Monday, Jan. 9.
Out on the veranda at 5.30 and beautifully cool. The sky was overcast, in fact, quite dull and not ooking good.
At "9.30 went-down to the landing and started off again. Inside, it was quite smooth, but outside was the same old sea. The motor. was not going too well at times, and as the moment I got out past the headland, I was on. a lee shore with heavy surf breaking on the rocks, it behaved me to be careful. About 11 o'clock, I got a fine strike, so I gave him his head for a while, determined not to repeat yesterday's experience. However, this beast sounded and got down amongst coral which out the line in second, Shortly after this, I got another strike and the same thing, heppened. I then made up my ud that it was useless to fish with thing but heavy tackle and in this my host bore mie out afterwards, when we were discussing it, for he quite rightly says that the fascinat~ ing part of fishing here is that 01 never knows whut kind of a fish is fon. So after this I used a 24 thread, and later on, again, T used a 27 three"...¢ a few more strikes but in the afternoon nothing at all. Found it very rough work trolling the sen that was running, and practically only ably to work over small area. novel ab 5 pam ced, but nor beacon, Tam for those fish with @ long jer. Weather is squally, fresh breeze, cool,
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