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Wednesday, 19 March 2008

18 long days. Come this Good Friday, that will be how many days it has been since I've been kayak fishing - working that entire time, spending weekends at trade shows. It's actually gone pretty quickly, but oh man, am I getting antsy. I miss the yak dearly. The Easter break allows for 4 consecutive days off and I'm going to head out fishing on every single one of them. My targets will be varied, but most notably I'll be aiming for tailor, bream & flatties in the Basin and squid, kingfish & snapper off Bowen Island. I might even head off shore with a sail and try my luck for some tuna, whatever flavour that might come along.

Sadly it looks like the weather is going to be pretty crappy on the Friday and Saturday, though I remain optimistic because they get it wrong here all the time. Reports sound better for Sunday and Monday. If they do turn out to be accurate then I'll likely hit the Basin during the poor weather and Jervis Bay & beyond during the nicer weather. Looks like some of my wet-weather gear will be getting used for the 1st time in a long time.

I've got some new lures to try this weekend and I'm looking forward to giving them a shot. I've added some Rapalla hard body lures to the collection, along with some Storm SPs that look the goods for some bream. All my reels are lubricated and spooled to the lip. All hooks finely sharpened. Rods waiting patiently to come out of their protective cloth bags and matched with their reels. The Miragedrive, also home in it's protective bag, is fully lubbed and ready to bust out and perform. The kayak is buffed up with Armor-all, a double helping applied on the hatch gaskets (I expect to hit some rough water when I head out to Bowen island). Batteries charged for camera, GPS and sounder. I'm good to go. Bring on the long weekend!