jenno64

Great session Bob! nice bag of flatties and a legal Jew….shame about the lost ghost🤷🏻‍♂️

Headed over the the south island of NZ for a road trip late April and managed a day out bottom bashing and pulling up cray pots. Location was Kaikoura on the north east coast and my wife joined me on the charter that started with us loading cray bait pots and finished with some bottom bashing. Weather was delightful, no wind or swell and a temperature in the low 20s. We picked the wrong time for crays as the males were busy shedding ready to mate with the females. The first pot came up with about 20 crays and only 4 were legal size or males, the females all in berry. Saw seals, whales, dolphins and a couple of local albatross floated next to the boat as we drifted off shore. Non stop action fishing in a bout 150m with pretty heavy gear so no sport involved just sore shoulders. First drop up came a barracuda then it was non-stop action for 2 hours with plenty of perch and blue cod, as well as a few dog sharks and other bi-catch that ended up bait! The crew did an amazing job of cleaning as we caught fish and at the end of the session we walked off with a couple of kilos of nice clean white fillets and a couple of crays. Lucky that night we stayed in a villa with a full kitchen so we feasted on fresh seafood and Marlborough Sav Blanc. Next rip I'll have a crack at the trout or maybe hit the north island for kings and snapper!

Headed out early arvo on Saturday to pump some nippers for a whiting or 2 then maybe a squid session at dark. Unfortunately the southerly puffed up by 2pm and I stuck around on the flats drifting nippers, not bothering to venture out of the river. Only managed one nice whiting then ducked into the deeper water about 4:30pm and picked up a little pannie and a soapie that went back. I had to laugh looking at the whiting longer than the soapie! At least a feed for 2 came home:)

Fantastic bag Bob and nice pic of the Pearly!

Great post and sounds like a flat out session! Shame the target species weren’t cooperating 😫

Great fish the young fella would have been proud as!

That’s a solid bag! congrats on the red, what a fish!

That’s a healthy looking Jew, shame it was just under!

Nice feed Dave! I headed out in the arvo too and the southerly came up earlier than expected😫

Nice result, shame about the bigger lost ones😳

Great bag of tasty fillets👌

Very nice bag, they look like very healthy barrels!

2 days straight Dave? I’m jealous….can’t wait to get the boat wet again!

Great catch Dave! plenty of fillets and nice conditions👌

Great session Chris! Bet you were happy with the red…a corker!!

Nice work Chris, how was the water quality?

Great post! some horse breambos and it would have been awesome to see the kings marauding poddies! I got up around tgere with some big poddies at Easter but the tailor were doing their thing and chomping the livies in Quarters!

Great day out Bob! plenty of fillets and a cracking Kraken👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Nice pic! The rat will come back in a year or 2 and you might snare a keeper!!

Nice work Chris! those seals know what they are doing🤷🏻‍♂️ plenty of baits or fillets there👌

Sounds like a great day out and probably good that the video was limited as I’m sure the banter would have been colourful 👌👌

Great post and video! love your acknowledgment of traditional owners 👍🏼

Great post and a very nice fish! Your description gives us all key info for cracking the mullo code👌

Nice whiting Dave! it’s all you need for a delish feed 👌 Last year I got them all through winter with lots of colour in the water…. Maybe that’s what we need again!

You picked a great day and we’ll done on the catch!