Boxing Day marks the beginning of our annual holiday to Black Point on Yorke Peninsula. It involves a week with our extended family at one beach house, followed by a week with friends at a different beach house, and then a third week at yet another house with more friends. My boat is the centrepiece of this hectic holiday, and fishing is high on everyone’s agenda.
Boxing Day was a beautiful day, which was unfortunately spent packing after hosting a family Christmas. Of course, as soon as we arrived at Black Point, in roared the south easterlies. But my six grandkids, aged from six months to 15 years old, didn’t care, as they were at the beach to have fun. Black Point beach faces north so it’s protected from the strong sea breezes.
I tried fishing from the beach in front of our shack as my son in law, Tom, had spotted a school of yellowfin whiting in the shallows while he was swimming, but a combination of boats, jet skis and swimmers made catching any very difficult. So, after several days of relaxing, I set off for the beaches between Moonta Bay and Wallaroo in search of yellowfin in quieter waters. Due to some excessive celebrating by the other adults, I made this early morning trip on my own. I had a supply of salted bloodworms as bait, and arrived at my chosen location on high tide. Blue crabs did their best to prevent me fishing, but in between being nipped I managed to catch 16 nice yellowfin as the tide receded.