big fish from kayak
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Printed Date: 04 Aug 2026 at 3:45pm
Topic: big fish from kayak
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Subject: big fish from kayak
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2008 at 4:48pm
| i do a lot of fishing nowadays mostly from my yak. iv ad sum big fish but want biger. is there any 1 out there who nos about yellow or blue fin fishing from a yak or better still sum1 whos keen to av a go with me? im in the bay of plenty. and live 4 a good fight. i want to see how big i can go with an alvey on a yak. tite lines! |
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Posted By: Hairy Little Dwarf
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2008 at 7:40pm
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Try asking in the yak fishing forum, you'll get a bite there.
------------- The Dreaded Shark-Eating Man! |
Posted By: Phishpula
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2008 at 7:46pm
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Yep will be keen not sure how where or if possible but was thinking late summer off top of east cape trolling lures. Not keen going more than 5kms off shore though and conditions would have to be good.
Not sure my Revo STX would like a yellow fin but there is only one way to find out. Keep in touch perhaps we can get a few other crazie yakkos up there for the trip. ------------- Turtle free since 2012 |
Posted By: of2fsh
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2008 at 8:08pm
Murphys law says you will hook a yellow fin on the Revo  |
Phishpula wrote:Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2008 at 8:54pm
| orsum. i can prob get us a house to stay in sum tym late sumer. was up there last week fishing lottin point. no kings or big snaps but i tryed. orsum place to fish. could prob fit 4or5 people. |
Posted By: biggear
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 7:09am
Hey Ben. You aint texting now mate. I thought they taught you to spell at Trident.  You know I'll take you out and drop you off miles out to sea. I'd love to see you being towed around the ocean by an angry fin.
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Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 3:45pm
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sounds bloody good to me. but id lik another yak fisher out there with me incase you leave with out me, he he. recon you could tow two yaks out? they tryed to teach me to spell, ges i spent to much time fishing when i sould av been at school. |
Posted By: Bender
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 3:50pm
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**** me. The future of our country.
------------- Nobody has ever come up with a great idea after a second bottle of water. |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 4:40pm
| i bet you got things that ur not good at! you not intrested in a trip to lottin point? sum mean fishin to be had there. would be cool the get 5 or6 fishos up there for afew days. |
Posted By: Phishpula
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 7:42pm
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Ok now I def keen for one nice weekend. Just so you can say that you gave it a go. Yellowfin from a yak no worries.
Right then we need a gear list next: Trace Line weight What to do when you hook one. What grounds do you want to fish? ------------- Turtle free since 2012 |
Posted By: strx7
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 9:08pm
| sounds to me like you's should have a boat on 'stand by' incase it all turns to cr@p |
Posted By: Naki man
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 9:50pm
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You might find a marlin a bit easier than a blue fin - I'd be keen to have a go on a yellow fin if I was up your end of the country We've got 400lb trace for marlin - but you wouldn't need that for Yellow fin - you wouldn't be able to put much pressure on them when they are straight under the yak Ye ha bring on the blue water ------------- The solution to any problem - work, money, love, whatever - is to go fishing - the worse the problem the longer the fishing trip should be. "I have a lot of very large problems" |
Posted By: biggear
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2008 at 7:35am
| I'd be keen to be the standby boat and perhaps take some footage of the action. |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2008 at 4:32pm
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choice now were geting some where. would be orsum to have you as stand by boat biggear will do my best to give you sum good footage tho it may be just the bottom of my yak. As for gear I plan to use 24kg main hopefully on my alvey if that turns to crap then i will go alittle more high tec but i recon the alvey can handle it and iv not heard of a yellow or blue fin on an alvey before so that settles that. I hope to hook them while chunking and life baiting tho may try trolling if all else fails. as to where? I think little tackel I mean biggear is the one to pick that as hes done abit up that ways. the house i hope to get for us is about 5 mins from lottin point. And what to do when we hook up? .... **** myself i think!!! man i cant wait!
------------- You cant catch a fish if your lines not in the water! |
Posted By: Phishpula
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2008 at 4:46pm
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Sweet then Im def keen on this action might need to borrow some gear "Hey stellajigger can I borrow your reel for the weekend?" Um what for" ...
Right then so now we are looking for a date or dates to give this a crack? ------------- Turtle free since 2012 |
Posted By: one leg
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2008 at 5:40pm
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MAD ------------- woman who say they are equal to men ,show lack of Ambition . |
but will watch with intrest
Posted By: Rock Fish
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2008 at 7:06pm
Your only watching with intrest Baz cause he said the "A" word 
------------- Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught. |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2008 at 9:25pm
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any 1 got sum usefull advice on where in the later half of summer we should be be looking at ? what you think biggear?
------------- You cant catch a fish if your lines not in the water! |
Posted By: biggear
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 6:59am
| Well if you are looking for a tuna, surely the earlier summer will be better. Late december early january around whk/east cape. Late summer down lottin is a great time for big blue marlin and stripies but if its anything like last year, the tuna pissed off early. |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 7:11am
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Mmmmm I am as keen as to have a go at this but have no real big fish experiance. Reels would be critical for this. What would be minimum ?
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Posted By: biggear
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 9:11am
| Minimum really is 24kg on a 50w. |
Posted By: Phishpula
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 1:51pm
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Got of Penn 9bar to borrow spooled with 24kg never caught a game fish. Lets hope the marlins stay away ------------- Turtle free since 2012 |
Posted By: Hairy Little Dwarf
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 2:00pm
That's where the Yak Advantage kicks in.....And you 'enjoy' the ride
------------- The Dreaded Shark-Eating Man! |
Posted By: Hermit
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 5:38pm
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Oh boy, and what a ride it would be!!!!!!!!!!! Sh#t, I'll come just to watch!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- Connoisseur of fine beers and ales! |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 8:49pm
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ya mean ride ! ive never ad really big fish on yak ether. thats why i want to get this happerning. i hope to get slamed, busted, spooled , capsized and have an orsum time! may even beat 1> still keen to try cunking and life baiting, tho i may try a lure too. Ive not had reason to be scared of old sharp tooth yet. if they are to big for me to handle or retrive my hook i cut them lose, dam good fighters some of them. if we must padle out and back for it to count as a yak catch then i shall have to fish inside the 2 mile line as my back has been surgiclly wrecked and much more than 4mile round trip would cripple me. So is it feb ?
------------- You cant catch a fish if your lines not in the water! |
Posted By: one leg
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 8:57pm
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Dont forget to give someone your DNA sample if chunking so your bit's can be identified ------------- woman who say they are equal to men ,show lack of Ambition . |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 19 Nov 2008 at 9:29pm
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he he my DND is already walking the earth. and inlove with fishing!!
------------- You cant catch a fish if your lines not in the water! |
Posted By: biggear
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2008 at 7:18am
| I could lend any of you mad abstards some 37kg gear if you are serious about a stickface towing you around. |
Posted By: Naki man
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2008 at 5:00pm
Nothing like having a bow wave form at the front of your yak while the line is still peeling out - then it was by by to my lure when the 80lb trace pulled apart - never even got a chance to see what it was ------------- The solution to any problem - work, money, love, whatever - is to go fishing - the worse the problem the longer the fishing trip should be. "I have a lot of very large problems" |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2008 at 6:42pm
| thanks biggear but i think i will stick to my old alvey and sh*t stick at lest untill it gets smashed. we stil need a couple of dates so i can try to sort accomadation |
Posted By: vermin
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2008 at 10:15pm
| plenty of yellowfin been caught on a penn senator 6/0. i've caught a few on a 6/0 back in the day - late 80's before the old man got really serious and brought gold reels. |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2008 at 4:55pm
| You guys are USLESS i was hoping to get atlest 3 or 4 mad fishos to come to lottin point but i cant even get any 1 the put forward a date! my time is flexable which is why i have not given a date. soon i will just post 1 myself. as i am man , i mean mad enough to fish lottin from a yak! wheres your sence of addventure |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2008 at 1:54pm
| well guys its on, last two weekends in feb. lottin point! we will pick the best weather out of the two . im starting a new thread for this trip in the yak yak form. any who are keen can get info from there! |
Posted By: Phishpula
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2008 at 3:10pm
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Sweet as! Sorry I couldnt catch up with you at the Xmas do, will keep in touch in the coming months.
Anyone got a head cam we can borrow? ------------- Turtle free since 2012 |
Posted By: kai yak fisher
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2008 at 9:59pm
| house at lottin point is booked. al my info will be on yak yak thread now to save me watching so many threads. and to try and get all those that are keen all the info! |