WayneK wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:48 pmI took my two boys down there a few weeks ago and had a great day, even though we only came away with one very nice flathead (caught on a soft plastic shad). Normally, I get my boys to return the bulk of what we catch but this particular day the bite was very slow. My eldest boy spotted a few kingfish cruising up and down the jetty and asked me if we should try to catch one. I told him that they're a great eating fish but that we weren't equiped to catch them. Needless to say, and against my advice, he spent the next 20 to 30 minutes dangling his baited hook in front of them, hoping to entice a bite. Well, bite one did!!! It was peeling line from my boy's reel faster than a strike fighter! He looked at me and asked, "What do I do?" I told him to increase the drag a bit, but not too much. The look on his face was priceless! We all know how the story ends .... the torpedo does a U-turn and heads straight for the pier pylons. Yep!!.... my boy got busted off good and proper! He was dejected, somewhat, but to his credit, he smiled at me and said something like, "Holy cow, what a fish!!!" We left Port Welshpool with a solitary flathead and a great story for mum. When we got home, we cooked up the flathead with a few fish we'd caught in the previous trips. Man!... Is there anything nicer than a cooked fish that you've caught and a light garden salad?
We all have a story of "the one that got away", now your son can update his to this beauty of a story, and make it's rounds at school, at the footy, at the shops, at the park , , , , mate, if that was my story, I'd be telling it in my sleep :fish11:
Great report, there was a moment there when I was hoping the story for your lad ended better, but lasting memories with Dad are a big enough trophy any day.
Cheers
