No Coromandel report section so starting from scratch,
I recently posted my new Kayak (well used but good) in "Rigged Kayaks" section. With a bit of a break in the weather yesterday I decided to head out for a test run , might as well take a couple of rods.
I head out from Omaru Bay , short drive from Town. Just out from the bay , saw a few birds so headed in that direction. Birds were moving too fast for me so drifted where they had been , no fish finder yet. Managed a few nice snapper and kawhai on 20g Kaveman jig. Cool fun on my new light slow jig rod , thanks Muppet. Managed a 4kg snapper on it this time .
Although the yak came well set up with running rig , upgraded seat and various rod holders , I now realised the importance of a sea anchor , not that I was able to reach the running rig clip that was secured at stern anyway. So made tracks for the closet island to make landfall to sort this out and bit of a stretch. Unclipped the running lanyard and moved to a reachable location. Found a plastic bottle some thoughtful person had thrown away. Sorted a makeshift sea anchor whilst putting the offcut and two smaller plastic bottles in my front hatch for the recycle man .
Even found a handy spot to stow it.
Did a bit more snooping around , with softball this time as fairly shallow and foul. Got another snapper and a few good sized kawhai , one being a horse which gave me a good fight on light gear. Was bleed straight away , still weighed 3.7kg later that day. See photo
Headed back to base into bit of a headwind. Probably paddled far too much for a first outing , body a bit stiff today
But all good. Probably do a bit more driving and less paddling next time , sorted a few things out. Definitely need the stringer system I have read of to put fish in bag behind me , not as bendy as I used to be.
Got smoker on for a full 6 hour session today , big snapper and some nice fat Kawhai. Great timing as heading out to my sons school later for parent thing so my koha will be well received.
have left Yak on roof , just in case
Thanks to all those that contribute stuff on here , I have been lurking a while , so was able to be almost sorted without getting my feet wet.