Spot R was okay. New Year revellers were still partying in the reserve when I arrived 4:30am.
Conditions were like a pond. No swell or whitecaps.
Headed west and paddled 2.4km to the 20m depth and did a big drift towards Maketu. The curly tail and microjig lumo were popular. Took 2 good snapper home. Got plagued by heaps of small snapper. Caught and released a 76cm kingfish. Caught that kingfish on my very light microjig combo. Took 15 mins to get it on the kayak. It was lots of fun.
I was caught and lost a big king while softbaiting. It pushed my 2500 Stradic to it’s limits.
Back to the beach at 9:45am just at the change of tide.
Saw some sharks around. A camper had caught a massive bronzie that night before.
I haven’t paddled in months, my body is feeling a little stiff today.
Good to be back. I didn’t tip over and damage my gear at spot r for once. 😀