You can take the boat as well as the net that is.
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You can take the boat as well as the net that is.
I would but I am taking my we girl out for here first pheasant shoot (F&G hunt at Rabbit Island), I really need to shake off "Grumpy Mikee" I seem to have a sign that says "Go ahead fuck me over, rip me off" lately and I am not sure what a boat is supposed to do.
Bucktails! Yea thats the word.
Them but smaller would be the go I recon, I was trying the softbaits with 8p braid and 10p fluorocarbon which is plenty light to be dragging over cockels, Pacific Oysters,engine blocks, wheels etc I recon [emoji16]
As I said I was getting hits but our flounder have very small mouths compared to their Fluke so smaller terminal tackle required I think.
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@ROKTOY you are of course included too.......knew I would forget someone .
I think any netting is shit so I am happy for the flounder :D
Flipper and his mates had gone today but managed to find a reef with a few reasonable cod. [emoji106]
Kids loved it !!
Should be tasty [emoji41]
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Lovely eating.
Bread crumbs are good too.
I was out there yesterday, idiot on a jetski :)
Out this morning...old bloke at the launching spot said he got bugger all yesterday.
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Wind chill was pretty bloody cold.
Picked up slightly earlier than normal and only got 3....water has cleared up but it is raining again now.
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Pretty quiet over here too mate.
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Probably more nets than flounder, everyone feeling the time pressure i guess.
Just the one for us [emoji106]
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You are right about the water clarity tho, probably the best I've ever been able to see the net coming up.
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Wandered dalawhare today no flats seen, but vis was good enough to be waist deep and see bottom clearly. I'm leaning towards drift diving the flats .I understand VC frustration and are appalled at the lack of consultation ( similar to the Thar policy) . That said with no netting I can see a massive increase in numbers and targeting flats in other ways will produce results.
Hope you didn't have ya mut with ya, offlead @stingray as the Nelson council have carefully listened and consulted with the stakeholders involved, carefully looked at all sumbissions for and aginst and .................banned dogs off lead in the delaware bay esturay.........................
I got a flounder on a 100gm Lucanus the other day. Not even foul hooked
Frosts always put them off and we have had a few hard ones in a row.....The evening tide tends to fish better when frosty weather but you need to be able to navigate in the dark.
Whether that is due to water temp of hundreds of acres of mud at below zero being covered or because the mud crabs wont come out of their holes in frost or both I am not sure.
I presume the commercial catch will not change??
In fact as the stocks increase they will probably apply to increase their quota. Just as they have done with snapper.
Unfortunately those of us feeding our families have to deal with the thick end of the stick again !!
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I also wondered about the water clarity?
When I fist started netting ages ago in the westhaven inlet. We did note the the catch rate for all species dropped when the water was super clear.
This was especially apparent in the daylight hours, perhaps not so obvious in the dark [emoji106]
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Potentially this is a great idea in today's conditions. It certainly will work well for you being a diver. It may work for me, however...
It is not an experience i will eaisily be able to share with my 4year old son.
You should see his facial expressions and hear the excitment in his voice when he sees those flounder come up in the net.
Its not about the maximum catch for me or him. He was fist pumping when he saw today's one fish!
It is these shared experiences i will miss the most and it truly makes me sad. I have seen your amazing crayfish posts with your boy @stingray and I know you will understand [emoji106]
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Nah you are correct mate. My daughter wept when they banned the semi automatics and her little .22LR lever action (her first firearm) got caught up in it because the tube held fifteen. I spoke to our local MP and related that to him but it didn’t make an iota of difference. They are heartless maggots.
It was the worst fishing in the 5 years that I've fished the area.
One small snapper, one annoyingly undersize kingfish, one tiny scorpion fish and two undersize blue cod. Also had an almighty hook-up on a jig. Bit off two assist hooks tied to heavy duty kevlar cord. Too much grunt for a barracouta, I'm guessing mako.
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From all accounts was hard here on Friday as well. Mind my cobber got a 14 ib snapper of the beach at Port Ohope on his Sea Horse.
What about targeting Trevs at the wooden structure at the mouth of Whangarei Harbour
My previous trip was pretty crap too by Northland standards. Trip before that was some of the best snapper fishing I've ever experienced! Keeps it interesting I suppose.
Fishing was better today. Six decent snapper in under an hour. Hot bite, then it went quiet and couldn't buy another fish.
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How far north are you @MB? I'm in Mangawhai and just starting to think more seriously about line fishing...
I've been a spearo for nearly 15 years and have barely touched a rod in that time. My son is nearly 1 and I'm thinking I'll get more time on the water if I promise the wife I'll stay in the boat with him. Would love to be able to duck out for an afternoon fish with the boy and have a reasonable chance at catching tea.
I'm in Whangarei Heads. It's a difficult balancing act with a young child. When my boy was younger, I got away with it a few times as he would sleep on the boat. Other times, it didn't work out so well!
Over to the windy garden today. Bit of a ghost town, but it usually is in the winter.
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Had a good old scratch around with the boys, its a fun thing to do with the young fellas they love it [emoji106]
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Considering the huge losses sustained in the double cyclones two summers ago, the stocks are improving. Didn't take us that long to get a feed [emoji41]
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