Dragged the family along for a trip on the bay for my fathers day present, selfishly! haha! any chance to get on the water for mine even if it involves persuading the missus, a 3 and a 5 year old its a good idea.! anyway all aboard the 3.85 tinny for a bash on the northern bay with hopes of a snapper or two. fishing wasnt exactly going off for us, but we were throwing 3" holt prawns and 3.75" zman streakz around reefy areas in the northern bay. the missus was first to strike with a sub30cm snapper that went back swiftly then my 3 yr old boy got a little bar tailed flatty that was too small aswell. no action for yours truly and the 3yr old was letting me know about that "dad wheres your big snapper?! dad wheres all your fish? dad you fish alot what are we going to fillet?! the nerve!!!
anyway persistence paid off when on our third and final drift (kids werent lasting any longer) my holt prawn got an enquiry hopped off the bottom and i hooked up solid to a fish that cut 20m or so of water in a hurry!! when i got tight it felt like there was a bit of weight an after a tussle we had a ripper of a barred javelin in the net and up on the front thwart grunting its head off to the kids amusement...a first for me and a great surprise after years of wanting to cross paths with one.