Hey VC, there is a thread around here somewhere about filleting to make the most of your fish.
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Hey VC, there is a thread around here somewhere about filleting to make the most of your fish.
Ahhh, I see you take cans of water with you :D
Mate of mine in Nelson reckons those plastic baits are the way to go down there. Don't seem to work so good up this way though.
From what reports I have heard this morning, you were a day early Mr R93 :)
Interesting, i have only ever caught cod with them .Quote:
Originally Posted by rambler
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Yup. I am rarely late😆Quote:
Originally Posted by mikee
Not worried. Had a ball. Got some meat and the rest of the day fishing here in Kenepuru so all is not lost yet.
Will come up and fish the bay after my next shift with the kids and after I set the boat up/child proof it.
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got some pics of the new rig?
we had an interesting time on the mahitahi bar on saturday - missis is never going out/in there again she says
Texted ya few picsQuote:
Originally Posted by Smiddy
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sounds like we have to organize a south westland fishing trip small boats out small creeks to catch big fish:)
lets do it, i am ready and waitingQuote:
Originally Posted by john worthington
R93 put those frigin pilchards threw the Berly mincer & get some Bonito ,your catch rate will increase heaps
I always thought piper was the best bait?
Yeah we used both salmon and pilchard burley.
Will have another go in the bay when I get back from work next month.
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Piper works fine on Kahawai ,get 2 baits out of each but I gave up on pillies & a variety of other shit a long time ago.
Found bonito although soft & needed to be tied on with a few wraps of cotton was more productive & acceptable to a variety of species .
If you want to try 1 of my rigs ,which are just about fool proof (handy in my case) flick me your address.
Pm sent Chris, cheers!
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Nice yearling @R93 i would call that weekend a success.....:thumbsup:
Will drop in post no way to work.Nice part of the country you live in R93.Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Spent 6 weeks at Kokotahi a few years ago March /April ,that area is awesome .
Cheers Chris.
I fly back to work in the morning. Will try it out in 3 weeks hopefully.
Spent many a night in the Kokatahi pub😆
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Nice people but aren't all coasters . I quite liked the Red Lion myself .
Just got back from fishing Beatrix Bay with dad-in-law and his nephew. It's fishing really well, we caught loads of good gurnard, a lot of blue cod (which all had to be returned, much to the delight of the local shags), a 20lb snapper (which I didn't catch, but would like to have done), a 'cutta (which is an amazing fish to smoke), some kahawai (which smoke well, but not as good as 'cutta), a few edible sharks, and a squid (whose guts caught the snapper), and a fishing rod. Yep, I caught an old fishing rod, how surreal is that?
The boys produced their new long-line, which only confirmed my belief that long-lines are THE most efficient way of catching spiny dogfish, and bloody hard work when having to retrieve by hand.
It was a good trip, but my liver took a bit of a hammering :yaeh am not durnk:
Whats a cutta? You don't mean barracuda do you?
NZ Barracouta is not an actual BarracudaQuote:
Originally Posted by Toby
The bay is fishing very well at the moment just off rabbit island, took Greg out Tuesday before work lines in the water by about quarter past five by 6am we had landed 10 on rods and went to pick up long line before it caught too many and got another 7, Dad went out wed morning and got his 10 all on the rod.
I dont think many know this:
Thyrsites atun, the snoek, is a long, thin, species of snake mackerel found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere. This fish can reach a length of 200 centimetres (79 in) SL though most do not exceed 75 centimetres (30 in) SL. The maximum recorded weight for this species is 6 kilograms (13 lb). It is very important to commercial fisheries and is also a popular game fish. It is currently the only known member of its genus.[2] It is also known in Australasia as barracouta though it is not related to the barracuda.
yup I knew
Apparently, canned smoked snoek can be bought in Aus. I've never eaten these fish 'cause I was told that they didn't taste too good, were full of worms, and only useful as bait. That changed the day that my F-i-L gave me a taste of one that he had cold smoked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
I have never tried it but I would sooner eat a pooh :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Yukon
I have been woken up in the middle of the night to change the tune of the filtting machine to fillet them.
As they come out of the machine onto the white conveyors under lights you could see the flesh was actually 50percent worm parasite.
I said "who eats this Shit?" apparently the aussi fish and chip market love it.
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Yep, the cape snoek is regarded as a delicacy in South Africa too, its a prize catch and you pay through the nose for it! I think NZ is the only country in the world that don't eat it!
Might be why NZ is the best country in the world :thumbsup:
Snoek Braai Recipe | Snoek Apricot Jam
Recipe if you want to try!
It's also bony as fuck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Is this the same fish I catch round here that I refer to as blue Hake ? Think of similar genus ,1st cousin perhaps.
Hake / Gem fish being probably the best of all smoking fish .High in oil content which is why both species are excellent smoked.
Known to carry a gut worm similar to that which the IS cod get but not a problem if they are gutted straight away .
Like you Cam, they couldn't pay me enough to eat them. The sight of all those worms sticking their heads out of a couda fillet you have just cut up for bait is enough to put anyone off surely. A hell of a lot of the fish species we caught around I don't eat worms dead or alive, if I can help it.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Cold smoked probably just made the worms more lively.
here's how i set up to catch snapper and it works so give it a go next time. Use a really long trace off the sinker, like 20 to 30 feet long. the sinker sits on the bottom and the hook/bait will move away and sit on the bottom as well. only thing is to make sure the terrain is suitable.
Sounds like a harbour rig to me :D Strong current?Quote:
Originally Posted by smidey
I don't know what it's called but i saw a guy using it and gave it a try. i use it regularly, not just in strong currents
Must be hard feeling bites with a sinker 30 feet behind the hook?
yeah, probably don't feel a lot of them i guess
Using recurves or j hooks? Sorry for all the questions but new methods intrigue me :D
i don't know the terminology but they are the standard shape, not the odd curved shaped ones