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awesome stuff Brownie.....good effort in that depth mate!!
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Cheers lads, if your ever up this neck of the woods feel free to give us a holla...plenty o room to pitch a tent at the beach(Whangaruru)...also chuck abit o plastic around the Chicks and Mokes with abit of success if your up here...
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FISH: Snapper
 
DATE: 8th April 2007

ANGLER: Drew

CREW: Matt
 
BOAT: 4.2 Mac
 
RIG: Shimano TX 2000FB and 2pc 2-4kg Backbone, 4.5kg braid, 10kg mono. Alewife from Sharpie
 
Depth: 8m

Weight: 4.9kg

Location: Taiharuru head 

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thats a nice photoshop cuz.Wink wicked color on him
 
Brown thats a hua of a snap. good work!
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ha ha. . . yeah, i caught the fish last year and chopped it into a photo taken at the Noises when i worked where RF does nowEmbarrassedTongue
 
You home tonight mate? or ya out lookin at Mudskipa 2's
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Next time you put a photo up Keenas can you have a shave please? You're scruffyin' up the website. Either that or buy me beer
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you cheeky cold back havin sand drier. . .. .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mac's?
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Macs will be fine.
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FISH: Kingi
 
DATE: 21st April 2007

ANGLER: barneyc

CREW: Jack, Jim & ColinT
 
BOAT: Not a 12ft Tinny
 
RIG: Shimano Stella 4000 and 2pc Starlo Squidgy Spin, 10lb fireline, 24lb fluro leader.  Berkley gulp 5 inch pinky, 1oz 5/0 jighead
 
Depth: about 50ft

Weight: 8 and a bit kg

Location: Just outside the entrance at the Mount

Fight time: 15 mins, my poor rod is only rated 4-6kg so can't crank the drag up much.  Jack had another exactly the same size but with a T-Curve it only took 5mins to land - definitely time to upgrade the rod to match the reel then.


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Found this pic while cleaning up my Mac and thought may as well put it up here. (Referring to fish on right.) Was a strong fighting fish for it�s size. The bigger fish was caught on a pillie and literally the last bait of the day � Much to Ducky�s disgust.

Fish: Snapper     

Date: 16 December 2006

Angler: Finatic

Crew: Ducky

Boat: Ducky�s stabi

Rig; Shimano Sahara 4000 on Starlo Stix, 14lb Fireline, Gulp! 5� Lime Tiger

Depth: 25m

Weight: 6lb

Fight time: Under 5 minutes

Location: East of Motuora Island


What's the cheapest type of meat? Dear balls. They're under a buck.
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Angler: LEVCAT
fish: 8lb snapper
tackle: 8lb fireline, 20lb flurocarbon, abu cadinal 501, berkley dropshot 4kg, worm hook, nuclear chicken 5' gulp jerk shad.
location: gannet rock, waiheke island.
Boat: moki 5, adventure fishing charters.
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Man thats great, especially of the rocks! I did not know softbaits can be used of the rocks.
 
What Technique is used on the rocks?
 
Will appreciate the advice mate.
 
Grz Lee
 
I normally fish at Milford Rocks (Minnehaha street) just past Takapuna, but have not tried softbaits yet. Bought the gear, but the weater is not great this week end, and I have a 12ft tinny, and normally fish just off Rangitoto.
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FISH: Kingfish
WEIGHT: 18.5 KG (40lb)
ANGLER: Scott Fergusson
SOFTBAIT: GULP 7' Nuc Chook
RIG: 15lb Fireline, 6-10kg Berkley Dropshot Rod, 20lb trace!
BOAT: Epic Adventures
DEPTH: 8m - big area of shallow reef! eventually...30m on the sand

An epic battle of 1 1/2hours on a fiesty king. In reality we could have gone a bit harder on him, but not sure how much grunt to put on the fish, fishing the rig for 2nd time. Not a scratch on the 20lb VANISH trace even though he had been through kelp and rocks and not lip hooked.

Well done to Scott. Pic at www.epicadventures.co.nz and a few more in next Fishing Coast to Coast mag.

Loooovin the softbaits! Kings weren't touching livies that day, but the softbait seemed to have turned this one on.
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Not a big one but happy with it anyway. Pulled a sicky cause the weather was too good, and in Wellington we have to seize the day. Got a new set up and had to give it a go
 
Fish: Snapper     

Date: 30 April 07

Angler: Slab

Crew: Just me (its only a kayak damit)

Boat: Yellow Peril

Rig; Daiwa Coastal Tournament 10-20lb,  Shimno Baitrunner Aero (cool reel from an Ozzy website), 6kg fireline and a Berkly shad

Depth: 30m

Weight: 3kg maybe a tad more

Fight time: Under 10 minutes
 
 
 
New set up (awesome performance, quite heavy for a spinning set up tho) so had to give it a go....first time using the new generation SP baits and a good result for Wellington, we dont have hoards of Snaps down here.......never expected much in the middle of the day without berley letalone bait!!
 
By the way, the paua didn't take the SP
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wiiiicked slab, nice snap (mmm paua!)
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DATE: 29th April 2007

ANGLER: Kezza

RIG: Shimano Twinpower 4000, Shimano T-Curve Bluewater, 15lb Rapala Titanium, VMC worm Hook, 7" Fin-S - Midnight Shinner

Depth: 40ms

Species: Conger Eel

Weight: 10kg+

Location: Squid's Secret Sunken Ship Spot
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Fight time: 4min aprox

Boat: Los Toro

Crew: Evil + Nillfish

No pixs

Was a first for me on Softbaits and when it first jumped on the weight and initial head shakes had me thinking it was a "beauty"....but no!

It would have been about the size of the one pictured below I guess:




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Did ya keep it Kezza - great smoked? (remember my smoker is always available). I did one in the smoker last year about that size that I caught in the manukau.

Tasted like crayfish smoked!!! Beautiful white meat and at that size bones aren't too muck of a problem.
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I have tried to get my pic in here without success, and this will be my final atempt.
 
1st time out with "Soft Baits"...
 
Skipper - Me Grz Lee (Douglas)
Boat - 12 ft Tiny
Where - Just of Rangitoto (Launched at Takapuna)
How - Drifting, high tide, Starlo Stix Snapper Squidgy Graphite Rod (Shimano), Shimano symetre 4000FI, 5/8 Nitro jig head and a nuclear "5" Chicken as my chosen plastic.
 
 
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Grz,

Good to see you have come over to the Soft Side, even if ya pic didn't make it we are glad to have another convert. You have a great setup there, and don't panic if you break the end of the Starlo Stix, we actually pimp them up by taking the top 35-50mm off the tip, still get the great action in the rod, but gives it a better feel on the strike. Don't slam it in the car door to try this out though wait for the unthinkable to happen first.

Go Soft and Go Hard
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