Download or read book Trawl Tales and True written by Meyers and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trawl tales & True by Col Meyers is a light hearted memoir of the author's life as a professional fisherman in North Queensland during the 1970's, 80's and 90's. He was involved in four different fisheries; Spanish mackerel, barramundi, trawling for prawns and scallops. These fisheries took him as a sea gypsy in quest of marine creatures from the central section of the Great barrier Reed through to Torres Strait and the Gulf of Carpentaria.This story includes not only encounters with sharks, crocodiles and wild pigs but also that most interesting species of all, the fishermen themselves. Some of these salty characters including himself are described with wry humour in a not-always complimentary way.There are also harrowing tales of boat building, breakdowns, shipwrecks, and feats of sheer courage and survival.