Managed to get out on Wednesday. Long swim looking for clean water. Water looked clear from the headland at Korora and was very definitely clean much further out, but inshore it was milky. Swam approx 3km and although the viz was 2m at best, found lots of interesting reef. Water temp cold, approx 17C. Saw a few fish but they tended to be very skittish but when you are out hunting you learn quickly. Found several nice deep gutters and lay dead still in the bottom of one. I fired immediately I could make out the shape of the fish. A reasonable Bluebar Parrotfish for the supper table. I spent some time looking for crays and abalone but my spot had the worst viz possible, could not see beyond my elbow. Kept wondering when the lead actor in 'Jaws' was going to show up.
The light E wind is shifting from N to S and back again but the sea continues to look cleaner. Could see reef patches every time I drove from Coffs to Korora. Fortunately not on-call this weekend. I am really grateful because of the level of tick paralysis cases I am seeing at present. Going to be a busy day for the local vets.
Joined the local spearfishing club: Coffs Harbour Bluewater Freedivers. They are almost a bunch of renegades. I say this tongue-in-cheek because they are extremely environmentally aware. The Club only keeps records of good eating fish and no records of fish that are shot, just because they happen to be there, are kept. Sunday is the Club competition day and if the weather holds the guys should get some Yellowtail Kingfish. I certainly have designs on getting out. A little bird whispered that there might be Yellowfin Tuna and Striped Marlin about and I am very keen to get out and see. Also out deep I will be able to practice some 30+m dives to keep the system fresh & trained. Playing u/w hockey once a week and training in the pool 3x/week. I was fascinated to feel how much my hockey had improved. My training companion was a demon at the hockey on Wednesday evening after just a few days of training. Hope to be hot to trot by the time the really good spearfishing conditions arrive.
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