The System......as i now call it
This is getting very addictive and man its good fun!
The system we are running is a bonze dredge on one side and a bonze volcano teaser chain on the other to raise fish and then a spread of small easy to eat lures in behind to give something for the fish to eat!
The last three trip have been awesome and this one was no exception!
plan was to head hoki for 3 days but with a change in the weather we planned to head for whangaroa instead. So up at 3am and north we went to meet up with bonze
Day 1:
It took all day but at 3 we had our first fish up short corner and then another 2. one on short rigger and other on long rigger
(just to note i have not have a fish on my short or long corner in about 4 years and this was the first time running this system on my boat)
It was to be a unlucky day for us though and nothing stuck....still testing...... plus when we got back to the ramp all out D Shackles had been stolen MEAN
Day 2:
on day 2 bonze couldnt make it so troy and karms and i still went for a fish.
at 330 we hooked up on the long corner after a mean bite behind the teaser
Troy(segador) hooked up to his first fish on a lure
all our go pros died but we did get some nice jump shots
with only 5kg of drag angler can happy fight with out harness
getting angry off wekarua
first touch of the leader and unsure how much pressure i can apply....surprisingly alot!
Troy with his trophy!
And a real nice fish est at over 150kg on a Bonze Heat released for another day
After releasing the fish it was getting late so back in as plan was to tow over to the other coast
Day 3:
Would see us travel through the night to the hoki! plan was to try for a marlin and sword in the same day and bonze was back on board
the boys having some lunch
Bonze showing the spread for the day
Today it would only take 10min before we had our first fish in the gear with the short rigger been ripped out and the fish follow but not eat
so lures back in position and boom nice bite on the short corner behind the dredge!
and with troy and karms already catching a fish this year i got a turn
This time again having our cameras and go pros die again
but after 5min we had the fish boat side
after about 10 jumps this is the only jump shot!
released a nice fish of about 100kg
After releasing that fish we mowed the lawn for a bit longer then headed to try for a sword.
on the way we raised another fish on the short rigger and karms had her chance but fell off while getting air born
so once at the sword spot we had a couple of drops with no luck then on our "last" drop we had a bite and got tight for karm but pulled the hook
wasn't to be her day
good day!
wicked conditions with the teaser going hard
dredge boom part of the key to fishing a dredge from a trailer boat..
keeps the dredge clear of prop and while catching your fish keeps dredge out of the boat!
Even had time for a sleep
and finally picked up a mahi for karms on the way in
This was a wicked trip and a big thanks to bonze for coming and helping show us some new techniques which is really paying off!
Cant wait to get back out there once this storm pisses off!!!!!!!!