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    Posted: 12 Jan 2008 at 4:33pm
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Size doesn't matter - it is all a matter of technique as the little guys showed out East this morning. As usual Far Quirk (Geoff) went the extra mile by way of his posts and organisation and although the little guys only have 12' or thereabouts, all were adequately satisfied. 

I started the hard way. After downloading Uglia onto the sand (note one pontoon in the air) and waiting another half hour for some more water, I stupidly carved my own channel out from Kohi ramp to then have to clean the water intake. 
 
Caught up with Far Quirk in the his 355 Dart using SPs in the Motuihe Channel
 
And Aquacat and his mate, "Cowboy" hooning back to the Northern ferry lane marker
 
 
 
So, there were three fishing.net littlies out there getting a feed, staying quite close together
 
I personally got an ample feed with 6 between 35 & 47 in my 2 and a bit hours
 
 
And as Geoff (Far Quirk) has posted elsewhere he got a feed, but these two did exceptionally well catching heaps more than Geoff and I.
 
It was great to see the crew on the wee craft wearing lifejackets.
 
For the record, the Nuke, Saphire, and 2 or three others each caught fish. Strangely, about 8 of my SPs got totally munted this morning without catching fish. I stopped at Browns and used the smelly stuff for a while on the way home and all it produced was undersize. Seemed the boat alongside me was doing likewise on smellies.
 
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Thats a cool report.....way to slay it guys
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Nice work team!

Good to see the little boats out there and doing it.

I saw an old dude last weekend beach launch from papamoa come out to us about 2.5km out then slay the fishes, as we were for 30mins then head home presumably with close to a limit bag.


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well done to the"twelves".
The pic of "Cowboy" hanging on to the bow is a beauty.
 
"UGLIA" is a special wee boat, Keith has spent many hours fitting all sorts of bit's & peices to make her a mean fishing machine.
How's the VHF aerial Keith?LOL
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Hi Uncle. The VHF aerial is holding together well with some aluminium tape compliments of a friend who works on aircraft. More importantly, the radio still works fine! I am getting good at creating issues for myself these days. Lost a drogue today as well - fortunately I could watch it sink so it doesn't cause a disaster for someone else!!
 
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Great tread guys may the 12 footer club grow momentum.  Would have enjoyed being on the water with you guys in the minnow.
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Nice setup stabi.
 
Good report, well done on the plastics.
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Hi Keith - great report.  We'll keep you on for the next 12' regatta.  The Windguru forecast for next Saturday is for high winds, so I won't be planning to go out unless the forecast changes.
 
I'll post the plans for the next meeting on this thread, so Fred Onion, Aquacat, Silver1, keep watching this for updates.  I will also send PMs and texts to people who want to join in.  Of course anyone else who wants to plan a meeting, go right ahead and I'll be there if I can.
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Great fishing Keith.
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Thursday or Friday morning looking for good for a sneaky one!
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Nice report. I launch my 12 at waiheke so if you guys come out to the waiheke/seargents channel area i would like to meet up.
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Yes, Thurs/Fri could be good for a sneaky one.  With light - moderate southerlies both days (Windguru) a Kohi launch would be OK, but would have to stop fishing at 7 am Thurs and 7:45 Fri to avoid being stranded.
 
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I'd be keen to do a Sergeants channel meet sometime soon.  Watch this thread, or send me a PM with your mobile # & I'll keep you posted.
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I'd like to have 12" too but i'm not going to cut it in half for anyone! 
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Some great photo's there Keith. Looks like your floatila had some fun out there. CoolThumbs%20Up
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cool...awesome....gotta love the little boats..
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