On Tuesday morning I went for a quickshoredive of Hahei. When leaving the house I did think, should Icheck my bag to see I got everything? I ignored my thoughts and sureenough, I forgot my float ! I thought of asking some local residentif I could borrow a boogie board but being a Tuesday it was quieteverywhere. I did think to drive into Hahei and maybe go to the diveshop but that seemed to ridiculous. I ended up tying my water/soapbottles to the end of my rope and it did work.

Because I did not havea very visible float I decided to hug the coastline and not cutacross to the little island. Around the point the current was flowingnicely, dove down in the deep gutter and spotted a dozy Dory. Thisone was too deep for me and the shaft fell away from him to liveanother day. I then got buzzed by a school of decent sized kahawai'sbut I did not want to shoot one in case a cunning kingie would befollowing them. Around to the more sheltered bay around the cornerand at the end of my visibility saw a whopping thick snapper thumpingaway! I am pleased that at least I am seeing them. Give it a few moreoutings and I might one day get a pannie snapper. Played around inthe bay for a long time, snooping and trying all sorts of stuff. Onthe way back I managed this dozy Dory. He did not want to turn for agood side-on shot so I had to shoot him from behind. ( what a cowardI am) The spear entered at the left hand tail end

and came out at thefront right mouth end.

Pretty pleased with the accuracy of myhomemade woodie. I do have to add some weight to the handle part asit is nose heavy at the moment.