Does anyone here fish from a jetski?
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Does anyone here fish from a jetski?
I did a bit when I had my gpr1300r, just used a small telescoping rod
Did you have a bin/rack on the back?
How much shit did you end up dropping in the tide?
Na, altho was never very sereous about fishing from it. Caught a fair few brim tho(Snapper under about 40cm for you north islanders). It had a small glove box thing you could bung a bit of tackel in, and a bucket thing in the front for beers. It was pretty stingy on storage compared to most, more of a race ski than a cruiser.
I have an Ultra 150 i brought cheap with a poked motor - rebuilt it and will trade in on a 3 seater and setup a fishing rig on it.
Rack with chillybin and rod holders and jam a fishfinder in the glovebox.
Ive worked on a few RXP Seadoos and they have enough grunt :D but not 100% convinced on stability of a RXT as a fishing rig - the Ultra 250/60 might be a better option but they are a few $$ more
If its rough enough to worry about stability you should be doing jumps and power surfing not fishing!
Just dont do what I did and try to jump off the back(same direction as the wave) of a 3.5m swell with a full tnk of fuel.Ended up nose diving into the back of the next one.Hold breath and pin it submerineing it untill I popped out the front:thumbsup:
One day out playing in the rough could actually see schools of brim surfing in the swells:cool:
a nice rig came past work on saturday and launched at gulfharbour ramp, if im not stuck in the security office next time i see it i will go down for a look
There was 1 at the Okiwi Bay camp last week, never took notice how everything was attached but it had a chilly big, rocket launcher, fish finder and other gagets
Hey Guys, I'm new to your forum and have been fishing off a jetski for 4 years and love it. The sport is growing very fast in NZ and spreading around the world. We also have just set up the NZ Jetskifishing Club and I host the all jetski, King of Jetskifishing Competition based out of Auckland. Drop me a line if I can be of any help getting into the sport.
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Cheers Andrew
That photo looks VERY familiar, Andrew. Did you just have an article published in NZ Fishing News? :-)
