Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Quick after work dive/fish with @stingray this evening.
Dropped a longline in shallow on the way out, Dropped the craymaster on some new turf for a prospect...a few cracks and caves but no crays in residence. Steamed off to another spot we had done ok in the past. Up he came with 3 nice keeper bucks.
Longline produced 6 good size gurnard and a few small ones released and a Kahawai.
Beautiful evening and great to finally be back in daylight savings.

Yes looking forward to having a crack at some snaps @veitnamcam

I hear there are a few starting to show...Im getting excited

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Tennyson Inlet over the weekend.
The wives in the dinghy outfished the men and kids in the boat.
Good gurnard catching, catch and release with a few small pannies. Kahawai on the run all afternoon. Only a few sharks, and a rig made for tea on Saturday night.
Blue Cod galore if only they were in season in the Sounds, good size fish too. Spottie galore too unfortunately. We were moving regularly to get away from the Codlys.

Almost a pattie this morning .

Originally Posted by kukuwai

Yes looking forward to having a crack at some snaps @veitnamcam

I hear there are a few starting to show...Im getting excited

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Yep there will be a few about for sure.

Pelorus over labour weekend out with the 7” soft baits I can’t wait ��

Pork belly slow cooking on the fire for tonight.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Pork belly slow cooking on the fire for tonight.
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Haha. So it is.

I was gonna ask what bait he used to catch it. I would think an apple on a string

That one was shot with a spare gun, but I have used fermented grain as bait in the past

Up at 4am roused the teenager and off to pick up @stingray.
Load the boat and off on the 4 hour drive to Kiakoura .
Conditions were very nice.
Tried a few spots.
I managed to prong a couple of butters, one more pulled off the shaft...and missed a few more.
I need a shorter gun for Kiaks I think.
Joe found plenty of crays but lots of smalls and in berry.
Beautiful day and good to get in the water...my first time for the season.
Cheers for doing what you do Joe.





Sweet drive home, clean the boat and parked up with a beer.

Wicked day thanks VC ..saw and passed up so many small crays,measured a dozen 10 a mil undersize 2 got bined, …managed to tits up a the only solid keeper I saw, vis was great , weather epic , and just being there with you and Xavier …..priceless.

You make it happen and put in the hard yards cheers VC for another fantastic mission …if only the fishing got on board

Very leisurely start today out with Dad and Son.
Was pretty slow for a start but then I got a nice fat snap on the strayline.

More burly and more waiting then the strayline took off again....definitely more weight on this one.


Tried to get a few photos on the boats measure that was too short and get it back in the water but then it kicked out of my hands and landed upside down on my thigh driving one of it's back spines 2 inches or so into it!
Tried to release it but it floated up...pulled up anchors and burly went and got it again and tried again to release but he was rooted so had to come home.
We had dropped a longline and got 3 more very good sized snaps and headed in.

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Will probably get it mounted.

At A and E now waiting to get spike out of leg.

Haha. Never a dull moment for you VC
That's a thumper of a snap.