SuperKat's cape

[Bretto77]

A blight on the dedication to my own and significant others' self preservation was noted. I had to at least remember getting a line in the water. @Kat had been suffering my work affliction whilst breaking her own ground on the work front. We had not fished for too long.
Luckily, @ellicat gallantly exuded her talent and a suite of grassies earned @Kat a "cape" status earlier in the week. I had not done anything much except work, chores and transport kids since just after new year.

@ARKS2011, @Kat, Charlotte and myself launched (allbeit very late), Sunday morning from paradise point and headed towards jumpinpin. I don't know the place very well and it was a weekend day, so I assumed that there would be plenty of activity on the water, and given the timing, few fish. As it turns out I was correct. 
It was a light gear/ live beach worm approach to attempt to get a feed of whiting.

We did a drift to begin with for minimal reward. One legal whiting is not a haul by any rational criteria. Charlotte and Amber seemed more keen on fighting than fishing.
We had a look at another spot briefly before finding somewhere we could drop the girls for a swim and a play on the beach. Kat and I deployed baits VERY close by. We were rewarded with miniscule tarwhine and whiting that would make great live baits (had they been the right species of course).

It was about this time that we noticed what appeared to be a small Stedgecraft convention happening around us. One, two, three pulled up close by in barely a meter of water. We wondered if @GregOug might pull up next?

They are sleek looking vessels and they had no problems in that depth. Looking at them I thought that all of them probably drew less water than Kat's tinny.

 "No fish here".  Time to try another spot. So we collected two cooled and slightly de-energised children and headed off.

Charlotte was looking at the high sand dunes and wanting to run up them and slide down. Amber thought that she might make it halfway up before resting and going further. I looked at them and wished I still had that energy and enthusiasm . Due to environmental and self preservation considerations, such a scenario did not take place.

We settled on a spot that I had fished before and caught some reasonable whiting from. A handful of legal whiting found the esky via my hook and Kat remarked about losing her cape or leaving it in Brian's boat. I landed a small stingray and asked Kat if I should keep it for Brian as a mark of respect for his thoughtfulness in keeping the bream for me. The ray was promptly released.

@Kat landed some unders and a legal. It was tough going.

I will however, (from the far reaches of the shadows of @Daryl McPhee and @Bob9863 recently), take some solace in a 40cm model that was hooked fair and square in the top jaw on a no. 6 hook. It played up a little bit when it got close to the boat too.

Then it was time to head off. The girls mother was picking them up from the ramp across from the grand hotel. It was a busy run back there but conditions were pretty good. There were a few quite large and relatively quick boats heading the same way. The kids always want to go fast in the boat. A little wake surfing during the overtaking process earned me squeals of joy and delight from my children but scoldings from Kat. 

We briefly tried a couple more spots after dropping back the kids but this didn't trouble the esky. In fact, all it earnt me was the opperculum spines of a very small flathead and associated blood loss.

It's good just getting out with your loved ones. We certainly didn't rape and pillage the fish stocks but there was a meal in the esky and good times were had.

[GregOug]

I certainly didn’t hear anything about a Stejcraft convention. Might just have been a coincidence. They’re pretty popular and are made on the Gold Coast. 

[Another Wazza]

4 minutes ago, GregOug said:

I certainly didn’t hear anything about a Stejcraft convention. Might just have been a coincidence. They’re pretty popular and are made on the Gold Coast. 

Oh @GregOug, only the cool kids were invited, haha

[ellicat]

Just checked the boat and can't see Kat's cape anywhere. haha

Hard to believe that you didn't save me that beautiful, plate-sized stingray.

I wonder if the Stejcraft get together included some of the members from here.

A 40cm whiting! Would have made my day for sure. That's two now. One more and you're just showing off.

[Kat]

2 minutes ago, ellicat said:

I wonder if the Stejcraft get together included some of the members from here.

A 40cm whiting! Would have made my day for sure. That's two now. One more and you're just showing off.

I was wondering the same thing about the Stejcrafts at the time.

And I must correct you - mine was 43!

[Bretto77]

4 minutes ago, Kat said:

And I must correct you - mine was 43!

She's showing off already...

[Kat]

2 minutes ago, Bretto77 said:

She's showing off already...

You're  just jealous 

[GregOug]

33 minutes ago, Another Wazza said:

Oh @GregOug, only the cool kids were invited, haha

Yeah. I hardly qualify for either of those requirements any more.

[Bretto77]

3 minutes ago, GregOug said:

Yeah. I hardly qualify for either of those requirements any more.

You and me both. At least you don't have to put up with the in house bragging

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Looks like a fun session guys, great job on the 40cm whiting!

[Rebel]

Great report & photos.

Nice boat.

Well done

[FishingCrazy]

40cm whiting is the elbow slapper model, haven't caught a slapper yet this year, well done.