Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by southernman

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Waitira river bar,
Thursday afternoons efforts, in the wind and rain, kinda slow, but just about to pack up, and a nice snapper, give it 30 min and another, best was 50cm, and two small sent back to the sea, few KY, and a massive eel, 500m of the Waitira river bar in 9m water.
Spent a couple hours, surf casting down the beach for an evening fish, Nice to Be back in Nz after 7 months in the Canadian north.

I know zilch about sea fishing but are those snapper killed with that mark behind the eye? Have you got a pic of the eel?

Originally Posted by Dundee

I know zilch about sea fishing but are those snapper killed with that mark behind the eye? Have you got a pic of the eel?

Fantastic photos of a great day! Like Dundee I would like to know about the eel! Do you think it was a fresh water variety? We caught one recently way out in open water (30metres deep) that I would have sworn was a sliver belly!

Originally Posted by stingray

Fantastic photos of a great day! Like Dundee I would like to know about the eel! Do you think it was a fresh water variety? We caught one recently way out in open water (30metres deep) that I would have sworn was a sliver belly!

We have caught quite a few eels around here from in the harbour (heaps of them) to out at Motiti and Karewa islands, they go out to spawn and stuff so not uncommon to catch them in the ocean. I don't know what a silverbelly is though but we have caught short and longfin.

Heaps of snapper about first light today, maxed out in 2 hrs even throwing legal s back

Originally Posted by stingray

Fantastic photos of a great day! Like Dundee I would like to know about the eel! Do you think it was a fresh water variety? We caught one recently way out in open water (30metres deep) that I would have sworn was a sliver belly!

Big conger, would be my guess, six feet long and very thick threw the body, guessing 200mm-250mm, brown, white belly, and grumpy. there was know way, I was having him, in the boat, and he can keep the hook.
snapper have been iked spiked, to kill them,

Thank you for the reply

Up in Nelson today so taking the old mans boat out of rabbit island to have a look for some fish. @veitnamcam you been having any luck lately?


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Originally Posted by sambnz

Up in Nelson today so taking the old mans boat out of rabbit island to have a look for some fish. @veitnamcam you been having any luck lately?


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Yep.....you should have said you were up and I would have sent you further north.

You might get some pannies on the spoil ground?

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She was pretty rough out there for the little wee boat so didn't last long. Back at home now. Might have another go tomorrow afternoon


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Originally Posted by sambnz

She was pretty rough out there for the little wee boat so didn't last long. Back at home now. Might have another go tomorrow afternoon


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You out there doing it @sambnz ?

Got out yesterday morning out oagain with a mate. Took dads wee boat. Absolutely dead flat out there and a beautiful day. The sun was shining and there was no wind. Set the net off the island and promptly left to chase after some kahawai that were going berserk boiling. Took 5 each, couple for me and couple for the old man. Kahawai are great fun to catch. Especially on the little 7ft 6kg softbait rods I've got. First time I think I've ever become a catch and release fisherman today. Caught another 20 or so which we put back in the water. Such great fun pulling them in and waiting for them to go nuts as they see the boat and take off.

Went and had a go for some snapper. Hooked up on one but dropped in bringing him into the boat. Bit small anyway. Had a few runs but couldn't get one to commit to swallowing the bait.

Picked up the net. Full of seaweed and sticks. Got 2 600 long rig and a 1500mm thresher shark. Headed back in to the ramp. Struggled to find the channel on the way in and bounced the poor prop along the bottom for a couple hundred meters. Great day out! Fish has been in the chilly with ice overnight as we drove back to chch so have to deal with that today.


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My eldest girl Ceelah dealing up in the snapper section over the weekend Dad was off chasing elusive stags

Good shit Gibo!

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@Gibo.
Good to see you taught the girls well about health n safety and all that jazz

Originally Posted by Pengy

@Gibo.
Good to see you taught the girls well about health n safety and all that jazz

Yip she's got her vest on bro