Too greedy cam he ended up in my chilly bin. [emoji106]
I think you might be right about the snapper, we did notice a subtle deformity in that fish before filleting.
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Many many years ago while fishing off 90 mile beach we caught a snapper with lumps like that. Because it was unusual, we froze the half filleted fish and ended up bringing it home and subsequently sent it to what was the DSIR. They contacted us about a month later to tell us it was a Protozoic Parasite (sp?).........
Apparently it enters the gut of the snapper, burrows its way into the flesh and attaches itself to the bones behind the gut. The snappers immune system kicks in and throws a layer of bone around it....the parasite becomes encapsulated and eats the bone so the snapper keeps building up the layers.
Thats what they told us then, and back in those days it was very uncommon. I have been fishing the Kaipara for the last 50ys both inside the harbour and mainly offshore. It is now a very common sight and most snapper have them. Biggest lumps I have seen were on a 28lb snapper, it had 3 golf ball sized lumps.
Doesnt seem to affect the fish and I have never suffered any ill effects from eating fish with those lumps...........apart from increased hatred and intolerance for politicians who are hell bent on screwing this country up and changing the outdoor lifestyle most of us enjoy...............
But maybe thats just me
Thanks for the info ..interesting how a body reacts to an parasite! Always wondered how the couta handle the worms...guess a protein based diet helps!
@Allgood cheers mate, interesting !!
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Early start and early finish, due to wind. 1.5hours fishing. And a few returned
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With a purple kumara and potato mash - that photo doesnt look good.... But Tasted bloody great.
Everybody is slaying the snapper today in Tasman bay according to Facebook.
Its driving me nuts not being able to fish.... especially whrn there is good weather..... I recon I might be able to wind a 4000 series reel now ?
Tinny punt is on its way to kiaks with a couple of keen young blokes.
Weather looking good this weekend for Tasman bay.........
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Finally someone took pity on me and took me out.
I couldn't do much at all and things went very well indeed so maybe I should do less [emoji3].
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Stingray slayed it on the rods and we ended up releasing fish off the longline( shallow water)
They gotta all fit in.
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Paying for it now tho.
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Wicked evening fish , with the one winged warrior! Chose to fish this side of the bay after reports of kingi's on the boulder bank. Out found some very clean water ...anchor , burley , rods down wind current etc all going same way. ...very nice.
Even two straylines out ...taking risks there ...bang fish on , half an hour of solid fishing ..ended when the burley ran dry ...next bomb over the side took a while to break down but when it did fish on again ...both of us dropped fish , but when it was this good ...well things seem a little less painful....ran out of burley and with some nice eater in the bin...pulled hooklines ...took only the deep hooked and blown fish , released the rest , plenty of half grown kawhai about, a epic spell of fishing ..really one of those days ...got to ramp shared a fish with a bloke who hadn't been so lucky , he shared his wash down gear with us so a win win!
Thanks VC many people will enjoy a feed of fresh fish tommorow! Heal fast mate!
Wee stabi got a new sounder today, huge thanks to he who did the work. It's wicked, whole family are buzzing ...me especially! Next weekend we will learn to use it and celebrate our good fortune! Fishing time! How good a life!
We have had a "jetty/ramp fishing comp" at work a couple of times, and the fishing has been crap. So this time, took the boat, with the idea of staying within 500m of the ramp and see what we could do, also meant that a couple of people could be dropped back, as they had a short window to fish in.
So, started with 6. Dropped 2 off during.
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Bloody great couple of hours.!
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!
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
Are you sure they are big enough??
@stingray
Yeah pretty stoked to be honest .
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....
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Happy birthday to not just one, but two of the forum (and Nelsons) good bstards
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Hope you fellas a slaying the fishies, Happy birthday [emoji106]
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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.
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Stray lined snapper...how good! :)
Well the burley & baits are deployed. Hoping for a bit of that three generations fishing luck.
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First blood to the sea monsters tho, at least 1.5m long....
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Thats a good sized Eel....is it one of the fresh water species?
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@Sparrow that last photo is absolute gold well done mate [emoji106]
Here is a few photos from the top of the south for you fellas from the last day or two...
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As many kahawai as you like, made oka smoked a couple and let heaps go, great fun for all [emoji106]
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That little green rod sure got a work out to land this one and the youngest family member needed a bit of help but boy was he a happy chappy [emoji41]
And before I post the following pictures a couple of things are worth mentioning.....
1.) We are full there are no room for any auckland refugees [emoji23]
2.) @Sarvo the green bottle is especially for you. (We loved that latest post in the dinner thread, dad was historical reading it [emoji106] )
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Goodnight all, hope you all have had an excellent few days [emoji106][emoji106]
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Life swings around ...invited out for a dive trip with my lad and his mate tomorrow! They being going pretty well ...so keen is an understatement. Will be a test..not diving fit but floating comes easy!