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Saturday, 09 August 2008

Port Macquarie - kayak fishing paradise

I'm working this weekend at the caravan, camping, 4WD and boat show at Wauchope showgrounds (near Port Macquarie) with Doug Jenkins from Maclean Outdoors . We were lucky enough to get out for a very quick paddle on Thursday evening after setting up the stand. We used a tandem Outfitter to get onto the Hastings river, which we pedalled out towards the mouth. We did flick a few plastics around of course but despite getting a few touches (that were almost certainly coming from curious flathead) were unable to hook up. With only an hour on the water, it was probably my quickest kayak fishing trip ever. One thing is certain though - it won't be my last at Port Macquarie. This place is water sports heaven.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this outing was that I got to test out a new (to me, anyway) product that I was very impressed with. I'll be writing about that in more detail tonight, so look out for that. Right now I'm on my way out the door to work at the Maclean Outdoors Hobie stand at the show. Looks like it's going to be perfect weather for it to, so it should be a great day.