By all accounts Kaikoura was a wash out following several days of Easterly swell turning the vis to crud.  So, a change of plan saw me and a mate put in the first of what will be a number of forays out to the many bays on Banks Peninsula.  We headed over to the Birdling Flat side, and I jumped in for a look around.  When I hopped in the vis was a surprising 3m, but as the tide started to flood this soon dropped to 1m.  Not good.  I had the spear tip held pretty much in front of my face with the trigger tucked in to my chest but no fish were suicidal enough to get within range.  Or if they were, I couldn't see them!

The flats are one place I will never swim.

hunting with silhouettes is predominately what spearing on banks is about, at least if you intend to get out regularly. Also give hickory a go for a shore dive. I've only been in a few time and shot butters on the west side. There are also big moki if you want them. I have seen blokes picking up paua from the rocks by wading out and just feeling around under the rocks. Issue is its a surf beach a lot of the time.

TheSnapperWhisperer wrote: good on ya for getting out.  have you mastered the art of silhouette spearing? (dive deep first, and work our way up the reef using the sunlight to silhouettte fish)

Very interesting. Going to give this a go on the next weedline

Seeing as it was a suuny day, and we didn't have much on, the missus and I headed back out to Magnet Bay to see if it still looked decent for a swim.  Unfortunately not, as it turned out.  The Westerley had blown it out.

Yeah, gardening and chores tomorrow to make up for today.  About all avo.  Feel free to pop over.