Newbie's Personal Best Photos
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Topic: Newbie's Personal Best Photos
Posted By: NZFisher
Subject: Newbie's Personal Best Photos
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 8:38am
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Hey Guys & Girls,
Here's a page to post your personal best's as you get them. It's a way to show off your growing experience (or luck!) & build up a history of your catches.
Cut & paste the following when you add a photo & fill in the blanks;
Anglers Name:
Locaton:
Date:
Species:
Shore, boat, yak:
Weight (or estimate) :
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) :
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) :
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Replies:
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 8:47am
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I'm going to kick it off with a pic of a good mate of mine who's new PB features in NZFisher this Month.
Good on ya Ian.
Anglers Name: Ian Biddick
Locaton: Mayor Island, BOP
Date: 07/10/10
Species: Kingfish
Shore, boat, yak: Boat (Extreme sport fishing adventures)
Weight (or estimate) : 18kg
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Accurate SR-30 & Custom rod
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Stickbaiting
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 9:07pm
| Good post NZFisher. C'mon newbies let's see what you've got! |
Posted By: Alienara
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2011 at 7:42pm
| Well... went to Baywater this morning for a good quick fish off the wharf with some newbie mates. First guy to kick us off caught a baby shark... of all things... so we quickly dehooked it and let it off. My personal best this morning was a 30cm snapper... which right now is becoming dinner buwhahahhah |
Posted By: repoman32
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2011 at 8:56pm
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Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 8:35am
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Good looking Kahawai there Repoman - did you weigh it or measure length? ------------- |
Posted By: repoman32
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2011 at 1:26pm
| nah just ended up eating most of it, bit new when it comes too kw, i should of bleed it straight away |
Posted By: scope
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 10:33am
Little Trevally - Just testing my photo uploading abilities   |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 07 May 2011 at 12:29am
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Cripes! An aussie feesh ... nice. Looks like your pic upload is working fine. |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 07 May 2011 at 8:17pm
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Nice Scope - what model is that?
What'd you get it on? ------------- |
Posted By: Slicker
Date Posted: 07 May 2011 at 8:55pm
Repoman , that is a nice fish , though my first time fishing in NZ since I've been here for 3.5years I got lucky and hooked me 2 biggies and some snapper , I call it beginners luck as we were 3 on the boat and it took one of he crew about 5hrs to land his first size fish  I really enjoyed fishing in South Africa , but since I got here , haven't really got any gear , sorta focused on spearing at the moment... though the water viz is absolutely crap at this stage of the season change , I might have to convert to rock or surf casting |
Posted By: scope
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 7:25pm
haha cheers mate - Not 100% sure but I think it was a baby giant trevally. Got him on a damiki armour shad 3inch soft plastic. |
NZFisher wrote:Posted By: repoman32
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:56pm
| yep caught this bugger out at tangi, got another 2 a few weeks later all on my surf rod, one great fighting fish the kw |
Posted By: Marco77
Date Posted: 10 May 2011 at 7:51pm
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Anglers Name: marco capozzella
Locaton: paremoremo wharf
Date: 10.5.2011
Species: kawai
Shore, boat, yak: wharf
Weight (or estimate) :
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : shimano catana rod, shimano sahara reel
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : small yellow tail hooked through mouth live bait seem to be the damage today .... lost a couple due to trying to land up at the wharf found it difficult on light tackle, to get them out but all good fun was had .......
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Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:39pm
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Nice work marco - Live baiting all the way up there's interesting. You chasing Kahawai or Kings? ------------- |
Posted By: Marco77
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 6:55pm
| just the kahawai mate although there has been a few kingies floating around the wharf something took my small bait rod the ther day and gave a hell of a run we missed the surface splash so unsure what it was could of been anything a ray a bigger kahwai ...... as i said though all good fun down at the wharf hopefully get back down tomorrow for an afternoon .... |
Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: 16 May 2011 at 7:27am
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Anglers Name: Seth
Locaton: Manukau
Date: May, best time to fish in the muddy
Species: Snapper
Shore, boat, yak: 10ft of awesomeness
Weight: 9lb and 10lb
Tackle used : Currado 200e, BBE 4kg with 4kg braid
Method: Single hook dropper rig, trev bait, 7oz of weight
 Anglers Name: Seth & Jeff (funtimesjeff)
Locaton: Manukau
Date: May, best time to fish in the muddy
Species: Snapper
Shore, boat, yak: 10ft of awesomeness
Weight: 11lb and less, all phat as hell
Tackle used : Currado 200e, BBE 4kg with 4kg braid
Method: Single hook dropper rig, whole jack macs, kys and big strips of mullet,5 - 7oz of weight, a hour and a half of fishing   |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 16 May 2011 at 10:14pm
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Hell yeah - Seth that is some mighty fine goldfish there my friend! Well done! ------------- |
Posted By: Gottafew
Date Posted: 18 May 2011 at 5:57pm
Here are a couple of picks of my newbies PB snapper before he went to live in Canada.His name is Nic Coburn and both fish were about the same weight.One is a Raglan fish and the other is a Waikawau fish. ------------- When people ask me how we got on I say..Yeah We Gottafew. |
Posted By: Gottafew
Date Posted: 18 May 2011 at 6:22pm
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Before teaming up with me Nic's best snapper was 30cm.. ------------- When people ask me how we got on I say..Yeah We Gottafew. |
Posted By: Greywulff
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 8:02pm
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Anglers Name: David Stapleton Locaton: Motutara rocks Date: 22/05/2011 Species: Kingfish Shore, boat, yak: Greywulff II (Boat) Weight (or estimate) : Dunno Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Shimano TLD 25, Extreme Rod Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Ledger Rig  ------------- Your not walking on water while I'm fishing here....... |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 10:30pm
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Nice fish Dave! I'm guessing it was a surprise - flasher rig's not tackle to target them with?!?!?!
Where's Motutara Rocks? Looks stunning. ------------- |
Posted By: Greywulff
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 4:42pm
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Cheers NZ, Full post http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/first-kingi_topic66319.html - here just smudge suggested putting a pic up here! Yeah M8 was a nice surprise though I was targeting Snapper with that rod and as I was going for the rod I had set up for Kingi's when they showed up but the bloody snapper rod went off with that Kingi either way I was well impressed and the kids are still talking about it. Fish Tank called it Motutara Rocks as I was unsure of its name. Its around the corner from Kaimaumau M8.... ------------- Your not walking on water while I'm fishing here....... |
Posted By: fish tank
Date Posted: 28 May 2011 at 6:23am
| Dave, do you have a place at kaimaumau or do you just launch there? I have dived around the motutara's quite a bit & during the summer months on numerous occasions seen big schools of inquisitive kingie's. Not all huge fish but a good place to hone your technique & fun to catch anyway, Surely is a piece of paradise, Great report by the way |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 29 May 2011 at 8:06am
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Cheers GW - I love that part of the country. Remote, but still accessable and heaps of fish! ------------- |
Posted By: Greywulff
Date Posted: 29 May 2011 at 6:32pm
Na M8, Living over in Ahipara just launching in Kaimaumau  East to launch from not like the 90 Mile... Also some good fish there.. The kids love it there as the KY are brilliant fun on light spinning gear for them. Gone as far as changing the treble hooks for singles and crushing down the barbs for quick clean releases as the can be just so many KY there at times. Seen some Bronzies there to m8 so don't know if I'd be keen on swimming at Motutara Rocks. Don't like swimming with sharks  ------------- Your not walking on water while I'm fishing here....... |
Posted By: Gerrystackle
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2011 at 12:16pm
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Wow. Thats a beaut! Wouldn't mind having that as a PB! ------------- Greg |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 3:51pm
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It's the Heart of Winter & it's big Snapper time! Where are your monsters Newbies???? ------------- |
Posted By: Greywulff
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 5:23pm
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Gonna ask you all to show us where they are lololololololololol....... ------------- Your not walking on water while I'm fishing here....... |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 05 Jul 2011 at 10:15pm
| They are mooching around a reef not far from you. Right now some very good snapper can be caught in some reasonably accessible areas. First find a nice kelpy reef or rock.... |
Posted By: Seth
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 1:57pm
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Anglers Name: Seth
Locaton: Broken Islands - GBI
Date: 16/07/2011
Species: Kingi
Shore, boat, yak: Hotspot with Captain Skidoggg
Weight (or estimate) : 11.68kg
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Shimano Thunnus, old as rod
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : 80lb trace, 6/0 mustart penetrator and a small hunk of bonito on a stayline rig
 Burleyed up a storm on the last day of the F.Net invitational for SFW. This guy turned up in the burley trail, Ski and Swanie tempted it with buttifled maccas, I didnt bother and was rebaiting so chucked a small hunk of bonito on and through it over the side down about 500cm below the surface. Washed my hands and looked over to see it come up and suck it down its gob
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Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2011 at 9:50pm
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I'm liking that! Nice fish Seth - specially for nabbing out from under the big boys noses :) ------------- |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2011 at 8:31pm
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Bit late but what the hell, I had this one mounted up on the wall  Anglers Name: Sherlock Locaton: Secret Spot off Tutukaka Date: 10/01/2008 Species: Snapper Shore, boat, yak: Boat Weight (or estimate) : 25.5lb Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Okuma force baitrunner, 15lb Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Straylining whole pilly  |
Posted By: bellyrub
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2011 at 9:08pm
   How about this for a first timer? This is my brother inlaw, he went to tairua on a fishing trip with Epic Adventures and landed this beast. It was his first time fishing for kingis. He was a good lad and put this beast back.  So he could take this one home...hahahaha!!!. jk. Anglers Name: Troy Ulberg
Locaton: Tairua
Date: 27/08/2011
Species: KingFish
Shore, boat, yak:Boat (Epic Adventures)
Weight (or estimate) : brother inlaw says 70lb
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : shimano
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : jigging. |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2011 at 9:10am
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That is a serious fish. Nearly 30 years into my fishing career a 30kg King still eludes me - some people have all the luck (and a great skipper!)Well done team! ------------- |
Posted By: lambordinghi
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2011 at 4:54pm
| Some people make their own luck by going out with the boys who know how to get the job done. Not only do people leave with great fish they also take home great memories. |
Posted By: NoobZealand
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2011 at 11:52pm
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Anglers Name: Steve Fernanades
Locaton: Pakiri
Date: --/10/11
Species: Snapper
Shore, boat, yak: Land
Weight (or estimate) : 19 lb and 16.4 lb
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : 65kg dropper line
Method kite long line ------------- Winter yields few big fish, summer yields plenty of legals. |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2011 at 10:21am
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Woo hoo - what a haul. Well done Steve. Were they off the beach or the rocks? ------------- |
Posted By: NoobZealand
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2011 at 12:15pm
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off the beach, just near the caravan park. and used fresh mullet for bait.
------------- Winter yields few big fish, summer yields plenty of legals. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2011 at 8:24pm
| Awesome as catch! Well done. |
Posted By: Bugzy
Date Posted: 30 Oct 2011 at 6:05am
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Anglers Name: James Scott
Locaton: Middle Ground (between White Island and Volkner Rocks)
Date: 28/10/2011
Species: Kingfish
Shore, boat, yak: Pursuit
Weight (or estimate) : Est 26 kg Tagged and Released
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : 37kg Rig
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Livebait
 Anglers Name: James Scott
Locaton: Middle Ground (between White Island and Volkner Rocks)
Date: 28/10/2011
Species: Kingfish
Shore, boat, yak: Pursuit
Weight (or estimate) : 14kg
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : 37kg Rig
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Livebait
 ------------- Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. |
Posted By: Terabyte
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2011 at 5:11pm
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Anglers Name:Lloyd
Locaton:Tiri Channel
Date:30-10-2011
Species:Snapper
Shore, boat, yak:Boat
Weight (or estimate) :6.3kgs
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) :penn 320 reel
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) :big strips of mullet  ------------- I may not always be right, but im never wrong!! |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2011 at 8:27pm
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Wooo, some nice fishes there Terabyte & Bugzy |
Posted By: Bugzy
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2011 at 11:30am
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Cheers Smudge. ------------- Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2011 at 1:13pm
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There are some awesome catches coming on here guys - well done. That's a hell of a snap form Tiri Terabyte and a nice pair of kings from White Bugzy - That Rick Pollocks a sharp skipper. Any bust-offs to cry about? ------------- |
Posted By: Bugzy
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011 at 11:56am
No bust offs at all. Just a few lost hooks left with the fish on release ------------- Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. |
Posted By: Terabyte
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2011 at 10:33am
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Anglers Name:Lloyd
Locaton:Manukau Harbour
Date:13-11-11
Species:Kingie
Shore, boat, yak:Boat
Weight (or estimate) :guessing 7kg
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) :Penn 320
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) New Flasher Rig
First Legal One , Caught in only 5 metres of water.
 ------------- I may not always be right, but im never wrong!! |
Posted By: Gerrystackle
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 4:29pm
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Anglers Name:Greg Locaton:Coromandel Mussel Farms - in about 14 metres of water. Date:27-11-11 Species:Snapper Boat - Snapper Safari's mussel barge charter Weight (or estimate) : Around 5.3lbs apparently Tackle used (Rod/Reel) :Penn 320GT Method - Black Magic Terakihi Terror with some of that good squid you get at Top Catch. Was certainly the bait of choice that day (they didn't want mullet), although I also bagged one good size snap on a ledger rig and big chunk of fresh kahawai.  This was just a bit bigger than the average sized fish caught that day (one lady caught one a shade under 10 lbs). I took home 7 good eaters and threw back a whole heap as well - if I had to measure them they were going back. Terakihi Terrors worked a treat, although I also put into practice the basic ledger rig Gottafew showed me 9cheers mate) and had some fun on that too. Not the biggest snapper in the world I know but it certainly made my day and meant that my 10 year old daughter didn't take the piss out of me when I got home that night - its always great to better your best! This one pulled some string so I'm looking forward to getting a moocher on board one day! Happy days! ------------- Greg |
Posted By: Gerrystackle
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 4:32pm
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Given the size of some of the monsters on this forum maybe I shouldn't have posted my pannie - but i'll hold my head up and feel proud! ------------- Greg |
Posted By: Gottafew
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 4:50pm
Awesome Greg.Keep at it mate and they will get bigger ------------- When people ask me how we got on I say..Yeah We Gottafew. |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 29 Nov 2011 at 9:01pm
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Greg, be proud! It's a nice fish and while people catch bigger you caught that one! I've yet to meet a fisherman that was disappointed in catching a 5lb snapper.
Lloyd, where in the bigM did you get the king? I'm very interested in finding out more. It's early for a king on the Manukau
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Posted By: Terabyte
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2011 at 11:38am
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We launched from Mangere Bridge and headed out towards the Waiuku Channel i think it is. Big red buoy out there, looking at the map i think it was somewhere close to Grahams Beach?? We were in a kahawai fishing comp that day, got told there have been 20kg+ Kingies caught there in the past. ------------- I may not always be right, but im never wrong!! |
Posted By: Lineburningthugs
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 12:47pm
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Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 12:49pm
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Posted By: coromandel slayer
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2012 at 7:20pm
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Anglers Name:Tori Buchan
Locaton: Tangimoana river mouth off the beach
Date: few days ago
Species: kahawai
Shore, boat, yak:
Weight (or estimate) : few kilos each, solid as!
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : surfcaster with bait, spinner, shimano 6500B
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) bait, spinners
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Posted By: toasta
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2012 at 7:47pm
| Nice work coro slayer! I used to get my fishing fix at Tangimoana river mouth many moons ago when I was at Massey uni...good to see the kahawai are still a staple catch there! |
Posted By: coromandel slayer
Date Posted: 17 Mar 2012 at 9:27pm
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still plenty here! for someone that doesn't catch much else other than when we go to coro, a decnt sized kahawai or few are great fun and fight hard haha
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Posted By: dotocomo
Date Posted: 12 May 2012 at 8:43pm
My first Kingie compliments of Toby and the Epic guys this year...of course the bigger one got away earlier that day  |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 29 May 2012 at 10:51am
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Great Fish Alig. How's everyone else getting on? It's been very quiet for a while. ------------- |
Posted By: Clifftastic
Date Posted: 29 May 2012 at 11:57am
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Anglers Name:Tyler
Locaton: Aldermans
Date: November
Species: Kingy
Shore, boat, yak: Boat
Weight (or estimate) : A solid 14kg
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Something hardcore which was borrowed!
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...): Jigging - 400gm zest
The other method was to hang around those top guys at Epic.
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 31 May 2012 at 11:21pm
| Nice fish, great fish to catch eh. |
Posted By: Tipper
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 7:15am
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Anglers Name:Tipper Locaton: Whitianga Date: 04/04/2012 Species: Kingfish Shore, boat, yak: Sanity with Tobey Weight (or estimate) : 11kg Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Shimano Stella 2500 and Yeeha stick, and a great skipper! Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Livebait  ------------- Please make sure you have the full 'witty' Plug-In installed on your Internet Browser, or the default 'half-witty' output may affect your profile |
Posted By: Crippy
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 10:10am
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Anglers Name: Crippy
Locaton: Kapati
Date: 06/2012
Species: John Dory
Shore, boat, yak: Boat
Weight (or estimate) : 4.32kg on luggage scales
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Small rod and reel
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Hooks and a very small piece of squid
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Posted By: Finatic
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 10:31am
That's a solid johnny ------------- What's the cheapest type of meat? Dear balls. They're under a buck. |
Posted By: The cook
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 10:56am
solid , thats HUGE. Best I've managed is 3.8kg & I target them most times I fish
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Posted By: Finatic
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 11:35am
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There's a 5. something kg model caught from a yak at Whangaparaoa on the Black Magic(?) page of the NZFN. ------------- What's the cheapest type of meat? Dear balls. They're under a buck. |
Posted By: Crippy
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 1:55pm
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Oh yeah sorry about that copy and pasted the form above and forgot to change the species the previous biggest I got was 3.8kg spearfishing was thinking I'd never get bigger than that then this bad boy decided to be a tarakihi for the day and jumped on my 2/0 hooks with a piece of squid about fingernail size. ------------- Go hard or die trying. |
Posted By: repoman32
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 5:29pm
got this lot way back in may of this year, man when they run they run
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Posted By: Tangi DnA
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 5:55pm
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Nice effort Repo, were they at the river mouth out here?
Thats a great JD Mate picked one up down here last week about the same size, He came into work bragging on Monday  ------------- I always take life with a grain of salt, ...plus a slice of lemon, ...and a shot of tequila. |
Posted By: repoman32
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2012 at 7:09pm
| yeah man out at the mouth caught 21 but only took 16 awesome day |
Posted By: Kitten
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2012 at 6:47pm
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Probably not as impressive as the majority of the pictures here...but at this point in time the biggest snap I've caught.
Anglers Name: Jasmine
Locaton: Outside Whangaparoa
Date: 1/10/2012
Species: Snapper
Shore, boat, yak: Boat
Weight (or estimate) : No idea :)
Tackle used (Rod/Reel) : Cheapie hire one
Method (Jig, bait, Softbait...) : Squid bait  ------------- http://www.kittnz.co.nz |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2012 at 10:32pm
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Nice fish 'Jasmine' - gotta start somewhere and that is a very nice, tasty start! ------------- |
Posted By: Sivey13b
Date Posted: 13 Nov 2012 at 10:34pm
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Anglers Name: Lance Sivewright Location: East Cape Date: april 2010 Species: Snapper Shore, boat, yak: Off the Bricks Weight: 10kgs (84cm) Tackle used: Backbone elite 8ft bait runner 12000 Method: Strayline whole Skipjack fillet  ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Gottafew
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2013 at 8:23pm
Anglers Name:John Brown Location:Raglan Coast Date:29.3.13 Species:Snapper Weight:15 pound Boat ------------- When people ask me how we got on I say..Yeah We Gottafew. |
Posted By: Clutch
Date Posted: 29 Mar 2013 at 11:12pm
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Great fish there Gotafew!
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Posted By: DutchFish
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2013 at 3:19pm
So this is my John Dory caught in Auckland, off the rocks! On the left a barely legal snapper to compare sizes! Snapper was 29 cm , with the dory on the right which i didn't measure! :(  Another one of the John dory I caught  And one more of a haul of snapper me and my mate got near whangaparaoa, the top snapper was my personal best ( looks small in the photo) but was 43cm and just over 1kg :) i was happy!  |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2013 at 6:15pm
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Great haul there Max! Well done. That's a decent JD too - tasty no doubt ;) ------------- |
Posted By: MrWildabeast
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2013 at 7:28pm
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nice one bro! ------------- Here fishy..fishy.... |
Posted By: DutchFish
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2013 at 8:05pm
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Thanks bro! If any of you's are around auckland/north shore/whangaparaoa iam keen to meet new people :) always good to have a great chat! A little information for you guys : Iam Max, from The Netherlans, moved here 5 years ago with mum and dad! Iam 19 years old and turn 20 in june, and current studying a Bachelor of Health Science in Paramedicine at AUT on the North Shore! And I volunteer with St Johns which eventually hopefully becomes a paid job! Anyways anyone keen to come out for a fish hit me up on this blog and we'll share contact details! :) John Dory tasted amazing!
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Posted By: DutchFish
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2013 at 4:44pm
| Caught myself a nice 1.2kg worth of snapper fillets last night at mangawhai :) 6 nice keepers! |
Posted By: f1sh1ngDNA
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 3:49pm
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My PB Trev.  ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> "cut me open and you will see me bleed fish" |
Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 3:53pm
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Nice Trev how big did it go. .... and just out of curiousity that bottom Snapper was how long ? |
Posted By: f1sh1ngDNA
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 3:59pm
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Yep alot of people ask the same about that little guy, 31.5cm News paper in backdrop should give some reference. Trev only weighed in at 2.84kg but a PB for me!!
and the bigger snap was 4.72kg ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> "cut me open and you will see me bleed fish" |
Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 4:21pm
I was just curious but your right the new's paper and independent testing do confirm   Congrats on the PB's  |
Posted By: f1sh1ngDNA
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 4:25pm
hahahahahaha Good onya for checking Moocha, i would have done the same cos it does look small in comparison. I love the indepent test method as well mate!! better than what the ministries use....haha
------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> "cut me open and you will see me bleed fish" |
Posted By: Finatic
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 4:33pm
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Congrats on the PB< id="adlesse_unifier_magic_element_id" style="display:none;"> Good to see those fish are all practicing safe sex ------------- What's the cheapest type of meat? Dear balls. They're under a buck. |
Posted By: f1sh1ngDNA
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 4:38pm
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Haha Thanks Finatic. Incase anyone want to know. These were caught in Jones Bay, Just off Takatu point. Burley hard then strayline it down there. worked for me! ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> "cut me open and you will see me bleed fish" |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 7:12pm
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A 2.8kg trev is a great fish and despite having a bit of a fascination with trevs for many years (I'm not just a gurnard nut, I like catching trevs even more) it took me 20 years to get one over 3kg. ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: f1sh1ngDNA
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2013 at 10:05pm
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I must admit that trevs are what do it for me, the strength and dirty tactics these fish have is what keeps me wanting more, its like having a snapper and kahawai all in one. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> "cut me open and you will see me bleed fish" |
Posted By: WellWellWell
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2013 at 8:52pm
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Posted By: WellWellWell
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2013 at 8:54pm
| My sons first Trev caught last week on a spin rod |
Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 12:15am
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That's a great fish wellwellwell. The little guy would have found that hard going, well done! ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 2:28pm
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Great fish for the young fella WWW. Would be great for anyone! ------------- |
Posted By: Infamy
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 4:14pm
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Posted By: Infamy
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 4:18pm
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Just a tad shy of 75cm this Trev, let this one swim away. Took 3 photos with it and put it back, didn't want to hurt or kill such a beaut of a fish. Caught in the middle of the day after a pretty slow day of fishing. Have to thank my mates Mike and Sean for taking me to their spot and talking me through bringing it in safe and releasing it quick. |
Posted By: NZFisher
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 4:19pm
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Crikey Infamy - thats a stonker! Where at? ------------- |
Posted By: Infamy
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 5:10pm
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Between Tapotupotu and Pandora, up north. Can't say exactly as its not my spot. But a couple hours trek over rocks to get there. |
Posted By: Fletch
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 7:31pm
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Phhhwaaaah that's a mighty Trev. Well done on both counts. Catch and release ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2013 at 10:31pm
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It's even bigger than a stonker, well done indeed Infamy. ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |
Posted By: All fisher
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2013 at 9:26pm
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