With the forecasted sweet weather till lunch, I decided to rise early and hit the water. Up at 3.30am and prepped the boat but the deckie (the missus) wouldn't get out of bed so the planned 4.30 departure became a 6.00 departure. 

Last time I ventured out to rotto I found a nice isolated lump and tried working it with jigs and plastics but had no success. This time I sinned and took bait out and it paid off. Ended up with a beaut eating size 6kg dhuie and a sweet harlequin. Also lost a few unstoppables when my braid was pinged on the reefy structure. It was a great feeling of success and victory after doing my own turf searching and getting results. In the end it was a nice short session as we returned to the ramp before 12 just as the wind picked up. Was as great day with the missus. 

One last thing that really blew me away though - about an hour into the session, after the dhu was boated, I turned the engine over to motor back to the start of the drift. I looked over my shoulder and saw another boat steaming at me and took evasive action. He then proceeded to sound around, find the lump and mark the co-ordinates in his sounder - daylight robbery! Couldn't believe it, a sweet piece of turf and I'm being pinged already. I can now say I know why guys hate being pinged.