These are some photos of my set up and the park
The next is the view from my annexe
Got the boat all setup ( more stories on the boat later), found out so information on where to fish, what baits etc. Most people fish for Grunter and today one of the guys ( Roy) caught what I believe is the largest this year - 65cms, that's one big grunter.
Lucky I bought the cast net as everyone gets their bait ( prawns) for around the jetty. My first attempts where ordinary to say the least so I asked one of the regulars for some tips. He was only too obliging and with his help I have pretty well master cast netting. Yesterday, I was netting for prawns and I could see plenty at the top of the net but when I brought it in there was only 1 or 2. Talking again to the guys, I went to Ayr and purchased a draw string net from a tackle shop that gives discounts to people from Groper Creek.
Fishing
Have only been out twice as at today due to boat problems. the first day I didn't catch anything as I only had squid for bait and really in truth was more scoping out the place rather that serious fishing.
Yesterday I went out and had a good bash at fishing and also put the crab pot in.
Started with catching a catfish of 50cm and then a bit later a 50cm grunter - really good fun.
The crab pot was baited with a tin of cat food and the left over squid from the previous days fishing. While it did have a couple of crabs, they where too small. One of the crabs was generous enough to leave behind his two claws as I was releasing him. Matter of fact I just put them in the pot now to have for lunch.
The water temp is still a bit low but when it heats up I think there will be some great fishing stories to be told.
Boat
The first day I took the boat out it felt as if it was surging. I put that down to not much use of the motor for a while. I also realised that the trim pin was not with the motor and that was resulting in the bow being very low when on the plane.
The next day I took the boat out it was going great in the morning. With one person in the boat I estimate that it does about 15 kts. Pretty good. However, when I was about to come home the motor felt like it was cavitating when I did anything over about 4 kts. Therefore my trip home took almost an hour. I was trying to work out what was the problem and I thought that the prop bushes where failing, so when I got back I was lucky enough to have a spare prop. I put the spare on the motor and took the boat out for a trial and guess what, it was working perfectly, problem solved or so I thought.
This morning I was really excited, I had fixed the boat, I had good bait and I knew where I was going to fishing, what a beautiful day I was going to have. Murphy's law always comes into play. First the dolly wheels kept falling off so I looked like a fool getting the boat to the ramp. By the time I got the boat in the water I was stuffed. But never mind I was going to have a great day fishing. Then I power it up, hit the throttle and it was doing what it did yesterday. SHIT.
I now have the motor in at the Yamaha dealer in Ayr and we will see what the outcome is. I have been around boats big and small all my life and I am stumped, and so is the dealer. Anyhow tomorrow is another day. I will go and top up my supply of prawns this afternoon seeing I have no fish to clean.
What today has done is give me a chance at some housework, like washing. I didn't realise how much washing I had, so at least it is done now.
Will let you know the outcome of the motor episode when it is finished.
I will post again in a few days.
Life is good.
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