Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Exactly.
There seems to be a culture in govt now that the best way to keep the great outdoors great is to keep people out of it.

Local and central government can both go and get fucked as far as I am concerned. They are full of overpaid do nothings that suck heavy on the tax payer tit and fail to deliver on any of their commitments.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Delaware estuary is the only safe launch and retrieve spot for small vessels in miles of coastline.
Nelson city council removed this "ramp" illegally from the coastal management plan some years ago without any public consultation and over the last cew years has been trying to stop people using it.
Public access to our coastline,rivers and backcountry is being lost at an alarming rate in this country.
Please take one minute of your time to click the link and sign the petition for parliament to investigate NCC illegal action and correct it.

https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/peti...are-bay-access

Much appreciated thanks Cam.

Done. Lots of stupidity going on like this around the country. We have lost, or are about to lose our only decent trout fishery in the whole of Northland.

Originally Posted by MB

Done. Lots of stupidity going on like this around the country. We have lost, or are about to lose our only decent trout fishery in the whole of Northland.

Are they going to poison them?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Are they going to poison them?

No, but I wouldn't put it past them. It's two lakes that are stocked with trout annually (Kai Iwi Lakes). Stocking is going to be stopped, trout can't breed in the lakes, so that's the end of that. The lakes regularly produce 6lb plus koura-fed fish which are great to eat. My boy caught his first trout there. Gutted!

Frustrating weekend! Down with head cold, so no diving ...crew set sail Saturday, not a lot of flood and few snaps about, son in different crew free dived down the northern coast , found a sweet nest of crays only to find the girls are going soft already.

Feeling less shit Sunday, weather had turned ,had a look out the front pretty sloppy , bashed a feed of keeper cod and then a couple of pannies in the mix had me smiling , crew went green so a chance of a snapper session went as well.

5 kg burley melted away ,again very fast not much guts to this one again ( bit frustrating) going back to old faithful, aqua fresh 3 kgs.

So no burley but a calm spot ,” last chance rock “ as we know it, young invite nails two marginal brim first drop , chummed warm pilchards, and side of Kawahai, more marginal brim , with something decent hitting now and then ..couple of keepers finally..never hooked the “weight“ , wind changed ..blew us home.

Interesting girls are going soft / shedding quiet early! No shit fish about yet! Southern end of coast still 10 ft deep in plankton .

Originally Posted by berg243

do you set up your drag nets up with poles or just a float and weight? was trying to set mine up without poles as was told i would get less weed. signed petition also. wonder if you could have council up on health and safety over trying to remove a safer launch area?

Im just useing my normal ol set nets as a drag net.
Mine have floats as well as a floating top line to deal with the current in our region and a leaded core braid bottom rope.

Having a pole directly on the end of your net makes it hard to keep the end on the bottom for me but I might be doing it wrong.

When set netting I used to run a couple of bridles about 2.5m long from the top and bottom of net together to the anchor, im still useing that setup and attach maybe 8m? rope to the bridles and hang a big weight off the rope a few meters out from the net.
The idea being to be able to pull /drag the net by just a wrap around around the upper thighs no bending over trying to pull botttom of pole and keep it on the ground aaaaand also have a "warp" out wider than the net on or near the bottom scaring fish intowards the net just like a Trawler or Danish Seiner.

Haven't done it much yet the body clapped out but hope to be back into it soon and what we did ( me and the kids) was effective.

When nets are rooted will probably resling with a ropey mesh instead of mono and add lead weight to the lead line bottom rope.

Signed petition. No way they should get away with that.

me too...... I can imagine the carnage if the benmore dam ramp was closed,must be similar situation for you fellas.....

Daughter and her friend stuffed up todays plans by laying around all morning then wanting to be dropped off at friends place so come afternoon I thought bugger the wind I am getting the boy off his phone abd we are going fishing.
About an hour fishing in channels around Monaco.
Shot loads of kahawai, mostly small but kept 4 big ones and lots of panni snaps ranging from just under to just over legal but we put them all back.
Kahawai to the neighbour execept one we had for a sashimi entrée before tea.

Good on you @veitnamcam I see you have the same issue with your son and his phone as I do with my boy !!

Just seen a Greenpeace spokesman on the news campaigning for the set net ban to be extended to the whole country. Apparently only 63 maui dolphin left.

If its not the nets its the boat ramps. Bit like whittling a stick, take a little bit at a time !!

I am yet to drag a net but will do at some stage. Most likely when the water gets a little colder. The stingrays give me the shits !!

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

Good on you @veitnamcam I see you have the same issue with your son and his phone as I do with my boy !!

Just seen a Greenpeace spokesman on the news campaigning for the set net ban to be extended to the whole country. Apparently only 63 maui dolphin left.

If its not the nets its the boat ramps. Bit like whittling a stick, take a little bit at a time !!

I am yet to drag a net but will do at some stage. Most likely when the water gets a little colder. The stingrays give me the shits !!

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Drag/slide your feet when dragging...if you bump a ray it will just swim off, If you stand right on top of one it might prick you and if its one of those 1200-1500 wide models you might get a magic carpet ride!

Got no netflicks here

But if you fellas do seaspiricy could be an interesting watch.

https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/810...entIntent=true

Anyone seen it, worth watching?

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Typed big story but lost it.
Dad took me out this morning.
Fishing was good really good!


We released quite a few, fish were hungry smashing both baits and hooks of my flasher rig.
I wanted to release the 18pounder but alas it had swallowed one of the two 8/0 it had hoovered up.

Nice fish Cam, mud fat

Great bag there.