Hope you all did something awesome over the weekend, if you did , drop me a comment about it cause i would love to hear.
I went night fishing, never did it before and always wanted to try, so Damian and i packed up the three littlies in warm clothes, took our fire pit and my mum and dad and head for the port. Mum had her big ole lay low , i had my fishing chair, we had a roaring fire, and a great time. The kids were heads down bums up playing with the toad fish, catching them, checking them out then letting them go, Ewan caught a tiny little school fish lol much to his surprise. It was bloody awesome to do something out of the ordinary. Mum and dad even took the kids home later so Damo and i could enjoy the high tide. We only caught one fish , ok Damo caught it but i cheered him on so im sure that helped. we had a great time and the kids thought it was the best night ever. I needn't have worried about warm clothes early on as they couldnt keep out of the shallows.
The first pic is my dad and my son Ewan,
Dakotah snuggled up and enjoying her adventure
Dakotah and her "catch"
Using prawn heads to lure their prey lol,
Connors little catch and release toady
Damians catch and not release fish
Ewan caught this one the day before when we took them fishing , lol it was relesed and swam happily to the other fish
Damian wetting a line,
Pre 12wbt, i would have not bothered doing anything at night as i would have been too damned exhausted. Not anymore, i love how much the kids learn from Damian when we do these things. He is always super organised so it makes life better for doing trips like this, he even used his macguyver skills to set up a tripod light of LED.s that ran off my old car battery. it was perfect to keep everything well lit and the fire was well contained and just lovely to sit beside. i will be doing it again for sure. I think mum and dad even enjoyed it, cooking up snags on a hot plate thrown over the fire. Couldnt have asked for a nicer night. :) p.s Yes i ate a snag, but it was only one i promise , and there was only two marshmallows so i was well behaved, plus i even counted the sand i had in both .