Skoti wrote: Had a go out with my dad yesterday , left Matakawau about 9:30 into a brisker than forecast Sou Sou wester . Looking at some of the boats anchored it didn't look too comfortable and would only be worse where we wanted to go . Ran into my uncle fishing off Grahams and he wasn't getting any , so we decided to head up a little further and try there . No luck there and with the wind against tide swinging our line angles all over the show we headed back to one of Smudges Top Secret gurnard spots in hope of a feed . Nothing happening there so put down a sabiki for a livebait that took along time coming . Once I got a jack-mac it went quickly onto a 9/0 recurve with a mtr of 100lb trace , a 5oz ball sinker sitting on the hook running rig style . Dropping it over the side in 10 mtrs of water , I let a bit of slack out so it can swim about , free-spool , clicker on and into the rodholder . Well it only lasted a minute before I got hit . Dad got all the lines in and proceeded to get the anchor in and I had it at the side of the boat , the Torium 20 and BBE rod quickly subduing the fish . Netted rather than gaffed because it looked a bit marginal , I was surprised when it measured 850mm . Only fish we kept all day , but plenty for a feed ! |
smudge wrote: I think Fenien is right |
jackel wrote: Hi Roofless, can you please let me know if you could launch a 5.5m tinny off the beach at 1/2 tide (little huia) or would I be pushing it? Cheers |
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