the demon wrote: Well done ,great you got skippys vs albbies.Are you going to smoke her up ? Also post whats in it guts if you can . |
BenM wrote:
Just picked up the smoked fish which was done in the neighbours walk in smoker, looks and smells divine. We did also BBQ some of the whiter flesh last night and it was amazing, succulent and moist. Stomach contents were two half digested tuna, difficult to tell what variety but I'm picking small skippies. |
From the Counties Facebook page, re The Marlin money comp run on Sunday
What a great day this looks like an event that will be staying on the calendar!
Roundup....
$4600 starting pool
Split early on with the Tinnie boating a Stripie this morning, then sick dayz tagging one.
Yaazoo boated another with all bets off on who had the biggest.
Another two were landed by Kingfisher and Wetsu but rightfully called in as smaller than the others.
Snowdrop and Gillian got on the board late with a tagged Marlin each.
Sprey tagged a Marlin at approx 4.30 but was going to be touch and go whether they would make the weigh station in time!
Winners were The Tinnie in the weighed Marlin taking home $2300 for a stripey weighing 137kg no money but respectable fish for the others. Yaazoo 120kg kingfisher 99kg & Wetsu going 89kg.
The tagged section was even at one each so each team took home $760, hard luck to Sprey who missed weigh station close by 10min.
Multiple other fish hooked and lost, most notably Braden Hull ( junior angler) on barmaid played a big stripey for 6 hours the last two at sunset with thumbs only to pull the hooks just about within gaffing range.
Stories I heard but probably missed a few
Harpoon busted a leader
Outnumbered had 3 on throughout the day
Kylee broke a main line
Chasin tail lost one
Fur seal lost one at 60 on a Livie.
Cheers everyone for the day!
We went out Monday had a couple of shots and boated one late in the day, plus heard of several others
BenM wrote: Plenty of boats racing out the heads this morning, gonna be a bumpy ride back in this afternoon for them with a massive tide rushing out against a 13 knot Sou Wester. Keep safe everyone. |
yknot wrote: A mate lost his virginity yesterday. Hope he doesn't get too addicted. |
Steps wrote: Son , Son in law and I went out from Te Torro yesterday.. 1st boat at the ramp.. 1st time ever going out and have a go in a his 5.5 glass boat.. Got to the bar just as moon dropped and before sun came up... Plan was to hit the 2m mark drop out a few lures then hot about the 80 and head back in for full tide just after 11. Which also matched the under floor tank plus a couple totes and weather forecast The weather forecast predicted the 1m swell period was to decrease as the day went on and the breeze increase, could be a little snotty heading back but nothing to worry about if dont play hero. So hit the 25m , drop out the lures, put about the 6/7knt....and heaps of other (bigger) boats came pouring out one after another heading full steam out past the 100m ( they say where they are going when check in with coast gaurd... Hmm are we just going to waste out time and money? or at least get a little experience from this? Well just before the territorial line, occasional birds cruising /dive, son mentions he thinks hes seen something flash past in the water.. nothing on the sounder other than odd small bait ball...Then ban 1st rod hit , then 2nd...best we have are basic gimble belts and they are on on... 1 on the helm got to keep lines straight so dont tangle the other lures out, no free hands to pull in....1st comes in a nice albacore, then mine comes in a larger one.....get lines back in, boat moving faster, bleed and gut. But before get gutted, again both rods on...same again, 1 in the bin 2 still being 'processed and line back.....then hit again. The around 50ms away a marlin and not a small one...surfaces, cruises around a bit.. we change coarse. Same again but this time mine is giving a lot of greef to get next to the boat,,, finally got the leader and one last flick and lost.. but not a skippy another sort tuna with stripes, and bigger.. While this happening another nice albacore landed, then lures over again. And Im hit again, get to just about see colour and it took off big time, cranked the talica right up still running, but eventually turned it into a arc, but bit of a stalemate, couple small runs.. Im thinking if this is a marlin and best I have is a basic velcro shamno gimble belt... oh well see what happens....... Start getting a little line back, bit by bit, the comes up to the surface 10m out the back in a big arc... a massive shark on the back of the albacore ... just not letting go. He saw us made another attempt, then let go with the bottom 2/3s of a large albacore. Got the lure over again, didnt quite get to the 80m or over he NZ territorial limit.. missed those 2 1sts, and started trolling home .. gas and tide being the limitations. After the shark , everything went sort of dead.... trolling with a swell behind and swell period dropping, had us between 5.5 and 10 knts at times. Got to about the 50m mark pulled the lures...Dropped another 30L into the main tank and rode the waves back to the Sth channel. Didnt get a marlin.. but for a 1st time out for 2 very new newbies we where very pleased with the day.. not just what in the bin , but what from the experience. Back home split off a few loins for the families that evening , and the rest for the smoker today....and a VERY full smoker. Couple of observations thu At low tide the bar was ok, but coming back in the number of small boats still out fishing around the 30/ 50m mark with rising angled chop on top of a swell rising and periods decreasing and a breeze increasing ...once that tide changes and wind / swell/ chop against tide.... And the small boats heading out into that at full tide....conditions predicted to pick up in the arvo... And no one reporting in .... coming back in to maybe add a comment along the lines " getting a little snotty out beyond the bar for small under 6m craft..." Would these small boat beheading out still? |
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