Well like many others with this outstanding weather we were itching to get on the water and as always, go on the search for some new ground.. and some fish.
We set out Wednesday morning, fairly late start but with the plan to stay out overnight and come home Thursday.
The decision was made to head near Karamea Banks and search that area. My deckie had a few marks as a starter so off we went... To say the fishing was dismal was an understatement. We were home at the ramp by that arvo, tail between legs and not a fish in the esky. The fishing was so poor, that we used 10 Yakkas & about 6 squid all day!! not even annoying rubbish fish....
Not to be kept down we decided to have another go Friday for a quick day run. I picked an area out ENE that I'd never been too and without any marks at all we set off try again.
The morning was perfect...
Got out to the area that I wanted to search and set the troll lines, almost straight away the sounder showed a step up that was 70m up to 45m almost like a cliff. With shows hanging off it everywhere. The troll line starts screaming and 2 mins after getting to the grounds the first Spano was on board. We got a few more on the ledge mainly jigging with 2 of the biggest spotties i've ever seen. Mind you though we lost more than we boated.
We kept trolling and marking bottom to come back and sit on. Then dropped the bottom baits. Alot of red throat, a couple of trout and a few other mixed reefies.
Eventually things slowed so we decided to go for a look elsewhere. we got to the next area, closer in, and started trolling again. No luck though and we were about to call it a day when I got back behind the wheel and noticed a really good show on the sounder. We dropped quickly to see what they were and thats when the action started. 8 Nice Emps with two 10kg, 3 trout with one of the nicest barcheek I've seen, 4 spangleds, and a few more redthoat. all in the space of an hour.
In all a very good day, probably the best days fishing since getting the boat.
More than made up for Wednesday!! Bring on Swains Trailer Trash Trip!!
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!!, was out south of yous but didnt do as well as you did..Onyez
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