Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Kaikoura turned on a treat, arrived Friday afternoon to a large rolling swell and milky vis!

Caught up with all the folks had a beer.

Up at gentleman hours, loaded the boats to catch the low tide for hunting some fish out wide. Got to the public ramp at an hour before low, a sign says caution slippery ramp at low tide…it bloody well was you could hardly stand to unhook the boat and then trying to get the truck back up the ramp was another story.
Certainly a trap for the in experienced.

Anyway steamed out dropped pots on a couple of rocks and headed out wide, hit the mark and the sounder started to show the bottom again stooged about checking the drift. Dropped the gear sat in the slop , lifted the gear a small perch and a red cod the were inhaled whole by the resident bird life.

Up past the mark more weight added as we were drifting off the marks before we reached the bottom, it was a wonderful sunny day with a puff of breeze that added to the easy but large swell made conditions trying. After 5 drifts and conditions starting to take a toll on the crew we headed in closer. Tried here and there but the fish seemed off the bite.

Got to have a dive, splashed a great spot, managed a handful of keepers in limited vis saw a few XXL moki which was really neat. Home for a shower.

Up again on Sunday but to avoid the slippery ramp we hit the water early with much improved conditions we enjoyed a lazy hour checking pots! Back into the water for me better vis saw a enjoy a bit more of a hunt, found one better size cray but still had to be pretty selective. The girls were mostly empty with only 3 still holding eggs handled over the weekend.

With sun and wind and swell on Saturday we just had a quick look around and back in. A great trip away and a relaxed drive home for Lisa and myself!

Bring on the summer and blue water!