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Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

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    Quote Originally Posted by akaroa1 View Post
    Got away to the Canterbury high country for the last week of the season.
    Didn't fish much as hunting mornings and evenings so lake fishing was pretty dead during the middle of the day.
    Lots of salmon in the head of the river so didn't see a lot of trout there either. But did catch this 9 lb ( 4kg ) brown jack.
    It was like lifting a brick off the bottom after the first strong run and a few acrobatics he just sat on the bottom and it took a lot of pressure to lift him free.
    Then a nice slow steady drift with a hell of a lot of pressure on him to gently steer into the net of a waiting mate / photographer.Attachment 48866
    That's a bloody big jack there

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    Maybe try water next trip?
    Just got in.
    I could also sit at home sip cups of tea and watch coro st.
    But I prefer taking a few beers wandering the river each evening catching these and being an arsehole.
    3.9lb rainbow this arvo I'll drink to that


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    Mayfly hatch on the upper waiau on Wednesday at 4, river way too swollen to fly!!!! Went to the upukeroa and caught a minnow about 2 inches long on a Adams.... First fish on a dry I Spose!
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    Up Hawkes Bay today/tonight/tomorrow... fished a local river out of napier..
    Landed released 12 rainbow trout 1 to 2.5lb kept 2 biggest ones ph went flat a few of the smaller earlier onesNice spot will be out at daylight

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    Did you do the main river or the one that flows into it?

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    fischermans regards from austria





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    Quote Originally Posted by bomber View Post
    Up Hawkes Bay today/tonight/tomorrow... fished a local river out of napier..
    Landed released 12 rainbow trout 1 to 2.5lb kept 2 biggest ones ph went flat a few of the smaller earlier onesNice spot will be out at daylight

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    2 fish limit up that stretch, and around the confluence of the Mangaone there are a lot of juveniles (spawning area). Upstream of there is closed 30 June. It would be better to go either up or down from there if you want to catch anything bigger. There are a lot of good fish in the rivers at present, fat and getting ready to spawn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by roberto View Post
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    Nice pike. Terrible beer.
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    i love it
    but not really easy (and cheap) to get it here in austria

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    Come to New Zealand sometime and I will introduce you Waikato Draught, to the greatest beer in the world.
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    Quote Originally Posted by roberto View Post
    i love it
    but not really easy (and cheap) to get it here in austria

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    I would think that if Austria uses the same Reinheitsgebot laws as the Germans then neither of these two beers would be allowed due to the high levels of horse piss in them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    Come to New Zealand sometime and I will introduce you Waikato Draught, to the greatest beer in the world.
    Vb my 2nd favorite after the brown bomber...better then that Waikato river water..

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    Quote Originally Posted by bomber View Post
    Vb my 2nd favorite after the brown bomber...better then that Waikato river water..

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    Anything is better than Waikato even a tui that's been shut in the car on a summers day.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TeRei View Post
    Did you do the main river or the one that flows into it?
    The main river basically wondered from the Mangaone convalescence down to puketapu. ...some real great runs on way

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    Quote Originally Posted by BRADS View Post
    Anything is better than Waikato even a tui that's been shut in the car on a summers day.
    Oh Brads I am shocked. You were a pusher once.
    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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    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
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    Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
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    Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms

 

 

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