Gamefishing Updates - Mercury Bay

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Game-fishing reports, updates, pics here and good luck for the 2014-2015 season.


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Anyone heading out this weekend? Forecast looking perfect!
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Originally posted by AlexFyssher AlexFyssher wrote:

Forecast looking perfect!


Hmm...maby not 'perfect' n e more
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Someone has a Stripey in the boot out the back of the Hook, coming in for a courtesy weigh...nice work
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At Whiti town it is, possibly NZ...not sure of size, guess we'll hear more later...
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congratulations, what,s your ETA @ Whiti wharf? 
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nice well done hope it goes weight
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Awesome well done for the boat.
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Very nice to see, congrats to all. Looking forward to some pics.
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It was a little fella - went 68kg - courtesy weigh. Angler was Timon Craig and was his first fish so congratulations to angler and crew - out there doing it and good on ya! Landed back of hook 300 mtrs on a small lumo.
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Well done that man. That will be yummy
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Looks to have been a Yfin caught today too I saw on bonze's Facebook page, we had a quick look out there today but nothing for us
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Yep 8.9kg YFT, small fish but I bet damn tasty...surely more out there, can't wait to get back from work and head down...
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Congrats to Julie on Bounty Hunter, Shortbill Spearfish in the boot...300m nice work
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Looks like the marlin, s'bill and YFT have all come from the area around the Hook.... 
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Rumour has it 2 marlin were dropped 5m north of the Aldies on the 200m line today, one reportadley pulled 100 odd meters of line then fell off, the second smashed a lumo sprocket and was dropped at the boat.
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The marlin weighed at Whangamata today was caught in 130m n/e of aldies on small green/black lure
so in same general area BullWink
gannets were going crazy from all reports
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A great start to the game fishing season in Mercury Bay! 

With the forecast looking really good, we decided to take our two girls out, Celine is keen to get her first marlin, but it needs to be 5knot variable or less!

We headed straight to the hook. There's plenty of bird life and bait around 120-150 m. We put the lines out at around 9am, just four game lines, and a couple of tyrnos 30II with 10kg on for catching skippies.

Just before 10am one of the lines went off, which I took, as Celine was wanting a marlin, not another skippy!. It was obviously more than a skippy once I hit the strike. I thought it was a good yellowfin, which I have caught on lighter tackle, so prepared myself to take my time. The line is a couple of years old, and the double and leader were short. (The line broke at 7.5kg on the line tester at the weigh station.) 

It took around 20 minutes to get to the boat, fortunately Brian grabbed the snapper gaff! and gaffed the fish, as once it was in the line snapped (I think it snagged on something as we were bringing it in!)

Was pretty stoked as it's my first SB spearfish, and on light tackle a lot more fun than when we've caught them on the bigger gear.

After getting it on ice etc, I thought - I wonder if it's near a record - lucky we keep the year book on the boat, and I saw that there is no women's record for SB Spearfish on 10kg.

There's a fair bit of paperwork involved in going for a record, so it pays to be prepared! Also - we suspected the line would be more like 8 kg, but I filled in 10kg on the weigh card - I found out that I would have been best to write 8 kg, and if it did break at over 8, they'd put the line class up. The weigh masters can increase the line weight, but not decrease it. Doesn't really worry me too much, I'm mostly stoked we got the fish in! It tasted pretty good too!

Should be out there today, but a few things to sort out before we head out again!

Thanks to the weigh masters for the extra time it took. Much appreciated! 
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