 herby wrote:Rusky and I were there today and got 3. Can't say Im a fan, I hadnt caught a trout for 8 years and man I had forgotten how pussy they fight! I was using 4 pound mainline and the trout I caught didnt even pull string. It would have been 1.5kg and a kahawai of similar size would have kept me entertained for ages, I pretty much skull dragged it in.
Boring!!
Had heaps of them rising all round, at one point 3 were rising at the same time, probably could have caught more if I wasnt such a crap angler!
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| Rusky wrote: We were lazy Bazza and baited with bread. Yep had one come screaming towards us, thought I had lost it but was just a matter of retrieving the slack line.
Had my 2 trout last night smoked, beauuutiful!!! However the bones mid body annoyed me a bit. |
I think what I may try doing bazza in the future is having a mate floating his rig out with bread, and as they come to rise and take any bread floating around, cast a fly with a fly rod and see if they take the bait. More sight casting then anything else.
Whats the styx herring?
| Stika wrote: Excellent fun yestrday. I used spinner and had a great time. The fish was biting hard. From 1pm till 4pm got 22 trout. All under size. Just a little fish but lots of them. Used little rod so it was great feeling.
At the end I used bait got 2 Eals. Large ones.
Im sure that tonight will be great night.
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Wow! that is certainly full on fishing Stika, 22 fish in three hours is an average of one fish every 8 1/2 minutes, casting, unhooking, etc. included.
I had a much quieter day there today (Fri) spending quite a few hours for a total of only two fish landed & three lost for various reasons, including unforgivable poor knots.
Perhaps one consolation was that other anglers there were having a similary quiet time.
One worthwhile aspect of an otherwise fairly uneventful day was that one of the fish landed gave the best fight I have had to date, from a fish out of Pupuke. It was not a large fish by any means, probably about 2 lbs. or so, yet pulled line, leapt a couple of times, refusing to give up, diving for the depths repeatedly. Naturally it was released, so hopefully anyone catching it again will do likewise, having enjoyed catching such a hard fighting fish.
Cheers.
P.S Anyone know how Pupuke fishes, once the weather starts to warm up, as it will do shortly?
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I would only assume that the majority of them go deep.
However, I have seen them in summer in the shallows, so not much will change hopefully.
| Rusky wrote: Awesome bazza. I didnt get my first trout until I was 16. Was contemplating going for a fish today, but the wind looks too strong. |
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