Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Gibo

Great variety. Is that a spanish mackerel?

Yes. We went out to 80 meters to try for a variety and then into 30 metres for the snaps and gurnard. The Trev won its section and so did the mackerel.

I don't go fishing and hunting comps much but the lads enjoy the rivalry.

went n fed the ducks around my maimai yesterday arvo..the Mrs n I trolled around lake for a couple of hours...3 browns n 3 rainbows all between 2-4lb got to come home for dinner with us.... awesome watching sun dip over the hills..then it got cold in a big hurry.
pleased to get home to the fire.

Blue Mackerel?

That is indeed a blue/slimy/pacific mackerel and they are #1 in our household. It's about the only thing that I get really excited about these days! You can only catch so many snapper and kingfish before it gets a little routine. I like to bleed and gut them just after catching (although the latter probably isn't necessary). They are an oily fish that go well on the BBQ or in a frying pan. Good for sashimi too.

I wish it was a spanish mackerel, but we are hundreds if not thousands of kilometres too far south for such a fine fish.

Son just said its a Mackerel when he landed it. He caught it jigging a soft bait. I smoked it.

We had a patchy day good Friday , we were cut to pieces by Southern sailfish ..they were attacking the swivel after they had taken the hook and sinker off your line it was nuts. We went heavy mono and even wire traced small jigs ... and still they cut us off lost more gear in three hours of fishing than I have all summer?
We did manage a great hit on the carrots when the tide was pushing hard and we were well away from structure ...no spikies and the crays are not grouping up yet so we may enjoy another month of reasonable fishing ...but the dark times are coming!

Originally Posted by stingray

We had a patchy day good Friday , we were cut to pieces by Southern sailfish ..they were attacking the swivel after they had taken the hook and sinker off your line it was nuts. We went heavy mono and even wire traced small jigs ... and still they cut us off lost more gear in three hours of fishing than I have all summer?
We did manage a great hit on the carrots when the tide was pushing hard and we were well away from structure ...no spikies and the crays are not grouping up yet so we may enjoy another month of reasonable fishing ...but the dark times are coming!

Stingray, you not using those gold coloured swivels again are you lol

Originally Posted by deer243

Stingray, you not using those gold coloured swivels again are you lol

No solid black this time ...sailfish were busting the surface chasing bait ...along side very large kawahi ..was epic but frustrating all at the same time!

A few nice wee snapper and a Terra out of Whanganui today. Had to go out 15km to find clean water... Massive pod of dolphins hunting hard too. Very cool to see.

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my old man told us about trout doing that years ago...they put split ring and hook on the swivel.....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

my old man told us about trout doing that years ago...they put split ring and hook on the swivel.....

Trout with razorblade teeth? Sheesh where is this?

Three hours at Delaware through the high for one Chinaman.
No other shitfish.Bit lumpy coming in with a 4.1 tide running out.

Awesome day out deep off Napier, filled up in an hour with puka, bass, trumpeter and Terra.

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