I'm off out to the Grouper hole in Akaroa in a few hours, should come home with plenty of fillets.
I'm off out to the Grouper hole in Akaroa in a few hours, should come home with plenty of fillets.
Got back to home Beijing China 20 days ago, experienced the 38-45 degree of heat with 80% humidity finally the fishing is on the way in Sep when I finish the next and the last visa application.
Stories, pictures and videos came in, shown the king fish is very active 800km out ( In China people call it artillery shell) , cods are getting fat and bigger now, so next month I will go with my wife to the sea and fishing for a month. Have brought new rods, lines, hooks and lures for heavy duty. And, the best medicine for my sea sickness. The last is the find a reliable boat and a skilled skipper to take us to rocks and the deep hole where I may not will go
cheers
So be it
Quick after work dive/fish with @stingray this evening.
Dropped a longline in shallow on the way out, Dropped the craymaster on some new turf for a prospect...a few cracks and caves but no crays in residence. Steamed off to another spot we had done ok in the past. Up he came with 3 nice keeper bucks.
Longline produced 6 good size gurnard and a few small ones released and a Kahawai.
Beautiful evening and great to finally be back in daylight savings.
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"Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.
308Win One chambering to rule them all.
Yes looking forward to having a crack at some snaps @veitnamcam
I hear there are a few starting to show...Im getting excited![]()
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Tennyson Inlet over the weekend.
The wives in the dinghy outfished the men and kids in the boat.
Good gurnard catching, catch and release with a few small pannies. Kahawai on the run all afternoon. Only a few sharks, and a rig made for tea on Saturday night.
Blue Cod galore if only they were in season in the Sounds, good size fish too. Spottie galore too unfortunately. We were moving regularly to get away from the Codlys.
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Almost a pattie this morning .
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"Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.
308Win One chambering to rule them all.
Pelorus over labour weekend out with the 7” soft baits I can’t wait
Pork belly slow cooking on the fire for tonight.
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Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
Haha. So it is.
Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
I was gonna ask what bait he used to catch it. I would think an apple on a string![]()
That one was shot with a spare gun, but I have used fermented grain as bait in the past![]()
Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
Up at 4am roused the teenager and off to pick up @stingray.
Load the boat and off on the 4 hour drive to Kiakoura .
Conditions were very nice.
Tried a few spots.
I managed to prong a couple of butters, one more pulled off the shaft...and missed a few more.
I need a shorter gun for Kiaks I think.
Joe found plenty of crays but lots of smalls and in berry.
Beautiful day and good to get in the water...my first time for the season.
Cheers for doing what you do Joe.
Sweet drive home, clean the boat and parked up with a beer.![]()
"Hunting and fishing" fucking over licenced firearms owners since ages ago.
308Win One chambering to rule them all.
Wicked day thanks VC ..saw and passed up so many small crays,measured a dozen 10 a mil undersize 2 got bined, …managed to tits up a the only solid keeper I saw, vis was great , weather epic , and just being there with you and Xavier …..priceless.
You make it happen and put in the hard yards cheers VC for another fantastic mission …if only the fishing got on board
Nil durum volenti !!
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