Last weekend was an experience to remember, so that we never repeat it.

We had this great idea of going for an over night camp on the beach before the big low brings all this rain this week.
Friday night we got everything ready, so when I finished work Saturday lunch time we could just jump in the car and drive the 2 1/2 hours to our favourite camping spot.
We knew it was going to be hot, and we knew there could be a lot of little biter's.
We have never been camping in Feburary before, and we quickly realised WHY...it's TOO bloody HOT!!!
OMG the humidity was CRAZY!!

A storm rolled past us driving the humidity crazy high!

As soon as we got out of the car we heard the thunder behind us.  We didn't even bother to unpack because it looked like the storm was heading straight for us, we actually thought we might have to drive out again.  We went for a walk on the beach to fill in some time while watching the storm head off towards Broome.  Interestingly, I put a picture similar to this on social media asking Broomies how much rain they got, as it looked like they were getting hammered.  But they got NO rain at all, crazy weather!!!
We didn't get any rain on the beach either, so we unpacked and settled in to watch the amazing West Coast sunset.  Then the storm woke up some more so we enjoyed a great lightening display

Our evening was filled with Drone flying and storm photography.

I don't want to remember the horrid night that followed, so lets just say we didn't get much sleep as we swum around in our own sweat!
We were up before the sun, and luckily as well, it got HOT very fast!!  We were swimming as the tide came in at 7am just to cool down.  By 10am we were packed up and heading home to escape the heat and humidity!
But you don't have to experience all that, you can see the beauty of the WA sunset and lightening storm in the comfort of your own home.  Check out this little YouTube clip I made, to remember the good parts of our crazy weekend.

The rain has come to the Kimberley now.  This weekend we are home enjoy natures display in comfort.  Stay tuned, plenty more storms and rain footage to come as the large Low passes over us in the next couple of days.

Quondong Point is so green at the moment.

20km in 2020 JFDI!

Putting it on social media, so it's out there and I am accountable!

Goal number 4 of my 20 goals for 2020: Run 20km continual!

Well actually the goal was originally just do 20km, but of course once I started training I knew it would have to be run, not walk.  So the training begins!

Thanks to my motivated training buddy, I have been getting up at 5am every morning for, well last week was our first FULL week. 😉 We have begun!  We have a plan and we are sticking to it!

We started with just getting out of bed!  We made a commitment to meet at 5:30am every morning to Walk & Talk.  Once we realised we  could get out of bed, we started adding in some interval jogs, then a weights day, then a core day!  Now we have a full week workout plan, and by the end of this week will be running half hour continually REGULARLY!!

Consistency is Key!  Accountability turns that key!
We have made ourselves accountable to each other.  The only reason I got out of bed this morning is because I know Bron was going to be waiting for me, and if she can do it, I CAN DO IT!!
We are both Just F'n Doing It!!!

So now it's out there, it's on social, you all know!  Now we are not just accountable to each other but to all Positive Letter readers as well.
Chuck a comment below, let us know you are following, we appreciate all the support we can get!

If you are looking to get started on any goal, I recommend getting a buddy, someone who is going to get you out of bed in the mornings!

Keep reading, I will give regular updates on our running progress over the months ahead.

Sunrise from the Derby Jetty walking track.

ALSO: YouTube first payment!!

I woke Saturday morning to an email from Adsense, advising my first payment from YouTube will go into bank account this week!  I'm super excited about this.  All last year was working towards this moment, not it has finally happened!  See more goal setting = goal getting!!

With the rivers pumping we haven't done as much fishing as usual.  But that's ok, as it turns out our Positive Fishing YouTube followers really liked the clips showing off our wet season rivers.

Summary: January seemed to last forever.  I read somewhere that 'January is like one long Monday', and yes that is how it felt.  Starting everything!  Starting a fitness routine after so long off.  Waiting for YouTube payment even though we were monitorized last year.  Starting a weights routine.  Starting renovation work around the house......

Now it has all BEGUN, the ball is rolling and I'm super excited to see what the next few months produce!
Bring it on!!!!

 Our first YouTube clip to get over 1,000 views on first day of release!  Thanks for watching everyone. 🙋

How do you get motivated?

Motivation is horse shit I know this.

Just F'n Do It!

But it helps when you get a little push.

3 of my 20 goals for 2020 involve getting back into lifting weights.
Why: Because I miss my muscles!
         &  I like feeling strong.
But yet knowing these things was not enough to get me started lifting weights again.

Then this happened...

I caught a big FAT 94cm Barramundi

I was devastated at not being able to hold up my beautiful big fish for a photo.  Then I got angry at a missed opportunity for a great photo.                                                                                                   


It's such a rushed moment in time.
  We do not want to keep

Once I got her off my knee, I still couldn't hold her right.

these big girls out of the water, we want to return them while still healthy to swim off and make more babies for us to catch in the future.  So ya have to get everything right straight away.  Lucky for me Johnno is good at getting the fish in frame, so we did end up with one good photo, that's all you need one good photo.  Then she was back in the water and I was already planning the start of a new muscle building routine!

Still trying.

But Johnno GOT THE SHOT!!
My beautiful fat 94cm barramundi.

So that's it.  Weights Start...next week!!
hahaha no serious, baby steps, it's been a while but back into it.
No before photos, i'll just wait till I get my guns back then show them off.

Getting her back in the water,
where she can support herself, so I don't have to.

If anyone actually ever reads my Blog, why would you I dribble a lot about myself and there is so much else to read out there.  But Barra was caught on live bait at a popular fishing spot on the Fitzroy River WESTERN AUSTRALIA called Telegraph.....because there is a telegraph pole there, so you can't miss it!

Just one more shot!  Check out that tail!

Here's a YouTube clip if you want to see the fishing action:

Smart Goals & 1st blog for 2020

I set 20 goals for the year 2020!

20 things I want to do this year!!
Goal number five = 20 x 5km's running

  Why: I haven't run continually and/or consistanly for over a year now.  I haven't exercised at ALL for over 6 months now.  I don't like the way it makes me feel, unfit and tired, and I'm not a fan of how my body is changing. SO I'm taking action!

Specific = Run 5km's continually without stopping 20 times this year
Measureable = 5km's is 5km's it's not rocket science, but I do have a chart to tick off 20 times!
Attainable/Achievable = I know I have the knowledge, it is just finding the right head space.
Relevant = I WANT to be fit again! And this goal fits in with 2 of my other longer term goals.
Timely = I have all of 2020, but this goal also helps me stay on target for two of my other goals.

I'm feeling on top of the world after running 5km's continually AGAIN this morning!
I did it yesterday as well!

Some of my goals are BIG and i'm not ready to reveal them yet.
Some of them are a surprise for people, so I don't want to reveal them yet.
:)

I have in the past been rather obsessed with numbers, and being an all or nothing kind of personality when I got sick of counting numbers I just stopped all fitness goals, instead of being sustainable and realistic.  So this year I set realistic goals, that I know I CAN DO, but I still have to get up off the couch and find my happy place in my head space to do them = get happy & fit Karen back!

I started walk/jogging occasional running on the treadmill the end of 2019, but not consistently.  So first step in 2020 was just to get on the treadmill every single morning!
Goal number 3 REALLY helps with that! = Run/jog/walk a total of 2020km's in 2020!
That is 5km's EVERY day!  And since  I have already missed 3 days I do not want to get too far behind.  BUT I don't want to be too obsessive either.
This is where goal number 4 comes in:  1 x 20km's continual!  In preparation for this I will start building up longer run/walks, so days off are totally ALOUD!!!
At the time of setting these goals running 20km's continual did not seem very realistic or attainable.  Now only a week into the year I'm thinking it will have to be running, not walking ;)  But the goals was not specifically running, so that I do not get freaked out about it this early in the year. :)

So their you have a basic run down of 3 of my goals for 2020, I'm sure I will talk more about the others once I start working more seriously on them also.  Important thing to remember, these goals are for ALL of 2020 just because I didn't start all of them on New Years Day (i started none of them that day), does not mean I have failed, they are Timely!
Oh and goal number 13: Write 20 Blogs!  so I have now started that one as well!

New Years Day 2020

Be sure to check out Positive Fishing on YouTube, new release every Saturday morning.  This weekends episode is from New Years Day, Mangrove Jack catch and cook.

Boxing Day Barramundi Fishing in The Kimberley wet season

Last Barra for 2019!

What a great way to end the year!

That's what we came for!!

OMG I love you Johnno!!!



2020 has begun, and one of my 20 goals for this year is to write 20 blogs.  This, when I share my YouTube clips will not be counted as a 'blog writing' unless I do a full article about the day, and anyway, this was so last year ;)



Happy New Year everyone.

:)

2020 the year of Vision!

Positive Fishing on YouTube
got 1000 Subscribers!

20 Goals for year 2020

2019 was all about YouTube.  Our YouTube channel grow to reach over 1,000 subscribers by producing weekly episodes of our fishing and outdoor adventures.

Link here to Blog about YouTube growth

It's been a few years since I set some serious SMART goals for the New-Year.  Winning Lotto or catching a metre barramundi are not realistic goals as they are totally out of my control.  This year is actually a lot about control.  Taking control of my life to get my fitness and finances back on track.

We plan to use 2020 to:

 - Continue to grow our YouTube channel by FISHING LOTS! While learning more about the back door of Google, how to optimums sharing to spread the joy.

- Regain our fitness....its been a fun few years, but time to get those running shoes back on.

- Finish projects already started.  We came back to Derby in 2018 to renovate the house, we need to start doing some of that.

- Still have LOTS of fun, and plan a couple of holidays, all while still catching lots of fish.

One of my 20 goals for 2020 is to write 20 BLOGS, so you will be hearing a lot more from me on this format.  That's not including this post.  I was going to 'schedule' it to be released tomorrow, new years day, haha.  But that's cheating, can't start the New year off like that.  Today has been interesting, checking out my old blog, so many memories here of past adventures, so please be sure to have a look and let me know what you think.

As part of our 1000 Subscribers on YouTube celebrations we gave away TWO brag mats, one on YouTube and one on Facebook. I think as part of getting this blog up and running again, we will give away a Brag Mat on here as well. Stay tuned for more details about that.

Positive Fishing BRAG MAT we have ordered more due to arrive early 2020

It's New Years Eve, I've been at work, then home playing on here sorting out this blog page.  I just got a text from a friend that they caught 14 Barra today!!!  I'm out of here!!  I'm off to cook Pizza for dinner while packing up the car and tinny for an all day fishing adventure tomorrow!
But here's a photo of the last Barra I caught.  YouTube clip ready to be released this Saturday morning.

96cm Barra caught on live bait just out of  Derby, Western Australia

Have a safe and fabulous New Years everyone.
2020 how bloody exciting!!

Happy New Year from Positive Fishing Karen and Johnno.

Mangrove Jack tide, with Barramundi and Crocodile. Fishing catch & cook...

Watch this space!!

Lots of new Blogs coming in 2020!!

Barramundi on Fly in the DRY, The Kimberley Australia

So close!!

We are now at 995 subscribers!!!

Today we should hit our 1000th subscriber on YouTube!

I'm excited!!!

:)

Fish Cakes catch n cook, Wet season fishing The Kimberley

Not sure what went wrong, but here we go.  Such TASTY fish cakes!!!

The great Derby Marsh clean up!

YouTube Creating is so very time consuming.

I plan to spend more time with this blog....but for now, check this out!

I love Derby town!

:)

Barramundi Fishing & FAMOUS CROC PHOTO

It's been too long since I have written a Blog, need to start again, to record this amazing YouTube journey.

Currently at 885 Subscribers, getting very exciting on the way to 1,000!!

Johnno's Birthday Barra

Happy Birthday Johnno xxx



I've spent all of 2019 so far trying to work out how to build up my YouTube channel 'Positive Fishing'

If you haven't already please go and subscribe.



Thanks everyone.

MUD CRABS, MUDDY BOAT RAMP, & STUCK IN THE MUD Epic 5 hours BOGGED

The clip everyone has been waiting for!!

How we got into such an Epic Bogging!!

and how we got out.



POSITIVELY BOGGED!
Living in Derby, Western Australia, WE LOVE MUD!! You have to love Mud to live here!  We are surrounded by Mud flats, they are beautiful, but dangerous!
This little remote boat ramp is hard to get to, and you have to pick your tides right!  Here is a link to what happens if you get your tides wrong, you end up rolling around in the mud:
https://youtu.be/asdWu86dSLk
This day the tides were good, but it is still hard work to get little boats in and out of the water!
But much worse than the boat ramp is the deceiving Mud Flats! One wrong turn and it all turns to mud pie!!
I hope people learn from this clip and are very careful when exploring The Kimberley.  It's dangerous out there folks!

On a 'Positive' note, we had Mud Crabs the next day between cleaning.
Oh yah, that was an EPIC cleaning day!!!!

Please Subscribe to our channel to see more outdoor adventure's like this.

My YouTube Evolution.

TEN YEARS ON YOUTUBE!

Positive Fishing on YouTube

My first Blog for 2019! 
- the last few Blogs were just links to my YouTube page, part of my new obsession, to learn and grow as much as I can.

April 2019 will be TEN YEARS of YouTube for me! 
Ten years since I set up my YouTube account to share video footage of our amazing time at Kimberley Coastal Camp!

Kimberley Coastal Camp

One of the most remote fishing camps on Earth!

 Link to KCC YouTube Playlist Check out this link if you are interested in learning more about that most amazing place and time in our life.  But remember it is Ten Years old, so even though the fishing and scenery is amazing, the video clarity is not what people expect today.

Eleven years ago, I first discovered Facebook, and loved that I could share photos with my family.
Evolution of Facebook: Positive Fishing  is on facebook, so now I can share with the whole world!

Remember we are talking a bleed'n decade ago, time goes so fast!!
 Way back then, I was EMAILING my family letters and photos!!  Thanks goodness for Emails really, because we only went to the Mail plane twice in the 5 months we were caretaking there (not for mail, but fresh fruit and veg).
  Once I discovered YouTube, I fall in love with being able to share video footage with everyone.
Mind you I was still making DVD's to send home, and only uploading the short clips straight off my video camera.  It was years later that YouTube let me upload clips longer than 5mins, and that is when I uploaded the clips on KCC playlist above, of our camp life.

So jump forward a couple of years, we are home in Derby town, working, living normal lifes, hahaha nothing normal about Derby!!  The video footage onto YouTube slows, who is interested in us working??  ;)
We are always fishing, catching, cooking, filming!!!  So I start recording again.
Up The Coast from Derby: Buccaneer Achipelago
At that time, we were taking our big boat Black Thing, Up the coast' regularly with friends (it's always good to have another boat around when you go that remote!!).
The fishing and scenery is amazing, so I started making party clips of our time up there.  Trying to add the best music landed me in the poop.
Back then YouTube was not so worried about Copyright, they let you use any music you wanted, so I had heaps of very cool clips.  Then as the music laws started changing a few of my clips got strikes against them, and then a few were banned from being able to play on YouTube at all :(
I was devastated!!

My favorite clip (my biggest fish) was BANNED IN ALL COUNTIES due to AC/DC playing in the back ground!  It was heart braking when I had to delete the soundtrack, which also removed some of the chit-chat.

But we roll with the punches, learn from our mistakes, and move on IMPOVED!!

My next mistake: link to our time LIVING ON THE BEACH
While LIVING on the beach in 2015, this could have been an awesome YouTube opportunity, but instead I started this Blog.   I treated my Blog as if I were writing home to family, one big letter to everyone.  I used my YouTube clips as an extension to the blog, like pictures after you have read the story.  Next time (that's a whole other blog!) I will give them both a life of there own!!  I can tell the full story on Blog AND YouTube!
-I love my blog, it's not being left out!

Between then and now, I practiced little bits of everything while living in Exmouth

So TEN YEARS on: I'm still super passionate about Fishing, Filming and Movie making.

NOW: since the change of YouTube rules last year, I have had a big eye opener.  I did not even realise what was going on with my clips from copyright issues. I had 3 clips Banned from ALL countries (AC/DC has strong copyright laws!!) and A LOT of other clips the music was making the money off instead of me!!
Stop, hold it, wait a minute! I totally agree that the bands, singers, musicians SHOULD be getting the money!! I just didn't know what I was doing.  So now I have had the LONG process of trying to take music off my old clips, only to realise that
- some I can not remove.
- if I remove it, the clips are not as good.
- the music is old,
- the clips are old.

I've been reminiscing too much!  Looking back on my own memories, thinking too much about my old clips. Instead of moving on and making new movies/memories!

WHEN THE YOUTUBE RULES CHANGED!  This woke me up a bit, made me think about my channel, clips and the future of Positive Fishing on YouTube.
Oh and my computer, GoPro and phone all needed to be upgraded at the same time = a sign for sure!

What Now:  I'm learning!
I am giving myself a year of learning  about filming, editing, YouTube laws! And hopefully picking up a few Subscribers and useful feedback on the way.

So if you would like to be part of my YouTube growth, and watch us fish our way around Australia and NZ, please be sure to subscribe to our channel: Positive Fishing

I'd love feed back on all my YouTube clips, and Blogs please!
Let me know what you think.  I have big shoulders I can handle anything.
Let me know what you would like to see more of, or any subject, place or topic you think we should show more of.

I'm excited about my Social Media future!

Oh and did I mention that we are off on another FISHING holiday to NZ in just 2 weeks!!!
Stay tuned for more YouTube movies AND blogs!

Monster Barracuda with Sharp Teeth

I'm so excited!
I've found an easy to use Movie Editing Program that I love!!
This clip of my Uncle from NZ  catching a big Barracuda from Up the coast, above Derby, Western Australia​, was filmed a few years back.
I was experimenting with my new program, to make sure I know what I'm doing, ready for the weekend!
Bring on the fish!
Hopefully lots of new fishing and footage coming up soon!
There is a link on the clip if you would like to see the full day of fishing.
PLEASE be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel, that would help a lot.

Thanks everyone.

Catch and EAT!! Would you eat raw fish?

Because we didn't catch anything to 'write home about' this weekend, I made this instead.
Exciting News is, this is the FIRST file I opened from our old files!!
I have so many clips to sort!!!
Just for the record, we both really like Sushi / raw tuna NOW.
Now that we have learnt how to prepare it properly...not just straight off the bone!!!

A bad day fishing, beats working!

I'm currently preparing to cook 'Mango & Barra Fritters', for the first time every!

Stay tuned for Blog to follow, if they turn out as good as I hope!

Hope you like watching my clip, as much as I enjoyed catching!

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to our channel, if you want to see more.

:)



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Mud Crabbing in CROC country!

Our Crab pots got attacked by a Crocodile, but once we moved further down the creek we got ourselves a fed of crabs for dinner.



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KCC Eps 1: Wet season Remote living in the Kimberley

Here's the play list from our 5 months ALONE at Kimberley Coastal Camp, caretaking for the wet season.
5 clips on camp life, cooking, playing with the wildlife, storm photos etc.
Then 1 long fishing clip.  5 months of fishing cut down to 45mins hahaha
Then a couple of other shorter clips.

Birthday MONTH!

November 2018:

 A month to remember!!

After 46 years you might think, I have had enough of birthdays?
No way!  Life is too short!  Celebrate EVERYTHING!!
Some years ago I stopped celebrating BirthDAY's, and started BirthWEEK!  This year I stepped it up a notch to Birthday MONTH!!!

I started birthday celebrations in great Derby style!!  Having been away for 3 birthdays, it was great to be back on the oval with my Boot Campers.  We raised over $1,000 for Jo, who is off to Manila with Hair Aid #savingtheworldonehaircutatatime !!  Followed (of course) by dinner at the pub!

After a great night out with friends, we both woke a little 'tired', but I insisted I'd be fine, I wanted to catch a Birthday Barra!!

My 3rd barra for the day: 92cm fatty!!

It was a hot & humid morning.  When we first got down the river I was second guessing what we were doing there.  We both were dehydrated already, the mud was roasting and the air was still.  The dogs didn't like the heat either, they kept trying to go for a swim...croc's live here!!

But it didn't take long before we were both on...at the same time!!
It happened so quick, I hadn't even got camera's out.  Having not had a computer for a while, I have gotten out of the habit of wearing my GoPro.  So a couple of photos of both fish on my phone, before releasing one, and getting more organised.
Here's the rest, from our headcam's.

After celebrating my Birthday FISH a little too much, we then started our LONG trip to England!!

John Marven Senior also celebrates his birthday in November, so sharing the love we jumped on a plane to be with him

Broome flight was delayed: thankfully we had heaps of friends on same flight to celebrate with!

We left home early Friday morning.  2.5 hour drive to the Broome airport
        Broome flight delayed, lucky I choose 5 hours in Perth instead of ONE!!
                                                           2.5 hour flight to Perth.
                                                           4 hours in airport bar ;)
                                                           11 hours flight!!!  Slept a lot of that!
                                                           2 hour stop over, looked at the cool shops
                                                           6.5 flight, getting uncomfortable now!!
                                                           Arrived in England Saturday morning.
                                                           Shuttle to train station
                                                           2 Trains to Stevenage!
                                                           BUS to pub closest to John's family.
                                                           Quick pint.
                                                            Walk with huge luggage in the cold couple of blocks.
                                                            TWO FULL DAYS TRAVEL!
                                                            Arrived destination (Johnno's family) 5pm Saturday
                                                           Sunday = JM seniors Birthday!!!
                                                           Timing is everything!!

Our first day in England was John Marven Seniors BIRTHDAY!

The whole reason for our spontaneous trip!

 Our ONE WEEK flying trip to England was totally for family visiting, but I am thankful that Johnno's fab sister had our second day there (Monday) off work, so she took us sight seeing (aka to a pub further away then their locals).

2nd day in England: sight seeing Cambridge

It was too cold to drink beer, so we tried Mulled Wine.

I had cocktails for lunch!!

 The rest of the week was spent hanging out with Johnno's family :)

There was FROST most mornings!

This Kimberley Girl isn't used to that!!

John Marven Senior, with his Aussie parrot TapTap

Stuffing ourselves on our last full day in England;

Hotdogs, coffee and CHEESE!!

 Wait, did I say our last day in England?
I'm not sure how it happened.  But we ended up at the airport on Sunday morning.  Only to work out while sitting around waiting for check-in to open, that we weren't leaving until MONDAY!!
Ripped ourselves off an extra day with the family!
Instead of navigating the shuttle, trains and buses back, and back again the next morning, we booked into one of the airport hotels.  Spent the day sleeping off our slight hangover, before heading to the hotel bar, then dinner.  Not having to get up early the next day, as we were right across the road from departures, and had already worked out where we needed to go!

My last English pie, at the hotel.

Waiting at the airport 4 hours too early for flight after a 10am checkout.

Arrive Airport SUNDAY morning.

Checkout from hotel 10am MONDAY

  2hours in bar before flight check-in opens

  3 hours walking around airport before flight.

  6.5 hour flight

  2 hours waiting

  11 hour flight, that was uncomfortable!!!

Arrive Perth 6pm Tuesday

  45min TAXI to Armadale, Spend night with John's Mum.

Wednesday: Taxi back to aiport

                     more waiting at bar

                    2.5 hour flight, arriving Broome 6pm

                    Stayed night in Broome, too late and tired to drive another 2.5hours home.

Morning shopping for house stuff 2.5hour drive.

Arrive home THURSDAY afternoon!

Back in the land of the Kangaroo!!!

 Our stop-over between long flights was in Doha (we flow with Qatar).  At the bar, we had 2 hours, I got talking to the bartender.  Bragging about how I was going home to the heat, she rolled her eyes at me.  I guess it's hot there too, if you get to leave the airport!  Anyway, she was fascinated about Australia, saying she wanted to go there one day.
Bartender: 'That's where the Kangaroos are from hay'
Me: Yip, they are everywhere!
Her: Really everywhere.
Me: Hell yes, everywhere!
Her: Oh wow, that is so cool, I can't wait to get there.
Me: Um, I live in the country, maybe they aren't EVERYWHERE, not in the cities.
Her: (eye roll, stupid bloody tourist) yah of course.
hahaha
Walk out the doors of Perth Aiport, there is a big Christmas Roo!  Fabulous!!

HOME!! Very Jetlagged!!

 Felt very sick, Jetlagged, totally out of sorts on return.  Couple of Sun Salutations on Cable Beach (and coffee), helped to ground me, back in my country!

WARM!!  Coffee on Cable beach!

On but wait there's more!!!  This is birthday MONTH after all!!

Arriving back in Derby Thursday afternoon, after a morning of shopping, but not having to go back to work until Monday, we decided to satisfy our fishing cravings!  It had been 2 whole weeks since I caught my Birthday Barra!

99cm Beauty!!

Fabulous welcome home fish!