Catchelot wrote: Hard day on the water for us yesterday, was a small tide and bite time, we worked the Waipu river reef close to the high, water temp not changed in a month 17 deg, as in, SW'ers. Anchored and berleyed as well over the tide, worked hard softeeing and dragging kaburas and straylined baits, 8 snaps and a gurnard. Purse Seiner seen at McGregors rock, coming in to off load Whg Hbr, boo! |
Catchelot wrote: Hard day on the water for us yesterday, was a small tide and bite time, we worked the Waipu river reef close to the high, water temp not changed in a month 17 deg, as in, SW'ers. Anchored and berleyed as well over the tide, worked hard softeeing and dragging kaburas and straylined baits, 8 snaps and a gurnard. Purse Seiner seen at McGregors rock, coming in to off load Whg Hbr, boo! |
MightyBoosh wrote: Blue mackerel. Multiple purse seiners, spotter planes, the works. They get hammered. Very sad. Apart from the fact that we enjoy catching and eating them, knocking a link out of the bottom of the food chain cannot be a good thing for the fishery as a whole. |
MightyBoosh wrote: Blue mackerel. Multiple purse seiners, spotter planes, the works. They get hammered. Very sad. Apart from the fact that we enjoy catching and eating them, knocking a link out of the bottom of the food chain cannot be a good thing for the fishery as a whole. |
Ecko wrote: Launched from Marsden today and fished softies with advice from Catchelot. Mostly fished around Smugglers and Peach. Not a firing day on the water but first fish on board was a 13lb 65cm snapper, quickly followed by a 35cm pannie. The fish dropped off there until just before we headed back in and I was cleaning the fish and something made a run on Rod Holden's softy. Turned out to be a nice 60cm trev which was a great end to the day! Heading out first thing tomorrow too will report back! |
MightyBoosh wrote: One from the other day. I get more excited about them than snapper or kingfish! |
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