Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Nice day on the briney with the kid.

Caught some fish.

Bloody well done everyone, okiwi blew , the really blew ,then was crazy shit , and back to blowing this morning! Got down coast , crays still carrying eggs. One cod two carrots and VC and my share of spikies! Cut down a tree so folks happy.Drank beer!

Young folk went to south side of pass surfcast off the beach and rocks three cod , brim , kawahi. Came home drank my beer yarned ate etc ..great weekend! Except for the bloody wind.

Couldnt be arsed with a early start today, almost didnt even go out but thought na I will regret it if I dont and it blows for the next week.

Out of Nelson way after sun up with my Son, Saturday went alright in 10m but I wanted to look deeper....over a meter of left over swell from last nights wind meant a slow punch out at 14 knt to avoid spinal surgery but the wind was good.
On the 20m chart line we dropped a longline then anchored up....Boy= gurnard first drop as usuall....I got a few on the slider/baku type thing but only small then the First mate started feeling a bit poorly
That is not like him at all and he is just starting to get keen so I thought fuck it we will pull the longline and go home rather than have him be sea sick as it was rather Up and Downy.

LL pulled to find one gurnard 20 odd spiky dogs and to my excitement a bloody big octopus wrapped around a spiky dog and it was eating it....I cut the trace and left him or her to it.

We bugged out and surfing our way back the first mate said he felt fine now and it must have been the kilo of cold left over chips he had for breakfast that made him feel crook

So went in close for another go on the outgoing tide. 10m spiky dogs.....6m red cod and spiky dogs.....fark it Im going home.

Ended up with a feed of gurnard for a 28NM trip(worked out how to reset the trip @mikee )

Awesome.
I have lost motivation for fishing (or boating general) spending all day every day on them does not help I guess.
I have 11 days left on the current WOF I wonder if I will use it this year, I did renew my Coastguard membership just in case I need help
Anyone want to buy a boat, really I need a smaller one now that I can handle on my own

Originally Posted by mikee

Awesome.
I have lost motivation for fishing (or boating general) spending all day every day on them does not help I guess.
I have 11 days left on the current WOF I wonder if I will use it this year, I did renew my Coastguard membership just in case I need help
Anyone want to buy a boat, really I need a smaller one now that I can handle on my own

Buy Mine!

You guys could swap

Originally Posted by Shearer

You guys could swap

1nm per litre, best fuel burn figures I can get

Smoked snapper wings. OMG they’re delicious.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Smoked snapper wings. OMG they’re delicious.

They sure are!

Wicked evening out ..huge thanks VC..not all rod caught but will be enjoyed all the same
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Not working today?

Originally Posted by mikee

Not working today?

Yep....was last night after work.

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Had a good time this morning fishing with the boys....

Beautiful morning out in tasman bay....


One of those glassy days when fishing can be & usually is hard work. Not today though plenty of fish on the bite





Cheers VC for the heads up

Heaps of fun had by all and now that all the works done



Its smoked fish sandwiches for lunch



Tight lines you fellas !!

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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!