First trip since the break and it was pretty uneventful. The original plan was going to be Bynoe but given the winds and my reluctance to drive such a distance when a storm could roll through, we went to the Adelaide Mouth. Only got one hit for zero fish. Stopped by the famous Kai and Goat Island. Good to get out om the water but a very quiet day.

Got:
Me, Mud, Mud’s daughter – nothing

Story of the trip:
Not much to report really, didn’t get rained on which is always a bonus at this time of year. The water was very dirty and we only found a few good colour changes, but it didn’t produce anything.

Boat problems:
My boat is shorting out if it gets swapped to battery 2. Things were okay as I could just run it off the main one, but really annoying, this is a brand new battery, also my first ‘boat problem’ that has repeated itself, i.e. the rest I could think ‘well who knows when the last time X was looked at’ but this time I know… brand new, July

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Got very luck with the weather, overcast without rain all day. Not much breeze. No luck with the Barra or the Jewfish we were chasing. Got some blue salmon on the lures. Tons of catfish on bait. Mud also managed to get a pretty impressive catfish.

Got:
Me: 3 blue salmon keepers
Mud: couple of tiny barra, very large catfish

Story of the trip:
Loads of catfish on the bait, frustrating we were literally getting nothing else. What is worse – getting nothing or getting catfish?

Boat problems:
Practically nothing. I have  lost the nozzle for the earphone/flushing mechanism for the motor. Was able to do it by holding the hose there. Will need to get a new one no big deal.
Very much hoping I am on a good streak here.

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Good day out in the Harbour! I won’t say good fishing but it was a good day. Started flicking some mangroves with no success. Went over to a rockbar, on the way saw about 50 fish pouring over the top of each other on the surface. Was the weirdest thing ever, I thought they were trevally, so we put the metal spoons on and chased them around for a bit. When we got a bit closer they were milkfish feeding on the surface algea. Milkfish are vegerations so they wouldn’t be taking the spoons. Flicked the rockbar for a bit and got a small cod. Then hit the gutters and drains where I got a 48cm barra same place as a fortnight ago, then tried to fish an incoming river, went back to the drains and got a 47cm barra. Went home trying to outrun a storm but got hit when retrieving the boat.

Got:
Me: 47cm barra, 48cm barra, smal cod
Marko: nothing

Story of the trip:
The new sounder was great. Also – the GPS on the sounder was amazing. I don’t know how I nagivated the harbour without it. Really useful for the huge tides that we get up here.

Boat problems:
NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t want to jinx it because I thought that twice before.
Lekkie pedal worked great.
Sounder worked great.

Fuel stats
10 litres, unknown km, might be in the sounder I need to learn to use it.

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I thought this photo was funny… sun smart me forgot to take my headsock off for the snap.

Well, well. A reasonable day fishing  at the Adelaide that will be remembered more for what we lost than what we caught. I had an approx 60cm barra inhale by hardbody lure with twin trebles on and spit it out like it was nothing, two minutes later Mud had an approx 80cm barra inhale a gold bomber (triple trebles) and spit it out. Twice in a row. Later we were bait fishing and I put the rod in the rod holder as the boat needed to be sured-up to stop it hitting the rocks…. BANG my line explodes. Wonder if that was the giant jewie we were chasing? 5 minutes later Mud hooks what was certainly a giant jew from the way it was fighting. Unfortunately during its third run it managed to break the line on something.

Got:
Me: Blue salmon
Mud: 57cm Barra, 2x Blue Salmon, medium cod

Story of the trip:
The missed jewie! Also I caught a puffer fish… nothing special there but this thing would have been 60cm. I have never seen anything like it. It was the size of a microwave.

Boat problems:
Transducer was smashed during last weeks retrieval. I thought it was working okay but it was not. I will need to get that replaced, or get a new one. Very annoying, something that could have been easily avoided. The department of fisheries said they would update their website after the email I wrote them, one week later this still has not happened. Just a matter of time before someone takes their advice like I did and has their boat damaged. I’m just glad I have a poly, the hull has lots of scratches after that, but no big deal I guess.

Fuel stats
11.5 litres, 38.2km. Max 41.2km

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I guess it is hard to get a sense of scale….