Metal Float wrote: Nice work and great fun especially working out one's solo systems. We just need the weather to settle down now.

Went out this arvo into the Harbour, Very dirty water , a bit like fishing in a cup of coffee, I didn't know if the fish could find my hooks , but 1st drop a gurnard, then dropped 4kg of burly into the soup, Slow but steady fishing and unless the fish swum into my hooks by accident , they seemed to be able to see enough to find the hooks, ended up with a good catchI didnt catch the milk bottle that is for scale, Biggest snap 52 cm.Finally a Beautiful evening in Wellington, and burnt only a few litres gas  

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Was about 15kt northerly when Simon and I headed out to the trench for bluenose this morning, didn't take long for the forecast 20 to come up making it very difficult out there - no bluenose. Came in closer around 80m near Baring head and tried for some tics, got a dozen and then this beaut! Caught on a smaller than 1/0 hook, took about 10 mins to get it in going easy on the light gear. Chuffed!

Auckland boat shows 18-21 May this yr.   Air NZs got a sale on until midnight tonite $39 each way Welly Auck over that period  sorted...just saying

what a great wgton day sat headed over to turakarei early  + the swell was a lot less on that side.drifted in the 70 mtre mark back to baring head + got a bin full of good terris ,cod+a snapper.

Yes Kapitifisho, the fillets were bigger than the chopping board,  I was  using a bought ledger rig , and i thought it was a kingi, till it surfaced. I wish i had just stopped at that one beverage 

We went hunting Kingis on Saturday, lovely day for it but couldn't find the fish for the life of me. Got a nice BC on a slowjig and a pannie Snapper from 15 minutes fishing on the way back in but a very slow day. Looked like most people binned up on the Snaps, should have just targeted them by the sounds of things.

My parents had their Challenger 565 boat stolen from Papakowhai, Porirua/Wellington area 1 Feb 2017. Prescott trailer Reg # E800H
Mariner 115 engine and also Mariner trolling engine so quite a rare combination - very easy to spot at the boat ramp and often complimented on.
The trailer has spare wheel and the blue trim and canopies are a unique combination.
If anyone turns up at the boat ramp this weekend with "their" new boat with this colour combo and Mariner engines please take car rego down and report. Likely to now have a different plate on the trailer.
Please contact [email protected] or phone/txt 0274755977 if you see this boat. Highly likely the scum that stole it will be on the water this long weekend.

Hey, is anywhere worth fishing tomorrow? Desperate need of some r&r, thanks