Jewie quest

Last night it was time to use the squid that I had caught the day before, so off to Corinella for a jewie hunt! We were meant to be there and launching by 6pm so I got there early and rigged the rods and readied the boat, obviously it was 8pm before Dad showed up.

After launching, we made our way to Tenby Channel and went right to the end of it, casting in our fresh squid and some pillies towards the old jetty. About 20 minutes later, some yakkers quietly motored up and anchored right on top of our baits - It seems that us yakkers can be just as stupid as boaties!

Five minutes later, one of Dad's rods went off and he landed a 3kg snapper, not what we were after but better than nothing. Both my rods then screamed off for no result. This happened a couple of times, and over the next 5 hours I must have missed 8 bites (Definitely all snapper - They smashed the baits but always missed the hooks!) and Dad didn't get another bite. I did manage a small school shark as a consolation prize.

At about 1.30am I woke Dad (Who had been asleep in the bottom of the boat since 11.30) and we headed in. When we arrived back at the ramp we were greeted by a gentleman who had fished landbased near where we were, using dirty old smelly servo pilchards for bait. He was cleaning the 25kg mulloway he had just caught. I guess God really does have a sense of humour!