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Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

  1. 05-07-2022, 03:37 PM #3376
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    Waking to a nice day I convinced the wife to come for a ride to Turangi. Crossing the Desert the mountain looked stunning albeit a bit light in the snow department.
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    The river was low and clear which made for challenging fishing.
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    After 1.5 hours and numerous fly changes I finally managed to hook up It fought hard but I eventually netted a beautifully coloured but skinny jack just under 4lbs which I released to grow bigger
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    Was a nice start to the new season....just need some rain to get the trout moving again.
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  3. 07-07-2022, 11:08 PM #3377
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    Not every day I catch a Taxi up the river in a dump truck.
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    Nothing landed but hey that was different! Usually beat the feet.
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  4. 26-07-2022, 05:40 PM #3378
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    Finally managed to get out for a few hours to flick some flies. The river had a bit of colour and looked pretty fishy
    Hooked 5.....hook pulled on 1, busted off by another that went ballistic - looked to be 7 or 8lb and landed 3.
    Kept 2 silver hens just over 4lbs
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    And released a nice coloured jack just on 5.5lbs
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  5. 26-07-2022, 07:35 PM #3379
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    Lucky buggers,I'm getting withdrawels haven't caught one since May....bloody river always in flood!
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  6. 03-08-2022, 06:20 PM #3380
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    @Dundee here's some more trout porn for ya
    5.5lb hen
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  7. 04-08-2022, 03:03 PM #3381
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    Coming right,should be good to go by the weekend.
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    Nice fat brown, had a couple of other hookups but they spat the hook pretty quick. The fishing has been pretty good lately.
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  9. 06-08-2022, 12:43 AM #3383
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    I may have caught the last trout in Kai Iwi Lakes today. Fatty too!

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  10. 06-08-2022, 09:17 AM #3384
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    Awesome
    How long did you wait for that one to come along.
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    Quote Originally Posted by trapperjohn View Post
    Awesome
    How long did you wait for that one to come along.
    Not long, then nothing for the rest of the day.
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    @MB whats the story with that lake? Is it purely stocked or is there a wild population as well?
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  14. 06-08-2022, 04:55 PM #3388
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    Mate, that sucks
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    Fucking well intentioned do good bureaucrats fucking it up for the man in the street again.
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    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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  16. 06-08-2022, 07:33 PM #3390
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    Yeah and that's the end of trout fishing in Northland as far as I'm concerned. The Kai Iwi Lakes were a special fishery. Deep enough that the trout could thrive through our warm summers and good water clarity, plus koura-fed which meant the fish were good to eat. Very healthy, fat fish that got up to 10lb and lots over 4lb. I wouldn't want to eat a trout out of our remaining lakes and the river fish are small.
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