pomfret catches in Kaikoura

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  • #6986
    yellowfin
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    Just got back from 5 days fishing in Kaikoura – managed to catch a Pacific Pomfret, just wondering if anyone has caught many of these and what other unusual species have been caught? If was good eating.

    #17044
    mulletman
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    have caught a few of them up there before but not much else that would have been classed unusaul

    #17061
    mulletman
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    i have caught a yellow cod there once, il post a pic soon

    #17068
    yellowfin
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    tried uplaoding a picture of the pomfret/Ray Bream but it won’t upload it!!!?? finally got it to upload

    #17107
    mulletman
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    are you following zacs steps???

    #17122
    mulletman
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    yellow cod from kaikoura,

    #17144
    fishforpot
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    Ive caught a few yellow cod , was years ago ….they have a very distinctive feature , was around the gill area from memory …..

    That doesnt appear to be a yellow cod , maybe a baby blue cod ? …..I could be wrong ……

    #17146
    HookLineSinker
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    richbritty

    #17167
    yellowfin
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    thanks HLS – photo buckt works well – see picture earlier in dialogue

    #17168
    yellowfin
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    another picture of the mystery fish…is it a pacific pomfret or a Rays Bream??

    #17180
    mulletman
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    i have caught them before, it looks like a rays bream

    #17184
    fishforpot
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    Sure is , found one freshly washed up at Spencers park maybe 10 years ago …..cat LOVED it

    #17211
    bluehunter
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    Hi, I was on my way back to Chch from the North Island where I picked up a new boat.. kind of an impulse purchase… and decided to stop off at Kaikoura to try it out… my parents met me up there for a quick fish.. anyway, my mother hooked up something heavy that she couldn’t bring up so I took over and pulled up 2 of these puppies… nice one mom!… I understood these were Pacific Pomfret as my brother caught one of these a couple of years back also in Kaikoura and I sent the pic into the Fishing Mag to get a name of the species as I had no idea… I think they still have the article online. Here is a pic of the two just caught.. Man they are good eating!

    Anyway, anyone here fishes the 22 nm reef of Lyttleton.. I was hoping my new boat is big enough to take it there, but still not sure. Any comments welcome.

    Cheers.

    #17216
    mulletman
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    ur boat looks big enough, its just a matter of finding it, we have fished there a few times in the past only getting on the reef once or twice, if we cant find the reef, we just troll for barracuta or kahawai, cut them up and try to bring in a shark

    #17217
    bluehunter
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    Thanks for the answer… Sharks are always fun to catch.

    The boat came with a Navman Tracker 5500 I’ll be getting the c-map for South Island for it… would that not have the co-ordinates for the reef on it? Cheers.

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