Saturday was a beautiful day at Kaikoura. Hardly a breath of wind, conditions were perfect. Cray pots came up empty. Had good bait too with Blue Cod and Paua Hua. Surfcasting Friday night with prawns and mussel turned up nothing off the beach at Mangamaunu which surprised me. Saturday I drifted 800m out off Mangamaunu beach targeting Gurnard and Rig with Prawns & Mussels, no luck with Gurnard but scored this very nice Rig yum yum!
Drifted the sand further north, but Dogs everywhere. Bigger Dogs this year too for some reason. Used cooked Prawn and Mussel, but the Dogs loved all of it. Came in for a dive and got 1 undersized Cray, 1 nice Butterfish and 6 good Paua, 1 measured 160L x130W. Came on to a good pod of monster Paua like that after getting my quoter, so know where to look next time.