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All happened in the first 5 minutes! Cleaned and ready for a bbq tomorrow 🙏🏻 Thanks Chris good sized compared to summer. Looking to target them more now they are spawning 👌 Yep, usually top up the bait tank every 15 minutes but I left the pump on to keep the squid alive as I had no ice with me, lesson learned😜

Great day to get out Dave, I drove over Taren point bridge 4 times looking at the glass out! at lest you scored the dinner fillets! when you get the yakkas what depth over a reef and what do you use for berley?

Great sized Tailor! I’ve heard of some thumpers being caught now that it’s cooler!

Headed outside the Hacking for a quick squid bash this afternoon. Tried to collect some yakkas to soak a live but no luck. Conditions were very pleasant and I jagged a beast of a green eye on the first cast. Second cast another smaller model but a nice eating size. I kept them alive in my live bait tank and kept the pump running which overflowed into the hull. I started up the motor to find I was dragging my arse in the water with probably a couple of hundred litres. Hit the bilge pump and it took 10 minutes to drain! I’ll have to adjust the drain outlet in my tank or I might go under one day! Stopped off to soak a couple of unweighted baits in Burraneer Bay but no action apart from pickers. Out of the water by 6 and picked up pizzas for dinner….calamari to follow later in the weekend.

You'll be back:)

Good stuff Rebel! Short sweet and effective:)

Nice work Chris and you know how to prepare your catch which is important in my world. I fish for a feed:)

No you are right the fish was very light on, looked like a salmon after spawning, would have been low on the weight size! Yes Isaac, a few inches of rain would probably liven things up!

Thanks Dave, not much sport on that gear, I would have preferred one of my spin outfits! Sounds like a plan Rick, I'm keen to go back for snapper and kings on the north island.

Nice sized Luds! haven’t chased them for a few years but a very therapeutic sport🙏🏻

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!!