MacSkipper wrote:
good fishing photos please I like pictures!
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cirrus wrote: Thanks Alex. Will get there and when the right livie turns up,in to it. Find piper which kingis seem to love are also enjoyed by small snapper. Long time since i caught a kingi in the manukau. Alot of that is caused by focusing on snapper gurnard or trevelly. Time for a change. |
smudge wrote: Against my better judgement I agreed to give it a shot today. A good solid 20 knot sou' wester was blowing. I figured it was going to ease off. It didn't. That's all good, will fish in the shelter around Matakawau. There was no shelter. Undersized snapper were plentiful and it took dedication to finally catch a Jack mackerel for a live bait,. That resulted in the only keepable food fish for the day. Not the king we were hoping for but a slabby little kahawai of around a kilo. We moved for no better result. We then left the shelter of the nearby hills to try our luck out in the middle of some surprisingly clear water. an easy trip with a following sea. At our destination we decided it was just too rough to anchor so we thought it would be an even better idea to drag for some scallops. it wasn't a good idea and I made the call to head back. That was probably the only good decision of the day! We absolutely smashed our way across the flats and our next smart decision was to try for a kingfish at spot x in a very sheltered spot which was very close to home. We couldn't get the anchor to hold. It wasn't as sheltered as we thought it would be and snagging the live bait line and having to bust it off was the final straw. 500m back to the boat ramp and there were a bunch of guys swimming/diving/fooling around so we had to bide our time while we waited for them to get out of our way. Idiots. But there were lots of them so I just smiled and said hello. The kahawai ended up in the bait freezer and that was our day. Cold, wet & disappointed. One of my worst fishing days. Should have trusted my gut instinct eh. The forecast was a little optimistic, the weather didn't settle down as we thought it would & we couldn't get to any of our regular spots. You've heard the story of a bad day's fishing? This time I truly would have preferred to be at work . Good with the bad though Smudge, not often we get hammered like that. Stay safe out there. |
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