Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Car loaded. Boat loaded (need to fuel on way). Just need to grab the bait from freezer (yes, I'm taking bait - all options needed).
Monday fishing is on!

Was going to check weather, but don't want to be disappointed.... Might be rough, might be smooth, but there will be boating/ fishing at 0559hrs and 1 second.

Originally Posted by Beaker

Car loaded. Boat loaded (need to fuel on way). Just need to grab the bait from freezer (yes, I'm taking bait - all options needed).
Monday fishing is on!

Was going to check weather, but don't want to be disappointed.... Might be rough, might be smooth, but there will be boating/ fishing at 0559hrs and 1 second.

And the result....

2x horse JD's, and the kawhia was to. Snaps were pretty small, but all legal (maybe 12 undersized caught and sent back)

Plus 1x 2.5m shark that gave my mate a walk around the boat, cut off at boatside as belly hooked.

And calm to lunch and out. Tucked in on outer tiri island, and rough trip home.

Bloody great day!!!

Nice John Dorys

First charter tomorrow since we came out of level 3. Should be an easy day as we are only allowed to take 10 instead of our normal 'up to 26'.
However, the new Charter fishing vessel operators reporting regs are now in force. Up until now we only had to record Kingfish......Number caught, number kept and weight of those kept. Now we have to record Snapper. number caught, number kept and weight.

With Kingfish it was relatively easy as we only caught 4-5 per trip. Snapper is a whole different 'kettle of fish' ( pun intended)

If you want a link to what we have to report then go here https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/...y-catch-return

Eventually all species will be reported on..............(You dont have to be blind to see where this is heading.)

Hopefully the Kaipara bar has settled down tomorrow.

Out there slaying dolphins again this morning.

Very weedy with the full moon,big tides,total absence of a winter this year.
Got a feed of flounder as bycatch..... someone has to school me up on how to catch dolphin in a foot of muddy water.

It was a good day off the Kaipara. Firstly, all the guys on the charter were experienced fisho's and they didnt require any help for most of the time. It gave the skipper and I a chance to catch a feed. Between us we caught 19 snapper up to 11lb, 4 good gurnard, 6 Kahawhai and.........( While I was catching up on chores) I saw some interesting sign midwater, so I dropped a 300g jig, hooked up first drop and landed an 85cm Kingfish. Sashimi for lunch and dinner tomorrow.



All the fisho's got their limit of snapper and we were heading home by 1pm.

Not sure that I would be impressed with a hired skipper etc having a fish for themselves if I was paying the bill. Unless they were invited to do so

Originally Posted by Pengy

Not sure that I would be impressed with a hired skipper etc having a fish for themselves if I was paying the bill. Unless they were invited to do so

It entirely depends on the circumstances. Every single guy on the boat was an experienced fisherman. The only assistance they required and asked for was when the inevitable school sharks turned up and they wanted to keep them. I actually got my ears chewed when I tried to help one of them with his rig as he had his hooks on backwards. One of his mates had changed his hooks around and threaded them on backwards when he was using the head. His mate was the one that did the chewing lol. All they wanted was the skipper to put them on the fish which we did. They are a regular crew and extremely competitive with each other.

Sat would have been mint but work got in the way...out in close this morning due to the wind.
Burnt a burly on the outgoing plus hand burlying for an hour....no bites at all not even a shit fish.
Still a bit early for that spot but worth a crack and had to get the boat out for a run.
Son had cracked the shits with cold wind and no fish so wound up and got a gurnard.....trolled home threw the shallows and got a few kahawai .

Have located a source of 1 inch diamond netting, heavy cordage . Quality equipment (Nelson ). Perfect for replacing Berley pot netting that’s has being sharked!

I located a boat.............................. in my driveway

Engine starts and runs - check
Electronics run - check
Winch and Bilge Pump operate - check
Both batteries fully charged - Check
Warrent on trailer - Expired rectified shortly
Rego - Expired rectified shortly
Needs a clean. a run in the tide (might even set the long line) and then its off for an outing...............................on Trademe.

Originally Posted by mikee

I located a boat.............................. in my driveway
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Engine starts and runs - check
Electronics run - check
Winch and Bilge Pump operate - check
Both batteries fully charged - Check
Warrent on trailer - Expired rectified shortly
Rego - Expired rectified shortly
Needs a clean. a run in the tide (might even set the long line) and then its off for an outing...............................on Trademe.

Well it got as far as I thought i would stick it on Trademe while I got my poo together cause it would take ages to sell.................and bugger me it sold (subject to payment) just like that. Who would have thought??

Originally Posted by mikee

Well it got as far as I thought i would stick it on Trademe while I got my poo together cause it would take ages to sell.................and bugger me it sold (subject to payment) just like that. Who would have thought??

Not surprised, those Southern Sports are nicely put together boats and have good resale.

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A few firsts for my boy today. First time he's left the harbour on the ski, first fish on the ski and first legal snapper, not a bad fish either!

Originally Posted by MB

A few firsts for my boy today. First time he's left the harbour on the ski, first fish on the ski and first legal snapper, not a bad fish either!

Awesome.