Read the water

摘要

As we grow up our survival skills are learned from our parents and our own observations. However, if you are born and bred in suburbia, where do you learn outdoor skills? It is something that is sadly lacking by many modern day anglers, especially those - who having saved a few dollars - head north on a fishing safari. They are lost in this new environment - so far removed from the beaches, rock and surf fishing of home. Others use boats for offshore forays, and those people have more knowledge aboutthe sea and fish than their land-based brothers and sisters. Most city anglers use the services of a fishing guide to find fish and local knowledge, and leave it at that. However, some anglers tow boats north and head out to distant reefs, estuaries, or fish from tinnies in billabongs, pools, and estuaries. Some do just fine; others fail and swear us northern fishing scribes are a bunch of con artists.