Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Kaikoura turned on a treat, arrived Friday afternoon to a large rolling swell and milky vis!

Caught up with all the folks had a beer.

Up at gentleman hours, loaded the boats to catch the low tide for hunting some fish out wide. Got to the public ramp at an hour before low, a sign says caution slippery ramp at low tide…it bloody well was you could hardly stand to unhook the boat and then trying to get the truck back up the ramp was another story.
Certainly a trap for the in experienced.

Anyway steamed out dropped pots on a couple of rocks and headed out wide, hit the mark and the sounder started to show the bottom again stooged about checking the drift. Dropped the gear sat in the slop , lifted the gear a small perch and a red cod the were inhaled whole by the resident bird life.

Up past the mark more weight added as we were drifting off the marks before we reached the bottom, it was a wonderful sunny day with a puff of breeze that added to the easy but large swell made conditions trying. After 5 drifts and conditions starting to take a toll on the crew we headed in closer. Tried here and there but the fish seemed off the bite.

Got to have a dive, splashed a great spot, managed a handful of keepers in limited vis saw a few XXL moki which was really neat. Home for a shower.

Up again on Sunday but to avoid the slippery ramp we hit the water early with much improved conditions we enjoyed a lazy hour checking pots! Back into the water for me better vis saw a enjoy a bit more of a hunt, found one better size cray but still had to be pretty selective. The girls were mostly empty with only 3 still holding eggs handled over the weekend.

With sun and wind and swell on Saturday we just had a quick look around and back in. A great trip away and a relaxed drive home for Lisa and myself!

Bring on the summer and blue water!

@stingray, Are you guys being successful?
Looks like great weather to be out.
Enjoy it guys.

Originally Posted by ROKTOY

@stingray, Are you guys being successful?
Looks like great weather to be out.
Enjoy it guys.

Crays yes, VC managed 8 in one pot, heckled me …”don’t need a diver in this boat” ….then put 7 smalls back!

Fishing has being slow but with conditions improving hopefully tomorrow they will get a day to hunt the fish properly!

I like the second picture, snow capped mountain on the horizon. Any groupers?

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

I like the second picture, snow capped mountain on the horizon. Any groupers?

Unfortunately no swell and wind had us drifting off the marks to fast..tomorrow maybe the day ..I’m home so fingers crossed for the team !

Originally Posted by stingray

Unfortunately no swell and wind had us drifting off the marks to fast..tomorrow maybe the day ..I’m home so fingers crossed for the team !

Ok...Kaikoura, I have been there many times, never got a nice weather to encourage me on a boat, sea scik. Grouper, is the fish I want to catch and cook it by myself to see how good it is. Yeah, fingers crossed for your team...Good night

Kaikoura team is battling, the fishing and the occy's
VC let me know they are getting a few keepers and a few eaten clean skeletons.

The import walked out of work today ...hay see you Monday ..let me know if any fishing is happening...Tides look good ..
Checked the tides and rang / texted a handful of folks ...photos tell the rest ...a epic afternoon with now seasoned fisherman...




Father and son with a beauty

Sweet, good to see the flounder dogs doing their bit too
Not a bad haul by the look of it

Yeah a great evening out, 6 people made clearing the net so much better, still a heaps of branches and twigs even pine cones tangling the net, what we don’t show is the team , taking a side each of the net untangling rubbish to get the trawl back in the tide, they are earned flounder, then they are shared throughout our community!

I’m truely honoured to have folks turn up time after time laughing and yarning getting covered in silt and mud , frozen cold to try and harvest a feed of delicious flounder! Without these folks it would be a bust!
With out their enthusiasm it would never happen




My personal favorite...the bloody experts �� judgeing my efforts from the shallows

Originally Posted by stingray

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My personal favorite...the bloody experts �� judgeing my efforts from the shallows

I'm sure we were only commending your efforts.




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A few picks from Kiaks.
At ten bucks per launch you would think the council could water blast the bottom of the ramp.

Due to a canceled gathering at the Pengys , we were forced to head for okiwi to hunt kings in French pass.

So with VC on the shore swing and my boss away next week whitebaiting, I took a bit of a bulge and sneaked off early …VC arrived with tucker and beer and yarns, we stowed the gear in the mighty Nissan and buggered off to okiwi.

With the southeast puffing we settled down to yarning , visiting folks to gather intel and enjoying a ale or two!

VC out did himself in the kitchen as we salted / peppered and seared and baked a fallow back strap it was to die for…



Up not early and away to F / pass …saw dolphins ,gannets , terns it looked very very promising, got to the pass it wasn’t crazy pumping so I was sure we were on the money, being the only boat there took our time setting up our drift and looking for fish…we had the perfect drift again and again …nothing not a nibble no sign of a bait school or kingi on the sounder …it was a bust! ..

Next plan chuck me over the side and hunt crays off to super secret spot …so secret the crays didn’t know they were supposed to be in the cave..off to never fail spot …you guessed it…shit vis couldn’t find a good rock let alone the crack that holds the bugs…

Back in the boat VC has sorted tea couple of fat blues 40cm plus then adds a couple of carrots and I’m just a bloody spectator!

Home to fill the tank…sea flattens off looks like a perfect day tomorrow! Marked up a few rocks for investigation…Photos to follow Sunday evening…beer o’clock

Originally Posted by stingray

Due to a canceled gathering at the Pengys , we were forced to head for okiwi to hunt kings in French pass.

So with VC on the shore swing and my boss away next week whitebaiting, I took a bit of a bulge and sneaked off early …VC arrived with tucker and beer and yarns, we stowed the gear in the mighty Nissan and buggered off to okiwi.

With the southeast puffing we settled down to yarning , visiting folks to gather intel and enjoying a ale or two!

VC out did himself in the kitchen as we salted / peppered and seared and baked a fallow back strap it was to die for…
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Up not early and away to F / pass …saw dolphins ,gannets , terns it looked very very promising, got to the pass it wasn’t crazy pumping so I was sure we were on the money, being the only boat there took our time setting up our drift and looking for fish…we had the perfect drift again and again …nothing not a nibble no sign of a bait school or kingi on the sounder …it was a bust! ..

Next plan chuck me over the side and hunt crays off to super secret spot …so secret the crays didn’t know they were supposed to be in the cave..off to never fail spot …you guessed it…shit vis couldn’t find a good rock let alone the crack that holds the bugs…

Back in the boat VC has sorted tea couple of fat blues 40cm plus then adds a couple of carrots and I’m just a bloody spectator!

Home to fill the tank…sea flattens off looks like a perfect day tomorrow! Marked up a few rocks for investigation…Photos to follow Sunday evening…beer o’clock

Make the most of Okiwi while you can still get out there.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Make the most of Okiwi while you can still get out there.

Yes.. but I am sure our local ray will get out with a little help from some some friends

Sorry folks I have tried to load photos but seems that’s not happening!

So here’s our story …woke up to a beautiful calm day, one of those epic days that you just enjoy! We should have dug in early suited up and dived the low tide, instead we chased the snapper and gurnard! With intel saying pannies we’re in close we chased the ghosts.

With wonderful conditions we boated small cod , bigger cod , carpet sharks , barracouta, then finally spikey dogs ..about then I hauled the pick and buggered off down the coast to spot number 2…well bugger me VC and his lad landed a few sizeable cod and other rats and mice…

Should have have hit the water, the sun burnt and the northerly puffed …we tried various marks…and the day ran away …we ran out steam and enthusiasm for a late Sunday clean up …our diving passion drifted away faster than than the tide had run all day.

Home as the sea breeze built , Lisa bless her had done chores and packed up the batch. VC and his lad scrubbed the boat and chucked fuel into the totes, I tore off the fillets and then we were packed and away….

A long weekend beckons, with a bit of reasonable weather we may see an improvement in the vis and fishing …our last chance for seven weeks so best we make it pay..thanks again VC for doing the hard yards ..good night everyone..over and out