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    South Island Koura

    I have been in Central Otago for the last month and tried out some Yabbie pots my son brought over from Aus.WOW do you S I chaps have some good fishing down there. Never had an empty pot. We put all the smaller ones and those with eggs back keeping just enough for a tasty entree each day.

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    Velocity is thrilling,but diameter does the real killing.

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    Cool bro what did you use for bait?

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    Shit those are a good size!!! Nom nom nom!!

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    Wow they are big. The bigist i have ever seen these ways would barely cover my little fingrenail

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    Quote Originally Posted by Twoshotkill View Post
    Wow they are big. The bigist i have ever seen these ways would barely cover my little fingrenail
    Those are crutch crickets 2shot!!!
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    Well done John that is the biggest Koura I have ever seen. Man I used to eat a shit load of them in my younger days.
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    No... Those fuckers ive seen big!!! They were using the matchsticks on the back of the tiolet to polevalt across the room!!
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    Bugger me paint them orange and call them crayfish . I had no idea they could get so big . Good skills
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    Massive! I used to find plenty as kid Pissing round in the river all day,dunno if there would be any there now.
    Most of the ones i used to find were only 80-100mm long.

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    Are they out of a river or lake???

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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    Massive! I used to find plenty as kid Pissing round in the river all day,dunno if there would be any there now.
    Most of the ones i used to find were only 80-100mm long.

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    The bait was what ever was on hand that day Goat,Pig,Duck,Bacon,Turkey,Venison, didnt seem to make any difference. No need to paint them theys all orange when cooked.They came out of a power station water canal.
    Velocity is thrilling,but diameter does the real killing.

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    They love liver
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Quote Originally Posted by john m View Post
    The bait was what ever was on hand that day Goat,Pig,Duck,Bacon,Turkey,Venison, didnt seem to make any difference. No need to paint them theys all orange when cooked.They came out of a power station water canal.
    Taste better than their briny cousins IMO. Lucky bugger!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gibo View Post
    Taste better than their briny cousins IMO. Lucky bugger!
    Never tasted them , man I've got to get me one of those nets
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