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Looks like the plan is coming together
@veitnamcam with +2
@ROKTOY with +1
@stingray
@scream0 with +1
Weather is looking ok ish for the time being.
Depart the marina at 0600 hrs, Finger H.
Returning at ???? we will see how the weather and crew hold up.
I've got the squid bait and sausages sorted.
Looking forward to it.
Just keep Stingray away from the sharp knifes.
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Awesome see you then
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Fast jigs for kingies, slow jigs for snapper:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by stingray
Windy saying sat morning ok in Tasman bay!
Shit I have to wonder if I've got the patience for you guys? All this talk of burly, slow jigs, etc.......you realize if there's no bits within 5 mins we have to move ay?
Will make a point of watching you on camera as I come off night shift.
Give me a wave.....nicely please ;)
What number H berth?? Do I know the boat??
Only room for one captain on your boat ..you call the shots ,we will do the where to now skipper this spot sucks :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by screamO
Rampage 2Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Weather looking acceptable, at present improving through the day!
yep mid-day looks great, probably a bit of wind in the morning but sure we will find some where to hide.
Just spent most the day down on the boat so she's good to go......4 new start batteries later:wtfsmilie: only 2019 old! and every excuse under the sun.
Has anyone thought about a plan off attack for the day?????? French pass, west side, setlines, etc....
I know that boat. :) Nice oneQuote:
Originally Posted by screamO
VC will bring set lines , I’ve got three burleys ..plus ice and pillies ..without pushing my barrow ..40 meters off okiwi , for the outgoing , down to pass for first of the flood kinging , bash cod , have a dive possibly, more snaps at 40 if required home...or Mapua 15 meters burn burley catch snaps eat b&E pie ...your boat your call ..I’m just great full for the invite
Want to hunt carrots got a patch, that’s being producing not far down..
Good to see my stunt double filling in for me ;)
Hope you have a great day fellas and the weather improves for you. At least it's not blowing it's arse off and sunburn nothing to worry about...
Geez your vision going blurry this early in the day......
Shit - you forgot me
Was very short notice
Too bloody flash for ruff buggers like Cam etc
Behave yourself's and do the dishes etc
I bet I know where your heading :-)
Awesome day out....huge thanks to @screamO for being a good good barstard and taking us scruffs out.
Well done
Always good to have a Diver on board ah !!!
looks like you fellas had a ball...good on ya.
I'd have to agree one hundred percent.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
What a day.
Cheers ScreamO.
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Epic day ..na even better than that ..got down the island had to wait for the flood in the pass ..so vcjr set the tone for the day with a solid 4lbs snapper..keith did the same by slaying spotties one after another on a 7/0 hook
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So I heckled him and he presented me with my own safety knife, funny barstard
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Caught some more brim ...got scorned by the skipper for tossing keepers back ...banter went next level ..you were scorned if you kept a fish or chucked it back ...
Tried jigging the north side of the pass ...saw one kingi boated ...tide turned flood pushed we search the banks and areas for fish ..krill were there again but nothing marking..an hour and half went by 6 boats jigging not a fish seen ..
Plan B cray diving ...the collective brains trust chose a mark ..bombed it ..took a while but got onto a handful ..barstard of a spot to get some out of, managed two ..got picked up by the boat to find the skipper had being busy with two nice snaps resting in the ice slurry .
Tried to an anchor on the mark ..not ideal with a cod invasion ...go out wide get some current VC advised ...nothing then spikies saw VC getting heckled.
Made the big move call to head for 40m that produced fish mid week for me ma n da ...burley down ..baits down...waiting waiting waiting , error error ..bang the spottie slayer turns snapper snatcher...then a few carrots , then just most of caught something respectable ...except some one was hogging the burley pot .
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So after eviction from his preferred spot he continued to slay fish ...seemed it was his day , as he managed to wrangle a 15lb kingi on a dirty old piece squid @Shearer, no jigs required .
Weather was amazing went from slight to oily calm back to mild , company was simply fantastic , young folk fished ate and ate, napped, fished and were helpful as possible ...other shared an amazing day
Huge huge thank you to ScreamO..for talking us away sharing his boat ,company and humour with us ..to the rest of the folks young and middle aged thank you as well for the bullying yarns and amazing company ..
Young fella has just crawled out of bed about an hour ago, he is still worn out. But he can't stop talking about his day.
A great day out, several flavours of fish landed, a few flavours thrown back, mainly my 7 or 8 spotties, a couple of barracuda and a few sharky fella's.
It was neat watching all the boats at the pass hounding the ol king fish, sadly it didn't appear that many of the boats had any luck. We only saw one boat land a fish.
I started to feel a bit confused around mid afternoon as my shipmates began giving me grief about my fishing. Comments about hogging the burley pot, etc. etc.
Late afternoon with a 7/0 hook and a well dunked piece of squid hanging of some 40lb line I got a solid hook up that just sat as I tried to wind it in, you've got a big shark come the comments, then it runs a bit and gives a bit of a fight, shit no, that might be a big snapper, take your time.
It peeled of line, I pulled it back, peel off wind in, repeat, 10 min later we see some colour and the guessing game begins, Cuda, Snapper, Shark... then Joe sees some green and I'm sure a naughty word slipped out of his mouth, you've got a bloody kingy, dont you bloody lose it.
In the net and landed, Joe jumps out the back of the boat and starts to gut it, bugger me a second kingy comes up chasing his mates entrails. All the lads get lures in the water and burley was dropped to keep the kingy around. Screamo got a strike or two but no one was successful unfortunately.
Cams workmate had a few firsts landing some nice fish, I think he had a blast.
Thanks a lot everyone for a great day out. Thanks especially to Screamo for taking us all out and putting up with us.
I didn't get many photos sorry.
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Not much to add really, big day on the water.
Bloody good fun, the skipper got to give a fair bit of shit (which he enjoyed a grate deal), the young ones done well for a big day... @ROKTOY only JUST claimed the fisherman of the day. @stingray with a monster Cray... @veitnamcam well I'm not sure what he brought to the table:ORLY: oh that's right the bacon.
Haven't stopped talking about the trip, good barstards all around and fair bit of banter...looking forward to the next one, cheers fellers.
I am not even slightly jealous ;)
I went home to bed as you were leaving....an empty bed at that :(
I'm pretty sure I apologized to everyone on the boat yesterday, I may as well do the same for you..Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
Do you have fridge space for some fish?
Thanks for the offer, but I dont eat Spotties :PQuote:
Originally Posted by ROKTOY
That's a shame, I caught a few. :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
Looks like an awesome day out fellas!!
Im a bit late to the party only just seeing it now!!
@veintnamcam @stingray
How did you guys find the conation off the snapper?
It's the first lot I've had this season that had the fattiness to it and pulling apart. Has they season come later than normal?
Beautiful fish ..personally I think the bleeding and ice slurry added to their improved texture ..and they were not in full spawn mode ..couple of weeks earlier they were spoofing when you landed / Ikied them, most were empty of roe when gutted ..late arrivals to the breeding grounds ?
Gurnard and cod were perfect firm and delicious...
Strange season ..as we saw small squid midday right up by the surface , then their was that massive plankton or jellyfish who knows what ..biggest blue bottle float men I’ve ever seen! Kings eating scraps rather than jigs ..no moki on my known cray holes ..cray holes not visited in a year ..empty ..not one or two but 8 out of 14 ..last year we picked our crays out of the mass this year was lucky to see a couple in the same spot
I only kept the lads one and filleted it the next day.....it was excellent not mushy at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by screamO
We treated them well but as discussed they quite often go mushy and shit immediately after spawn.
Perhaps lots of food(krill/squat lobster) around is the answer.....or are water temps in the bay down this summer so far?
Inner bay fishing this year was definitely late.....like a month to 6 weeks later than early years.
This Bloody Covid Shit has really " Ripped my Tit ".
I haven't been able to go back to the " Sounds " since last Christmas and it's wearing very thin .
Here is a pic of me after reading this thread ( that's dejection and annoyance ) , as you can see instead of Fishing out near the Chetwode's ( which I would normally have been doing since December until Feb , I'm fencing on my Property in 38 degree heat .
" Lucky Bastards " :)
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Guess the worst thing to say is ...more fishing !
You would not believe how much I would pay for some Blue Cod cooked on a driftwood fire on the beach , with white bread , so much butter it should be illegal and salt .
