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Had a couple of hours to fill in so went an tried some new soft baits in the Waikato. Nice sized brownie.
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Had a couple of hours to fill in so went an tried some new soft baits in the Waikato. Nice sized brownie.
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Grabbed some lures to match the ragwort moth hatch.
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Lost a good bow on the mepps it took off like a rocked then spat the hook.
Just on dark landed one on the toby with "Bo's" help.
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Snake Charmer
Grabbed Bo from his comfy bed last night.
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Was going to stay for the rise but came home at 2040hrs after landing this.
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And it looked like the river was rising again with more rain falling.
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why yes we did...2hrs in dingy,boated 9 fish...kept biggest 4...now comes the freaky bit...we left lake at 7 got home n had cuppa before I went out to clean fish...which had been iki spiked at lake,then sat in dry bottom of boat for 2.5 hours....when washing them one fishs gill plates started moving again.....wife came out and confirmed I hadnt lost the plot...gutted it and washed out properly...cleaned others and when hooked through gills to carry into fridge it still had movement going on in jaw/gill area........too mecky bros..too mecky indeed...... enough to freak a fella out...Ive seen eels do it but brown trout arent supposed to stay moving for that long out of water.
Haven't done alot of fishing this year as chasing Sika is too much fun. Finally got out for a fish back down south on the Oreti and landed two nice browns, one just over 4lb and one just under 6lbs which is my biggest to date.
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Well yes, just a small brownie that stopped for a quick photo
Last trout for 2020 took the soft bait.
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First brown for 2021 took the softbait as pictured above.
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The tomato sauce has got to your eyes.
A few more trout from the last week,all on the Manawatu River.
Mrs Dundee landed her first for 2021.
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The rest were caught by me with Bo at my side.
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This one was not much bigger than the lure.
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Bo spotting trout.
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A few more rainbows.
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49 trout were kept for 2020.
Probably just envy but I do wounder if your arms are as stretchy as your rangefinder! Maybe these as small as the first example :XD: Happy 2021 @DundeeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
A few small ones that went back,caught on the joe fly.
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Went down to Balance at Manawatu Gorge but fishing was buggered as the Mangahauo Dam was released!
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Tryed another spot upstream by a village called Kumeroa.
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