Just for more info, there is a handful of people on the spearfishing board from marlb/nelson. There was also a bunch of surfcasters from Nelson who posted for a while in the walk-about section, have not seen much from any of them in a while.
Huntfish who posts a bit in the jigging section is from Blenheim.
I also beleive there is a kayak fisher or two who sometimes look at the boards. There is also a bunch of Kayakers from Cantubury which get up to Kaikoura and potentially marlb once in a while.
Gurnard, Snapper kahawai, Kingfish, tarakihi and Perch. Lots of options really.
I quite like catching flouder on rod/reel. Drag a small hook with prawn over a sandy bottom. Spotties are a pain.
Has anyone heard of any snapper being caught in the Queen Charlotte this spring?
Thinking of doing a shore mission tomorow night, the tides look good. Probably should put the effort in and drive to the Kenepuru.
Yeah, The sea is looking excellent on the weekend. On Friday/Saturday the forecast for Port Underwood, Cloudy/Clifford bay is almost flat and Kaikoura is looking good. While on Sunday Tasman bay is looking calm, swellmap.com is predicting half meter swell with little chop for western point.
So probably would chase Snapper friday night, then would head to either Marfells or Port Underwood for a kayak fish. Probably to early for the kingies in port underwood. If I have the energy maybe a evening snapper fish in the QC. Then up to the Bullert to hunt trout on Sunday.
Nelson/Marlb offers a excellent diversity of fishing opportunities when the weather is fine.
I would probably blank this weekend.
Last summer I caught Pannies, Blue cod, Couta, KY and Gurnard on Softbait. Mainly fishing the shallower bays towards picton and around port underwood. Avoid Gulp in the sounds because it is a spottie magnet. If you are after numbers then real bait probably works better.
Decided to check out Tara Bay. Got there a bit to late, tide was near peak. Berely attracted heaps of baitfish. Fished until 10pm, caught no snapper. Had one bite on KY fillet. Was very calm, and the moon gave heaps of light.
Should of stayed in or around Broughton Bay. Might do most of my landbased fishing in Mahau sounds from now on, less distance to drive.
How does the tide in Kenepuru relate to the tide times at Havelock?
Thats the good thing about my kayak, once on the water it does not cost anything to run apart from a few muesli bars and cashew nuts. Although I can,t go on a day trip to niles head with it, the limit is about D'urville Peninsula when I launch from French pass.
Anyway, just gotten back from the Port, the sea was flat and visibility was about the best I have seen it for the area. Speared 8 butterfish, could of gotten more. Awesome diving conditions, lots of big paua around Found a few new cray holes but forgot my weight belt so could not get into them. .
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