A few quick phone calls to work meant that I could take a day off and go to Kawakawa bay and paddle around the Pakihi island. Fishing was not really on the menu but I could not resist taking a rod along. Got stock in the motorway for quite a long time but managed to get to Kawakawa at about 11am. I saw Kev on the way and I knew when Kev heads home early, fish are on bite
.Started to paddle towards Mccallum bay where wind direction was most helpful but wind against tide made her choppy at times. I had no problem cutting through the waves in my razor sharp mirage
The other side of the island was calm and the scenery was amazing
Fish came in quick succession. First time bagging the limit on Mirage with 3 more released. I was back at 4 pm, thankfully the traffic was not as bad as in the morning on the way back
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A friend of mines family owns this island, I stayed there several years back for two weeks. After the first week we ran out of provisions and I lived off the snapper from the sandspit. Most of them I caught were too big for a meal so I would throw them back to be breeders keeping only one smaller to eat. Your post brings back good memories, thankyou.
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