I decided to head out in my kayak last monday afternoon into the sound to chase some snapper. At home in Canning Vale the wind was almost nothing so I loaded up and headed off to the Cockburn Ramps. When I got there the wind was ssw and looking at BOM current observations was blowing at 16 kts and gusting to 20kts. I have fished similar winds in the yak before so launched anyway and headed out.

I got out to the area I was fishing which was not protected at all and passing an anchored tinny was told there were fish around. 100 mts further along I saw the first school on sidescan, tempting them to bite was another matter as they ignored the white Abrohlos Tackle McPaddle loaded on one of Big John's glow jig heads. 30 minutes later the wind had freshened and on the way in i checked the Bom site which said the wind had freshened to 23 to 27kts for a period. The feeding switch had been turned to on and the snapper were smashing the plastics. In about 90 minutes I hooked 11 fish and landed 6 to 90 cms. Kept one at 87cms and released the rest. The anchored boats werent getting many fish at all and only one boat I spoke to at the ramp had got any fish.

 And here are some screenshots of the schools I was finding

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