We are at tuts now. Stopped at whangarei heads for 20mins and was on for snapper. Big bird work up. And big slop... 1 to 2 m wave sets, 25 to 35 knots. Wind up arse so all OK, but get stuffed if heading southQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
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We are at tuts now. Stopped at whangarei heads for 20mins and was on for snapper. Big bird work up. And big slop... 1 to 2 m wave sets, 25 to 35 knots. Wind up arse so all OK, but get stuffed if heading southQuote:
Originally Posted by MB
so after such a piss poor effort last Saturday I've just been itching to get back out there. Back out too the 20m mark which didn't work last week and tried a new spot in 30m + which wasn't a really good idea when your set lines are only setup for 25m. All in all, 2 good snaps per setline and 3 cod on the rods.Attachment 155367
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Nice snap VC.
So out with @stingray this morning nice and early to get the last of the tide running out with the change of light.
Joe was fizzing to get into them....so much so he couldn't wait for the burly to defrost and promptly cut his thumb off with my freshly sharpened bait knife to get some blood in the water:omg:
Wrapped him up in a tea towel to try stem the flow while I got the burly and a bait out.....I would expect the same treatment or worse:D
Busted open the first aid kit and got some layers of stuff on there and into the fishing.
Me first up on the new rod reel combo .
Then one of the straylines went...we had four good snaps in the bin and it wasn't even 6 am yet 😎
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We missed(cocked up) a couple of nice fish as things were very busy for a bit but then the tide and current slackened and things went quiet.....another fish each over the slow water and we made the call to pick up longline and come in rather than sit threw 3 hours of slack water fishing.
5 snapper and a bloody big 7giller on longline.
Back on trailer at 9am home and everything washed down and done at 10am....how good:cool:
Yes that is quite early? I thought about going out, ended up just taking the kids out the harbor for lunch and a kayak.
I hate sitting threw the top or bottom of tide waiting for something to happen with no bloody current.Quote:
Originally Posted by screamO
Change of light either morning or night with current has always been good to me
My middle daughter, this weekend just gone by.
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Did dad end up with any? No he didn’t. Mind you she is about ninety kilometres away.
Weather window on Sunday evening meant it was time for another father/son fishing trip. Two hours to catch a legal snapper before bedtime, no pressure!
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Words cannot say enough ..well done dad! An amazing photo one for the wall ...Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
You have opened the door ...he will walk through it ...along with mates girlfriends and even other fathers ..treasure the journey!
We'll see, not quite sure whether he'll run with it, but I'm doing my part. When I was his age, all I could think about was fishing. Took me two years to catch my first fish and no effect on enthusiasm. If my dad had taken me fishing offshore on a jetski to catch snapper, think I would have died on the spot with excitement!Quote:
Originally Posted by stingray
Got three kids myself , one is mad keen even worse now his mates are into it ..one yeah na , youngest ..if weather is good comes makes wicked sandwich’s fishes wash’s the boat then leaves for mates / own time time ..you’ve opened the door ..when he’s 40 he will either be thankful because of what you shared or thoughtful because he has a feeling he missed something in his life ...it was only when my sons mates were in envious of what opportunities that he had that he realised what was sitting in his lap.
Us fisher types don't know how good we've got it sometimes. I have mates whos' only hobbies are collecting dvds or watching movies etc... and they are in their mid 40s. My old man took me and my brother surfcasting around Dorklands west coast since I was 7, carrying a 13 foot surfcaster and rock hopping. It's a pass time that gets you outdoors in the fresh air and you might even get dinner. In my opinion it's one of the best things to introduce your kids to since if they have no experience when they are young, are very unlikely to take it up out of the blue when they are older.
Kids these days ( and millennials), seem to mainly only be interested in screens and to be entertained via tv or the interweb utube etc..then getting out and actually doing stuff. It seems to be luck of the draw with who you are born to, if they are into outdoor stuff. Otherwise it just doesn't seem to register ( with the odd exception where adults take up hunting or fishing). .
My family were not fishers but I always had an interest in the sea and it's inhabitants. It wasn't until my early 20's that I got the bug and went mad keen. I was living just out of Dunedin at the time and seeing the local Island community waist deep in the surf casting to big schools of Kahawai got my interest up. A bought a reel from a second hand shop and found a 16' piece of bamboo and I was into it. It's funny why and when doors to these things will open and change our lives.
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Not enough words can say wicked day ...great to see @Shearer and his lovely lady . Thanks for stopping for the night . Roktoy and son slayed ..good thing they are going home giving me and VC a chance ...kings and crays tomorrow
Weather only let us fish local ..but Roktoy and son slayed it up great ..no a great deal of size but tasty as keepers saw smiles all round ..RT jnr a bloody great helpful and polite and keen as hell ..well done that young man ..RT sorted the brim and donkey carrot..would have loved to chase kingis with them ..next time guys ..fantastic company truly warm and bloody enjoyable yarns ..great start to a week of laziness
Great start to the big week Joe, keep it up.
RT junior is a little legend. RT senior is just...little. Compared to me anyway ;)
Oi, Oi!!! Oh yeah, um yeah what he said.Quote:
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Aaron didn't quite make it to the main road before his eyelids fell down.
He had a fantastic day out (as did I), catching as many fish as he did even with Jo feeling the need to throw a couple of good ones back in the briney... Cod galore, A few pannies with a handful of carrots for good measure. Even a couple of sharks to keep it interesting.
Cheers Cam, Jo and family for the hospitality and the great day out on the water. Thanks for the fish, and the company.
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Now we are off to do it again.
Not massive fish but string pullers all the same
Great stuff guys.
What sort of bait did you use for your kingi @stingray?��
I'll be there come March.
I suspect you are asking a very leading question to try and lure our mate into a confessionQuote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Not much to like here....Put those fish back and get back to work.......or maybe just the GPS marks, I'm up there on Wednesday!
I must say how much I appreciate reading of the fishing exploits of you Tasman Bay guys on this forum. Just a bit of banter and great stories (and photos) of what you’ve been up to. This is everything that this forum should be about - none of the pervasive political BS and name calling that is spoiling parts of this forum.
Looks like great weather for the next week or so, so make the most of it and I look forward to reading of how it went.
Stingrays here all week....Im back to work Thursday.Quote:
Originally Posted by screamO
He is always keen for a yarn or a fish.
Oh what a day what a wonderful day.
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Absolutely slayed the kings.... unbelievable fishing.
We kept one and released everything else
I know a certain young man who is so, so grateful for today mate. Think his old man might be slightly impressed too. Good on ya.
That looks like some primo conditions. Well done on the Kings
Crayfish ..match the hatch ..they were feeding on squat lobster so grabbed a cray chucked a 10/0 through it and dropped it into the shoal ...bang solid hook up ..easy as ....mates use bait !Quote:
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Well what a difference an hour makes VC and team headed away at 5am we followed at 6 ..the had boated 6 kings when we arrived ..flood ran out and so the fish spread out ..they bashed cod on the legal side of the pass ..I took my invited diver up the coast to a rock while his in-laws / my neighbour’s bashed cod ..heap of current made it hard to drop onto marks, heaps of undersize blues made it hard all over ..diver saw a few and missed a few ..moved more of the same ..pod of dolphins smashing anchovies dropped diver in ..dolphins thought he was neat got wicked go pro footage ..
Back to diving last chance hole ..diver burgled a keeper , scared a few more ..we nabbed couple of keeper cod “ phew”, sea breeze pushed us home, cleaned boats gear , fish , then ate wonderful food with wonderful company. Then sun baked early morning , diving , fishing out outed , body gave up off to bed ...perfect...huge thanks to VC and my lady Lisa for a epic few days ..bring on the rest of the week !
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What a bloody great few days away....times like these dont just happen they happen because of a bunch of good barstards.
Thanks to everyone who was a part of it and especially thanks @stingray you good barstard.
Now I am back to work to nurse some sunburn in a big tin shed for a few more days.
Now dear friends , can we have a moment of silence ...for this weekend we lost a soldier and a dear friend of mine :oh noes:...he was in his prime , had done his basic training , as was full of potential, hope and promise ..we had journeyed to the dark lands battled ,spent ammo fighting the good fight ..
I sent him out with a crew that I thought would have his back ..alas I was wrong he was cast into the current to be lost alone ....
so raise a quiet beer, as I bow my head and shed a quiet tear for a man taken to early!
You will be missed !!
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@veitnamcam do you have anything to share with the group??
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Yes Joes rod got kicked out of the rod holder by a king I was pulling aboard.....bad place for the rod but yeah just freak accident type thing really.
It went into the water and I couldn't believe it.....I looked for something to snag it with but I had a fiesty king in one hand and it was still atached to the other rod so couldn't use that to snag it and it just disappeared to the bottom of french pass [emoji849][emoji33][emoji20]
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