Go on... take the Bait!

By Lindsay Laurie

fishing is the most popular sport via representation in australia, held basically wherever water is available. Some anglers prefer putting their skills against the tiny garfish, while others feel the need to drop in bait in hope of a one tonne shark.

however in my case, fishing is for two reasons, a nice feed of fresh fish, hooked by myself and the recreational attributes associated with being in the company of mates with the same interest. my personal fishing desires are waiting for a blackfish to take my bait or a nice size freshwater crayfish to saunter into my drop net.

fishing is a challenge associated with the unknown. whenever we go fishing we do not know what we may hook, but there is always the hope of the ‘monster’ one dreams about. the ‘monster’ being the fish we weigh in for the trophy in the local angling club we belong to.

i was the inaugural secretary of the longwarry angling club in its reformation and I had the pleasure of writing up the fish weighed in by the members. unfortunately my own name seemed to be always represented in the lower half of the different specie lists, but like I said previously, fishing, well I can only speak for myself, is a recreational hobby for me, especially river fishing up in the great dividing range. there is so much to see along these rivers, and so much to write about. there are thousands of stories not told in this book, although I do hope you do enjoy my experiences and maybe you can relate to a few of them as well.

So...

go on... take the bait!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lindsay Laurie
• Release date: Feb 6, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301173969

Lindsay Laurie

Born in the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne in 1946 and as a child I lived at Deer Park before my family moved to Longwarry in West Gippsland. I have one brother who was born at the Warragul Hospital in 1948. For forty-five years I lived at Longwarry, being educated at the Longwarry State School and the Drouin High School. I left school at sixteen and for thirty years worked in the dairy industry at Longwarry Milk Factory, employed by four company’s working as a butter maker, dryer operator and at times either a cream room or milk room operator. I never moved but the companies did. For four tomato seasons I worked for White Crow as an evaporator operator. Ill health with a muscle wasting disease forced me to retire eventually. My sporting interests have always been Australian Rules football, Cricket and playing Basketball. I played all my football and cricket for Longwarry, but played basketball for a number of clubs. My hobbies over the years have ranged from keeping aviary birds, especially finches, growing native fruit plants as well as attempting to grow everything I could from either seed or cuttings. I am one of the founding members of the modern and very successful Longwarry fishing club that in it’s first three years won a number of state trophies. My preference was river fishing for either blackfish or the Gippsland freshwater crayfish. I have been married twice. My first marriage failed after seven years and from that marriage I have three children, Karen, Janet and Brad. My second marriage with Joy has seen a long and happy period of thirty-two years. We have three children, Teresa, Glenn and Megan, plus nine grand children, and a tenth grand child due. I also keep in constant touch with my brother Ron, who lives in Melbourne. He is a constant source of information toward my writing. From 1993 until 2010 I lived in Irymple Victoria, and today, I am back in my home town Longwarry in Gippsland and because of my disability, I spend most of my time writing about the people in my life, and of course as you will read, fictional people who I do not wish to have in my life through this Creek family. November 1 2012 Lindsay Laurie.

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