BOM weather forecast spot on,The easterly wind came in early morning about 25 knots but the waves it generated were not very large maybe because we were anchored in a channel and the depth to windward was breaking them up.
The crew slept in till 8am after the reasonably late night travelling.Had a light breakfast and a cup of tea.
The fishing boat,Even Stevens ,motored off down the Armstrong Channel at 9am,the wind there now 30 knots.I made a mental note as if we got some pots in tomorrow we needed to work out when to go and get them.The tide runs hard up here and often pulls your buoys down and you have to be there when the water is slack to retrieve them.
The first time I was up here I lost a pot to this as I was pretty green and thought I had lost mine.The second time I tried to work it out but got it wrong and had to wait around for four hours before it came up again.
We decided to troll down to the beautiful Spike Cove for the day as we were really on a lee shore now the wind had changed and Kangaroo really had nothing much to offer.
The Mayor and Trap put some lures on and so off we went.Caught a few snook,mackeral and a salmon as we slowly travelled along .Went into Maclains Bay to have a look at the establishment there for the indigenous people,talked to one fellow up here a few years ago about it.He told us it was built for them to practice their culture and give the Magistrate an option when some of the younger generation went astray to avoid putting them in jail which did no good at all.
I have never seen many people around ,just the caretakers but I suppose it serves a good purpose,it seems to have everything and is in a beautiful spot.
Arrived about eleven and anchored well up in the bay.Jock put a line in and pulled up a flathead almost immediately ,the no action for quite a while.Too windy drift so had morning tea and Ralph's brothers fruit cake,very good!
Pottered about untill 5 pm and baited the pots,never caught a cray up here but a local boat went out to Lookout Rock and just dumped his in around it.I watched him on the radar and was astounded,I have potted around there and never found good bottom or caught anything.
We motored over to the Eastern Point and as we were rounding it I found a good spot in 26 meters of water so put one in there .The wind was blowing Bout 25 knots so I hope we can get it in the morning.
We put the other one in around the corner in more sheltered water.
Returned to the anchorage to have a beer and cook dinner,watched the sun go down as we do not see it go into the sea on the East coast .
Had the news on the TV and then changed over to SBS and saw a few promos for the GFA program coming up next week.Dont expect to see Masterpiece as we were not the Hero boat.Had to disappear every time the cameras were on,might get a small cameo in Stanley.
Turned in about 10pm,wind seemed to be abating a bit.
Just after sunset over Lookout Rock.
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