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Post by meandog on Oct 4, 2006 19:29:27 GMT 12
I used to love a day out fishing,whether it be salt water or fresh water. Netting, spearing,shellfish gathering. Then the smoking and the drinking and last but not least the lying.LMAO
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Post by OasisNZ on Oct 4, 2006 19:33:25 GMT 12
Me last trout was a blardy whopper mate, honest
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Post by Manukarose on Oct 4, 2006 20:32:48 GMT 12
Okay now you are talking meandog!!!!! I'll leave the smoking tho! I think fish stories are most entertaining.
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Post by ladeda on Oct 5, 2006 17:29:34 GMT 12
A friend, Roger, and his sons at French Pass. Thay gave us one of the kingfish and it fed us all year.
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Post by meandog on Oct 5, 2006 19:58:31 GMT 12
Great fish thats what I like to see rather that the oh great tales of the one that got away.LMAO.
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Post by meandog on Oct 5, 2006 20:03:29 GMT 12
**** Behold the Fisherman **** He riseth up early in the morning and disturbeth the whole household. Mighty are his preparations,he goeth forth full of hope, and when the day is spent. He returneth smelling of strong drink and the truth is not in him.
Never a truer word has been spoken in jest. LMAO.
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Post by ladeda on Oct 6, 2006 6:28:46 GMT 12
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.
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Post by meandog on Oct 6, 2006 6:56:06 GMT 12
I would go along with that! LMAO
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Post by meandog on Oct 6, 2006 10:47:48 GMT 12
Self explanatory! LOL.
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Post by smokemachine on Oct 6, 2006 14:19:12 GMT 12
Aha fishing , one of my favorite pastimes . I can't wait for whitebait season to end so my dad will bring the boat back from the river so we can hit those snapper ! ! I've only been out about twice in the last 5-6 months and the last time I caught these two winter snapper at spot X in the Manuakau harbour .
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Post by smokemachine on Oct 6, 2006 14:24:27 GMT 12
I love to go fishing , but this isn't really about fishing . It's more about photos I've taken while waiting for fish to bite . These pics were taken over a few different fishing ventures and reflect the peace I feel and the feeling of belonging to this earth and being part of it that I only really feel when I get out of the city . This pic is of my dad on a hot , humid , overcast day at spot X . Here's my view from the other side of the boat . On this particular day there was a shark hunt on in the harbour and allthough we weren't fishing for sharks the UHF radio was on so that we could listen to the action . The action was different boats calling in their catches , that weren't really catches as it was a tag and release shark hunt , the call ins went something like... "Boat A to shore" "Shore" "Yeah we just tagged a mako , estimated weight 120kg , angler was B , tag number 123456" "Roger boat A , congrats to angler B , it's been recorded , clear " "Thanks shore , clear" And so it went on through the day with different boats calling in their catch and me and dad sitting there catching pan-sized fish for eating with our buttocks hanging over the side of the boat untill we heard a call come over the UHF... "Boat A to shore" "Shore" "Yeah we just tagged a mako , estimated weight 150 kgs , tag # 123457" "Roger boat A , who was the angler ?" "No angler , it just came up alongside the boat so we tagged it" "WTF boat A , LOL , shore clear" After hearing this message the old man and myself thought that the seats in the cabin looked mighty comfortable . Later on in the day , once we were safely ashore I went down to the weigh-in where one boat had landed a white pointer and another who had ventured outside the harbour landed a striped marlin . +
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Post by smokemachine on Oct 6, 2006 14:25:26 GMT 12
On another day , looking out of the harbour out to the Tasman with Paratutae island (that isn't actually an island) in the distance . And from a slightly different angle . We're fishing at this spot called destruction gully over foul ground and strong currents . You can't see in that pic , but there were half a dozen seals fossicking along the shoreline , diving for food and playing . An ideal place to visit if you happen to be a shotgun weilding all black ! The same view but taken from the southern side of the harbour mouth . Looking back into the harbour , the suns only about an hour up , looking towards Blow-hole bay , home of a taniwha ! I did have pics not taken by me of a pod of orcas swimming up the channel but I can't find them . So instead I'll tell a (tall) tale about an orca incident at Blow-hole bay . Orcas frequently come into the harbour and we welcome them not only for the great spectacle they offer , but because they feed on stingrays that are a nuscence to fishermen . Now this story was told by someone who was told by someone and may or maynot be true , the water off Blow-hole bay is very deep , just 10 meters from the shore you'd be in around 15-20 mtrs deep and ashore is farm land to the waters edge . On one particular day as a boat was anchored just off the bay a fisherman cast a glance along the beach and noticed cattle on the waters edge , one being a calf when a orca came up and snached it in its jaws taking it back into the deep . Jack Palance often said believe it or not . I think it's a great story . A charter boat making its way up and out of the harbour and out into the Tasman . A pic taken with my camera-phone of the first time I was allowed to take the boat out by myself .
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Post by Manukarose on Oct 6, 2006 17:35:54 GMT 12
wow smokemachine ... what an awesome story!!! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by OasisNZ on Oct 6, 2006 17:55:16 GMT 12
Excellent read there smokemachine, just the sort of great input I have been looking forward to! Yep, agree about the orca, they can come right up onto the beach and snatch a seal! Blardy great story, and very much appreciated! ;D
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Post by meandog on Oct 8, 2006 7:29:16 GMT 12
What a great input Smokemachine the pics are lovely and clear and the stories are also great.
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Post by smokemachine on Oct 8, 2006 17:03:18 GMT 12
On a fishing competition about 3-4 years back , takeing my nephew Liam out in the 12 ft tinny with a 18hp Merc on the back . Dad offers some advice "Better catch some fish boy" And we're off ! It's been at least 10 years since dad and I entered one of these competition together . Not because he doesn't want to , but because he runs them ! Here he is announcing winners as my step-mum checks things off . These compititions attract a decent crowd of locals . There's allways plenty of socialising and plenty of beer !
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Post by meandog on Oct 10, 2006 13:12:58 GMT 12
Used to live next door to a Maori fella up north who, when half full of beer could come out with some great fishing 'porkies'. A couple I can recall : "The mussels down the Kaipara are that big the Maoris use the shells as canoes". "Speared a flounder once it was so big when I drove the spear into it the tail slapped me across the face". LMAO.
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Post by meandog on Oct 18, 2006 18:49:42 GMT 12
Well I am contemplating setting up a longline. What size hooks does one need for whitebait ?
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Post by OasisNZ on Oct 24, 2006 19:24:50 GMT 12
Me and the lads called into Havelock the other weekend and went for a drive down to "Havelock University" (the local Mussell factory, LOL) and onto the wharf.
I noticed a few kawai (kawhai?) chasing the herrings and only had my trout rod with a rapala lure on it, so I thought I'd give it a go.
Took me about four of five casts to get the spead and motion of the lure just right, then the next cast after an almost hook up WHAM, this blardy huge kawai is on the end of my tiny trout-line! WOOOHOOOOOO! Heaps of fun, had to play him for at least ten minutes before he finally started laying on his side, and down the ladder of the wharf to pick him outa the water!
Yeah, fishing is fun! ;D ;D ;D
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Post by ivyplus on Oct 24, 2006 19:29:02 GMT 12
Me and the lads called into Havelock the other weekend and went for a drive down to "Havelock University" (the local Mussell factory, LOL) and onto the wharf. I noticed a few kawai (kawhai?) chasing the herrings and only had my trout rod with a rapala lure on it, so I thought I'd give it a go. Took me about four of five casts to get the spead and motion of the lure just right, then the next cast after an almost hook up WHAM, this blardy huge kawai is on the end of my tiny trout-line! WOOOHOOOOOO! Heaps of fun, had to play him for at least ten minutes before he finally started laying on his side, and down the ladder of the wharf to pick him outa the water! Yeah, fishing is fun! ;D ;D ;D Please take some omega3 too before you go fishing next time, hope you wont forget the fish in the car next time ;D ;D
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