Tell us some of your fishing anecdotes from years gone by
I was raised on the west coast of Tasmania and have a multitude of fishing stories.
My best friend and I would go fishing on the Macquarie Harbour, the harbourside town being Strahan.
I am talking mid 70's, my friend had a 10' Huon Pine dingy with a one cylinder Seagull petrol outboard. One day, raining of course, we dropped our handlines in and both of us immediately had a successful bite. Pulling our catch in, which were fair sized Cod - 5 - 6kg we would then drop the lines in again, success again and again and again.....
We seemed to be sitting above a large school of Cod and well before an hour was up we had filled the dingy with 50+ Cod.
Back to shore to clean our haul. We gave plenty to elderly residents and kept 5 each.
My best friend and I would go fishing on the Macquarie Harbour, the harbourside town being Strahan.
I am talking mid 70's, my friend had a 10' Huon Pine dingy with a one cylinder Seagull petrol outboard. One day, raining of course, we dropped our handlines in and both of us immediately had a successful bite. Pulling our catch in, which were fair sized Cod - 5 - 6kg we would then drop the lines in again, success again and again and again.....
We seemed to be sitting above a large school of Cod and well before an hour was up we had filled the dingy with 50+ Cod.
Back to shore to clean our haul. We gave plenty to elderly residents and kept 5 each.
