queensland An intro to Youngys Horses.

[rayke1938]

Yesterday I was very excited and honored to receive an invitation to come whiting fishing today in the Nerang from Wayne.

Leisurely gentleman's starting hour of 11.30 I was pretty pumped up with all gear ready by 9 and I then decided to spruce myself up a bit by ironing my AFO shirt.

Missus said what do you think you are doing and i responded ironing a shirt seeing that you wont .

That was when the blood started to flow

After removing the hotpoint from my forehead I beat a hasty retreat and left.

Met up at Waynes place to find that he had spent the morning digging fresh worms for bait.

After a tour of the byways with me not knowing where we were ( Over 30 years since I have been in Southport/Surfers area) we ended up at a ramp secluded in a back street.

After a few seniors moments trying how to manage a new fangled twist and cast alvey and remembering that you actually have to guide the line onto the spool I actually managed to catch my first horse.

We ended up with 7 whiting all over 30cm and one tarwine that had swallowed the hook.

The day was certainly an eyeopener for me catching good fish in the middle or suburbia.

Thankyou Wayne for putting up with me it was a fantastic day and I learnt a hell of a lot.

Cheers

Ray/

Here is a few photos of the area.

[Malcolm]

Beautiful fish yum

[mick fillet]

thats cool!!!! onya wayne

shirt looks nice ray,ya missed a bit

[Scope]

Nice report Ray, looks like a top session!

[taib]

Good on you Wayne and well done Ray! Some stonker whiting there!

That section of the river is very nice for fishing and cruising around and certainly holds some big fish. ET has also filmed fishing for whiting there in the past.

Cheers

[eg_vtec]

nice haul of whiting guys! great job

[poohbear]

Wow, that's awesome report and catch..

good stuff guys, wish i could one day achieve something like that too!

[Guest]

Well Done Ray bro, nice feed cuz

Cheers

Darren

[youngy]

Hi Ray, thanks for the company today it was great to have a fish and a chat, the Nerang is an amazing river.

Skyscrapers and quality fish don't normally go together.

I was a little disappointed with the lack of numbers but the quality of the fish was good and i am sure they will taste great.

See you at the SOO comp, cheers wayne

[rayke1938]

This is how they ended up

Cannot remember the last tine I actually scaled a fish.

Cooked to perfection and washed down with a nice cold beer.

Thanks again Wayne it was a fantastic day.

Cheers

Ray

[sweresy]

This is how they ended up

Cannot remember the last tine I actually scaled a fish.

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Cooked to perfection and washed down with a nice cold beer.

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Thanks again Wayne it was a fantastic day.

Cheers

Ray

OK YOU WIN!!! omg fellas awesome stuff LOVE the food shots!!!!!!!!!!

[youngy]

You might not have scaled a fish for a while Ray but you sure remember how to fillet quite well, excellent job, cheers wayne

[waldo]

Ironed a shirt to go fishing surprised you guys didn't pull out the long sticks and waft flies to them. :woohoo: Some nice fish and man do those fillets look magnificent, my mouth is watering looking at them.

[Carter]

: surprised you guys didn't pull out the long sticks and waft flies to them. :woohoo:

LOL :woohoo:

[kmcrosby78]

Great whiting there Ray and Youngy - well done. Geez Ray I remember watching Rex Hunt when I was younger and him repeatedly stressing that presentation was the key to success but I thought he was referring to bait presentation ........ I might have to start ironing my fishing shirts too!!!!!!!!

[T Fisher]

those fish realy make my mouth water yummmm

[bootyinblue]

You might not have scaled a fish for a while Ray but you sure remember how to fillet quite well, excellent job, cheers wayne

Was thinking the same thing.... the fillets look bigger than the fish they came off! Certainly beats my butchering techniques.

Yep I love fishing that stretch of river too, although have never targeted whiting there. So guess where I am off to next trip :woohoo:

Good show fella's