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| Weekend kayak fishing plans | | Print | |
| Written by Josh | |
| Friday, 12 June 2009 | |
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Its a bit tricky to confidently form a good yak fishing plan for the weekend because the previous weekend didn't leave me many clues as to what to try next. And for all I know it'll be a completely different scenario this time anyway. With acceptable winds and waves predicted an off shore trip is definitely on the cards. Holger and I will be joining up for an AM excursion out wide on Sunday, though as of now we're tossing up between chasing snapper at Sandon, or sharks at Woody. Actually, if we do go to Woody Head, I'm not sure what Holger will choose to fish for but intuition tells me that reef sharks are a good possibility this weekend and if it looks that way when we get there, that's what I'm targeting. They seem to just adore the Rapala Magnum lures I've been trolling, so I picked up a larger CD18 to try and tempt them even more. I'm not doing this for the flake, mind you, though if I do pull a reasonable specimen in, flake there shall be. But no... my real motivation for catching a shark is Holger's presence. Or to be more precise, the presence of the Shark Shield he's fitted to his yak. An ideal scenario (in my mind at least) would be to pull in a reefy of 4 - 5' and have Holger paddle over and get up close and personal with his Shark Shield buzzing away. Even better, for Holger himself to catch a shark and sit back and observe what happens when he brings it close enough within the effective range (though I'm unsure if Holger would think that was 'even better'). Either way, I'm pretty eager to see what would happen. There very well might be some plastics cast towards the rocky outcrops of Woody Head in the hunt for snapper as well, or otherwise similar tactics at Sandon. Another option is to head out wide to the 'shoals' which is where I'm told is probably the best spot to try for snapper right at the moment. I'll be taking a break on Saturday though as I need a bit of time to catch up on everything I was supposed to spend some of last weekend doing :-/    |
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