Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Pink has always been a good color
Nice fish, and photos @Pengy
Good to see !!

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Pink has always been a good color
Nice fish, and photos @Pengy
Good to see !!

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I wish I could say they were caught by my goodself, but alas, no.
I gifted the lure to a young fella as payment for tying me an FG knot

Look at those photos closely …they look like baited lures …not saying that there is anything wrong with that …but I’m still backing burley and bait in Tasman bay!

Got a nice 15pound snap out in rangi channel on Saturday morning .biggest fish I've caught the in like 20 plus years .was awesome . Biggest for the new stabi aswell atm

A few keen souls ventured out into the mud this evening after work.
There was rather a decent and fresh breeze in the estuary tonight. Bins were blown away, chilly bins lids went AWOL, hats and caps were retrieved.
A couple of quick drags saw a reasonable number of victims on the sand. A Stingray made itself known on the second drag, quickly and relatively easily released without the loss of any tasty morsels.
The turn of the tide and we made haste to get the net back into the incoming tide, a few hits and a few flounder jumping over the net in the shallows. A decent soak and we dragged the net back onto dry land, Stingray number two in tow. a quick untangle and the last couple of flatties retrieved from the net.
The wind chill had started to take its toll on a team member so a quick yarn before car heaters were cranked to hot and we trundled off hone.
Tea tonight was very simple, very tasty but.
My only complaint, that was duly ignored, was that after 8-10 months of drag netting, I now have a hole in my net.
Good times.




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Thanks @ROKTOY another successful outing, the stingray season has arrived with old stinker turning up in the drag twice, but s/he was particularly relaxed about the whole evenings events, we didn’t even manage to loose the two large flats keeping him/her at the bottom of the trawl.

Yes we holed Roktoys net . But as @veitnancam says the more holes in the net , the better it catch’s …going by that the bugger will be unstoppable now!

A wonderful evening of yarns and laughter and some delicious flats! What a wonderful life we live!

Tough life this we dog has

Originally Posted by stingray

Look at those photos closely …they look like baited lures …not saying that there is anything wrong with that …but I’m still backing burley and bait in Tasman bay!

In my humble opinion, if you really want to catch fish, baited lures are the way to go. Best of both worlds. You'll pick up fish that want to feed and those whose predatory instincts are triggered, plus those that are curious or pissed off with the "alien" visiting their home.

Maybe not tomorrow...but fishing NZ by Friday!!

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Maybe not tomorrow...but fishing NZ by Friday!!
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Very good. Have you got a plan yet?

Monday morning is looking good for us Joe

Originally Posted by MB

Very good. Have you got a plan yet?

Always.
Spend 22 hours traveling to NZ, sleep a bit, buy fishing license, get some poor sucker to take me fishing Monday morning, travel the land warning the good people of NZ that we (me and 3 cute ladies) will be moving there in 2023, cast in to any legal water I deem fit for a fish, visit with folks we see/meet, visit with the NZ hunting/shooting people I've been talking to for almost a year...other than that, no real plans

PS: It's all your fault that we're still planning on moving there...in the past year I've spoken to or emailed or zoom called with 20 people from NZ and they have been the 20 nicest, most positive, most accommodating, open folks I've ever met in my life.

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Always.
Spend 22 hours traveling to NZ, sleep a bit, buy fishing license, get some poor sucker to take me fishing Monday morning, travel the land warning the good people of NZ that we (me and 3 cute ladies) will be moving there in 2023, cast in to any legal water I deem fit for a fish, visit with folks we see/meet, visit with the NZ hunting/shooting people I've been talking to for almost a year...other than that, no real plans

PS: It's all your fault that we're still planning on moving there...in the past year I've spoken to or emailed or zoom called with 20 people from NZ and they have been the 20 nicest, most positive, most accommodating, open folks I've ever met in my life.

If you're in auckland, let me know, and might be able to take you out for a snapper fish (maybe kingies, but I'm shit at targeting them....)

Well if you are around the top of the south, feel free to get in touch and maybe meet up for a beer/fish/hunt or whatever.