25.10.10 Perfection

Monday being a holiday, we planned to head out to pick up the cray pots and have a quick fish but we ended up having a major change of plans. We again headed out from Tata ramp at 5.30am the sea was mirror flat, we pulled our pots to find only 2 legal crayfish which went in the live bait tank to keep them fresh, we were amazed to find the 2 scarifies from yesterday still alive. the sea was flat so we headed out to TR1A our other spot on the drop off, we headed into the big red blob of the rising sun. Tr1A is 38 ks out and was calm as just a slight swell on the glassy sea, our first drift yielded 2 nice Trumpeter, our next a couple of sharks, our next a couple more trumpeter, next more sharks, next a couple of big Gemfish and then more sharks. It puts a bit of strain on the old back hauling sharks up from 190 metres. By lunch time still no wind, we decided to have a bit of a look around for more rocks in the area. A couple of Ks away we found another rocky outcrop with good sign, our first drop each yielded a couple of Hapuka, then sharks, then a couple of Trumpeter and then more sharks. By 2 o'clock we were out of bait and the sea was still glass... magic. We were able to fillet the 7 Trumpeter, 2 Hapuka and 2 Gemfish on board to save the mess at home. What a day I hope we have many more like it, but we could do without the sharks.