Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by LBD

If you like currys... Kawai chunks go fantastic in a yellow curry mix with a bit of Coconut milk.

Yeah I do quite a bit of kingy that way, Tongan curry styles.

This one is going into the smoker, but most of the kahawai I eat gets dry aged for a week then eaten raw

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Originally Posted by LBD

Was thinking something a but bigger than a trailer sailor.... one day.

I see the reef that runs along the Pepin side... is there another that runs across the channel?

Sounds like the kind of thing to plan for an hour before HWS... on a calm day... maybe scope the channel with a dinghy and sounder first. That hole inside the entrance, just to the East looks like a nice gunk hole to camp up at.

The bar is not a problem if calm just hug the island side, the shallow stretch of no real channel I have marked is what stops us small boats being able to get in and out and the bottom there is like riverstones....bad for props...if can get past that your in then there is a finger of reef that sticks out across the channel...It's about 1m at low water at its deepest.
A reconnaissance mission in a dingy would be a good idea.
In my wee boat I need 2ft of water minimum to putt with the motor up. Spring tides I work on I need to be no later than 1.5 hours before Nelson low tide or 2 hours after to be able to get in out or in.
Neap tides can usually just sneak in on low but still like to have the incoming to come in.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

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Thanks Cam

Been pondering a shoal draft sail boat lately and have always wondered if the hole below the "O" in "shallow" would make a nice gunk hole to anchor in and tie up to the trees.

1.2 m draft should be okay on a good tide... but should probably check it out with the canoe first.

Originally Posted by LBD

Thanks Cam

Been pondering a shoal draft sail boat lately and have always wondered if the hole below the "O" in "shallow" would make a nice gunk hole to anchor in and tie up to the trees.

1.2 m draft should be okay on a good tide... but should probably check it out with the canoe first.

Yes check out first definitely a good idea.
Had to Google gunk hole
Depending on the size of your vessel and plans I would be thinking sit on the second shallow bit high and dry at low or pass the reef and ankor up then sit high and dry on the side of a channel for the day/night.

That "hole" you speak of is only a meter deep at the moment and two dingies wide at low tide so if you ankor there you'd get some e irate fisherermen and women at dark o'clock

Sat here looking at a glassy flat sea. Boating not allowed. Awesome

White bait getting a bit thin here and skittish, caught a heap of Inangas, they go through at about 50ks per hour. Hope to to net my set net today. Will be good for next season, tides are wrong next week.

@veitnamcam a banana! How the hell did that get past you? Thought you would've strip searched any newbies prior to boarding

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

@veitnamcam a banana! How the hell did that get past you? Thought you would've strip searched any newbies prior to boarding

Yea might have to introduce a lunchbox search

Years ago me and bro jumped on a charter out of Noosa. Told bring warm clothes and rain jacket - everything else provided. Leave wharf at 4am, hooning out powered by twin 200's by day break you couldnt see land in any direction. 5 hours dropping baits and shifting and not a single bite....skipper calls a lunch break and brings out a massive platter of food - everyone chilling having a feed when this dude pulls out a banana from his day pack....holy crap, the skipper completely lost his shit! Went full on psyco at this guy and blamed him for anything and everything...the whole mood on the boat changed and we couldnt wait to get off. Skipper ruined what was still an enjoyable day even tho we werent catching anything.

I think it might have been Matt Watson who made a lure out of a piece of banana skin and caught a fish with it. Ya can't beat the old superstitions aye

Originally Posted by wsm junkie

Years ago me and bro jumped on a charter out of Noosa. Told bring warm clothes and rain jacket - everything else provided. Leave wharf at 4am, hooning out powered by twin 200's by day break you couldnt see land in any direction. 5 hours dropping baits and shifting and not a single bite....skipper calls a lunch break and brings out a massive platter of food - everyone chilling having a feed when this dude pulls out a banana from his day pack....holy crap, the skipper completely lost his shit! Went full on psyco at this guy and blamed him for anything and everything...the whole mood on the boat changed and we couldnt wait to get off. Skipper ruined what was still an enjoyable day even tho we werent catching anything.

I was on a similar charter out from the Whitsundays... should have seen the looks I got when in jest, I asked if anyone wants the other half of my banana sandwich....

Out with mum and dad this morning. Good to give dads boat a run as its been sitting idle most of the winter.



Pretty quite on the rods. One gurnard and a couple of red cod (ugly bloody things). Thankfully no spiky dogs !!

Picked up the longline for a couple of small snaps. Nothing too exciting but always good to bin the first ones for the season.



It should just get better and better from now on

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Cool surprise in the mail. Milan from The Lateral Line (ex Big Angry Fish) caught a fish I had tagged earlier in the year.
Link to video here https://youtu.be/il7Jl1FdLyQ

That's pretty cool