Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by BeeMan

These doubles catch n hold and not as dangerous to the fisho. Attachment 168795 These work well. Attachment 168796

Those doubles are illegal if you follow igfa rules. So are trebles unless in a rigid lure.

I run assist style singles @Timeout. No where near as hard on the fish (or a human) and the big kings cant get them into a position to bend them open or out

Gosh, you make works of art Gibo.

Originally Posted by Daniel Kwon

Gosh, you make works of art Gibo.

Thanks

Originally Posted by time out

@Gibo - I picked up a rig on Marketplace that should be good to cast lures for kingfish – Penn reel and 8.3 JM rod plus 4 dangerous looking stick baits – some guy tried it a couple of times and found the gold handle didn’t catch the fish, so he took a big loss and moved it on – a bit the same results for me so far but I am keeping it
We tried Pudney the last day of the flat sea before the latest big swells – about eight boats out there including a fishing charter with about 12 rods – didn’t see anyone catch a decent fish and didn’t see any kings flashing around (like last time) so after a couple of hours so we moved in a bit closer – found several good workups of young kahawai – tried casting in and around them and they came all around the boat - but the cast lure seemed to chase them away – gave up and came back in to about 30m and put some bait over the side – got a few snaps and a feel of a fish on an 8 foot rod – should be interesting with a kingfish heading off into the distance
Jeeze – those lures with two sets of treble hooks are lethal around your hands
I live in hope to catch my first kingfish – I might need you to come out and show me how Gibo
It is going to get crowded on Pudney when they close the reefs around Motiti in August – some guys in a flash Stabicraft with a GPS controlled electric sea anchor parked about 20m in front of me – I couldn’t get my anchor off and needed to run forward but they wouldn’t move - so I had to drag it off backwards – why do people want to anchor so close???
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Gets pretty quiet in close for Kings this time of year man. Tuhua is the best bet over winter. Schooner holds a few later into the season as well.

Yep it's gunna suck for kingfishing having the reefs gone. Ironically it's a healthy fishery as well. Motiti never seems to be as reliable.

Out n about this morning ...did some miles sea conditions spot one were rubbish , got two spot two a bit late in the flood
Bugger

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

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
Bugger
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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!

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

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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!

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.