Fishing Techniques

[derwood]

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sorry about the skunken ya took there beachbabe. i would have put up a reply but i don't know your area at all. with 20mph winds getten the boat to stay still must have been tough enough. what is a sand trout? is it like the spotted trout or the sugger trout( some call the latter butter trout)? i use shrimp, mudminnows and pinfish. sometimes a small crab for reds. how i rig depends on the conditions and my target fish and what i'm fishing from.(bridge,boat,shore,wadeing and is there a current.) water temp. is a big thing to as well as bottom structure.(are the fish feeding slow, will my bait hide in the grass if i'm close to the bottom, how much water do i want to cover and how fast do i want to cover it?) give me some details and i,ll share some FL. gung fu. same gulf, differant waters. <br />derwood

 

[Ross J]

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Hi Beachbabe,<br />Sorry to hear things didn't turn out as planned. I guess it goes to show that there has to be some trips that don't hit it off as well as others eh!<br />Galveston Bay sound like a huge place. I don't even know where it is but have seen parts on TV. These oyster beds you mention in the first post, do they normally give up a feed? They sound like the optimum spot to fish. The Drum you mention also sound similar to our snapper (I looked them up). How are they smoked?<br />Good luck with the next trip.<br />Ross

 

[62_Kiwi]

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Hi Beachbabe<br /><br />Sorry we couldn't help, but that wasn't a dumb question - it certainly had me stumped...<br /><br />Derwood and Crab Bait are our resident experts on live baiting and associated gung fu. I've never tried any of that stuff myself. I'd be interested in seeing a full answer to your question about how to rig it etc.<br /><br />I like drift fishing, especially when you don't know the precise spot of the fish. You get to move over a wider area and hopefully catch the sweet spot on your travels. It also suits my lazy disposition with the anchor rope...<br /><br />Better luck next time,<br />62

 

[Ross J]

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62_Kiwi, are you out there?<br />I've just bought the latest "New Zealand Fishing World" magazine. It's Issue 7 2002 - May/June edition.<br />Theres an article about fishing from the ramps around Maraetai including GPS positions. There's even one or two of my spots there. No I didn't have anything to do with them being printed.<br />I've added them to my GPS and intend to check them out next time I'm out that way. With winter coming on I think that'll be rather soon.<br />I was going out with my wife tomorrow but the Coastguard just issued a wind warning so I'll go shopping instead. She can't believe how many times she's been shopping this year. Her grin just keeps getting bigger!<br />Ross

 

[62_Kiwi]

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Hi Ross<br /><br />Yes, I'm still floating around out here in the ether. It's a strange time of year - Autumn - and I've been doing strange things, like shopping with my wife (you too - yee gods!), cleaning up the garden, planting trees, washing things and other wierd & unnatural stuff. <br /><br />Like you, at least I'll have plenty of "brownie points" saved up for future fishing trips. <br /><br />Yes, the weather's getting colder and windier... but more importantly the boat withdrawl symptoms are starting to set in. I have to get back out on the water soon or I'm going to lose the plot altogether... <br /><br />Thanks for the tip on NZ Fishing World, I must get that issue. There's also one that comes out each year which lists every documented fishing spot in NZ - it's a big one! I've got last year's edition... I doubt that it changes much from year to year.<br /><br />What type of GPS are you running?<br /><br />I forget the brand name of mine, but it's got a nasty habbit of losing contact with the satellites a bit too often for comfort. How well does yours work?

 

[62_Kiwi]

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Further to the GPS discussion, here's a picture I found of mine;<br /><br />

<br /><br />I must have got a shock to see it working, so took a photograph! It's got charts loaded too which are moderately useful.<br /><br />If any of my redneck buddies see this... Check out these coordinates for my "Man o' the South" street cred!

 

[Ross J]

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Thanks for the look see at your GPS. I run a Garmin II which is ild but very reliabliable, plus with the external aerial is very accurate since Uncle Bill Clinton took the error's away!<br />I have just returned from shopping in Hamilton. No undies or anything like that but my mate took me into a second hand store and I started buying. She was rapt as well. We bought a 2m Composite 8kg rod with a Shamino Baitcaster (you know the ones, they have two clutches) all for $70:00. And it was in tip top condition. I was so happy with that my wife splashed out $300:00 on a guitar for our daughter. Go figure, and I thought I was the clever ****.<br />Never mind, I also bought a spare prop for my Johnson for $35:00.<br />Happy fishing sport and I hope to see you out there someday soon.<br />Ross

 

[Ross J]

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Hey 62_Kiwi,<br />Just returned from surfcasting the Kaipara. Windy as all heck but we went out anyway.<br />6 kahawai, the ocean variety, 8 gurnard, a few sharks and stingrays and, a lot of fun with the kids!!<br />I'm smoking fish all day today and there's a fish meal here tonight!<br />Ross<br />PS - Isn't it great the weather has broken!

 

[62_Kiwi]

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RossJ, well done - you set an inspirational example. Given the slightest break in the weather and you're out there catching a pile of fish... and you keep doin' it.<br /><br />I need to take a leaf out of your book and get back out on the water, before I completely turn into an "unfisherperson"... <br /><br />Surfcasting - now that's my favourite kind of outdoor action.<br /><br />BTW, how did the boat show go ?

 

[Ross J]

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This is how it works, it was either the boat show or a trip to the mighty Kaipara Harbour. It was an easy choise really, so I don't have any feedback on the boatshow at all.<br />I can however tell anybody who cares to know that a good 4x4 was a prerequisite to get into the farm past the calf-deep cow **** followed by the soft terrain then the final hill climb to our camp! It was sheer fun to be there again. Nobody for miles.<br />Ross

 

[62_Kiwi]

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...I think you made the right choice Ross.