Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Maca49

That was my first try, but the square down pipe would not locate in one position. I modified it so it now sits wide face top. Also made the weights removable for ease of transport.

I have Pete’s gear from the coast. He ran round down pipe. sadly never had the privilege to share a day on the river with him and learn from Pete. So I learn all over again.

right now, passion is flat fishing ..it brings me together with fantastic folks.

Finally out for a drag, took 40 meter out to the coast, got there to find a bit of a slop running which was disappointing after a week of flat arse weather, set out all the same with waves rolling just a bit high and water trickling down my back, set to dragging trying to fish outside of the surge zone.

We got a hit , beauty! Oh no the hit got pissed, ray so headed to shore, booom trouble likes company ray #2 let’s us know hes pissed.shit ray #3 makes an appearance …not the way I had envisioned this going at all.

Ray #3 breaks free, #1&2 we try to shake loose but the surge and angry fish make this hazardous. Up the beach we haul em.VC and the import sort their one in quick time , @ROKTOY and me struggle with our one which has created a real tangle.

In the end I hand roktoy my knife, I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Roktoy cuts a hole in my net and the ray is free.

It immediately swims with surge straight onshore …bugger me now it’s beached , so with a bit of buggering about the ray is turned around and with the next couple of surges it’s away.

Not a great start, so 40 meter is packed away and we trudge back to the estuary. 40 meter away in my truck. Roktoy goes to his truck breaks out his brand new net. Out into the channel drag drag a net chocka with weed , sticks , a fizzy bottle and blow me down a keeper and a short.

The team bored of dragging kicked us out into the tide again and scratched out a feed of cockles. Another net full of rubbish and a flounder saw us chuck it in.

Great day , amazing company , fresh air and sun on our backs. What more could you ask for. Huge thanks to the team great therapy for us all

Just what the doctor ordered.
A few keen blokes, a couple of good lads, a dog and a net or two.
We were off to a strong start with a good (bad) number of rays in the first haul out on the beach. Poor old Stingray committed hard to the cause, out deep bobbing with the incoming waves.
Tis a sad day when you have to knife a good man's net to free the demons.
A good afternoon on the sand. We did our community service and cleared the weed from the channels so the other punters coming down could gave a bash at some fish.
VC found that a can down the front of your wetsuit isn't ideal while wading in deep water. Bugger.
End result was a few fish for the pot and a nice load of cockles to share at the end of the day.
Looks like we are doing it again tomorrow.
Cant wait.
Photos of the ray didn't come out unfortunately, but he was a decent sized specimen.

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Went out whitebaiting with my son in law this avo, split my gear with him, I have two sets. He’s never been whitebaiting, so set my white board up and then showed him how to set up his 40 metres down stream. I sat watching zilch go over my board and he’s going gang busters. He packed it in at 5 pm and tok the kids and my gear with him. Hi tide was 5:22 approx and shit there were some great shoals coming through, I had a problem with the pressure of the ball of bait pushing individual fish through the net! Modifications coming up! I left with a good feed, muffins and a banana cake. Also got another private site with access to the river, I’ll have a look tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Maca49

Went out whitebaiting with my son in law this avo, split my gear with him, I have two sets. He’s never been whitebaiting, so set my white board up and then showed him how to set up his 40 metres down stream. I sat watching zilch go over my board and he’s going gang busters. He packed it in at 5 pm and tok the kids and my gear with him. Hi tide was 5:22 approx and shit there were some great shoals coming through, I had a problem with the pressure of the ball of bait pushing individual fish through the net! Modifications coming up! I left with a good feed, muffins and a banana cake. Also got another private site with access to the river, I’ll have a look tomorrow!Attachment 177629

Excellent!

Cockels for second breakfast today.

A few pictures of this arvos effort with @stingray and @ROKTOY



I can do.....but I really excell in a supervisory role








Good times with good guys.
A few rays mostly removed without incident or net damage, good few feeds of flats to share around.

Cheers guys always awesome.

A good way to spend Dads day. Thanks guys.
Back home enjoying yesterdays spoils while todays is in the oven.
Another successful day out on the sand.
No nets were harmed in the enjoyment of this escapade. (This time)


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What to add to about a fantastic afternoon with some terrible people , bullying, heckling ,bullshit and laughter, that was just the kids having a go, let alone the other two VC and Roktoy !

Finally hunting the home turf ,set sail out into the flats, another day with the sun on our backs which saw the young folk wet suited up were straight into the tide, just need to attach them to a net now and then.

Out we set into the promised channel….perfect warm deep water very little weed ..set to dragging …SNAG…bugger me ..Roktoy waded out cleared the snag , we got back to dragging, hauled the net before the next visible snags, wow some flats ,chucked a few shorts back and kept a couple keeper.

Changed channels but found to many horse mussels in the area so got out and moved up stream , back in dragged a few more sorts and Keith see’s some movement in the mud an inch long flounder amongst the weed, show the kids and a photo and back it went.

Low tide we returned to the original channel but further up, checked for snags ..all clear . Beauty, set to dragging boom ..ray..into shore ,shook out the ray, hello a couple of flats, same again and again not sure but I’m thinking it was the same bloody ray, but each time we gathered a feed of keepers chucked back some shorts.

The flood was slow and spreading out over the estuary rather than pushing up the channel. Time was called and we cleaned our fish washed them carefully ( untill some idiot dropped one in the mud) …bloody stingray the hamfisted ..then we washed them again.

Wandered home yarned , shared a beer ,showered the kids , said our goodbyes . Headed for the shower. What another great adventure !

Woo might actually get new rig wet .... weather looks good for the firth so Kaiaua beckons ... anyone else heading out??

Originally Posted by 2Quack

Woo might actually get new rig wet .... weather looks good for the firth so Kaiaua beckons ... anyone else heading out??

Will poke my nose out tomorrow. ....forecast pretty poor so might just be a boat ride but gotta give the boat a run before the next lockdown.

Out of Delaware on the incoming tide this morning so gentlemans hours.....had a little troll for a kahawai while Making our way out but no takers.
Dropped a longline in @madjon_ s spot then headed out round peppin instead of my usual area due to the forecast.
Started out with a his and a roar with some just under blues and some kahawai then it just went dead.
I went cod fishing it was that bad and even they weren't on the chew but I fluked some keepers.
Hadnt caught a shark yet so headed out deep for a look....bit of a drift fish...3spikys and one spotty it was time to pick up the longline and come in on the high.
3 nice big gurnard one rig and one spiky rounded out the day.
Fishing wasn't that great but got a couple of feeds and just good to get out on the water again for a couple of hours.

Didn't measure or weigh it but not a bad carrot.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Out of Delaware on the incoming tide this morning so gentlemans hours.....had a little troll for a kahawai while Making our way out but no takers.
Dropped a longline in @madjon_ s spot then headed out round peppin instead of my usual area due to the forecast.
Started out with a his and a roar with some just under blues and some kahawai then it just went dead.
I went cod fishing it was that bad and even they weren't on the chew but I fluked some keepers.
Hadnt caught a shark yet so headed out deep for a look....bit of a drift fish...3spikys and one spotty it was time to pick up the longline and come in on the high.
3 nice big gurnard one rig and one spiky rounded out the day.
Fishing wasn't that great but got a couple of feeds and just good to get out on the water again for a couple of hours.

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seen ya go past You had a nice day for it

Originally Posted by mikee

seen ya go past You had a nice day for it

Yeah I tooted...was better than forcast so good.

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