Today I got up in the morning an depend my presents. I got a Malcom Douglas T-shirt and some other T-shirts. I also got a nice big fish identification sheet in A3 size. After that we had a nice breakfast of crusty bread and a hot chocolate. Then we drove into town and bought Alan a fishing rod. Alan has his birthday on the same day as me. I also got a new light action rod. Seeing as I broke my other one I was in desperate need of a new one. It came with a relatively good reel which we put on my sister's rod to replace her crappy, cheap one. I put my good reel on the rod and set it up to my liking after lunch.
but first we drove to the mango place to get some Mango Smoothies. They tasted great! After a quick visit to the mango place we drove back to the caravan and had lunch. After lunch Dad, Alan and I went fishing. I had made some rigs for myself and was going to test out my new rod. Once we arrived at the jetty we got out the bait and set up our rods. Then we walked out to a specific spot that Dad had checked out earlier. We baited up and let out the line. I had some nibbles in about five minutes.
I struck but missed the fish. Then i wound up and changed bait. After putting on a piece of Mulie I let it down again. This time the nibbles came hard and fast. I struck hard and hook the fish. My rod was bent right over because it was light action. The sort of stuff that one might use to catch small trout is not recommended for big fish. Luckily it was only a 20 cm Trevally. After a quick photo it was released and swam of quickly. Somebody show us these big Trevally that were nibbling the oysters on the pylons. They were massive. The fish were, not the oysters. The person asked us if we'd seen the big groper that swam around the jetty. He told us the fish weighed about half a ton in weight and 2 metres long. We believed him because Dad's friend had caught a 300 kilo groper on a fishing trip.
15 minutes later I spotted a big shape under the water. It was the groper. And it was absolutely massive! I wound my line in fast so that the groper didn't get hooked. If a fish over 5 kilos got hooked on my line it would snap the rod. We saw some big turtles and some sea snakes while watching this king of fish swim up and down the jetty. After a bit I let down my line and fished a bit more. For the next few hours I caught 2 small cod and some Spanish Flag. Then after some very frustrating minutes I hooked this pesky fish that had been annoying me. It turned out to be a Remora. Remoras are more commonly known as Sucker Fish due to their ability to suck onto the belly's of sharks and large fish with the sucker disk on the top of their head. We took a photo and then released it.
Then, without warning Alan's new rod and reel screamed to life. Alan started winding immediately. After a few nervous minutes the fish bit through the line and the fight was over. After that I only caught a small Spanish Flag. After that we drove back to the caravan. When we arrived I talked to Lochie over the phone. After that I did some fish identifying. Then I started writing my blog. We had dinner after a bit. After a delicious dinner of Chicken Mango Salad I went inside and finished writing my blog. Then we had dessert. Dessert was mangoes and ice cream. (Again!) After dessert I went to bed.
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