Far Quirk wrote: Wednesday 6/10/21 8:30 to 11am First opportunity after the gummint let us boat fishers loose. Went to Takapuna but the carpark was full, so went to Narrow Neck and launched there. George and I motored out to Rangi lighthouse and started drifting out with the tide. Just one long drift, NNW with a light northerly slowing our drift speed down to 0.2 knots at times. We fished with soft baits and a kabura, and the latter sucked in 2 colours, no bites at all. Slow start on the soft baits too, but eventually they started to bite. Lures were mostly dragged but the first keeper grabbed a bait being wound in. Used old school worm hook rigs with the sinker up against the hook, and a couple of Carolina rigs where the hook was separated from the sinker by about 30 cms of trace. Last to go in the rodholder was a flasher rig with 4" Gulp soft baits. This rig caught a gurnard. Also got 4 snapper 31 to 40cms on the soft baits. Not a bonanza, but a small feed for 2 families, Happy daze!
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Pcj wrote: under 12ft "Bazza" as there is a over 20 thread too,maybe a new one for you over 80 |
bazza wrote: Could someone please clarify the significance re the title of this thread ? |
betterthanwork wrote: Too true and our decision to buy a Surtees 495 and a car with 4WD was vindicated yesterday when we rocked up at HMB at 6.40am to find a queue of boats and cars extending for probably 500m. A quick u turn a few minutes drive to Bucklands beach and and straight in off the sand effortlessly. Plus saved 10 minutes motoring at 5 knots. I had a 12 foot Parker craft for years then did a massive upgrade to a 14 foot fyran so even with exuberant extents of 16 ft Surfees I still feel like a small boat fisho. |
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