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    Posted: 18 Jan 2023 at 5:16pm
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Several stripies caught off Raglan and 1 x 286 Kg Blue. Never many Blues caught out west,
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Wow a west coast blue is something dreams are made of.congrats to all involved.2 stripys tagged for newplymouth so far.way off shore towards southern trench.
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Been a while between posts, Raglan /Kawhia are going off. two stikes and landed one last Wednesday first for the boat and my mate Ross went 86.5kg on the scales.
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Hi muzz.Yes I'm hearing very good reports from kawhia raglan areas.Just hoping they turn up in numbers off New Plymouth this year.New Plymouth has its first stripy on the board but was caught very wide towards the trench
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Its still early days  i am sure they will be heading your way soon good luck for the season. Pretty happy to get one on our first try for the season.
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Great to see thread re set for season, and posts.

Look forward to seeing more updates
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I see C Crazy got a Yellow Fin off the Manukau. Rare catch.
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There's been three blues caught out west weighed in by Counties in our club waters this season . Weighed one today that went 228kg caught south of the Waikato bar in 110 meters .
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Originally posted by Got-ya Got-ya wrote:

I see C Crazy got a Yellow Fin off the Manukau. Rare catch.

Two YFT for Counties boat Gentleman's Club on the 17th
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Originally posted by Skoti Skoti wrote:

There's been three blues caught out west weighed in by Counties in our club waters this season . Weighed one today that went 228kg caught south of the Waikato bar in 110 meters .

Wow, nice fish! I weighed a 144.4kg stripey today  for Sirocco. Also two smaller fish
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And a 310kg broadbill in New Plymouth yesterday besides the numerous stripes.
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A marlin was caught off the Manukau on Friday. Was in 55m on a live bait while snapper fishing. Nice bonus.
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Let's get this one up and running again. Here's an early season teaser: CSFC boat 'From a Distance' landed a 50kg yellow fin tuna today. I didn't get a pic sorry but I'm sure one will appear on our club fb page pretty soon and I'll post that up. It was caught just past 330m. No lure details as I wasn't the weighmaster for this one but I did see it. I was thinking 50, then as I stepped out of the ute the weighmaster calls 50! Pretty easy to say now Smudge!

YFT is my bucket list fish, I have wanted one since i was a little kid. Hopefully one day!
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That is a cool catch for out west. Would be great to get this thread and others with a few more posts.
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Originally posted by yknot yknot wrote:

That is a cool catch for out west. Would be great to get this thread and others with a few more posts.

Yes. With a new motor on our old tub, I'm very keen to put in some gamefishing hours this year.
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Going by this pic i would have called this fish 30kg, photo really doesn't do it justice

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The tone of your new motor will be a fish raiser Smudge. How far out is 330m deep ?
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About 25nm from paratutae rock.
If it was straight out from the manukau.
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Originally posted by rowboat bob rowboat bob wrote:

The tone of your new motor will be a fish raiser Smudge. How far out is 330m deep ?

I've never had the rage to go that deep on my boat, but I'm sure it's well within reach now. I know it's over 20 nautical miles and Matoo has been there done that so I'd go with 25
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Small bluefin (15kg) caught in 30m off NP port today.
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