Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by stingray

Got to okiwi with VC, down to pass early jigged stickbaited, nothing! Few other boats doing the same didn't see any action either! Pass started running hard making jigging near imposssible, so set hook lines one off a handy beach other on the sand bar.

Tried for cod and watch a commercial cod potter do the same, we lucked out just shorts and more shorts from shallow to deep, back to the pass jigged some more , still nothing! Pulled hook lines bit of luck with a pannie and reasonable 7 lb fish.

Headed up coast dived VC's new hot spot fished out a handful of very nice crays, still a couple of softies about along with some still to shead. Tried for cod again same same shorts. Hit carrot patch snagged a couple tide ran out sharks turned up and chew the hell of my burley pot. Tide pushed sharks stayed ..home time!

Bit of a side note, saw well over 100 gannets feeding and resting up the coast, the would have covered over a k of water, ran up and marked a huge school of bait about 15 foot deep and 100 of meters around, nothing pushing them to the surface but the were holding below the surface even whist being bombed by the gannets. Drifted over it no kaiwhai kings couta hitting lines no snapper below either! Maybe everyone was stuffed full ? Interesting to see all the same!

Thanks again VC for the humour and yarns and sharing ideas and knowledge big ups mate!

Awesome weather....was a shame to come home early.

Big thanks again Joe!

@veitnamcam ...lost GPS found ...located in Blakes ( my sons ) pocket!

So how many of our cray spots did he dive??? ......none the sneaky / silly young bugger left it at the batch on his beside table....

Writing down my co -ordinates in a book of holey ness right now. Was a close call, thought I might have lost 8 years of marks!

Went out from Manu Bay this morning.
Was a bit choppy so we couldn't get out as far as we would have liked to.
Was pretty slow fishing by Raglan standards but ended up with a good feed.
Highlight was Oliver catching his PB. We were drifting though a work up of kahawai and Gannets.
7 kgs it weighed in at. 15 and a half pound in old money.����

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Went out from Manu Bay this morning.
Was a bit choppy so we couldn't get out as far as we would have liked to.
Was pretty slow fishing by Raglan standards but ended up with a good feed.
Highlight was Oliver catching his PB. We were drifting though a work up of kahawai and Gannets.
7 kgs it weighed in at. 15 and a half pound in old money.����
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Well done that lad and his Dad

That is a beast, short and fat as! What a beaut fish!

Girlfriend and myself are off to blenhiem early in the morning for a serious rig and moki fish.
Just been down the beach and within 15 mins nearly fulled a bucket of paddle crabs. Might be too much bait lol but with a few prawns as well see how the 3 surfcasters go.
Pictures tomorrow night!

Originally Posted by deer243

Girlfriend and myself are off to blenhiem early in the morning for a serious rig and moki fish.
Just been down the beach and within 15 mins nearly fulled a bucket of paddle crabs. Might be too much bait lol but with a few prawns as well see how the 3 surfcasters go.
Pictures tomorrow night!

Good luck!

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Originally Posted by deer243

Girlfriend and myself are off to blenhiem early in the morning for a serious rig and moki fish.
Just been down the beach and within 15 mins nearly fulled a bucket of paddle crabs. Might be too much bait lol but with a few prawns as well see how the 3 surfcasters go.
Pictures tomorrow night!

Do you guys get elephants up there cause you have the bait for them.About to start season 3 of trying to catch them off Waimate coast ,got to get one this summer ,I think it will be overwhelming went it finally happens .

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Nice fish.

Well, it was a mint day. No much wind, got hot and could of sat on the beach all day. Fishing wasnt the best thou, prob the least action ive seen there.
Girlfriend first caught a Red Cod, then a hour later the middle rod screamed off and hooked a rig.Ended up double hookup, prob around the same size but she lost her one and i landed mine.

Quite a while later the rod got pulled out of the holder, line peeling of it. Handed to the GF and she landed the second rig. Got a skate and that was about it.

Worst its been there but two rig and one lost still was ok, got a feed and the day was mint!
Released a dozen young rig from the two..All swim away ok so that was good.

I generally always have a spot or two available on my boat if anyone keen. Kapiti Coast, 7.2M Mclay cruiser. Mainly target terakihi and groper in the deeper water, snapper in the summer

I’m starting to get agitated now. All the good weather has coincided with me being at work. Even the wife is saying you NEED to go fishing. Very envious of all your photos!

Originally Posted by MB

I’m starting to get agitated now. All the good weather has coincided with me being at work. Even the wife is saying you NEED to go fishing. Very envious of all your photos!

I know that feeling well.
Its the start of the snapper season here and the fish are fat as... and I just had shoulder surgery so I am going to know it all to well in a few weeks time!

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I spent a few days up the Coromandel years ago. We were targeting kingies off the rocks. Saturday there were kings and bait everywhere, Sunday, not a sign of anything. Conditions were the same and we fished most of the day both days. That's fishing....

Originally Posted by Shearer

I spent a few days up the Coromandel years ago. We were targeting kingies off the rocks. Saturday there were kings and bait everywhere, Sunday, not a sign of anything. Conditions were the same and we fished most of the day both days. That's fishing....

I agree, thats fishing........

But having fished the West Coast off the Kaipara for over 45 years and have the same thing happen every year during spawning season and noted the effect that the trawlers have, I dont think 'Thats Fishing' has a lot to do with it...............

Just my opinion. YMMV

(Meant to add in my OP that the trawlers have been hammering the area for the last 5-6 days........)