I'd just like to say that this diary is a good idea.
Thinking: Why we wondered?
With the waves pushing our borrowed boat quickly over areas it was hard work to knuckle down and really work the fishing area. This is the reason we came up with so we got out of the wind a little and anchored up as we didnt have a heavy duty anchor.
Once this was done we had interest about every 20 minutes or so. Note we had 3 people on board casting. Yet around the corner was Scotty who managed 4 fish in the arvo period, all over a metre. Interesting i wonder if he was anchored or drifting? Either way he did well and showed what was possible, something always good to think about if on a learning trip.
Thinking & Observation: I actually think we could have caught fish in the wind but we just didn't work the areas well enough. Just some thoughts i thought i'd share as this area had a weed edge, bommies to work between and timber.
It was only until we had some serenity out of the main basin that we settled into our work and relaxed then really slowed down the retrieve. Lochy was the first to get a couple of taps/strikes, then nailed a nice barra.
Thinking & Observation: We didn't get a single bit of interest with fishing gearbox speeds of 2 and 3. First gear in traffic, e.g. stop start had about 7-8 positive connectiong going for it on the day.
I hope this helps someone out one day.
Cheers Lyndon.