Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Kukuwai , are those big snapper good to eat? Not too tough? How do you cook them?


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@Dicko
Yep good to eat, no not too tough, just fillet like normal cook in flour and egg.
I also smoked the wings, frame and belly flaps, got heaps of meat off those which will make fish pie
Even kept the head as have a mate who loves to boil them up !!

Originally Posted by kukuwai

The view in the front of my 1410 thismorning was looking primo.
Only one fish but the average weight was good
26.5 Lb
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Did you catch it on a rod or the long line?

@Shearer long line mate in 10m of h2o
I wish It had been on the rod, I got one this time last year on my rod that went 28lb and they put up one hell of a fight when that size.
Even tho today as soon as I got a hand on the long line back bone I could feel the big head shakes its not quite the same.
Still pretty bloody exciting tho !!

Originally Posted by kukuwai

@Shearer long line mate in 10m of h2o
I wish It had been on the rod, I got one this time last year on my rod that went 28lb and they put up one hell of a fight when that size.
Even tho today as soon as I got a hand on the long line back bone I could feel the big head shakes its not quite the same.
Still pretty bloody exciting tho !!

Last Monday my cousin got a 31-33pounder(two lots of scales one said 31 the other 33) in 7m in front of Rabbit.....the only fish he caught...just a lone moocher.
he caught it on a small bit of kahawai fillet....three rods and burly pot out he did well to land it by himself I recon
He has had a cast taken to get a mount made

Originally Posted by kukuwai

@Dicko
Yep good to eat, no not too tough, just fillet like normal cook in flour and egg.
I also smoked the wings, frame and belly flaps, got heaps of meat off those which will make fish pie
Even kept the head as have a mate who loves to boil them up !!

Smoke the head too, give it twice as long as the wings.....I have only recently started to do this and honestly it is the best meat of the whole fish but only worth fing around with on 10pounders plus imo.

Big thanks for the company and the fishing at that little piece of paradise known as Okiwi bay. VC, you and the lad are amazingly keen, to say the least.

Some of the fruits of Stingrays efforts

Boys weekend. 4 blokes. Bach north of wangerai (spelling , these north islanders make it........difficult). Beach on the front door - the pic is from when I opened the front door with a coffee in hand, of 2 of the guys that wanted the early spot.

This was really convenient, and produced, but the main area was around to the right of the rocks on the right (South).
No pics of that, as I went on stealth for the 3 days of fishing (I left the phone / camera in the room - tech free day's! - strange, but bloody good.) But fuck, the cliff to climb down / up, epic. And my thighs are reminding me of it......
The fishing was average. The others had been before and had a high fish count. However a great weekend away with some gc's, and a good few feeds for all of us.

Kukuwai, thanks for the feedback. I caught a decent one ~ 20 lb, and found it tough. I think i should have skinned the fillets or steamed it in foil. . Do you knock the skin off the fillets before frying them up to stop them rolling up ....

Bugger all to add, weather was fantastic , fishing Saturday was good ...sight fishing cod in 10 foot of water was a laugh grown men yelling at the small cod to bugger off and yanking there lines away waiting for the big boys to come out of the weed. Got wet along with my nephews which was really neat ( reckon at least one is on the hunt for a wetsuit now) ..managed to grab a cray and one more that was still soft.

Sunday was even better weather wise but the short bloke and I found the fishing sharkie ( spikies , gumboots / chinamen aka carpet sharks by a the dozens and a small grey boy) oh and the one gurnard that didn't make it to VC's line. Cod we're picking rather that gulping baits. Kawahi were about but were spooky as hell the sounded as soon as you approached them, the cod were full of plankton, guts bulging spewing it all over you when lifted aboard.

Water is warm and full of plankton along with baitfish and penguins. Fantastic weekend with some bloody wonderful company! Cheers guys.
You have seen the rest so here's one of Faye pointing us the way home.

30 degrees here already, gentle north Easter blowing, off to try catch my first Barramundi.

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didn't fish tide and forecast against me. Drank a bit if that counts

Been real quiet at work , so most of our contractors are working down south , Im under the pump up in Ch Ch , Got an invite to go out wide with a mate . Reluctantly had to turn it down , & of course the kicked arse best days fishing ever they said FFS Gutted

Originally Posted by Munsey

Been real quiet at work , so most of our contractors are working down south , Im under the pump up in Ch Ch , Got an invite to go out wide with a mate . Reluctantly had to turn it down , & of course the kicked arse best days fishing ever they said FFS Gutted

Always the way is it not?

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Weather gods played the game so got out for the first swim since feb


Got a good feed for the weekend