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I couldnt resist the temptation to take the new ski for a session at Depot beach this morning with Luke and Stuart from AKFF. I had to make a quick stop in at the tackle store before i hit the water so i was a bit behind the others, when i arrived they were already out so i unpacked as quick as i could before they caught all the fish. Met up with the fella's and said a quick hello and got started on the fishing, set up drift with SP rods and landed my first Snapper for the day.
It was a little slow at first, landed plenty of crap fish including a barracouta and 1 fish that im not certain of, at first i assumed a wrasse of some description but after looking through a few books its quite possible it was a small Groper, ill keep researching that one as im still not sure. A few solid hits without hookups and a few bust off's from big fish but landing another fish was difficult. Stuart had been trying the edges of the bommie while Luke and i were drifting over broken reef, with none of us having much luck, especially Luke!!!
We all met up again and decided to try a slightly different area and had instant success, on the first drop i scored a Snapper then 2 more decent ones not long after. Finished up landing 4 Snapper, kept 2. All of them a similar size, out on the water i estimated 45-48cm but was suprised to see on the brag mat the biggest was 57cm which would have made the smallest about 50cm at a guess.
I had to leave early to drop the Revo off in Nowra to its new owner so i had to leave Stuart and Luke out there, so im very keen to hear how you guys went in the end. Im very happy with the new ski, decided to land on the beach instead of the usual channel between the rocks so i could see how she goes in the surf, it was only fairly small surf but caught a nice wave all the way into the beach comfortably, im going to take it down to a good surf beach tomorrow.
