Deep down south

Deep down south

Found some new ground on a recent trip to the sw, couldnt find the big ones but ,atleast down there its only 35ks till your in the 400m


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nice fish, whats the 3 at the

Wed, 2012-01-18 12:54

nice fish, whats the 3 at the top? doesnt look like normal deep species?

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smallest grey band

Wed, 2012-01-18 12:57

i have ever caught ,was a nusery for the small ones ,one of the other boats got a nice one around 15 kilo

 

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looks like puka to me

Wed, 2012-01-18 12:59

looks like puka to me

 

nice haul SNF

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is this first at the top on

Wed, 2012-01-18 12:59

is this first at the top on the far right an oilfish??

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nah they are

Wed, 2012-01-18 13:01

harpuka on the top there mate

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spun out on the blackass

Wed, 2012-01-18 12:59

as that came out of 138m ,deepest i have ever got one of them

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different coloured puka than

Wed, 2012-01-18 14:00

different coloured puka than metro fish?

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Dunno, look the same as any

Wed, 2012-01-18 14:06

Dunno, look the same as any other puka I seen, metro or SW. Good sized nannies though.

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Solid haul

Wed, 2012-01-18 14:08

Where were you fishing from in the sw Neil? Didyou stumble on the ground or had an idea where to look?

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lets just say you are

Wed, 2012-01-18 14:36

pretty familiar with the area adam ,cant say exactlly were or i could get shot, just some new ground of the charts

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Bag

Wed, 2012-01-18 14:39

Great variety in that bag. Very nice.

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does the harpuka go harder

Wed, 2012-01-18 16:26

does the harpuka go harder than the pinkies or queenies?

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Hapuka don't get barotrauma

Wed, 2012-01-18 16:32

Hapuka don't get barotrauma like the Bass Grouper or Grey-barred cod, and they fight all the way to the top, but like a wet sock!

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Top bag of fish. Even the

Wed, 2012-01-18 16:29

Top bag of fish. Even the Skippy looks like a cracker.Bring on the weekend.

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Good work Scott

Wed, 2012-01-18 16:32

few tasty feeds there. No biggens though? Any big bustoffs?

Jordan, it's all relative mate. Reeling in Harpuka from 200m+ is alot different than Pinkies from 15m. Yes they do go hard but it's more surges and headshakes than big runs. Anything under 15kg from 200m+ is a pretty easy battle considering the gear used.

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nothing huge

Thu, 2012-01-19 05:31

 as i said one of the other boats got a gb of 15kg  but the biggest puka was about 8kilo  no big bust offs ,another one of the boys did get a pinky over a meter and 10+ kiol

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Well Done Scott

Wed, 2012-01-18 16:55

must be hard to decide whats for dinner...

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the smaller puka are

Thu, 2012-01-19 05:34

 definatly better to eat than the bigger ones from up here  ,white flesh and not chewy at all like the bigger ones, but the reds are still my favourate out of that lot

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nice bag for an exploratory

Thu, 2012-01-19 08:04

nice bag for an exploratory trip, hopefully the size picks up next time. Gotta agree with the nanny's, top eating