Thread: Fishing tomorrow!

Yep, I'm going out. Forecast not great for the ski, but think I can find some sheltered water. Report to follow.

Report as promised. Late start for me. At the ramp at 6am. Blame the vomiting 3 year old, poor little guy! As predicted, not exactly jetski friendly conditions, but doable, so stayed in close. It wasn't a bad decision as I got the bag limit in about an hour, nothing big, but a good Christmas feed. Back home by 0930.

went out to the hen and chicks islands out off the Whangarei habour for a fish today fishing was slow for this time of the year and only took home 8 snappers a 15,12,10 and 2x8 pounders the rest were 35cm snaps and put back about 5 or 6 smaller ones
still a good feed for me and my mate that came with me and his 2 kids.then we stopped in the habour on the way home and went snorkling for scallops and got our limit man are they fat so i know what i am having for xmas breakfast
happy xmas everyone hope you have a good one

Redemption day!
Pengy took the risk and came fishing with me again , after our last tragic tale , I considered him a very braves man !!!

Away on sat arvo with the @Pengy got to okiwi it was flat arse calm, so hooked up the boat and shot out for an evening fish. Few gurnard and couple of codstill the snapper remain up the coast! In by 930 beer tucker bed! Up earlyish down the coast, dropped the hook line out deep and then steamed for an old haunt I hadn't visited for a year or three.

The weather eased as the tide turned and ran with the breeze, then the green machine being a great fishing buddy that he is started to summon the fish Ralph he yelled, Hue he called, Boris he spluttered!

So we set to fishing with the cod savageing everything we dropped in the water! @Pengy showed good form dropping line weights to match the clear conditions, the couta appreciated his efforts and nipped of his hooks one at a time! I went with something more substantial but struggled to boat anything legal, with a run of small brim and frustratingly just undersized cod! Pengy brought out the big guns and dug deep into his tackle bag and brought out some sparkly worms all the way from his other home land and boated the cod of the day!

With our limit of two cod each secured, we moved down the coast to a cray rock! As luck would have it I managed to hit it bang on! Down the side left around a bit found the hole and some nice crays! Even better I managed to grab 3 out of the 4 I hit! Bloody supprised myself!

Up to the surface 15 mins bottom time in total! Pengy picked me up and we headed for the hook line pulled five fat carrots plus a couple of token spikies! Weather was kicking up again so Pengy headed us for home!

A great way to ease the Xmas craziness , cheers Pengy for taking the shit I gave you, and for being a champion boatman and keeping me safe!

Out Sunday for a fish with @Munsey around south bay and dropped some cray pots.
Did well on Blue cod and perch and a big kahawai and cuda when the sun drove me back in.


We had a surfcast in the evening but a cuda and spiky dog were all that was managed.



Out this morning to check pots and secured xmas lunch.



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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Out Sunday for a fish with @Munsey around south bay and dropped some cray pots.
Did well on Blue cod and perch and a big kahawai and cuda when the sun drove me back in.


We had a surfcast in the evening but a cuda and spiky dog were all that was managed.



Out this morning to check pots and secured xmas lunch.



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Now that's the story mate well done !!
Loving that bucket of crays
Hope you enjoyed the surf casting, my brother is right into it and has convinced me to give it a go.
I have to say it pretty fun, I'm real keen to get an elephant fishy one day !!

Lucky dog you
We had last night and 2 days time I be Jackson's Bay
Enjoy Cam

Wow that's is bloody fantastic ..Munsey's tubes of goodness doing the damage ..or the barstard couta from the other weekend? Great to hear your smoungst the cod ...enjoy your time away!

Originally Posted by stingray

Wow that's is bloody fantastic ..Munsey's tubes of goodness doing the damage ..or the barstard couta from the other weekend? Great to hear your smoungst the cod ...enjoy your time away!

Munseys tubes of goodness........forgot my cuda. Fortunately they dont seem too scarce here either.

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Too rough to lift pots this morning and does not look like improveing till thursday so I hope there is some in there and they stay there till we can get them in.

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Windyty saying you might get a chance about 2-4 pm today depending on where they are set! Hope you get to them before the starfish and occies munch the way through your catch!

Originally Posted by stingray

Windyty saying you might get a chance about 2-4 pm today depending on where they are set! Hope you get to them before the starfish and occies munch the way through your catch!

Photos never do justice but there a fair bit of swell and whitecappy bits on top.



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Bloody uni knots!



What am I doing wrong? That was a back to back uni 20p mono to 60p flouro and clearly it has come undone in the flouro.
All wetted and chinched down tight both sides.
I have only started using the uni afyer so many guys on here raving about it but I seem to have a fail any time i use it.
Good ol cinch knot never seems to fail?

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Bloody uni knots!



What am I doing wrong? That was a back to back uni 20p mono to 60p flouro and clearly it has come undone in the flouro.
All wetted and chinched down tight both sides.
I have only started using the uni afyer so many guys on here raving about it but I seem to have a fail any time i use it.
Good ol cinch knot never seems to fail?

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Is that for surfcasting?

Originally Posted by MightyBoosh

Is that for surfcasting?

Yep....my boy just wound in a decent sized rigbut ran off to tell mum before I could get a photo.



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