Thread: Albacore South Island

Id do more research bro, they are in our waters year round. Up here we have a alby comp mid winter

Originally Posted by Gibo

Id do more research bro, they are in our waters year round. Up here we have a alby comp mid winter

F@&kers ! . East or west coast ? They probably on our west coast but limited acess . 3 notorious bars to cross or its a massive 8 or more hours hast or same north west nelson .

Originally Posted by Munsey

Nice to know they good eating , hate to put my heart and sole ( and 300 lts fuel) into catching them and find out tast like arse . A bit of waiting as sounds like mid to late summer they on . @mikee @vietnamcam when do they frequent your bay ?

Yep, late Dec, Early jan thru end Feb if the water temp stays up, off Okiwi Bay, Western Side Durville and also off Able tasman. I know a few guys who actively target them

Originally Posted by Munsey

F@&kers ! . East or west coast ? They probably on our west coast but limited acess . 3 notorious bars to cross or its a massive 8 or more hours hast or same north west nelson .

East coast, i will add they are quite a bit further out in winter. Get them coming into the harbour in summer

My friends father is based in Hamilton , he's game fishing mad , he goes off both coasts . I know he smashes the skippys and albies just for bait . Hence my question on eating them . Bring on the global warming I say . 10 yrs time we may be marlin fishing from fiss boats out of ch ch

What temperature range do they like ?

Originally Posted by Munsey

My friends father is based in Hamilton , he's game fishing mad , he goes off both coasts . I know he smashes the skippys and albies just for bait . Hence my question on eating them . Bring on the global warming I say . 10 yrs time we may be marlin fishing from fiss boats out of ch ch

Amen to that, I always wanted a beach front property and with global warming I wont have to move to get one

Half of Ch ch had beach front sections but it took a massive earthquake to turn our yards into beaches . Wouldn't want to fish or swim in it .

18 degrees @Munsey it the cut off / start line. Blue water ...we hunted them of Greymouth this year.. You need a big bin of ice bleed , then chuck em in an ice slurry.. We didn't have enough and ruined a lot of bloody good fish to be honest... We chased them off okiwi a couple of times last year ... I would spend the $ on a coast trip if you really want to catch one .. Top of the South is a real gamble or a fuel burning trip for limited number of fish.

mid to late summer in tasman bay