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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?
Taking Matt fishing tomorrow
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While I was getting a new flask at BCF today, Matt and I came across a little spin outfit which he fell in love with. When I looked at it, it had a really smooth reel with 5 ball bearings in it and a 5.1:1 ratio.
The rod was nice and light and they were on special at 15% off; the combo was a Slazenger so with it being a brand name (albeit not a well known one for fishing), I sprung $55 for the combo and we’re going to go have a crack at nailing a few fish tomorrow morning
Matt’s current fishing rod is a cheap $20.00 thing that we bought at K-Mart for him when he was pretty much 3 years old and he does enjoy fishing when he’s getting bites, I figured that it was worth replacing it with something that was going to last for a while. You can see the rod in the photo above.
So with the rising tide peaking at 8:52am tomorrow, we’re planning to leave by 7:30am and head to Machans Beach at the mouth of the Barron River to have a crack at anything that will bite! He has already been told that he has to stay well back from the water as there are crocodiles in the river, but the mouth sees a fair bit of traffic so I doubt we’ll see any or have any problems with “snapping handbags”; I’ll still be keeping a very close eye on him and not letting him get any closer than 4m to the waters edge in any case.
The other thing that we’re trying out for the first time is UltraBite Instant Bait.
Stimulate Instant bait keeps for long periods so you never need to be without bait and it is ready to use anytime. When mixed Stimulate Instant bait forms a unique, tough yet pliable bait which stays on the hook better than most. Stimulate Instant bait is specially formulated and is 100% biodegradable, containing the unique fish stimulant “Ultrabite”. Fish find it irresistible.
So long as Matt manages to get a few fish, even if we have to throw all of them back, he will be happy and I’ll be getting nagged to go back every weekend – not like I will need my arm twisted!
I’ll post about how we went and also some photos of him ‘christening’ his new combo, and hopefully getting a few fish as well! The mouth of the Barron has some good sand flats and gutters so hopefully he’ll be able to get a flathead or two.
