Took the waterproof drone for a fish @ Tiri
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Topic: Took the waterproof drone for a fish @ Tiri
Posted By: LBGer
Subject: Took the waterproof drone for a fish @ Tiri
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 9:56pm
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Headed out to Tiri to do find somewhere out of the wind but Shearer's and Shag weren't the places to be. Snapper were biting closer into the foul so stayed there most the day and tried my new waterproof drone.... ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
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Posted By: rudini33
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2015 at 11:58pm
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nice bro!! thanks for sharing
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Posted By: Lethal
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2015 at 1:04am
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so cool LBGer... ------------- Thanks for everything you did for us Eric. may you rest in peace, You were one of the real legends of NZ recreational fishing |
Posted By: Norseman
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2015 at 5:19am
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Super cool! ------------- "Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength." St. Francis de Sales |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2015 at 5:44am
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Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2015 at 6:15am
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Thanks guys... must admit I was in a bit of shock when I lost my last drone. I was trying to do a video for Hulk of his boat he is trying to sell and something went wrong and the drone it just fell out of the air. I was ready to dive in but it sunk pretty quick... wont have the same problems with this one! ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: peeda
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2015 at 11:26pm
Hey LBGer what waterproof drone are you using? Is it one of those mariner drones or DJI Phantom? I'm currently based over in the UK at the moment but I'll probably pick one up before I come back to NZ. Cheers
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LBGer wrote:Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 11:55am
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It's the Splash Drone, I suspect it maybe called the mariner in other countries but that's what it's called here. Noel Leeming are selling them. I lost my DJ phantom to the big briny sniff sniff... ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: DenimViper
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 12:23pm
| haha the drone nearly took out a gannet |
Posted By: peeda
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 12:54pm
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Oh sweet! Is that the full auto one that has all the tracking features or just the pro (or basic) drone? Currently in London at the moment but so tempted to get one! I imagine they price for one in NZ would be through the roof. And guts about the DJI, hope you claimed insurance!
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Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 1:41pm
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It has all the features - haven't figured out how to use them all yet..... Lets not talk about the DJI drone and insurance  ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: Fishb8
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 4:10pm
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Cool! ------------- Be yourself; everyone else is already taken |
Posted By: CEEBEE
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 9:56pm
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Awesome vid m8 as are a all of yours. Keep em coming. ------------- I STARTED THE DAY WITH NO FISH AND I STILL HAVE PLENTY LEFT |
Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 29 Oct 2015 at 10:07pm
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Cheers CEEBEE ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: the angler
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2015 at 7:41am
| Nice work. |
Posted By: Don18025
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2015 at 11:56am
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LBGer, as always an excellent report. I do enjoy them. Bad luck loosing the DJI drone - but as they say about planes with wheels, they only land on water once! As for the skink, you should have used it as live bait. From your video it looks like a Rainbow skink, another foreign invader from Aussie and recognised as a pest. http://www.doc.govt.nz/Documents/conservation/threats-and-impacts/animal-pests/rainbow-skinks-factsheet.pdf No harm in asking him to swim back home and to take 2 possums with him! But then we do not want those skinks on Tiritiri Matangi Island.
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Posted By: ocean90
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2015 at 6:30pm
Great work man thanks 
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Posted By: the demon
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2015 at 7:02pm
Good report again ,yes don highlights the risk of boats leaving home and docking on the gulf islands . Everyone going to the barrier etc should set up a rat trap on the boat a few days before leaving,look after the islands in the play ground .
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Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2015 at 5:51am
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Wil check the skink link, I almost made a joke about skinks being a top secret snapper bait but thought the animal lovers would be offended. ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |
Posted By: JasonEdward62
Date Posted: 25 Nov 2015 at 8:50pm
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Yep always great reports with excellent footage - good on ya mate! And a heart-felt thanks! |
Posted By: LBGer
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2015 at 3:10pm
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Thanks JasonEdward62.... currently up at Tokerau, the snapper fishing has been the best I have experienced - every day execpt 1, snapper 14lb or over. My mate got one that we released, would have gone 25-30lb. I have landed a 25lber off the rocks, this was bigger. Got to the point of 'oh, not another snapper, I can't catch ky for a kingie live bait...' fished mostly out of the boat. Went out 100mtr - jigged frost fish, caught skippies, saw dolphins chasing flying fish, 2 whales passed within 60mtr of us, saw a sea turtle, has been a magic time. Will be chained to the computer now to edit the footage, 20GB worth of data to sort.... ------------- A king on the bricks is worth 5 in a boat. |