28/1/2014 Now That’s Fishing.
On our Sailing Around Australia Adventures, Easy Tiger, Urchin and
Zofia have become quite easy to notice as we stay in various places, like Duke
of Orleans Bay.
If there are people around many of them like to come and say hello
and enquire about our travels. The three boats travelling together is a bit of
a rare spectacle on the south coast of WA. I would assume that is because many
boats that are travelling through don’t stop in these small bays, but chose to
go from Esperance straight through to Middle Island and then on to Port
Lincoln.
Of course interest in us is reciprocated as interest in the people
we come across. as we are genuinely interested in local activities, weather and
other information.
Showing interest in other people often also has material rewards.
Some years ago, we went camping at Bremer Bay, with some new found
friends, the Aylmores. A few days after arriving and setting up camp in the
caravan park, Brian Aylmore asked me if I would like to go fishing with him.
I replied that I was not much of a fisherman and didn’t have any
gear. He said that it would be alright, I wouldn’t need to bring anything, just
maybe a few beers. That much I could do. We climbed into his utility. As he started
up the vehicle, I asked him if he was bringing a rod of if he had bait. You
don’t need any of that to fish the way I do he said.
As Brian was a farmer and the vast majority of people in the park
were also farmers from the Great Southern region, most were well known to each
other. This also meant that there were many utility vehicles with trailers
loaded with fire wood and motorbikes etc, parked in clumps throughout the park.
We would not have gone more than 50 metres, when he stopped the ute
and started to jump out. “Smithy’s camp, good fishers”, He said. He sauntered
up to a group of men standing around a camp fire as if he was just passing by.
After the initial greetings and some farming type conversation,
Brian asked them about their fishing success yesterday. They were completely
oblivious to his agenda, but responded with news that they had a fair bounty.
Would he like a couple? He was offered 2 skipjack of good size.
We deposited these back in Brian’s vehicle and then headed on the
next camp, where the previous conversation and result was repeated. Then to
another camp around the back of the caravan park where another excellent result
was achieved.
After one circuit of the caravan park, we had six fish to bring back
to our camp site. “Now that’s how you go fishing” said Brian with a wry smile.
On our Sailing Around Australia Adventure, Leanne has tried the
Brian Aylmore fishing technique a few times. She has come up a bit short
handed, but was able to buy some very fresh fish from a couple of fishermen who
came in to the wharf at Esperance.
Yesterday, as we enjoyed morning tea on Zofia, a cray fishing boat
that had been befriended by Maree and Brian on Urchin, arrived in the bay and
offloaded a cargo into a large dinghy. My story of Brain Aylmores fishing techniques
was recounted among our group. We all
looked at each other to see who was going to give it a shot with Maree taking
up the challenge. Within a few minutes of conversation we had been offered
three crayfish. Now that’s what you call fishing.
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| Cray tails caught by Maree and prepared by B2 |
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| Fish Bryani caught and cooked by Leanne |
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