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We fed the stingrays our fish scraps at the wharf too....there is a couple of massive specimens there.

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Another awesome trip with great company. Thanks again Joe you are a Leg end.

[Shearer]

We fed the stingrays our fish scraps at the wharf too....there is a couple of massive specimens there.

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Yeah. One of them drank too much and wouldn't stop complaining about the company.

[Pengy]

[stingray]

Simple story ...down Thursday stayed up way to late yarning and having a beer ...tides were huge so either up at VC o'clock to get boats in or wait until a respectable hour and go then ...up late breakfast and away ...large roll and a nasty bit of wind snuck up squally tucked in burleyed ..VC went out wide doing the same ...dead as a really dead thing ..pulled hook lines one carrot and a rig ..set hook line burnt rest of a 5 kg burley one run on Pengys rod ..nada zip zero ..pulled hook line 5 carrots 3 keepers ..snatched a feed of mussels and home to find a crew well internched ...handshakes and laughter etc ..filleted the fish ..feed rays went to see a mate ..took the rif raf with me ..shared a beer ..invited them for tea ...his good lady and her mate took over the kitchen cook up a storm..we cleaned up said our good nights etc ..bed ......@gadegeteman and crew turned up at midnight ..never heard the come in ...

Saturday was again a wait for the tide still very sloppy I took Rocktoy and his lad , VC teamed up with a small gadget and the rest sorted themselves ...we ran down to the pass a long slow run battling side on wind running against the northerly swell (not fun) ..no bloody kingi's in the pass ..no cod on the local reefs ...I was starting to sweat ...then with an out going tide we got a bite Rocktoy and RT jiouner set about killing fish first the cod then the snapper ...starting with pannies and finishing with some nice eaters ...I'd say we got lucky ...but then we ran into my lad and his gang who had driven in and walked down to the coast and were freediving close to where we were fishing ...next thing whahoos and yippies ...a poor old kingi made the mistake of being a bit nosiey and he knocked it over ...he swam over to us and dumped it in the boat so he didn't have to carry it up the hill ...

We ran home with small RT driving us very well through a reasonable sea. Home just as the wind kicked in filleted the fish along with a hundred wasps ..vespexd the barstards with what we hope will a great result ...the bait tray being full when we set it and just dust when I checked it that evening ...drank beer yarned ate yarned bed ...

Day 3 woke to wind and rain VC and Shearer went to the pass for a landbased session ..temp dropped considerably from 24+ to 10 this morning ...yarned cleaned packed and sorted ...away home after a wonderful lunch sorted by Shearer good lady ...a wonderful weekend full of humour and bullshit and just great company ! Thanks guys , next year we will do it all again ....because it is simply great fun ..cheers Stingray

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[stingray]

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Day 2




Day 3

[ROKTOY]

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An awesome fish shot by Blake



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[ROKTOY]

Thanks team for a great time. Plenty of yarns, heaps of good food, and good company. @stingray, Sorry about THAT fish, But thanks for the day out catching all the others, and for giving Aaron an awesome day out. (And myself too.)
We had a fantastic day on the water on Saturday, Fish in the bin, borrowed some mussels.
The days haul

Not the coastguard

Skipper and the pilot on the way home

A proud boy and his fish


Sunday morning, Aaron and I had planned to put kayaks in the water for a few hours, but the rain gods appeared with the much awaited and needed liquid gold. So time was spent with hot cups of tea and a few more yarns before a quick clean up and parting of ways.

[gadgetman]

Fantastic weekend organised by @stingray again, supported by the rest of the Nelson crew. Good to catch up with some familiar faces, and meet some new ones.

We got away from town a little later than expected and hit some very slow traffic on the way up. Not sure, but I think I need a bigger trailer, big load with a 20kg yak on board. Stopped in Blenheim for fuel, pizza and bait.



Arrived about 11:45pm, unpacked enough stuff and hit the sack. Got up in the morning and put together the gear I wanted for the days outing. Wanted to test out the new yak and the cheap gadgetman long line special. Decided to go in full stealth mode, red long johns donned for warmth and weather protection.



I went for a solo mission in the yak. There was a bit of wind to contend with, rollers coming in from the north and a bit of chop from the east. Really happy with the boat speed and tracking from the wee thing. Managed a respectable average of 3.6mph (5.8km/h) for the 10km track I had planned to the area I wanted to have a look at. Considering I hadn't been out on the yak for a couple of years I was reasonably happy with that.



I pulled into a beach and chopped up some bait that had been too solid to cut earlier. I relaunched and successfully set the long line, though the wind didn't do me any favours. I started up wind from where I wanted to end up but it kept changing directions and blew me in a circle. Oh well, back out with the paddles and force the issue.

After a setting the line I went for a play and somehow managed to turtle. Quickly flipped the tub over and threw the couple of things back in that had floated off back into the tray before regaining my seat. Then I went and recovered the long line which had heaps of legal, but small, snapper nicely lip hooked. All successfully returned to grow a bit bigger. Then set off again for home base which produced the same speed, so seems a natural easy pace.

A look at the GPS log when I could see it properly said I'd covered 22km. Not too bad for someone only 21 and a bit that is out of shape and out of practice.

Great fun, and looking forward to next years event.

[Shearer]

Stingray feeders.

There was one particularly large specimen (estimated at over 200lb). You can clearly see him here in the photo observing from the jetty.

[stingray]

Loving life!

[ROKTOY]

Right who is to blame for showing my boy where fish come from?
Now look what you made him do.

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[Pengy]

Would you rather he sat in front of the playstation ? ( that is a rhetorical question of course)

[stingray]

Well how does the 1st weekend of march 2020 suit everyone? Batch booked so ...march 1st Friday until 3rd Sunday ...can't guarantee a spot on a boat or the weather will be any bloody good...then on the other hand ..beer , yarns , bullshit and laughter a certainty?