Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by stingray

Out n about this morning ...did some miles sea conditions spot one were rubbish , got two spot two a bit late in the flood
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Yea can't help mother nature tho ay......we have killed our share and tnen some so due a miss I recon.

I busyed myself casting some warp weights for the dragnet this arvo..... that little kovea stove I got given as a present when I was a teenager...has been on almost every trip since and melted a hell of a lot of lead on one canister.....just a bit careful how full I got the pot! Its a lot of weight in there even a third full of molton lead!

That really rips my nighty when that happens,^^^^

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@stingray. Looks like the fish you vacuum packed a while ago eh @ROKTOY

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Apparently I am not allowed to post pictures today sorry.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Apparently I am not allowed to post pictures today sorry.

Good for a laugh - boating yesterday – that was about all it was!
Hadn’t had much luck on Okapara or Pudney lately - FB posts seem to indicate there were plenty of Snaps still being caught along Matakana – so why not give that a try
In the water about 10.00 – a boat at the ramp had plenty of Snaps – they said – halfway along Matakana in 13m and they cleaned up in an hour
So off we went – but the Bay of Empty did the job again – should have gone to Okapara before they closed it
And so did my fuel tank – I had been convinced on previous trips that it was playing up and the tank was quite full – so just put 20 litres in for the short trip up Matakana – the bastard ran out on the way back 100m from the ramp – I normally have a spare 10 litre container – but not this time – no problem – let’s get the auxiliary going – must be a year or so since I did that – a long way from the small tank under the driver’s seat back to the motor – lots of hand pumping and pull starting – and away she went – thank goodness for an auxiliary
Second time that an auxiliary has got me out of trouble – back in 2000 – my brand new 200 HP Johnson shit itself 10km down the SW coast from Plimmerton – a frost plug developed a pin hole and hosed the inside of the engine cowling with water – the electrics shit themselves – but at least we had a 15 HP Johnson and an hour or two to look at a bin full of Teras on the way back to the ramp
So if my Yamaha fuel gauge indicates just two bars – its likely just got 20 litres of gas in the tank and when the last bar starts flashing – it is just about empty!

Originally Posted by time out

Good for a laugh - boating yesterday – that was about all it was!
Hadn’t had much luck on Okapara or Pudney lately - FB posts seem to indicate there were plenty of Snaps still being caught along Matakana – so why not give that a try
In the water about 10.00 – a boat at the ramp had plenty of Snaps – they said – halfway along Matakana in 13m and they cleaned up in an hour
So off we went – but the Bay of Empty did the job again – should have gone to Okapara before they closed it
And so did my fuel tank – I had been convinced on previous trips that it was playing up and the tank was quite full – so just put 20 litres in for the short trip up Matakana – the bastard ran out on the way back 100m from the ramp – I normally have a spare 10 litre container – but not this time – no problem – let’s get the auxiliary going – must be a year or so since I did that – a long way from the small tank under the driver’s seat back to the motor – lots of hand pumping and pull starting – and away she went – thank goodness for an auxiliary
Second time that an auxiliary has got me out of trouble – back in 2000 – my brand new 200 HP Johnson shit itself 10km down the SW coast from Plimmerton – a frost plug developed a pin hole and hosed the inside of the engine cowling with water – the electrics shit themselves – but at least we had a 15 HP Johnson and an hour or two to look at a bin full of Teras on the way back to the ramp
So if my Yamaha fuel gauge indicates just two bars – its likely just got 20 litres of gas in the tank and when the last bar starts flashing – it is just about empty!
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Heaps of snapper round Motiti today man, had multiple pannies on every kina burley I dropped. Shot a couple then went and grabbed some bugs. Even managed to find a packy. Good cray numbers in shallow with plenty of bucks around. Bloody good day out in the end.

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Originally Posted by Nick-D

Heaps of snapper round Motiti today man, had multiple pannies on every kina burley I dropped. Shot a couple then went and grabbed some bugs. Even managed to find a packy. Good cray numbers in shallow with plenty of bucks around. Bloody good day out in the end.

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Do the packys taste/texture much different to the spinys?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Do the packys taste/texture much different to the spinys?

Havnt eaten them side by side actually, but not much in it I don't think. They have pretty big tails so you get a bloody good feed of them. A just legal packy is a bloody big cray too. More the novelty of finding them than anything else. Much less common than the reds here

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Havnt eaten them side by side actually, but not much in it I don't think. They have pretty big tails so you get a bloody good feed of them. A just legal packy is a bloody big cray too. More the novelty of finding them than anything else. Much less common than the reds here

I have never seen one or even heard of one round here.....NI only?

The ol inboard tank level drama.


The thing to do is from dead empty.. run out... put 20l in.....check gauge......put another 20l in....check gauge....another 20 etc.

Do this from empty in your normal boat parking spot (from a 20l container )

Once at a known quantity of fuel be sure to check your gauge again when in the water at the ramp while mate parks ute/trailer........guages can read different depending on the attitude of the boat but you will get to know if there is any difference .

Have been fuèl embarrassed before myself......due to topping up on not level ground and thinking I had more than I did.
Thankfully working on the 1/3 1/3 1/3 theroy one third there, one third back, one third for shit weather and or fuckups got back with fuel to spare but a lot closer than I would like.

yes fuel embarrassment can be problematic......

Silly boy @stingray made the mistake of messaging me last night that he had a tank and gear at home....early oclock picked him up and out into the darkness to catch the tide.

5knots into the ink following the snail trail and lamps keeping an eye on the shore lots of fish were jumping/flying out of the water just on the edge of the ambient light from the boat and our headlamps etc.....turn to look and they disappear.....I think they may have been flying fish but couldn't get a decent look.

Out into bay, check pot dropped last night. One conger eel.

Wee fish waiting for light....pretty slow but I snagged a decent kahawai on a little micro jig thing.

In to the coast to drop the fish on spot x.

His bubbles never moved

Up with a feed of bugs and they even had legs!

I managed a couple of small snapper while watching bubbles.... Both were legal but one was bin worthy just.

Prospected a couple of other spots.

Into the beach to have a drag for some flats.
Drag one fail.
Drag two fail.
Fark it we have a feed lets go home.

Picked the hole in the weather so pretty happy.



Cheers Joe.

I have seen a couple caught off westhaven Cam. Check this out....

Packhorse rock lobsters are widely distributed, as far north as the Kermadec Islands, south to Foveaux Strait, and east to the Chatham Islands. They are fished mainly in the far north of NZ. (They also occur in eastern Australia – northern Victoria and New South Wales – where they are commonly called the eastern rock lobster).

https://nzrocklobster.co.nz/lobster-...orth%20of%20NZ.

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