Epic Mid Nov 2011 Kingi and Snapper Action
Report from Carl
Ross and the Balls Deep crew were back for another quick NZ fishing excursion. The weather gods were nice to them, from the forecast it looked like they would get a day on a rest day then another fishing day before they got some rest before their trip home. Ended up suiting them well as they got a nice line of fish.
The boys came armed to the hilt with quality Jigging Master gear to add to our own arsenal
Plenty of Shimano bling too....
Steve got the boys off to a cracking start first drop
Vinnie with another solid cookie cutter marked fish
Plenty of squid chasing kings around, hence the cookie cutter marks
The legend Konishi from Carpetner was out having a play with the YeeHaa boys on the stickbaits
Vinnie on the rail again
Nice fish Vinnie
This greedy trev scoffed a little yakka lollie!!!
The boys resting up in comfort in between drifts
Wazdog tries out a new jig from Bite and nails it
And again
Kings luv this jig, it was hot all day!
Ross got slammed on the Blue Spike on Waz's 120gm overhead Kings, a beaut fish came aboard, high fives all round
Choice fish on the light stuff Ross!
Steve with another solid Aldies king, this time on a livebait
Age does his old man proud with a quality snap which scoffed a double whammy
The new 70's jig from Bite we named the Dirk jiggler, Wazdog nailed a real nice jig caught kingfish on it
Nice double to finish the trip
Boys cooking up a mean feed back at the pad
Top way to finish off a good few days, beer batter snapper and pasta washed down with some vino - choice!
Shamus, Ed, Craig and Nick did a few days with us as well. They were loving the laid back cruisy Tairua styles and some awesome weather. The fish were mainly hitting metal and plenty of them.
Craig gets the ball rolling with one on one of his own Aussie jigs
As does Shamus
Nick follows suit. There was a big school of trevs working, we'd pull right up next to them and the kings were about 20m below them and would smash the jigs
Ed gets the ball rolling on some bigger models
Shamus was just buzzing about anythign that came over the side
A sess inside the Aldermen Islands in 8-20m of water casting Nuc Chook jerk shad baits nailed us some nice snapper - this 8kg specimen pulled some serious string in the shallows - awesome snap on the new YeeHaa softie rod
Shamus with another nice kingfish on his Ripple Fisher jig rod
Craig with a solid 20kegger fish of the day
Nick nabs a nice snap on the new Shimano Citica on one of Sato from YeeHaa's slick Japanese slow jig rods
Some monster trevs and Craig nailed a beauty
Ed with some dinner
Craig with a sweet kingi on the JM 3 kings 120 and 120gm organge jig
Shamus with one on the Broken Arrow
And another on the old trusty Broken Arrow before we gapped it home for the guys to chill at their sweet pad. See you fellas next year!
To book an Epic Adventures fishing trip on the Coromandel, New Zealand click here
To go back to the Epic Adventures fishing reports on our home page click here |
