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Five intrepid kayakers from AKFF converged on Depot Beach this morning: Slacker, Craig450, Fishwhisper, GregL and myself, and were met with picturesque conditions, small swell, a light breeze and a cracking hangover (for some ). Slacker was already on the water when I launched at 7am, with the others arriving soon after.
I think it was a little too flat and calm, as the snapper were very quiet. I count myself very fortunate to have landed 2 out of the blue amongst the stream of Sgt Bakers and ooglies. First fish was modest but the second made some good runs on the 6lb outfit and ended up going 62cm and in very solid condition. Both fish took a 5" Gulp Jerk Shad in Glow - this white coloured plastic has been doing very well of late, I think it mimics the pieces of cuttlefish which make up a large portion of the snapper diet this time of year.
Although he was fishing under severe duress, Fishwhisperer did admirably well to pull a ripper of a bream off a big cuttlefish floater in the shallows just before we called it quits at around noon, leaving Slacker to plough the seas alone in search of the snapper he richly deserved after a mega drive from Wagga and sleeping in the car - I hope you got it mate.
The afternoon was spent chasing drummer off the rocks with the Coughlan brothers, and a few smaller specimens were landed before I had to head back to Canberra and leave the boys to catch the big ones.
