Was more trying and trialing than the fishing.
Started with 1/0 whiting snatcher and squid jig with pipis. Straight away caught few pinkies on the whiting snatcher, gave it up and changed to snapper snatcher 4/0 with squid head and half whiting, nothing big caught, swarmed by micro pinkies (multiple tiny taps).
Caught one squid.
The Slayer 10 was surprisingly super stable. There was wind gusts around 20-25kmh and swell from boat going fast etc, yet I didn't feel 'oh cr*p' at all. It could go fast too! Surprised by the speed it could go. Easy to hand and manouver.
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The stupid mistake of the day was my sounder on simulation mode the whole time, didn't realise that til about to head home, lol ! I know right, pretty stupid...
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My mate was too excited he cut the main line instead of the tail end while rigging. Lost my lip grip, got knocked accidentally.
The question of the day : how do you bait fish while drifting?
It was a bit of a mess casting squid jig and one rod on bait.
The bait rod either slacking (the kayak drifts towards the sinker/bait) or the sinker/bait gets dragged and gotta let some line out all the time (the kayak drifts away from the sinker/bait).
One time the kayak was drifting towards the bait/sinker and the slack line was caught in the propeller. Problem found, noted, learnt not to that again but haven't found any solutions.
Overall, not so much a very successful fishing but definitely very educational about having to fish on a propeller kayak. A good test. Definitely worth the money, so much better than the hand paddle $350 kayak I used to have.
Date and time : 5/10/2019 fish 5pm-7:30pm
Barometer : 1015 and dropping
Air temp : 20°C and dropping, SE wind 10-15 kmh gusts 20-25 kmh.
High tide : 7:13pm
Source : Willy Weather
Lure/bait : yamashita live 3.0 red, squid head, pipis, frozen whiting, bluebait, squid strip