SO TASTY! I have to try the m ceviche styleQuote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
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SO TASTY! I have to try the m ceviche styleQuote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Oh the really fond memories I have of collecting cockles in the Whangamata Harbour with my grandfather, father, uncle, brothers and cousins. And Pipi and Tuatua out in the surf as well. Simpler times by far.
Well I wanted to get out yesterday but I was broken....like couldn't even lift a beer to my mouth broken...it was shit!!
On the mend today and got the "High Grader" 6.5" mesh net out this arvo with some help from the boy.
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Got Six big buggers and dropped a couple out of the net.
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cant like that Cam. If you cant raise a beer, it is serious shitQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
But he did get fish......Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
And for the beer, he could get the wife to pour it in mouth..... ;)
Yea pretty crap, just a pulled muscle or pinched nerve thing....I worked threw it fri and woke up sat imobiliised!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
Coming right again now tho:thumbsup:
Always the way eh....rather make money than lose overtime dollars to go to doctors to be told what I already know tho ay.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
Mullet are moving at the moment with the recent rains ...bait for summer almost done
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Aint going to happen is my best guessQuote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
Out today with my daughter.....she actually asked to come which was a huge and welcome surprise.
She was so nice without a little brother to pick on and wind up.;)
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A little breeze and chop to start,water green and murky and no bites for the first 20-30 min I was starting to think it may be a dud trip but then the burly started working and we were very busy catching gurnard and Terakihi and a couple of unlucky legal blue cod.
A couple of hours fishing and we had plenty so went sight seeing and came in on the high.
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Solid haul of gurnard acquired we gave 4 to some guy surfcasting with his young kids, four to a neighbour,3 to another which only left me with 12 or so to fillet ��
Out again today with the daughter and a renta kid.
I am the best eel fisherman I know.
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Sorted that out and went to go to yesterday's spot but another boat had just pulled in there.
Fishing was a bit slower than yesterday and with two kids to look after I didn't get much fishing in.
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VC left me two.sitting at home said to the wife,wind hasn't got up feel like fishing.out hour before high back hour after.
3 Chinaman an a spike barsted.
Nuggets for dinner
What's the setup for Gurnard that you guys are using?
I've caught a couple, but wasn't targeting them and now I think I'd like to....
Bait is the key mate, not so much the rig. Can get them on flashers or stray lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
They don't like squid.
Go for trevelly, mac, cut pilcher etc [emoji106]
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and you didnt even wave back on the way out of Cable bay ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by madjon_
Pm VC the man , knows who to dig up carrots
Was looking where some dick hit the fence,you was past when I realized.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
I saw that....figured it must have been icy?Quote:
Originally Posted by madjon_
Fair bit of rubber on the seal,so,"excessive speed may have been a contributing factor"Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Have had a lot of wankers doing burnouts latelyQuote:
Originally Posted by madjon_
Handful of fencing staples bro [emoji6]Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
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Originally Posted by Beaker
Yep as Kukuwai said,oily baits like salted blue mackerel (my favourite ) pilchards cut small, salted trevally,salted mullet etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Absolute suckers for burly (pilchard or salmon rather than kina).
They feed mainly on the bottom on crabs and marine worms but will come up to the top hook of a generic black majic or bursco flasher rig.
They will also reddilly take small jigs like sliders,very small bottomships etc either worked along the bottom on the drift or in the rod holder at ankor in the burly trail.
Locally I look for banks and the boundry between sand/mud or sand/rock or just that change in bottom type.
I look for these spots as that is were I hopefully avoid the plagues of undersized blue cod that you get all along our inner tasman and golden bays if you fish near a rocky shoreline and am hopefully shallow enough to avoid the plauges of spikey dogs that are in all the deeper water of the inner bay.
Mostly it works in winter here they are shallow, a couple of my best days on gurnard were only in 3m but normally im between 5 and 15m to try and avoid the sharks and cod.
Burly a meter or so off the bottom or a bit more if little current. If no current do something else till there is some or move to where there is some.
Nothing wrong with a few burnouts you old grumpy pricks :P
Nice fish guys. We got a goid feed or terakihi and snapper on Sunday. Havnt had a king for a month or so :(
Nothing wrong with being an old prick and grumpy you young whipper snapper. I will be hard out training for the grumpalympics when I get old enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Classic Northland winter fishing. Bite is hot! Caught bag limit in under an hour. Nothing big, but good eaters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deCqhO3HzDo
Well today was the last day I could legally set a net for Flounder.....end of an era and a end for many of being able to gather their own fresh tax free seafood.
I took the "Tinny Punt" to work this morning and the dog gave me the dirtyest look as I left her behind,she bloody loves the dingy and the mudflflats for a race.
Got the net out on my lunch break.
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Had really hoped go out with a bang but instead I think one of my ankors didnt hold as bouys were right together and I got nothing not even a shit fish.
Still no Dolphin .
Invited a mate out for pickup
No fish at all caught.
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Tinny Punt will be up for sale soon.... Ideal white baiters boat flick me a pm if interested.
Bit of a stink one not getting any flappers. Are you going to give longlining a go ? maybe try baiting with small crab or crab lures.
It almost felt like the last hoorah, heading out with Cam tonight to haul in the net for the last time. Eager anticipation that the last haul would be a goodie, but alas, only some scraggly bits of weed. An eerie quiet as we quietly motored back to the boat ramp under a darkened cloudy sky. Cheers Cam.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
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I'm pretty sure we don't have to stop netting until Oct 1st.
I can't work out how to post the MPI fact sheet here so I've emailed it to you VC.
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Awesome thanks.... I've cocked it up again by the looks[emoji849]Dunno why I had the first of this month in my head for the new rules coming into force......I first heard of it from a Facebook post that may have been incorrect because I cant find it now.Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
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Haha all good [emoji106]
I got a bit nervous when I read your above post so had to go and recheck the date myself.
My nets gunna get wet today [emoji3]
Hopefully everyone else thinks it finished yesterday too [emoji1787][emoji1787]
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The rules are 9 meshes or less, I have cut my nets down before but it makes them weak as you lose the double loops on either the top or bottom.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
All my hanks of mesh are 9 high where can you buy 5 high from? I have asked my local supplier and they said all they had were 9 high.
And there are no dolphins to catch and never has been or will be.
Howd ya get on @kukuwai ?Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Got 5 on saturday, forgot my phone so no photos.
Only 1 other net that I saw, pretty drizzly so that usually puts most people off [emoji106]
Had mum and dad here today for lunch so they got to appreciated the sweet tasting fillets [emoji41]
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Quite a lot of manuka with flowers on them today.
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If this warm weather keeps up we may well be catching snapper in the bay before we have to put the flounder nets away [emoji106]
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Yeah. It's been strange. There have been Manuka flowering over at Kaiuma bay for months and there are even Rata flowering in the bush?????Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
They have been catching snapper in Wellington all winter....
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3 nice size fish today.
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MAF were there, so got my net and catch checked which was good to see. The officer said he hopes that the inlets will end up exempt from the new rules but they are still waiting to hear about that.
Nice day but mega pine polin in the air. Not sure if you can see it in the background in the photo but is was thick.....
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Is that where they all beenQuote:
Originally Posted by Wildman
Big Snapper been caught out front of Pelorus entrance
20-25lb
I guy I know out of Havelock been doing real well with his small charter business
Kingi - Groper - Tuna too
https://www.facebook.com/localknowledgecharters/
