Drop Bear

I don't think I will have time for it this season so you are a much better chance of the wooden spoon 🙂

I don't think I will have time for it this season so you are a much better chance of the wooden spoon 🙂

I don't think I will have time for it this season so you are a much better chance of the wooden spoon 🙂

Now now. I didn’t even end up bottom of the ladder last year. Thanks again @Old Scaley and @Drop Bear.

Extra challenge for me and @Drop Bear this season with a fourth Qld team introduced. 

No. Please don’t. I have enough trouble beating @Old Scaley and @Drop Bear each year.

Congratulations mate. staff discounts???
 

Congratulations mate. staff discounts???
 

Congratulations mate. staff discounts???
 

Congratulations mate. staff discounts???
 

Congratulations mate. staff discounts???
 

@Old Scaley and I launched at Manly at 7 this morning and headed to Mud. Plan was to have a go at a snapper or two on the runout and tide change, then head up inside Moreton to troll for some spotties.
Mud was a bit quiet but managed to put a keeper grassie and tusky in the esky. For the first time in ages we were able to rustle up some livies too. A few undersize fish and a couple of grinners saw us through until 12.30ish. We then decided to go for a troll.
We headed up to a beacon with the plan to troll from there over to Moreton then down to Shark Spit. Steve had on a 3 inch spoon behind a 5M deep trolling board and I had on a Laser Pro 2.5M diver in Qantas. About 500 metres from the beacon Steve's rod went off, I hit the waypoint button and in came a spottie that played up deluxe beside the boat - ripping the line through Steve's hand 3 or 4 times. Finally he got it onboard, going 83cm.

 
I quickly changed my lure to a 190mm 6M diver Laser Pro in Qantas while Steve cleared the mess on his line. Back in the water we passed back through the mark and on a bit when Steve's rod went off again. This time it was an undersize schoolie that flipped off boatside. We did a circle or two for a bonito, before deciding to head back to the beacon and then turn for home, as the wind had sprung up a bit.
On the way to the beacon my rod went off, reel screaming at pace. By the time I'd throttled back, turned and got off my chair and got to the rod the lure was bitten off. Either a big spottie or maybe a Spanish or even a longtail. Who knows ? Whatever it was it won its freedom and I got the booby prize. (Not that I've got anything against boobies.)
We trolled for another five or ten minutes on the way to Mud with no further action, so wound them in and headed for home.
Thanks for coming along, Steve. That macky made the day.

Can finally answer this question, as i am now working for anaconda.  The youngest they hire is 14 years but you are unlikely to be hired until you are 16ish or if you know someone who can put in a good word for you.  But just a heads up, not everyone will take you seriously because of your young age but most people just know what their looking for and are nice as.

Again?! I can't go anywhere these days 🤣

Morayfield is a very busy store. they are always looking for staff. 
Do up a resume and hand it in and I recon you will get a start. 
Good luck mate. Tell them Robbie from OzFish sent you 🙂
 

I know a few of the managers. What store are you wanting to work in? 

They are tricky mate. You are doing well if you are only starting out. Well done. Where are you planning on using the worms? 

Doing an apprenticeship without a master is difficult. You'll have it down pat in a few more goes, is my prediction.

A plan was made to to get some beach worms and try for some whiting. The "Frozen Fillets" section of the freezer was quite depressing. Particularly after one had gone away, then come back later to check again and still found it completely devoid of preferred options.
The kids were due back at their mum's place Wednesday evening 28/12, so it was off to main beach beforehand.  The girls could play and have a splash around, while @Kat and I tried for worms. No danger of returning them to their mother's place all sandy, as any remaining sand would surely be deposited in my car.
After arriving at the beach $17 lighter and armed with worming pliers, I quickly proceeded to demonstrate that I was no more proficient (if not less) at catching worms than before. Self awareness kicked in and I reminded myself that any tool is only as good as the one using it. So back in the pocket for the pliers it was. Fingers were the go, at least I couldn't hurl them into the sea in a fit of frustration.
With both of us trying to keep an eye on the kids (more so kat as she was doing the bag waving and facing the sea), we managed a meagre few worms in an embarrassingly long time. It wasn't for lack of opportunities either as there were plenty of worms there. We had some interested bystanders and luckily I managed a couple more so at least they could see what we were trying to achieve with all the antics.
Eventually a gentleman further up the beach took pitty on us and sent his wife and young daughter down with an offering of a worm he had caught with just a pipi.
Many cussings and just a couple more worms later, the whole situation got a bit tense. A surfer lost his board and was in trouble as things really were very messy out there. Another surfer came over to him but they were both getting churned up and dragged further out. We tried to keep an eye on them and sent the girls for a sprint to get a life guard.
The life guard returned and and set out. She reached them but shortly afterwards lost her board in the chaos as well. She was still managing to get them closer however. A by stander (another surfer who had not been planning on going out that day) took the life guards board back to her after it washed ashore. Eventually they all made it back, albeit very short of breath.
A couple more worms and we had to go and get the girls home. Some praise for their quick sprint and a little chat about just how quickly things can get very serious in or on the water ensued. It was a very eventful afternoon for them. Quite the mixture of fun and drama, with a squabble over who would get to tell mum at the end of it all.
We ended up with about 10 reasonable worms and I can safely say that I am quite the amateur wormer.

http://www.southportaquarium.com/
Worth a try. 

Where would you like them, in the freezer?😂

yeah ok but it is a bit far its like 30 mins away

And if you do catch one there, and it has a 6” Gulp attached, please return it to me by courier 🤣

Ephraim Island bridge - 5th pylon from the island.

1F9FEF04-0546-4885-827D-277FF4D40D93.MOV 1F9FEF04-0546-4885-827D-277FF4D40D93.MOV The reason I am happy to see the arse end of 2022….lost this awesome girl in August to an unknown disease that destroyed her liver and lungs in only a few weeks.   Pure bred German Short Haired Pointer, would hunt anything that moved.  Used to kill snakes by the dozen until she got a bit older then left them alone.  
Would catch and release toad fish in the shallows at Nudgee Beach, and if we were up visit parents at Bribie she would scent the schools of bait fish in the ocean - best thing I never got a video of, was a pod of dolphins had penned a small school of bait fish against the beach on red beach….she was straight in and swimming with the dolphins until I could get her out (worried about any sharks that might have been in for a cheap feed).