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Brooke Lowther Flattie Bash round up
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It took a while to get
You should have seen the relief on her face when she found out she was allowed to put the rod in the holder so she could eat and still fish.
the morning, after hav- ing travelled most of the journey to the coast in the dark during a tor- rential downpour and managing only 40km/h for the bulk of the trip.
ourselves organised – with the windy condi- tions and four lines out, I could have quite eas- ily changed our name to ‘Team Tangles’ – it was not an easy task.
We concentrated our trolling efforts from the banks of Tulleen Island through to Gold Bank where we caught most of our fish, however the weed proved to be an issue.
It was awesome to see the dedication and keenness of Marty and Karen, as I’m sure most would have turned around in those condi- tions.
Poor Robert certainly missed his usual team- mates because most of the morning was spent sorting out the boat and getting the programme happening before we finally started to catch a few flathead in the shallows.
On multiple occasions I would turn to find a lure hanging in front of my face, with a request to remove the weed from it.
The bite got better as the tide rose and Gold Bank started producing flathead, not large but any sized fish kept the kids entertained and for that I was grateful.
This is not the view you want to see between your- self and the boat ramp. An afternoon storm de- scended quickly on the Jumpinpin area.
Ruby McKeown and Selina were thrilled with their prizes at the presentation.
I was really proud of Selina, who persistently fished her little heart out and was totally starving before asking if she could have lunch – because she didn’t want to put her rod down and stop fishing.
It was certainly non- stop, keeping the lures in the water in an un- tangled fashion, but it was good to start catch- ing a few more fish.
When the western sky darkened to an ominous dark grey, we made the call to leave the bite and head back to the ramp, where the storm front hit and totally
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