Mr Rob Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Fished browns Friday to test out the new contraption and hoped to find some blue eye. Arrived a little late and could only find gem fish. ( Does anyone know the best way to fillet these tricky buggers? ) Browns was very lonely as I had the thing to myself except for a very pesky albatross. On the way in i had a look at twelve mile to find a great number of kings of good size. Down with the jigs and up with the kings and so it went. Great fun, a fish on every drop with no sign of jackets. Kept 5 for the table and let the rest go. Biggest went 94cm smallest 73cm. A long but fantastic day out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvbigfish Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 top stuff mr rob great effort there,and nice size kings!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishmaniac Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Nice work mate! The gemfish were very thick out there on saturday too. Pitty the kings were not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroll Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Nice work Rob, I got a few with some mates there on saturday, only a couple of keepers though. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Well done mate good haul of kings thats good to hear that the jackets havent hit browns as yet might have to have a trip out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan.widz Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Good on ya, sounds like you got a great feed of kingies and gems there clever little contraption too. Is that the end of a bicycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Fantastic effort on the kings mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Squid Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Hi Rob, How much line does you bike reel hold? looks interesting. Squidy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rob Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Hi Rob, How much line does you bike reel hold? looks interesting. Squidy Hi Squidy The rim holds 600m of PE 8 and the back peddle brakes make for good drag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Mr Rob your balance must be amazing. How do you get your feet up there to pedal it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rob Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Good on ya, sounds like you got a great feed of kingies and gems there clever little contraption too. Is that the end of a bicycle Yes mate it is the end of a kids bike. I cant justify the cost of an eletric reel so this is what i came up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framedtrash Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 nice work those kingy fillets are making me Hungary what rod is that well the saltiga ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornets Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 How much line did you have on that costom rig . It looks a real weapon . Looks like you should be sailing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 How cool is that bike reel!!!, how long does it take to bring your fish up using that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secho Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Sounds like you had a half decent trip... we were at Browns yesterday o(Tues 13th) only to find about a dozen big orange floats already there and their keeper pulling up fish after fish after fish... not sure how long they had been soaking for or how many hooks those guys use per long line but it seemed like at least a dozen per string - one of the blue eye I saw them pull up was so big that the two blokes on board couldnt lift it over the side of the boat, they needed to swing out the boom to hoist it up and over the rail - I reckon at least 40 to 50kg. Not sure what they were but we also lost 4 sets of gear while dropping through the 300 to 350m mark - plenty of action on the sounder at same depth - bitten clean through the braid on each occasion. Tried holding baits at that depth but couldnt get them to bite anything other than line?? Cheers Secho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zdenk01 Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 That would have to be the funniest contraption ive seen Well done, top effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rob Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 nice work those kingy fillets are making me Hungary what rod is that well the saltiga ? Yes it is a 55 deep or something like that, the first real work out it has had. I think it was a little heavy but the fish hit the deck before the seal could get them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rob Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Sounds like you had a half decent trip... we were at Browns yesterday o(Tues 13th) only to find about a dozen big orange floats already there and their keeper pulling up fish after fish after fish... not sure how long they had been soaking for or how many hooks those guys use per long line but it seemed like at least a dozen per string - one of the blue eye I saw them pull up was so big that the two blokes on board couldnt lift it over the side of the boat, they needed to swing out the boom to hoist it up and over the rail - I reckon at least 40 to 50kg. Not sure what they were but we also lost 4 sets of gear while dropping through the 300 to 350m mark - plenty of action on the sounder at same depth - bitten clean through the braid on each occasion. Tried holding baits at that depth but couldnt get them to bite anything other than line?? Cheers Secho Hi Secho Re the big orange floats, i can tell you that each would connect to 60 odd hooks and would have been down before first light. And that big fish was most likely a hapuka. Once upon a time I use to do this for a living. The bite offs were probably gem fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyFanatic Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Those kingies look great. Thank god the jackets aren't out their at the moment... What size Jigs were you using at 12 mile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rob Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 (edited) Mr Rob your balance must be amazing. How do you get your feet up there to pedal it? Dont laugh, if i lay on the engine box i can peddle it.(lucky no one was out to see me proform on friday) Not so comfortable though. I am inventing a more ergonomically model. Will keep you all posted. Edited July 13, 2010 by Mr Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rob Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Those kingies look great. Thank god the jackets aren't out their at the moment... What size Jigs were you using at 12 mile? I mixed it up to see what would happen with different size (150-300g)and colour jigs but whatever went down came up with a fish. Right time and place i suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finin Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Mr Rob, now i am laughing, classic piece of ingenuity. Even better when it pulls fish, good on ya M8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeh191 Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Top catch Mr Rob and a sensational idear for a bottom bouncing reel. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idolz Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 May like like a "funny" device,, but if it works USE IT,,,, I love your enginuity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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