So what is everyone's favourite techniques for catching sea fish?
Maybe type of fish, general sea state, and pics &/or of rig. Reels and rod details to.....
Any tips too :)
oh and spot X GPS coordinates to :)
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So what is everyone's favourite techniques for catching sea fish?
Maybe type of fish, general sea state, and pics &/or of rig. Reels and rod details to.....
Any tips too :)
oh and spot X GPS coordinates to :)
Throw rods away and get in with speargun
Love fishing lures, hard and soft. Too impatient for bait most of the time.
I am too impatient for lures !Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
I use rods,nets,longlines,pots to target varing species threwout the whole year......I maybe some kind of saddist but I kinda even like scraping the frost off of the windscreen in the dark to go set a flounder net in the early hours.
I haven't put a bait on a hook for nearly 5 years and the Mrs is sick to death of eating fish. Softies and jigs all the way :thumbsup:
Northland snapper/kingfish/trevally/kahawai/john dory.
You too huh....I give most of mine away and still get complaints.Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
The only request I get when I go fishing is don't bring any more bloody fish home! I have agreed to eating fish only 4 nights a week now, so she is happy with that!
Worms
Tried dam near every flash harry idea...gone full circle to burley bait and tide. Back to tieing my own rigs and gone basic as. Two hook ledger rig for snapper , single hook for cod! And as @longrange308 said get wet and hunt them!
I love the sea , every day is differnt ,and completely unforgiving mistress!
The only thing I do now is try everywhere deep , shallow , points and right in the back of bays...VC has taught me a lot and for that I will be for ever greatful!
Tried dam near every flash harry idea...gone full circle to burley bait and tide. Back to tieing my own rigs and gone basic as. Two hook ledger rig for snapper , single hook for cod! And as @longrange308 said get wet and hunt them!
I love the sea , every day is differnt ,and completely unforgiving mistress!
The only thing I do now is try everywhere deep , shallow , points and right in the back of bays...VC has taught me a lot and for that I will be for ever greatful!
Yep, soft bait and jigs is all I use now, have to carry so much less gear.Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
I think the thing I like most is that it is active fishing, you can feel what you are doing with the lure when you get the hit and it’s really interactive and I find it more exciting than bait.
Don’t think I will ever go back to bait, would rather head home if nothing biting than try bait!
OK, so for this soft bait stuff. What rod, reel and braid are people using or recommend?
I've only used them once on a charter, bloody good gear (read bloody expensive), but before I get that level, I'd like to get a rod and reel around $300 to give it a bash
As you know Spud, I fish from a jetski (and previously from a kayak). Bait fishing from these small vessels is just not pleasant. As you say, I'd rather not catch than resort to bait, but we're lucky, "not catching" rarely happens in our part of the world. I've done a few head-to-heads with bait fishing buddies and always come out on top. Northland snapper just love those artificials, maybe it's something to do with higher water temperatures? Fishing for 2 hours this morning, 6 legal snapper caught, 4 kept. 5 on microjigs, 1 on softbait.
There is certainly some difference between north and south fish and there preferences, I have given artificials a pretty good bash and the ONLY snapper I have ever caught on one(120grm fanky) was in nearly 100m of water of the top of Durvil island so nearly the north island ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
There are a few people down here who use them exclusively but very few indeed.
Here at least I find anything be it jig soft bait or just a bit of rag will catch a blue cod or kahawai when they are on the bite,gurnard also like softys and slow jigs, barracuda will take anything you throw at them but I have not heard of anyone out-catching bait yet unless chasing kings.
Im looking forward to next weekend and maybe @Shearer will show us southys how good the artificial are.
Cant beat a torpedo
In my experience it can be hard going around Aukers with artificials. I think it might be the sediment and/or current. Go out a bit further and they will work but I have still found bait to generally be better. Saying that jigs have worked OK further out at times, gurnard seem to like the shimano lucanis jigs. However most of the snapper I have caught in the last few years (and kingi) have been on a small jig rod with braid and bait. Cheating? most of my fishing has been off charters so the first to the bottom is often the first in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
The fancy soft bait rods are nice but the cheaper ones are often OK if you get a decent reel. Soft bait reels take a hammering. I have a bit of gear you can try out... It mostly sit's round at the moment.
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Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Funnily enough mate, my Mrs was talking about moving to Nelson. The hunting would be so much better, but in all fairness, I think the fishing would ahem, different :)
Certainly different....with the ski you would have the speed and ability to launch to get in and out fishing some great spots during weather windows....but yes not comparable to the fishing up north.Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBoosh
Gee thank's Cam. No pressure eh.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I have caught a couple of snapper off the rocks down here on hard lures thought.
Hopefully the fishing will improve a bit over the next couple of weeks. Even you have been doing it hard lately eh?
I found this worked well for me at the time, and in fact pretty much everywhere too
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Yea a little.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
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That’s one step away from buying fish from the supermarket [emoji14]Quote:
Originally Posted by nelpop
Yeah, but it’s the rod that gives you the feel, I like a rod made from at least an IM7 graphite blank, IM8 is even better but the downside is that it becomes very fragile, I have broken 3 in the past few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300CALMAN
Cheaper rods I find too whippy and seem to bend along their entirety instead of progressively, they lack feedback but can still work, just not as nice to use.
I fish with a baitcaster so I like a 6’ 6” rod but with a short butt, not with the reel halfway up the rod like most of the ones that are available.
With baitcasters you get what you pay for, a shimano curado is the minimum I would go, the cheaper ones don’t seem to last.
I know sfa about egg beaters...
I suppose softbait setups are a similar thing to scopes.
Yep, a vortex diamondback/bushnell trophy will work fine and probably be quite accurate, but once you have used high end optics you will never want to go back to entry level.
They are just that much nicer to use.
But no drama buying a cheaper setup to see if it works for you before upgrading.
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Originally Posted by Spudattack
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Beaker, this is a good deal.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
https://www.burnsco.co.nz/shop/fishi...ci4-4000-combo
Just note that it would be ideal for heavier end of sofbating. Depending on what you want it for, it might be worth asking if you can downgrade the reel to a 2500 and the rod to the 3-6 kg version. The 2500/3-6kg is my got to go softbaiting outfit and it's bloody awesome!
I hear ya - buy once cry twice etc...Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
However I am expecting some rough barstards fishing with me, so I'll save the good one for me :)
Good plan.....I nearly shit myself when a kid I had taken out almost lost my over 500 buck jigging combo over the side when two big kahawai smashed the flasher rig at once!.....Burnsco had a special on 50 bucks rod real and spooled with rubber band. I bought it and put 20p braid on it which doubled its cost but its caught some good fish so far and I wont cry like a baby if it goes OB or gets stood on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
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Oh yeah and kids will be fishing with me to :)Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Oh yeah and kids will be fishing with me to :)Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I ordered a couple of these for the yak. Went for the 2.1m baitcasting rod. Unfortunately they sent spin rods. Figured they would pack small enough to go in a secured bag and less likely to get lost going turtle. Cheap enough that I wont cry if I loose them.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Lixa...311.0.0.ZjveCh
Will try a couple of cheap overhead reels to start with.
I bought one of these for my Aussie trip last year
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3280...803663665.html
Blown away by the quality, IM7 graphite, Fuji guides and reel seat, slightly longer than I would like but really good value!
Yip. Same one. Only I opted for the cork handles. The finish is right up there and it feels so nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Swim to the bottom. Shoot them in the face.
I think some typeso of favorite fishing techniques are hand-gathering, spearfishing, netting, angling and trapping
