Evans Xmas Ham one day competition is new to the club with only hams for prizes. We left early from the ramp around 5.30 am and headed out to Aerial reef to look for feeding schools of Kahawai for bait, last weekend they were everywhere but as luck would have it none were seen, so we headed another 5 k's to South rocks where we finally came across one. After 30 minutes we had 7 in the bin and the largest put aside for the comp. We headed out to Baistows for a Hapuka drift, the conditions were good with a light wind and little swell. Over the next 5 hours we managed to land a 13 kg Hapuka, 2 Bluenose and a couple of good sized Gemfish. We headed back to South rocks for a snapper fish in the shallows and managed a few small ones and later a couple of Terakihi.
At the prize giving Murray came first in the Hapuka, third in the Gemfish and I came 5th in the Kahawai section. We ended up with one whole ham and 2 half hams which will end up on our Xmas families tables.
I wish all my readers a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
09.12.12 $5 dollar fishing.....yeah right
Summer has arrived well and truly, the temperature have warned up to the high 20's. Sundays forecast had a large high moving over us which should give us calm weather, we decided to fish Sunday and head out to what we call the supermarket.
The supermarket is a small group of rocks in 40 metre's of water, 2k's straight off the ramp where fish start to gather in December through to late February - easy and cheap fishing for us.
We had heard that some good catches have been made of late. So at 6 am I pick Murray up and we where soon dropping the pick over good sign. With in half an hour we where joined by another 5 boats, but we never had a bite and looking at the other boats they to weren't having any luck either. Saturday morning we had a 5.4 earthquake so we put it down to that, as the sea looked real good we pulled the pick and headed out to baistows 29 k's out. We stopped at Arial reef to jig some bait from a large Kahawai work up we came across and them headed out , the sea was calm except for a increasing swell. we dropped our gear in 220 metre's and slowly drifted over the rocky areas, we managed a few Gemfish until Murray hooked up and manged to boat 2 nice Hapuka. I kept on catching Gemfish until finally I landed a Hapuka and a small Bluenose, which were soon joined by another 2 Bluenose, with our bin full we headed home after one more drop on a area of rocks new to us, after a big battle I got to the boat a large shark which was released and it was time to go. We got to the ramp to find the swell had increased and a half metre wave was running down the channel that made trailering the boat very interesting - we nearly lost it but all ended well. So a trip to the gas station on the way home and we were $90 poorer - so much for $5 fishing.
The supermarket is a small group of rocks in 40 metre's of water, 2k's straight off the ramp where fish start to gather in December through to late February - easy and cheap fishing for us.
We had heard that some good catches have been made of late. So at 6 am I pick Murray up and we where soon dropping the pick over good sign. With in half an hour we where joined by another 5 boats, but we never had a bite and looking at the other boats they to weren't having any luck either. Saturday morning we had a 5.4 earthquake so we put it down to that, as the sea looked real good we pulled the pick and headed out to baistows 29 k's out. We stopped at Arial reef to jig some bait from a large Kahawai work up we came across and them headed out , the sea was calm except for a increasing swell. we dropped our gear in 220 metre's and slowly drifted over the rocky areas, we managed a few Gemfish until Murray hooked up and manged to boat 2 nice Hapuka. I kept on catching Gemfish until finally I landed a Hapuka and a small Bluenose, which were soon joined by another 2 Bluenose, with our bin full we headed home after one more drop on a area of rocks new to us, after a big battle I got to the boat a large shark which was released and it was time to go. We got to the ramp to find the swell had increased and a half metre wave was running down the channel that made trailering the boat very interesting - we nearly lost it but all ended well. So a trip to the gas station on the way home and we were $90 poorer - so much for $5 fishing.
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