Originally Posted by
blacklab
Packing Gear and deciding what to take out......
I'm fricken hopeless, I used to head out mid week for a day session, take the phone for work calls, but even though I would have been just going for Quiet flatty or whiting session, the boat had to be packed with enough gear for just about any encounter. I just couldn't head out for a simple session, without it running through my head, I might hear on the radio the kingies are running at the heads, or even worse, hearing someone latched on to a decent Tuna out through the heads. You would swear looking at the gear in the boat at the ramp, there were 4 blokes heading out.
It has paid off occasionally, indeed one brilliant session on the kings, which I had no plans at all to even go up there, But in all honesty, my OCD is making sure, every possible situation is covered..
It's probably way different down here in the two bays, compared to further north, you pretty well know what's about, depending on the time of the year, pretty boring really, hence my excitement of heading to the NSW south coast. The only real time I get my jollies on, are the trips away, ie Bermy or Portland, a heap of planning as it's normally minimum 4 odd days away and we pretty much pack every hour of fishing into the time we are there, even when the weather has turned to custard...
We have some nice lakes here in country Victoria, some accessible with boats, used to go out with a mate that was never keen on the salt water, very enjoyable, but haven't really continued with it since owning this current boat. Probably some of my most enjoyable days on the water have been on some of the small lakes down here....
Col