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Been reading up on albies and sounds like can catch them off kaiks and even canterbury bays . Obviously in blue water . Firstly anyone chase them down here and secondly are the eatable , I'm reading they got heaps of mercury ? . I'm reading they easy to catch when you do get on to them .
Beautiful eating, supposed to be chicken of the sea. But to me it doesn't taste like chicken, more like fish.
They are great eating and are mainly what you get in tinned tuna anyway.
I chase them off Haast in Jan-Feb
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Mostly Skippy in tinned tuna isn't it?
Either way, great fun to catch. @Munsey. Find a likely spot and troll that lure I left on your boat in Kaiks. Around 6 knots should do it
Caught them off California using live bait....great fun, was absolutely knackered after landing the 5th one.....great eating...go for it!
Plenty of Tuna round here at the moment. Trolling wont do you much good as its already on its way to the cannery :)
I really like the Yellowfin Chilli Tuna from these guys
SolTuna | Taste the Difference
Munsey , cubed battered and dipped in sweet chilli!!! Good to go! On ice or in slurry straight away they go off real quick.
@Scouser we use them as live bait ;)
@Scouser we use them as live bait ;)[/QUOTE]
Jeese Gibo....what on?????:wtfsmilie:
Jeese Gibo....what on?????:wtfsmilie:[/QUOTE]Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouser
Marlin?
Had some on toast for my brekky today:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Well there will be some in my bags for the trip home too I think :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
When is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Sometime between now and Saturday, depending on whether or not the parts I am waiting for show up. Have a seatrial tonight to check a sonarQuote:
Originally Posted by Pengy
Yip marlin, skippy is much better though.
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 ?
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 .Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
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 themQuote:
Originally Posted by Munsey
East coast, i will add they are quite a bit further out in winter. Get them coming into the harbour in summer :wtfsmilie:Quote:
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
What temperature range do they like ?
Amen to that, I always wanted a beach front property and with global warming I wont have to move to get one :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Munsey
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