Spikey dog avoidence only …the fact that that poor wee carrot impaled itself on a hook was just terrible bad luck
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Spikey dog avoidence only …the fact that that poor wee carrot impaled itself on a hook was just terrible bad luck
Hockey season , just out of the way! Phone rings …grab a tank weathers good Saturday! Jesus not a moment to myself to get all those chores done !
Oh woe is me! Tie on new leaders , and pre tie a heap of rigs …spikey slaying here we go!
Some smart arse posted on “Tasman bay fishing forum” ( face plant) a bin of snaps caught this morning apparently.
VC calling it fisherman baiting. We will see!
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I've just seen some photos of good snaps in golden bay and just got off the phone from someone saying north of Okiwi is going good.....yea I don't think it would be worth the effort, just stay home and do some gardening.
Know your pain and @Sarvo, interestingly we have an abundance of small - medium paddle crabs in the Tasman bay , along with squat lobster down towards Durville .
As well as this reports of massive bait shoals being herded up by a hundred plus dolphins ..seems we are enjoying a very fishy / nutrient rich current ..
I know this could change in a heart beat ..but hopes are high for a snapper bash tomorrow.
Don't forget your lure bag @stingray:D
Hmmm…lies being told? Or wrong place wrong time? Or cunning barstards using us to thin out the spikes?
Well tough day of fishing, weather was simply wonderful which was a real bonus…met a crew at the ramp going to fish shallow whilst we were setting sail for deeper water.
Hmmm dropped of the insurance policy x2 , set the burley ,set the expensive flashy shit , untangled the rig of doom . Heaps of current and with wind and tide both running true to each other we were sitting perfectly for straying and just about everything.
VC open the account with a solid spike , followed by another ( curse you @Sarvo we’ve had a great season of very few but you mentioned them and they arrived on mass) .
By then I had untangled my rig ,caught a spike that straight away tangled with my shinny thing turning my wonderful coloured braid into horrific nightmare. So being a calm relaxed sort of bloke ,I muttered my way through a untangle ..VC changed things up from bait to shinny and slowed down the bite ..thankfully
Then my shinny set to howling , set the hook only to find another spikey on my jig …” well bugger me “ I said calmly …VC complimented my fishing abilities that catching spikes on a lure is going next level. So showing that I’m pretty bloody good at this fishing lark I next managed a spikey my ledger rig and the burley pot from the other side of the boat…well that was the straw that broke the camels back.
All lines in off to check the insurance policies ..an empty hook was a blessing as we boated our quota of shit fish. One token carrot amongst the mayhem ..over to our shallow carrot patch …error more spikes ..sigh then the whole lot shut down ( thankfully) .
Geared up over and the side. 1.5 meters of vis not great but workable. Down on the hole …crays were well back with a couple of sizeable ones waaay back. Into the boat empty handed moved up to some turf we mark in the summer ..down straight onto a rock …wow three sitting out , slammed the biggest ,a nice taker buck , looked into the cave few better ones again out of reach ..did a swim round bagged a sucker the had no escape route.
Got a third taker very pleased with myself saw a number of shorts and lovely promising turf . In the boat Suns taken its toll on VC and myself ..head in…hello there old mate import in his kayak ..pull up to yarn he’s bags a double header of carrots
…” oh thats 5 now “ he tells us in a hour of fishing ..do you guys need some fishing tips ? He asks ..that was it …home time ..retrieved the boat and home.
Chasing early season snaps is always hard work. Cheers VC for not cutting my brand new braid and being a great skipper and putting me on the crays.
A tough day but a good day ..thank you!
Character building, those wee bugger's:XD:
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We are so good we managed to catch two spiky dogs on one hook...I shit you not.
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New phone fuckups.
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We redeamed ourselves.
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Looking at that photo I’m now convinced , resident craft with tube worm on the shell verse mobile cray lighter shell colour and lack of barnicals/ growth on its shell…see the same thing at Kaikoura ..locals are dark red , movers are lighter ….where they come from and go to no idea. But this is a great example example of the different types.
Yes could very early shedder. Don’t think so myself didn’t see any sign of sheds yet.
Out with Dad and my Son and Uncle today.
Dad wanted to get some oysters,I wanted to use my dredge and rope cos I know it works in the deep water where they are. He wanted to use his.
He brought his longline....baited with 100% squid....sigh.
Conditions were very average.
First tow a dozen nice oysters but not much shell and stuff and I suspect the dredge was flying half the time due to water pressure on the rope and 2m plus swell and chop.
Next tow other direction one clump of 3 oysters and nothing else...tow 3 nothing.
As the tide started to run it just wouldn't stay on the bottom. :XD:
Into the coast to try for a cod....too rough too windy drifting too fast lines in prop....fuck this let's go pick up the longline....two sand Sharks and all the rest of the baits untouched in my shit hot gurnard longline spot.
Oh and a floatline round the outboard this time.
At least we weren't the only ones struggling.....big boat there struggling with a line caught round either their rudder or prop...cruised over to see if the needed any help then bashed our way back towards Delaware.
Managed to scrape up some gurnard then surf our way back in over the bar without hitting the prop:thumbsup:
Dad says thanks for the Cray Joe.
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Blessed be the fisherman…the poor barstard needs all the help he can get!
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Yarn tomorrow...it's been a big week
So a plan was hatched to go try and get my Son and a workmate their first kings.
It might have been too early but if we didn't try we wouldn't know.
We arrived at okiwi bay to see a boat sitting high and dry in the mud we wouldn't be launching anytime soon so we drove up to the batch for a yarn.
Time and tide waits for no man and I wanted to be at the pass an hour after low tide my boat wasn't going to float until an hour after low tide and this would not do so I have to plan to disconnect the trailer and push it out to deeper water got about half way and the sand was too soft.
Well with a bit of help from a couple of spectators we managed to drag the boat out to deep enough water to get out we were the first one's gone.:thumbsup:
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I Mark some kings on the sounder but with two newbies on the jigging rods we didn't have any luck and a few snags and lost Lures.
The tide flooded and we went to try something else.
Some dolphin turned up to say gidday.
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Longline deployed on the sand from 20-30m in current basin, sat off and burlyed up.
Cod cod and barracuda.....then ol' mate pulls a banana out of his lunch bag! And puts it in his pocket while he caught another Barry....he looked quite shocked when I snatched it and threw it overboard:D.
We pulled up the long line for more cod and headed up the coast to okuri for lunch.
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Then we headed out to 40 m for a drift fish but it was too much drift. Then up to the carrot patch which had been taken over by sharks.
In shallow to avoid the sharks and burley up inside the Northern entrance lots of gurnard it was quite good fishing finally.
Cod are everywhere.... throwing back keepers out on the sand.
Was a long but good day.
Hey Cam... what is that bar like from Delaware towards Maori pa behind Pepin... how deep?
You think you would safely get a 1.4m draft in the entrance on 1/2 tide?
Was thinking something a but bigger than a trailer sailor.... one day.
I see the reef that runs along the Pepin side... is there another that runs across the channel?
Sounds like the kind of thing to plan for an hour before HWS... on a calm day... maybe scope the channel with a dinghy and sounder first. That hole inside the entrance, just to the East looks like a nice gunk hole to camp up at.
Ducked out in front of matakana for drift fish on the sand. Wind was blowing 20 kn off shore so we tucked in close shallow and burleyed up. Awesome few hours of fishing, snapper galore on stayline, Gurnard hitting the micro jigs, and one huge bloody kahawai that felt like a small king on the light gear. Didn't weigh it but was 69cm long.
Carrots were a welcome addition, cstch the odd one but have been trying to work them out to catch more consistently.
Slowly starting to work out this fishing rod malarkey. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2e9ddb6068.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...1833ded662.jpg
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The bar is not a problem if calm just hug the island side, the shallow stretch of no real channel I have marked is what stops us small boats being able to get in and out and the bottom there is like riverstones....bad for props...if can get past that your in then there is a finger of reef that sticks out across the channel...It's about 1m at low water at its deepest.
A reconnaissance mission in a dingy would be a good idea.
In my wee boat I need 2ft of water minimum to putt with the motor up. Spring tides I work on I need to be no later than 1.5 hours before Nelson low tide or 2 hours after to be able to get in out or in.
Neap tides can usually just sneak in on low but still like to have the incoming to come in.
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Thanks Cam
Been pondering a shoal draft sail boat lately and have always wondered if the hole below the "O" in "shallow" would make a nice gunk hole to anchor in and tie up to the trees.
1.2 m draft should be okay on a good tide... but should probably check it out with the canoe first.
Yes check out first definitely a good idea.
Had to Google gunk hole:D
Depending on the size of your vessel and plans I would be thinking sit on the second shallow bit high and dry at low or pass the reef and ankor up then sit high and dry on the side of a channel for the day/night.
That "hole" you speak of is only a meter deep at the moment and two dingies wide at low tide so if you ankor there you'd get some e irate fisherermen and women at dark o'clock
Sat here looking at a glassy flat sea. Boating not allowed. Awesome :oh noes:
White bait getting a bit thin here and skittish, caught a heap of Inangas, they go through at about 50ks per hour. Hope to to net my set net today. Will be good for next season, tides are wrong next week.
@veitnamcam a banana! How the hell did that get past you? Thought you would've strip searched any newbies prior to boarding:D
Years ago me and bro jumped on a charter out of Noosa. Told bring warm clothes and rain jacket - everything else provided. Leave wharf at 4am, hooning out powered by twin 200's by day break you couldnt see land in any direction. 5 hours dropping baits and shifting and not a single bite....skipper calls a lunch break and brings out a massive platter of food - everyone chilling having a feed when this dude pulls out a banana from his day pack....holy crap, the skipper completely lost his shit! Went full on psyco at this guy and blamed him for anything and everything...the whole mood on the boat changed and we couldnt wait to get off. Skipper ruined what was still an enjoyable day even tho we werent catching anything.
I think it might have been Matt Watson who made a lure out of a piece of banana skin and caught a fish with it. Ya can't beat the old superstitions aye :)
Out with mum and dad this morning. Good to give dads boat a run as its been sitting idle most of the winter.
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Pretty quite on the rods. One gurnard and a couple of red cod (ugly bloody things). Thankfully no spiky dogs !!
Picked up the longline for a couple of small snaps. Nothing too exciting but always good to bin the first ones for the season.
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It should just get better and better from now on [emoji106]
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Cool surprise in the mail. Milan from The Lateral Line (ex Big Angry Fish) caught a fish I had tagged earlier in the year.
Link to video here https://youtu.be/il7Jl1FdLyQ
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That's pretty cool:thumbsup: