Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Out this morning, boat home from okiwi for new sounder, that done taken for a test drive ..the one armed warrior and and an young bloke ..out in semi darkness ..VC preloaded the hook line so the set went easy.

Seen as I brought the boat home no burley pots etc saw us looking sheepishly at each other ..in the end a big sinker and trace nylon saw a berley soaking...after the first one floated past after my knot to the anchor let go ..hmmm ...not our best start

Waited half an hour ..zip ..VC pulls the burley sack gives it a stir ...bloody beaut ...bang we are on nothing huge same again male fish milting about 3-6 lb ...boated four ..check the burley ..bags being chewed ..Next please says VC ..down again

Bang into them again no savage snapper strikes... just tap tap lift rod hit run fish on ..wicked!!

Lost a couple of fish on the soft bait gear running 20Lb leaders ..went to 30 no worries ...discoloured water.

VC got snaked running and went with a terakiehie terror ..thankfully ...as I was dispatching a fish tha VC had slayed the terror became my own as I slid my hand and empaled myself on a 4/0 ...lucky not a 7/0 . ..thankfully fine hooks and sausage fingers are ok .....so a bit of close eyes and pull saw me back in the game ...after a bit of a moment for myself!

Fish kept coming they were off the bottom now hitting baits on the way down ...then VC does as he darn well does ...hooks a horse peeling line and digging deep made him smile as the fish of the day circled round the young bloke took to the net and land a very respectable fish ...

That was us ....pulled the hook line again returning lip hooked shallow fish ..epic morning sharing time with amazing company...

Loved the way VC mentored the young bloke ..the man is just a bloody top bloke ...no worries , full of ideas , and encorougement..the young bloke was full of bullshit and happiness when got home ..I dare say he caught more fish on land than he did the sea but ...by hell he knew he had being fishing ..

Thank you once again VC and another forum member for fitting the new flash stuff..

How good ...this good!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

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Good on you fellas

That is a bloody beauty

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Still 75% male..girls we got are full roed wondering if the lads stick and stay whilst the girls hang back and spawn as they want all through Xmas New Years . Two

Nice job you two
That is a big snap for sure

Originally Posted by stingray

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Are you sure they are big enough??
@stingray

Yeah pretty stoked to be honest .

Originally Posted by stingray

Yeah pretty stoked to be honest .

It is hard to tell when you are happy

Bloody great day out (apart from 0330 start time....)

4 fishing folk, 11 kingis (4 kept, 111cm was big one in pic) heaps of snapper - the big one in pic is 68cm.
Seen heaps of trevs feeding on surface krill - bloody neat to see.

Now feeling rather sleepy and content....

Happy birthday to not just one, but two of the forum (and Nelsons) good bstards

Happy birthday boys. Hope this year is better than the last.

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Hope you fellas a slaying the fishies, Happy birthday

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Still not really upto handeling any of my boats by myself so Dad picked me and the boy up this morning.
Weather was not bad,fishing was ok....lots of annoying little kahawai and oddly we caught 3 or 4 very undersize snapper? We usually never get under size ones so while odd I guess it is encouraging for the future.
Straylines and the longline were the go today with no legal snapper caught on ledger rigs., Caught a few and lost a few on straylines then the longline topped up the chillybin and we were home before lunch and the wind.