Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Making hay while the sun shines / going diving whist VC is in port!

Big week of work , hand stacks in hot containers saw me a bit worn down by Friday, VC txted wanna goes Friday afternoon?

Gave the boss sad eyes and mate I’ve done some hard yards …got a half day, biking home the wind picked up and I thought we were buggered!
But old cunning VC read the forecast picked me up after lunch and we set sale into the slop…


Then the cunning barstard dropped me on prospect rocks and I swam and swam and swam looked and looked for anything that resembled turf, on the sounder it looked great on the bottom it was rubbish.

Back in the boat off to prospect #2 once again very little hunting ground , but got buzzed by a school / dozen medium size kingi they drifted in really close which was pretty damn cool to be honest , and hung around as scratched about looking for cray turf but it was pretty bloody scarce.

Back in the boat to find the sea had eased significantly so the decision was made to head for a mark we had located hadn’t being back to for quite a while …dropped down the anchor with continued epic vis I hunted the first rock and straight onto a cray then three , then a dozen …how bloody good sacked a couple of keepers , then swam to the next rock ..tasty treats ..good keepers got a couple more , looked around and bugger me a real nest of crays a big bigger so a 3lbr got sacked, that stirred up the nest by the time I’d sorted the last bug , I returned to the hole there was a least 3 x 6 lbrs heading for safer holes 5/7 3-4 lbrs climbing through the smaller ones … heart on mouth and a smile so wide my mask was leaking …I cautioned myself “take the easy ones” …” bird in the hand” etc

So sacked one more nice cray , that was six and my limit ..lay on the bottom looking at some solid crays considering what could have being…but then take your blessings the smaller ones are sweeter. Got picked up to see VC smile knowing the team had cracked it again.

The crays certainly are on the march or moving through our area so we will enjoy the easy pickings ..sharing the bounty with family / friends / neighbours and work mates has certainly being appreciated.

Thanks VC another epic trip bring on next weekend…if we hit a weather window …the story could be Legendary…if we don’t then we will enjoy amazing company / food and drink beer.