I was out there fishing in a big red yak:)

I caught a lot of big Kahawai and small snaps today, and I was busted off twice. After casting my soft bait the line looped around a guide on the rod, and as I was unlooping it a fish struck, perhaps a big Kahawai? The force broke the small guide then the 6kg line snapped, but I had a back up rod for this very situation, I was right in the middle of a very turbulent boil up, so I casted my metal lure tied to 25lb leader and 20lb braid, a fish struck the lure immediately and then it was off, the blighter broke off the hook on my ocean angler tungsten lure. 

It was time for me to chill, tie a new soft bait rig and replace the metal lure, the fishes and the birds left me to it as they went to the other side of the bay.

I only took a few fish today, the John Dore–what a pleasure to fillet, a snap and a kahawai for sashimi.

I got the JD on soft bait, I noticed a big school of anchovies under my yak, so I just let the soft bait drop to the bottom under the yak, and behold my JD arrived for dinner.

I was fishing close to shore this morning while the tide was in, I got snagged a couple of times in the rough but still had  a good session.

 I haven't used my Bixpy for the last month as my battery recharger has packed out and I can't get a replacement, I like paddling, but the Bixpy is awesome for manoeuvring when you get a mad kahawai or a big fish and you want to change direction or head into the wind etc, so I miss it a bit, but I still catch fish. The Bixpy adds to the fun of kayak fishing I think, it doesn't detract from it.

I got all the snaps on a Zman with a 1/4oz weight and a 3 hook, the biggest one weighed 6 1/2 pound:)

A few  snaps for dinner tonight, being Friday it'll keep the pope happy too.

There were still a few boil ups today, but I don't know what they were, Mac's perhaps, they didn't take my soft baits. I think the big schools of anchovies have passed, but there were still a few fish about, and when the wind dropped it was a pleasure to be drifting around  flicking soft baits at them.

I had some fun with big kahawai today, but they won, one, two three in a row out played me with their jumping and head shakes,  the last one just snapped me off. I got a lot of paddling in, but the fishing did fire up off Kennedy's  after 12:00. I caught plenty but only kept a few to feed my older brother 'The Shark' and his lovely wife the Dolphin, who prefers it raw. The biggest one today was 43cm.