The joys of a fishing trip with the lads.

[El Presidente]

 

Heading away in the morning for a 4 day camping/fishing trip with my sons, Ben and Tom + brother-in-laws Grant and Frank and godson Dom. 

Lake Lenthalls is 3 1/2 hours north west and fairly remote. Very few visitors and home a solid population of the target species Barramundi. 

I am a better fisherman than I am a camper. Setting up the Fabrica 5 business in Honduras is easier for me than setting up a tent.  

Thankfully, I am teamed with Grant who is a "mans man" / camping guru...and we are to be joined by his mate "Chewy" who is a local fishing legend. I haven't met "Chewy" before but the name lends itself to an interesting mental picture. 

Anyhow, Chewy enjoys a cigar apparently so he must be a decent bloke. I will pack a couple of decent sticks for him as an offering and in the hope that he doesn't judge too harshly my tangled mess of a campsite that will resemble an abandoned refugee camp. 

Competition on! Three boats, 2 crew per boat. Grant and I will be pitched against my sons Ben and Tom with Frank and son Dom in the other.  You will have noticed I have been ditched by both of my sons. Smart move on their part. 

I will pick the cigars this afternoon. Roughly 16. D4/RASS/Connie 1/ MOFOHRobusto Trinity.  

Will post pics over the coming days assuming I have coverage. 

My personal goals are largest Barramundi caught....... and not to have to reach for the medical kit. 

 

This is what I am picturing in my head. 

This is what I am trying to avoid.

 

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[westg]

Sounds amazing. 4 days - just perfect. Have fun and just remember if you win it's because they let you 😬 I hope you hook up to some sweet  action.  🎣

[NYGuido]

Have a wonderful time! You so very much deserve the break, and this sounds like a really lovely way to get out of the craziness and spend some time with your crew. Be safe. Have fun. Bring more cigars than you think you’ll need. 

[riderpride]

7 hours ago, NYGuido said:

Have a wonderful time! You so very much deserve the break, and this sounds like a really lovely way to get out of the craziness and spend some time with your crew. Be safe. Have fun. Bring more cigars than you think you’ll need. 

I was gonna say the same thing - always bring 3x the ice, alcohol, beer, and cigars you think you'll need when camping. 

Have a great time!

Cheers

[Ford2112]

Barramundi. Those things are killers.

[Chibearsv]

Very nice. Sounds like a blast. 

[Chas.Alpha]

Kinda looks like a fat tarpon. Can you eat it?

[Chas.Alpha]

1 hour ago, Ford2112 said:

Barramundi. Those things are killers.

I’m in: Can you name me 3 things in Australia that Aren’t Killers?

[Ford2112]

5 hours ago, Chas.Alpha said:

I’m in: Can you name me 3 things in Australia that Aren’t Killers?

Vegemite, The Possum on Ken's back porch, @JohnS.

[Chas.Alpha]

5 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

Vegemite, The Possum on Ken's back porch, @JohnS.

I only see 1 out of 3 here. 🤔

[JohnS]

5 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

Vegemite, The Possum on Ken's back porch, @JohnS.

Haha...thanks! 😂

[Namisgr11]

16 hours ago, Ford2112 said:

Barramundi. Those things are killers.

But delicious!

[Ford2112]

21 minutes ago, Namisgr11 said:

But delicious!

If I ever make it the 27 hour flight down there I would love to fish for them!

[puromaniac]

Rob, don't forget the Port Wine;

TROUT DEATH BY PORT WINE

It was not an outhouse resting upon the imagination.
It was reality.
An eleven-inch rainbow trout was killed. Its life taken
forever from the waters of the earth, by giving it a drink of
port wine.
It is against the natural order of death for a trout to die
by having a drink of port wine.
It is all right for a trout to have its neck broken by a fisherman
and then to be tossed into the creel or for a trout to die from
a fungus that crawls like sugar-colored ants over its body
until the trout is in death's sugarbowl.
It is all right for a trout to be trapped in a pool that dries
up in the late summer or to be caught in the talons of a bird
or the claws of an animal.
Yes, it is even all right for a trout to be killed by pollution,
to die in a river of suffocating human excrement.
There are trout that die of old age and their white beards
flow to the sea.
All these things are in the natural order of death, but for
a trout to die from a drink of port wine, that is another thing.

(Richard Brautigan)

 

[Havanaaddict]

Don't they have a nice Bed & breakfast you could sneak off too at night? 😉

[El Presidente]

1 hour ago, Havanaaddict said:

Don't they have a nice Bed & breakfast you could sneak off too at night 😉

...Discreet Google searches have revealed nothing...

[Marco_011t556]

LOL. I like steam Barramundi, but not as big as a human! 😂😂

[westg]

On 2/25/2026 at 12:21 PM, Chas.Alpha said:

Kinda looks like a fat tarpon. Can you eat it?

You can eat them. That size would be released. About a third of that size is ideal. A good quality table fish.