March 17th, Now that we are settled back in, it’s time to get back to Fishing. I was about to jump into my boat to go out when Rob asked me if I wanted to go out with him and try catching Flathead using “poddies” for bait. This is the much sought after bait (live poddy mullet) of the local Fishermen. A couple of hours later we came in with nothing but the knowledge that you don’t get a lot of bites on live poddies, as the little fish leave them alone. Rob and Carol took me down to Long Jetty and showed me how to catch the live poddy mullet.
March 20th, The last 3 days have been wet and windy, very strong Southerly’s. When I saw the sun out and skies clear, out fishing I went. After 2 throw-ins I hooked a beautiful 51cm Flathead, caught on cooked prawns, and should have quit then as I didn’t catch another keeper all day.
March 21st, No fish today. Rob and myself went to BCF at Tuggerah for a Members Night, free sausage sandwich (we had 2 each), a talk on using plastics, by a Fishing Expert, (Didn’t interest either of us) and a Rep. from “Lowrance” discussing Fish Finders. It was an enjoyable night and I found a few items that I had needed anyway. We stayed for the first “lucky door prize” draw and I won a new fishing reel.
March 28th, The weather hasn’t been great, southerly winds most days but managed to land a couple of Flathead on the good days. Drove up to Salamander Bay yesterday to see Dr. Jim, Val has had a lot of pain and “pins and needles” in both hands, so we had to get her diagnosis confirmed and sure enough it was confirmed to be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Today we drove into Newcastle to see the Specialist, Dr. Hicks, who agreed and then sent her to Charlestown for tests to determine the severity and recommend the appropriate treatment.
April 1st, Daylight Saving ends, what a shame. They could leave it on all year for my money, I like it.
April 5th, The fishing has been fairly slow, but have bagged a few good sized Flathead and a 42 cm Bream today. Yesterday Annaliese turned 8 years old and today is Ed’s Birthday, we won’t mention his age. We went to Newcastle this afternoon to see Dr, Hicks and the Test Results showed severe nerve entrapment in Val’s right wrist so the operation will be done on the 17th April at Toronto Private Hospital.
April 6th, Good Friday, Joan and Robert came down for a visit and brought our mail. Val did a nice crumbed flathead fillet lunch for them, while I enjoyed a chicken snitzel. I took Robert out for a fish, in the afternoon, and Robert caught our only keeper (26cm bream). They stayed on for dinner and we finished off the night with a game of tiles.
April 8th, Easter Sunday, Steven and Ed came up from Sydney for a visit and were treated to a nice crumbed flathead fillet lunch while I (once again) had a chicken snitzel.
April 9th, Easter Monday, We drove down to Sydney this morning to pick up Jessica and Annaliese and bring them back to Dunleith for a holiday with us. They were very excited to be with us. I took Jessica our prawning, in the boat, at 6.30pm (her first time) and she was very happy when she netted her first prawn. The tide had almost run out and there were not a lot of prawns about, but we had a good time and came back with 10 prawns.
April 13th, Unfortunately, the Girls haven’t had great holiday weather, strong southerly winds for the first few days. They did manage to get a swim in the shallow water in front of the Van, on one of the good days. Last night was the first night suitable to take Annaliese out prawning but the tide was much later and plenty of small prawns were about. We came in around 9pm with 1.1Kg. of prawns, which is a good night for me. I took the Girls out for a fish this morning but they weren’t biting. The boat had to come out of the water and get put away as we leave here tomorrow for Wangi Point.
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