Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Primo

Mums 71st Birthday today so I told her I would take her and the grandkids out fishing.

She thankfully thought that was a splendid idea.

With 4 kids and Mum I nearly didn't take a rod but decided at the last minute to throw in my bait runner. Surely I can sneak that out the back !!

Off to 15m out from Mot early...burly was deployed and rods dropped. With the wind against the tide I ended up sneaking the bait runner out the front instead of the back. It never looks amazing with the line out right next to the anchor rope !!

Pretty busy morning for me with a few tangles to sort out. Kahawai and brim to unhook etc. Almost forgot my rod was out until it started screaming !! Engaging the drag had no effect as the line continued to peel off it, SHIT I thought!

Managed to pass the rod around the side of the cockpit and get it into the back of the boat and got the kids to wind up. At this stage I am thinking a kingi had eaten the pilly but after some time we got a look at it.

A big snapper !!

It wasn't long before we had it in the net. I was keen to tag it and let it go. Unfortunatly it was hooked deep in the throat and I wasn't going to put my hand in its mouth to get it out. The pliers weren't long enough and by the time I got it out it was bleeding from the gills and had been out of the water a while so into the bin it went.

Turned out to be 81cm and 24pd





I wish mum had of got it but she had a great time so that is all that matters

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Awesome fish. I bet mum was just as happy to see you catch it.

Awesomeness

Nice Fish.!!.
Good nick too.

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Nice Fish.!!.
Good nick too.

Yep it sure was in good nick.

I don't reckon it was that old either. It still had some pointy teeth near the front of its mouth.
From what I have previously seen in fish that size, the teeth are often worn right down to nubs !!

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Managed to take a mental day off work with good weather and smashed a few snapper off durville and went wide in Tasman bay getting onto a heap of albacore tuna
A lot of fun had and a magic day on the water
Should have taken a set of dive gear!!

Love that blue water ! Love having the Tuna in Tasman bay !

Great fish

So, basically in Nelson and Marborough region you can have all the fun with both SI & NI fishes, right?

Originally Posted by Black Rabbit

So, basically in Nelson and Marborough region you can have all the fun with both SI & NI fishes, right?

In our Spring / Summer …October- April the fishing is good ..December - March weather conditions permitting we get the warm blue water in the top of the South Island and the fishing is very good, Albacore tuna and whispers of bill fish off the west coast …

We then get one very special visitor off the west coast …Blue fin tuna they follow the Hoki schools and these track through the cook strait, and down the west coast out in to the Hokitika trench.

Then in the winter we have here in the Top of the south , spikey dog fish lots and lots and the a few thousand more spikey bloody dog fish…the odd gurnard ,blue cod and then a few more spikey dog fish just to rub salt into the wound!

just as well you like catching spikey dogs then.

Originally Posted by stingray

In our Spring / Summer …October- April the fishing is good ..December - March weather conditions permitting we get the warm blue water in the top of the South Island and the fishing is very good, Albacore tuna and whispers of bill fish off the west coast …

We then get one very special visitor off the west coast …Blue fin tuna they follow the Hoki schools and these track through the cook strait, and down the west coast out in to the Hokitika trench.

Then in the winter we have here in the Top of the south , spikey dog fish lots and lots and the a few thousand more spikey bloody dog fish…the odd gurnard ,blue cod and then a few more spikey dog fish just to rub salt into the wound!

Thank you. I like salt water fishing, and I read some about fishing in your region since I still enjoy the NI fishes. I fished in picton once stayed for two nights with my wife, but there was no any luck, even on a spot that an old fisherman told us. Yeah, I am still a land based, but I am very keen to train my sea legs once I settled.

Out for a cheeky Sunday fish over the Ohiwa Bar on a grey day, Caught a heap of snapper in the 35-40 range and enough Kahawai for a feed out of the hot smoker. Shared dinner with Mum tonight and gave a few fillets, heads and frames away along with a few kahawai. Good way to end the week.

Mixed bag at Collingwood this evening from the ski.

@Shearer - Jet Ski? what are you running?

I like the idea of a ski to fish from, easy launch from beach, handle by myself and ok in shallow water. I used to drive IRBs for surfclub so know the skis can go almost anywhere in the surf.

Cheers