I wondered how Eddie would go fishing, so I took him down to the Barra farm when Maggie and Claire were away. He was happy to wander around and was very happy to be throwing rocks in the water.

In terms of the fishing, he started off happy to be winding up. When the fish was caught he wasn’t interested in it until he realised what it was. When it came out he facinated by it and quite like touching the scale.

Unfortunately it was one of those days when fishing was going to be hard work. We only got one because they gave us a pellet and they weren’t keep on doing that often. Combined with the heat, he only lasted about half an hour.

We had a friend (Jesse) come up to Melbourne, he was keen on a quick fishing trip so I took him and Maggie down to the farm. I did elect to spectate (supervise Maggie) but they both had a lot of fun. Maggie can easily cast and catch her own Barra at 40-50cm. However the big girls were biting and Maggie got one for 70cm and one for 76cm! That said, she did need my help with a hand on the rod, she could hold it for a bit but just didn’t have the strength to last the fight.

Went out with Mark today on the harbour. He had just welded on a new electric motor, unfortunately it was a bit far back and couldn’t lock in place. I forgot my lures box. And generally there were a lot of big storms around. We ended up calling it early and not managing to get anything. Still good to be out on the water.