Good grunter on a micro jig
Printed From: The Fishing Website
Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Fishing Reports
Forum Description: Share information about your latest fishing trip
URL: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=137825
Printed Date: 25 Jan 2025 at 12:49pm
Topic: Good grunter on a micro jig
Posted By: Kandrew
Subject: Good grunter on a micro jig
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2023 at 4:20pm
|
Out from Stanmore bay this morning, across to Motuora. Took a couple of hours for the fish to come on but when they did the micro jigs worked well. We were getting a mixture of snaps and grunters on the jigs. Landed a nice size gurnard for the gulf just over the 400mm and ended up with 6 of each. 
|
Replies:
Posted By: Kandrew
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2023 at 5:53pm
| Just filleted all the gurnards and no white filets |
Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2023 at 7:48pm
| Nice work Kandrew. |
Posted By: Kandrew
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2023 at 8:42pm
|
shaneg wrote:Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2023 at 6:18am
|
That's s nice healthy fish. Strange how they have come back in such big numbers after all but disappearing not so long ago ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Kandrew
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2023 at 8:51am
|
Yeah I thought they liked the cold water but as we know gulf is warming. Has the bottom got muddier or has the snapper numbers dropped giving the gurnard a better chance. These fish were out at the 30 metre mark in the middle of the bay. We were fishing orange kaveman tungsten jigs. Drifting really slow dragging the jigs and feeling the very little bites, then slowly lifting the jig and bang they were on. |
Posted By: Mc Tool
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:45am
Anything pink , about 2" long ( No , not that !) and heavy enough not to bounce dragged slowly along the bottom works . I use a silver hex ,2' , and pink with black tiger stripes on one side . I have also found they tend to bunch up in groups and once your on to them , get quite a few in no time . best gurnard fisher at my corner ( I live on a corner ) ------------- I wish I was young again .... Id be heaps smarter than this time |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2023 at 2:48pm
Sadly possibly less competition for food, but back in the 60's there were plenty of snapper & gurnard I believe. Orange kaburas work so well out west, even virtually stationary ones ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2023 at 2:50pm
Agree, without the benefit of diving my belief is that gurnard cruise around in small schools of maybe 4 or 5. Just a totasl guess though although I have heard spearos say similar things ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Kandrew
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2023 at 6:52pm
| Yeah agree with that smudge when I lived out west and regularly fished the Kaipara anchored they would come through in small schools of 4 or 5 at a time. |