Piss crook ay... hard to believe :yaeh am not durnk::DQuote:
Originally Posted by stingray
Wifey suggested taking me out fishing yesterday.....I thought about it for a couple of seconds then realised that would be worse than going by myself.
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Piss crook ay... hard to believe :yaeh am not durnk::DQuote:
Originally Posted by stingray
Wifey suggested taking me out fishing yesterday.....I thought about it for a couple of seconds then realised that would be worse than going by myself.
Daughter and myself sat up late bullshitn and laughing, was great at the time ...but dawn was a very different!
You mush have kept the whole of Okiwi awake:DQuote:
Originally Posted by stingray
I took the boys out off mapua yesterday.
There is heaps of brim in around the 10m mark. They are nice fat fish 40-50cm, sorry no on water photos as I mistakinly left my phone in the truck. (had to weed thu heaps of little ones tho)
Also ended up with a half a dozen small trevally for a change. They been in the brine overnight, just drying them out for the smoker.
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I was reminiscing yesterday as I was putting the boat in that.....this time last year was awesome flounder netting. [emoji26]
Mum and Dad just popped in they been in the sounds for the weekend. Dad got a couple of snaps in the Queen Charlotte so he was rapt. [emoji106]
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Google photos reminded me today that this day 2 years ago I took @ROKTOY and his son out an we got 60 flounder.Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Get your boys out and drag a net @kukuwai
Yep I should, will have to just drag the set net but I will give it a go [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
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It works......I tied about 6m of rope on each end of mineand clipped a big lead weight on the rope a couple of meters out from net to try and keep it down.Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Then you can "drag" by taking a wrap around your upper thighs and still keep the net on the bottom. Go slow.....like 1/2 walking pace.
Tinny punt the flounder slayer.
It was only a 40m net full of holes too.
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Must be close to 40 fish there?
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59 to be exact.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
That was a heck of a catch, 2 years ago already, I would have sworn that was only last year. I might have to look at this drag net thing.
I see. I failed to make the connection between your two posts....
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There is literally 4 nets in bins sitting in my driveway ....just come grab one if you want to have a go.Quote:
Originally Posted by ROKTOY
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20 nice eaters by 9am in 13 meters off mapua this morning
We were out of Delaware this morning, couple of carrots in close , out side into current snakes , kawahai, small cod , no snaps .
Had a dive couple two reasonable crays huge school of solid Trevs .
Things of interest leaving in the dark... squid everywhere in the estuary, normally piper , but today 8 inch squid! Plankton in the bay so thick it looked like soup . No boil ups , or feeding birds ..strange that so much food was available but nothing tearing it up.
Oh and a letter from NCC saying we were naughty launching our boat!
That said no fine or warning issued, so more bureaucratic bullshit ...I’m damn certain they would have fined us if they had any legal standing!
Cable bay beach ramp would have being unuseable and hazardous today with the northerly swell pushing.
A long time between fishes for me.
Got out this morning with some help from @stingray :)
Out in the darkness we decided to stay in close due to the forecast/my body/Joe going for a dive.
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Spot one was pretty bloody dead one gurnard and zero current which was odd mid tide.
Sky lightened and up ankor to move out into somd current.
Burly and current pumping 25m big horse Kahawai and good old southern sail fish..
Burnt a burly and time to let the fish swim.
Checked out some new ground and some old marks.
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Lucky my kids are old enough to clean the boat for me cos I am paying for it now.
Would have been fairly exciting getting back in over the bar and back up the mouth if we left it another couple of hours too.Quote:
Originally Posted by stingray
Cable bay definitely a no go today.
It pretty much has to be perfect for cable bay to be a viable launch spot, people will die if access is lost from Delaware.
Delaware estuary is the only safe launch and retrieve spot for small vessels in miles of coastline.
Nelson city council removed this "ramp" illegally from the coastal management plan some years ago without any public consultation and over the last cew years has been trying to stop people using it.
Public access to our coastline,rivers and backcountry is being lost at an alarming rate in this country.
Please take one minute of your time to click the link and sign the petition for parliament to investigate NCC illegal action and correct it.
https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/peti...are-bay-access
Much appreciated thanks Cam.
Done for you VC.
Thanks Rushy.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Yip me 2 bro
Me to.
Councils should be putting in more - not removing them
Especially round here beaker there are bugger all ramps as it is, compared to the amount of boat owners its ridiculous !!
Cheers for posting that cam [emoji106] I would have never seen it otherwise !
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Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
There seems to be a culture in govt now that the best way to keep the great outdoors great is to keep people out of it.
Local and central government can both go and get fucked as far as I am concerned. They are full of overpaid do nothings that suck heavy on the tax payer tit and fail to deliver on any of their commitments.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
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Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Done. Lots of stupidity going on like this around the country. We have lost, or are about to lose our only decent trout fishery in the whole of Northland.
Are they going to poison them?Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
No, but I wouldn't put it past them. It's two lakes that are stocked with trout annually (Kai Iwi Lakes). Stocking is going to be stopped, trout can't breed in the lakes, so that's the end of that. The lakes regularly produce 6lb plus koura-fed fish which are great to eat. My boy caught his first trout there. Gutted!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
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Frustrating weekend! Down with head cold, so no diving ...crew set sail Saturday, not a lot of flood and few snaps about, son in different crew free dived down the northern coast , found a sweet nest of crays only to find the girls are going soft already.
Feeling less shit Sunday, weather had turned ,had a look out the front pretty sloppy , bashed a feed of keeper cod and then a couple of pannies in the mix had me smiling , crew went green so a chance of a snapper session went as well.
5 kg burley melted away ,again very fast not much guts to this one again ( bit frustrating) going back to old faithful, aqua fresh 3 kgs.
So no burley but a calm spot ,” last chance rock “ as we know it, young invite nails two marginal brim first drop , chummed warm pilchards, and side of Kawahai, more marginal brim , with something decent hitting now and then ..couple of keepers finally..never hooked the “weight“ , wind changed ..blew us home.
Interesting girls are going soft / shedding quiet early! No shit fish about yet! Southern end of coast still 10 ft deep in plankton .
Im just useing my normal ol set nets as a drag net.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
Mine have floats as well as a floating top line to deal with the current in our region and a leaded core braid bottom rope.
Having a pole directly on the end of your net makes it hard to keep the end on the bottom for me but I might be doing it wrong.
When set netting I used to run a couple of bridles about 2.5m long from the top and bottom of net together to the anchor, im still useing that setup and attach maybe 8m? rope to the bridles and hang a big weight off the rope a few meters out from the net.
The idea being to be able to pull /drag the net by just a wrap around around the upper thighs no bending over trying to pull botttom of pole and keep it on the ground aaaaand also have a "warp" out wider than the net on or near the bottom scaring fish intowards the net just like a Trawler or Danish Seiner.
Haven't done it much yet the body clapped out but hope to be back into it soon and what we did ( me and the kids) was effective.
When nets are rooted will probably resling with a ropey mesh instead of mono and add lead weight to the lead line bottom rope.
Signed petition. No way they should get away with that.
me too...... I can imagine the carnage if the benmore dam ramp was closed,must be similar situation for you fellas.....
Daughter and her friend stuffed up todays plans by laying around all morning then wanting to be dropped off at friends place so come afternoon I thought bugger the wind I am getting the boy off his phone abd we are going fishing.
About an hour fishing in channels around Monaco.
Shot loads of kahawai, mostly small but kept 4 big ones and lots of panni snaps ranging from just under to just over legal but we put them all back.
Kahawai to the neighbour execept one we had for a sashimi entrée before tea.
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Good on you @veitnamcam I see you have the same issue with your son and his phone as I do with my boy !!
Just seen a Greenpeace spokesman on the news campaigning for the set net ban to be extended to the whole country. Apparently only 63 maui dolphin left.
If its not the nets its the boat ramps. Bit like whittling a stick, take a little bit at a time !!
I am yet to drag a net but will do at some stage. Most likely when the water gets a little colder. The stingrays give me the shits [emoji41]!!
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Drag/slide your feet when dragging...if you bump a ray it will just swim off, If you stand right on top of one it might prick you and if its one of those 1200-1500 wide models you might get a magic carpet ride! :D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Got no netflicks here
But if you fellas do seaspiricy could be an interesting watch.
https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/810...entIntent=true
Anyone seen it, worth watching?
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Typed big story but lost it.
Dad took me out this morning.
Fishing was good really good!:thumbsup:Attachment 165328
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We released quite a few, fish were hungry smashing both baits and hooks of my flasher rig.
I wanted to release the 18pounder but alas it had swallowed one of the two 8/0 it had hoovered up.
Nice fish Cam, mud fat
Great bag there.
