Thread: I suck at snapper fishing!

Originally Posted by mikee

From what reports I have heard this morning, you were a day early Mr R93

Yup. I am rarely late😆
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

Originally Posted by Smiddy

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 pics

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sounds like we have to organize a south westland fishing trip small boats out small creeks to catch big fish

Originally Posted by john worthington

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 waiting

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.....

Originally Posted by R93

Pm sent Chris, cheers!

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Will drop in post no way to work.Nice part of the country you live in 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

Whats a cutta? You don't mean barracuda do you?