Hi 7Days     I only fish for food and do not target large snapper anymore for reasons stated in my original post.    Neither do I find it particularly noble to play the guts out of a fish when the sole intention is to release it or prolonging its agony by fishing with ultralight gear.  BTW  If you enlarge the photo you can see a cut trace sticking out of its mouth with a 3/0 circle hook somewhere down in its gills (judging by the blood) or throat.    Rainbow    

Frustrating day    Had to shift twice (I hate that) and only in the third location did the gurnard fire.     Very few snapper only got a couple and a couple of big blue cod and 14 gurnard.    Water temp still cold 15.1 in the morning until lunch time then warmer water came in with max 17.2   

Despite a late start it has been a better season for tuna than last year.    Water temperature is still around 19 degrees and on my last two outings I caught only skippies, the best one 5.25kg.   Trying again tomorrow to see if they are still here as the later part of April tends to be the end of the tuna season in our waters.

Rainbow

Oiled stone chips ? .. what's the story with that Herb? Sounds bloody interesting

Rainbow told about using the stone chips , when bottom fishing thats all i use as berley, what also works in creating a trail is having your cubed bait in a container soaking in the tuna oil,when dropped to the bottom it gives off the scent into the current 

Hey guys, recent events have forced me to pull out of the comp this year, so my ticket is up for grabs. First in first serve, it's an early bird ticket so you'l be in the draw for the prize. I've got the same offer on the welly boys thread as well so be in quick. would rather see it go to some use than just go to waste.

Got there at 10 and watched a couple of kayak fishers come ashore.    They had hit the water at daybreak on the coldest morning we had so far but had nothing to show for their ordeal.

We never got out until 12 only to find the water murky and wind against current which made the kayak swing on way and then another.    I hung my berley from the bow to settle the yak down.    No sooner had I dropped the stone chips my first drop hooked a good gurnard and after that gurnard and snapper came up regularly with the odd unwelcome KW in-between.    No spikeys yet but did get one carpet shark on a double with a carrot.

All up had a bin full of good eaters under conditions that did not look at all promising.    Goes to show you never know until you are out there.

Rainbow

The tuna can't be far away, water temp was 20.5C last weekend up at white cliffs

Had a look out wide with Black Pearl today. Perfect conditions, no sign of tuna.

G ood to be out wide with the boys.    As secala said lots of kings following us under the yaks but were not really interested in our lures.    Water temperature colder than recent at about 18degrees dropping to 17 in the afternoon.    Colour a washed out blue all day.