Burp! Thanks Keith
5 of us enjoyed a beer at Keiths place yesterday. Aquacat, Sliver1 & mate Steve, Keith & I swapped SP notes and looked at all sorts of tackle. Feel a TAS attack coming on.
Probably the lesson I took away from that session was you need to work the lure especially the unscented ones. I reckon my cheap Shimano Spectrum is way too soft in the tip to give that action (a broomstick would be better), hence the TAS attack.
Here are some suggested SP times for this week. The way they are worked out are as follows, and you'll see there is a lot of personal bias:
- change of light! (avoid sunburn, sweat & glare) - also allows sneaky ones before & after work
- avoid winds of over 10 knots, and preferably 5 knots or less if it is against the tide (this is partly a safety issue for 12 footers, and partly to do with being able to set up a drift that runs with the tide)
- seek sheltered areas if the winds are marginal
- fish between half an after and half an hour before slack tide (the hour around high & low tide is generally useless
- use Windguru and Ocean Fun tide for planning up to a week ahead
- check weather underground in the last few hours before the mission and be prepared to bail or change venues to get shelter
Weds 23/1/08 5:30 to 8 am, incoming, 8 knots, W, Motuihe/Sargeants
Thurs 24/1/08 5 to 9 pm, incoming, 6 knots, S, anywhere, but take a drogue
Friday 25/1/08 5:30 to 9 am, incoming, 7 knots SE (marginal), anywhere, but take a drogue
Friday 25/1/08 5:30 to 9pm, incoming, 5 knots SE, anywhere, but take a drogue
Sat 26/1/08 5:45 to 10 am, incoming, 5 knots SE, anywhere, but take a drogue
Sat 26/1/08 6:15 to 9 pm incoming, 5 knots SE, anywhere, but take a drogue
Sun 27/1/08 6:30 to 10 am, incoming 2 knots SE (perfect!), anywhere
Sun 27/1/08 6:30 to 9pm, incoming, 5 knots NE (guessing), anywhere
Because the wind can be hard to predict, always best to take a drogue, and in a 12 footer always put it off the bow.
I will probably fish 2 of the above times and will give people in the 12 footer fraternity as much notice as I can when I'm going out. I will give Weds a miss because my boss is over from Aussie. I can't Far Quirk all the time, or I wouldn't be able to afford to fish
), but got the tail nibbled off a lime tiger, so retreated to deeper water and better fishing.
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