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Went up the Raglan Harbour last weekend Floundering …. Found a good bed of what I assume are dredge oysters … any reasons not to eat em ??

Bugs were thick on the ground in the usual close to home spot, 40min dive between 2 resulted in 10 kept our allotted 6, hit the Terakihi rock for a few and a couple bonus snaps too ......lobster TV a...

DAMNNNN !!!!! That crispy skin carrot looks good ......

Yep in the Firth .... Rig is nothing special ....Surtees 575 workmate with a few extras and the JD rig is Sinker at the bottom up to a 3 way swivel and I use a good size circle hook on about a 1.5m...

Wind was up more than forecast but no swell so all good .... nice steady fishing with a couple of JDs on the bottom liveys, saw a couple of horse sized kingis cruising but weren’t interested in...

Woo might actually get new rig wet .... weather looks good for the firth so Kaiaua beckons ... anyone else heading out??

Good stuff Charliehorse!! Flyblowns right, I had a farmer mate that thought he had One or two deer coming out on his farm at night, took the thermal down and showed him 11 in one mob ..... NV setup...

Water was 18 deg so still pretty good

These were welcome today ..... plenty around, along with big groups of just undersized packies, one monster that bailed as soon as I spotted him 166000

Te Hoe Homekills .... bier sticks and salamis are the goods!!!

Like any small 4.5m 5.5m Ali hull they will bang and you will get what you pay for ..... I’d be looking at a second hand Ramco or Southern boat 30k should get a sweet older rig with possibly a re...

A workmate gave me some Carolina Reapers put one in a stew ...... big mistake

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The Culleys bbq rubs are really worth it

Thanks everyone, would have loved to have seen him grow into a big old boy, 11 points in three years is pretty amazing.... but as the farmer says he’s farming cattle not deer.
Cheers

Thanks for the replies ..... cheers for that link 7mmwsm, hmmmm going off those teeth pics you’d think it was a 2 year old??, is it possible for a stags second antler set to have that many points??

After some help from the forum ageing this red stag, curious to know and have really no idea to even be in the ballpark 165452
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He made the mistake of smashing up farmers freshly planted...

This was the small one, the big one owned us !!! saltiga on full drag couldn’t stop it 160958
Not so many snaps but couple of bigger ones today so smoker will be busy, you should have a great week...

Heading there tomorrow, Fished last weekend plenty of 50cm snapper around, pretty much any rocky structure or reef is holding them, anchor up current, berley up big, baits and hopefully screaming...

Yeah not keen on a dose of the bumwees ...... one local has said no way !! And one has said yeah should be sweet as, so will probably err on side of caution, plenty of crays and Terakihi to eat no...

Howdy Y’all

On my travels today around the Tairua harbour at low tide, I found a nice patch of good size oysters, has anyone eaten them from this area? I’ve checked online and can’t find any...

First summerish net for flounder in Raglan harbour was a success ...... damn tasty !!!!
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Scabbard just needs more sanding and then oiling

Tanto Style knife from a file, really fun to make these things from old stuff lying around the garage ....
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Damn that looks cold!!!! .... well done all who attended and thanks from a slightly warmer north

Mullet are moving at the moment with the recent rains ...bait for summer almost done
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