Windguru predicted a near-windless day, but that was certainly not the case and Orere Point was pretty cold and choppy!!
The rod that was in the rod holder has an Abu Garcia reel which is the only spinning reel I've seen lately with a loud ticker. I was about to pack up and move when I head zzzzzzzzzzzz <quiet> zźzz <tick> as the line snapped. Fish had gone straight under the kayak and the line got tangled in the running rig's pully.... That could have ended much worse if I had heavier line on there!!!
And that was the first of 6 or 7 times I lost a jighead today, though the others were all from getting snagged.
That spot didnt yield anything further and the next two stops didn't produce a single bite. Finally landed my first ever gurnard at 38cm, then a 35cm snapper and then my new PB snapper at 66cm. Only 3cm bigger than my previous PB, but man this thing fought a lot harder.
And that was it, another 2 hours of drifting with nothing to show, so I had to head home to take my daughter to hokey practice.
Would have liked a few more fish, but hey... day on the water with a new PB and a new species vs a day of working for a bunch of buffoons... let me think
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