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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2011, 06:45:02 AM »
There are many sides to reverend Pasfield.

Is that to be continued Dick. ?   Can't wait for the next segment.

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2011, 10:31:01 AM »
Another Dick Pasfield classic yarn! Dick I bet you grew up reading those paperback westerns. Black probably "forked leather" and rode out of town on a Mangrove Jack.
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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #32 on: January 02, 2011, 06:03:58 PM »
Hey Dick, can I have some of what your on?  Here I sit at Benaraby, broken hearted, waiting in anticipation for Tuesday.  We've done the tourist stuff of looking at Pike's Crossing and No. ! lookout, gates are locked past that.  Thought about getting some side cutters and breaking Harro out.  Spent yesterday dodging the pot holes on the Highway getting here.  Never seen the Kolan River backed up under the highway before.  Mondy must be chockers.  Ah well, off to tie some more knots.

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2011, 06:36:20 PM »
Sorry the hear your pain Dale, I know you were looking to this trip for a while :(.

Gordon, wont continue past this post, going too far off topic.  For you and others the conclusion :) -

Black Rock had hit Stick Legs first day in the dam.  A message needed to be sent to the Big Fella and taking the kid out of the picture was the way to do that.  It was easy enough.  Hit him close to the boat, keep high in the water and double him up by running hard under the boat.  The only tricky bit was maintaining speed to keep Mitchell off balance on the hull wrap.  Poor guy never knew what hit him when 25kgs of muscle smashed into his upper torso from behind sending him headlong into the water.  The rest was almost too easy.
The next few days Black Rock cruised the dam, things had changed since he had left it seasons ago.  The hep talk in the lure world was all ultrasonics, Bluetooth technology and downloadable prey vibes.  To Black Rock it meant nothing, the only way to tell prey from fake was to taste its fear just before the lights went out.  There was no pleasure in multitudes of bonys in the lake, addictive and mindless.  Didn’t know they were ate until they were sh!t. 
Black Rock avoided the temptation and fed exclusively on shore kill.  Lying on its side in the shallows flapping would always draw in a wild dog or eagle.  When it got close enough Dan would stun it with a tail slap then drag it into deeper water to swallow.  Small humans were on the menu but taking one cause such a stir it was barely worth the trouble. 
Whilst contemplating the odd trait of adult humans of not eating their young a plan was hatched.  Black Rock started to cruise the boat ramp watching.  Within a month patterns started to emerge.  The Big Fella‘s comings and goings started to form a pattern.  Credit due when earned, he never once gave an opportunity.  Too many years of cunning for that to happen, Boot Hill was full of those who ran afoul of him and a stint in the north gave him plenty of croc sense.  Children started to get back into the water; the couple of disappearances of earlier brushed aside.  It was coming together nicely. 
When it did it was went like clockwork.  A small child in a floaty just out of its depth was picked out, no adults watching from the bank and the Big Fella just reversing down to the ramp on his own.  Black Rock timed it perfectly.  A couple of tail beats pushed the child out a bit further, just far enough for the Big Fella to be able to take a chance.  The child screamed on cue, a nip on the leg made sure of that.  On the yelp instinct kicked in and the Big Fella took the bait.  Dropping the painter he waded out the few short metres to grab the thrashing child completely unaware of what was about to happen or the months of planning that had led to this point.  As he reached out to grab the child Black Rock Dan launched itself towards the face of the prey and all hell broke loose!
Media Release:  the body of a well known angling identity was found today washed up on the shore of Lake Awoonga 10 kilometres from where he had apparently abandoned his boat and vehicle on one of the lakes boat ramps.  Officials are at a loss to explain the tragedy and are not at this stage releasing details.  However witnesses who found the body claim that the victim’s head was jammed inside a large barramundi’s mouth with both hands still gripping the gill rakers of the dead fish.  This incident is the latest of a series that saw two children, several pet dogs and one calf go missing from around the lake over the past six months.  Officials are refusing to comment on rumours that a large estuarine crocodile had taken up residence in the lake. 
 

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2011, 07:43:02 PM »
That's definately some good chit you got hold of Dick.

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Re: Fishing a flooded Awoonga
« Reply #35 on: May 02, 2011, 06:39:04 PM »
I wondered where you had taken your skill with words Dick  :thumbsup

I just hope nobody ever mentions leather and goats  ;)

Thanks for the link mate  :thumbsup

 

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