Care to share any fishing anecdotes?
Living on the West Coast of Tasmania I spent a lot of my free time fishing.
Macquarie Harbour, Braddon River, Arthur River, Gordon River, Franklin River, Pieman River, Henty River.
Kelly Basin, Granville Harbour, Trial Harbour.
Trial Harbour was one of the most bountiful fishing spots. We had a cabin at Trial Harbour, a small seaside settlement of about 30 - 40 cabins.
Many Fridays after work 4 of us would gather our fishing gear, swags and the essential 18 gallon barrel of beer.
Trial Harbour was our go to place to catch Crayfish, large crayfish, not the tiny things seen in local fish markets today.
We would launch the Huon Pine dingy loaded with 5 cray pots and go out no more than 100 metres off shore to lay the pots.
We also had cray rings which we would use sitting on the rocks, back then we could watch crayfish as they walking into the ring to eat the baits we placed in them.
We had a 44 gallon drum as a boiling pot and would eat crayfish and abalone all weekend.
Abalone is the most tasty seafood I have ever tasted. Preparation was nothing more than flattening(tenderising) the abalone with a tenderising hammer, then throwing them on a hot barbeque plate for 30 seconds either side.
No extras, no fancy sauces, onto the barbi, into the mouth.
Good times.
Macquarie Harbour, Braddon River, Arthur River, Gordon River, Franklin River, Pieman River, Henty River.
Kelly Basin, Granville Harbour, Trial Harbour.
Trial Harbour was one of the most bountiful fishing spots. We had a cabin at Trial Harbour, a small seaside settlement of about 30 - 40 cabins.
Many Fridays after work 4 of us would gather our fishing gear, swags and the essential 18 gallon barrel of beer.
Trial Harbour was our go to place to catch Crayfish, large crayfish, not the tiny things seen in local fish markets today.
We would launch the Huon Pine dingy loaded with 5 cray pots and go out no more than 100 metres off shore to lay the pots.
We also had cray rings which we would use sitting on the rocks, back then we could watch crayfish as they walking into the ring to eat the baits we placed in them.
We had a 44 gallon drum as a boiling pot and would eat crayfish and abalone all weekend.
Abalone is the most tasty seafood I have ever tasted. Preparation was nothing more than flattening(tenderising) the abalone with a tenderising hammer, then throwing them on a hot barbeque plate for 30 seconds either side.
No extras, no fancy sauces, onto the barbi, into the mouth.
Good times.
61-69, M