Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

The privilege......

Home from trip away all I wanted was to wet a line and with a long weekend ahead I was fizzing, checked the forecast and checked with the oldman ...weather looking pretty average ...bugger ...then out of the blue @vietnamcam texts...are you jet lagged want to go fishing?

Seeing photos of gurnard and brim I couldn't say yes please fast enough...a phone call later and I had visit to the bait shop and down to the ramp and there he is VC and a new truck even to boot.

Load the boat launch and away ...I was full of yarns about the trip away I was limited help baiting the hook line but VC was pantient and did the chores whilst I continued to chew his ear off (thanks Cam) , we set the hook line soaking ..and set ourselves to fishing with no tide we soaked baits VC binned a couple of carrots, and then bang, reeeeelllll ...a real treat of a good sized early season brim on his sons rod! Made my day to just see and smell my first of the season, what a difference a year makes last year we were sharking hardout , this year the devil fish is somewhere else where we had the pleasure of soaking baits.

I was giving the simple of task of adding another burley spud to the pot ...down it went ..sat down and relaxed and VC quietly asks ...Joe why is our burley bomb over there floating away ?? Ahhhh crap ..what rookie ..didn't snig the the loop up tight..up lines , anchor ,burley pot off to chase our burley ..success back into the pot and back into into the tide...back to fishing..

We sat enjoying the evening sunset and the chop,eased off to a beauty of an evening, what a way to be welcomed home!!


The night wore and I wore out ...VC was straying a single bait and got a howler of a run that didn't stick and with light fading VC took pity on me and we pulled the hook line and harvested some fat carrots and then out of the green came a thumper ...wow what a way to start the summer thanks to you Vietnamcam!! There is simply nothing better than sharing time with a fisherman that hunts fish, not simply hopes to catch but rembers the seasons past and where and what and also is willing to share his knowledge.
Snapper sure as hell worth smiling about



The crew for th night

Originally Posted by stingray

The privilege......

Home from trip away all I wanted was to wet a line and with a long weekend ahead I was fizzing, checked the forecast and checked with the oldman ...weather looking pretty average ...bugger ...then out of the blue @vietnamcam texts...are you jet lagged want to go fishing?

Seeing photos of gurnard and brim I couldn't say yes please fast enough...a phone call later and I had visit to the bait shop and down to the ramp and there he is VC and a new truck even to boot.

Load the boat launch and away ...I was full of yarns about the trip away I was limited help baiting the hook line but VC was pantient and did the chores whilst I continued to chew his ear off (thanks Cam) , we set the hook line soaking ..and set ourselves to fishing with no tide we soaked baits VC binned a couple of carrots, and then bang, reeeeelllll ...a real treat of a good sized early season brim on his sons rod! Made my day to just see and smell my first of the season, what a difference a year makes last year we were sharking hardout , this year the devil fish is somewhere else where we had the pleasure of soaking baits.
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I was giving the simple of task of adding another burley spud to the pot ...down it went ..sat down and relaxed and VC quietly asks ...Joe why is our burley bomb over there floating away ?? Ahhhh crap ..what rookie ..didn't snig the the loop up tight..up lines , anchor ,burley pot off to chase our burley ..success back into the pot and back into into the tide...back to fishing..

We sat enjoying the evening sunset and the chop,eased off to a beauty of an evening, what a way to be welcomed home!!
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The night wore and I wore out ...VC was straying a single bait and got a howler of a run that didn't stick and with light fading VC took pity on me and we pulled the hook line and harvested some fat carrots and then out of the green came a thumper ...wow what a way to start the summer thanks to you Vietnamcam!! There is simply nothing better than sharing time with a fisherman that hunts fish, not simply hopes to catch but rembers the seasons past and where and what and also is willing to share his knowledge.
Snapper sure as hell worth smiling about
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The crew for th night
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Was bloody good to catch up and hear some of your travels mate.

Joe forgot our heavest catch tho!
This bloody steel wheel and tire that was just barely floating mostly submerged.


We brought it in of course as it would do some serious damage to some poor barstards outboard at 30knots.

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Got the kids out this morning in the hope they would catch a snapper but alas they had moved on from the spots I targeted.
Plenty of gurnard and kahawai about tho if a bit small.



Got the pip and headed in and had a walk round haulashore island.



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Went up to Chur Bay in the Far North in the second week of the holidays.
Managed some good fish. Highlight was probably my son catching a 3kg snapper all on his own.

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Went up to Chur Bay in the Far North in the second week of the holidays.
Managed some good fish. Highlight was probably my son catching a 3kg snapper all on his own.
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Happy lad there

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Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Went up to Chur Bay in the Far North in the second week of the holidays.
Managed some good fish. Highlight was probably my son catching a 3kg snapper all on his own.
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I reckon , pound for pound, - your son handed your arse to you on a plater - and that is brilliant parenting!
Absolute gold fish for your boy.

Nothing better than time spent fishing with your kids...mine were keen as ..then hit teenage years of yeah na to boring etc ..today my youngest is out for tea ...so Dad the snapper are about and I would love a feed of cod ....so the circle of life turns...
Love the photos of the youth fishing ..were ok NZ kids are fishing!

Cheers for that. Next goal is for us to get a deer together.

Time spent with the kids in the outdoors is priceless, it comes around. When I go to the beach this weekend, there are some Kingi steaks left in the freezer for me.

Cam do you have any photos of your boat?


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Originally Posted by sambnz

Cam do you have any photos of your boat?


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Like this?

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Interestingly a bloke and a 10y old boy were picked up out of the water by the local coastguard last night off the boulder bank. Both almost hypothermic and the dad only managed to dial 111 and raise the alarm on his cell (which was in his pocket) because it was a waterproof model!!! Talk about a lucky happy ending

Originally Posted by mikee

Interestingly a bloke and a 10y old boy were picked up out of the water by the local coastguard last night off the boulder bank. Both almost hypothermic and the dad only managed to dial 111 and raise the alarm on his cell (which was in his pocket) because it was a waterproof model!!! Talk about a lucky happy ending

Very lucky! How did they end up in the water?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Very lucky! How did they end up in the water?

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Boat sank
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/...ks-near-nelson

Originally Posted by mikee

Boat sank
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/...ks-near-nelson

Shit. Wasnt there a sinking last week as well?

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