Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Stopped a took a photo of this sign today, just incase any of you local fellas are interested.

Should be a few decent snaps around by then



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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Stopped a took a photo of this sign today, just incase any of you local fellas are interested.

Should be a few decent snaps around by then



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I should probably give that a crack......can ya remember what was average weight last time for snapper?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I should probably give that a crack......can ya remember what was average weight last time for snapper?

No I can't Cam, but I reckon i might give it a crack too as most likely will be fishing anyway. Just need to check if the misses has any plans that weekend

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Great couple of days down okiwi with @stingray and family.
Snorkeling trip for me and the boy with fishing posted very second, sat was good tried spot one nice weedy shallow rocks looking for butters.....glimpsed one but it vanished, hung a burly off the boat...shot a yellow eyed mullet out of a school of probably 100 under the boat.....bit later Garfish in burly trail.
Been a while since either me or my son had been in the water and it took a while to get comfortable again, sort leaking masks and stretch the lungs.
Spot two....marked a big rock on sounder anchored up off it and went for a look.
Bit of a swim round and a few dives.... finally getting comfortable.....breath holds still shit but comfortable and getting down having a look and coming up without panicking for air.
Found a big cray...out and grabable...well if you knew what you are doing and I don't....Did 3-4 more dives without getting too close to it to make sure I knew exactly where to dive and to not scare it off( vis was okish but easy to get lost on surface)
Tryed a few times to dive down at the same time with my son to get him to see it but he was struggling to get to the bottom.
Planned my attack, swam down side of rock till I could see his horns and half his body....grabbed and got horns but he slipped back before I had got a tight grip.....then I felt feelers and I let it go rather than rip them off.....he didn't go far back and I thought with a tank he would still be gettable so didn't disturb him anymore.
Up and out,Son had a few shots with spear gun but no connects yet....also needs to grow some mussels so he can load his own spear.
Picked up longline we had set shallow, one good gurnard,couple missing hooks and a Panni snapper head.
Headed out in the middle for a drift fish, slayed a few sharks cod and gurnard and headed back to the batch for clean up,a few fizzys a feed and the obligatory bullshit/shit slinging match��

I was very slack on the photos this trip

Out this morning, with the weather due to shit plan was to get Joe to dive big cray rock but as we went in there there was another boat with divers in the area...I am full of snot with a head cold and not getting in...wind came up and I just wasn't feeling it.
We bugged out and came home cleaned boat etc and got out of the way for Joe.
The cod bashers had done another good job boating a feed and we sat round in the sun for another round of heckling before I headed home.

Thanks very much for the hospitality Joe and Family
Always a good time.

Had a good day out from Coromandel on Sunday. No bait just jigs.

I can’t/ but do like that, spent money on jigs …again …couldn’t even get a sinker to the bottom without snakes taking them off. Battled all weekend with the shit fish , poor vis , known holes being empty , holes in my wetsuit.

Crew slaying big blue cod , gurnard whilst I rigged gear , got chewed up and chewed off.

Managed a pannie snapper only to be shamed be by the crew and chucked it back, along with any gurnard I boated. Foot long Greyboys and their larger brothers chewed were caught but gave my rigs arseholes . Then the spikes turned up on my side of the boat whilst the ladies continued to land gurnard ..

Pulled the pin , shared a beer with VC and my family , cheated at cards , went to bed woke to a howling wind and cleaned up and wandered home.


part two
home checked the tides …perfect for a afternoon flounder ..txtd the gang ( they knew it was an off day) …can’t make it….got a few others involved..headed out to find the tide was takin the piss , what should have being a perfect channel was holding water worse than a blocked sink….

wait wait wait … bugger it into the drink ..fishing a wide channel with @Pengy bless him taking the deep shallow side.

Did a drag a few small flats ..but not much of a clean out …back in a couple more flats …here’s the honey hole ….it’s a bust one keeper …fuck by now @ROKTOY has made an appearance..

we fished the reach of doom full of snags and sandbanks ..Well we hunted this part very carefully..hit a couple of absolute beautiful fish…but then in my wisdom to bag the net we missed the first push of the flood tide and all the lurkers were well on their way onto the sand flats and the fish able channels flooded before we could get set up.

lessons learnt each tide is different , but great company and willing hands are worth more than any fish caught , finally make sure you fishing in the burley trail !

Out with Dad and flounder dog this morning.

Not very low low tides and Dad just in waders limited our options a bit but it was nice and warm and good to be out.
Spot one a short drag for 3 nice flattys and lots of weed and sticks etc.
Cursory clean out and shift spots, fish but lots of weed as the tide started to flood, I cam in to clear the net before it got too heavy and bumped what must have been a fairly big stingray cos it bolted straight threw my legs, bashing both my shins hard enough to be a little bit tender even with the wetsuit on, it bowled me over cos I was tits deep and half floating but once I got my feet back on the bottom I was just glad it didn't stab me or I might have had to change my username to Stingray2.0
Got a feed and Dad and the dog had fun.

Nice one. Yeah the thought of stingrays always puts the shits up me when walking through the shallows.
I see ya training flounder dog to hunt land flounder, a cunning plan
Nice little kahawai was a bonus

Originally Posted by rugerman

Nice one. Yeah the thought of stingrays always puts the shits up me when walking through the shallows.
I see ya training flounder dog to hunt land flounder, a cunning plan
Nice little kahawai was a bonus

I make a habit of scuffing/dragging my feet with the theroy being I will bump one rather than stand right on top of it.....worked today

I so wish to cook those flounders into a cast iron pot with open fire, the soup will be milk white, and cook it more until the those bones and fins can melt in my mouth. Corn breads, garlic...and some lamb

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

I so wish to cook those flounders into a cast iron pot with open fire, the soup will be milk white, and cook it more until the those bones and fins can melt in my mouth. Corn breads, garlic...and some lamb

no no no thats not how to cook flounder - dry with paper towel - dip in flour - dip in egg - dip in bread crumbs - quick fry - cooked -eat one side then turn over yum yum yum

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

no no no thats not how to cook flounder - dry with paper towel - dip in flour - dip in egg - dip in bread crumbs - quick fry - cooked -eat one side then turn over yum yum yum

I can `t convince you with only words...someday next year, wild flounder is must, not those farmed.

Or fillet and fry skin down till crispy then just a minute on the other side.