Wellington, NZ

Caught this kahawai last week, only got a chance to put up the photo now. Came in at 50cm so should be about 4lb.
Back home now with me today so he's the last one . . .

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Gorgeous looking fish!

Yeah they are great looking alright, markings similar to a mackeral maybe?
Great fight out of them and they hit the bait like an express train! Good eating too, but kiwis dismiss them a bit they all say you have to smoke them, but then again kiwis will smoke anything that moves!

I was thinking a bit of sea trout blood in them somewhere, with the body shape and the round markings. Mackeral was too easy a call!

australian salmon or kahawai lovely fish !did you bleed it? they are nice off the bbq or smoked did you get it on a lure?

nice fish

australian salmon

Is this the one that JPS usually includes in his catch reports from UpSideDownLand?

australian salmon or kahawai lovely fish !did you bleed it? they are nice off the bbq or smoked did you get it on a lure?

Didn't bleed it but i did spike it straight away, don't they say that does the same job as bleeding it?

No, caught it off pilchard on a standard flapper rig, though when you get a shoal of them running you see people getting out the lures and the spinning rods.

You done a bit of fishing down this end of the world roger?

australian salmon

Is this the one that JPS usually includes in his catch reports from UpSideDownLand?

Yes I had a look at one of his reports and it was what the kiwis call kahawai and what the aussies call salmon that he's referring to!

thought it was an Australian salmon the first minute i looked a it too! cool
saw a video of Billy Connolly catchin them from a beach in Newcastle there - on his "World Tour".
always wanted to have a go at them. fine looking fish, well done

savage fighting fish i only came back from new zealand 2 weeks ago!fishing is a whole different ball game over.there,s more boats than ppl in auckland id say!fairplay he,s a beaut was only in welly for a few weeks dont know how you managed to find a safe fishing spot

tightlines
fergal

savage fighting fish i only came back from new zealand 2 weeks ago!fishing is a whole different ball game over.there,s more boats than ppl in auckland id say!fairplay he,s a beaut was only in welly for a few weeks dont know how you managed to find a safe fishing spot

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fergal

Yeah every different every second person is a boatie! Lucky b*stards heading off every weekend filling their boxes up with snapper!

Fishing good up in Auckland species/shore/boat etc?

Found it difficult to get a good spot actually, all the piers are packed with people by 9 o clock in the morning! Got this fella at a beach near where my gf used to work!

didnt have any gear over there, travelling around etc you know how it is!but i managed to get my hands on a boat rod and reel for some rock fishing (not ideal) i had snapper,blue cod,parrot fish,and kahawai from the shore and got out on a boat once luckily i met some lovley ppl over there!had 12 snapper and a beautiful hohn dory and a few decent kahawai!

spots i fished gulf harbour!devonport! and stanmore bay rocks all auckland!but jesus travelling the north island from the coromandel to cape reinga i wish i had some of my own gear an anglers heaven!lots of ppl dropping lines for kingfish and stingrays! willbe out there again definetly just magic!