Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Beaker

Because I haven't done this yet.....

And being law abiding, I grabbed the the other shotgun. I am now speeding up fixing the versamax.


Now just to find fish......

Oh. I was worried you were going to hand it in.

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Bugger you've heard! Yip they are killing fish on lures up at Stephens ...seen photos of some very very solid fish ...heard they were caught on Jerk baits not sure if that was the name of the lure or the fisherman?



Yes I'm jealous , we are in the middle of shark city..no scallops and a feeling of gloom ...hope the fishery can handle the pressure it's getting!

Originally Posted by R93

Oh. I was worried you were going to hand it in.

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I took off the extension, and thought I would just swap the end caps, cut the spring...... but no, different threads... barstads .....

Does anyone have a standard versa Max Mag end cap for sale?

Also GPS coordinates for 40 to 50 cm snapper around Auckland

I had to buy another end cap. Should have told you.
Was 40 bucks before the bird season opened.

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Originally Posted by Beaker

Also GPS coordinates for 40 to 50 cm snapper around Auckland

Arnt they like absolutely everywhere up there?

All the fishing shows talk of snapper moving into the shallows in winter so thats where I would be looking. Funny tho how our snapper down here do the complete opposite and head deep for winter.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Arnt they like absolutely everywhere up there?

All the fishing shows talk of snapper moving into the shallows in winter so thats where I would be looking. Funny tho how our snapper down here do the complete opposite and head deep for winter.

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A lot of ours do too, in the Bay anyway.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Arnt they like absolutely everywhere up there?

All the fishing shows talk of snapper moving into the shallows in winter so thats where I would be looking. Funny tho how our snapper down here do the complete opposite and head deep for winter.

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Yesterday, there would have been 200 plus boats fishing that we saw. Both in close and out a bit (we did a few miles...), but didnt see many pulling in fish. Spoke to 3 and they all said fishing was hard. Skip back 3 months and you only needed 1-2 hours and keeping 40-45cm ones.

Have been told 30-40m mark is where they are. Who knows, I think everyone has a opinion and they are all correct on certain days

yeah heaps of boats out yesterday heaps fishing in odd places.... find structure or tight contour lines and the snapper will be there fish the last 2 hours of an out going tide and you'll have no problems.. new boat went good too the new Suzuki 30hp goes real hard !

Originally Posted by Blisters

Attachment 114934Attachment 114935 yeah heaps of boats out yesterday heaps fishing in odd places.... find structure or tight contour lines and the snapper will be there fish the last 2 hours of an out going tide and you'll have no problems.. new boat went good too the new Suzuki 30hp goes real hard !

Show off prick!

I had a sw420 with a 50HP Merc, went like a cut cat. Good boats.

last day of the Trout season and no fish

You may not be catching any but I cannot believe that there aren’t any there.

Thats a bugger GA.
Still better than working tho I bet.

Got out yesterday to give the new old 15hp a run and tune after some clean up and fix up work on it during the week. Immediately after start one of the plugs died so I shot home and got some more plugs and swapped them out....should have got new plugs but hadn't quite got there yet.
Went and set in a completely new area in order to give the motor a decent run with fresh fuel and get it tuned.


Flounder dog was suspicious and pointing to another channel but alas I thought I knew better and set in this one.



I was rewarded with a net full of weed and barstard rock oyster shells and one river flounder.



At least the motor was a success, once idle and idle mix was sorted she starts and runs like a clock.... pretty good for a 38y old motor.



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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Got out yesterday to give the new old 15hp a run and tune after some clean up and fix up work on it during the week. Immediately after start one of the plugs died so I shot home and got some more plugs and swapped them out....should have got new plugs but hadn't quite got there yet.
Went and set in a completely new area in order to give the motor a decent run with fresh fuel and get it tuned.


Flounder dog was suspicious and pointing to another channel but alas I thought I knew better and set in this one.



I was rewarded with a net full of weed and barstard rock oyster shells and one river flounder.



At least the motor was a success, once idle and idle mix was sorted she starts and runs like a clock.... pretty good for a 38y old motor.



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I’m down later in the year, your taking me floundering...pleaseLovely spot you got there, paradise.


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Surething, tho by October I am usually trying to catch the early snapper.