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Thats me and my boy.
We cannot even catch one in a stocked pond ffs.
Probably put the boy off of fresh water fishing for life wtf are we doing wrong?
I went and bought this gear.
The bait nuggets were recommended.
Hooks were the smallest I could find at burnsco.
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You need to spend a couple of grand before you can even consider trying to catch Salmon VC. They are the elite of the fishy world ;)
Try and find some fishmeal based pellets at the pet shop. That will be the staple diet I am guessing,
What's the match for?
To light the fire to cook the fish that wasn't caught:sick:Quote:
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That may be the case in the land of POMME Pengy but here in gods own country everyone is equal. Of course VC and I are more equal than you. Ha ha ha haQuote:
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If everyone is so equal, why do we need stocked ponds ?
That should get a bite or two :P
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The ponds are bait only no lures,fish attractants,burly etc
The match is for scale so you experts can advise on the hook being to big/small/wrong shape/wrong colour/wrong price etc.
When the other people got fucked off with not catching fish and went home I may or may not have had a pocket full of salmon feed pellets that produced fish but altho the float would go under with a take on many occasions not one hookup.
You need a quill float.
Link me up and how will whatever that is help?Quote:
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I think the big pond you can use lures, They have been fished quite hard lately we have seen people fishing most nights lately.
Best to take him out one evening, take ya dogs for a run too. There are some bigger fish (5-9lbs) in the main pond too
I have smaller hooks here if you want some to try?
Because they are a pest species not native to NZ?Quote:
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I cant take my dogs Mikee I cant take them anywhere, they can barely walk from outside to inside....literally Zac has all but lost control of his back wheels and bowls.Quote:
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Do you want to take him?(the boy not the dog) be better learning from a Salmon pro.
Made from porcupine quills. When the fish takes the bait the quill stands up an is pulled under water with very little resistance. Great for any timid biting fish, Piper especially.Quote:
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Ahh....so it should be more like a saltwater strayline setup where the fish can take the bait and swallow it with little resistance?Quote:
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I thought the float was an indicator to strike?
Either way striking or not had the same results :D
Who the f..k fishes in a pond...there's ya problem straight away..bloody mainlanders 😜
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That is Trout you are thinking of. Pesky bloody introduced species ;)Quote:
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Don't most people fish for a few years before they catch a salmon in Canterbury waters?
I have never fished them, but believe they will happily swim past a nice hook and set up for the hell of it
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I would suggest a father off spring bonding session of making black powder and toilet role tubes wrapped with solid stuff (or maybe steel pipe etc) and fuses made from aquarium tube etc..... then salmon float to the top....
Just a thought..... :)
Yea it is tempting alright.Quote:
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You are an enterprising young fellah Beaker, I'll give you that.Quote:
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Maybe some misspent youth in there too..... :)Quote:
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My Grandad used to tell us storeys of when he was in the marines one of them was throwing grenades off of a warf in Indonesia once the fish started floating all the locals would jump in & grab them :)Quote:
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Least you gave it a try VC. If you and your boy come back to the North Island at any stage I reckon @bomber and I could hook him up on a trout.
I call bullshit on the floating dead fish with explosives:ORLY: The ones I have seen have all sunk.
We will give it one more go in the morning when I am guessing they should be hungry.
Were any others catching any? Was their set up same?
No they hadn't caught anything and were using lures in all the ponds when they are only to be used in one of them, that much weed I would have thought a lure would be a complete waste of time....it was bad enough with the float rig.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Having been down to the ponds on tonights dog walk I have to say I don't think "you" were the reason you caught no fish.
The ponds are very low, full of weed and the water temp is rather warm. Very early morning or very late evening you might have a small chance. No one fishing tonight had caught anything either.
Hope that makes you feel better!!
When I did it with gadgette#3 down here a couple of years ago we used shrimp on the hook (about the same size hook as shrimp) and a clear float half filled with water so yo had some weight. Seemed to work. I could hear the excitement from the other side of the pond when she finally hooked up. I spent most of my time untangling lines, baiting hooks and netting fish for the rest of the school mates.
Righto got out there this morning and could see a school circleing.
With no wind on the water I could see them come and look at the bait and shy away from it.
I thought mabey the red hook or the trace was putting them off so I went to tie a longer trace but could only find a bigger red hook.
Made it about twice as long so closer to the bottom and out of the light a bit more and boom we were on[emoji106]
I think the larger more circle style hook made all the difference as we had plenty of takes last time but zero hook ups.
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Good job! :cool:
I still have some course fishing gear around somewhere, most of which would suit this type of sport. Will dig it out for you.
Good work!:cool:
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