Soundly spanked
Was on the water at 5 am this morning for a run out the back of Garden Island with my 11 yr old son. We anchored in 15 mts and got the burley trail going, flicked out a couple unweighted baits and sat back and waited. Just as the sun cracked i had a hit on my rod but failed to connect. Rebaited and set the rod again, 10 minutes later my rod buckled to a good fish but I had inadvertantly left the drag too tight and the rod flew out of the holder never to be seen again 
Shortly after my sons rod loaded up and after a dhort fight I netted a 60ish cm snapper for him
Things went quiet for a while and then line started spewing from the boys reel, he tightened the drag a bit and started fighting the fisj
H, this fish took quite a bit of line before he turned its head and made some ground back on it. Not long after I put the net under a very healthy 80 +cm pinky, the boy was pretty happy and hasnt let up about beating dad since we got back in
I am very proud of the fisherman he is becoming, plays large fish like he has been doing it all his life
Jackfrost80
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Hopefully the smile on your
Hopefully the smile on your face watching your boy pull these in makes up for losing ya rod.
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Coastrunner
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Good job by the young fella
Nice pink
timmy k (not verified)
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well done to the young bloke
Hopefully it wasn't a pricey bit of gear that you lost
PJim
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300 odd bucks so not super
300 odd bucks so not super expensive but not in a position to replace at moment. Never mind, boy is super happy and that makes up for it
rob90
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Good haul there, can't wait
Good haul there, can't wait till my young fella is old enough and doing battle with some pink bits. Spewin about lost gear, but it keeps the trip memorable.
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PJim
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Yep it os the best feeling
Yep it os the best feeling putting him on to good fish, he is a little obsessed with fishing now, mrs reckons he gets it from me lol
Adam Gallash
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Towelled up
Hes done bloody well, worth listening to the chirping with those results
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PJim
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Well and truly
Well and truly
big john
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Crackers
Nice work Jamie and son. He'll be eyeing off his own kayak soon.
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Krusty
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He looks proud as punch with
He looks proud as punch with those beauties and so he should .....well done
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
timboon
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Good to see you dragging him
Good to see you dragging him out of bed bright and early ( could be the other way round ) on a cracking morning to soak a line....
Bummer about the rod but good feed there and the young bloke will be famous forever now he's made FW!!
backlash
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Awesome
great to see the bonding time paying dividends
:)