Mazi, it will affect the performance of the gun. regards to whether it is a good idea? Well, why do you want it in the first place?
On the other hand. Crap dive tonight. Saw a mullet and a few small pollock. Took nothing. Try again soon as I was informed of cod to 3lb were caught in 6m a few yards off the cliff. Still got cod fever........
Well, I think a crap dive in the ocean still pretty much beats a hell of a lot of other alternatives
We decided to give a lash to the kayak tow with flashers technique... for this to work you need to be able to see the bottom.
I had a few things I needed to check and set up on the kayak. A man called at 3pm to talk about solar panels and by 4.30 I had to force able remove him... he just wouldn't go!!! So I never got any of the jobs done on the kayak. I quickly packed up and fecked off! halfway to the site I realised I forgot my seat and sent johnny off to pick it up. At the slip we got into a fight with a fisherman as his boat, jeep and trailer were blocking the slip and access to the parking... he came over f$%king us out of it saying that only boat owners and their trailers could park there... myself and johnny weren't backing down and when he saw 4, meter long, guns and knives come out of the car he suddenly dropped his argument
Was setting up the kayak and realised the transducer had come off (silicone sealant wont work, silkaflix next) so we were sonar-less. I started off towing Baldy and viz was kak from the outset.... once we got away from the muck on the shore we had about 4m viz.... which was crap on top of a 4.3 spring...
Without a FF and with Johnny's dive watch on the blink he was finding suitable ground and gauging depth the old fashioned way. Every 50m he would take a dive and guess depth and let me know the bottom. With time running out we anchored at the end of a reef at about 11m.
We had some really nice dives to 14m max of around a minute and saw plenty of fish but the cod remained elusive... I think I maybe saw one at distance but my 90cm fell short. (10kg at this depth was crazy... might try 6kg next time!)
We came across a nice shingle part in between the reef and a sand back, I saw a big flash of sand as I approached, and we were certain there would be nice flats here. But the viz was still only about 5m and the tide was ripping... also we had a long drive back in and the sun was setting so we decided to make a break for it and have a swim back along the shore.
I got about 50% there and it was tough going, the wind and swell were making me paddle 10 times with the left for every single paddle with the right. Baldy said he would try finning harder to help and it made a difference... So I put the foot down... Closer to shore I asked baldy what the floor was like and with no answer I turned around and couldnt find him... I waited for him to surface but he didn't I was getting worried then I saw a black shape finning hard about 150m behind me.... hahah, obvious design error to the towing system
We made the shore but the viz was variable from 30cm to 2m and the swell was rough... completely not as forecast...
I gave up at this stage but had a nice swim ashore where we chatted to another few kayak anglers... who had an equally bad night, but we did get a few tips.
Crap dive in terms of spearing cod, but great to be out and get some depth practice all the same
I also forgot my camera
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