Schooner to Ketchem Island..The seals were about too so

Woke reasonably early,only a couple of boats still in Schooner.
Had breakfast and got under way,could see the cavalcade on the AIS once we cleared the Breaksea.Went inside Swainson Island which cuts off a bit and has a better angle to the swell than going around the Carolines.Set a course for the East Pyramid,Caught Molly and Jerry already.
Went around the Pyramid intowards the Mutton Bird Islands.I had not been in there before was interested in having a look,a lot bigger area than I had imagined,nearly no SW swell but not all that deep where they anchor.The fishermen anchor quite a bit further out off the shore than us amateurs tend to do.I suppose they are wiser after bad experiences and their fish like a bit of movement.

Had a cup of coffee and tried a fish but with the normal result.Moved on down to Island Bay and the Windowpane Bay.A beautiful bay but still a swell rolling in today.
Set a course for one of my favorite Strpey spots,Boneys.Six miles off shore on the way to SW Cape.
Arrived in good time to have a good fish,still a bit of sea on but still not too much drift,I had set my big reels up before we left so we were ready to go,tried all my previous areas to no avail,I had been back here at the cray season opening with the same result,I suppose if they are not here you can’t catch them there were seals about too so you could not guarantee landing one even if you got one on.
On the last VDL the result was the opposite.

Reluctantly left for SWCape ,quite a lot of bird life so we put the tuna lure in,not much happened until we rounded the Cape a couple of hundred meters off,Strike was the call!The boys played it for quite a while before it spat the hook out.We put it back in and before long had another one on ,got him up to the boat but the line broke so lost two,Put a new lure on but no more strikes.
Remarked we could have put Biggs ashore and got a photo it was so calm,regretted afterwards we did not,have not seen a person standing on SWCape.
Toured around the shore towards Tolopea Point and into Ketchem Bay.Showed Peter the anchorage there.
Motored in behind Ketchem Island for the night,Biggs put the pot and net in ,we pulled for some Trumpeter and bait fish.