Fishing at dusk

We did not clock how many hours fishing effort went in this year but there were 7 of us and we all had at least one go. The catch was small considering the effort. Most of the fish caught on lines were snapper and most of those were between 20 and 27 cm long putting them below the legal limit for keeping. We did catch enough on the first full day to have a fish supper. Chantelle caught the biggest and only kahawai that was about 2-3kg. I caught the biggest snapper which was 34cm.
We had some good (ka)yak sessions and all the boys went out for a paddle. The conditions were pretty rough on 2 of the 5 days as the remanants of 2 cyclones passed through. So we did not get to paddle all way around the island. We did get to go right across the Kent passage to land on the other side (Patrick), to visit a gannet work-up where the fishing was disappointing, but Stuart demonstrated that a rod is not needed. He caught a keeper snapper on a piece of wood and a line. Eric and I saw a beautiful dawn and fished a tern work-up where the fish were splashing all about us but nothing would take our baits. Chantelle and I did a few paddles into the passage. We found that Kent's Passage was the most consistent place to hook fish, but there just did not seem to be any large fish.