Gamefishing update 2012 - Mercury Bay
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Topic: Gamefishing update 2012 - Mercury Bay
Posted By: Wahoo Woman
Subject: Gamefishing update 2012 - Mercury Bay
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2011 at 1:26pm
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Well
everyone the Game Fishing season is just around the corner so time to start
polishing the gear and getting the boat in top condition, here are a few
threads for you all to use to make updates about whats happening in your local
area. Good luck and tight lines to all for the upcoming
season |
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Posted By: Wahoo Woman
Date Posted: 29 Sep 2011 at 10:39am
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Posted By: carlostairua
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 3:12pm
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Rumour has it Whiti longliner released two stripeys caught in gear 150m ne of us last week Not long now.....
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 3:18pm
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tow some gear mate, see if those bonze lures are the ticket again, I feel it is time to go for a shake down. ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: snapper14
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 3:22pm
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the high coming in next week looks to have some northerly in it. should bump the temps up a bit. ------------- If a man goes nowhere and theres no one there to see him, did he ever leave? Munter - Outrageous Fortune. |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 3:41pm
Thats great news!  ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Epic wrote:Posted By: Bluewater5
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2011 at 8:04pm
Are the long liners getting any big eye or yellow fin? ------------- I own 501 lures, but i can only run 5 at a time. What to do??? Man I have some sleepless nights!!!! |
Posted By: Gunsmoke
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2011 at 3:38pm
| Hi, I just wont to let every one know I have stepped down from running the Mercury Bay Trailer boat Tournament. The club has got a launch owner running it now,I wish her all the best. I want to thank every one for your support. |
Posted By: tobez
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2011 at 9:27pm
| i know what you mean jon...well done for getting it off the ground |
Posted By: Niggly
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2011 at 9:28pm
Why not Ronald Mc-D and the hamburgler, i think they have a canoe. |
Posted By: Frostfish
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 3:31pm
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talked to a mate on a commercialk boat out of whangaroa just lately, the big eye and tunas are real slow at the moment. whatever that means.... ------------- 666 |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:38pm
It means someone else has got them! ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: Tone E
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:36pm
| I don't know why they bother really... I guess if you get one or two thats a sucessful trip these days...and all the shark fins |
Posted By: seawolf
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:20pm
| the huge amount of broadbill "bycatch" makes up for the lack of tuna! |
Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 8:42pm
It means that all those greedy recreational fishermen are raping the tuna stocks and there are none left for the poor little commercial boats
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 8:45pm
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dave are you going south to waihau bay, if so I got a little some thing for you, and no it is not a tea bag. ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Tagit
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:00pm
First week of Feb Steve - oil, containers, weather, fish, and any other acts of god allowing 
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Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:51pm
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ok mate I will send you a bit of info which may come in handy. ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Catcha
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2011 at 9:10pm
| heard yellowfin working 500 mtr directly behind aldermans can anyone confirm this? |
Posted By: Tone E
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011 at 7:54am
Incredible auditory ability....maybe its tinnitus
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Posted By: Merlin the marlin
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011 at 11:33am
| There is bigeye tuna out there at the moment, out wide. |
Posted By: whiti-fisho
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011 at 11:38am
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heard of one Albacore caught out there but nothing else ,should be out there now ,just a matter of the weather playing ball ------------- I step out my door to paradise on earth |
Posted By: Dave775
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011 at 4:52pm
| Im going to head out to the 1000m on Friday if the weather allows, sst still looks a bit iffy though... Owel it's only fuel. Anyone else thinking of getting out? |
Posted By: karm
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2011 at 11:12pm
When do you head away again ? cheers Mk
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Posted By: -prozac-
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2011 at 7:24am
| anybody have gps coordinates for the alderman pins? gonna be in whiti over some of the holidays so mite head down there and try a few live baits for kingy's, maybe an early marlin |
Posted By: JIMMY NAIL
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2011 at 2:22pm
| on ya chart plotter mate, or down load navionics on an iphone |
Posted By: Dave775
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 11:49am
| I went out of whangamata yesterday to the aldy rise, saw a free jumper at 800m on they way out and we dropped two big tuna 1 at 1100m and 1 at 900m Heaps or birds scattered around at 500-600 straight behind aldermens |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 11:54am
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Whoa! So very nearly!! ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:06pm
got them off Bathy chart, not exact but very close. Alderman knolls will be on your chart plotter anyway 176 . 31.000E 36. 58. 500S -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:16pm
Bugger, good on you though for being out there giving it a nudge....  My fav spot out at the 1000m mark on the rise, good YFT there in the past this time of year.... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:18pm
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probably big eye, they seem to hang around those knolls early in the season
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Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:22pm
Works for me Kev, only wish i could be out there... wide open blue water, sunshine, big fish... only 26 more days before I'm home... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:24pm
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Hot of the press from the MBGFC news letter.... The best news first – our first marlin report from a team fishing for trevally in 100m out from the Red when a marlin devoured a hapless trev as it was about to be landed. Light gear and sabikis not ideal for marlin... Bugger, enough to make you cry... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: Catchelot
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:45pm
 both cool and sad mate ------------- "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." - Jacques Cousteau |
Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:53pm
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Probably not one of Uncles Sabiki rigs then Good news though
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Posted By: Merlin the marlin
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 12:55pm
| They are bigeye tuna. They have been out there for a month now. |
Posted By: -prozac-
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2011 at 4:28pm
| bring on tuesday, can't wait to get out down there |
Posted By: KikBac
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2011 at 12:44am
What sort of temp you getting out there Dave?
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Posted By: Dave775
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2011 at 5:59pm
| Our temp gauge is playing up so could not be 100%. It was saying 16.5-17. I checked seasurface sst in the morning which said it was 20 in the afternoon before we went so not sure which is correct. |
Posted By: T_CARP
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2011 at 9:33pm
| Took my 5.3mtr stabi to Chile today, Launched Tairua at day light and trolled out to the Aldie rise. water wasnt as good as it was last week, and only 18.2' worked the rise for 3 hours then carried on NE out to 1400m, back into 1000m and headed up towards the hook, Better water in the north, went into 500 and ran down the 500 to the aldies. 110 miles today, 95litres. hand full of albies. |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2011 at 9:42pm
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Got to be out there trying it! ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: Rat Catcher
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 7:05am
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Bro you have nailed some miles in the last few days. Good s*%@
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 8:20am
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Chur bro... ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Bugzy
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 12:43am
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Any action from any Whiti or Tairua boats? ------------- Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. |
Posted By: tobez
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 5:12am
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few free jumpers - broadie on the surface and skippies and alberts more common now, even one on the jig on the pins..temp 19.8 to 21 out wider...mahimahi caught not sure of size
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Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 10:33am
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Just in from MBGFC - tuna tournie postposted until next w/e. Forecast is SE and pretty nasty.
TOYOTA TOP TEN TUNA TOURNAMENT POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND 14-15 JANUARY 2012 ------------- Online... |
Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 2:17pm
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word just in from Epic Adventures that someone live baiting for kings at Richard's Rock has been on a marlin (probably a black) now for 3 hours.. .....go hard whoever it is. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: inta game
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 2:27pm
| keep us informed kezza |
Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 2:29pm
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Can't wait, I hope they get it to the boat, could be a biggie... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 2:42pm
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from Epic "boat just hooked up 300ms away from us on the Aldies pins - our turn next!" what a cool fishery that place is ay what? ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Mark Edwards
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 2:53pm
just spoke to carl, doesnt sound very excited and worked up ....much... ..... sounds good out there
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 2:57pm
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I'm refraining from making that call....the txts are hideous enough! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 3:02pm
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the "Richard's Rock" marlin has just been dropped - boo hiss!......gutted for that crew! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Mark Edwards
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 3:06pm
agree kezza, its very difficult sitting here.... shame that fish was dropped, better luck next time... im off to go look at my gear
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 3:34pm
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OK - slight miscommunication - the guys are still on the "richard's rock' fish - the dudes next to Epic dropped theirs...... ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 3:55pm
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and now they're not - trace broke at the boat after 4hours! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: shellfish
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 3:57pm
| bugger |
Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:04pm
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Very sad, sounds like a major battle... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: snapper14
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:05pm
Kezza you jinx!  ------------- If a man goes nowhere and theres no one there to see him, did he ever leave? Munter - Outrageous Fortune. |
Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:09pm
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Where is Richards rock out of interest?
Sitting here at work looking at the charts, can't seem to find it, thought it might be an unnamed one known as Richards Rock... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: Mercy
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:13pm
| Located just behind red merc comes out of about 70 - 80m from memory. Always has heaps of bait fish on it. |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:17pm
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Richards Rock is just north of Red Mercs
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Posted By: Kezza
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:29pm
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kinda the 'perfect' black marlin haunt really and I remember last time Matt W and I were there we both agreed "black marlin here"....skippies, trivially, kings, kahawai.....almost a replica of Taheke off the Cavs Kev - any been caught there before? ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Double Shot
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:35pm
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Thanks guys, that's why I was having a look...sounds like a spot that's going to get a good looking at in the near future i'd imagine... ------------- 70ml of 90deg C water pressurised through 13g of roasted finely ground tamped coffee for 25sec's to make a distinguishing sensory hit called a Double Shot |
Posted By: Slick
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 4:39pm
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When talking with one of the guys from the mercury bay club last year a boat hooked a black just south of Red and was going backwards through the cray pots awesome stuff, est 250+kegs Your right kezza, it has all the attributes in my eyes to hold black marlin, current, open ocean, BAIT and lots of it and all the time too.We will certainly be putting some effort this season in that area to see what we can pull out of it. ------------- People say if fishing was easy then it would be called catching, I say these people who say that obviously had a bad day's fishing. |
Posted By: qrs
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 7:47pm
| The marlin lost at richards rock was estimated 150kg stripey trace broke when the fish was inches away from the gaff. The guy was targeting kingis was on a TLD25 with a live ky first bait of the day only been in the water seconds when it was smashed baloon popped 5 metres from the boat! |
Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 8:18pm
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Wow, awesome effort all the same. Wonder if the Top Ten Tuna tourney is going ahead with the impending forecast? Not that I'm fishing it... They seem to always strike crap weather for this tournament
------------- The 4 R's ~ Rods, Reels, Rifles, Rooting |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 8:40pm
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See my post from (Posted: Today at 10:33am) Otdrmn - postponed 'till next week. ------------- Online... |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 8:40pm
Yeah mate.. Astraea(local boat) hooked a monster a couple of years ago just leaving the Reds. spooled him in no time and he has caught heaps of marlin, blues included PS. there is a black hanging around Castle, mate who does heaps of free diving has seen it twice last season there(hint, he doesnt dive there much) ------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 10:21pm
Could be a starter for 10 if the weather comes right by then ------------- The 4 R's ~ Rods, Reels, Rifles, Rooting |
Posted By: daveo
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2012 at 10:28pm
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trolled out and around to 400m out from the pins along past The aldies saw a few other boats out there, only a few skippies and albies temp 19.8 Congrats to the guys who hooked up today, unlucky dropping them... ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Fish_Bone
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2012 at 10:11am
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Yeah was a wicked fight. We droped my brother on there boat with some gear. The angler had no harness and was hurting under an hour in. The guys still think it was a strippy, but this topic always causes plenty on discussion.....
The fish Jumped twice, one on the hook up and second near the end of the fight. They had it on for arround 4hours and it was deep most of the fight in came to the surface when they gave it some line.
Sweet fight on braid and fun to be part of.
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Posted By: riga
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2012 at 10:23am
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We had a big day on the water yesterday. Put the lures in just short of the hook and then trolled out to the ammo dump then north to footprint. Came access a big work up of gannets and dolphins along the way smashing saurie but worked it for nothing. Turned at the footprint and ran straight back to the hook. Best water was back towards the hook. Heaps of sunfish seen but no marlin. Hard luck to the boats that hooked and dropped fish. Sounded like they were in closer. |
Posted By: jonty.m
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2012 at 7:22pm
| hard luck daveo maybe next time |
Posted By: Fish_Bone
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 3:44pm
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Has Whitianga been affected by any of the Rena rubbish? Has there been any restrictions been put in place that will effect game fishing? |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 3:59pm
Been a bit of rubbish off Whiritoa but none at Whangamata yet so none at Whitianga from the on water reports With the wind forcast to go North to n/west none will get this far for a while anyway------------- www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: tobez
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 6:56pm
| marlin in 114m today..20.1deg |
Posted By: riga
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2012 at 9:33pm
Did you see that on the way home tobez? She was a bit messy coming back from the pins. |
Posted By: tobez
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 5:37am
| tony nearly ran over the thing...but they are there..propably very thin..some very big red marks at the pins at the moment might be a big shark/anchorite black as the bite is super weird. |
Posted By: Mark Edwards
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 7:45am
| thats interesting tobez, what way is it weird? kingies must be getting a round up by something hungry..... |
Posted By: whiti-fisho
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 7:55am
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Whats the story on the Tuna front Tobez ,I am doing the Tuna comp with Ian Bernhard on his Launch 'Unique".Any inside info resulting in cash will give you a good hangover Hehe ------------- I step out my door to paradise on earth |
Posted By: Marligator
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 8:08am
| Sounds like I would be catching a 76cm kingi and bridle rigging it and towing it around the pins on 37 for a few hours when the kingis are acking a bit funny. Might get the sister of the Mayor Island fish. |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 9:28am
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The bite sure was odd Tobes & we struggled - but when it was on you guys were right on
it.... well done. Thanks to Rob on Optimist for a great day out
yesterday - good fun and great company. Tobes and guests on a treble of prime Alderman kings  Tony and team on a double  ------------- Online... |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 11:18am
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sea looks mint, be nice to see a bit of that up here, get stuck in tobey a bait out while jigging could do the business ------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: riga
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 5:46pm
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Sure was a funny bite out there yesterday. Managed a king on one of uncles sabikis getting livies in the morning. Would have been a better ride for you guys coming home in the 850 Grunta. We were out the day before live baiting at the hook for nothing. Fish appear to be thin at the moment for sure. Albies and skippies between red and the hook though. |
Posted By: mangre 2
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 5:51pm
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Theres is a big upwelling event, east of the Barrier at the moment, could improve the fishing down whitianga ways ------------- Beautiful is better than ugly, Explicit is better than implicit, Simple is better than complex, Complex is better than complicated. http://oceanmobilemap.blogspot.co.nz/ |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 5:54pm
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We flung a few lures out when Tony called that he just about run over one so it was a pretty relaxed trip back but had got quite snotty by 5ish. Very nice boat that White Pointer. No action today that I'm aware of. ------------- Online... |
Posted By: Fish_Bone
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2012 at 7:11pm
Hey mange2, Sounds like the fishings been sweet up the barrier. The bosses mate has caught 1 strippie and lost a second from two days fishing. I'm itching
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Posted By: riga
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 12:56pm
| Just heard on the the radio that a stripey was tagged. Didn't catch the area or boat name though. |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 4:26pm
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Tania from TopCatch at Halfmoon Bay tagged one and according to Carl @ Epic Adventures, a few others tagged as well so there was some action out there today. ------------- Online... |
Posted By: tobez
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 5:15pm
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sure was....there was quite a bit of action...
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Posted By: snapper14
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 5:38pm
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any word or hints on where? Pins area or out deeper?
------------- If a man goes nowhere and theres no one there to see him, did he ever leave? Munter - Outrageous Fortune. |
Posted By: carlostairua
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 6:57pm
| north. MB grid areas, smoking sno, 100% and mercury bay marine. pretty much the hook or vicinity there of |
Posted By: Bluewater5
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 7:59pm
You wont be aloud out there with Alex anyway Shane, keep to chasing those snappa  ------------- I own 501 lures, but i can only run 5 at a time. What to do??? Man I have some sleepless nights!!!! |
Posted By: whiti-fisho
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 8:39pm
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Yep bloody hard day out there today in the Tuna comp ,20 knts very rocky rolly.Dont quote me but I think there is one strpey being wieghed and 4 more Tag and release ,Heaps of skippies ,a few Alberts ,heaviest skippies around 4 kgs .Some BLOODY BIG sharks out there.5 am start again tomorrow fingers crossed ------------- I step out my door to paradise on earth |
Posted By: otdrmn
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 9:08pm
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Good luck Steveo, Wed / Thur forecast looks good for down your way and a few fish around as well. ------------- The 4 R's ~ Rods, Reels, Rifles, Rooting |
Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 10:35am
| My mate tagged a stripy this morning on there boat Anesis, got it on the hook |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 2:02pm
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'Infinity' tagged one on 15kg east of the Hook this morning and I think at least two or three others tagged and one to weigh. ------------- Online... |
Posted By: Grunta
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 2:27pm
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Another stripey just landed from Hook area. Boat sounds like Onessus ------------- Online... |
Posted By: Saltiga
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 2:39pm
| Boats Anesis, they tagged one this morning and boated one this arvo |