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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    3 generations fish this morning with my Dad and my Son.
    One of those mornings where everything just goes right

    We were on the water with a longline deployed and anchored up with 2x burly pots deployed and baits in the water just after 6am.

    Nothing happened at all for the first 15 min or so then my strayline ticked out......then ran....then nothing......fuck,do I check my bait? Na il give it a couple mins then off she goes and give it a wind and connect. Nice 8p snapper to start off. Usually the boy always gets the first one but he catches up later.
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    A couple min later Dad is on,the boy is on and I am winding up lines.
    the next hour or so is flat out winding up lines, netting fish, fish flapping on deck while other fish are being fought....truely epic rod fishing for snapper.
    Only one tangle up which is amazing with Dads habit of catching fish in the rod holder and I sorted it quick with a knife to avoid losing the fish(the other rod was his anyway)

    Son got the biggest fish of the day on the rods at 16 pound on @rambo-6mmrem little reel and 8p braid.
    Chilly bin looking full already with 16 snapper in it we called it and picked up the longline.
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    One really really really big snapper and freshly caught.....sorry I havent got a photo or a weight as we wanted to get it back in the water asap but suffice to say it was easily over 25p probably more like 30. From reasonably shallow water and freshly caught he powered away no problem after a min by the boat to get his breath back.
    unfortunatly this 19pounder was not as feisty and despite plenty of time trying to get him to go he had to come home....none of it will be wasted.Attachment 131326

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    Was just one of those epic mornings dreams are made of
    Nice well done to your son
    That’s a good fish for the young falla
    That little shimano is a pretty good little reel
    Probably didn’t need to upgrade it
    But stratics were on Special
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    Quote Originally Posted by ROKTOY View Post
    An awesome day out, Your lad looked pretty chuffed with himself this afternoon when I called in.
    Yes - I had a photo from Nydia Bay yesterday with 1 Snapper of not overly large size
    Went into the Recycle Bin when I saw Cams catch :-))))))

    Still Gurnard here - thank God - or it would not be worth going out
    Maybe March Snapper time for Pelorus ??
    What you heard - you Tasman reapers

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    Inspired by some of VCs recent catches.

    I wangled a day off, relieved the youngest from daycare and took dad out as well.

    Flounder net was set at first light with only two meters in the channel Cam and 38m on the mud.

    Blasted out into the bay for a rod fish. Actually blasted is an exaggeration as had to walk the boat 40 odd meters to get out the very shallow channel mouth.

    Magic morning out there with biting fish which is always good. Came back in the channel 2.5hrs later with 7 snapper and 3 kahawai.

    Picked up the flounder net for 13 of those which meant a good mix of fish in the bin



    Didn't take any pictures out there but was happy to put a few bags in the freezer as stocks were getting low.







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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
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    A Flounder Filterer - now that's a definite perfectionist :-)
    Hope you scared some around the corner
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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    Inspired by some of VCs recent catches.

    I wangled a day off, relieved the youngest from daycare and took dad out as well.

    Flounder net was set at first light with only two meters in the channel Cam and 38m on the mud.

    Blasted out into the bay for a rod fish. Actually blasted is an exaggeration as had to walk the boat 40 odd meters to get out the very shallow channel mouth.

    Magic morning out there with biting fish which is always good. Came back in the channel 2.5hrs later with 7 snapper and 3 kahawai.

    Picked up the flounder net for 13 of those which meant a good mix of fish in the bin



    Didn't take any pictures out there but was happy to put a few bags in the freezer as stocks were getting low.







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    Good stuff!, no rays then ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Good stuff!, no rays then ?
    I was worried about them but still none. Thankfully

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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    I was worried about them but still none. Thankfully

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    I think the trick is not to have the net in the bottom of the channel eg just fish the sides by doing as you did.
    At least that seems to mostly work for me, the rays are there but I think they stay deeper than the flounder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    eg just fish the sides by doing as you did.
    That's because i have had a good teacher. Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
    Yes - I had a photo from Nydia Bay yesterday with 1 Snapper of not overly large size
    Went into the Recycle Bin when I saw Cams catch :-))))))

    Still Gurnard here - thank God - or it would not be worth going out
    Maybe March Snapper time for Pelorus ??
    What you heard - you Tasman reapers
    I havent fished the sounds much at all but the last 6 weeks or so they have been spawning and patchy to catch here in the bay requiring going deep which is a long way.
    Now they are back in range and hungry as trying to put condition back on so I imagine from now they would be heading into the sounds?
    Are you based in Nydia?
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    I havent fished the sounds much at all but the last 6 weeks or so they have been spawning and patchy to catch here in the bay requiring going deep which is a long way.
    Now they are back in range and hungry as trying to put condition back on so I imagine from now they would be heading into the sounds?
    Are you based in Nydia?
    No @veitnamcam - I approx half way from Havelock to there
    I actually caught "the" Snapper in Maori Bay but SE kept pushing me around so went around into Nydia - only caught a couple of release Kawhai there
    My Snaps was some color as Kukuwai's
    If I fish deep (deep in here is 25-30m) I catch bloody 7 Gillers and Spiky Dogs - loose a heap of gear etc
    Neighbor puts up with that and gets rewarded with more Gurnard and slightly bigger Snapper - but again - usually catches one Snapper - and that's it
    Strange, as you know - when you catch one its usually bang bang - been same all year (since Spring actually)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
    No @veitnamcam - I approx half way from Havelock to there
    I actually caught "the" Snapper in Maori Bay but SE kept pushing me around so went around into Nydia - only caught a couple of release Kawhai there
    My Snaps was some color as Kukuwai's
    If I fish deep (deep in here is 25-30m) I catch bloody 7 Gillers and Spiky Dogs - loose a heap of gear etc
    Neighbor puts up with that and gets rewarded with more Gurnard and slightly bigger Snapper - but again - usually catches one Snapper - and that's it
    Strange, as you know - when you catch one its usually bang bang - been same all year (since Spring actually)
    Yea I dunno, here they feed up on crabs and seacucumbers and baby shellfish and its all pretty featureless bottom so its a case of pick a area and depth and use lots of burly to gather them in....which means you need current, Sunday we got threw 4 burly bombs in a couple of hours but its worth it if you fill the bin....not so much if inundated with sharks or baby kahawai.
    The bigger ones can be shy and change of light at either end of the day is generally better as long as it aligns with current.....slack water is shit but then so is too much current

    Id try to burly into a mussle farm or into a big sandy bottom bay where they should be feeding.?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarvo View Post
    No @veitnamcam - I approx half way from Havelock to there
    I actually caught "the" Snapper in Maori Bay but SE kept pushing me around so went around into Nydia - only caught a couple of release Kawhai there
    My Snaps was some color as Kukuwai's
    If I fish deep (deep in here is 25-30m) I catch bloody 7 Gillers and Spiky Dogs - loose a heap of gear etc
    Neighbor puts up with that and gets rewarded with more Gurnard and slightly bigger Snapper - but again - usually catches one Snapper - and that's it
    Strange, as you know - when you catch one its usually bang bang - been same all year (since Spring actually)
    Talk to the skippers of the harvesters, if you play nice they may let you move in behind or the worlds best burley maker.

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    Young fella got a cracker...48cm.....



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    Bloody awesome!
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    That’s a carrot!
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