Thread: New boat

Originally Posted by gimp

I did see tuna jumping at one point and trolled for an hour with 2 lures out but no luck, any of you ever caught an albacore just casting lures around tuna action?

Yeh I have casted little hard body jigs in the the mass and wind fast. Works for skippys, kahawai and trevally too.
Best way to catch them trolling we found is two shortish hand line just where the prop wash stops and have a section of bungy in line with just a feathery tuna lure. Bungy keeps them hooked and sets the hook. When it's going really good two guys can be hauling them in hand over fist.

I have come back with less before Gimp
Although red cod are a bit crappy. I tried to fillet one fresh a while ago and it was like wet tissue paper. I have heard that you can wrap it in newspaper and keep in the fridge and fillet it the next day. Should be ok for a fish pie or patties ?

Yeah as long as I don't end up in the shit with weather or on the bar....

Down South sounds a bit safer but it's pretty accessible to get out of Hoki when it's flat, saves the 5hr drive to Jacksons

h I must have missed you. Yep it goes pretty well. Need a 15hp though

Have you tried any different pitched props on your outboard? can make a big difference in performance especially when loaded up

No, just the one it came with - probably just going to sell the 8hp at some stage and get a 15 for the sake of a bigger safety margin.

The glue on the Railblaza RIB ports is failing already, one is unusable as a rod holder because it's so loose. Not wildly impressed. Followed installation instructions to the letter. Probably get some screw on vertical holders for the transom.

Originally Posted by gimp

The glue on the Railblaza RIB ports is failing already, one is unusable as a rod holder because it's so loose. Not wildly impressed. Followed installation instructions to the letter. Probably get some screw on vertical holders for the transom.

Yeah its asking quite a lot of a glued patch.

67km is a big mission in a little boat!
I did wonder how well those rod holders would stay stuck.

I have a virtually brand new 8&1/2 x 8&1/2 prop here you can have a play with, yours will probably be 8&1/4 x 7&1/2.

Could be the go for one player fishing in your boat.....it will be like changing up from 4th to 5th gear.

literally a 2min job to swap over.

pm your addy Ill send it down.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

67km is a big mission in a little boat!
I did wonder how well those rod holders would stay stuck.

I have a virtually brand new 8&1/2 x 8&1/2 prop here you can have a play with, yours will probably be 8&1/4 x 7&1/2.

Could be the go for one player fishing in your boat.....it will be like changing up from 4th to 5th gear.

literally a 2min job to swap over.

pm your addy Ill send it down.

Cheers - I'll check what mine is and give you a PM. Would be good to experience the difference. Reckon it'd plane faster/easier?

Originally Posted by gimp

Cheers - I'll check what mine is and give you a PM. Would be good to experience the difference. Reckon it'd plane faster/easier?

If its light enough and planeing easily it might pick up a few kmh but mainly it drops a few rpm for the same speed.
Wont be quite as peppy to get on the plane so not for heavily loaded trips.


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Never seen a red cod before

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Never seen a red cod before

Never fished tasman bay eh.....They call them Akaroa cod commercially.

Thanks. No not fished the bay.
Might need to borrow ya boat if it doesn’t stop raining here though