How many Melons/Mullet/Sailfish do I have?

I think I've lost my melons, 

but at least I still have Johnno's mullet!

Black Thing gets wet: at last the wind eased enough for us to get out!

After 3 days off work together we are starting to see things, weird wonderful things.  I got to see my first Sail Fish at the side of our boat Black Thing on Thursday.  It was all too exciting, and we so weren't ready.  We weren't even trolling any lure's, didn't have any Sail Fish gear ready.  We saw the birds working a school of bait so made our way over...nek minnit; 5 little sails hanging around us!! Johnno jumped up the front with his fly rod and started casting, I jumped around the boat trying to find some kind of lure that might be of interest to them.  It all happened so fast and was over before we could do anything constructive.  We spent the rest of Thursday setting up out riggers and teasers, while trolling the area, but never got a look at them again that day.

Friday night Drunkardness on the internet.  I've often banned myself from using the internet, specially  FaceBook after a few beers, but you know, you get talking, laughing, next minute you are distracted from your online friends and find an interesting Water Melon picture:

How many melons are there?

I posted this on Positive Fishing FaceBook page and got lots of Friday night giggles from the response's.  I don't have the answer, and I'm glad when I looked it up on other sites that many people have many different answers...but it lead me to another fun thought provoking chat: If you start with four mullet, you cut two in half and use 2 head ends as bait, how many Mullet do you have left?

I'm sharing this in my blog because well, I cut up my bait to make this photo.  Have you ever cut a Mullet in half? For such pretty creatures, they are disgusting when you cut into them!!  Stomach of brown mud, reminded me very much of Derby river banks on the out going tide!  

This beautiful Pelican followed us around while we hunted down the bait.

Saturday: We raised a Sail!!!  We headed straight out to where we had seen the little Sails on Thursday, this time we were ready.  Teasers in the water, out riggers set with extra lure.  They were there, I was beaming when I saw and recognised one straight away, no mistaking them!!  I turned the boat and headed in it's direction.  It came up and followed our lure's for a bit, but wouldn't take them. We kept circling.  I got to witness my first free jumper: Sail Fish jumping clean out of the water.  What a beautiful sight that was!!  But it did feel a little like 'Hello I'm over here, haha, try and catch me'!  We headed in that direction.  Another Sail Fish came up and tugged at my lure.  Clearly not impressed with what I was offering as we never saw that fish or any other again that afternoon.

Sunday:  That's tomorrow, and yes we will be out there again searching, hoping, circling, waiting...third time lucky!!

Black Thing trying to excite Sail Fish!