Steamed around the Point ,found them easily as they were well off shore and the sun behind us.
Pulled the shallow one first,my hat was safe.Pulled the second one,some more.
Pulled up and drifted to sort them out and measure.
About a dozen , six size,smiles all round,put the small ones back and went back to the anchorage for breakfast.
Decided to get the boiler on to cook them as cray lunch was on the agenda.
We up anchored and as the sea was a lot calmer we cooked them as we trolled down the coast.
Some breakers but not as many as yesterday.Saw a fishing boat anchored in no doubt a favorite spot of his,seemed quite calm there but no idea how he got in there.
Arrived at the entrance of the Pieman River with the swells breaking at least a mile offshore.
Biggs Son Rod had sent us a map of how to get into Conical Rocks Harbour.I had seen boats there before but did not know the way in.
Not all that hard but not much room and a few just submerged rocks there,no reception so could not Google Earth it .His google shot ok though.
Got in but not much spare room,the sand patches not all being in the right places.Anchored of in flat water ,a pretty amazing place.There are a couple of shacks there and multiple dinghies.Some four wheel drives came past on their way home.
Had the long awaited cray lunch,worth waiting for.
The crew put the net in and went for a walk ashore to have a look around.Some of the assets in good order and some in disrepair.Took some nice photos.
We decided to stay the night so set the pots well out from any hazards.Just as well ,we anchored and had dinner,just as night fell and I was eating my icecream,we touched bottom,as I had minimum chain out and the wind had changed we had swung over a bullie,We had been discussing where the fishing boats usually lay as they are quite a bit larger than us.We had decided they must lay further out so upanchored and went to see if we could find some sand to anchor in.After looking around for a while and only finding Rock we decided disgresion was the better part of valor.We found the pots and pulled them.Headed well off shore and set a course for Pilot Bay.
We knew there were about twelve boats waiting to leave for Port Davey in the morning.
Arrived about eleven thirty and anchored in Six meters of water,left an outside light on to supplement the anchor light for when the left early morning.
Quite a long day,good job I had a nana.
Had a nightcap and into the bunk,back into Strahan tomorrow.
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