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Oh you got it bad....not sure there is any help for you now.:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
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Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Got bitten at about age 5....
Must admit, that I've been stock piling for a while. A few hooks here, a few plastic squid there, a few more hooks, etc.. Always saying that I can make these things, but never had the time to do it, well, lockdowns provide a bit of a excuse to do it.
Made a couple of deep rigs last year, for a 5 day mission. Worked perfect. So making alot more this time. Quite a few are give aways to.
Attachment 177494First day, rebuilt the white boards to remotely adjust the weight and float. Went out with my grandson and got a feed, there wasn’t a lot coming thruAttachment 177487Attachment 177488Attachment 177489Attachment 177490Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
Spent this morning modifying, so I’ve got total control, went out for about 1-1/2 hours this avo, boards worked great. Got another good feed and some private access to the river. This is retirement, so much time to perfect things!!
Not a lot but enough to hook in a young one! Well done @Maca49. Mean set up
We flounder tomorrow, fingers crossed . Can’t wait to get wet again!
That was my first try, but the square down pipe would not locate in one position. I modified it so it now sits wide face top. Also made the weights removable for ease of transport.Quote:
Originally Posted by stingray
I have Pete’s gear from the coast. He ran round down pipe. sadly never had the privilege to share a day on the river with him and learn from Pete. So I learn all over again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
right now, passion is flat fishing ..it brings me together with fantastic folks.
Finally out for a drag, took 40 meter out to the coast, got there to find a bit of a slop running which was disappointing after a week of flat arse weather, set out all the same with waves rolling just a bit high and water trickling down my back, set to dragging trying to fish outside of the surge zone.
We got a hit , beauty! Oh no the hit got pissed, ray so headed to shore, booom trouble likes company ray #2 let’s us know hes pissed.shit ray #3 makes an appearance …not the way I had envisioned this going at all.
Ray #3 breaks free, #1&2 we try to shake loose but the surge and angry fish make this hazardous. Up the beach we haul em.VC and the import sort their one in quick time , @ROKTOY and me struggle with our one which has created a real tangle.
In the end I hand roktoy my knife, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.
Roktoy cuts a hole in my net and the ray is free.
It immediately swims with surge straight onshore …bugger me now it’s beached , so with a bit of buggering about the ray is turned around and with the next couple of surges it’s away.
Not a great start, so 40 meter is packed away and we trudge back to the estuary. 40 meter away in my truck. Roktoy goes to his truck breaks out his brand new net. Out into the channel drag drag a net chocka with weed , sticks , a fizzy bottle and blow me down a keeper and a short.
The team bored of dragging kicked us out into the tide again and scratched out a feed of cockles. Another net full of rubbish and a flounder saw us chuck it in.
Great day , amazing company , fresh air and sun on our backs. What more could you ask for. Huge thanks to the team great therapy for us all
Just what the doctor ordered.
A few keen blokes, a couple of good lads, a dog and a net or two.
We were off to a strong start with a good (bad) number of rays in the first haul out on the beach. Poor old Stingray committed hard to the cause, out deep bobbing with the incoming waves.
Tis a sad day when you have to knife a good man's net to free the demons.
A good afternoon on the sand. We did our community service and cleared the weed from the channels so the other punters coming down could gave a bash at some fish.
VC found that a can down the front of your wetsuit isn't ideal while wading in deep water. Bugger.
End result was a few fish for the pot and a nice load of cockles to share at the end of the day.
Looks like we are doing it again tomorrow.
Cant wait.
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Went out whitebaiting with my son in law this avo, split my gear with him, I have two sets. He’s never been whitebaiting, so set my white board up and then showed him how to set up his 40 metres down stream. I sat watching zilch go over my board and he’s going gang busters. He packed it in at 5 pm and tok the kids and my gear with him. Hi tide was 5:22 approx and shit there were some great shoals coming through, I had a problem with the pressure of the ball of bait pushing individual fish through the net! Modifications coming up! I left with a good feed, muffins and a banana cake. Also got another private site with access to the river, I’ll have a look tomorrow!Attachment 177629
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Originally Posted by Maca49
Cockels for second breakfast today.
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A few pictures of this arvos effort with @stingray and @ROKTOY
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I can do.....but I really excell in a supervisory role ;)
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Good times with good guys.
A few rays mostly removed without incident or net damage, good few feeds of flats to share around.
Cheers guys always awesome.
A good way to spend Dads day. Thanks guys.
Back home enjoying yesterdays spoils while todays is in the oven.
Another successful day out on the sand.
No nets were harmed in the enjoyment of this escapade. (This time)
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What to add to about a fantastic afternoon with some terrible people , bullying, heckling ,bullshit and laughter, that was just the kids having a go, let alone the other two VC and Roktoy !
Finally hunting the home turf ,set sail out into the flats, another day with the sun on our backs which saw the young folk wet suited up were straight into the tide, just need to attach them to a net now and then.
Out we set into the promised channel….perfect warm deep water very little weed ..set to dragging …SNAG…bugger me ..Roktoy waded out cleared the snag , we got back to dragging, hauled the net before the next visible snags, wow some flats ,chucked a few shorts back and kept a couple keeper.
Changed channels but found to many horse mussels in the area so got out and moved up stream , back in dragged a few more sorts and Keith see’s some movement in the mud an inch long flounder amongst the weed, show the kids and a photo and back it went.
Low tide we returned to the original channel but further up, checked for snags ..all clear . Beauty, set to dragging boom ..ray..into shore ,shook out the ray, hello a couple of flats, same again and again not sure but I’m thinking it was the same bloody ray, but each time we gathered a feed of keepers chucked back some shorts.
The flood was slow and spreading out over the estuary rather than pushing up the channel. Time was called and we cleaned our fish washed them carefully ( untill some idiot dropped one in the mud) …bloody stingray the hamfisted ..then we washed them again.
Wandered home yarned , shared a beer ,showered the kids , said our goodbyes . Headed for the shower. What another great adventure !
Woo might actually get new rig wet .... weather looks good for the firth so Kaiaua beckons ... anyone else heading out??
Will poke my nose out tomorrow. ....forecast pretty poor so might just be a boat ride but gotta give the boat a run before the next lockdown.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2Quack
Out of Delaware on the incoming tide this morning so gentlemans hours.....had a little troll for a kahawai while Making our way out but no takers.
Dropped a longline in @madjon_ s spot then headed out round peppin instead of my usual area due to the forecast.
Started out with a his and a roar with some just under blues and some kahawai then it just went dead.
I went cod fishing it was that bad and even they weren't on the chew but I fluked some keepers.
Hadnt caught a shark yet so headed out deep for a look....bit of a drift fish...3spikys and one spotty it was time to pick up the longline and come in on the high.
3 nice big gurnard one rig and one spiky rounded out the day.
Fishing wasn't that great but got a couple of feeds and just good to get out on the water again for a couple of hours.
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Didn't measure or weigh it but not a bad carrot.
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seen ya go past :D You had a nice day for itQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Yeah I tooted...was better than forcast so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
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So did we, first drag produced a beast! So we hunted deeper towards the Boulder bank . More horse mussels tearing up the net, so after a frustrating couple of drags with the old chap from next door being buried in his gum boots .Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
We bailed headed up the channel with windows in the drag ….lwhat wasn’t a hole was weed, my pride severely dented I was ready to pack it in, the import and my lad called for one more drag…up the channel all going well then it got heavy but not angry ..pulled to shore and there lay old stinker the ray.. im now convinced this ray loves us catching and realeasing s/him ..
So after once again flopping old stinker out of the net and shaking out more weed than grows in a freshly laid lawn we stumbled across another delicious flounder.
The crew called for another go, well the net lacked physical catching ability, and the old chap from next door was down to a smile and a slow plod.
I pulled the pin, we packed up , a warm spring sun on our back..and wandered back to the truck.
Brought some replacement mesh a long with some cordage, putting the net away ..hockey semis and hopefully finals…next couple of weekends ..then bugger it I might go swimming ….a lot .
Lessons learnt , days are stretching out, a new game plan is underway!
Picked up a deep water set net today. Has wind damage, blew off a shed roof! but cost me nothing, so another project for this week!
Wind was up more than forecast but no swell so all good .... nice steady fishing with a couple of JDs on the bottom liveys, saw a couple of horse sized kingis cruising but weren’t interested in maccys ( My kingdom for a Kahawai......) pulled pin when ran out of mullet ... only took 4, was home and filleting in the daylight made easier by dropping off a couple of snapper on way home, rum poured boat clean ready for JD fillets for dinner Attachment 178434
Show us your JD rig please, we are looking to go out wide and hunt them..
I wanna see the new boat!!!**Quote:
Originally Posted by stingray
Nice. Was that in the Firth?Quote:
Originally Posted by 2Quack
Yep in the Firth .... Rig is nothing special ....Surtees 575 workmate with a few extras and the JD rig is Sinker at the bottom up to a 3 way swivel and I use a good size circle hook on about a 1.5m trace out from the 3 way swivel. Use enough gun rod wise as big snaps and kingis eat em too.
Guess which fantasy I’m going to try now @Shearer…piss off out of it.
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Only work on North island mateQuote:
Originally Posted by stingray
Planning on hooking a flattie per chance :)
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Originally Posted by stingray
Yea that.....I had a few goes....but I didn't have the selection of little softys you do there.Quote:
Originally Posted by rugerman
I got hits but not hookups.
Then we have to take your intel with my ……”purchases” ..go and find out the truth.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
So plan is …fish the last hour of out going …perhaps first hour of in coming ..then drag the buggers
Then I had a thought , summer day clear water ..sight fishing just like trout, a shallow flat we have dropping to a deep pool crab central …drop a bait into the holding water and tease one out!..fun times ahead
Though you would be using bait for the flatties?
I have used peas and corn before and caught a couple on the corn. Caught a Stargazer too. I once made up a flattie longline with 80lb mainline and crimped off light traces baited with corn. I didn't have any joy with it but then I only set it once.
Google, Lady Lola boat NZ, Whanganella Heads Marlin fishing.
Something different today! Out of Delaware, dragging for oysters ..
The skipper had the intel and “windyTY” promised an amazing day, well windy was a couple of hours late and the nasty off shore chop and wind was cold as it had being all winter. Had a tow out the front off Pepin resulted in 3 horse mussels.
So with the off shore wind pushing the chop up to a meter we bailed and headed close to shore looking for shelter, we snuck around to find a sheltered bay and set to cod bashing. Well a couple of drops and unbelievably we had our limit..big fat blues…
About then the wind eased dramatically so we ventured out a bit wider and set a burley soaking in reasonably steady current. VC being a bloody good barstard broke open the tucker box and gave me my first taste of whitebait in a couple of years. Delicious!
Carrots arrived and we had a nice run of luck, had a pod of dolphins scream past us heading for destinations unknown…they went up the coast about another mile the turned and headed straight out to sea…man the were going flat out .
My Spikiey avoidance device then got taxed, and VC wrangled a good half dozen southern sailfish we chucked it in and went back to oyster dragging, with the a calm sea and not much else to do we dragged horse mussels , shells , sea cucumbers and blow me down a feed of oysters.
Energy levels ran low as the bloody clip on the buoy wouldn’t hold the dredge on the surface and we had to haul the barstard thing up each time.
So enjoyed a bit of sun on our backs as we steamed for home. Arrived at the ramp to find old mate import had being out in his kayak and enjoyed some success as well with a feed of carrots in his bag.
Perfect ending to a great day of recon and trying something different, sounder showed up a couple of solid bait schools and marked what we hope / think maybe kingis or good snaps .
Thanks VC another day of excellence!
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Whats that you are using there Joe :D
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Mmmm oysters.
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Cheers Joe always good to have good crew.
Oh dear Joe, what will Shearer have to say about this?
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Double like that first photo.:D
