Waitangi Weekend
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Category: Diving
Forum Name: Spearo's Corner
Forum Description: Free-divers & spearos chat about their sport
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Printed Date: 16 Jun 2026 at 10:57pm
Topic: Waitangi Weekend
Posted By: herby
Subject: Waitangi Weekend
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 9:00am
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JRDO, Sharkslayer and myself got hold of a 535 haines and made a plan to dive the mokes at Waitangi weekend.
So we, um, launched from omaha and headed to the mokes. It was a bit rough on the way over and Sharkslayer wasn't too happy with the whole situation- weaner.
First dive of the day was on a bit of a deep ledge where, lo and behold, we found a good school of goldies. it was nice diving as three in clear water, it gave you longer rest period between dives and spotting the diver below was easy. Anyway on my first drop a big school of probably fifty goldies paraded up to me. Nice. We did a few more dives, and speared a few, sharkslayer got his first, then I took the camera down to film JRDO shooting his. I was pretty chuffed to be getting down to them with the camera (which is about the same size as a bucket) and thought I was doing well until we watched the footage and it was out of focus.
Bugger.
Haven't had that problem for a while now.
So with goldies done and dusted we left them in their little house for another day (or not, poor wee things) and headed out for a snoop.
I got lucky and got an 8kg and a 3kg in the surge and the others picked up a few too. JRDO reported the weedline to be as dead as a dodo. We later snooped another piece of coast and I found a pair of really nice snapper in a gut just lazily milling around, it was a perfect situation and I reached out and put my gun about 100mm from the biggest one's head and drilled it. It rolled over and spastically flapped a few times then swam off. Somehow, a shot to the back of the head from point blank had torn out, I have no idea how. I was pretty annoyed, I mean you can understand losing a gut-shot fish, or one hit high in the head, but this shot was a good one, I can only assume it was a flopper thing? Ah well.
We spent the remainder of the day diving a few other places here and there, more or less just enjoying having nice dives rather than slaying copious amounts of fish.
JRDO and I tried to salvage a craypot from 30 metres, which proved a wee bit too tricky.
That was us for the day, so we tucked into a little bay, cast a squid jig out and cranked up the drum and bass while we had dinner and decided to stay the night.
Night time was terrible. JRDO and Sharkslayer spooned up forward, while my bed consisted of two wet towels and a speargun bag (glad tankers are padded!). So after 2 hours sleep we were back into it.
Plan for day two was to snoop the early morning and then slash and flash on the pins for a big kingy.
A quick relocation saw us in an area I'd dived once before and done OK at. Choice, there were three of us and only two directions in which to go... what to do?
Well Sharkey went one way and JRDO went the other, I stayed within 50 metres of the boat and bounced up and down on a 10m ledge that dropped to 20, which gave me three snapper within 5 metres of each other (in fact two I shot from the exact same position in the same way). The snapper were stacked up on a wall and they were not too alert, I snooped one which may have gone 2.5 if you had generous scales and two good ones 6-7kg just swam straight up to me and then drifted back over the ledge. A few kina thrown in the right spot had the fish coming in close enough for a shot. One went ~3kg, the other 4.5. there were a few hummers down deeper too, but they were too deep and I wasn't feeling that flash.
The others had shot a few snapper too, and we soon decided that a 40kg kingy was going begging, so flashers were set on a few selected areas and we waited for the magic to happen. It didn't.
Sharkey saw a good one but had no chance at a shot, JRDO saw a couple of 25s and I only saw them to maaaaaaaaaybe 15kg. We jumped in on a workup of kahawai, trevally and koheru about a k from the nearest rock or island, down below the action I thought I saw a pinky? so I dived and there below me was a pin covered in them that came up to about 8 metres. Store that one in the memory bank!
On the way home we stopped in at the LB weedline, JRDO wanted a boarie and I wanted to film him threepronging [a bronzie]. Alas, the weedline was dead, which was probably an effect of the zero current?
That was more or less it, we headed home at 38knots with the stereo blaring and that was that.
**On a side note, as we were coming past Ti Point at a responsible speed (no sh*t) a 4.7 terminator with two spearos on board almost rammed us, they were coming from behind us at an angle and going faster than we were. Both POB were looking off to their starboard, with us on their port side. They got to within a few metres of us before we noticed and 'politely' told them to 'please not drive into us'
 .If it was anyone from here- you were lucky. Twice. I know lots of people who would have dealt to you at the ramp for that.
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Posted By: Snoop
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 9:30am
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Herby, we did Needles and LB. Water was warm 20 degrees but the easterly swell and surge must have found it's way around the top of GB and resulted in snooping that sucked. I got thrown over a few of my favourite ledges, kinda the equivalent of doing "choice bombs" on unsuspecting snapper. Plenty of fish about and saw a humpy trev that didn't give me more than 1 second reaction time. Boaries on LB weedline but with Paul Marlin's team, our team then another dive boat there later on Sunday arvo (wonder if it was you) I'm thinking it might have got a jolly good hammering. Nice diving but hard work ------------- Axemen Spearfishing... "Putting the crap back into elite" www.axemenspearfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 10:17am
| Wicked mission guys, love that ****. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 10:29am
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Yeah it was a good little mission.
Might have to put some more thought into sleeping arrangements next time though. We were discussing other places to do the same thing at, Mayor, Cuvier and White all seem like good options.
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Posted By: Stuck
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 10:37am
| Choice Mission. I recommend hammocks for the sleeping arrangements. I've tied one from the hand rail under windscreen to the ski pole before and worked a treat. Can imagine you getting three people in the back if you went to the back bollards with the other two. |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 11:38am
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that's a hardcore sleep over Herby, well done on the snapper and goldie front. Would love to see some pics or youtube vids. |
Posted By: Gr8 fishing
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 11:50am
Yes I'm the skipper of the inflatable, we are on the way back to Omaha from Leigh, can see your boat flying as fast as a rocket and made a sudden stop at Ti Point to watch people diving there, we have to go around your boat to keep our way. haven't noticed that you then followed us from left behind which you mentioned port side. I notice a diver swam very far from land without a clear visible sign, I have to turn port side to avoid the potential damage, then I heard people yelled lound from left behind, very "polite".
Mate you are so close to us, that's why you most hit us from left. Condidering your boat is bigger and faster and ours is just small inflatable, I regard that close is a bully. As the wakes made by your boat made us very unstable to drive. Very bad to see that you still drive very fast when you passed the 5 knots mark at the harbour entrance, never saw people drive that fast with bow still high in the 5 knots zone, check out your speedo mate. Show respect to others, espicially to small boats. You are a respected diver, but you are not a responsible skipper, a nice boat should be handled by a nice skipper. Ohmaha is my home, show respect to her and her people. |
herby wrote:Posted By: Nomis
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 11:53am
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2 sides to this story is see, ------------- I'll act my age when im 69 |
Posted By: _Jimmy_
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 12:12pm
Pics or it didn't happen 
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Posted By: KeriBOI
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 12:16pm
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its the ady gill all over again
------------- Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: Phantom Menace
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 12:52pm
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Sounds like a great mission Herby (apart from the event on the way back to Omaha).
I spent my weekend in Rotovegas on a stag trip (Greg Nell - used to be Blue Fin - some of you may know him? He gets married this coming weekend.)
12 lads, my boat and a few mountain bikes. Biking, skiing, wake boarding etc. on Saturday then out for a few ales and dodgy bars, back to the backpakers by 4:30 am, breakfast then a few hours on Blue Lake again - great hang-over cure!
To the best of my knowledge no-one speared anything.
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Posted By: long john
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 12:59pm
------------- Proud member of the Glen Innes Spearfishing Club |
Posted By: Nomis
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 1:26pm
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Sounds that way to me as well. ------------- I'll act my age when im 69 |
Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 2:03pm
------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 2:06pm
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Awesome mission aight! Rubbish food, rubbish sleep, perfect. My lack of knocking over a big snap was a let down tho! And the lack of sharks at Lil B, whats up with that, we tried so had to see one! However finally upsized my goldette to a goldie, pics later, I know how annoying that is but geez, gotta work ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: tom1
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 2:44pm
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"And the lack of sharks at Lil B, whats up with that, we tried so had to see one!"
you should come out to LB with us JRDO, they always seem to find me there
 by the way did you anchor in the edith passage? how'd the anchor hold? I've got a 550 haven't the stones to take it as far out as the mokes yet
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Posted By: Gr8 fishing
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 3:20pm
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JRDO, I don't want to argue with you what's happened between us. we have different momories and no third party withness. but one thing is sure that you did slow down when entering harbour, but it still went too fast, faster than 5 knots. 5 knots is mandatory, not just slow down than your rocket flying speed. check your speedo if you have.
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Posted By: ropo101
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 3:30pm
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time to break out the popcorn and ice creams ------------- V8 Super Cars are back,Go the holdens!!! |
Posted By: Snoop
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 4:11pm
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Yep this one's gonna be fun to watch from the sidelines. We nearly hit a shark out at Horn Rock, just didn't have enough throttle ------------- Axemen Spearfishing... "Putting the crap back into elite" www.axemenspearfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 4:15pm
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Could be a new summer sport all on its own!
------------- 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: kuuni
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 4:44pm
| Are sharks the new possum then? |
Posted By: Andr'e
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 6:09pm
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Did the haines have underfloor tanks? What flavour motor and what was your gas consumtion like in it? Was it a good ride in the rough weather? My old man harps on how good they are. Should I be agreeing with him. ------------- miss by an inch miss by a mile |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 6:27pm
| So, is it 5 knots over the ground or 5 knots through the water? |
Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 7:41pm
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Ok, gr8, it's all love, just no calling my skipper irresponsible or acting like you're completely not at fault.
It's fiveish we all know that.
It's got a Yammie 130, we got 60l into the underfloor and estimate about 20 in there already, too 2x25l totes, 1x30l tote and 1x 10l, came back with 1bar in the tank, say 10-15l and a 25l to spare, didn't drive conservatively and went via lil b both ways, looped burges (sp?) and fannel, whitecapping on the way there, 10knot variable on the way home, not glassy. Stayed in the bay to south of the edith if thats the where you'd land to go to the light house? ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: Snoop
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 7:46pm
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We're still 0-0 on the shark front for 2010. Was 1-0 to Awarua last year, nailed one outside Maori Rock. Sharks launched a couple of offensives this year, so fair to say they're 60:40 in terms of first half possession. We'll come back strong. ------------- Axemen Spearfishing... "Putting the crap back into elite" www.axemenspearfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: Blue Asparagus
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 7:54pm
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well to be fair stuff happens, irrisponsible, well that works both ways, divers in the water mmmmm 200m or 5kts 5kts 200m from shore etc etc etc, speeding up the eastury well thats just bad manners. I remeber a boat hurtling past me a spearo as well, bit of a laugh really as we both going in the same direcetion, then holly **** I think I said gidday homo or words to that effect, dam I am going to talk to this chap just wait, then low and behold the bugger comes up and gives me a cray, i was deflated I hate that. no names but your a top bloke long john  and the cray was nice cheers.------------- Ultimate GAME Fishing Adventures. Northland |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 10:45pm
Go with your gut instinct Blue, Cray or no cray hes definatly a homo 
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Posted By: Gr8 fishing
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 10:54am
ok JRDO, I'd like to take 50/50 liability to the "accident" and take back what I said your skipper is irresponsible also.
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Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 11:14am
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Oh would you ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TheSnapperWhisperer |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 11:15am
Ah well, you're half way there.
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Posted By: K Dogg
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 12:13pm
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I was one of the guys in the water on the weedline and saw herby and co come past (wasn't aware you were spearos or I would have said hi). I wish I had of seen what happened after though because I also remember the inflatable approaching a moment later. And before anyone says anything I was definitely the diver with a flag on my float haha. Dunno who the others in the water were but I did see one guy with no float or nothing.
For the record vis was surprising OK after all the easterlies at about 6-8m and I managed 2 trevally (my first) on the weedline, and a mullet and 2 flounder on the way in
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Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 1:09pm
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Flags are for pussies! PS: Next flame? ------------- 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: JRDO
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 1:41pm
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Speaking of Flags! Saw the Ocean hunter baot out at the mokes, with an undersize flag you couldn't see half the time since it's hard top, and only one of their divers had a flag! Not ideal me thinks!
How'd you get on at leigh anyway Gr8 fishing?
Wow TG, thats so funny ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 1:51pm
| All we are missing is the trevalleys point of view |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 1:51pm
| TG IS funny. Of course you don't need a flag - especially if you don't get in the water! |
Posted By: _Jimmy_
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 1:58pm
i haven't heard of any big albies getting smashed yet  |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 2:04pm
Got in the water just this weekend, and going to next weekend as well! Woohoooo! PS: Not that easy to always go diving with a 4 year old and a 9 month old and a wife that hates you. Got rid of one of these, but prefer to keep the other two. Things are looking up. ------------- 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: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 2:08pm
| Spearos don't use family as an excuse - unless you are TSW of course. All good spearos have wives/partners that support their addiction. Its a caveman thing |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 2:10pm
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Lol, I give up DD, you win. Been having a bit of a hard time lately that didn't make room for fishing. ------------- 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: Gundry
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 2:17pm
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My missus is supportive as untill there something else she would rather I/we were doing haha
------------- Winter is Meh |
Posted By: Latrine
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 2:46pm
Diving causes verbal diarrhea...... I go diving and my partner gets verbal diarrhea. |
Posted By: Gr8 fishing
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 3:41pm
we have managed some butterfish/snapper/goat fish/ red moki, not a bad day for us considering the swell is strong for our little inflatable and I'm quite new to spearfishing.
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Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 3:47pm
And boating?
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Posted By: Andr'e
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 3:52pm
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arrrrrrr ------------- miss by an inch miss by a mile |
Posted By: Nomis
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 4:22pm
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taught him basic boat handling over a year ago, ive been on boats since i was a kid and worked barges - he also taken a day skippers course so more than 90% of boaters out there, and who isnt still learning have to stay he sticks to rules such as 5knot zone 12knot zones better than anyone else i know ------------- I'll act my age when im 69 |
Posted By: Snoop
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 5:02pm
That's rich coming from a diver that lives in Taranaki which = no diving at all, thereby freeing you every school holidays to have guilt free days from the missus diving out of Whitianga.
Also, times have changed DD, we now look after the kids before and after work, free the weekends so the wife can have some time out and then to top it all off then have "family time"... leaving precisely 1.02 dive days per month
That and "addiction" by its very nature leads to natural abuse of dive passes and diving more than one should probably do. How you ever managed it and still are only onto the 4th wife I'll never know. Well done. ------------- Axemen Spearfishing... "Putting the crap back into elite" www.axemenspearfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: Unclejake
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 5:15pm
| Four wives at 67 years old is about right ain't it? |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 5:44pm
| Actually have dive 6 days out of the last 7. Still on the same wife - 25 years married, 3 kids. 87 years old this year, but I look half that age |
Posted By: spearaddict
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 6:14pm
Red moki? Congrats there mate, some sport they are.
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Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 6:30pm
| Nothing wrong with dealing to a few red moki on the ladder to your lofty skill set is there spearaddict? |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 6:31pm
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if you work hard all week, and have one family day, kids sport or what ever, you really deserve that other weekend day. in order to keep your sanity. Snoop with your system you only dive 12 times a year. That must make exploring new spots over ones you know work really un appealing. |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 8:01pm
Same mistake 4 times. hmmmm, I dunno. ------------- 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: duckweed
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 8:23pm
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Hey Tg get the kids some diving gear mine sits on my bouy and holds my dive flag already
------------- caranx erectus |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 8:29pm
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Duckweed, have you been out in your boat? any action shots? |
Posted By: duckweed
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 8:34pm
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Hey bro i'v been on skid row for a while but things are getting back on track i'll post some new pics soon.
------------- caranx erectus |
Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 9:58pm
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Vested interest in this topic nomis? Kept that under wraps didn't ya.
Sure we can all still learn something, but I bet if this wasn't you'd mate you'd have a gut feeling that the boat with 2 guys with less than 2 years experiance on it has got a lot more to learn than the boat with 3 guys who, like you, have been at it since we were kids aye?
Nothing wrong with a few red moki falling to the spear, just not too many from the same place!
You're inflatable would handle a way bigger swell gr8, nice dive boat for sure!
Who knows what the official crack is with the suckful 12knot rule in the waitemata, if we get an orange flashing light like the ferries are we exempt?
LJ can we get some sort of goblins law but for talking of families? Like all talk of families and commintments gets deleted? ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 10:27pm
| I concur |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 10:46pm
Lol, still working on convincing the 5 year old to dive. She's still learning to swim. The 9 month old is a little too young still! ------------- 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: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 10:49pm
| Family talk! Ban him LJ! |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 10:55pm
Duckweed started 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: TG
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 10:55pm
Guess this would be the wrong time to ask if you want to partner up for the next catfish cull? ------------- 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: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 11:09pm
| Hey TG, would be good to meet you - and go for a dive with you maybe sometime. I probably won't do the catfish cull, those Bluefins are too bloody good! |
Posted By: -Luke-
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2010 at 11:14pm
When the mrs got preg I threatened to write on the back of her fav wall painting "Luke can go spearfishing whenever he wants" and then get her to sign it.. So any time she moaned I could turn the picture around. Didn't need to go that far as I dive 2-3 times a week and going away for over a week soon with no drama while she looks after the 8 week old. ------------- www.aquaticrehab.co.nz |
Posted By: Philip van Zijl
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 6:48am
 to get here!
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Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 8:35am
Sounds good. Let me get that diving in you have been *****ing about and get a bit better first 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: Snoop
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 3:55pm
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Hey JRDO, what about we remove all comments also about dangerous boatman and you young kids harassing (trying to hold lunch in) cougars? Point is dude not everyone has the same free time to go diving like you crazy young kids ------------- Axemen Spearfishing... "Putting the crap back into elite" www.axemenspearfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 4:32pm
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there is entertainment value in the mention of cougars. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 5:31pm
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Pat should add this to the list: Species Weight Diver Club Location Date
Cougar 145kg Sharkslayer GC/DC New Brew 13/09/09
I tried to beat him on the same outing, think my target was from the same 'school', but she turned on me, KeriBOI had to save me from the terrifying beast.
Be careful out there guys.
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Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 5:35pm
| do you happen to get a more accurate age ? |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 5:36pm
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Late 50's early 60's
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Posted By: Snoop
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 7:01pm
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Hum, some records aren't worth the chasing.... ------------- Axemen Spearfishing... "Putting the crap back into elite" www.axemenspearfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 8:12pm
Is this the lady they fired from New Zealand airlines the other day, because of the hair on her legs scratching the paint on the boeings when she was kickstarting them? ------------- 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: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 10:49pm
| Too late to claim that record, so Cougars are still a vacant record. I'm off to the bowls club |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 11:02pm
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late 50's... crikey thats good going. Isn't there a another name for that bracket? Still actively hunting well into her 50's, what a creature. |
Posted By: ancient mariner
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2010 at 11:13pm
Correct there LJ, at least there was no contact. 
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Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 8:25am
I believe they are known as "Jaguars" ------------- 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: JRDO
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 10:22pm
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Draw and post a picture ancient mariner so we can actually see that you know what happend and know what you're talking about, c'mon visually prove your point words aren't definate enough. Bet you don't.
Yes but Snoop the family story is the same old **** no matter who, when, or how it gets told, and it's just so, so boring. ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 10:41pm
Thats an old fashioned call out right there 
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Posted By: ancient mariner
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 10:47pm
| You need to give way to any vessel on you starboard side, so if you were on his left (port) then you had to give way to him. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 9:10am
When Two Boats Meet
There are rules which apply to boats on the water just as there are for cars on the road. You must understand and obey these rules and do everything possible to avoid a collision. When two boats are approaching each other, one has the right of way and it is called the stand on boat.
Back to school eh fellas?
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Posted By: Snoop
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 9:25am
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Great stuff guys, a really cool trip. Awesome ------------- Axemen Spearfishing... "Putting the crap back into elite" www.axemenspearfishing.co.nz |
Posted By: Diver Dan
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 9:56am
| Cute little goldfish |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 10:14am
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SMACK !!!
What end of the boat is starboard then??
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Posted By: KeriBOI
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 10:28am
Where did you get that from? Would be worth a read ------------- Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: Besty.
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 12:53pm
| beauty snapper herby. Well done no the goldies, thats awesome. looks like one in the middle of the bin is a good size? did you weigh them? |
Posted By: BlairM
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 1:00pm
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The silence is deafening herby.... Choice fish. And good to see an idiot stick being used for its true purpose. |
Posted By: Unclejake
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 1:48pm
| KeriBOI: I can recommend the book Saftey in Small Craft. |
Posted By: herby
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 3:02pm
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Unkle Jake, there are other people who should have that book recommended to them well before KeriBOI.
Blair, the silence is deafening alright, speaks volumes dunnit?
Besty-ality, we didn't weigh them, our scales were pretty rusty and needed a fair bit of weight on the hook to even register anything was there, we reckon all over 700g though.
The vindicating paragraphs came from the coastguard website.
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Posted By: mozz
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 3:17pm
Nice work herby. got in the water for a er...... recovery of something I had dropped overboard and happened to take a gun with me and smoked a 40lb tarpon. Aparently its not the done thing spearing them much like red moki as even the local boys didn't want it
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Posted By: Mullins
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 3:19pm
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Doesn't the coastguard website say anything about larger boats bullying smaller ones? I mean, it was only a little inflatable. The poor wee thing.
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Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 3:34pm
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Not specifically but there is a link to a higher authority http://www.lawofthejungle.com - http://www.lawofthejungle.com
Lots of legal jargon but effectivly anything that is bigger than you is allowed to eat you.
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Posted By: Unclejake
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 3:38pm
Herby, I ain't having a crack at KeriBOI (nor anyone else). He just arsked where the diagram came from 
I half completed a Local Launch Master ticket a few years ago and the Saftey in Small Craft book was a bible to us. I can't remember much of it now except something about moving green lights being a fair target..... or was it red lights? Lol
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Posted By: TG
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 3:39pm
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Did that little inflatable have green lights on it herby?
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Posted By: KeriBOI
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2010 at 8:04pm
Hey Jake, Being the awesome net nerd than I am,I googled "When Two Boats Meet" and selecting New Zealand it came up with http://www.coastguard.co.nz/index.php?page=rules-at-sea - http://www.coastguard.co.nz/index.php?page=rules-at-sea ------------- Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes; after that, who cares?! He's a mile away and you've got his shoes! |
Posted By: Unclejake
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 12:16pm
 Always blow on the pie |
Posted By: sAsLEX
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 3:33pm
I have found a 5inch gun on the front is also effective!  Funny watching the kayaks in the channel this morning racing to get out of our way as we came in at ~20 knots to beat a merchy in......... we would of stopped if they couldn't of got out of the way.... honest |
Posted By: Fisho 4 lyf
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 9:21pm
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Posted By: JRDO
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 9:16pm
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Glorious, glorious victory. ------------- BANNED from doing anything about anything anymore. |
Posted By: kamakazi123
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 11:03am
hey this is a real late reply to the "boating incedent" up at ti point on waitangi weekend,i was up there with a mate spearing(yes with flag)we were watching the whole thing from the rocks while having a munch.the white inflatable with 2 spearos onboard were overtaking the larger blue and white boat and i dont think the inflatable saw the other boat as it was kinda turning into the other boats path thats when we heard the blue boat yell out "watch out!" ok glad thats all cleared up for you's |
Posted By: JazzSport
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 2:29pm
At least all spearos on boat or underwater are safe on that day.
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