Sunday, December 22, 2002

2002 updates - Australia


2002 - first half log- A Spotted Eagle Ray turned up. It did an aerial battle and fought superbly. Caught a small Jewfish when showing David some new spots for him to try in his new DX20. Janice and Yifang joined me for some fun in the sun. Daniel and I did some night fishing - landed the usual Ray and Grunters. Two big Garoupas showed up one night. Baby grows a little bigger.


Late 2002 log- Clarence came along and we landed some Grunters. Snappers are disappearing all around Ubin. A pretty good Giant Trevally showed up in November... but not many fish are appearing. Flew to Australia and rented a houseboat to stay on the Murray River. We figured out how to catch those delicious Yellow Belly which look a little like Barramundi. Caught plenty of wild carp to feed the Pelicans (the wild carp are seen as an invasive species in the Murray. The Aussies see these fish as pests. Baby is turning into a toddler and having fun in Australia, picking berries and fishing.