Thread: Show me your maimais

That must be one big lake Gadget so has it a bit more water in than when Munsey took the pics of his mai mai?

No improvement Dundee. We drove the same route we walked last season. The water last season was keeping the fellas cool in the thigh waders, at the moment the track is basically dry. The sooner that bar gets set up, and the loos drained to the lake, the better.

Thinking of building a couple of these. Plywood Boat, how to build a one sheet plywood boat GardenFork.TV - YouTube Could use them to drag/float the gear out then use them as layout blinds. Could do a camo paint job, or paint them grey and use black polythene as a cover so they look like water troughs.

latest from Ecan(firday 05/04/2013) is mean water depth is 0.55mtres over an area of 180sq kms.yes gents shes a big duckpond. did a spot of maimaiing down the rakaia yesterday and bugger me a fat juvenile canada dropped in to commence a bit of avian horizontal tango with me floater decoys.he stayed dropped coutersy of my mates and hes just dropped down me throat with luvly spud topping and rich sauce.yeeesssss i love this organic meat.river was a little high -obviously runoff from the alps ,but good news plenty of birds buggerising about.
no mrs piggy wasnt home but we sure as hell saw where the porky gardeners had been bloody hard at work.their day will come.

pond at 5.45 tonight

Man that's a nice pond , plenty of ducks on it too .

Originally Posted by gadgetman

No improvement Dundee. We drove the same route we walked last season. The water last season was keeping the fellas cool in the thigh waders, at the moment the track is basically dry. The sooner that bar gets set up, and the loos drained to the lake, the better.

Thinking of building a couple of these. Plywood Boat, how to build a one sheet plywood boat GardenFork.TV - YouTube Could use them to drag/float the gear out then use them as layout blinds. Could do a camo paint job, or paint them grey and use black polythene as a cover so they look like water troughs.

Just get a decoy sled from cabelas. It will end up lighter than the plywood and probably no more expensive than buying the sheet of plywood. I wouldn't leave home without my decoy seld. Very handy for carrying a decent bag of swans or geese out in as well. A bigger sled is better as long as you can fit it in your vehicle.

at the moment first weekend in May is the one that counts

Looking good Lindsay Barnett I bet those harvested paddocks will be a blessing

yes i am not complaning

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

Just get a decoy sled from cabelas. It will end up lighter than the plywood and probably no more expensive than buying the sheet of plywood. I wouldn't leave home without my decoy seld. Very handy for carrying a decent bag of swans or geese out in as well. A bigger sled is better as long as you can fit it in your vehicle.

Too late, pretty much just need to screw and glue it together. I'm after something that is bigger and more versatile than the sled. All the materials have been sitting in my garage for years. I could easily just pop a couple on the roof rack, or even nest them.

Hey Munsey, that rain is sounding good!

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Too late, pretty much just need to screw and glue it together. I'm after something that is bigger and more versatile than the sled. All the materials have been sitting in my garage for years. I could easily just pop a couple on the roof rack, or even nest them.

Fair call. Never let if be said that I talked someone out of a good DIY project. With ours we create a pile of decoy bags. Put the sled upside down over it. Put the camo net over that and then put it behind one of the blinds and it basically disappears.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

Fair call. Never let if be said that I talked someone out of a good DIY project. With ours we create a pile of decoy bags. Put the sled upside down over it. Put the camo net over that and then put it behind one of the blinds and it basically disappears.

I want it for more than just bird hunting. It will be used as a shallow draught canoe and would be OK as a roof box as well.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Hey Munsey, that rain is sounding good!

Yeh it's flooded my job site , got a concrete truck stuck up to it's axels , what a mess ! Yes the silver lining is lake levels may rise . More predicted too

munsey-if ya got any spare concrete drop it in ellesmere too,might help raise the bloody level a little faster. i look forward to Hon gadget(member for DIY)sveltley sliding across the lakebed in his new plywood pontoon..like yon vessels of old prehaps one of your mighty goose decoys coulddecorate the prow old chap.