AUCKLAND VIS/LATEST DIVE
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Topic: AUCKLAND VIS/LATEST DIVE
Posted By: CRAYMOUNTS
Subject: AUCKLAND VIS/LATEST DIVE
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2009 at 10:27pm
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Ill start with me late arvo dive at army bay today-vis 5-7 mtrs 5x snaps to 8 lb & 1 cray,sorry no photo not really worth it anyway.
keep it coming  ------------- CLASS CRAYMOUNTS DONE |
Why dont we have topic to have conditions around the gulf and the lastest catch, as the wellies boys have got it going on Replies:
Posted By: Unclejake
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 1:21am
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^ Nice butterfish.
Kindest regards,
UJ.
Your friend in Wellington
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Posted By: McKoy
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 10:13am
| LMAO |
Posted By: Phantom Menace
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 10:52am
| Noises - similar visibility to above on Wednesday night (was just a quick early evening scallop dash) |
Posted By: DeKay
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 12:09pm
| Red Moki, Not butterfish UJ! Somewhere another red one is pining for the fjords... |
Posted By: daveo
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 1:50pm
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Is this wellington or auckland?
All I see is the wellington crew
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Posted By: JAKE D
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2009 at 3:49pm
| havent been in but from my deck the water looks very clear around campbells bay, mite check it out soon |
Posted By: Keeweebee
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 6:37pm
Viz at South Omaha today - 8m, nary a ripple on the surface nor any wind, magic diving!
Saw the biggest Porae i've ever seen (thought it was a snapper at first ) spooked a big trev, saw some big butters, snooped a 2kg snap and had a 4ish kg one tear off .
Oh, Got stung on the lips by a jellyfish too, was'nt watching where i was going. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 6:53pm
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taupo bay - stephenson island was about 2-3m on sat. very green. Some sections opened up to maybe 5 but you wouldn't see fish at that range, only large objects like rock or divers. |
Posted By: CRAYMOUNTS
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 6:53pm
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nice wk ------------- CLASS CRAYMOUNTS DONE |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 7:15pm
Trying to send us on a wild goose chase aye with that vis report aye?
 Has your lips gone big like tiras's when it happen to him? I wish I had taken a picture with the camera as they were bigger than Angelina Jolies...
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Keeweebee wrote:Posted By: Keeweebee
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 7:41pm
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After the dive they looked pretty freaky but have gone down now thanks to stingooz. Not a good look for a guy, but i'm sure some of the Parnell ladies could save themselves some coin on the collagen, if only they were prepared to swim into a jellyfish every now and then
Yeah nah it was actually a bit South of South Omaha. Good spotting.  ------------- "I need the sea because it teaches me" |
Posted By: Hippi Pippi
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 8:16pm
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Dived Hottie early this morning. Lots of Butters but no snaps. Vis 5-12m. Pockets of good and bad water. |
Posted By: JackDalton
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2009 at 8:46pm
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Vis was a gloomy ~5m at Maori point off the fishermans track south side of tarwharanui. By the way, perhaps i should have asked this before i set off with all my kit duct taped to my mountain bike, but is there a way down to the shore anywhere out further towards takatu/elephant point? I searched but gave up and continued to the track access at Maori pt. Saw two kingies, but they were both fairly flighty :( |
Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 26 Oct 2009 at 1:29pm
vis ranged from 4 m to about 6 m around southern end of Kawau and Moturekareka over the weekend. Managed to spook a couple (one about 4 kg) at Moturekareka.
shot a few pannies for dinner, and picked up some scallops - pretty thin on the ground at Bostaquet bay.
  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TheSnapperWhisperer |
Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2009 at 4:29pm
| Has anyone dived leigh coast this week? Conditions? |
Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 7:30pm
oh well, I guess noone has. went to Omaha this morning. Very calm, viz around 6-7 meters but in some places almost undivable due to the density of jellyfish. Almost immediately came across a nice trev in the weed. Never shot a trev before so was very scared to spook it. Laid on the sand next to the weed and waited until it showed again. Shot through the grass seeing almost none of the fish and luckily got it right where i wanted. Nothing big, probably under 2 kg but it is my first so I'm happy  . Set some burley and left it for 10-15 minutes - came back but it was still untouched. Did not see any snaps at all. Ended up shooting some butters and pulled out 4 crays and even found some legal paua. At the end of the dive came across school of quite big koheru (if they are koheru - the spotted ones that look like mackerel) - missed few times - i blame my numb fingers for that and decided that it must be time to go.also tried to go to johnes bay to look for some scallops but did not get any. plenty of scallops but all undersized. saw some asian looking dudes on scuba with the guns and bags full of scollies, plus lot of other divers - the place looks very popular.  |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 7:45pm
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If you aren't taking the piss then that is something pretty special.
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Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 7:54pm
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I was quite surprised as well :-) And the crays were actually quite decent size, have not had them that big off a shore for a long time 
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Posted By: Zidenin
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 7:57pm
| Mahinepua bay this morning 3-5 metres. Got 6kg snapper and saw another few around but this is fatty one with plenty of meat for me and my wife. |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 8:11pm
 picked that up around mathesons. A few smaller models around, perhaps up to 2kg but this was the biggest so ate the metal. Viz around 3m-5m. |
Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 8:16pm
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Nice fish did you mean Mathesons? |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 8:19pm
You must have been at Great Barrier PaulB. Everyone knows you only find snappers at the barrier...
------------- TG http://mondoedge.com http://twitter.com/mondoedge http://facebook.com/309681785793 "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most" |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 8:19pm
| nice crays olenz. looks like you had a beaut day with a variety. just in time for bbq season. |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 8:20pm
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olenz, that is a damn good haul mate. Been to omaha the other and was dead. Nothing there. Are you talking about Kahawai when you mention the spotted ones maybe? ------------- TG http://mondoedge.com http://twitter.com/mondoedge http://facebook.com/309681785793 "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most" |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 8:58pm
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Getting some good practice I see Paul.
Olenz, I don't believe your location, I mean, yea, nah, can't believe ya....
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Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 9:13pm
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TG - for a walking blow job, you have a lot to say. However you are right. I only bump into snapper in areas with an extraordinarily high volume and even then I struggle. |
Posted By: Fishoholic
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 9:25pm
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good to see your keeping the butter population in check at omaha Olenz Those butters there know you by a first name basis by now dont they??
Nice work on the trev, crays n paua
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Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 10:31pm
nah, I know what kahawai looks like. it was some kind of mackerel, just not sure if koheru is the same thing. there are some with black back, and some ones with spots all over, same shape but different colors.
I'm sure they do  . Just had some smoked. Nice! However - still heaps of them there and still no sharks after me. Am I pushing it? Saw lot of long tail stingrays this time. There were always lot of stingrays at omaha, but this time unusual number of small ones with 2 meter tails. Was so tempting to get one by the tail but my camera box was borrowed from me for the weekend and if would have been a waste doing it without filming... |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 10:38pm
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Koheru have a yellow band down there side, with a black dot near the gill plate.
Jack macks are more silver looking.
Slimmy macks, are sort of green with black tiger patterns over them.
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Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 10:52pm
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Thanks Rusky, it's good to know. Googled both jack macks and koheru and they are not quite it. If I search for just mackerel some pictures look very close to what I met. May be they were slimmy jacks but i could not find a picture. |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:00pm
| Rusky are you in hardcore study mode? |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:05pm
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I think Slimmy Macks are known as Blue Macks, correct me if im wrong.
Not a baitfish you normally see.
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Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:06pm
Yea, trying....
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Posted By: Fishoholic
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:09pm
| I have never tryd butter smoked always just fry them, good to hear its nice!! thats cool I bet Slimmy jack macks would look wicked under water. I caught my biggest snapper idiot sticking with one when I was about 15, nice oily flesh. |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:16pm
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I had some of herby's smoked Doggie today, I rate it pretty good!
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Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:19pm
| yep, that slimmy looks like the one. I thought they were spotty but looking at the pic I think I just took curvy stripes for the spots. the bigger ones were around may be 30-35 cm or so. |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:26pm
Heres a better pic:
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Posted By: Fishoholic
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:32pm
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yum, u got any left?? we cud have a shared lunch before we get smashed on tuesday hahah.
screw u uni 4 years of my life that I cant really remember
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Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2009 at 11:36pm
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Only got a taste test. You'll have to hit herby up on that one...
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Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 12:26am
| Nice snap paul B, |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 8:15am
I've been having bad luck lately Paul B. Not really pulling out what I am trying for. Either my diving is getting worse or I pick the wrong times! hehe.------------- TG http://mondoedge.com http://twitter.com/mondoedge http://facebook.com/309681785793 "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most" |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 10:16am
| Yes TG it has been suggested to me that various spots work well, or don't really work at all on particular tides. Perhaps making note of what the tide is doing in the area you dive would be useful for future reference. I am still stabbing in that dark when it comes to the technical details. |
Posted By: mjl
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 12:32pm
| That looks like Sammy's pet snap Paul, hope you weren't at his secret spot. |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 2:35pm
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how would anyone ever find Sammy's secret spot? If Sam hasn't told anyone then it can't be found. i did see a brass plaque 'S.S.S' |
Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 4:53pm
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Browns Bay reef turned it on today, went to help pick up litter on the bottom and was surprised the viz was doable so i took my gun in as well. I got some rubbish, 2 panny snaps a squid and a couple of goats. There were quite a few good pannies in amongst the weed. Vis was... what do you reckon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2KyxxFqdSU - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2KyxxFqdSU |
Posted By: JamesHB
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 5:06pm
| Id say 2-3m? |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 5:41pm
Was hazy 3. hehe. Saw your boat there Fishfood. I went for the rubbish thing as well. I snooped a barely legal snap there, didn't have the gun though. ------------- TG http://mondoedge.com http://twitter.com/mondoedge http://facebook.com/309681785793 "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most" |
Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 5:59pm
| I'm calling it 5. Snob why didnt you come over and say hello TG |
Posted By: Troy Tempest
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:22pm
Didn't think they appeared here, and surprised they are in the North. Logically they would be further south, especially in spring, based on UK rod fishing experience. Are they common? ------------- ·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸¸·´¯'·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸ ><((((º> .¸¸·´¯'·.¸¸.·´¯'·.¸ ><((((º> Just quietly getting on with it... |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 6:48pm
Hehe, sorry mate. I didn't want to mess the skipper around. If I was the driver I would've popped over. ------------- TG http://mondoedge.com http://twitter.com/mondoedge http://facebook.com/309681785793 "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most" |
Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 7:06pm
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Well ok then. What boat were you on? Did anything interesting get pulled up that you know of like "Treasure"
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Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 7:22pm
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I was on Darren Shield's boat, the big tincan with the big "spearo" decals on the sides. I saw something big shooting past me, 5 kg of something, thought it was a snapper, but it was too dark. Other than that not much. Little snapper that I sort of followed, it didn't really spook that easy, must be because I did not have a gun pointed at it. ------------- TG http://mondoedge.com http://twitter.com/mondoedge http://facebook.com/309681785793 "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most" |
Posted By: Teezer
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 9:22pm
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Fat haul olenz - them butterz & crays look hefty. Nice work there fella! What's that cheeky looking pink fish? Not seen any of them down here in ChCh. |
Posted By: Teezer
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2009 at 9:32pm
| Ah, from fishfood's vid, that'll be a goat fish then. They look nice - I look forward to nailing one in the future :) |
Posted By: Keeweebee
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 6:33am
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Me n Speargun Vigilante headed out Leigh Coast yesterday, the plan was to hit Takatu point and bomb a couple of Spot x's from the wee tinny.
Well, we almost made it out of Whangateau harbour and the motor overheated, took us 3 more stop starts and we ended up at the Eastern most point of Ti point, a spot that i've been meaning to dive but can't be bothered walking to. The place was fishy as! A nice school of squid eluded us and a couple of 35cm snaps were spotted, we nailed 3 butters each, and chopped up a couple of jack macks, but nothing came in unfortunately.
Later I was setting a burley and was visited by a school of 20 - 30 kingies, prolly 8kg ish, they had the decency to stick around while i retrieved my gun, so i stuck one right in the middle and had a good time playing him with my reel. Choice!
A couple of barely legal snaps came in to the burley, but left them to it.
We headed round to the weedline at Ti Point and nailed a johnnie, not much else seen there.
Headed over to Omaha to get some of Rusky's Tuatuas and we dropped a burley cage down with the anchor, ever hopeful of a gurnard turning up. Found a good patch of Tuatuas and stocked up. Yum!
Headed back to the boat and what do you know - Brodie (Speargun Vigilante) smashes a nice sized gurnard getting a free feed in only 3 or so metres of water. Choice!
Dropping the Motor off for a service today and having Tuatua fritters for tea tonite  Viz was 8mtrs in some places, 3 - 5 in most places.
------------- "I need the sea because it teaches me" |
Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 8:30am
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Great story guys !
Nice to see some fish around.
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Posted By: Fishoholic
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 8:42am
| nice sounds like a mint day!!! |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 9:46am
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You never know where your going to bump into those gurnards, strange little critters. Im getting hungry just looking at that kingfish.
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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 3:24pm
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Dun 'Ti point' with PaulB this morning. Vis was superb, prolly 10m at times and the fish are just starting to come on too. Paul got a king about 8kg; I lost one with the three prong after a sudden rush of blood to the head- was stupid but as I shot it in the forward part of it's gill plate it might be O.K? Or not. Anyway, passed up two more and saw good mobs here and there. PB also got a johnnie and we slayed some good 'weigher' sized koheru and I even got a pretty decent squid on the polespear too. All in all, a very good sign after a sluggish winter. ------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 3:32pm
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Good to see some good reports LJ, my winter has been a little dead. Am hoping to get out this weekend and maybe line up some kingfish and/or snapper.
------------- TG http://mondoedge.com http://twitter.com/mondoedge http://facebook.com/309681785793 "Of all the things I lost, I miss my mind the most" |
Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 3:32pm
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****! Why do I have to sit in the office while people are having all the fun ....
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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 5:28pm
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Oh, tooth is still sad-10m max. Back to the dentist I go........
------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 7:01pm
| my brief pole spearing episode was certainly a highlight. I was most impressed with how effectively the three prong paralyzed fish. |
Posted By: ..
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 7:46pm
| Those tuatuas were awesome. no sand in them, the only way to get them is when their feeding poking upright. |
Posted By: Keeweebee
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 9:50pm
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Mine were real tasty but had a fair bit of sand in them, and i'm pretty sure I got only the upright ones, can't you soak them in seawater for a few hours to get the sand out or something?
There's a slab of kingy at my place with your name on it Rusky, if you want to come out to Glen Eden. ------------- "I need the sea because it teaches me" |
Posted By: Terrapin
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 10:08pm
| A little bit further afield than your usual Auckland diving but I drove up to Whangarei stayed at a mates place at Ocean Beach. The intention was to dive somewhere else but we ended up just diving off the main beach yesterday. The viz was about 8m but was hazy and still quite green. There were heaps of small kahawai and trevally cruising around and it felt like a kingi could turn up at any time. I screwed up twice: once on a snapper about 5kg and once on a large trevally I found in a gut. Great dive though and I took home four pannies and three nice trevs. Definately feels like summer is on the way. |
Posted By: JAKE D
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 10:15pm
soak in saltwater with crushed up weet-bix in it, they absorb the weetbix and spit out the sand, dunno why just an old family tradition
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Posted By: Fishoholic
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2009 at 10:45pm
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Yea last ones I had from there were a bit sandy keeweebee, made nice fritters tho.
sounds like a nice day terrapin, no kings seen??? YESsss handed in my last uni report ever today so... guna be diving wed and thurs, guna b huge!!!!!!
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Posted By: Keeweebee
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2009 at 7:31am
Cheers JAKE D (MUSS?) I'll try that. I knew a French guy once, who used to catch snails and feed them wheatgerm to clean out their insides before he ate them
 , might be the same sort of principle.Nice work Terrapin! that's a good haul! ------------- "I need the sea because it teaches me" |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2009 at 12:56pm
Cheecky bugger, I'll shoot one myself tomorrow thank you very much!
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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 7:47pm
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Dun Hotty with Big Jim and Besty today. Was pretty lame, with a couple of cray for A LOT of effort and a less than 4kg snap off a burley. Vis was alright at about 6 or 8m but overall, not the best diving. Highlight of the day was Besty discretely urinating into various vessels aboard the good vehicle BIG JIM much to Big Jims disgust. ------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 8:17pm
| North or south end? I have a buggered knee, can't dive for a month. Will bring my Zimmer frame to Mercury Bay Open |
Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 8:25pm
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Sth end. Jim was keen on Nth but we were operating a democracy. Personally, I've not had much joy Nth end. What am I doing wrong?
------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 8:28pm
| Patience Grasshopper, it is an area to take your time with |
Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 8:44pm
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I can see a pattern developing with Mr Best. And it's not pleasant. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TheSnapperWhisperer |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 9:17pm
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I have a bit of a running joke with my SI mates, who can get away with the most sneaky ventures wins. This doesn't seem to be a game played in the NI. No harm, no fowl. |
Posted By: _Jimmy_
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 9:21pm
 your going to have to grovel if you want back in my car Besty |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 9:45pm
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i dont see how transferring liquid from one vessel (my body), to another is a problem given the executing is seamless. I think i my have left my wallet in you your car. Next time i will have my breaks done and we can take my car. So i will just have a bucked at my feet. haha. |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 11:00pm
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Geez Paul, whats going on in the water works department? Leaky hose or something? |
Posted By: ..
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 6:23am
need one of these?
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Posted By: pomblasta
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 7:56am
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you an't pissing in my car!
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Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2009 at 8:27am
| i don't need a she pee. a scupper on all my pants would be sweet though. |
Posted By: CRAYMOUNTS
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2009 at 10:13pm
me rick and graeme hit the chicks on firday,was hard going first few dives but we got on to the snaps later on with this 10 kilo mooch i got between two bombies,nans & graeme got some good ones to,vis was good at 8-14 mtrs but the water is still cold at 15 degrees.
  ------------- CLASS CRAYMOUNTS DONE |
Posted By: Terrapin
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 1:37am
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Awesome fish craymounts Headed up to the coast out of warkworth with Kelly after some kingis yesterday. Viz was around 10m but it wasn't as fishy as I was hoping. Some pretty large KY came thru but not a lot of bait fish around. I was thinking it wasn't going to happen but towards the end of the dive we got buzzed by a school of 30 or so kingis and we both popped off the closest fish to each of us not wanting to miss the opportunity. It had been a while since we had shot our last kingfish. They weren't particulary large weiging in at 11kg & 9kg and I don't think any of the others in the school would of gone much past 12kg. As soon as we had em we started the long swim back. Kelly has had some bad luck in the past with losing fish so she volunteered to tow both fish as long as I followed behind watching them. I think I got the cruisy deal there. |
Posted By: Rusky
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 3:36am
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Haha good to hear you found some kingis bro!
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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 7:53am
nice!  ------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: Rabwolverine
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 8:54am
Went out for my first dive in ages on Saturday at Ti Point, wasnt too fishy, but jus good to be in the water again. My brother got a decent mullet for our indigenous mate, and I got a personal best JD. Just over 2kg 
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Posted By: Rabwolverine
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 8:55am
| Vis was pretty decent too, around the 10 metre mark. |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2009 at 10:06am
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Nice work Craymounts. Great JD Rab. |
Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 7:55am
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Went to Te Arai on Sunday. Visibility - modest 4-5 meters. Loads of baitfish - koheru, kahawai, micro-trevally. Was hoping to see some kingys feasting on this variety but none showed up. The outer reefs were surprisingly empty. Did not see anything sizeable so ended up shooting koheru and kahawai, got whole bunch of those and a decent squid. Lost yet another knife so if anyone finds a knife with yellow handle at te arai - let me know and I'll get you a matching holder .
On the way back got a strong pull on the line. I thought - aha! I might finally meet a shark. Turned back to find a big gunnet sitting on my float and having some of my koheru. He was pretty reluctant to leave so I had to go back and poke him with the spear, only then he accepted the fact that its not his fish.
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Posted By: cartoonz
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2009 at 10:40pm
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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2009 at 7:29am
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A ha ha ha. I got a guy who does that to me at the mayor
------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: CRAYMOUNTS
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2009 at 1:18pm
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Ya cant bet that local knowledge cartoonz well im sticking to that,old nans had the choice of diving the spot were i shot the biggie but he said it didnt look right for him today so i did it and got the mooch and 3 others on that line.Graeme thought ya might of taken the piss about me falling back into the boat rather than the water i must be getting old. ------------- CLASS CRAYMOUNTS DONE |
Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2009 at 1:49pm
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Nice pannie Craymunter ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TheSnapperWhisperer |
Posted By: SeaCamel
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2009 at 12:32pm
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apparentlySeafriends posts the latest sea conditions at Goat island every morning! http://www.seafriends.org.nz/fcl/sea.htm ------------- Many a mickle makes a muckle |
Posted By: Terrapin
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2009 at 3:07pm
| Cheers SeaCamel that could be pretty good |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2009 at 5:56pm
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Had a swim on the leigh coast this morning. Popped a few JDs and a boary. Viz was decent, over 10m. I noticed a few transparent ribbons traveling along?  |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2009 at 5:57pm
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the boary skin has been scraped of fat and is on salt for LJs wallet. |
Posted By: Terrapin
Date Posted: 12 Nov 2009 at 6:10pm
| Nice haul. That looks more than just a few JD's. Any kingis sighted? |