"Pete" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Just came back from an afternoon fishing with my seven year old daughter,
what a day!

We were at a dam about 100 metres long by 40 metres wide, next to a park,
with lots of ducks floating around nice gum trees and a very busy main
road
just nearby, at Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills.

We started using unweighted garden worms on size 8 hooks, about a foot
under
a pencil float (too much weed here to fish on the bottom) and by the time
I
had my line set up and baited, my daughter had pulled in her first Redfin,
about 9 inches long. The action continued like this for the next two
hours.
I changed to a red and white spinner with a treble hook, and was treated
to
a hookup on the first cast - a young Redfin.

In between resetting my daughter's line and helping her cast out again, I
managed another couple of small Redfin on the spinner, as well as good
bites
when I didn't actually land anything.

We stopped when it started getting dark and cold, but had a great time,
taking a total of 16 Redfin out of the dam, the biggest about 12 inches
long. It was a great introduction to fishing for my daughter, after a
number
of unsuccessful trips to jetties, and (pardon the pun) I think she's
hooked.


Cheers,
Pete






You know that redfin are an introduced species and cannot be returned to the
water?