Kings Beach to Bray Rock Snapper

I arrived at Kings Beach, Caloundra at 5:30am in complete darkness and near freezing conditions. I had only worn board shorts and was feeling the cold. The conditions looked perfect for snapper, plenty of chop and the recent cold weather should have them up and feeding. I had a work bbq that afternoon and was hoping to catch a snapper to throw on the grill.

Sunrise peddling to bray rock

I launched the Hobie Outback at around 6:15am with some fellow kayakers that had turned up. I was a bit nervous about my second beach launch; my first beach launch saw me getting wet and humiliated. I was much more prepared this time and stowed my rods in my DIY rod storage setup and DIY rod leashes. I dropped the rudder down, pulled the wheels out, waited for a break in the surf and pulled the kayak out past the breaking waves before getting in and peddling off. Despite getting a little wet from the waves it was a very good launch.

I rigged up and trolled some Halco 150s Laser Pro's to Bray Rock; about 2.5kms. Both my new kayaker friend both reached Bray rock at the same time and both hooked up, I lost mine shortly after after it spat the hook. Where as my friend landed a 63cm snapper. I then trolled the laser pro and a RMG deep diver around this area for an hour or so and produced 3 snapper, the largest coming in 54cm. I tried throwing some 4" plastics around on my light gear but nothing was interested.

47cm Squire

Small Squire released

Fish Kept

I peddled back at 9:30am very happy with my results, especially with these being my first snapper. The surf landing was also good, I played it safe and jumped out before the breaking waves, waiting for a break before pulling the kayak ashore.

Dan