Extreme non traditional LBG 15/12
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Topic: Extreme non traditional LBG 15/12
Posted By: Blindspot
Subject: Extreme non traditional LBG 15/12
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 5:20pm
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Plan was hatched to fish one of BeachedAsBro's islands in Coro. Crew of 3, up at 4am, IRB in the water and leaving Maraetai at 6am coro bound... approx 42km (1hr10m) later we were unloading onto a nice ledge :) quite a reasonable trip for a 3.8m inflatable with a 30hp Yam on the back... but much less time consuming then the drive to Coro!!! Day was hot and sunny, plenty of kings around all day. We moved once during the day as the shallow water spot we started at was not really producing much once the sun was up. Hooked a king on a pillie est 15kg on my 15kg set, peeled heaps of line but had him under control until the 10/0 hook snapped.. gutted. Got a few snapper, some massive KY (3kg models) and huge mussels on the low... and some good memories shared with good buddies. Back at Maraetai, used 26l of fuel. |
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Posted By: EditB
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 5:27pm
Nice one bro  ------------- I do not lie about fishing, I willingly participate in a campaign of misinformation. |
Posted By: Torpedo
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 5:36pm
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Good keen trip, nice work. Must of been a good dose of tiller arm at the end of that!
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Posted By: Tomatron
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 5:40pm
| Nice on thats a big mish for a little boat but they can handle the jandle, makes me wnat to swap out the tinny! |
Posted By: BeachedAsBro
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 8:56pm
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Yep was an awesome trip alright but never once felt un-doable or risky. All the boxes were ticked of course: Lifejackets, flares, vhf, paid coastguard membership, cellphones in waterproof pouches, informed persons on land, near new 30HP yammie and nealry every forecast saying 5-8knts. Leaving Maraetai for the bottom end....  Through the gap and out into the firth - destination Coromandel Islands in the distance:  Like Ben said there were heaps of kings about but it was just one of those days where they would look at everything and eat nothing. It didn't help that livies were very scarce and the KY that were hooked were bloody horses! Our best shot came when a big KY workup pushed up to withing casting distance of the ledge and was getting hit by hungry kings. They were chasing and having a go at our pillies and poppers and this is where Ben hooked up. It was all looking pretty good until a boat of spearos motored right through it and then proceeded to drop over the side and push the school out into the deeper water until it disappeared (and the spearos shortly afterwards). If you are the skipper of a boat called "Chinook" and saw us there on Saturday I would like you to understand the effort that we landbased fishos go to, to get to these ledges and fish. There are days, often weeks, of careful preparation and then hours of hard slog getting to the ledges that are then worked and fished very hard for one defining moment that is often the difference between a great adventure and a completely epic days' fishing. Your careless and completely selfish action killed that moment for us. If I thought that you did this knowingly then I would call you for a spineless arrogant git but I will give you the benefit of the doubt and just assume you are simply stupid. However, I don't want to put too much of a negative on the story as it was a bloody awesome and very memorable day. Was great to get back to some spots that me and the bro used to fish over 20 years ago and good to know it can be done so easily. I'm sure we'll be back next time the weather permits. Cheers again Ben for another mean as trip in your huge little boat!
------------- Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish caught will we realise we can't eat money. |
Posted By: JK
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 11:51pm
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Nice one guys. That is a solid run there. Like Torpedo said, would be some mean as tiller arm going on there! ------------- LedgeNZ LBG |
Posted By: SufixRockMan
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2012 at 8:39am
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Good news about the kings being in close
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