Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Haven't posted for a while, & been caught up with relocating to the UK for the big OE. Gone a month & already getting withdrawals...

So here's a couple photos from my final sessions on the water before I left... Christmas morning, killer day in Wellington Harbour- snapper, kahawai, trevally, terikihi, blue cod all made their way to the boat, but after 5hrs no sign of the kingi I was really hoping for... That is until we were about to head home for Christmas lunch. Pulled in all the lines. Literally, as I reached for the last rod to pull that in as well, it bent right over & started screaming. Came in just shy of 10kg.


Landed some nice pannie snaps too.
Hit the same spot a week later & nabbed another nice kingi & a landed a bunch more kahawai.

Big day out on the boat. Blue water 20 km was clearest I've seen it . Seen around 30 kingies , landed 5 all just under Mate lost a real cracker that was on a mission to the bottom . No keepers but great fun all the same , weather was primo ended up out for 8 1/2 hrs

Originally Posted by Munsey

Big day out on the boat. Blue water 20 km was clearest I've seen it . Seen around 30 kingies , landed 5 all just under Mate lost a real cracker that was on a mission to the bottom . No keepers but great fun all the same , weather was primo ended up out for 8 1/2 hrs

Nice! Sat morning would have been great here but alas I was working....strong winds today.

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Mahimahi is yum

Only eaten it in Eggcentric café, and yes, I concur

Originally Posted by Munsey

No keepers but great fun all the same

Ain't fishing great like that? Any time on the water is better than being plonked on the couch.

Weathers good! Whos comming for a troll?

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Originally Posted by Gibo

Mahimahi is yum

I Fished Niue once spent 2 weeks there , the diving is out of this world its one big tropical aquarium clearest warmest waters iv ever seen you can see 100 meters , caught a few mahimahi they can fight got to be carful how you go about handling them on the boat ! very good eating ...haven't been back since the japs setup a tuna canning plant !. need some pic,s @Munsey

[QUOTE=veitnamcam;571151]Weathers good! Whos comming for a troll?

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Did you get out in the end?
I was already committed to helping my (only) neighbour with some firewood

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Weathers good! Whos comming for a troll?

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Did you get out in the end?
I was already committed to helping my (only) neighbour with some firewood

Yep

Exelent weather.
Kings on sounder.
One Kahawai.

Oh well beats listening to shortland st.

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Had a good time in the Tauranga One base this year. Plenty of marlin seen by us but not hooked. Did some miles - Tauranga - Mayor - Rangas - White - Waihau and back the same way.
Dropped a nice Shortbill on the trace (my crimp failed ) But got into a huge school of Mahi

[QUOTE=Gibo;571375]Had a good time in the Tauranga One base this year.
Dropped a nice Shortbill on the trace (my crimp failed )

Hang on a minete!!

Were you or were you not? the bloke given our South Island fishing guru @veitnamcam a bollcking about using clips??! And you sir had a crimp fail that you put on

I'm glad your coming south so we can teach you how to use clips properly

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Originally Posted by Gibo

Had a good time in the Tauranga One base this year.
Dropped a nice Shortbill on the trace (my crimp failed )

Hang on a minete!!

Were you or were you not? the bloke given our South Island fishing guru @veitnamcam a bollcking about using clips??! And you sir had a crimp fail that you put on

I'm glad your coming south so we can teach you how to use clips properly

Ha ha ha

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Sundays boating , midday around 18 ks off heads . Wish this was the norm

Also last night approaching the lead lights to the cut @ 20knots I noted lights of civilisation turning off and on again in a horizontal motion and thought WTF that has to be a big boat with no fucken Nav lights!
Honestly if I had the bimini up and clears in I doubt I would have seen him until in collision range.

It was a white/cream(despite the colour it was invisible with the lights from shore) displacement powerboat around 10-15m long doing around 8-12 knt with no lighting of any kind.....not even a glow from the wheel house.

I spos it is possible they had lost all electrics but fuck turn a torch or headlamp on on the rear deck, or a glowstick,or a fucken flare but dont enter the cut with two other vessels and no bloody lights!