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Our little stingray has finally grown up:D

Giant crawdad without pinchers. My kinda place!!! stingray…the fastest man on the South Island in a 25cm sprint, those poor crays never stood a chance:thumbsup:

Seeing the exploits of the experts I realize that I’m just where I am, planted firmly at the bottom of the pecking order…and loving it :)
We went on our first genuine camping trip to Totranui over...

All this New Zealand fish catching is rubbish and I chalk it all up to photoshop. I’m leaving to go see the americas where the fish fight like wet rags and I used to be able to catch em oh so many...

One of the smartest things I ever heard a fisherman say is "you can't try and do too many things or you just end up being no good at any of them" Albacore are a kick in the pants for sure but that...

I went for the great Kiwi Slam this long weekend...stingray, trout and kingi.
We put the hammer down on some rays in Mapua...had the girls on the end of our paddlepoards spotting cruising rays and...

Jig addiction??!! My therapist has sooooo many other issues that are more pressing!! Honestly a year ago I was planning to move to NZ for the rest of my life so buying 30-45yr worth of jigs seemed...

Someday I’m gonna go fishing a lot in these beautiful waters that surround us!! I’m getting close to actually going for a fish here soon. I do I’d love to go on a kingi jigging trip, like a legit...

Well done on getting out there all and epic performances…especially the guy willing to be a deep fried diver just to put some crays in other peoples bellies :)
I dig the squid swimbait!!!
Not to...

Oh man you guys are tearing em up!! My kids are gonna freak when they see the mako pic, great pic!!

Well done. They look just like Quinaults to me:D

Met up with a good guy and a good dog…held onto a stick and tried to do as
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Fresh salmon= chromer
About to spawn/spawning salmon= booter/boot

Sorry I’m not around too much mates, just getting a few things piled up for the move….
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Packed 38 rods and still found a couple to use for a quick salmon fish
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Packin rods...
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I long for the day(s) when I can be scrambling to make every Stingray expedition...soon my friend!!

I’d put weights in em if our tourneys had a brand new boat as top prize!!

It’s been my last year of winter walleye…it’s what I’m best at….which ain’t saying much. The spawn happens when the water warms to about 10 (early April) and the bite it over. Been my best year ever...

I’m still pretty sure he's gonna win the Hilux:thumbsup:
Kingi masters!!! Awesome job, you south island guys are alright!!

It was a beautiful tour stingray and it brings tears to my eyes to see the good people of New Zealand in their natural habitat…tears to my eyes to see the smallest kukuwai and think of all the poor...

Fished the lower Waimea (6min from where we’re staying in Hope) for the last two hours of light tonight. Scared a couple tiny trout, had one small follower, saw a 5 pounder cruising in the slack...

stingray we were the best fisherman in the world for a total of 7 or so minutes and then things went steadily downhill :)
Thank you for the trip and the yarns and all the discussions on this and...

Grass is always greener on the other side of the pacific…in the US we basically pay $1000 per animal we kill and the premier hunting areas take 30-50 years to get a tag. The differences certainly...

Had a few hours. Went to the mouth of the Utuhina and found a sign that said no parking and a private property sign so I figured that I couldn’t fish there and I really don’t want to piss off the...