b'DAY 2 Sundays fishing allows anglersafter finding no decent snapper beneath. to choose their location toI exited the harbour and made my way upgrade and secure the final species ofout into some cleaner water. I began the three. I decided on an early morninghunting along the islands for signs of fish. launch at Te Kouma, 10 mins south ofOut to sea more kahawai were erupting town. This area is full of mussel farms,near Tawhiti Rock, so I burned out to see surely a good chance at a trevally. To myif they were what I was looking for. These surprise birds were spread out acrosswere much better fish up to 50cm, my the bay diving into some of the largestpoor PaddlerZ was getting smashed right schools of anchovies I had ever seen.next to the kayak as kahawai rounded Masses of kahawai were smashing intoup the bait fish. After releasing a few the bait which could be heard from milesfish under the target mark of 55cm I away on the dead calm millpond. looked at my Raymarine Element HV The kahawai section was still openscreen where it was showing some to reach the top three, so I spent asnapper, which had moved in to feed on few hours casting into the whitewaterthe scraps underneath. My sonar on the hooking kahawai hoping to get onto a bigElement was particularly important for one. Most fish were around 40cm andfinding the key bait fish and structure not prize winners. I left the bait behindthat the snapper were holding over.Another snapper falls to the This year was very much thewriters Z-Man Brusied Banana.opposite, and it was deadlyKahawai feeding on important to fish with akrill required a delicate small 4-inch grub to have asoftbait presentation.chance of getting one to bite. I fished using a Z-Man Bruised Banana or New Penny as the natural colours imitate the shellfish trevs eat.The evening was spent enjoying the gear auction, spot prizes and a mint dinner after dropping off a couple of snapper fillets at the local fish and chip shop. With the re-rigging done and kayak ready to go I was ready for the short and sharp day two. /FISHINGINGODZONE53'