Fishing!!!!!!!

Fishing, well it should be really easy. I as you can remember, purchased this new rod and reel for trolling. More on that subject later.
The second of May saw us leaving Lizard Island after 3 nights /2 days. The anchorage was empty as only 5 boats, later in the season we have been informed 60 is quiet the norm. The social activates that surround this many who are “waiting for the wind to change” can be huge.
Prior to us leaving Port Franklin, the longest I have ever stayed on Kiella was one night. What works well and what doesn’t has been a sharp learning curve, from the electric oven {which is going to have a permanent holiday when we get home}, the great bread maker, the freezer which leaves a lot of research still to why it will not hold frozen food in ½ of it, the need for reflective blinds inside the front windows. Most of these we have addressed while Kiella just keeps going along. My only attempt at making muffins was aborted as the oven would not heat with out the generator going, so we made the best pancakes from the mixture, thanks for the suggestion Taz.
The trip from Lizard Island to Princess Charlotte Bay was about 86nm; SE 20/25 kts.again was forecast. The plan was to follow the shoals and dragging some lures for about 1 ½ hours. New rod tied on securely to the boat and out I let the line, this we did over a few spots and no luck. The reason I felt was that we still had bananas onboard so the 3 little lady fingers I ate, boy was I feeling crook. Never mind all in a good cause. The last passage we entered through was Rattlesnake and out went the lines again. The squeals of the rod went and guess what; we could not wind it in!!!! Gloves on Ian to help pull the line in were not a lot of help and the big one is still swimming around for someone else. We had a lesson from Bob that evening and today it worked and a lovely Spanish mackerel was brought to the boat but didn’t like the look of us and let go as we tried to bring it onboard.
Princess Charlotte Bay to Lockhart River on Tuesday 4 May our beautiful Piper Lanes third birthday. Flynn rang on the sat phone so that we could chat to her. This form of communication takes a little getting use to as the delays and especially for me talking slower. Almond Point near the entrance to the river is where we had arranged fuel from the barge Temple Bar, part of the Sea swift shipping fleet. No luck with the lures again, but FA invited us to share their bounty
Today we are up the Hunter Inlet in Temple Bay and you can nearly smell the top end. This inlet is barred and we had very little under the keel crossing it. F A are going crabbing and Bob traveled with us today to watch the refueling from the barge, experience a different power cat plus teach us to fish Queensland style. Yes we have fish for dinner!15klg and 8 klg Spanish mackerel.