Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Well I'm ready to leave but it's still an hour from when I said I would pick up my workmate..... IL give him another 15 Min he should be up by then?

Nice VC. Who da man?

Originally Posted by Rushy

Nice VC. Who da man?

It's been a very good morning indeed, gone a bit quiet now the sun's up but I have a really really bloody happy SA workmate on board.

So fishing insomnia struck again and I was wide awake at the stroke of midnight....oh well no excuse for forgetting anything now.
Got everything ready then cruised the forum for a bit killing time till I went to pick up workmate 45min early
We weren't the only early birds with a couple of others launching at the same time.
Pretty bloody dark and a bit of residual swell saw a slow cruise out only just on the plane.
Pre defrosted burly deployed and lines in water before 5am...no longline just bait and burly.
We dont have to wait long and my strayline starts to sing, it's the most beautiful sound couple of winds and lift the rod and I'm on to a nice 10-12pounder who is fat hungry and full of fight, losing string get it back lose some more he put up a great fight in the still dark and shallow water.
Well If I was pleased to see him then he was even more pleased to see me because he was squirting sperm all over the boat.

I landed another couple of fish and lost a goody( bloody burnsco rigs knots ) then finally Theo got his shit together and caught a couple of makeral then snapper.

Then on his since passed father's rod and pen 2000 reel while wearing his dad's shirt he catches this beauty....fat pre spawn snapper.
It went on multiple big runs being in shallow water and eventually tangled in my strayline....we got it to the boat and I netted it.
Well to say the SA import was happy would be a massive understatement....well done him a new PB.





He wanted to put it back and being only ten m deep I concurred that was a good Idea so after a couple photos and a measure it went back very much alive.
It went over 76cm and I estimate 18p.....hey they are so fat at the mo it might have been 20 plus.

We caught some more and released a few the sun came up and the current died as did the bite.

We cracked a beer to celebrate the new PB gutted the fish pulled the ankor.


Dropped of some fish to family and Friend's on the way home.
Boat all cleaned up by 930am.
Wife cooked me breakfast while I cleaned the boat



How bloody good!

That's outstanding Cam !!

The bit about your SA mate wearing his dads top and using his dads rod brings a bloody tear to the eye mate. What a fish, he should be stoked !! Respect for letting it go too

Also thanks for tormenting me with that first photo while i drank my coffee in the dark this morning

Certainly today the old saying "the early bird gets the worm" rang true !!

We just mac'd out on these things.



Interesting how they behave when brought on board the boat very tuna like (vibrating away)
Got a heap filleted up and in the brine ready for smoking up tomorrow



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Bloody fantastic read! Great to see a horse like that able to returned in shallow water!

The import kayaked off ruby bay, got two very solid keepers and three Kahawai.

Me I went to work , jump started , and buggered about with broken and written off Aussie imports..enjoyed the company of a few red backs. Got home as the breeze kicked in and now have the pleasure of mowing lawns….

Well done Theo a bloody beauty!

Originally Posted by kukuwai

That's outstanding Cam !!

The bit about your SA mate wearing his dads top and using his dads rod brings a bloody tear to the eye mate. What a fish, he should be stoked !! Respect for letting it go too

Also thanks for tormenting me with that first photo while i drank my coffee in the dark this morning

Certainly today the old saying "the early bird gets the worm" rang true !!

We just mac'd out on these things.



Interesting how they behave when brought on board the boat very tuna like (vibrating away)
Got a heap filleted up and in the brine ready for smoking up tomorrow



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Probably the most underrated fish in nz eating wise?? Bloody good smoked or sashimid. Look up a shime saba recipe if you want something different to try. So yum.

That's a bloody nice snap vc. If not 20lb it's be bloody close. Still a fair young fish too. Should grow to be an absolute stonker. Good on your mate for throwing it back.

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Probably the most underrated fish in nz eating wise?? Bloody good smoked or sashimid. Look up a shime saba recipe if you want something different to try. So yum.

That's a bloody nice snap vc. If not 20lb it's be bloody close. Still a fair young fish too. Should grow to be an absolute stonker. Good on your mate for throwing it back.

Hey @Nick-D cheers for that, I will definatly look up that recipe !!

Is it a blue mackerel? We have never really caught them before, googled it and thought it might be but we wernt sure. Some of them were quite big like a kahawai size.

Interesting what you say about sashimi I said to the boys when were filleting them that it looked like it could be good for that. Should have tried it


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Originally Posted by Nick-D

Probably the most underrated fish in nz eating wise?? Bloody good smoked or sashimid. Look up a shime saba recipe if you want something different to try. So yum.

AGREE! One of very few fish we get excited about.

Last time I looked, smoked blue mack was around 15 bucks per fish in freshchoice...and not big ones either
If I had suggested it, I would get shit for eating the bait

Originally Posted by kukuwai

Hey @Nick-D cheers for that, I will definatly look up that recipe !!

Is it a blue mackerel? We have never really caught them before, googled it and thought it might be but we wernt sure. Some of them were quite big like a kahawai size.

Interesting what you say about sashimi I said to the boys when were filleting them that it looked like it could be good for that. Should have tried it


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Yup blue or jap mackerel. Delicacy in quite a few places but not that well known here. Quite an oily fish but super good when treated properly.

It's a close relie to tuna, so good as raw.

Bream Bay is firing!

That’s a bloody solid JD and a brilliant photo to boot! Fantastic colours!

Good stuff ,what a beauty of a fish and it gets to live another day

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