Initially I planned to get up and out early at the crack of dawn, but then decided to see how this morning's bite time 10.30 to 12.30 would pan out. I launched at Orere Point after 9am on the out going tide with very calm conditions. A few other kayaks and small boats out there so I paddled out to the same general area trolling a lure but didn't get anything. I had the longline set around 10am and soon had a Snapper to keep. The weather forecast had some showers likely so there was a bit of light rain or drizzle for a short while before it cleared again. Bite time seemed accurate today and there was action on the rod and reel too but mostly undersize or borderline Snapper to be returned. My longline had been cleared of the salted mackerel very quickly and I was running low so tried for bait fish but kept getting small Snapper on sabiki hooks, so gave up on that. Fortunately I had an old frozen Trevally I'd decided to clear out of the freezer so re-baited with that, during which I found I had a serious snag near the 'top' end of the line which meant I abandoned those few last hooks for a while. The wind picked up slightly and with the tide I was drifting faster than I like (even with the drogue out) so packed that up and got back to check the longline. Bite time was paying off and over a couple of runs up and down the available line I got another 3 Snapper and 2 Kahawai, the first of which measured up at 58cm on the kitchen top this afternoon. With the 4 Snapper and 2 Kahawai and the weather threatening more rain in the distance I decided to pack up and see if I could un-snag the line while it was calm. I cleared the bottom end of the line of all hooks and wound it on the reel then tackled the line from the top end. With a bit of heaving up came a hook stuck into some reefy structure and another hook on the way to being pulled straight. No worries, at least I didn't need to cut the line, so I packed up and got to shore in time to get rained on at the beach. Snappers all typical 30's (33cm x 2, 34cm, 36cm), one Kahawai at 43cm and the 58cm could be my PB ever so pleased with that!