Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

A fun day catching (NI Snapper) some nice panni brim and more juvinile snapper than I have ever caught before .... has to be the jigs .

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More to come tommorow night

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Two at a time, pretty good for jigging. Nice eating snapper. Yumyum

Eventually the burly run out and we headed off to set my flounder net in a bay and grab a feed of mussles then headed back to the batch for the filleting and tea.
I cooked up a wee treat of veni back steak and Portobello mushrooms with a blue cheese sauce drizzled over all and Joe knocked up another batch of his legendary marinated mussels....beers drunk and problems solved it was off to bed and up at sparrows.
Off to pick up the net for a couple of nice big flounder and we were off to a good start.....right up untill the net ended up wrapped around the prop! bloody nets.
While I cut that off a mate came over for a yarn.....he hadnt done very well yesterday with only one spotty and we all headed off into the wild blue yonder.



Jigged for kings at the pass but nothing doing there.



Then back down the coast to set a hookline and drop Joe on his secret rock he had been saving for forum trip and @R93....see ya in half an hour he said as he flopped over the side and bugger me he was back up in 5 min saying "na its shit mate" but his catch bag full of crays said otherwise! Big smiles all round. I cheekily said " That wasn't half an hour get back down there and find me some oysters! "



Hookline pulled for some nice snapper and gurnard with one big fella on there.



Chilly bin full, it was time to head for home with a light following sea. All in all a bloody good morning



Thanks again Joe. Bloody awesome.


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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Eventually the burly run out and we headed off to set my flounder net in a bay and grab a feed of mussles then headed back to the batch for the filleting and tea.
I cooked up a wee treat of veni back steak and Portobello mushrooms with a blue cheese sauce drizzled over all and Joe knocked up another batch of his legendary marinated mussels....beers drunk and problems solved it was off to bed and up at sparrows.
Off to pick up the net for a couple of nice big flounder and we were off to a good start.....right up untill the net ended up wrapped around the prop! bloody nets.
While I cut that off a mate came over for a yarn.....he hadnt done very well yesterday with only one spotty and we all headed off into the wild blue yonder.



Jigged for kings at the pass but nothing doing there.



Then back down the coast to set a hookline and drop Joe on his secret rock he had been saving for forum trip and @R93....see ya in half an hour he said as he flopped over the side and bugger me he was back up in 5 min saying "na its shit mate" but his catch bag full of crays said otherwise! Big smiles all round. I cheekily said " That wasn't half an hour get back down there and find me some oysters! "



Hookline pulled for some nice snapper and gurnard with one big fella on there.



Chilly bin full, it was time to head for home with a light following sea. All in all a bloody good morning



Thanks again Joe. Bloody awesome.


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Well that's a whole lot better than we have been getting on over here VC good stuff.

Went out early yesterday in a mates boat up from CHCH. Got hammered by the SE and the grayboys !!

Done 60 odd km in dads boat way out off Tonga Is today looking for tuna but only found kahawai.

Good time catching up with mates tho. Just not doing so well on the target species

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Well that's a whole lot better than we have been getting on over here VC good stuff.

Went out early yesterday in a mates boat up from CHCH. Got hammered by the SE and the grayboys !!

Done 60 odd km in dads boat way out off Tonga Is today looking for tuna but only found kahawai.

Good time catching up with mates tho. Just not doing so well on the target species

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That water looks a lot clearer/bluer than over our way at the moment...still murky green here.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

That water looks a lot clearer/bluer than over our way at the moment...still murky green here.

That picture was taken out past the 40m mark. Its blue out there but not so much along the coast !!

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Busy boys, I'm envious. Good haul.

That's what happens when Jona buggers off home due to work commitments

Wicked weekend ..shit weather great weather beer epic tucker and wonderful company
Shit weather
Mussel barge ..then VC started into the brim ..


Then as you have seen lures catch fisherman and spotties... Enough said ....except ...sorry @Shearer the bloody thing has its advsndages after all......I was wrong ...mate I'm ...mate I'm.....sorry ....lures do catch snapper / brim ..any way look over there oyster lines

Then Sunday ...kingi day


Wicked currents 200 foot holes but a lack of bait and predators saw us plus 5 other boats frustrated

Originally Posted by stingray

Wicked weekend ..shit weather great weather beer epic tucker and wonderful company
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Mussel barge ..then VC started into the brim ..
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Then as you have seen lures catch fisherman and spotties... Enough said ....except ...sorry @Shearer the bloody thing has its advsndages after all......I was wrong ...mate I'm ...mate I'm.....sorry ....lures do catch snapper / brim ..any way look over there oyster lines
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Then Sunday ...kingi day
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Wicked currents 200 foot holes but a lack of bait and predators saw us plus 5 other boats frustrated

Good on ya @stingray. Sounds like you made the most of a pretty marginal weekend.
Just to set the record straight, I don't think lures are the be all and end all of fishing.
I do my share of bait fishing (dead and live) but I will always start with a lure as I enjoy the more "active" way of fishing. If I am not having any joy, sure I will go to bait and see if that makes a difference. If I have room, I will put a bait out and lure fish at the same time - best of both worlds.
PS. Those spotties will take a lot of beating.

Back into the marlin tomorrow for three days Its worse than crack this caper!! New hooks, lures and a new reel to add to the mix this weekend!! yeeeeeowwww!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Gibo

Back into the marlin tomorrow for three days Its worse than crack this caper!! New hooks, lures and a new reel to add to the mix this weekend!! yeeeeeowwww!!!!!!

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Shit you shouldn't need a big boat like that...i heard they are only 1800m out

Good luck.. nice photo !

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Shit you shouldn't need a big boat like that...i heard they are only 1800m out

Good luck.. nice photo !

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Im taking a contiki!!

Go Gibo, tight lines.