Hey HY! With the flea, are you casting ahead and retrieving or just straight drop and jig ?

Great Trev HY. 👍

Dave also well done on Trev ,  was a beauty … and hopefully excellent sashimi.

Good work.

Been a while between TRs from me been bloody busy and not a lot of fishing really just the usual 4 or 5 pannies from OP over summer and a few trips on the boat with the kids. I've found some real disappointing weather reports over the last 6 weeks, waking up and seeing not a breath of wind when 15- 20 knots has been reported.
Any ways I was going on Sunday regardless and found myself setting up at OP alone and paddling out in the dark into a stiff easterly with mist and drizzle blowing over from the Coromandel. The chop had soaked me from the waste down by the time I got to my usual spot ,but a double hook up while dropping SB out back and   first cast out front got me smiling. Went quite for a while then had solid hook up and reel was hissing a good fight and up popped a solid snap. Wind had picked up and the drizzle kept coming, I thought one more will do the trick but only managed a few throw backs, decided to paddle straight back into wind a give it one more drift ..... glad I did. Was getting thrown around in the chop wet and cold asking myself what am I doing out here when soft bait got monstered, blistering first run, once it stopped I cranked the drag up a bit and got one wind in and it took of again, first thought was kingfish it stayed high in the water column and every time I got a few winds in off it went again. This went on for a good few minutes, desperate to see it as I gained line it got within a few meters then started darting left and right the red beast was angry. Struggling to get it in my net the fish was spent and dragged over the side of yak. The 45min paddle home was more of a victory lap and definitely gave me the time to reflect on why kayak fishing is the best!

Big one went 78cm
Small one 65cm.

Awesome fishing Hopkins.