Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

I should of clicked on your link before I started writing... yip thats the fish.

21.5 degree h2o in tasman bay today

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We have a nasty SE blow coming through later this week …I’d save my fuel until that moves through ..then see where the blue water and fish are holding …that just my opinion..but we in Tasman bay are at the mercy of the strait and west coast….in my non scientific nor trained opinion..just looking at Windyty for the next few days

Would anyone know if it is worth trying to target Tuna out from Pelorus sound i.e. how far out into the straight would you need to go to find the blue water/right temp conditions?

Originally Posted by AMac

Would anyone know if it is worth trying to target Tuna out from Pelorus sound i.e. how far out into the straight would you need to go to find the blue water/right temp conditions?

Yep I reckon it would be. Especially at the moment, blue water is real easy to find !! Albacore are happy in anything over 18 deg. Plenty of fish in 20.5 deg water in tasman bay at the moment.

The more splash out the back the better.... ie: run as many lures as you can handle

Most importantly keep your heads out of the boat, look for any signs of life.

The old man reckons its "boredom, interspersed with moments of madness".

Those moments are the stuff dreams are made of

Good luck

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Originally Posted by AMac

Would anyone know if it is worth trying to target Tuna out from Pelorus sound i.e. how far out into the straight would you need to go to find the blue water/right temp conditions?

I was out past the heads the other week in a bit roughish conditions hoping to have a groper drop but being solo it wasnt a runner. Headed out on an angle towards Kapiti Island [but no where near it] and was in 16.8 degrees of water, in the 4 or 5 I guess km's I travelled I had hit 18.8 and it was still climbing when I turned around, colour of the water was a nice blue. I was following a line on the sounder my boy had been on a few weeks prior to me being there and they had seen tuna jumping. More than doable imo.

Thanks Guys

Having a weekend break with the family in the Far North. Couldn't resist getting up early to flick a microjig off the beach. First cast and boom!

A perfect result then.

Folks down okiwi , gave them my Tuna lures with very bloody precise instructions to Ma ….because Da is a old navy diver and if I say white he yells black …so they headed out to find a swell running , dragged the shiny stuff down to paddock rocks at 45 meters ..they had boats inside them and out even wider …dolphins a few lazy gannets but not a nibble ..

So it was a bust ..bashed some cod as the family does got a feed of pannies with the burley at 30 meteres ..wind started so they headed for home , afternoon tea and a fish gut in a lea shore caught the last of the tide got the boat out ..

Ma / Da looking for intel are folks still catching Albies in Tasman bay ?

I have a question...

Fishing with a live bait on a egg beater reel with the bail open. Anyone got a better idea than this?



It works ok with a small mackerel bait but didn't work at all with a slightly bigger kahawai liv'ie, the peg just wasn't strong enough to hold the line.

What do others use, cheers
@stingray I had two mates out for tuna yesterday off the Able tazzy. One fella got none, one fella got 4 both working the 40m area. Sounds like there are less out there than there was a few weeks ago. Also the water temp has dropped a bit. Perhaps that SE last week has pushed them out a bit !! Think we might have another crack on tuesday if the weather is ok !

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

I have a question...

Fishing with a live bait on a egg beater reel with the bail open. Anyone got a better idea than this?

It works ok with a small mackerel bait but didn't work at all with a slightly bigger kahawai liv'ie, the peg just wasn't strong enough to hold the line.

What do others use, cheers
@stingray I had two mates out for tuna yesterday off the Able tazzy. One fella got none, one fella got 4 both working the 40m area. Sounds like there are less out there than there was a few weeks ago. Also the water temp has dropped a bit. Perhaps that SE last week has pushed them out a bit !! Think we might have another crack on tuesday if the weather is ok !

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For live baiting I use a shimano bait runner egg beater and a shimano overhead lever drag, both prefect for staylining and live baiting. Brought these about 17 years ago, still going strong.

set your drag lightly,so balloon n fish wont move or it overspool when fish on a run,takes but a second to crank it back up when fish is on,thats what we do worming for trout.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

set your drag lightly,so balloon n fish wont move or it overspool when fish on a run,takes but a second to crank it back up when fish is on,thats what we do worming for trout.

My Trout real is actually Awesome for that. It is an old DAM which has the drag at the back. Don't seem to make them like that much any more.



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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

set your drag lightly,so balloon n fish wont move or it overspool when fish on a run,takes but a second to crank it back up when fish is on,thats what we do worming for trout.

That would be my choice too, otherwise a rubber band. Maybe time for a Baitrunner?