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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr300WSM View Post
    That’s a great start there were more people than whitebait at the Waimakariri today my mate only caught 4 individual bait in 3 hours
    Conditions were great today I feel for your mate, we have all had our share of days like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag View Post
    Conditions were great today I feel for your mate, we have all had our share of days like that.
    I’m taking the boy out tomorrow afternoon so I hope things improve down there
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    No whitebaiting for me this year , probably not a bad thing seeing how much of a hammering the rivers have had here over the last year
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    Quote Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag View Post
    Yeah the season on the east coast runs from the 1st Sep through until the end of October, what part of the country are you visiting?
    Bloke I got 3 months over there, and 1 job interview, 7th time over in 9 years
    I probably should move over
    So I'm gonna do my best to fish /hunt as much as I can of SI
    Ms is getting 7 days in NI
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr300WSM View Post
    That’s a great start there were more people than whitebait at the Waimakariri today my mate only caught 4 individual bait in 3 hours
    Smarter than me. I got the same exact number but persevered for an extra hour.

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    1.5 kg for me on the Clutha yesterday great to be back into it.
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    Be nice to live near the coast and watch the bait swim into yr net.

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    Yip tell me about it I couldn't get any further from the coast if I tried

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    Quote Originally Posted by Padox View Post
    Yip tell me about it I couldn't get any further from the coast if I tried
    I’d swap living by the coast whitebaiting for your fallow bucks any day of the week.

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    Took the boy out he caught 204 grams I caught 101 grams if this keeps up I’m going to start fishing in front of him. Cooked up some bacon sandwiches for dinner good to be out there.
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    Nice photos of the waimak and my breakfast.
    Enjoy yr feed off whitebait yum.

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    I dunno the 10yrs looking after the herd and a 4wks a year spent walking and behind the glass is kinda hard work

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    Quote Originally Posted by Padox View Post
    I dunno the 10yrs looking after the herd and a 4wks a year spent walking and behind the glass is kinda hard work
    Yeah, plenty of jobs look amazing from the outside, but living it day in day out takes the wow away.


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    I take more pleasure now days putting other ppl especially kids onto deer now more than pulling the trigger myself
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    1.2 kg's this morning scooping in the surf, back at the carpark by 7am and then dropped into work for an hour.

    Will have a tasty feed tonight

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