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Wednesday, 03 October 2007

Lots of kayaking, no productive fishing

Rita Mada... usually fishes well apparently

Launch:	- 2:00 PM
Landed:	- 6.00 PM
Tide:	- 3:45 PM, High
Weather:	- Hot, 29 °C, 10 - 15 knot north easterly
Caught:	- Nothing
Method:	- Trolling soft plastic & hard body lures

I made my way to Emu Park again today, this time with intentions of checking out the reefy patches of Rita Mada. AKFF member Troppo (and Rockhampton local) isn't the only person to tell me that place was worth investigating. I caught up with one of the Emu Park locals briefly before heading out and he told me a few Mackeral had been caught around the shark beacon near the Emu Park boat ramp, so I decided to launch from here, troll around the beacon a bit and then head towards Rita Mada from there.

Unlike yesterday there was a fair wind blowing today, coming in from the north west and creating a bit of a chop in the process. The water splashing over the bow kept me cool though, so I didn't mind so much. I did have to put in a bit of an effort to reach Rita Mada, however, but I got there in the end. It did look just as fishy as I'd been promised, although by the time I got there I was too tired to troll around for hours (until sundown would have been ideal) and then all the way back. So instead I gave it about an hours worth of zig zagging back and forth, switching lures and trying as much as I could be bothered in a short space of time.

Unfortunately I didn't get a single bite for the entire afternoon and given I was the only person on the water, I figured that perhaps the locals knew something I didn't. I passed by the shark net beacon on the journey back, but still no dice. As I hit the reefs near the Emu Park boat ramp, I flicked soft plastics as the wind blew me back to the landing and that didn't produce a touch either.

It was just one of those days. The tuna of the previous day weren't to be seen, although I did spot a school of small Mackeral. They were moving at lightening speed though, so I didn't bother trying to chase them.