Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Few stories to tell, but the one that happened tonight was pretty darn cool,
VC pick me up we go out , let’s go up the coast …mmm ok , up the we had a general idea of spots, so splashed in…..swam about got a cray silt blew up couldn’t find my catch sack in the filth, bird in the hand surfaced boated the cray , VC had a solid mark on me so back down on the mark , current had blown off the silt there’s my catch sack…

Back to cray fishing , pulled my head out of a crack looked for the next rock to hunt and my heart and spinster joined together , not 5 meters away was a huge tail and a black n white body…..ahh well I’m not eaten carry on …that lasted 5 mins

Got to the boat VC says did you see the fucking orca …me yes …VC they were under the boat the were playing with the anchor rope …how close were they I ask …I could have stuck a stubbie down his blow hole says VC they were touching the boat …

So we had a we moment of how cool and how bloody nervous were we both ..got some crays had an experience of a life time …phones safely tucked away in the truck . FFS

Yeah I have seen Orca before but never like this!
They were surfacing alongside the boat and blowing....lifiting my anchor rope!...going under the boat and surfacing on the other side!
Literally rubbing the boat!
I figured they were trying to tell me my mate was over there and not doing well cos he was blowing bubbles but I have to say I got a bit nervous when the were lifting my anchor rope and rubbing the boat!
Started up ol faithful then the biggest one swam for Joe's bubbles and slapped his tail on the surface of the water then they were off.
What an experience! What a day to forget the phone ffs.

Second story is not mine to tell,
South Island marlin speared ….

Took the Son for a quick fishy this morning....launching just after low it took a while to get out but managed to not touch bottom this time.
Dropped a longline in 34m at low went upstream and burly up.
We were pretty late and sun was well and truly full on the water by the time we were fishing.
Got some Gurnard and pesky small kahawai converted into bait...gave it 1.5 hours or so and pulled up lines.
A handful more Gurnard on longline and one decent snapper.
Headed in to just off peppin, still good current and burly...one big kahawai and an undersized cod.
Sun was punishing so we bugged out as soon as we had enough water to get on the trailer.
Scaled the snapper to smoke fillets and wings.
Gave a bucket of Gurnard to the neighbors.

Stevens bay launch for me today. Low tide so hard sand.

Had a couple of mates on board today as the kids had other commitments.

Glorious morning. Moon up in the western sky and the glow of the rising sun in the east.

Dropped a line same place as last sunday (35m) Then out wide to see if any albacore had showed up on this side of the bay.

Plenty of searching....



Nothing but stunning conditions...



Long line saved us again. 10 good snaps. Mates went home with all bar one for our dinner

Still beats doing jobs at home

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