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    Posted: 20 Nov 2007 at 8:54pm
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HEADED OFF TO D�VILLE FOR WEEKEND,WITH MRS,JIGS AND GOOD WEATHER FORECAST IN HAND.FISHED ALL SAT IN USUAL KINGI HAUNTS WITH NOTHING BUT A COUPLE OF �UTA FLOGGED JIGS TO SKITE ABOUT.GOT TRASHED WITH MRS AFTERWARDS.

SUN MORNING LEFT MRS AT BACH FOR A FEW HOURS FISHING BY MYSELF.qUITE A LOT OF GANNET ACTION IN A SPOT WHERE I'D PLANNED TO TARGET SNAPS WITH ME NEW ZEST TRIANGLE JIGS,SO HEADED FOR THE ACTION AND DROPPED ONE INTO THE MIDDLE THINKING SNAPPER UNDER THIS WORK UP.IN AROUND 30 M DEPTH THE JIG WAS BARELY OUT OF VIEW AND BOOM OFF IT WENT.LINE WAS ROARING OFF MY LITTLE TORIUM 16 AT AN AWESOME PACE SO CRANKED UP THE DRAG AND STARTED TO GET A BIT BACK.10MINS LATER I HAD MY FIRST JIGGED KING AT THE BOAT-NO LANDING NET& NOT GAME 4 A ONE HANDED GAFF ATTEMPT I JUST TAILED HIM INTO THE BOAT-ONLY ABOUT 7-9KG BUT 1ST ON THE JIG I WAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD!!!!
cHANGED TO A BIGGER JIG AND MANAGED TO GET 7 MORE WHICH I RELEASED,BEST 1 ABOUT 18-20KG!!!!
I EVEN SHOT BACK TO THE BACH AND MY WIFE CAUGHT HER 1ST KING WHEN I TOOK HER BACK THERE(SNEAKY BROWNIES THERE MAN!)
BEST FISHING SESSION EVER.A FEW QUESTIONS TOMORROW FOR U GUNS,BUT GOTTA BOLT NOW.CHEERS RICK
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hahahaha... awesome fishing mate... well done, it's a real satisfactory feeling when you accomplish something for the first time...
 
nice work on the brownie points as well aye!!!?
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Great fishing Diverbloke nothing like getting bashed by kings for the first time on jigsClap
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Thanks fella's-back to work now-seems quite surreal.Just a few questions that came up and maybe Jimi or someone who nails a few could help me with?
The assist hooks were awesome for releasing the fish(low sided pontoon boat so i just bent down grabbed the jig in one hand and twisted the hook  out with the other-wicked seeing them realise they're free and disappear into the depths with a flick of the tail),but when i caught the better one and wanted a photo how do ya get �m in without doin' damage?Are ya's using a net or gaff in the gob(?) i thought a hand in the gills would be too hard on them(?)
any way whatever helps would be appreciated!
Come on Murf-how about some dates?
Maybe a Wellywood trip so we're doin'the travelling(?) Jimi seems to do pretty well over there!?
anyway watching closely-cheers fellas
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Good onya Diverbloke, great to hear first-time stories.  Great to get the Mrs into the action too, you might have trouble getting out again without her!  I'll let Jimi answer the landing bit but you are right  -don't go near the gills.  
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COME OVER THIS SIDE SOME TIME DB
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Thanks Jimi-I'd love to come over sometime-and same goes hereIf you were keen on a D�rville trip etc,I've got the spare room and beer!!!Aluminium boat tho!!!
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Nice action Diverbloke, Kingi's on the jig is something I am yet to do
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i imagine anywhere round the beef barrels would be great for jigging ive speared/seen kingis on a lot of the submerged rocks round there.
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Yeah i've speared a few around the Beefy's too Andrew-they seem to like that area-and there's a lot of 1/2 submerged buggers there eh?
You a local fella?
I have to say i got just as bigger kick letting the big hua's go as catchin'them-Quite a rush freediving them tho eh?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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yeah im a local,yeah freediving thems a good rush.
you get out spearfishing much?
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Na- not much this year-used to be pretty nuts about it thru the summer,but been working on the rod side of things lately,soft baits and jigging.Sounds like the same spot went off this last weekend gone-Numnuts here catching gurnard over in pelorus-nearly as much fun-what f@ckin' ever!!!!How 'bout u??Freediving mad?
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yeah freediving mad is one way to describe it,i have been known to fish the odd soft bait mainly for snapper out of okiwi though.

was out of duncan bay up the top of pelorus last weekend friday and sat,were the gurnard there in good numbers?
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Yeah man we got 9-all on the soft baits-all 35-40cm plus-the bigger ones are a blast on the sb rod-one small snap-lost 2 better ones .We were fishing dirty water on beaches that the NW had stirred up.I launched out of Duncan fri/night fished most of night for a snap-0.Got a bach there?
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nice sounds like fun,nah was just staying at a mates batch.
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