two dogs
15-05-2009, 10:08 AM
Howdy all,
i fished a mark in about 27 fathoms out from the seaway with my dad and his dad in perfect conditions. Dropped the pick on a show and didnt move until the bite (and us) slowed down 5 1/2 hours later at around 1 pm.
got our bag of trag (good size), 10 pan sized snapper, couple of big maori cod, couple of hussar, a moses perch, and a few large tailor were kept.
the tailor and trag were quite prolific, biting consistently through out the day. besides 1 thumper snapper caught on a chook and one throwback caught first thing, the snapper did not bite until the tide had started to run out late in the morning.
two of the largest mac tuna i have seen were also landed on liveys, and during the snapper bite that water was alive with mac tuna a few metres under the boat, we also got buzzed by a large tiger during this time.
there was very little current and i found the best bait to be a pillie cut in half.
finally, i was also involved in a massive stuggle for over 45min with something that took a bait on the bottom on my plastic outfit, there was a lot of weight and very powerful runs that had me close to spooled on 4-5 occassions, it didnt feel like a tuna, i was thinking cobia but wasnt sure if they would still be around? it stayed deep for the duration of the fight. any thoughts on what the beastie could have been? i think i broke up at my leader knot :'(
i fished a mark in about 27 fathoms out from the seaway with my dad and his dad in perfect conditions. Dropped the pick on a show and didnt move until the bite (and us) slowed down 5 1/2 hours later at around 1 pm.
got our bag of trag (good size), 10 pan sized snapper, couple of big maori cod, couple of hussar, a moses perch, and a few large tailor were kept.
the tailor and trag were quite prolific, biting consistently through out the day. besides 1 thumper snapper caught on a chook and one throwback caught first thing, the snapper did not bite until the tide had started to run out late in the morning.
two of the largest mac tuna i have seen were also landed on liveys, and during the snapper bite that water was alive with mac tuna a few metres under the boat, we also got buzzed by a large tiger during this time.
there was very little current and i found the best bait to be a pillie cut in half.
finally, i was also involved in a massive stuggle for over 45min with something that took a bait on the bottom on my plastic outfit, there was a lot of weight and very powerful runs that had me close to spooled on 4-5 occassions, it didnt feel like a tuna, i was thinking cobia but wasnt sure if they would still be around? it stayed deep for the duration of the fight. any thoughts on what the beastie could have been? i think i broke up at my leader knot :'(