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Hi all,
Just putting a post up to see if there are any spearos around on the forum, particularly in Christchurch? Would be good to have a thread to share info/stories if there are a few people keen. I am relatively new to hunting and keen to do more but diving and spearfishing is my bread and butter.
Cheers
Yes, a beginner. I've been a beginner for about 5 years :D
Don't do that much, but enjoy it when I do. Rod and line fishing is the way I feed my family.
I’m kind of the reverse, hunting is my bread and butter and although I grew up scuba diving for scallops and crays, I have started doing a bit of spear fishing during the summer month’s now too
I’m a keen spearo. Not based your way though. Been rod fishing all my life & dad started taking me out for some snorkelling/spearfishing when I was around 10yrs old. Got into it seriously when I started uni back around 2007 or so. In the 10yrs I spent in Dunedin spearfishing was my main source of wild protein year round, with some rod fishing thrown in (did tons of fly fishing but mostly catch & release for trout). Got into hunting around 2015. Between the rods, spear & rifle now we eat pretty well pretty consistently.
Keen Spearo for over 20 yrs but living in Central Otago has dried my gills out. The Fish and Game wardens seem to get very excited when I mention is it possible to do some drifts and spearing in the Twizel canals.
Get into it though, awesome sport and like Pixie said it's a great way to consistently put fish on the table.
Yea within my flat we have 3 divers and 3 hunters so we are always having a venison, fish and crays. Save a bit of $$ too as meat is usually the expensive part of the meal. Hell of a lot more fun than going to the supermarket too
Worked at a dive school for a bit, and got really annoyed with being on the water all dav just for a couple of hours in the water. Threw in the towel and took up freediving, and haven't looked back. That was 30 years ago, and still spending as much time as possible in the water. Make spearguns as a side hustle, so I'm always tinkering.
It's a tough decision now between going for a hunt or getting on the water. Shooting rabbits at night and spearfishing through the day just seemed like a good compromise :thumbsup:
Not Chch based tho.
Keen spearo in northland here (definitely not Auckland, but still locked down with those mugs). Been doing it for 15 odd years, manage to rustle up a feed when I make the time to get out. Getting out seems to be the hard bit recently, with a 2yr old, a second due in 6 weeks and lockdowns.
Bop spearo here. There's a couple of us on the forum. Run a relatively large spearfishing club, never go diving because I work all the bloody time.
Auckland based spearo here, (definitely not Northland),
Always keen to dive with new people and with those that enjoy collecting seafood for a feed not glory.
I have a speargun I have never fired......it must be at least 3-4 years old....
I always seem to end up boatman or looking after kids.
Thats gonna change this summer.
Hey @Nick-D , what club?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick-D
Yep been playing in the briney since I could swim, Mainly dive and fish the Wellington region but get up round the east cape a couple times a year
Been spearing over 50 yrs now biggest problem is get a big enough suit now and the extra weights but should be easier now with the netting ban , just float around and shoot butters from the surface . just hope Greenpeace doesn't try rescue me .
Sons of TangaroaQuote:
Originally Posted by Freezer
Used to, in Chch area too. Work and children have got in the way of it recent years. Also got an unfired gun I plan to use this summer. It's a great way to get a feed.
Yep, got into spearfishing a couple of years ago,haven’t really shot much other than butters yet, in chc, pretty keen to get out as soon as we out of this house arrest business
Good that there is a few floating round. I am actually in Auckland all summer and not really working so plan to make some big trips up to Northland, Coromandel and East Cape. Will check back to this thread around then and could tee up a quick dive with some of ya. Ill bring the beers!
Dorkus and I quite like a beer so could prob sus that out.
Chuck some pics up @jpurdon of your catch/trips etc will increase your chances.
We also like baking and bacon egg pies
I mix n match between tanks and free diving. Here in Nelson it’s about getting good vis, kingis out off the Glen in the summer easy access and spat farms if you’ve got a boat.
Enjoy a kingi hunt , or getting a feed off butters but my heart is still set on hunting crays.
Being to Niue was fantastic warm and clear. Highly recommended!
Best years of my life.Quote:
Originally Posted by superdiver
Super diver has his name for a reason.
Stop it you big flirtQuote:
Originally Posted by Freezer
Yeah mate. Queenstown based so south coast, fiordland and west coast swimming.
The majority of my spearfishing has been on great barrier island the last couple of years since we bought a place up there
Pies and beers, hard to beat really. Bagged a good snapper when I was up for a weekend a couple months ago. Kingi in coromandel over Easter and then down in Christchurch we have heaps of crays about so got a few donkeys.Quote:
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That is a very good snap for that spot. I haven't dived it in years but pulled a few out of there biggest going 15lbs or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by jpurdon
Yea, obviously popular. I reckon it was because it was after the first cold snap of the winter. Matt Watson has this theory on his FB page that all the big snapper come right in shore after the first real cold snap for the season, I'm definitely going to test the theory next year
Pretty keen on the spearfishing , spending more time teaching the kids how to do it lately which is good fun.
Plenty of spearos in welly and you guys hsve access to some awesome coastQuote:
Originally Posted by ANOTHERHUNTER
I'm mad keen at spearfishing, I probably get in the water as much as I do in the bush.
Started spearing back in 1997 and have kinda done it on and off. Not much of late. I came to NZ expecting idiotically large kingies and i wasn't disappointed. The Aldermans are unreal
If you see a pudgy fulla dragging a riffe metaltech around instead on a 1.1m whatever, that will be me :D
Haha classic. Ive got a trip planned to the Aldermans this summer, I've been thinking about it for nearly a year
