She outfished me (again)
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Topic: She outfished me (again)
Posted By: Grounded
Subject: She outfished me (again)
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2004 at 7:41pm
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Finally got the 4.5m motorised plant holder off the drive and into the water today after 10 weeks of breeding spiders. Not so much gentleman�s hours as �young ladies� hours as I took my daughter (12) for a fish on the big muddy. 11.30 saw us on the water, having launched at Te Toro. We didn�t travel far as I did not like the look of the sheets of rain falling over the Sky tower and the easterly breeze was bringing them straight to us. We anchored in 4m of water, just about on the bottom of the tide. I rigger her up with a 3 hook flasher rig with squid for bait and I straylined a pillie (see Barrie, I can do it). First cast I got monstered (probably a ray) but Katherine showed me the way to do it. She landed 8 Kahawai to my 2 and we both had a great time till the weather closed in and was looking really squally, so at 3pm we upped pick and headed for home. Biggest problem was the depth sounder (a Humminbird Wide 100) which only played when it wanted to, which wasn�t often, which is a problem on the Manukau at low water. It has a through the hull mounted transducer, which is a pig to get at. So what should I do? Biff the whole lot and get a new one with a hull/transom transducer? Or do I try and sort the existing one (other threads suggest the model is not without it�s problems)? If I go for replacement, what to choose and, more importantly, how to pick an effective mounting position? Oh, and on the way home one of the Cocky's was moving his cows (fair enough) and I picked up enough fertilizer on the boat and trailer for a crop of tomatoes. Chris ------------- It's a mystery to me I was a Jerk On Line |
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Posted By: Wefaknis
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2004 at 8:16pm
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Good report Grounded, the old humble Kahawai are always great fun to catch and when they jump and flip around, keeps every one amused. Were the fish of a good size??. Wefaknis |
Posted By: Rainman
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2004 at 9:07pm
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Good stuff Grounded, are you getting a good ribbing from your daughter of her exploits? If she wasnt hooked before, i bet she is keen now...... especially being able to outfish Dad ;) Believe me i know what thats like. Also know about the "Green stuff" you mentioned, ;) but it still peeves me off when i have to scrub the damned stuff off. Hit a cow crossing yesterday, looked in the rear view to see the hull of the boat, guards and frame of the trailer covered in it. Just cant seem to get away from it. :) |
Posted By: Bender
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2004 at 9:47pm
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Grounded - biff the thing. I had to do that with mine after it had been repaired twice. ------------- Nobody has ever come up with a great idea after a second bottle of water. |
Posted By: tonto
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2004 at 11:42pm
| good report grounded but I am not sure this is the place to be asking about mounting positions! hehe just kidding |
Posted By: Martini Max
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2004 at 12:01am
| How much do ya want for ya next crop of tomatoes? |
Posted By: Grounded
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2004 at 5:11am
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Hya Wef Six of them were good keeping size but we only kept 4 of them, great for fishcakes. Katherine is keen as when it comes to fishing. She really wanted to catch a shark yesterday, but she had a lot of fun with the Kahawai. I think i will raise the "mounting position" in the boat shed. Chris ------------- It's a mystery to me I was a Jerk On Line |
Posted By: Redfinger
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2004 at 6:51am
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What is the actual problem with the Humminbird? I had a 8 year old model and it played up .SCreen started telling lies . Humminbird had 2 goes at fixing it then sent me a new screen!! Not bad for $70. Very good now.
Cheers Russ |
Posted By: Barrie
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2004 at 7:12am
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Im waiting for C2C to get the courses going then I will also be in the market for a new sounder. Grounded Straylineing isnt done by takeing the sinker off a flasher rig and letting it float in the current  . Maybe with the females in the forum, we could have a day out with Damian and decide on which gender is the is the best at fishing?mmm May not be such a good idea, can you imagin the grief that could be dished out to the looses? |
Posted By: Mandy
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2004 at 11:50am
| Sounds like a good Idea Barrie, as I too have been in the position of giving Dad a good ribbing for being Outfished by his Daugther, although Craig is a few sessions up at the moments so he's dishing out his fair share of rubbing it in. |
Posted By: Bender
Date Posted: 15 Apr 2004 at 12:02pm
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No Barrie No, we have to maintain the image that we are better than women at just one thing. Please don't take away that foundation (of clay.) ------------- Nobody has ever come up with a great idea after a second bottle of water. |