Kina, fulltank...wider for snapper or stay close

another top report grant good on you. how far out where the workups?

Awesome reports there. These are the times when I wish my 14' tinny would grow another metre or two as I would love to be getting out amongst that for a change.

Nice work Grant. Great looking specimens right there. 

Cheers PD. No doubt Amateur has a few tucked away somewhere Tightlines2   and this winter I'm trialling a couple more little SP thingys ready for summer if they work out well on the local Red brigade, so far so good , but more R & D required.

Even though it was very windy and some big holes in the sea opened up from out in the Gulf coming back to Tiri  ( ), heading out with wind and tide was sweet-as, also from Tiri  back to Weiti, 30kt boat speed all the way...and it's as smooth as silk out there today .....reckon it would be a perfect day for a fish!
I'm off for some bike training this arvo' otherwise I'd be tempted to try for a few over 70cm fish, reckon they were there, just a tad further north..

Filleting sure does take a little longer, winter fish with the slippery oils/fats in all. Each Snapper had the bone growth too.

Friday looks a better day forecast weather wise at the moment Wetspot..wait and see I guess.
Bit like today.
Much patience by Bruce, as the last time we escaped was when I still had the 150 2 stroke and that trip was to be like a rugby match, a game of two halves. Well the Ref. blew the whistle and out into the field we went earlier this morning. Coffees in hand, smooth sea, sun up and warming away the early grey, the boat sitting on a steady 20 something knots and the day was looking mighty fine.
Crickey it was quiet north of Tiri. So we went further afield and cottoned onto a nice school of Snapper which kept us well amused. Bruce bedding in the new rod/reel nicely




A shift of possie and Bruce ended up tussling with a fiesty Kingfish that just wouldn't give up, and it was destined without question for a particularly appreciative neighbour. That's two from two for Bruce.




A serious shot was fired from me, I had the big gun out just in case via a 400gm Jig on 120lb trace, 37kg braid, Torsa30, Tcurve rod ....spent just a few unsuccessful speed winds and...yep, we're on! It's been a while since I've hooked a lil' freight train, but even with the fish feeling well hooked and taking some serious amount of string with a welcome bend in the rod, I got done - the line went limp. Lost the lot.
Upon calm and non-expletive reflection (now ), reckon it must have been a Couda biting at the swivel,  and shredded the line just below it.
Oh yeah the 'couda are back in town,..lost a very nice jig and 4 SP terminal tackle to the swine today. Mind you it was hard to complain, as the sun was out, the wind 10-15 knots and the fish were biting.
Must have all been male Snapper... bit o' skirt on the hooks, it was just one of those  sessions. A couple of 'em...two tone tails are soooo in right now...



Home, done and dusted @ 3:30pm, cheers Bruce.


..and I seem to have semi-inadvertantly but significantly contributed to global warming, with this latest batch of wildfire jerky    

Nice one Grant I had a sneakin suspicion you might have been out there

Very nice class of fish Grant! Well done!

Primo!

I thought you'd be out there on Monday, we were a little late off the mark but got a few and good to be out there again, can I book a space for June!!!!

Cheers there Keith C, Amateur, Snap and Capnnod  , it's been a sweet few sessions lately.

Macca - yeah, managed to catch quite a few Kingi's either trying to nab Snapper (just normal bottom twitching style), or on the retrieve with Glow Squid - me and several other Fisho's now out in their various patches around the north island. Hard case.

Off The Hook - where is your normal stomping ground during the day?

Had a mate getting right into excellent fish the other day in just a few feet of water, over a sandy beach front...drifting and throwing the little SPs, absolutely nailing Snapper to 15lbs It never ceases to amaze where good fish are caught, and how. Forever learning.
Also increasing my wish list, as you do, for things on the boat, equipment, and terminal tackle (some already being tested, and continuing over the winter as I like to prove stuff to myself and learn why something works or not).