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Post by AnglerAdventurer on Sept 7, 2006 11:00:54 GMT 8
G'day Mate, The weather looks chilly and that's a beauty you got there!  The Salmon species from DownUnder(scissors tail) sure looks different from those up North(fan tail) mate. What's the water temperature like? Tight lines mate, Huns. |
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Post by bluecod on Sept 7, 2006 11:52:50 GMT 8
Huns, How've you been my friend, still wandering the shores of the rising sun? What do you mean ... chilly   The air temp was getting up to 20 deg C by then [about 10 deg C at dawn] and the water temp was around 17.5 deg C - beautiful weather. ;D Not like today with gale force winds, snow on the mountains and expected to max out at 17deg C.  The Aussie salmon is called Kahawai in New Zealand, and whilst the ones in the photos aren't particularly big [they do grow to around 8 kilos] they have a "never say die" attitude which makes them great fun. Cheers, George |
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Post by pirate! on Sept 7, 2006 12:00:12 GMT 8
nice catches!!! do they make long runs like their pacific counterparts?
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Post by bluecod on Sept 7, 2006 17:10:39 GMT 8
They will run 20 odd metres or so and they fight clean too ... not like those Bl**dy GT's that Huns and Jimboz introduced me to when I was over in Sg  Interestingly, last season I wanted to see just how far they would run so a couple of times I backed right off on the drag, and each time they would run back to the school they came from and sit underneath the main body of fish. If you let them run fast just after hook-up they seem to tire faster than if you give them full stick from the word go. They are a lot of fun and will put a bend in a #9 right through to the butt ;D Most times you are fishing in 10 knots of wind so the #8 comes out to punch the fly through the breeze. Hit them with anything lighter than a #7 and you're in for a great time. |
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Post by pirate! on Sept 8, 2006 9:51:05 GMT 8
They will run 20 odd metres or so and they fight clean too ... not like those Bl**dy GT's that Huns and Jimboz introduced me to when I was over in Sg Interestingly, last season I wanted to see just how far they would run so a couple of times I backed right off on the drag, and each time they would run back to the school they came from and sit underneath the main body of fish. If you let them run fast just after hook-up they seem to tire faster than if you give them full stick from the word go. They are a lot of fun and will put a bend in a #9 right through to the butt ;D Most times you are fishing in 10 knots of wind so the #8 comes out to punch the fly through the breeze. Hit them with anything lighter than a #7 and you're in for a great time. sounds like loads of fun!! |
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Post by mtshark on Sept 18, 2006 9:44:57 GMT 8
Good stuffs!!! Hope to see more in the future. Regards. Edward Ng |
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Post by xxJiMboZxx on Sept 19, 2006 11:13:39 GMT 8
Good stuffs!!! Hope to see more in the future. Regards. Edward Ng What hope to see more? I dun hope to see more . I hope to go there and fish !  |
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Post by bluecod on Sept 19, 2006 18:34:10 GMT 8
Any time Jimboz ;D The salmon start in September and are generally a target through to November - when the real fun begins with the arrival of the kingfish in the bays. The kingies are a different proposition as they fight downright dirty and are as tough as Smokin' Joe - #9 and #10 weights are the go for them, but when they get up in the bigger sizes you just hang on and wait for them to reef you.  |
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The Salmon species from DownUnder(scissors tail) sure looks different from those up North(fan tail) mate. What's the water temperature like?
The air temp was getting up to 20 deg C by then [about 10 deg C at dawn] and the water temp was around 17.5 deg C - beautiful weather. ;D Not like today with gale force winds, snow on the mountains and expected to max out at 17deg C. 
Fishing sucks? Try Flyfishing! ;D