Managed to get out for a fish from Walpple on Friday.

Didn't set any records with the early start as I only got to Walpole a bit after midnight. Also after talking to my old man who went the day before the  water was very dirty and the channel very hard to pick due to wet July around the traps so I didn't want to be looking into the sunrise on the way out the mouth.

Snuck out through mouth with only a minor bump on a rock we haven't found before but no damage luckily.  The channel is quite narrow and hard up against the rocks at moment. 

After clearing the mouth we wondered down towards Chatham to try a couple spots we haven't fished before. Started pretty slow with the old man using bait and me on the jigs. Dad was sneaking a few in on board but nothing seemed too interested in the jig I had on. I'm not if sure if it was tide change but the bite seemed to come on bit as the day went on.  Best drift saw the old boy get a 5-6kg dhu plus roughly a 50cm breaksea cod in a double header. I snagged my jig but it turned out to be a good thing as little more weight and some brighter colours helped turn my day around with a few solid breaksea cods, a solid sweep,  a fun size yellow tail and a PB skippy.  We finished 2 short of our demersal bag with our limit of black bum and a few swallow tail at about 1:30pm.  Headed back avoiding all rocks successfully on the way in.