Two quick reports, one from last Sunday at Waitawa regional park and yesterday from Omana. At Waitawa the weather forecast was not so great last Sunday afternoon. The wind forecast was at the high end of my comfort level so instead of heading out from Mataitai Bay, past the point and towards the islands (where I had previously been tested in high winds) I headed 'left' and then down the coast to the next bay where I reckoned it would be more sheltered. It was, but I was fishing in only 2-3 meters so feeding lots of undersize Snapper who were picking the bait. Anyway, I came home with one Snapper 35cm which although wasn't going to win any records was in good shape, nice and silvery colour. One is better than none..Oh, fished without leggings and forgot to sunblock which even between 2pm-5pm was ouch!
Yesterday I got out on a club trip with EAKFC to Omana and fished from 7am to ~11am. Bait fishing on a range of gear and got 5 Snapper, 3 Kahawai and some baitfish. Best fish of the day, Snapper at 48cm on Shimano baitrunner was great to hear that whizzing away as it grabbed a pilchard chunk and ran with it. Some nice Kahawai, the last taken on the trolled lure as I headed back.
Gear update #1 - thanks Telecaster for the rod to replace my broken tip softbait rod. I didn't take it yesterday but will have it ready for next time. I got given a freezer draw full of bait a couple of weeks ago, so decided to make in-roads on that yesterday instead. Hence the bait session.
Gear update #2 - just got a new VHF Cobra HH500. Treated myself to the model that can bluetooth pair up with the smart phone so can also function as a phone extension. 50page manual to read. While the radio floats and is waterproof I'm going to get a pouch or bag for it to help keep salty baity fingers off the keypad and protect it from scratches before I take it out. The predecessor (think it's an ) Eagle EHR-10 is over 10 years old and the battery pack is not lasting during trips out.
"Out"