Jumping bronzy
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Forum Name: Spearo's Corner
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Printed Date: 05 Nov 2026 at 6:04pm
Topic: Jumping bronzy
Posted By: fish food
Subject: Jumping bronzy
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 6:48pm
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Watched a bronzy jump 5 times clear of the water this evening landing on its side while having a few beers at the estuary mouth. Great sight really close to us. Stunning fish? Trying to rid itself of something? Escaping the intentions of a male? Mating rituals? Just Having fun? |
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Posted By: smelli
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 6:50pm
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Awesum--that wouldve been a good sight.. Any pics ?? Coulda been having fun i think ? Maybe hinting he would like a beer too 
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Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 6:52pm
| Nah, I wish tho. |
Posted By: smelli
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 7:10pm
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Woulda been good pics mate... Next time ------------- http://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=717361 |
Posted By: shiraz
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 7:41pm
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At last, another bronzie thread. Whatever happened to the last one ( spearing Bronzies)? Can't find anywhere. A couple work colleagues saw orcas on Banks P last Sunday - swam by JUST outside them - appeared to be chasing something.
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Posted By: smelli
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 7:45pm
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Yeh i think that one got made to disappear after the way it started getting quite heated in it.. That is something i want to see close up one day.. The closest i have been to them is when surfcasting about a month back at east clive was they were within casting distance right in front of me and one mustve swam either under or over my line as it starting doing a really good jiggle,,glad it never got hooked tho either-- MAJOR SPOOLING 
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Posted By: crusty rusty
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 8:34pm
| Hey fish food you should have shot it for taunting you like that. I find it very disrespectful for a creature of its calibre to be acting like some dumb fish. Very rude. It must have small genitals. |
Posted By: Raiz
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2013 at 9:13pm
hey im fairly new here and we saw a shark jump clear out near Crusoe rock, i think it may have took a penguin from the surface but im not sure? full out the water though and over half the size of my boat I had a livey out at the time too
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Posted By: TheSnapperWhisperer
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2013 at 12:03am
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I've seen a Bronzie jump too. I guess feeding or parasite issues? Or was it just window shopping for food?! ------------- http://www.facebook.com/TheSnapperWhisperer |
Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2013 at 6:41pm
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Well we hooked up that bronzy this avo, 3 times. 1st time I don't think he knew he was hooked we got a good look at him, but it was soon over, so we headed back for a shark trace from the batch, and some beers. As we were rigging up the surf aster a swimmer drifted past and we noticed the bronze come right in and have a look at him, we told him and he hightailed it. We hooked it up a couple of times after that quite spectacular one of the strikes right at the surface, going back tomorrow with heavier gear. 200lb mono should do it? This post should be in the fishi g section somewhere, but I started it here. Dived some weedlines yesterday murky 5m vis for a boary and a bronzie |
Posted By: AR
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2013 at 8:35am
Good Beer?
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fish food wrote:Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2013 at 8:09pm
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Had some fun with bronze whalers in knee deep water this avo, got some of the action on video. |
Posted By: fish food
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2013 at 9:20pm
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Posted By: crusty rusty
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2013 at 10:07pm
| What were you doing with it? |
Posted By: olenz
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2013 at 8:58am
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