Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

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Holy smoke bro that is a haul and a half

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Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Someday I’m gonna go fishing a lot in these beautiful waters that surround us!! I’m getting close to actually going for a fish here soon. I do I’d love to go on a kingi jigging trip, like a legit hunt, multi day or whatever the usual big trip is, have gas $ and jigs and stories and lies galore. I like the idea of reading structure and birds and surface and flows and seams and currents and all that stuff. I guarantee that I’m about the worst jigger in the country but that only leaves room for improvement
I do have a lot of jigs though, I’m super keen to try these “Tuna Killer” jigs as they have an off edge on em that makes them dart randomly…hell if I know but it could work.
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Those jigs will work just fine, at least in the upper north island (I can't speak for other areas of the country). You'll be able to catch more or less everything you'd want to catch with them. As for barracouta, a short kevlar or wire leader will prevent excessive jig losses and I doubt it would reduce your catch rate of desirable species too much.

Originally Posted by Joe Schmo

Someday I’m gonna go fishing a lot in these beautiful waters that surround us!! I’m getting close to actually going for a fish here soon. I do I’d love to go on a kingi jigging trip, like a legit hunt, multi day or whatever the usual big trip is, have gas $ and jigs and stories and lies galore. I like the idea of reading structure and birds and surface and flows and seams and currents and all that stuff. I guarantee that I’m about the worst jigger in the country but that only leaves room for improvement
I do have a lot of jigs though, I’m super keen to try these “Tuna Killer” jigs as they have an off edge on em that makes them dart randomly…hell if I know but it could work.
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Crikey a lot of tackle shops don’t have that many in stock !
Cod cuda gurnard snaps and kahawai will love them.
Maybe kingies too - I haven’t caught a legal kingi yet so can’t say yay or nay on that front

Barracouta will love them too

My word Jo, do you have a good therapist for that jig addiction of yours? Bloody hell fellahs take this man and score him a King Fish.

Originally Posted by Rushy

My word Jo, do you have a good therapist for that jig addiction of yours? Bloody hell fellahs take this man and score him a King Fish.

Jig addiction??!! My therapist has sooooo many other issues that are more pressing!! Honestly a year ago I was planning to move to NZ for the rest of my life so buying 30-45yr worth of jigs seemed like "the smart thing to do"
Don't worry about me and my kingi...I'll get me one over the next few decades. I think I'm going out Tuesday to give it an effort.
PS: I must be working my way up in the world because I've already placed a jig on a reef in the French Pass area

Originally Posted by Rushy

My word Jo, do you have a good therapist for that jig addiction of yours? Bloody hell fellahs take this man and score him a King Fish.

Yeah me too...probably I got more than that lump in my storage. Did `t gone for fishing for quite a while, but I did bought lot of fishing gears, jigs, flies, lines, hooks....The pain of shopping online is time consuming, but it `s cheap.

The bloke has issues! Though when he visited yesterday day he was talking about slow trolling a Kawahai for a kingi, so there is hope for the fella yet!

Argyle today ...tide was out [
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Fish were about , but spooky and cunning , wind blew making fishing tricky ..dropped nymph size to smallest I could thread the nylon through..plenty of interest but to much belly in the line when trying to set the hook..

Great day saw a heap of fish , some cruising past right at my feet whilst my nymph was sitting out wide trying to fool another fish ...heart stopping stuff .

I went for the great Kiwi Slam this long weekend...stingray, trout and kingi.
We put the hammer down on some rays in Mapua...had the girls on the end of our paddlepoards spotting cruising rays and watching em and giggling (mostly the girls) and screaming (mostly me), it was a sweet trip, boards didn't even blow off'n the subaru on the way there/back!!
I went after trout with some steelhead tactics I was really good at back in 2009...I found the same 8# brown that I've been looking at off the same bridge for the past 3 months. I am now 100% sure that trout is on the FGNZ payroll to entice anyone who looks off the bridge to go buy a license. Crazy having an apex predator also be the most spooky animal around, he turned on my bobber, like he wanted to eat a mouse, the first time I reeled it in and that was that...pretty sure an @stingray ground and pound rapala in his face woulda done it...either way, you only get one chance. Fished 3km downstream like a ninja and then I'd try and see if there were any fish in the runs and I never saw another fish. I did find a pretty stellar patch of blackberry to test out my waders on the way back. Absolutely a pleasure to walk a stretch of stream in this beautiful country, gave me peace in my heart.
Of course on Waitangi Day I joined the party at the Nelson marina at first light, it was awesome. We have kinda the same tradition where I come from on spring chinook openers. It always warms my heart that there are certain days where everyone who owns a boat says "We're going out on the water TODAY!!" Anyway, the best thing that came out of my fishin efforts today was naming my new boat, which is a jetski...her name is Boatski. Trolled a 30' Rapala around the boulder bank and I did see another boat doing the same so that was pretty encouraging. Usually this time of year I'm night fishing at 1.1mph in 5 degrees and catching fish that fight like a wet towel...the desire to catch the quintessential NZ saltwater predator has got me. I think I'll go to casting at structure and jigging next trip as I'm really not much of a troll man.
So 1 for 3 on the Kiwi-Slam but man it was beautiful to finally get out there and do some stuff. Soooo happy to be here!! Also got to talk to a dozen strangers this long weekend...they always assure me that we did the right thing in moving here...we moved here for the people and I love these people. Cheers mates.

Bloody fantastic @joeschmo …but now things have got more complicated…tuna are in the bay find the birds find the Tuna…

You will need a chilly bin with salt ice , bleed them , gut them and ice them as they spoil quickly

A blue and white squidy lure …( see me ) or big blue.

Welcome @joeschmo your the kind of bloke that we treasure the company of…it warms my heart to see you and the family out enjoying everything
NZ promised you…

Here’s the next challenge Albacore tuna

Give me a sec photos won’t load

Originally Posted by stingray

Bloody fantastic @joeschmo …but now things have got more complicated…tuna are in the bay find the birds find the Tuna…

You will need a chilly bin with salt ice , bleed them , gut them and ice them as they spoil quickly

A blue and white squidy lure …( see me ) or big blue.

Welcome @joeschmo your the kind of bloke that we treasure the company of…it warms my heart to see you and the family out enjoying everything
NZ promised you…

Here’s the next challenge Albacore tuna

Give me a sec photos won’t load

Be careful @Joe Schmo. @stingray is trying to entice you to the dark side......lure fishing.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Be careful @Joe Schmo. @stingray is trying to entice you to the dark side......lure fishing.

Fuck off… im all about trolling frozen pilchards at warp speed !

Hey @stingray have you heard of some catches of tuna?

Mate of mine was out yesterday but none.

I checked my phones pictures, last year first ones we got were 19th feb. Year before 22nd feb.

I am utterly fizzing to get after some

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