Success cast off at 8:30 am with 4 participants from the Rebound WA group, and four support co-ordinators. Skippered and organised by John Holbrook, Martin Smith and crew Jim Barlow and Karen Ford, the boat was equipped with portable ramps and all gear was on board.

Our first fishing location was west of Scott Ledge near an area known as Ray’s Hole, and we anchored here for some time, and re-anchored after some drift, which resulted in several herring, whiting, wrass, butter fish and always the odd blowie or two.

Our second stop was on the east of Parmelia bank, fishing with burley. Unfortunately, this did not yield as much success and there was a distinct lowering of morale on the boat. We tried to move to the end of the bank, and again not much luck…

Our third move was closer to Carnac, with no better results. Not to be beaten, our last stop was close to the NE corner of Carnac and just as we were about to leave, 5 king george whiting were caught in quick succession, much to the delight of Martin, bagging three of them with a big smile. More whiting and herring were caught by everyone and even carers, who had never held a fishing rod or fished before, had ticked that off their ‘firsts’ list by the end of the day.

With thanks go to Hayden Lewis, Rebound WA Program Co-ordinator, for co-ordinating participants and carers on the day.

Credit –  Karen Ford.