On to the day... Brent, Hinga and myself set off in wet and overcast conditions in light winds with a 1.2meter sea. I must admit to being a bit nervous going over as there were a few decent waves but Brent handled it with ease. We headed straight down to where i fish, a good fifteen minutes away... Hinga had set the net in the river outside her house over the last two days and caught over twenty Kahawai so bait wasnt an isue. We anchored up on high tide so i predicted a two hour quiet time until current started on the outgoing before the good snaps turned up.  Thats how it panned out like hundreds of other trips there over the years. I always prefer waiting for good fish rather than plugging away with smaller gear and baits catching pannies. Sharks were a bit of a nuisance and we lost a bit of gear before the Snaps turned up. That is common in winter though. 

I was first to get a nice snap on our straylines, went around 7kg so we were on the board! Brent followed shortly after with one similar.. Quiet again for quite a while until our next ones, then they came on a bit better. A few 5's and a couple more 7 kg fish. During this time the rain was heavy on and off for most of the day. I had a big continuous run hit one of my rods of which we had two straylines out each person. Here we go this will be a goodie I said! It turned out to be and played in a nice 10.4 kg Snap, the best of the day. A very fat shorter model..The weather started packing in worse shortly after so we pulled anchor and cruised back in on a sloppy sea. A great day all round with plenty of fish for everyone. couple of photo's Hinga and Brent back on land before cleanup and one of me holding best of the day at sea, although not good quality as i had to screenshot off messenger. 

Cheers..