Leonie and I bought a couple of fishing rods last weekend, hoping to go fishing soon. We were kindly invited by Tony and Lyn to go fishing on Monday 3rd January (public holiday here in South Australia).

We headed off to Port Victoria, about 200km from Adelaide. We left at around 7am, arriving in Port Victoria jut after 9am.By the time we unloaded everything, prepared the rods, and began fishing, it was about 10am.

We fished off the edge of the jetty, and used maggots (they are called 'gents' here) to attract the fish. Leonie was not too keen on the idea, but we were soon catching fish.

Between the four of us, we bagged about 60 fish. Leonie and I were very happy to have caught the following:

14 x Garfish

2 x Chow (member of the mackerel family)

9 x Tommy Ruffs

We packed up at about 3pm for the road home, all very happy and some of us a little sunburned.

We look forward to going again soon, and in the men-time, Leonie has been perfecting her culinary skills on the different fish types - really nice tasting!

Garfish

Southern sea garfish are pale greenish blue on the back and upper sides, and have a broad, blue-edged silver band along the middle of the side. Garfish are distinguished from most other species by the large ‘bill’ or ‘beak’ on their lower jaw.

 Tommy Ruff

The Australian herring, is one of four species within the Arripis genus. It closely resembles its cousin the Australian salmon, although it grows to a smaller size. Like the other members of its genus, it is found in cooler waters around the southern coast of Australia and possibly New Zealand. It is not related to the European herring family.

Here is a picture of some of the catch (the matchbox is included for scale, because as some of you know, fish are the only creature to double in size each time you talk about them!):

Come back soon for more updates!