A trip with Epic Adventures
Well been in NZ over a week now, and the weather / fishing conditions have not been the best with the sea temps down from what they should be.
Staying in a small town on the east side of the corromandel, a place called Tairua, I have found some great LB spots but water temp is not in my favor, so as with every holiday you have a back up plan,
Mine was with the Guiding outfit EPIC.
I met the guide Owen at the boat ramp in the morning and he already had jigged up a couple of live bait tanks of yakkas, so all Andrea and I had to do was jump on board the stabi craft half cab?
Punching out in lumpy dark water with a pain in the arse wind I thought I was going to hurl my toasted vegemite sandwhich up, but the Paihia bombs held true to form,,,,,, really like these tablets.
Once out dropped a couple of jigs and gave it a good hard go but nothing.Mostly all live bait with these guys on the days out with them due to a shut down bite, only the lively of baits would get hit, but as the day wore on I did get some on the jig but no Kings
Got to admit that the baits were a lot easier on the body
sea-kem
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Some great pics there Syd,
Some great pics there Syd, how'd the John Dory go down? Andrea looks truly pleased with that Kingie!
Love the West!
EL SYD
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The Jonh Dory tasted sweet?
The Jonh Dory tasted sweet? Had a fillet for breakfast this morning.....
Yes Andrea thought the kingys were fun ,,,,,,,
She wont be moving for a while
sea-kem
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Ha ha a pain of pleasure!
Ha ha a pain of pleasure!
Love the West!
Tony
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Nice work.
Nice work.
uncle
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very nice photos
some nice fish as well
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
sexton
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Love the photo of the lady
Love the photo of the lady getting stretched!
What setups were you running mate?
crasny1
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Got to fully agree
Wish we had some more John Dory's around here as they are a beautiful delicate fish to eat.
Great shots and arm stretchers there.
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Leemo
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top work big fella. On the
top work big fella. On the list of things to do!
bludgin' since 94'
EL SYD
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Thanks fellas, Having a
Thanks fellas,
Having a great time , but wind and rain is setting in.
Sexton the rods are Synit razar 300 with either a stella 8000 with16000 spool 80lb depth finder viros and second reel was saltiga 5000 with same line missus prefered the saltiga.
Mine was a Fisherman Redtail monster with stella 20000 100lbs braid
randall df223
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Those YTKs are very
Those YTKs are very impressive. In fact, it's all very impressive!
Hmmm John dory.... another bucket list fish....
Fish! HARD!