Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Nice haul guys, enjoy the flappers

Originally Posted by kukuwai

I can't do the friday either unfortunately but i can link a few of the nelson crew for you. @veitnamcam @ROKTOY @stingray @burtonator @deer243

It does look pretty bloody good off the coast on friday

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Sorry fellas I can’t do Friday either. Might be heading out that way Saturday though!!

Originally Posted by screamO

Well the westcoast is looking bloody good for Friday and Saturday. I didn't have much whish for the Saturday but hell keen on doing Friday.
Short notice I know....any one keen? Probably 2.5K in fuel divided by the numbers on board.
Not sure how to add you nelson boys in, but lets try.... Nope, me to dump for that.
????

I can do Friday but can't do halvsies on a 2.5k fuel bill!.

But keen for a trip.
I'm aprox month on month off for work now.

I'm going fishing tomorrow with Dad....I figured it was the logical thing to do on my first day off after a month of fishing.

Out with Dad and his neighbor this morning to my spot x to try get D onto some decent snapper as she had only ever caught pannies.
Conditions were pretty shit to be fair with about 15knt offshore wind and a really short sharp 1m swell and the old 1.5m.
We swung round on the ankor in the wind and swell but at least we had current.
Things were slow to start..we had current...two burlys down.
I pulled one up to check and cut all the plastic off it for a faster deploy and a few min later Dad is on with a spiky dog....far canal.....let's stick it out it's only one.
Then dad's on with a nice eater snapper.


Then I get a good one on my strayline and bloody bust it off about half way up.....bloody numpty I had too much drag on and with it chewing the trace I just busted it off.
Redemption came quickly tho and I got a nice snap as did D on my other rod



During the double hook up excitement Dad had dropped his line and left his rod in neutral in the rod holder which naturally had caught a small spiky dog who took it oround the main where it proceeded to wrap a hundred meters of braid around it.
It just wouldn't be fishing with Dad if he didn't do that at least once per trip
Gumboots off, everything out of pockets I'm out the back...not a shit show of untangeling it I cut it and pull as much as I can out of in front of the prop and cut free.
I thought about getting in to clear it but the way the boat was pitching I would have got a prop in the face so just cleared as best I could with a knife.
All in all a good morning,plan came together 6 nice big snapper landed, a few unintentional releases...lots of tangles in props burlys other lines etc back on the trailer at 1130 just as the wind started to ease.

Stonkers man, dad will be chuffed! Taking my dad to my favorite kingi spot in the morning, hopefully get him connected on one of my stickbaits

Part two of VC the Fishermans fishing story.

So after a few phone calls we met at my place, cleaned the crap out of the drag drying on the lawn. "Thanks guys".
Packed and headed for the estuary, got their to enjoy the end of the ebb tide.

Set up and headed further down the reach thinking it would be better, dropped the drag in only to find a sunken island/ sand bar in the middle of the reach which the bottom line dug into,
@ROKTOY to the rescue pulling the bottom line free ...then he say hold on reaches down again , then calls for the bucket as a angry flattie breaks the surface in Roktoy's death grip, into the bucket it goes with the mob of us yelling don't drop it , and all sorts of other other blokeish encouragment.

So pulled the drag up the bank the new bloke was full of smiles as the net showed signs of life, a lot of shorts but in the end four reasonable keepers, into the water again with the new guy and and VC#2 hauling hard with the experts offering advice from dry land.

Hauled out another handful of shorts put back for another day, kept the two biggest...so everyone had a couple to take home, the ebb was finishing and the sun setting over the hill.

Back in ...some harvested cockles , whilst we hauled the drag ..the new bloke was grinning calling bites and "ohh shit good bites", myself I thought we had a Ray and a couple of shorts kicking in the drag...

Up the bank it came tails flapping , everyone jumping laughing yelling ..VC in his usual calm manner just call for a simple grap the float line and roll the fish out , well how about that it worked. I grabbed a bin and we gathered up our catch dumped in a few buckets of water then sorted through the catch taking a few for family and friends . Then released all the half grown, shorts and token monkfish

Was certainly a wicked evening made so very much better by the company laughter and yarns, hell the guys even took the time to float the drag and shake out the weed sticks and shells and pack it away clean tidy! Thanks guys!

Another wonderful memory just like the mid week trip . Great people bring great success and the best of times.

Cheers.

Cheers everyone good times.

That was another good evenings fish.
Good to see the flatties back.
Cheers guys.

Sent from my SM-G990E using Tapatalk

Cheers VCand other GCs

Glad to see you have dusted the dust off that dragnet @stingray Looks to be some nice catches too

Also good to see you back posting @veitnamcam !! However I know you will torment me over the next month while I'm at work

Just me and the two boys at home this weekend so we were on the water early. Long line down at 35m. Trolled 5 skirts with the SW for an hr then back for nothing.

Picked the LL for 3 gurnard & 3 big cod + the usual compliment of grayboys !! At least there wasn't any cod heads but very surprised there was no snaps.

Redeployed it......it calmed off and the sun came out.



I have always been a fan of sun when trolling for albies and it didn't take long before the oldest lad had his first so he was over the moon !!



You don't actually have to go far at the moment to find the blue water it is really close to the back of the islands with a great looking line where it meets the turquoise !!

Picked the longline again for more of the same but still no snaps. Very interesting as for the last few weeks we have been picking up a few goodies at this depth !!

Found a huge bird work up on the way in so the 5yr old had a ball smashing a heap of kahawai.



A great day in a great place !!

Now to load the little boat for tomorrow


Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

@veitnamcam what did that big snap weigh in at? Cheers

Had a quick early run out to 10m from grossies this morning.



No big thumpers like those ones of yours cam but plenty of pannies.

Kept a few for a feed and home before 10





Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Originally Posted by Sideshow

@veitnamcam what did that big snap weigh in at? Cheers

16p.....They pretty skinny atm as they have just finnished spawning. Pre spawn it might have gone 20p.

Originally Posted by kukuwai

Glad to see you have dusted the dust off that dragnet @stingray Looks to be some nice catches too

Also good to see you back posting @veitnamcam !! However I know you will torment me over the next month while I'm at work

Just me and the two boys at home this weekend so we were on the water early. Long line down at 35m. Trolled 5 skirts with the SW for an hr then back for nothing.

Picked the LL for 3 gurnard & 3 big cod + the usual compliment of grayboys !! At least there wasn't any cod heads but very surprised there was no snaps.

Redeployed it......it calmed off and the sun came out.



I have always been a fan of sun when trolling for albies and it didn't take long before the oldest lad had his first so he was over the moon !!



You don't actually have to go far at the moment to find the blue water it is really close to the back of the islands with a great looking line where it meets the turquoise !!

Picked the longline again for more of the same but still no snaps. Very interesting as for the last few weeks we have been picking up a few goodies at this depth !!

Found a huge bird work up on the way in so the 5yr old had a ball smashing a heap of kahawai.



A great day in a great place !!

Now to load the little boat for tomorrow


Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Gave the fishing a break and took some boys away for a hunt and still came home with crayfish!
How good!