A trip with Epic Adventures

 Well been in NZ over a week now, and the weather / fishing conditions have not been the best with the sea temps down from what they should be.

Staying in a small town on the east side of the corromandel, a place called Tairua,  I have found some great LB spots but water temp is not in my favor,  so as with every holiday you have a back up plan,

Mine was with the Guiding outfit EPIC.

I met the guide Owen at the boat ramp in the morning and he already had jigged up a couple of live bait tanks of yakkas, so all Andrea and I had to do was jump on board the stabi craft half cab?

Punching out in lumpy dark water with a pain in the arse wind I thought I was going to hurl my toasted vegemite sandwhich up, but the Paihia bombs held true to form,,,,,, really like these tablets.

Once out dropped a couple of jigs and gave it a good hard go but nothing.Mostly all live bait with these guys on the days out with them due to a shut down bite, only the lively of baits would get hit, but as the day wore on I did get some on the jig but no Kings 

Got to admit that the baits were a lot easier on the body

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 Some great pics there Syd,

Wed, 2014-11-12 07:05

 Some great pics there Syd, how'd the John Dory go down? Andrea looks truly pleased with that Kingie!

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 The Jonh Dory tasted sweet?

Wed, 2014-11-12 07:25

 The Jonh Dory tasted sweet? Had a fillet for breakfast this morning.....

Yes Andrea thought the kingys were fun ,,,,,,, 

She wont be moving for a while 

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 Ha ha a pain of pleasure!

Wed, 2014-11-12 07:38

 Ha ha a pain of pleasure!

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Nice work.

Wed, 2014-11-12 14:53

Nice work.

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very nice photos

Wed, 2014-11-12 16:44

some nice fish as well

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Love the photo of the lady

Thu, 2014-11-13 11:56

Love the photo of the lady getting stretched!

What setups were you running mate?

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Got to fully agree

Thu, 2014-11-13 13:02

Wish we had some more John Dory's around here as they are a beautiful delicate fish to eat.

Great shots and arm stretchers there.

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 top work big fella. On the

Thu, 2014-11-13 13:44

 top work big fella. On the list of things to do!

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 Thanks fellas, Having a

Thu, 2014-11-13 18:14

 Thanks fellas, 

Having a great time , but wind and rain is setting in.

Sexton the rods are Synit razar 300 with either a stella 8000 with16000 spool 80lb depth finder viros and second reel was  saltiga 5000 with same line missus prefered the saltiga.

Mine was a Fisherman Redtail monster with stella 20000 100lbs braid 

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 Those YTKs are very

Thu, 2014-11-13 18:33

 Those YTKs are very impressive. In fact, it's all very impressive! 

Hmmm John dory....  another bucket list fish....

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