How we like to target gurnard off the bays - harvesting our east coast bays carrot patch.

[@pnoelb]

One of the best eating fish.! My second favourite next to blue cod .

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Pretty hard to bet blue cod but john dory is mine then puka then cod - all great table fish 👍

[@joedennehy386]

Very good tutorial, thanks

[@drew7215]

Took my boy out and nailed some Gurnard there last weekend 👍. Keep up the good work bro, I enjoy your vids.

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Cheers D 72 Always good to get out with the young fella's and catch a few fish :-) Tight lines

[@leanmchungry4735]

I started watching your fishing clips when I lived in Melbourne Australia, now I am living in the East Coast Bays in Auckland, so I'm getting to go out fishing every week, I love it. I have caught a lot of decent snapper and some big king fish and kahawai about 1km from shore. I enjoy watching your trips and always learn a thing or two. I have been using the flasher rigs for gurnard myself this year. I was fishing near you last week--I fish from a kayak about .7- 1km out from the bays , you were further out, perhaps 3kms... When I find a few fish and put a berley out I am getting onto good schools of gurnard close in . I have been using the flasher rigs with the sinker line shortened to be close to the bottom hook, it seems to be a good trick for gurnard. I have also been experimenting with the 3 bar circle hooks, they always catch the fish in the corner of the mouth so I haven't had problems releasing smaller fish, but I have found the 3 bar hooks have caught me a boat load of big gurnard. 3 bar circle hooks with kahawai bait are doing well for me this winter. cheers

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Nice - it use to be a lot better fishery along the bays, we use to get a lot of 10-15lb snapper with 20's in the mix and so goodies up 25-28lb. I think I seen you on the way out in the red yak? It's great to be able to head out and target gurnard now. About 10yrs ago we use to just get the odd 1 or 2 but last 5-6yrs you can go out and catch just gurnard now. Tight lines

[@leanmchungry4735]

@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing Yes that was me in the red Yak! I love that spot, that is where I caught a 1 m King fish and a number of 45-50cm snapps this year, the gurnards are running hot for me presently, but it's hard to catch a winter snapper there. I enjoy watching you share the specific details of your fishing technique: how to put half a pilli on, what size hooks and sinkers, berley technique etc, it's great stuff, all those details that an experienced fisherman would teach his kids, lots of good karma for you:)

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

@@leanmchungry4735 thanks for the kind words Yea it's pretty weird how the Snapper pretty much disappear from there now, we use to get snapper there all year round with the odd gurnard then the snapper slowly thinned out . Went from 5-6 snaps to one gurnnard for couple years then 50/50 then a good ratio of 2-3 gurnard to 1 snap then the gurnard slowly took over and now catch no snapper just gurnard. Not sure if the food has changed/water quality or maybe even a shift in temp - hard to say if the gurnard were there the whole time but never got a chance at the baits with so much snapper about? Also wondering with all the big snapper that use to frequent the area and in big numbers have all but gone now so the gurnard don't get chased off maybe? It is awesome to be able to go out and target them and only catch them but it is very sad how the bigger fish have gone and pretty hard to catch a double fig fish now - still the odd one here or there but man the early to late 90's it was a pretty epic fishery along the bays.

[@jasonhutt9117]

We used to drift a lot n stronger winds until we put a longer anchor chain on worked a treat

[@davidpick3543]

Yet another great vid thanks Jason. Interesting, enjoyable and informative. That;s a great trick with the two micro jigs.

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Cheers DP Yes Pea has a few little tricks up his sleeve like that even I get surprised occasionally :-) Tight lines

[@HoriandRangisAdventures]

Keep it up guys

[@pnoelb]

The only fish that talk.!

[@ovalefiapoko9958]

Can't go past the carrots brother,seasoned flour cooked in real butter hot chip's and tartare sauce always awesome footage👍🤙

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Cheers olfp Can't beat fresh carrots and chips :-) Tight lines

[@shaunduncan9194]

Hey Jason nice catch mate awesome video Ya should do a catch clean cook vid with pea with some nice snapper or carrots bro

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Cheers SD Gets a little tricky as most times we get back at dark and he lives in another suburb - I'm just a straight up flour and butter kind of guy but Pea does a few different things, he hates filming with the camera so don't know how well it would go down giving him the cam to film him cooking :-) prob get his feet anyways - when he does get the cam in his hand can only use 20% of what he films as it's normally just showing the top of my head or neck up :-) Tight lines

[@shaunduncan9194]

@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing All good bro just throwing it out there haha

[@crackingwild8947]

Nice vid

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Cheers CW Tight lines

[@pnoelb]

Forgot trevally do as well.

[@bourgeoisiez764]

The fish whisperer at work again!! Bro where would be the best place to launch for the bays that’s closest to Auckland ?

[@bemybeeby]

Always good vids, mate. Love the tips. I'm keen as to try this, would you mind sharing what sort of depth are you fishing in? Cheers.

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Cheers TB We find them anywhere from 12-16ntrs on the mud right along the bays - there will be other spots like Rangi channel I would think would hold them and have caught a couple up the Waitemata. Tight lines

[@bemybeeby]

@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing Cheers Jason. Yeah man, might even give it a crack up Whangaparaoa ways. Legend!

[@jeremynewson-brown1241]

nothing better than a carrot on the end of your line

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

One of the better eating fish :-) Tight lines

[@karnepitcher3094]

Awesome videos bro how did he have the top micro jig tied on was it just on a dropper like a 2 hook flasher rig? Cheers 🤙

[@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing]

Cheers KP There's two ways you can do this - 1 - You tie your first little jig to the end of the leader then using another short trace you can tie off your second jig to where you tied your first jig - so tie on the round eye of the first jig where you tied it to the leader. 2 - Sim to what you said put a dropper loop in half way up your leader put the first little jig on that then tie your second to the bottom of the leader. Tight lines

[@karnepitcher3094]

@@Reel-Kiwi-Fishing cheers mate clever idea