Give it a crack, if you can see them you can catch them. Listen to me ha ha caught one and giving advise ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AMac
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Give it a crack, if you can see them you can catch them. Listen to me ha ha caught one and giving advise ;) :DQuote:
Originally Posted by AMac
thats what the flounder saidQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Went out from Whangaroa for a Kingi jig. Tried my usual spot, no joy. Went out deeper still no joy. Towed a couple of feather jigs back and got 5 skippies. Pretty happy with that. Never caught any before. Bled one for eating. Apparently good sashimi??.
Keeping the others for bait.
Yip nothing wrong with fresh skippy as sashimi. I have been known to eat one on the boat after it didnt get eaten as a livey :D
Few more to try on the flounder
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I thought about doing that, but had a word with myself. As much as I want to catch a flounder on a softbait, it's just easier to use a spear under those circumstances. I get it though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Specifically for flounder? I do like the look of those Zman LarvaZ, must resist spending more money on lures!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Specifically for me yeah. Guessing most Zman's are for US species. That long one is from Japan for targeting mackerel.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Will we see a balsa wood hand carved crab lure sometime soon??? Your lures are next level good,I'm sure you would achieve success if tried for flounder too.
Likewise, although Flounder should come in during the day too I would think ? so chucking around a lure in the day time might be worth a crack. If you use a small enough spinning rod it might be like landing a Halibut :)
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Originally Posted by MB
I had a few goes using the smallest soft baits the local hunting and fishing (yeah I know pre tarrant) had...they were about as long as the longest white bait but maybe twice the girth and kinda colored like a pilchard.
I got a few hits but no hookups but then I was blind fishing. @Joe Schmo very kindly send over some bucktails for me to try on them like they do in the states but he sent them to @stingray so of course I have never received them.
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Originally Posted by veitnamcam
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I have however caught two flounder while bait fishing with a ledger rig and one witch fish
And one in a scallop dredgeQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I have caught flat fish on softbaits and metal jigs. This one was from Doubtful sound.
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You may have come across AlbertLyu. He is a master of the art. If you watch his YouTube videos, you'll see how slowly he retrieves his lures when casting blind. So slow, it would be painful for most of us!Quote:
Originally Posted by rugerman
Great work on the flounder. With your three casts, was it a case of getting the flounder to see the lure or to strike the lure?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
It saw it each pass and started to follow along on the second pass. I increased my speed a bit on the third and that triggered the biteQuote:
Originally Posted by LOC
Bullshit , they are in the garage waiting for you to pick em up, I’m not big on lures myself , but keep that on the down low!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Thought you had a kilo of Nuclear Chickens just waiting to get smashed by those sailfish:)Quote:
Originally Posted by stingray
That was a younger me! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
I’m getting older and wiser…I’m just putting dive gear in the boat have given up on fishing all together! Fuck the spikies , bugger the southern sail fish , I would rather spend my money on dive gloves and tank fills
Tool an old workmate out for a fish yesterday .
Launched at cable bay so didn't have to worry about the tide but the swell at high tide was an arse getting off of the beach.
Heap of dolphins around.
Wind dropped off and became a beautiful afternoon.
Went shallow for my usual winter gurnard fishing...they weren't there or maybe it was just the slack water around the top of the tide...anyway moved deeper and got onto them and the inevitable spiky dogs..was about 50/50 spiky/carrot.
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Gotta love mid week fishing, no other buggers stealing your fish
When it all comes together it goes so right , got home to meet VC in the drive way, got to the ramp to find that we could launch into the creek ,the wind dropped away to nothing .. headed down the creek with just just enough water to motor, got to the dive spot with enough vis to hunt the crays.
Hit a patch of rock with a cray that was silly enough to hold fast , then after a bit of a search found a second that did very silly things instead of escaping it panicked and backed into a no where crack, so he got a free boat ride as well.
Nothing much else about, surfaced and asked VC so I’ve got two do you think we can catch the tide, steamed for the channel got over the bar with less than a meter to spare, saved us from a couple of hours sitting and waiting in the cold and dark for the flood tide , beached the boat , the tide dropped away trailered the boat easily, thanks to the skipper being bloody good at what he does!
Home just before my good lady got home , hot shower and a cold beer. Happy Lisa happy stingray.
Sometimes you just crack it ! This evening was one to enjoy and remember!
Once again cheers VC bloody excellent!
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My pleasure thanks for doing what you do.
First squid for the lad tonight
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Went out to Kaiaua today, another day of F all. That's 6 times in a row.
90% of fish r caught by 10% of fisherman apparently [emoji41] Don't give up 7 is a lucky number [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by Three O'Three
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Ah yes I remember coming back with a similar amount before :) I assume you are using burly and changing types of bait ( assuming your using bait). I've found when all else fails fresh mussel will catch what's around ( even if that's not what your after :) ) My "go to" baits are Bonito, Mullet, Pilchards, Kahawai and mussels ( buy fresh from the supermarkets)
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Originally Posted by Three O'Three
Had three surf rods out running different rigs and different baits including softbaits but not mussel, thought about mussel, perhaps next time. Two guys up the beach from us had several 400m lines out with at least half dozen hooks on each deployed by drones, no luck for them as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by rugerman
Did use berley but only attracted sea lice
Where's the best beach, rock and wharf fishing in Whangarei?
My pick would be the south side of the harbour. Land based fishos always seem to do better on that side. Areas immediately around the refinery and port hold a good number of fish. Ruakaka if you want a more peaceful setting. Weather is going to be shit this weekend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Three O'Three
Mixed deep water bag from the Bay of Islands. Mate was using bait and I was using a jig.
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What sort of depth? Sand or foul? I'm keen to target terakihi out from Whangaroa.
Chur
120 metres. A big rock on an otherwise sandy bottom. My mate was catching terakihi to order on skipjack tuna chunks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chur Bay
Chur.:cool:
I'm off out to the Grouper hole in Akaroa in a few hours, should come home with plenty of fillets.
Where and how and on what you got it? I like squid fishing very very much because I like to cook and eat squid. I am not trying to know your spot, just like to know the knowledge of squid fishing in NZ. Thank youQuote:
Originally Posted by LOC
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:D
cheers
