Friday, January 22, 2010
23 January 2010
Up before sparrow's fart this morning for a quick run out to look for Spanish. Left Arrawarra well before sunrise and headed north towards Chopper. Found an area inside of Chopper and went over with intent. Started doing my first few downs and noticed several large red morwong. As I headed back to the surface a fish with an unusual shape caught my attention and I turned back thinking it may be a small jack. My shot was from a long way away but I quickly identified the fish as a pearl perch. Fortunately Michael was nearby to secure the fish when it slipped off my spear for no apparent reason. Go figure. Continued looking for bait and working the flasher. Michael saw a mackerel in the distance as did Luke. I decided to lie on the bottom for a while hoping to arouse a curious mackerel's attention. Did nothing but when I looked up it was like a mini grove of bamboo with all the crayfish feelers. I quickly grabbed one making sure not to disturb the rest. The crayfish was gigantic and I thought to load this 'painted' into the boat then grab another. Michael laughed as I hit the surface: green and way oversize, so back it went. He dived to look at the other crays, probably another 20 and they were all way too big. I just hope that no-one else decides to make off with these breeding stock and screw things up for the rest of us. We got a serious burley trail going but only a load of bait arrived. Work was starting to loom and we made an early departure. The water is warm about 23 and clearing, murky 12m. Looking good for tomorrow. Mackerel are being landed south of us so with some luck we should manage some tomorrow.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
22 January 2010
There are reports of Spanish (Couta) around the reefs near Arrawarra and as a result we decided to invetsigate some of the shallower pinnacles and bumps near Woolgoolga. Took a quick trip out to the pole off Look-at-me-now Headland. A number of mackerel have been seen with a few being taken but no-one is getting them consistantly. The fishermen are managing to take a considerable number though.
Kris, James and I launched off Emerald beach and within 5 minutes were on the reef. Dropped in and swam around until I found the bait. Water temperature in the top 8m was 23 at least but below that was only about 19. Lots of slimies, yakkas and bulls-eyes about but they seemed very content, swimming in well distributed schools. There was little indication of the harassment you see when the bait is tightly packed with their little eyes bulging in fear as mackerel savage them.
We tried everything short of going and buying a few mackerel fillets. Worked the flasher with intent and several bonnies that stumbled into our path were quickly turned into burley. Nothing. The viz was not spectacular and as the sun approached the horizon, the dark of the water started becoming far more intimidating. By 8pm we elected to head back to the beach with nothing to show for our efforts.
This weekend looks as if it will be quite a good weekend but it will be sensible to look for mackerel on the northern reefs.
Kris, James and I launched off Emerald beach and within 5 minutes were on the reef. Dropped in and swam around until I found the bait. Water temperature in the top 8m was 23 at least but below that was only about 19. Lots of slimies, yakkas and bulls-eyes about but they seemed very content, swimming in well distributed schools. There was little indication of the harassment you see when the bait is tightly packed with their little eyes bulging in fear as mackerel savage them.
We tried everything short of going and buying a few mackerel fillets. Worked the flasher with intent and several bonnies that stumbled into our path were quickly turned into burley. Nothing. The viz was not spectacular and as the sun approached the horizon, the dark of the water started becoming far more intimidating. By 8pm we elected to head back to the beach with nothing to show for our efforts.
This weekend looks as if it will be quite a good weekend but it will be sensible to look for mackerel on the northern reefs.
Monday, January 18, 2010
19 January 2010
This is my first post for the new year. This weekend provided several opportunities to go diving. Our first dive trip was a bit of an adventure. On Friday we towed a boat up to Broom's Head and launched off the beach. My wife kindly took the trailer back to Arrawarra for our return later that day. We had decided to make an entire day of spearfishing and explore lots of reef that sees little diving pressure. Unfortunately conditions precluded much of the area we would have targeted and poor sea conditions limited our scope. We did see dorado at the Wooli FAD but they were very nervous and I only managed to drop one on an early dive. The continental shelf was as dirty as it was inshore and the current there was neary 6km/h. I took a reasonable tarwhine for my trouble at one of the shallow reefs. We dropped into Woolgoolga for lunch then headed out again to look at the shallow reef in the area. There was absolutely nothing worth mentioning.
On Saturday I convinced my son Reece to join me for a dive around Korora and he seemed to have enjoyed the experience. We found lots of Wobbegongs, no crayfish but we did find several abalone which made it a worthwhile trip.
On Monday I went out with a friend and we were very keen on finding some Spanish. Conditions were not what you would expect to see them in however. It was cooler then it had been in quite a while and there was lots of particulate matter and comb-jellies in the water. We started at Pig then moved along to Park Beach Bommie and finally to Split before deciding we were wasting our time in the deeper water. I had a small yellowtail and Kelvin a yellow-spot sweetlips. Kelvin is an absolute task-horse and was game to continue diving in spite of poor conditions. We decided to move into the shallows and see if our luck improved. What a great call. At the first shallow area we explored we found lots of large scattered rocks with many sand gulleys and depressions between. It was not long before I bumped into the first jewfish of the day. I found them on 2 more occasions but if you are not on the bottom stalking them before you see them, forget it. Kelvin did pick up a crayfish though. The next area had little in the way of gutters and we found no jewfish but another cray was added to the bag. The next jump was in the area I had dived with Reece, so several more abalone were added to the bag. I had some description of a potential gutter in the area and swam in at one end with Vinnie at the other. In the confusion that followed he lost a jewfish and landed another as about 80 fish charged passed him! We then moved to an area that is very pretty to dive and holds a number of crays. I scoured the area, and eventually picked up a large cray before we moved again. This time we cornered the jewfish in an arena type area where they milled around under the white water allowing us to take 3 fish out of the school. I was able to knock over a tailor in the confusion too. The haul for the day was not massive considering the size of the fish but we had fun and came away with some newly gleaned knowledge and a pile of delicious seafood.
On Saturday I convinced my son Reece to join me for a dive around Korora and he seemed to have enjoyed the experience. We found lots of Wobbegongs, no crayfish but we did find several abalone which made it a worthwhile trip.
On Monday I went out with a friend and we were very keen on finding some Spanish. Conditions were not what you would expect to see them in however. It was cooler then it had been in quite a while and there was lots of particulate matter and comb-jellies in the water. We started at Pig then moved along to Park Beach Bommie and finally to Split before deciding we were wasting our time in the deeper water. I had a small yellowtail and Kelvin a yellow-spot sweetlips. Kelvin is an absolute task-horse and was game to continue diving in spite of poor conditions. We decided to move into the shallows and see if our luck improved. What a great call. At the first shallow area we explored we found lots of large scattered rocks with many sand gulleys and depressions between. It was not long before I bumped into the first jewfish of the day. I found them on 2 more occasions but if you are not on the bottom stalking them before you see them, forget it. Kelvin did pick up a crayfish though. The next area had little in the way of gutters and we found no jewfish but another cray was added to the bag. The next jump was in the area I had dived with Reece, so several more abalone were added to the bag. I had some description of a potential gutter in the area and swam in at one end with Vinnie at the other. In the confusion that followed he lost a jewfish and landed another as about 80 fish charged passed him! We then moved to an area that is very pretty to dive and holds a number of crays. I scoured the area, and eventually picked up a large cray before we moved again. This time we cornered the jewfish in an arena type area where they milled around under the white water allowing us to take 3 fish out of the school. I was able to knock over a tailor in the confusion too. The haul for the day was not massive considering the size of the fish but we had fun and came away with some newly gleaned knowledge and a pile of delicious seafood.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
7 December 2009
I have struggled with my spearfishing this year purely as a result of the horrid conditions. However, there has been a sudden spark which has rekindled my enthusiasm. I have been on leave for a week, hoping to get some good water and do some diving. The conditions remained poor but a gap in the weather did shine through on the 3 December. Michael, Justin and I headed out to see if we could find anything. We launched at 17:45 considering NSW has daylight saving, that is an hour earlier than it looks and headed off to see what we could find. The sea was not as clean as it had appeared, it was also quite cold. There was a current coming from the NE. We travelled to several different spots looking for a sign of any fish activity. After dropping in on 3 different areas and not finding anything, we decided to head back.
Justin wanted a quick look in the cave at NW Island and I was not too excited. There seemed to be nothing going on. Michael and Justin quickly swam over to the cave and Michael showed Justin a couple of Jewfish lying in a gutter. Justin was looking elsewhere and the sound of his Riffe discharging alerted Michael to his attempt. He turned and saw a Samsonfish struggling on the spear. I arrived to see Justin subduing his Samson and heard Michael saying that he had seen Jew. I swam to the gutter leading into the cave and saw a massive amount of Bulls-eyes hanging inside of the gutter and obviously disturbed. 2 large jew then swam out of the gutter. Michael was saying there were more fish in the cave and I ducked into the gutter, swimming into the lower opening of the cave.
The opening from the gutter resembles a crack leading into the main structure then up towards some sand and a smaller opening. I lay inside the cave behind a fairly large rock and looked intently at the light on the other side. I saw the silhouette of the jew as it moved from the right to the left. It was obviously looking into the dark and was not aware of my presence. I lined up my speargun where I imagined the fish would appear. Its eye appeared and I fired instinctively. It rolled onto its side incapacitated.
The light on the other side beckoned and I swam out into the twilight of the early evening, stopping to pull the fish free. I knew it was big but the dark of the cave can be deceptive. Michael's eyes and excitement told me what I already expected. This was a big fish. Puffing and struggling to drag the fish to the boat then haul it aboard and pose for photos. I was bushed. Its tail stuck out of the esky. The relief of having been able to land it successfully was overwhelming. We weighed it at one of the club's scales and it weighed 31.7kg. Probably a new 'Best-of-the-Best' and a significant milestone in my diving, one that will forever remain in a memory.
Justin wanted a quick look in the cave at NW Island and I was not too excited. There seemed to be nothing going on. Michael and Justin quickly swam over to the cave and Michael showed Justin a couple of Jewfish lying in a gutter. Justin was looking elsewhere and the sound of his Riffe discharging alerted Michael to his attempt. He turned and saw a Samsonfish struggling on the spear. I arrived to see Justin subduing his Samson and heard Michael saying that he had seen Jew. I swam to the gutter leading into the cave and saw a massive amount of Bulls-eyes hanging inside of the gutter and obviously disturbed. 2 large jew then swam out of the gutter. Michael was saying there were more fish in the cave and I ducked into the gutter, swimming into the lower opening of the cave.
The opening from the gutter resembles a crack leading into the main structure then up towards some sand and a smaller opening. I lay inside the cave behind a fairly large rock and looked intently at the light on the other side. I saw the silhouette of the jew as it moved from the right to the left. It was obviously looking into the dark and was not aware of my presence. I lined up my speargun where I imagined the fish would appear. Its eye appeared and I fired instinctively. It rolled onto its side incapacitated.
The light on the other side beckoned and I swam out into the twilight of the early evening, stopping to pull the fish free. I knew it was big but the dark of the cave can be deceptive. Michael's eyes and excitement told me what I already expected. This was a big fish. Puffing and struggling to drag the fish to the boat then haul it aboard and pose for photos. I was bushed. Its tail stuck out of the esky. The relief of having been able to land it successfully was overwhelming. We weighed it at one of the club's scales and it weighed 31.7kg. Probably a new 'Best-of-the-Best' and a significant milestone in my diving, one that will forever remain in a memory.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
26 November 2009
A little more than a month has elapsed since I last posted anything on this blog. That is not for lack of wanting to post something but because there has been little or nothing to talk about. The weather settled for a time, then flooded again (5th flood event this year) turned the ocean to crap. Looked like we were going to see some improved conditions and wham, massive northerlies bring in the cold winter water. Viz went from looking reasonable at 8-15m to a little better than 1m and the sea temperature dropped about 5 degrees too.
There are a few die-hards who can find their secret little cray holes blindfolded, YIPPY KAI YAY! They have taken some crays, also some abalone about. From a fish point of view, there is lots of promise with the first cobia and mackerel of the season having been landed. Kingfish still abound and there is a healthy mix of numbers and some real size fish. In the moments when conditions have allowed, samsonfish are at the recognized pinnacles too. I have heard of a really good jew being taken but the diver in question has kept it under wraps? There are lots of snapper and bluebar parrot but conditions just do not allow you to hang around waiting for them to come to you. The current just pushes you off. Justin did get a good 7kg parrot recently.
Probably time to look at getting my fitness in order because when conditions allow, I am going to be making a pig of myself. Anyone who believes spearfishing is easy, is fooling themselves!
There are a few die-hards who can find their secret little cray holes blindfolded, YIPPY KAI YAY! They have taken some crays, also some abalone about. From a fish point of view, there is lots of promise with the first cobia and mackerel of the season having been landed. Kingfish still abound and there is a healthy mix of numbers and some real size fish. In the moments when conditions have allowed, samsonfish are at the recognized pinnacles too. I have heard of a really good jew being taken but the diver in question has kept it under wraps? There are lots of snapper and bluebar parrot but conditions just do not allow you to hang around waiting for them to come to you. The current just pushes you off. Justin did get a good 7kg parrot recently.
Probably time to look at getting my fitness in order because when conditions allow, I am going to be making a pig of myself. Anyone who believes spearfishing is easy, is fooling themselves!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
22 October 2009
It has been utterly dismal. The sea has been atrocious and the weather just seems to stack the odds against getting back into the ocean ever again. There has been so little diving since the Classic was held, I think I can honestly count the number of dive days on one hand. Great days? Maybe 1 this year! My patience is being sorely tested and I don't know how long I will remain sane at this rate. I really need to start diving again or accept that diving in mud will be my lot in life.
17 October:
I apologise to those readers following the spearfishing column. Unfortunately I have to put in some time at work and with the sudden increase in ticks; I have been kept very busy saving pets’ lives and the column suffered as a result. Things have quietened down just a little to allow me writing this article. The past few weeks have been dismal on the spearfishing front. The last club competition was rescheduled because of poor conditions then cancelled because conditions stayed bad. I don’t know of any divers who have taken fish recently.
At the recent club meeting, we were reflecting on the number of really good days we have seen this season and unanimously agreed that we have only seen one great day. The fisho’s seem to be cracking it with some good catches of pearlies, jew and snapper coming in over the grapevine. The good news is that divers out wide have seen some big dolphinfish and the clear water is lying just off the shelf.
The death of Jacob Lollback, a fit competent spearo came as a shock to all spearos. It has heightened awareness of the danger associated with this sport. In an effort to promote safe diving, the club will be running some safety programs in the near future. These promise to be extremely informative and useful. At this stage Mike Wells the diver who swam through the cave at Fish Rock is touted as presenting this course. There will be some training sessions scheduled to take place in the pool at Woolgoolga. John Featherstone is on top of this initiative and there should be some information made available shortly. We are also looking at holding a freediving course presented by the world-renowned freediver, Erez Beatus. Members are encouraged to forward their email addresses to the committee to be included on our mailings with regard to these important events.
Underwater hockey is doing well on Monday evenings 6pm-7pm at the Memorial Pool. This is great training for spearfishing and anyone is welcome to come along to see what all the fuss is about. Scuba divers would benefit greatly from the training as your dive times will improve significantly.
The next club meeting will be at the Woolgoolga RSL on Wednesday 21 October at 7:30pm with the next club competition scheduled for Sunday 25 October.
24 October:
The freedive course has been scheduled for the first weekend in December, unfortunately all the places were filled within an hour of the details being finalised. As a result of the high level of interest, I am sure we will be able to present another course early in the new year. John Featherstone has arranged a session at the Woolgoolga pool for any interested spearos who want to test their guns at submerged targets. It also gives you the ability of making sure your gun is still in adequate working order after all the time it has been neglected this season. Wednesday 11 November is the scheduled date for this pool session and there will be some Riffe spearguns available to test too. Rob Mutton is busy with the safety course and the dates will be forwarded as soon as they become available.
Unfortunately there is little to report on the spearfishing front. Some fish have been landed for the plate but there have been no particularly noteworthy catches made. Very few crayfish have been seen, let alone landed. The odd painted crayfish have been collected and, interestingly enough, some purple crayfish, which are unusal visitors to our area. The weather conditions this Spring have been exceptionally poor and we are all keen for some good conditions. Divers who have been rock-hopping, when conditions allow, also report few jewfish around. Anyone who still believes that spearfishing is an easy sport is massively ill-informed.
Patience is a virtue and at this stage the best advice I can offer is to look after your fitness, in the hope that we get some better conditions in the future. Research is being conducted on wahoo and an appeal has been made for spearos or fishos to send wahoo frames to the researcher. Last season 100 frames were used in the study and the hopes are for 300 specimens to be examined this season. Anyone wishing to make a frame available should contact Mitchell.Zischke@csiro.au.
The next club competition is scheduled for this Sunday 15 October, from Arrawarra. Please contact Flange on Saturday evening to confirm participation in the event. If you are not keen to compete, you are welcome to come along for a social dive as there are usually spaces available on the boats for additional divers.
17 October:
I apologise to those readers following the spearfishing column. Unfortunately I have to put in some time at work and with the sudden increase in ticks; I have been kept very busy saving pets’ lives and the column suffered as a result. Things have quietened down just a little to allow me writing this article. The past few weeks have been dismal on the spearfishing front. The last club competition was rescheduled because of poor conditions then cancelled because conditions stayed bad. I don’t know of any divers who have taken fish recently.
At the recent club meeting, we were reflecting on the number of really good days we have seen this season and unanimously agreed that we have only seen one great day. The fisho’s seem to be cracking it with some good catches of pearlies, jew and snapper coming in over the grapevine. The good news is that divers out wide have seen some big dolphinfish and the clear water is lying just off the shelf.
The death of Jacob Lollback, a fit competent spearo came as a shock to all spearos. It has heightened awareness of the danger associated with this sport. In an effort to promote safe diving, the club will be running some safety programs in the near future. These promise to be extremely informative and useful. At this stage Mike Wells the diver who swam through the cave at Fish Rock is touted as presenting this course. There will be some training sessions scheduled to take place in the pool at Woolgoolga. John Featherstone is on top of this initiative and there should be some information made available shortly. We are also looking at holding a freediving course presented by the world-renowned freediver, Erez Beatus. Members are encouraged to forward their email addresses to the committee to be included on our mailings with regard to these important events.
Underwater hockey is doing well on Monday evenings 6pm-7pm at the Memorial Pool. This is great training for spearfishing and anyone is welcome to come along to see what all the fuss is about. Scuba divers would benefit greatly from the training as your dive times will improve significantly.
The next club meeting will be at the Woolgoolga RSL on Wednesday 21 October at 7:30pm with the next club competition scheduled for Sunday 25 October.
24 October:
The freedive course has been scheduled for the first weekend in December, unfortunately all the places were filled within an hour of the details being finalised. As a result of the high level of interest, I am sure we will be able to present another course early in the new year. John Featherstone has arranged a session at the Woolgoolga pool for any interested spearos who want to test their guns at submerged targets. It also gives you the ability of making sure your gun is still in adequate working order after all the time it has been neglected this season. Wednesday 11 November is the scheduled date for this pool session and there will be some Riffe spearguns available to test too. Rob Mutton is busy with the safety course and the dates will be forwarded as soon as they become available.
Unfortunately there is little to report on the spearfishing front. Some fish have been landed for the plate but there have been no particularly noteworthy catches made. Very few crayfish have been seen, let alone landed. The odd painted crayfish have been collected and, interestingly enough, some purple crayfish, which are unusal visitors to our area. The weather conditions this Spring have been exceptionally poor and we are all keen for some good conditions. Divers who have been rock-hopping, when conditions allow, also report few jewfish around. Anyone who still believes that spearfishing is an easy sport is massively ill-informed.
Patience is a virtue and at this stage the best advice I can offer is to look after your fitness, in the hope that we get some better conditions in the future. Research is being conducted on wahoo and an appeal has been made for spearos or fishos to send wahoo frames to the researcher. Last season 100 frames were used in the study and the hopes are for 300 specimens to be examined this season. Anyone wishing to make a frame available should contact Mitchell.Zischke@csiro.au.
The next club competition is scheduled for this Sunday 15 October, from Arrawarra. Please contact Flange on Saturday evening to confirm participation in the event. If you are not keen to compete, you are welcome to come along for a social dive as there are usually spaces available on the boats for additional divers.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
3 September 2009
The weather improved very nicely over the weekend. Started off diving on Saturday morning. Conditions weren't too spectacular. We were diving over the low tide period and in spite of really applying ourselves to the task at hand, we came away with nothing for our troubles. From my point of view, a day diving is never a complete loss. You always learn about new points and detail about approaching areas you may have ignored before. Sometimes you think that you know an area until some-one tells you exactly how to approach the area and you discover a new hotspot. We did our best to find kingfish, jewfish and crays but were unsuccessful. We all managed to get a snapper while bait fishing, so the morning was not wasted.
Sunday was not pegged as a dive day as conditions had been quite marginal on Saturday. By midday the picture was changing. I got a call from Justin to get me in the mood for diving and Kurt was coming along too. We headed straight to the lighthouse and started off being quite disappointed with the conditions. When we arrived at the N end of the light, the sea had improved tremendously. Mozambique water, 25-30m viz with a temperature around 21C. I hopped in to find a school of Australian Salmon circling the boat. Thinking they were tailor, I knocked one over, as my wife loves tailor. Salmon have a reputation for being very ordinary and I chose to burley it up. For me this proved to be the ticket as I quickly picked up 4 reasonable kingfish. The pushing tide seemed to be pushing in better water all the time. I saw schools of bluebar parrotfish and a big school of jewfish all safely inside the sanctuary. Justin and Kurt lay on the bottom watching a school of Mangrove Jacks at their cave, these also safe in the sanctuary. On the edge of the reef toward the NE in about 22m of water, I followed a bluebar for a long time. The fish seemed flighty and the presence of 3 large Grey Nurse Sharks probably added to his shyness. A large shape resembling a small whaler approached and only when it got close to me did I realise it was a massive kingfish. This fish proved to be too smart for me too. As did a nice Amberjack a little later.
As the sun was dropping we stopped at a shelf to see if we could dupe some Mangove Jacks. The surge was a little intense to get too close to the hotspot but Justin found and speared a 17kg kingfish. A really big strong fish. One can only imagine how hard the really big ones fight! I am just happy to have some fresh kingfish to smoke over the weekend.
On Wednesday we decided to try our luck with the snapper again. True to form I ended up catching a little red rockcod on nearly every cast. These are small scorpion-fish like critters and look quite nasty. Michael got a reasonable snapper. We stopped at the wash to do a little diving as the water seemed to be improving. Michael quickly subdued a 15kg Samsonfish, but paid for his catch with a badly bent spear. We moved to the S side of NW and Luke found another Jewfish, this time 19kg, slightly smaller than his previous 22kg fish. My diving was shot. In my haste to pack, I did not load my mask & snorkel in, which really put a damper on my diving.
This weekend I hope to explore one or two of the new spots I have been shown and perhaps get some diving in off my sea-kayak.
Sunday was not pegged as a dive day as conditions had been quite marginal on Saturday. By midday the picture was changing. I got a call from Justin to get me in the mood for diving and Kurt was coming along too. We headed straight to the lighthouse and started off being quite disappointed with the conditions. When we arrived at the N end of the light, the sea had improved tremendously. Mozambique water, 25-30m viz with a temperature around 21C. I hopped in to find a school of Australian Salmon circling the boat. Thinking they were tailor, I knocked one over, as my wife loves tailor. Salmon have a reputation for being very ordinary and I chose to burley it up. For me this proved to be the ticket as I quickly picked up 4 reasonable kingfish. The pushing tide seemed to be pushing in better water all the time. I saw schools of bluebar parrotfish and a big school of jewfish all safely inside the sanctuary. Justin and Kurt lay on the bottom watching a school of Mangrove Jacks at their cave, these also safe in the sanctuary. On the edge of the reef toward the NE in about 22m of water, I followed a bluebar for a long time. The fish seemed flighty and the presence of 3 large Grey Nurse Sharks probably added to his shyness. A large shape resembling a small whaler approached and only when it got close to me did I realise it was a massive kingfish. This fish proved to be too smart for me too. As did a nice Amberjack a little later.
As the sun was dropping we stopped at a shelf to see if we could dupe some Mangove Jacks. The surge was a little intense to get too close to the hotspot but Justin found and speared a 17kg kingfish. A really big strong fish. One can only imagine how hard the really big ones fight! I am just happy to have some fresh kingfish to smoke over the weekend.
On Wednesday we decided to try our luck with the snapper again. True to form I ended up catching a little red rockcod on nearly every cast. These are small scorpion-fish like critters and look quite nasty. Michael got a reasonable snapper. We stopped at the wash to do a little diving as the water seemed to be improving. Michael quickly subdued a 15kg Samsonfish, but paid for his catch with a badly bent spear. We moved to the S side of NW and Luke found another Jewfish, this time 19kg, slightly smaller than his previous 22kg fish. My diving was shot. In my haste to pack, I did not load my mask & snorkel in, which really put a damper on my diving.
This weekend I hope to explore one or two of the new spots I have been shown and perhaps get some diving in off my sea-kayak.
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