 Far Quirk wrote:Weds 27/12/23 6:30 to 11:30am Pretty slow day in the Motuihe channel area. Legal fish caught (34 to 39cms): Lures used, mainly Kaveman and Zman The 30g silver/fluoro jig second from the bottom on the left caught the 2 biggest fish. One ws caught with this lure when the rod was in the rodholder. The other was hooked by hand as soon as the lure hit the bottom. The 2 and 1/2" motor oil curlytail on the right caught the 3rd keeper. Most of the other lures caught fish but they were all undersize. |
| Sufishent wrote: I'm a big fan of Pumpkin Seed and New Penny but Nuclear Chicken was the major goto color on my last couple of trips |
| Far Quirk wrote: Tuesday 2/1/24 7:30 to 10 am Fished the city channel for the first time this season. Drift 1 near container terminal, 2 snaps, 32 and 45 cms and heaps of undersized. Second drift all undersized. 3rd drift, changed position and drifted straight down the middle. 1 x 38cm gurnard, more undersized snaps. All caught in the rod holder, biggest on the left hand lure below. The other keeper snap and gurnard were caught on the Gulp shad. Lures are ranked best to worst, left to right. I'm interested in your comments about what's working. That's why I used the Gulp today. |
Friday 5/1, and it's good to be back out on the water after a while away.
Early-ish start at 6 am headed out to
the Motouihe Channel.
Very quiet start drifting on the last of the outgoing tide. some bird action by
the ferry buoys. I stayed away, the ferries weren't stoked and were sounding
their horns at the boats fishing there
Changed spots to the west of Motouihe and started to have some action.
6 nice carrots and a couple of snaps to take home, all ok sized (snapps around 35-40cm)
Ended the day west of Bean Rock for a couple more snaps
No photos, but all had a selection of lures and softbaits.
No luck on the the Z-man softbaits, a couple of takers in the Gulps, (Nuclear Chicken)
Most damage was done on 60g Daiwa Kohga Orange and in second place a Ocean Angler Kabura Slider Candy Apple 80g
A good morning outing
| Far Quirk wrote: Saturday 6/1/24 6:30 to 10am I knew the fishing would be slow because the tide was small (2.7m). I went to Sargeants channel because it usually has a strong current, but most of the time the drift was around 0.5 knots, peaking for a while at 0.8 knots. There was a light northerly against the outgoing tide, and this didn't help. Spent most my time in the channel between Motuihe and Crusoe Rock and got 2 potential keepers, 32 and 34cms. This was a catch and release session, so wet towels and gentle handling required. I carried on from last week using and losing a lot of Gulp 5" shads. The silvery lures only caught undersize fish. Here is the selection I tried, best to worst/left to right. When the drift dropped to 0.3 knots I went round to the 31m hole south of Motuihe channel. I tried the silver lures and then a blue/silver slider and lastly a yellow/orange slider. It was hopeless despite some big schools of fish either mid water, or on the bottom. |
| Far Quirk wrote: Hi Kandrew Bit tragic, but this is my selection of orange jigs: I saw a post by you back in November. Are you still using the Kaveman 15g microjigs? They are at the top left of the pic. |
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