How did you find fishing.net?
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Topic: How did you find fishing.net?
Posted By: Kerren
Subject: How did you find fishing.net?
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 11:53am
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interested how you guys and gals initially found Fishing.net.nz? web search ------------- I am Kermit, Leader of Muppets Nov 05 |
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Posted By: Bushpig
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 11:57am
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search engine (cant remember which one). just typed in "fishing nz" ------------- I would rather laugh with the Sinners, than cry with the Saints |
Posted By: groper
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 11:59am
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WORD OF MOUTH
------------- I LIKE TURTLES ........... |
Posted By: marlin spike
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 11:59am
| coast 2 coast fishing mag |
Posted By: Paul M
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:04pm
Search Engine, driven to it by work
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Posted By: obald
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:07pm
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Can't remember. ------------- Random musings on all sorts of things http://obaldnz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - http://obaldnz.blogspot.com/ 
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Posted By: KingfishSi
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:07pm
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Had nothing to do one day at work, so I typed in the word 'fishing' on the SearchNZ search engine. ------------- Keep knockin', nobody's home. |
Posted By: Kerren
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:11pm
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Obald.... I am sure you can remember if you try hard.... I probably posted a link on an overseas forum or through the club newsletter?? ------------- I am Kermit, Leader of Muppets Nov 05 |
Posted By: Adam Scott
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:12pm
| Link via Xtra homepage, dont think its there anymore tho. Logged on to sell a 60kg bentbutt Penn International chair rod after I had to fight a fish standup on the bloody thing |
Posted By: Milan Radonich
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:29pm
| Fishing coast to coast |
Posted By: Keith C
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:38pm
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While doing a web search for something fishing-related. I know since I have found it, I have put dozens of guys on to it by word of mouth. |
Posted By: Coast to Coast
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 12:50pm
| Grant giving me heaps about doing fishing reports until I relented. I can't say FC2C can I? |
Posted By: Kerren
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 1:12pm
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well done that man there.....indirectly you can Mike!! ------------- I am Kermit, Leader of Muppets Nov 05 |
Posted By: backlash
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 1:12pm
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google.com ------------- "My Biggest worry is that when I'm dead and gone, my wife will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it." |
Posted By: 1000PA
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 1:54pm
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Google search looking for fishing! Have also put a number of guys onto it. Ross ------------- Fishing-4-all-NZ |
Posted By: Fishful Thinking
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 1:57pm
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Word of mouth from Bender. F.T. ------------- PhD: Pool Hall Diploma |
Posted By: empty
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 1:58pm
got hooked by alimat hook and pretty coloured float  ------------- what happened to the pissing man? |
Posted By: Bounty Hunter
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 2:03pm
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think i was looking for local fishing reports through google ------------- No disintegrations! |
Posted By: Coast to Coast
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 2:29pm
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Your turn Kerren; how many of the thousands, post regularly, post sometimes, look but don't touch, or get scared away permantly by certain regular members who know who they are....? How many males v's females, age spread and NI/SI/overseas? Would be interesting to know. |
Posted By: Coast to Coast
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 2:35pm
| BTW, someone mentioned in the changes topic that things seemed to be running slowly, especially on dial up. I reckon its running slower than it has been even on our brand new extra fast turbo charged aftercooled machines. Is it me or have others found the same? Don't you love people who change subject mid thread.... |
Posted By: Jo.
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 3:06pm
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ok search engine I think while putting together links of nz sites for a club webpage. between 30 and 40 60-100k bracket between 0-100 kg per hour fly, salt, fly, spin, fly salt, water and lastly water ------------- Capitalisation is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse.." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.."http://www.peoplefirst.org.nz/">People First New Zealand |
Posted By: obald
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 3:08pm
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Alright, FL, I'm thinking hard. It wasn't through the MSFC Club newsletter 'cos I did it the other way round - I got onto MSFC through you. I think it was your other suggestion, a mention on Pakula's Marlin Bar which, by the way, was where I used to waste hours of my time before I discovered I can do it here. Haven't been to the Marlin Bar for months and only slightly less rarely go to Marlinnut. Reason for this, now I think of it, has nothing to do with fishing. It is more fun (remember that?) messing about with people you know than reading screeds of erudite stuff from the Bart Millers, Pater Pakulas etc of this world. The level of actual 'factual knowledge' is thicker on the ground on the other gamefishing sites - but where's the Squid having a go at the Pig, or Billy having a go at anything and everything that moves? ------------- Random musings on all sorts of things http://obaldnz.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - http://obaldnz.blogspot.com/
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Posted By: SaltyC
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 3:36pm
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Google search when looking for fishing mag sites cheers, SaltyC |
Posted By: empty
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 4:38pm
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c2c ive noticed the same thing on 56k especially when compared to trade me which i think is about 2-3 times faster . all the ani look great but slow things down for us peasants on dial up aghhh what the hell i got all afternoon ------------- what happened to the pissing man? |
Posted By: Bender
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 4:48pm
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It was either search engine or Fishing News.
------------- Nobody has ever come up with a great idea after a second bottle of water. |
Posted By: Coast to Coast
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 4:48pm
| The managing director has just suggested that I spend far too much time here. The market research explaination is wearing thin. She could be right, I'm still writing the same article I was this morning.... Hurry up with the last post shortcuts etc Kerren, I need to get some work done. |
Posted By: pland
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 5:05pm
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googled my way here - i think ------------- pland |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 5:13pm
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Well I was fishing on the Manukau one day and this gurnard spoke to me. It said "Smudge, go to fishing.net.nz". So I did & to show my appreciation, I ate the fish. OK I made all that up. I searched it out after joining an aussie forum and though it would be cool if there was a local site like that. Well there was, but it was pretty quiet til Kerren popped up. |
Posted By: Barrie
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 5:19pm
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surfing through Yahoo local or serch NZ bet ya sorry now eh...should have kept it quite |
Posted By: A C
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 5:20pm
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Just browsing for local fishing reports after looking through "fishing tackle on line" that was advertised in the NZFN a couple of years back. ------------- Aye-Aye cloth eyes. |
Posted By: Eric de Vries
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 5:47pm
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Google search engine. Then when the forum was up and running I was reminded by Paul Matthews ( cause he's always on this site) Shorly after that joined the Spearfishing Forum. ------------- http://www.southernbluefins.co.nz/ |
Posted By: Peter da Squid
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 6:55pm
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Sitting on a mates deck scratching my nuts and drinking piss. This quiet and well spoken West Aucklander became a member of this Nut House shortly after my mate mentioned a NZ fishing site with this address! He was also the joker who came up with my handle- it stuck hard........ ------------- Good for Nuthin |
Posted By: JOHN Mc
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 7:00pm
| just typed in fishing in yahoo |
Posted By: Missy
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 7:04pm
| was actually surfing looking for the fishing magazine so I could get a subscription for the hubby |
Posted By: tobez
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 7:18pm
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typed in fishing and bingo... ------------- Waikato North Harbourmaster...Got a Nav Safety question for the Waikato region?...call me 021705642 or download the app Marine Mate! |
Posted By: billfish
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 7:21pm
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Saw it on a building out west. Some taghead clown called pdsQuid had scrawled his moko up the wall and adding..."Howzit MOFOs! Catch me if you can on Fishing.net.nz. Churr, my real names daRRyl!". And Wthyfinking Arkwright! I don't pick on nobody lessen theys be deservin of a wee serve. I make exceptions for piglets who just need a good beating now and then. ------------- |
Posted By: Wayne.L
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 8:41pm
| Uncle told me. |
Posted By: lalandi
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2004 at 11:53pm
| fishing.net used to have a web watch column in Fishing News mag... I learned about the site from that but got into the forums from Squids tag in the mens toilets at showgirls... |
Posted By: Jo.
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2004 at 1:31am
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you admit to going to showgirls? Must have been scarey seeing these guys in tutus and beanies ------------- Capitalisation is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse.." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse.."http://www.peoplefirst.org.nz/">People First New Zealand |
Posted By: Grounded
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2004 at 6:53am
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Shortly after landing here I joined Counties Sportsfishing Club and I was given a copy of the NZBGFC record book. The site was advertised in there. Chris ------------- It's a mystery to me I was a Jerk On Line |
Posted By: Snapatak
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2004 at 8:00am
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I advertised a boat for sale in the classified ads section, then started looking around. A sales man at sports craft marine put me onto the site. |
Posted By: shimma
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2004 at 6:03pm
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my 1st encounter with my '2nd' home, was in a search on Google,i'm also in a couple of english ones as well... ------------- 
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Posted By: white delight
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2004 at 7:55pm
through shimma jim
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Posted By: Dead Ant
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2004 at 8:40pm
Firstfound it through NZFN article then I read reports. I found the forum section when searching for a Whitebait recipe and KSi had posted saying he had bought seom cheap stuff from Mermaids!
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Posted By: Diggler
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2004 at 10:10pm
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Found it via nz search engine. Searchnz me thinks or perhaps google. Have been 'borrowing' everyone's ideas ever since. Been telling others by word of mouth to join up. |
Posted By: toerag
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2004 at 3:11pm
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Rick Pollock told me about it way back ------------- If you think you can or think you can't either way you are right |
Posted By: Rainman
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2004 at 5:43pm
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Found the site way back (using Google) when there was just a few people in the forum. Computer fritzed shortly after, took a while to get back....... by then the community had grown to what it is today |
Posted By: Phats
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2004 at 10:02pm
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A dude ( and a very good dude at that ) from smart marine told me about it I thank him ------------- A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. |
Posted By: Rockhopper
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2004 at 10:25pm
I cant remember for the life of me but I'm sure I was surfing for porn sites and mistypred.  ------------- Why does the answer to all government problems involve taking more of my money ? |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2004 at 11:39pm
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An easy typo to make Rocky.... ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: Bender
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2004 at 6:54am
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Yeah debbiedoesdallas.com is real close to fishing.net ------------- Nobody has ever come up with a great idea after a second bottle of water. |
Posted By: fishchop
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2004 at 8:38am
| Looked for a fisho site in nz and was fortunate enough to score onto this one..... choice mate!!! |
Posted By: moonfish
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2004 at 9:14am
| I was bored and contracting to EDS... had nothing better to do than surf the web. Found fishing.net.nz on some search engines and the rest is historty. |
Posted By: swanie
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2004 at 1:49pm
| Same as usual, searching for "fishing+NZ" and luckily ended up here. |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2004 at 6:31pm
| Kerran my father in law to be Mr Bufton you work with at Telecom told me about it. |
Posted By: Kerren
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2004 at 6:50pm
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Good-O Muppet.....awesome family you are about to inherit mate!!
Get ol' Buffo out fishing! ------------- I am Kermit, Leader of Muppets Nov 05 |
Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2004 at 6:38pm
| Cheers Kerren, he has got some nice gear that has'nt got used in a while, but I'll try and get him out this summer! |