Gotten quite a bit behind in my trip reports. Here is tonight one.

The sea was choppy, the wind was gusty and cold and the fishing was as good as dead, but at least the sunset was pleasant to look at while fishing Cloudy Bay tonight.

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Surfcasting Clouday Bay at Dusk by Thomas J. Walsh, on Flickr

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Sunset over Wither Hills by Thomas J. Walsh, on Flickr

Went for a Snapper fish in the Sounds about a week ago, conditions were cold and windy but it calmed slightly after dark, Caught one large Ray which tangled both of my lines and a small school shark. A first from that location. Been a tough year chasing snapper so far. Because its been tough I might not have been putting in as much effort

Would hopefully write up my Waitangi Weekend report within the next few days.

went to kaikoura lastweekend had a look up the hill but only seen goats so hit the beach for a fish .gota couple of moki in a rough muddy sea .the missus got a nice 580 ,getn sick to death of her out fishn me haha .

That 2nd photo milli is a cracker. Love it

The Forum been logging me out as I was trying to post recently, hopefully it does not do so this time.

Fished Kaikoura last night and today, the fishing was fairly slow with a Conger caught last night and Red Cod….

This morning started promising with a decent size Moki but then the fishing went dead. Packed up and went home at 9am.

Clear sky last night, which meant it got cold. Luckily around 8pm a gentle northerly picked up which lifted the temperature slightly.

“>Surfcasting – Kaikoura, New Zealand by Thomas J. Walsh, on Flickr

Haha

they dont show up on the surf beaches down south until early october..you would have a better chance catching them casting proper just behind the breaker(50-70m)and also if you were catching doggys that means you wernt using crab wich reduces your chances dramaticaly.