Thread: Show me your maimais

I'm out to lake Ellesmere to sort my new spot for a new maimai . Its on private land 1000 acres so plenty of scope and will do a nice job on one . Just want some picks to inspire me in the design and build . So a few tips or tricks would help too . I'm a builder so the constuction bits no prolem .

I'm heading over too mine today,havn't been there since the last day of the season.So will get some pics,its nothing flash but keeps me hidden.

I would take photos of mine but you wont see them cause thats how it should be . Haha jks I cant get to any of mine atm

Originally Posted by Toby

I would take photos of mine but you wont see them cause thats how it should be . Haha jks I cant get to any of mine atm

You've got a lot of cheek for a young fella Toby ,! Keep it up !

Heres a few up at the pond today

Nice pond, very deep?

Originally Posted by Toby

Nice pond, very deep?

Looks deep enough to drown in Toby

I never liked ponds I couldnt get around in with waders. No issue now if my dog learns. If not theres always my nephew

Yes its deeper than gummies and full of eels

Nice pond ! . Wouldn't want to be smoking in your hide at the moment !

Nice pond ,reckon it needs a few trees ,flax , rapu etc .Just looks a bit naked to me .

We have a few ponds on the farm that we shoot but the images below are of the main one (400 yards from the house). We can fit 3 shooters out the main window and there are a couple of other gaps that we can cover the rest of the pond. All we did was build a platform and roof under a Swamp Cyprus and let nature do the rest. The timber will need replacing in the next year or so as its started to get tired. The ducks don't even know we are in there most of the time so it makes for very good shooting.

Our Main Pond:


Close up of maimai from the front:


From the back (under the tree):


View from inside the maimai overlooking the pond:

Very nice

Superb !

A good one Bryan