren’t biting, we did have a good time (mental note, never again buy Instant Bait unless in the boat and have berley as well). Matt had a good time playing with a stick drawing in the sand while the sand spike held his rod – I doubt that we had any bites beyond 1 or 2, still it was a good morning despite me ruing not having the boat to do a drift over the sand banks…
Not to worry however as I’ve got this coming Saturday night penciled in for an ‘overnighter’ and there will be crab pots and lots of bait available. Check the picture of Matt with his new fishing rod below as the car park all decked out in North Queensland certified fishing attire:
After getting home, we cleaned out the fish tank, did some washing and then mowed the back yard; man it is getting dry here – bring on the wet season; I don’t think that I’ve ever inhaled so much dust when cutting the grass 
To top it off, I found that the mower (which is close to 20 years old) will finally need t be replaced, it has a leak in the fuel tank; going to go with Matt to look at new 2 stroke ones over the next two weeks. If nothing else I need to have a two stroke mower to use any old boat fuel up 
Cleaning the fish tank took a while to complete, completely drained the tank and filtered the stones and gave the coral feature a good blast with the hose to clean it up and then re-filled and cleaned the filter again before returning the fish to their home. The tank looks much better for the effort and I’m sure that the fish appreciate it!
Dinner was barbecued sausages for the kids and two pieces of rump steak for Jacinda and myself with fried onions an mushrooms; washed down with a bottle of red wine – damn fine if I do say so myself!
Now, where did that weekend go?
Yes, yes, yes!!
Posted by: | CommentsFinally it looks like I might get out this weekend!
The wind forecast for Sunday is between 10 and 14 knots from the morning through to about midday with only 1.3m waves meaning that there is every chance that I can get out to the wrecks if the weather plays nicely…
Jacinda returns from Brisbane on Saturday afternoon so tomorrow and Saturday will be spent making sure that the gear is primed and ready to go by 7:00am Sunday morning down at Bluewater.
I’ll rig the Jigmaster up to chase mackeral and take my reef spinning outfit for bottom bashing. Finally I’ll get to christen the berley cage that I’ve had sitting here for the last three weeks and I can start developing a good berley mix.
Berley cage project
Posted by: | CommentsWell, after spending close to an hour running around Bunnings on Saturday, and at a total cost of around $28.00 I finally had the necessary parts that i needed to make the berley cage that I wanted.
However, on the way home I decided to call into BCF and have a look at what they had to offer anyway. Ended up glad that I did and picked up a stainless steel one for $21.00 measuring approximately 24cm high and 11cm in diameter (see picture below):
Now, I just need the weather to play ball so as I can get out to a wreck to use it
