looks like a good way to die to me! Not many safety messages in that one if that was an NZ show they would be getting slandered

Naki man wrote:Must be good reels |
Ahab wrote:
I think they're using Van Staals, very popular top end reels popular in the States, don't see them much down here. They're about $800-1000 I think. |
. Skishing is a variant on saltwater shorefishing that involves wearing a buoyant wetsuit and swimming out from shore with flippers to fish with rod and reel (typically a surfcasting rod), often using live eels. It is practiced as a means of getting further out to sea in order to increase the chances of catching a fish and can be dangerous.[1] The term skishing is a portmanteau of water-skiing and fishing because when hooked the stripers pull the angler through the water.[2] Skishing has been described as extreme surfcasting.[3]
One enthusiast of skishing believes that "hard core" surf casters aren't fond of the activity and consider it cheating.[4]
Skishing was the subject of an article in Forbes magazine.[5] The activity was invented by Paul Melnyk, a cabinet maker from Montauk, New York. Melnyk has explained that the activity is similar of skiing because "if you hook a fish over thirty pounds, it will generally take you for a ride"."Tarakihi on the bite Trips are few and far between at this time of year,... Read More >
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