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    Spent a few hours catching piper in the Tauranga harbor this afternoon. I hear there are a few kingies about too @Gibo?
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    Yeah mate, sling one of them out live

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    Yeah mate, sling one of them out live
    Back to the mainland tomorrow morning. Next time maybe.
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    Ducked out for a quick arvo dive on Sunday. Some prick was anchored up in my spot so I carried on out to the Hen. Vis was beautiful and water was warm. Managed a snapper on my first dive and a cray on the second.

    Ended up spending 2hrs in the water, 3hr round trip. Managed to bring home a good feed but nothing big around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorkus View Post
    Ducked out for a quick arvo dive on Sunday. Some prick was anchored up in my spot so I carried on out to the Hen. Vis was beautiful and water was warm. Managed a snapper on my first dive and a cray on the second.

    Ended up spending 2hrs in the water, 3hr round trip. Managed to bring home a good feed but nothing big around.

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    You do well spearing the snaps! How deep are you diving generally?
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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    You do well spearing the snaps! How deep are you diving generally?
    I wrote a big long reply but my browser stalled and lost it. Here is the abridged version...

    These guys (as with most snapper I shoot) were in less than 10m of water. How deep I dive depends on the target species and methods of the day. For snapper, in shallow with lots of good guts and boulders is the best option - Ideal scenario is 0-10m deep with sun behind and current in face. If burleying, access to deep water and a bit of current is a must, as is a concealed approach.

    If targeting weedline fish (tarakihi, john dory, boarfish etc.) then where the weed meets sand in 15-18m is a good depth. I can do that all day... I can work a 25m weed edge but it is hard work and has to be fishy with good vis to be worth the effort.

    In the tropics it is not uncommon to do 30m+ when hunting reef species and pelagics (dogtooth tuna mainly) but you can get by in shallower depending on how much fishing pressure there is.

    My deepest freedive (purely in pursuit of depth, not for spearfishing) is 55m, but due to the nature of spearfishing you need to build in a considerable safety margin. Also please note I don't do anything over about 15m without a competent buddy watching my back (15m is very conservative for me but please work to your own numbers as what is safe for me will likely kill someone else). Shallow water blackout is a dangerous phenomenon which kills spearos regularly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorkus View Post
    I wrote a big long reply but my browser stalled and lost it. Here is the abridged version...

    These guys (as with most snapper I shoot) were in less than 10m of water. How deep I dive depends on the target species and methods of the day. For snapper, in shallow with lots of good guts and boulders is the best option - Ideal scenario is 0-10m deep with sun behind and current in face. If burleying, access to deep water and a bit of current is a must, as is a concealed approach.

    If targeting weedline fish (tarakihi, john dory, boarfish etc.) then where the weed meets sand in 15-18m is a good depth. I can do that all day... I can work a 25m weed edge but it is hard work and has to be fishy with good vis to be worth the effort.

    In the tropics it is not uncommon to do 30m+ when hunting reef species and pelagics (dogtooth tuna mainly) but you can get by in shallower depending on how much fishing pressure there is.

    My deepest freedive (purely in pursuit of depth, not for spearfishing) is 55m, but due to the nature of spearfishing you need to build in a considerable safety margin. Also please note I don't do anything over about 15m without a competent buddy watching my back (15m is very conservative for me but please work to your own numbers as what is safe for me will likely kill someone else). Shallow water blackout is a dangerous phenomenon which kills spearos regularly.
    That's awesome! Personally I'd struggle to swim 10m on the surface while holding my breath.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorkus View Post
    I wrote a big long reply but my browser stalled and lost it. Here is the abridged version...

    These guys (as with most snapper I shoot) were in less than 10m of water. How deep I dive depends on the target species and methods of the day. For snapper, in shallow with lots of good guts and boulders is the best option - Ideal scenario is 0-10m deep with sun behind and current in face. If burleying, access to deep water and a bit of current is a must, as is a concealed approach.

    If targeting weedline fish (tarakihi, john dory, boarfish etc.) then where the weed meets sand in 15-18m is a good depth. I can do that all day... I can work a 25m weed edge but it is hard work and has to be fishy with good vis to be worth the effort.

    In the tropics it is not uncommon to do 30m+ when hunting reef species and pelagics (dogtooth tuna mainly) but you can get by in shallower depending on how much fishing pressure there is.

    My deepest freedive (purely in pursuit of depth, not for spearfishing) is 55m, but due to the nature of spearfishing you need to build in a considerable safety margin. Also please note I don't do anything over about 15m without a competent buddy watching my back (15m is very conservative for me but please work to your own numbers as what is safe for me will likely kill someone else). Shallow water blackout is a dangerous phenomenon which kills spearos regularly.
    I agree with VC....Awesome!!

    Maybe you could start a spearos thread on here.

    I for one (and im sure many others) would be super keen on reading about peoples experiences, stories, missions etc.

    What is 'tight lines' to a spearo... wishing you 'solid hits'

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    Lots of rain over the last week and a bit of snow and the estuary is very fresh!
    So of course river flounder!.



    What a cold barstard wind there was tonight.... serves me right for T-Shirt and Polar fleece with no windproof layer....been spoilt with the mild weather the last couple of months.

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    Icey cold this morning.... lots of weed leaves and plastic in the net.
    Average size quite a bit smaller now than the big fellas I was getting a month or two ago but got another 13.



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    Cold as a witches tit here this morning.
    Go the mighty flounder mutt

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    Fishing was too good yesterday morning. Launched at 0630, fishing by 0700. First three drops with inchiku resulted in three good snapper, maybe 10lb, then a 40cm fish came aboard. Caught in 50 metres and blown, so in the chilly bin they went. Stopped snapper fishing as anything further would have been surplus. Had a jig for kingfish, no takers. Packed up at 0830, back at ramp by 0900. Hate winter, but can't complain about the fishing!


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    Chasing the big ones again today...




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    Quote Originally Posted by MB View Post
    Chasing the big ones again today...



    More people should be doing this with kids!!
    (And admit it, I bet you had fun to! )

    Well done.
    Please excuse spelling, as finger speed is sometimes behind brain spped........ Or maybe the other wayy.....

 

 

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