Napolean Wrasse in NZ
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Category: Diving
Forum Name: Spearo's Corner
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Printed Date: 06 Jul 2026 at 9:42am
Topic: Napolean Wrasse in NZ
Posted By: herby
Subject: Napolean Wrasse in NZ
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 7:47pm
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Tiras smacked over a small Napolean Wrasse today at the barrier!! |
Replies:
Posted By: KeriBOI
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 8:43pm
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any big snapper?
------------- Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 8:48pm
| Bro, I'm talking about the possibility of a napolean wrasse in NZ for the first time ever and all you can think about is snapper? |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 8:52pm
| is that one of those potentially massive things also called maori wrasse that you get around the coral in oz? and you guys shot it ahah. Got any pics? |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 8:52pm
Hmmmmmmm  
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Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 8:59pm
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Tiras has the fish, I'm guessing he will take a pic.
Tiras?...........
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Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:14pm
| he did not shoot it? |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:15pm
| i think the lips are used for chinese medicine! |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:15pm
Yup- Right in the guts! 
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Posted By: Nick.
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:19pm
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the first and last maybe......
a small one is 25kg's???
I couldnt bring my self to shoot one in the cook islands, the look in their eyes seems so peaceful.
couldn't he just take a photo, or tell us that he saw one?
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Posted By: Firey
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:19pm
| http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/humphead.html - http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/humphead.html I guess its one of these? |
Posted By: eco_warrior
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:20pm
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Posted By: KeriBOI
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:22pm
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snappers where its at? Sam must have put it out of its misery, must be bloody cold for it. ------------- Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
herby wrote:Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:24pm
at least you didn't use it for berley  Ask LJ to delete the thread before it makes it into the google cache. I personally don't object the shooting but all of us can get under fire for this. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:28pm
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Under fire? From who? For what? I don't understand. |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:31pm
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The sea shepherd he rams boats http://www.seashepherd.org/ |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:34pm
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The Tiras
He Shoots Napoleans
http://www.tiras%20the%20killer.com - www.tiras the killer.com
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Posted By: Mullins
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:40pm
| I wonder what it was eating?? Prior to cold steel, that is. |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:45pm
| it was probably sick and had no chance of survival anyway |
Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:47pm
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napolean? weird. |
Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:49pm
| there were two on the berley today too! |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:52pm
| Photos? Don't believe it with no evidence! I reckon smoke them all, same with those bloody Aussie groper! |
Posted By: JoshW
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 9:52pm
| when we gonna see some pics |
Posted By: jr.spero
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:02pm
is anyone else noticing that each year we are getting more and more tropical fish coming down for a visit or to die? like those queensland grouper or that puffer that was found etc. hopefully in ten years we find some GTs and doggies etc..  ------------- "is it dead?" |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:05pm
| global warming? bring it on! |
Posted By: KeriBOI
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:08pm
watch a movie today about sea shepherd, well sharks called sharkwaters. Its rather interesting, all about the illegal shark finning. Anyway, they ram a fishing boat and try do a citizen's arrest on it and kidnap it an tow it back to shore, They give up when a local gunboat starts to hunt them down, anyway they get arrested back on land but end up skipping the country. its all rather interesting ------------- Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:13pm
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Seacamel said 'at least you didn't use it for berley '
That is quite a big assumption, I'd say.
Pictures? ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TheSnapperWhisperer |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:15pm
| it's a must watch movie! seeing how hundreds of million sharks get slaughtered just for superstitious people puts everything into perspective. why is it always that only the smallest parts of the rarest animals are potent in vodoo medicine? |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:19pm
| The best berley I have ever used was those little toadstool groper you get up north. Something about the bright red skin really got the snapper going. Oily too |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:22pm
| goldribbon works better. |
Posted By: jr.spero
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:22pm
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would you guys rather like it if there were less sharks or do u think they should live? kuz im fxkn sht freakd that im gunna b in bad viz and swim rite into one...... i think they should kill all makos and whites..... no offence to anyone by they way ------------- "is it dead?" |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:27pm
| i'd rather see the bronzies at leigh reef dead. |
Posted By: kuuni
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:50pm
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if you want to get rid of a few sharks get yourself one of these: http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/07/diving-knife-pu.html If you've lost your float to a shark before you can have some poetic justice - just put your line round it's tail  |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 10:55pm
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"However, this is only meant for self defense or justifiable revenge" Love it! Couldn't get the video to work... |
Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 11:11pm
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Sea camel, what happened to you harping on about saving things or do you only want people to stop shooting butters so that you can still go out and roll 6?
Jnr. You'll be fine after you've seen a couple.
New NZ record Tiras! ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: kuuni
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2008 at 11:15pm
| Yeah dude - what was that hippy BS about? Kill 'em all! |
Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 7:49am
...sounds like one less terminal phase green wrasse swimming around to me
------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: tiras
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 8:11am
this is a sick joke herby!!!
  ------------- RiCK JaMeS B1TcH |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 8:17am
| Far out Tiras - a blue spot golden napoleon - you know they are on the endangered list worldwide - I would sell all your gear before you get it confiscated. You are in deep @$#@!!! |
Posted By: JackDalton
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 8:27am
| HAHAHA awesome. |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 9:17am
Ka Pai! 
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Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 9:18am
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lol - awesome!!! can you fillet it and take a picture of the frame? |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 9:46am
I'm not for saving things since I'm not staying long enough to enjoy the benefits of stricter fishing regulations  I suggested to reduce pressure at some of our closest spots which is a matter of convenience. Don't want to drive 400km on a day to get some fish. And yes, less for you means more for me |
Posted By: mjl
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 9:51am
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Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 10:00am
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LOL |
Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 11:18am
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Freakin brilliant - all the photos. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TheSnapperWhisperer |
Posted By: spearo_steve
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 12:34pm
| Spearo Hall of Fame? |
Posted By: Minksta
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 12:46pm
| Haha what a crack up! |
Posted By: Firey
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 1:20pm
| Its got a big head!! |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 3:45pm
| no, that's normal in younger people |
Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 6:07pm
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I'm not for saving things since I'm not staying long enough to enjoy the benefits of stricter fishing regulations[winner] I suggested to reduce pressure [fiction, you asked everyone to stop shooting them at your closest spots] at some of our closest spots which is a matter of convenience [for who? you?]. Don't want to drive 400km on a day to get some fish. And yes, less for you means more for me Fill your boots mate, I've shot two in the last 2 years (comps excluded) ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: Tomatron
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2008 at 11:51pm
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I aplaud you for putting it out of its misery |
Posted By: duckweed
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2008 at 11:45am
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That was really funny man, had a good chuckle. |