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I remember you bunking school and goin fishing at smithfield to Ru !

ive just entered the okuma fishing comp on the rock its a clip of my mate catching and releasing a 7 giller so everyone go look at it !!!
comp closes tomorrow

i havent been out for a fish for about 6 weeks (thanks to work ! ) but a mate of mine hooked 4 on sunday arvo he only managed to land one was about 7 foot today before the bad weather would have been the ideal time

why do you put tape or heatshrink over the crimps ?

theres a road opposite the st andrews golf course that goes down to the beach its a pretty good spot for chasing ellies

yeah hanging out for them to come back, landed the 1st one in early october last year hope their here that early this year !

this is the cheaper one it holds the rod 1100 mm from ground level

i make them myself ive got a couple of different ones my ones hold the butt of your rod about 1200mm from the ground there made from stainless and cost about 70 bucks for the standard one and flasher one is about 120 (its a rod holder , a gaff and a eel spear) will post some pics tomorrow

1) What is your real name – Steve

2) How old are you – 34

3)Which city are you from – Born in Dunedin live in Temuka

4) Are you a resident in NZ – sure am

5) What do you do for a crust – engineer

6) Hobbies – Fishing , Drinking , Car Restoration, building stuff , Drinking and Fishing

7)How long have you been interested in fishing -…[Read more]

my first surfcaster was kencor 12ft combo cost me 65 bucks band new off trademe landed some pretty big sharks with it too the only thing ive had to do to it was replace the plastic eye on the tip with a ceramic one
i have upgraded to a 14ft prokat with a tica cybernetic but ive still have got and still use the old combo best 65 bucks i ever spent

i really like my carbon rod but you have to take care of them my one is adjustable so you can position the reel where ever is most comfortable which is a good thing for people with short arms like you trumpy !!!!!
let me know next time youre down this way and we will go for a flick

was out at the orari mouth

i had a similar thing happen last night hooked a real big 7 giller and had it on for almost 1 hour till it bit thru my trace almost had it on the beach a couple of times got to see alot of it as it stayed up on the surface for for probably the first 10 minutes managed to land a 7 footer about 1 hour later ended up hooking 5 but only landing 1…[Read more]

always have trouble getting them back out even with 2 of us taking them back out they just get pushed back in the little ones under 5 ft arent so bad to get back in the water

i tried one in the weekend basically had the whole cod on my hook but it didnt last long it got cleaned up by other cod

[quote="Sevengillz":1u5x81fw]Yeah I sort of noticed the sharks would take the cod before anything else did.I have caught cod on cod but not very many.I think I may have mentioned in a post,if I reported it but must of only been a few weeks ago I was down the ways with squid and cod for bait.Started out with the squid and if I remember rightly all…[Read more]

Mal

went out for a flick yesterday arvo and got a small 7 giller it was about 5 and a half foot
its good to know there back !!!

Sunday arvo

8 foot seven giller caught at orari mouth