High tide

 

Thursday 27 May 2021 – High tide

As the high tide wasn’t due until 11:15 we had a cooked breakfast, Larry’s scrambled eggs were “ok”. He is still getting used to the marine bbq that came with the van and getting the right temperature can be a bit tricky.

After brekky and some sorting of some fishing tackle we were off again in search of the elusive big fish. Trundling along the beach a bit further so as to make it a 2 beer trip back we set up with the car parked above the high water mark facing the dunes as per normal (take note:  important).

We threw our bait out and set ourselves for some action. Well that didn’t happen as the tide was a super high one and the wind was blowing extra hard from a more nor-east direction so the bait was coming back in quickly. The big rod with the heavy sinker stayed out but the 2 smaller rods were an effort. We knew it was going to be a very high tide so had put the car high up on the beach out of the way but the water kept coming.

Larry stopped fishing as the car became the priority. He moved it up a few metres and we thought that would be ok but 20 mins later realised that was definitely not ok. The tyres were already down to 25psi so L dropped the pressure further to 18psi. Dug away some sand, raised the car suspension and this time he was going to go parallel to the beach as high as he could. Jenny was looking on feeling a bit stressed (as is Jenny’s want when sand and the car (and water!) is involved. Backed back a bit, close to the lapping waves and gave it a healthy dose of right foot and went on a 45 deg until stopped again. Backed back a bit and more right foot and we were away with apparently an impressive amount of sand being flung and we ended up parallel to the water but up high. referring to the pic below the eventual high tide was the water reaching nearly to the rods but we knew that was going to be the highest level.

Jenny’s stress levels reduced and we were back to fishing. We caught a salmon but as it was borderline legal we threw it back after getting photographic evidence.  Time to pack up as the tide was receding and it was getting a bit warm. It was a 2 beer trip back to the CP but we called into the wash bay and gave the Jeep a good hose to get off the salt and sand.    

                        

Not much else to report other than a few more beers and some chores done in getting ready to depart for Roebuck Plains road house tomorrow. We are having a roast and this will be the first in the marine bbq. We do miss the Weber.

The roast beef was delicious so another tick for the bbq.