ancient mariner wrote: Mate, go to the spot I told you about earlier in the year, it will work for you! |
well we have been doing ok right through december on the snaps and kings. Just gotta put in the time i guess.
biggear wrote: well we have been doing ok right through december on the snaps and kings. Just gotta put in the time i guess. |
U357 wrote: Went out to Karewa on the 27th, clouds of krill on the sounder, fish clogged the sounder screne, Kys, mao mao, trevs. hooked 2 undersize kings. Snaps were all too small. Lost my favorite silver Xrap to something, Lost something decent due to a hook breaking in half, hooked a decent sized Marco on the last troll, these things are a reel handful and gave the Fin-Nor a work out, put on quite display leaping about and pulling string, the next problem was how to get the Rapala Magnum back, finally it de-hooked itself which was a good result.....have now put a new trace on due to damage, so not the most productive of days but a hell of fun. |
Hmmm, ive always found in the warmer months inside the harbour shallow spots around certain islands can really go off for snapper,and in areas of less than a metre in the late evenings. I tend to use fresh pipis and haunt the pipi beds if the ole lettuce is not to bad.Some of the places are so shallow its easier to anchor the boat up and walk to than try to get the boat all the way there.
if your out and see a gill netter dropping his net then anchor up just up current of the net where the fish should be, as they dont drop those nets if there is nothing on their scanner screens. Apteryx1 wrote: We went out on 27th for a full day fishing and came home with zippo...apart from scorpion fish! On 30th, left lkids behind this time and did very well on snapper (my best was a 12lb), and plenty trevs and terahikis. Was a really good day although we had trouble getting lines to the bottom as the rat kingis were going nuts and grabbing the bait and even the sinker (when there was no bait!).
So some days are good and some are sooooo frustrating!!
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fish i wrote: We've been fishing most days and always getting as feed. Today = kings, terakihi, snapper, trevs, gurnard, albies and Skippies. Good mix bag. Rat kingies are in plague proportions. Plenty of fish out there, they are well feed thou. Just start to think a bit differently. The usual popular harvesting grounds are hard work this time of year. Use your charts, think currents and don't do what 99% of the summer crowds are doing. Everyone seems to be complaining about the bay, not us. |
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