Hey Smudge...come over to where the Carrots are!
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Printed Date: 25 Jul 2026 at 6:27am
Topic: Hey Smudge...come over to where the Carrots are!
Posted By: MJ
Subject: Hey Smudge...come over to where the Carrots are!
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2026 at 5:14pm
You couldnt ask for a calmer sea state than we had today. Launched at Gentlemens' hours (due to low tide at 8am) and headed out to target some gurnard in the Auckland East Coast bays. Fishing buddy for the day was Keith C, who made the trip up from the "Naki to sample his old stomping grounds. Day looked like this: Shortly after we started fishing a few porpoises showed up (no pic) and looked to be feeding nearby so we shifted a bit, put the burley down, and deployed various rigs to entice whatever might be around:  Well, guess what started showing up?:  Several hours later we had 11 gurnard in the bin as well as a few snapper:  Thanks for a great day once again Keith and hope you travel safely back to Taranaki. But we have to ask the question.... Are you fishing in the right place Smudge? |
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2026 at 10:52pm
Nice work MJ & Keith. What are those red fish? They look like gurnard but smaller 
Hehe nice work, they aren't too shabby at all. What a beautiful day. I haven't fished the east side in many years ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Keith C
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2026 at 10:25am
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Nothing better than a calm winter's day freespooling small baits in the Gulf. Home to the 'Naki and 7m wave warnings from Opunake to Mokau. |