Lock down fish of the day challenge .
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Topic: Lock down fish of the day challenge .
Posted By: Skoti
Subject: Lock down fish of the day challenge .
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 5:57pm
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Seeing as we can't get out for a fish I thought I'd start a game we can all play . A fishing comp of sorts . Seeing as we have about 24 more days of lockdown , that is going to be the number we work with . What you need to do : 1. Gather 24 pictures of you with a fish you have caught and copy them into a new folder . In no paticular order , rename them from 1-24 2. At midday each day I will call a random number and everyone is to post their corresponding fish photo . 3. Competitors can then vote for fish of the day by thanking the post/one vote per day only . 4.All pics must be up before midnight on the day . For those who may not have 24 pics of themselves, a pic you have taken of someone else is fine and also you don't have to enter everyday . Winner gets bragging rights for the day  ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
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Posted By: Buggar-me
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 7:16pm
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Haha i don't have 24 pictures! Too busy catching to take a photo. Just ask the wife, everytime she catches one bigger than me it goes back really fast so she can't get bragging rights.
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Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2020 at 8:28pm
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Buggar-me wrote:Posted By: JustAnotherSpearo
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 7:44am
| Can a spearo join in too!? |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 8:52am
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 9:21am
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Ready to go Skoti
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Posted By: Steps
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 10:07am
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Many of us will already have some pics uploaded.. or have heap of other subject pics uploaded The list to go thru can get rather tedious IF we can not sort / delete obsolete pics later.. Putting aside that..  If dont have 24 pics, have say 6 number anyway , a random number between 1 and 24. When that number is drawn, enter it.. |
Posted By: skunk
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 10:13am
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Nice one skoti.. Bring it on ------------- "Team Skunk 10th equal Grunter Hunter 2020" |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:34am
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Ok just going to add a few more rules . All pics must be up before midnight on the day . For those who may not have 24 pics of themselves, a pic you have taken of someone else is fine and also you don't have to enter everyday . If you already have the pic uploaded to the site that you wish to enter , simply give it a number from 1-24 and reuse the original file you uploaded . Remember , this is for fun so you don't need to bribe the weighmaster with rum ( but I will still accept bribes   )------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:48am
| I'm in, got f*** all else to do when I'm not working. I would suggest adding a short sentence about the photo. |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:49am
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Yes description and story about the catch may well help to get votes ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:53am
| Deleted heaps the other day. |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:02pm
Ok today's number is #7 ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:17pm
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Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:19pm
 PB kingi for me caught on a livie . ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: spin king
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:26pm
 mid winter fish on the firth. favorite kaveman 30gm microjig over 100 fish caught and still going strong.
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Posted By: skunk
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:36pm
 11+ kg. Back when hands in gills was all good😏 ------------- "Team Skunk 10th equal Grunter Hunter 2020" |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 1:35pm
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I tried to choose pictures that were interesting, different or had a bit of story. Who just wants to see pictures of all the monsters I've caught It so happens that #7 is the smallest fish in my collection! A pacific/blue/slimy mackerel. I know most of you would consider this bait, but we really like eating them. This one was caught on a microjig in early summer. The shoals move fast, so it's often hard to catch up with them. They are not hard to hook if you find them, but they are hard to keep on the hook. It's a shame that the purse seiners devastate the shoals in Bream Bay. https://ibb.co/hMd8XSH" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: JustAnotherSpearo
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 2:21pm
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#7... background story behind it. Whipped up to Tuts after a god awful week at university (so normal week at uni in 2015, April was the month) I remember this one specifically because the fish tried to drown me because I shot it in a cave. (always have a float so you can let go of the speargun was the lesson learnt from this fish) Not a huge fish but for mid April out of Tuts in the shallows was in great condition for length and had awesome colours.  |
Posted By: JustAnotherSpearo
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 5:51pm
Boy bet that tugged on your rod real good Skoti. |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 8:19pm
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Posted By: FlawOne
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 8:44pm
One of the first of many fishing trips for me and my best mate and we even succeded in catching this lit'l cray off the rocks at Whatipu.  ------------- Inner City Slayers. |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 30 Mar 2020 at 9:29pm
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Muppet - I am envious. I think you wrote about this previously. I keep thinking there must be more around - but I am lucky to catch 1 per yr. Not quite sure I get the plan and folder bit, and have few pics of me with fish - mainly fishing solo. But I like the stories with the pics. Doesn't have to be the size of the fish to be the most memorable. Can I add one - that has a good story - not my fish. Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 8:07am
| You need to have a livie down Alan and ideally near the baitfish. |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 9:16am
tried that -lots. Anyway - I have sorted a handful of pics - not many with me. Fishing solo mostly - bit hard to take pic too. But picked ones with a story. Just have to wait for the numbers to come up. Pleased with myself. Computer and I don't get on too well - not first name terms anyway. I have many names for it. Do we vote on y/days pics today? Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 9:54am
I think it's best to vote the following day. I posted my vote then Muppet puts up all those Johnnies! ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 10:56am
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Ok so you need to get your pics up before midnight . The voting can be made up to 11.45 the next day by any forum member even if they are not participating . You do not have to put a pic up every day . ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 11:45am
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Looks like there is a clear winner for yesterdays pic of a very good haul of JDs . Well done Muppet 
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 11:56am
Today's number . ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:21pm
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I happen to have a #17 - I didn't number mine starting at 1. Only got 5 or 6. So this pic is here because of the story. Fish took a skirt, and 30 mins or so later I am about to trace it - no trace. Just a tail to grab. Trying to figure WTF is going on - I see the swivel clip jammed in its tail - the clasp bit. Total freak. I think it was bill wrapped, then with the line tension the swivel clip must have pinged open with the tail/body thrashing, straightened, slipped the trace then on the way out the clasp bit jammed in the front edge of the tail. DoA.   Only one we have brought back. Remind me how we vote. Thx Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: skunk
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:26pm
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Ripper JD catch muppet ------------- "Team Skunk 10th equal Grunter Hunter 2020" |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:27pm
#17 Took my then 4 year old boy trout fishing. I wasn't overly optimistic, but he caught a trout within 5 minutes of casting a line out! Played it in himself. He was stoked. An unforgettable moment.  |
Posted By: skunk
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:30pm
So it wasn't until I started targetting carrots ,thanks to smudges crew and the grunter hunter that I started to see beauty in our little orange critter🥰 ------------- "Team Skunk 10th equal Grunter Hunter 2020" |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:41pm
 Good rules Skoti, well done Muppet you deserved that winHere's a jig caught snapper from 2016 aboard Diversity from memory. Not 100% sure on the boat, but just another typical pannie ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:44pm
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That's a very cool story Alan. you vote by clicking the LIKE tab at the top of each post. Most likes wins the day.
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Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:46pm
 ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:49pm
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Number 17 is just a little Manukau trev from me . Probably about 10 years ago when I had hair  
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: JustAnotherSpearo
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 1:40pm
 I dont have a #17 so here goes something that I will always cherish.Basically this is more than likely the last 20lb snapper my father is likely to spear, as he no longer jumps in just stays on the boat. (it went 23lb but we will get to this later on) The morning cracked off like so, packed the boat up the night before, did the pre-dawn drive from Whangarei to the bay of islands and was on the water at 6am. Now generally fish frames / left over scallop shells / cray bodies get used as berley.. Me being me accidentally grabbed the wrong container of stuff for a berley.. so with it defrosting over night.. there was 2 packets of squid, a few pillies and then atleast half a doz KY fillets.. in the bin, to my surprise when opening the lid on the water getting ready to chuck it overboard in a gut that tends to produce well for big snapper here and there.. thought oh well, its going over now. Yep I grabbed mums bait bin The gut is about 20m long and has a width of around 1.5-2m depending on where you are. goes from 8m at the bottom to 15m (an idea of the angle it runs) and you can sit and peer over it in 4m of water. I took the deeper end and Dad took the shallower end, as he was approaching the gut to peer over all he saw was the face of this fella. Boomfa, Dads shaft didnt even manage to leave the barrel of the gun and he essentially kebabed it. When the fish got mounted the guy who does the mounts up here was fascinated that this greedy little 68cm snapper had 2 whole KY fillets in its guts and a few squid! Fancy that guys!  |
Posted By: FlawOne
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 7:56pm
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That is one fat snapper! Heres one I caught quite a few moons ago while fishing out behind kawau at flat rock in my mates irb. Remember the day well as it was one of my first big snapper caught on an orange inuchku jig and a curado 200g7.  ------------- Inner City Slayers. |
Posted By: Snappa Geoff
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2020 at 8:18pm
Hi All, just been reading thread, I'll have a crack. Firstly being stuck at home during lock down with super flat seas is excruciating. When I first took up boat fishing in 2008 it took me two years to finally catch a 30 lb plus Snap. Caught a few more since but always remember this one more so. Caught well before i joined the Forum and before the introduction of measure mats. It was an ugly old fish, decided on not mounting, but remember it as a long bugger! Would of been good to known its length but wasn't important back then. 
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Posted By: Xtoad
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 9:09am
| What’s the number for today? |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 11:51am
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Justanotherspearo takes it out with a 3 vote margin over the other efforts , great story too . Well done mate Next number announced soon . ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 11:59am
And today's number is ..... ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: skunk
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:31pm
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A few years back we did some trips to the 3 kings on a mates bridgedecker. Great times and mindblowing fishing. One morning we had an awesome session feeding cube baits to marauding trevs, my favorite fish to catch ..fullstop.  ------------- "Team Skunk 10th equal Grunter Hunter 2020" |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:49pm
#15 I don't fish much in Whangarei Harbour despite living in Parua Bay. One morning, I decided to give it a go with advice from fishing.net members. Last cast of the morning produced the goods   |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:52pm
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I have a #15 - my numbers started there and randomly forward - figuring people may run out of stuff to post around #24. This fish pic is not the greatest - but does have a story. Caught this guy just before Xmas - in the area that 30 yrs ago was the go - to for puka. You just needed a rod, some bait and wait. Good sized puka. Long gone now. Wiped out. If I get 1 per yr, doing well. Was very surprised when I pulled this guy up (around 12 kg I think) - I was stuck on the bottom for a while - light gear - fishing for terries. I had about a 20lb trace and caught it on a 2/0 hook, so couldn't put too much pressure on. My mate on the boat fishes here as much and as long as me. He tried all summer for one - no luck. Not many days you come back with more than expected. Alan  ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 1:50pm
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For many years a standard xmas prezzie to my dad was a trip on the charter boat Diversity , of course I had to join him to make sure he didn't get into any trouble I got this nice snapper on a livebait on the last charter dad and I had in 2016 . 
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 1:54pm
 I am one of the organisers of a gurnard only fishing competition - The Grunter Hunter. It's quite popular with a few forum members. With $3000 1st prize I make sure I get plenty of practice in before the event. I caught this fish a week or two before last years comp. From memory it was around 1.3kg. Buggered if I can get a fish that size on the day of the competition though
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Posted By: Steps
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 4:52pm
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Would like to get into this.. Still need to load up a few picks. Damn still busy just doing stuff around home.. Thats a stupid thing to say  "...around home"Is there anther place we can do things right now? |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 6:02pm
| I want one like that Smudge awesome. |
Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 7:41pm
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Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 7:45pm
| Slightly outside of rangi channel.. clear day but positioned myself on yak between islands so not give away the transit marks .. taste no good so released it. |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 7:57pm
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Shaneg - I am ignorant - looks cool - but what is it? Alan
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Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 8:08pm
Roosterfish Alan native to Sth America very cool and great fight. Just to appease smudge and monster beast gurnard he displayed.. here’s photo of average catch for me most weekends off bays winter. Dan I‘m not putting my gurnard catch number up for fear of you venturing into home waters but is quite high in relation to your overall take. Only take what I need mind you... do love eating them though.
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Posted By: FlawOne
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 9:49pm
Amazing what you can catch from a Yak especially when your on the barrier. Managed this guy from the weed lines at Haratonga beach. There was quite a bit of swell running that day and in my amateur way managed a total turtle back on the beach. ------------- Inner City Slayers. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:47pm
Nice work Shaneg. It's surprising how many you can get when you target them eh ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Coastbusters
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:26am
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Hey, I have created a https://sites.google.com/view/fishing-during-the-lockdown/home?authuser=0" rel="nofollow - website with some fun fishing challenges / games on during the lockdown. It also has some funny pics and content, along with weather, wind conditions and COVID 19 updates.
Some things don't display perfectly on a phone. It works better on a computer. You can also email me your videos (address on the website) and I will post them up too.
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Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:46am
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Looks like yesterdays winner with 4 likes and a great carrot is Smudge Well done , you have won a trip for two to Te Toro , enjoy
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:00pm
Today's number . ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:17pm
A four day tramp around Lake Waikaremoana with a vague plan to catch a trout. They weren't very obliging, but I managed one fish after dark on a spinner. It was pretty exciting! |
Posted By: skunk
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:30pm
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My 22 was taken in 2014. My 2 oldest girl's and mates son after an awesome session in the firth..cant wait to get back out there to make more fishing memories 🙂  ------------- "Team Skunk 10th equal Grunter Hunter 2020" |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:38pm
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MB- I was up there a few weeks ago. Very cool catching the browns off the edges. Did you know - long time ago, DoC tried to wipe the browns out of the lake. Trapping them. Fortunately, things have changed. I have a #22 - did try posting it - doesn't seem to have turned up Hopefully doesn't twice. This is the first FFish we caught on a lure. Was trying for mahi or skippy. Given the tiny size of their mouth I am surprised it managed to take the lure. Then a few minutes later - a repeat on same lure. Primo live bait. We now catch them on flies.
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Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:55pm
I didn't know that, but I'm not surprised. I'm no fan of DOC.
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Posted By: Buggar-me
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 2:38pm
 Caught while waiting for the boat ramp at Kawakawa Bay to let me in
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 3:45pm
Shenanigans from Team Smudge. Apparently it was Arron's fault we had a quite quiet year 
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Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 3:47pm
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And this is how I icky fish
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 5:04pm
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This one is not such a good photo ( well it is in a way ) half the fish is missing . I blame the photographer ( he's the one about to get punched by me in Smudges pic above ) I'd only had a few hours game fishing experiance prior to landing my first marlin on Smudges boat during a comp 9 years ago . Great times and one that still gives me goosebumps every time I think about it .  ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 5:06pm
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I was waiting for that one to turn up Skoti . Such a great day. ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: pjc
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 5:07pm
Skoti surprised this hasnt resurfaced??? ------------- Sex at 58.Lucky I live at 56 |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 5:09pm
I saw it on facebook a few weeks back, strangely no one claimed to know the angler or knew where it was caught ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: pjc
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 5:19pm
------------- Sex at 58.Lucky I live at 56 |
Posted By: shaneg
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 8:06pm
so who is numba 22 Skoti? Obvious to some no doubt but not me. Here’s a little photo of what is a good day off bays...gurnard are underneath |
Posted By: FlawOne
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 9:57pm
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Posted By: FlawOne
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2020 at 10:01pm
Grunter Hunter 2019 - despite a good haul of well condition carrots we were unable to crack into the podium positions last year.. ohh well better luck this year! ------------- Inner City Slayers. |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 11:05am
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 11:43am
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Thursdays winner is Flawone with his brace of fine carrots , well done mate
------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 12:07pm
And today's number is ...... ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: foulplay
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 12:42pm
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Aiguilles Islands aka The Needles 
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Posted By: skunk
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 1:29pm
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My pb wreckfish. Thought we would drop some baits on some 140m foul with nice sign on it between the King Bank and the 3kings to maybe catch something for our tea.Wasnt quite expecting this! Ate like kings alright🤗  ------------- "Team Skunk 10th equal Grunter Hunter 2020" |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 1:38pm
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Yeah, not doing myself any favours with the photos I chose
My first snapper caught on a hard body lure. I was sceptical at first, but now I catch them consistently with this technique in the summer months. Makes a nice change from jigging and soft baiting.  |
Posted By: the demon
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 1:44pm
 This is my son, caught a 16.36 kg kingy on 6 kg in January .NZ Record small fry ratified .The smile lasted for weeks
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 1:59pm
 A snapper on a softbait from 2 winters ago. Nothing special :)------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 2:04pm
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Fishing the Grunter Hunter comp in 2018 dad and I weren't catching a hell of alot of gurnard . We had maybe six in the bin with one that I thought could be in the running ( took out 5th place ) We decided to have a quick snapper fish at our spot seeing as the tide was at it's best for this area . Nolonger than an hour there before heading back for the weigh-in we told each other . I also had a personal reason for wanting to have a snapper fish , the end of the clubs season was a couple of weeks away and I wanted to knock my mate Keith off the top spot with his 4.5 kg harbor snapper . Luckily in our bait collection we had a few bullet tuna , my favorite bait for big snapper . First bait down and I had a good hit and landed a snapper about 3.5kg , not big enough to beat Keith though . Dad gets a whole bullet tuna and threads it on his hook and asks me " how does this look ? " " A bit half assed " I replied " Hmmppff , I'll show ya something " he said as he dropped his line over . The bait hadn't been on the bottom long when his rod took on a serious bend with line rapidly departing the TLD15 . I immediatly brought my line in , grabbed the net and watched as dad fought the fish for a while before it popped up beside the boat . Holy **** , that's a 20lber if ever I saw one . A couple of pictures and some congratulations later I put a big bait on hoping for something similar while dad just sat there smiling and trying to not have a heart attack It didn't take long before a big weight loaded up on my rod and I was into a good fish . Dad had by this time recovered enough to net my fish , not as big as his , but a beut just the same . And this is how it came to be that a father and son turn up at a gurnard only fishing comp to weigh a 20.5 and 17lb snappers .  ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 2:18pm
My #16 ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: OuttaHere
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 2:33pm
Cast and retrieve or a slow troll? I'm considering trying them at anchor when the current is honking along.
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Posted By: 0nlanders_Nz
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 3:59pm
| Search on youtube onlanders i have videos of fish ive caught cheers |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 4:44pm
Slow troll. Jetski is in idle which is about 4km/h. I'd prefer slower, but that is as slow as I can get without resorting to towing buckets or other such nonsense. The engine is pretty quiet, but an electric motor would be better.
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 6:04pm
What on earth is that Alan L? Spectacular looking thing! I'm voting for that one. ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 6:10pm
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Some really cool stuff today. I was fishing beside Skoti and his dad when they buggered off to go snapper fishing. During a gurnard comp. I just shook my head. An hour or so later they turn up with these two huge snapper. I just shook my head again. Stunning fish from a harbour renown for holding small snapper. Stunnig stuff Skoti. What about Demon's boy? Getting a record kingy??? Wow. Then there's that thing that fell from space onto Alan's hook. Weird! This is a great thing Skoti ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 6:53pm
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"What on earth is that Alan L? Spectacular looking thing! I'm voting for that one." Smudge - that is exactly what I thought when I dragged it up from 200m+. All will be revealed. Regards Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: FlawOne
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2020 at 10:57pm
I have never had much luck with Trevally on the Muddy but for some reason in August 2015 I just couldn't miss. I have been back to the same spot time and time again and never managed to bag another Trevally there since... weird! ------------- Inner City Slayers. |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 11:45am
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Yesterdays winner by a long shot is the Demon , with his sons awesome catch . Well done to the both of you Second place is Alans fish , what the heck is it ? ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 11:50am
| Re: Alan's fish, thought I'd seen it all, but obviously not. Had to do some Googling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threetooth_puffer" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threetooth_puffer |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 11:54am
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MB gets it. It is a prehistoric sort of beast - dates back to the dinosaurs basically.
Its ugly side is the mouth. Literally 3 fangs. From memory 2 down one up. Ugly as. Caught a handful in deep water. Managed to let the rest go and they seem to survive. That coloured flap thing is the bladder bag. Regards Alan ------------- Legasea Legend member |
Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 11:59am
Today's number . ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |
Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 12:24pm
Today's offering is Sean's fish. Sean is a friend from work. He loves eating fish, somewhat enjoys fishing, but golf is more his thing. I took him out for a meat hunt. We went straight to spot X and loaded up the chilly bin. He couldn't believe it!  |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 12:32pm
 Just another Snapper, not sure when or where but it's on a Candy Apple Inchiku jig - probably 60g which I use out west in up to 60m or so. The Catchy Squid Wings and Boss jigs work well too. A great option in spring time.------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Alan L
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 4:23pm
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MB - the colour looks amazing. Alan
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Posted By: MB
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 5:07pm
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Yep, a real kelpie caught from open water, over sand
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Posted By: Skoti
Date Posted: 04 Apr 2020 at 6:49pm
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Do not adjust your settings or check your connection . This rather blurry picture came from a rather blurry trip to Kawhia . Back in the day when Smudge was a credible fishing influencer and writer for NZ Fishing World magazine he was tasked to do a story on a West coast charter operation named Crazy Horse ( also a member here going by the same handle ) and naturaly he invited me along . Later I was to learn I was about 10th on the list , the other nine not able to make it , yay me Story here http://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/kawhia-kaos-on-crazy-horse_topic96207.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/kawhia-kaos-on-crazy-horse_topic96207.html Anyhoo , I managed to land this snapper that , although weighed on unofficial scales was a new personal best for me .  ------------- COVID is no joke ! One former patient was so brain damaged after , he thought he won an election he lost by 7 million votes . |