Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Strummer

Epic day today winter fishing off Durville Island. Landed some huge kingies. My thermals from @Sarvo worked a treat in sunny but crisp conditions
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You should go see a doc. I reckon you have a touch of yellow fever.

The barracouta I've filleted for bait have been riddled with worms the size of thick noodles throughout the flesh. One day, we gutted one as soon as it came aboard, assuming the worms were in the gut and migrated out once the fish was dead. It didn't make any difference. I've seen similar worms in frost fish and sadly, slender tuna.

Barometer rising! Daughter ringing! Windty saying pack your gear...
All the signs are saying fishing time !
My late father-in-law laws Barometer..a lovely gift from him upon his passing! Going fishing Pete!

I can finally post in this thread, booked a charter, leaving at 07.00 from Mana tomorrow with 14 family and friends, it looks like it’s going to be a cracker.
Hopefully I’ll have some pictures worth posting tomorrow night.
James

Good luck @2post
We have the kids comp tomorrow so hoping for some luck for the youngsters too

Big tides always my favorite.
Go well everyone on the full moon.
I'll be working but hope to make up for it later in the year.

Looks like another hard day in the mines Stingray
Can't do much better than snaps and carrots

Sorry story and photos just don’t work...

out at gentleman hours trying avoid slack water and no current, seems winter tides even with the full moon pull, run late but hard through the middle of the ebb, so we looked at heading to the Island but a very slow but deep roll, along side watching the boats ahead of us punching saw me choosing to go with short run down the coast to a carrot patch, with no current and the sun on our backs we kept the burley on board. Keels (my daughter) set to bashing a few cod out on a flat bottom, whilst I enjoyed the pleasure of sorting through the spikey dog population.....so went with a trusted forum member info and tied on shiny stuff , well after feeding 2 dozen beers worth of lures to the local snake population ( I cursed @Shearer again) and returned to bait.

A hint of current and some pellets chucked over ..bang a very fisity carrot , no wait it’s a BRIM , keels cannot believe it and calls foul play, so down with the burley and out with the pilchards ...shark bloody city!

After re rigging and dealing with a dozen or so spikes I admit defeat, went to the northern entrance sandy and shallow ...more bloody small cod! Moved again to the old scallop bed round down , gutted fish and had lunch..keels set to slaying a handful of carrots ...bless her!

She didn’t crow about it much at all.

Home to catch the tide and clean the boat and fish in the sun and warmth. Every trip is a learning ..( don’t buy $20 lures ). Looked around for flounder dragging spots at the low , honestly not as many as I thought but crew keen for a summer bash!

Interestingly no Ray's or mullet at the wharf ..dropped frames waited and waited no one home ..got fuel at the shop ..good brim being caught in the bay before the last weather pattern ..nice you hear , cod and sharks full of squat lobster , carrots in the sand all stuffed full of small paddle crabs

Originally Posted by stingray

Sorry story and photos just don’t work...

out at gentleman hours trying avoid slack water and no current, seems winter tides even with the full moon pull, run late but hard through the middle of the ebb, so we looked at heading to the Island but a very slow but deep roll, along side watching the boats ahead of us punching saw me choosing to go with short run down the coast to a carrot patch, with no current and the sun on our backs we kept the burley on board. Keels (my daughter) set to bashing a few cod out on a flat bottom, whilst I enjoyed the pleasure of sorting through the spikey dog population.....so went with a trusted forum member info and tied on shiny stuff , well after feeding 2 dozen beers worth of lures to the local snake population ( I cursed @Shearer again) and returned to bait.

A hint of current and some pellets chucked over ..bang a very fisity carrot , no wait it’s a BRIM , keels cannot believe it and calls foul play, so down with the burley and out with the pilchards ...shark bloody city!

After re rigging and dealing with a dozen or so spikes I admit defeat, went to the northern entrance sandy and shallow ...more bloody small cod! Moved again to the old scallop bed round down , gutted fish and had lunch..keels set to slaying a handful of carrots ...bless her!

She didn’t crow about it much at all.

Home to catch the tide and clean the boat and fish in the sun and warmth. Every trip is a learning ..( don’t buy $20 lures ). Looked around for flounder dragging spots at the low , honestly not as many as I thought but crew keen for a summer bash!

Interestingly no Ray's or mullet at the wharf ..dropped frames waited and waited no one home ..got fuel at the shop ..good brim being caught in the bay before the last weather pattern ..nice you hear , cod and sharks full of squat lobster , carrots in the sand all stuffed full of small paddle crabs

Ah @stingray. Yee of little faith.
Went for a little explore out Queen Charlotte today to christen a mates new boat (470 Senator). On his insistence we bought some bait before we headed out from Waikawa into the heavy fog. The continual tooting of the Ferries fog horns was a bit disconcerting when you couldn't actually see them (or any of the other numerous boats out there) so we ended up finding some structure we could drift over out of their way to see what was there. First 4 drops and three different species and although not big fish, that spot kept us entertained until the fog finally lifted and we headed further out the Sound. The little boat sucked up the rough stuff pleasing the owner no end. So much so that he seemed to search out the most turbulent water he could find.
The initial plan was to go after a Puka but due conditions we stayed a bit closer in and ended up bobbing around off Cape Jackson. We got a few good fish (one particularly large cod) and had a ball with the large Kahawai hunting the area.


A good day out and a successful first run for the boat.
As a foot note. The packet of bait was not opened

Originally Posted by Shearer

Ah @stingray. Yee of little faith.
Went for a little explore out Queen Charlotte today to christen a mates new boat (470 Senator). On his insistence we bought some bait before we headed out from Waikawa into the heavy fog. The continual tooting of the Ferries fog horns was a bit disconcerting when you couldn't actually see them (or any of the other numerous boats out there) so we ended up finding some structure we could drift over out of their way to see what was there. First 4 drops and three different species and although not big fish, that spot kept us entertained until the fog finally lifted and we headed further out the Sound. The little boat sucked up the rough stuff pleasing the owner no end. So much so that he seemed to search out the most turbulent water he could find.
The initial plan was to go after a Puka but due conditions we stayed a bit closer in and ended up bobbing around off Cape Jackson. We got a few good fish (one particularly large cod) and had a ball with the large Kahawai hunting the area.
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A good day out and a successful first run for the boat.
As a foot note. The packet of bait was not opened

That’s big water out that way , if you would have opened the bait packet you would still be filleting fish , guess you guys are purists. Saving the fish one lure at a time . All respect and admiration to ya!

Bugger that driving around in the fog ...done it once, and after the incident at okiwi no thank you...great cod great to see you fishing.

Originally Posted by stingray

That’s big water out that way , if you would have opened the bait packet you would still be filleting fish , guess you guys are purists. Saving the fish one lure at a time . All respect and admiration to ya!

Bugger that driving around in the fog ...done it once, and after the incident at okiwi no thank you...great cod great to see you fishing.

Thanks @stingray. Yeah. Mainly a shakedown for the new boat. Mate is an experienced skipper so had faith in his judgement.
Don't worry. The bait would have been deployed if the opportunity presented itself. The spot we were heading for was in over 200m and the wind was just too much to set up a drift. As it was, I only lost one lure all day (to the bottom) and we didn't come across a single barracouta??? Also saw shoals of squat lobster off Motuara island. Not sure why there aren't a heap of fish eating the fuck out of them.
Good to see Kells still slaying the fish. If I were her I'm not sure if I would trust your knots though

@2post how did you guys go ?

Originally Posted by stingray

@2post how did you guys go ?

We had a great day. 5 groper, dozen Terakihi, one blue cod.
So much fun I forgot to take photos.

Was a great day for the kids!