Hi went for my first fish 4 the season tonight with Sean Dundee and Mr Dundee, nice night a few jumping up out of the water but not on to my rod.We got nothing but all good try again tomorrow night.
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Hi went for my first fish 4 the season tonight with Sean Dundee and Mr Dundee, nice night a few jumping up out of the water but not on to my rod.We got nothing but all good try again tomorrow night.
:thumbsup:into it, give the old boy some competition
It's that first one that's the hardest , once it's in the pan, your off.
The Moon could of been the problem maybe?. The joy and the beauty of living away from the cities, Living and playing in such idealic surroundings. Each nite spent outside is 1 to treasure, every 365 of them. Hmm pity Sean was there
Don't you go picking on young Sean GA. They went for a family fish . Not a rumble by the river. Ha ha ha ha Dundee and Mrs could always sneak back after Sean is tucked up for the night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
All else fails try the nickle spinner.......
The 308 cal ones work fine .Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Lehndorf
A Late friend of the family's use to be a deer culler - He told me that when they got sick of eating venison and supply's where low if they spotted trout in a river they would open the Bolt of the 303 - flood the breach and barrel with water, then chamber a round lowering the rifle to the bottom with a boot lace or string tied to the trigger - wait for things to settle down then pull the string.... WHOOPPPMMPPHHHAAA.... ................ he reckoned 8 out of 10 times a trout would pop up................. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris
...............Now go try that with ya brand new $3500 Sako ..............Yea right ..........:pacman:
No need. If its in less than 3 feet of water the old round nose nickel coated ones do the job apparently but i wouldn't know anything about that:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Lehndorf
Roy I don't think you would need to submerge the rifle at all. I reckon just firing the round into the water would create enough of a shock wave to stun a fish. I may be totally wrong of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Lehndorf
Yea , ya more than likely right , but im sure as Fark not planning on trying the old boys method , :D. I have been known to "cast" the odd nickle spinner in the past with some sucess :thumbsup:I think this submerson method be best laid to rest with the the old cullers now in the sky & smiling down on us all. In fact they probably pissing them selves laughing looking at all the cadgets and crap weve got these days.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
My cousins used to take their old mans pump action Winchester .22 underwater to shoot eels. Had a perfect bulge half way down the barrel
Very True.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy Lehndorf
My Uncle used to shoot trout with his 303. He said the key to it was not shooting the fish , rather shooting at the water directly above it. Apparently it stunned it long enough to catch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Yep that is what I reckon.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwi39
According to the dummies guide to rifle fishing page 101.... this is evidence of a typical amateur mistakeQuote:
Originally Posted by Maca49
I found that shooting just under the fish works ,not that I'd do a thing like that .
Those old cullers I reckon if the gadgets had been available back then they'd have them too.
The minimal gear they had seemed to work,most very skilled in bush craft or maybe they where
bush men.
"HARD BASTARDS" springs to mindQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris
But great mentors & teachers too ,they didn't suffer fools.
I can remember my old man taking us fishing one new years day with the .22 spinner one hell of skill to hit them on the rise:D
Bit of a vid on the rise.............no i don't need a fly rod I like the challenge with the spinner.
Manawatu River rise of trout - YouTube
Yep and there wasn't much book learning in what they handed on. Slightly off topic I know Chris but I remember the first time I used a cross cut saw. My paternal grandfather on the other end of it made no concession for my youth and just showed me the stance and the grip and said keep the rhythm with me boy and we'll be right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
That would have been "cutting edge"technology back then eh Rushy !:D:D:D
Faster than a bloody chainsaw in the right hands VCQuote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
You have to start the chainsaw :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Impressive to watch tho.
They didn't have chainsaws when my old man started work in the bush at 14 .
2 man saws ,maul & wedges , slabbing axe & a team of bullocks .
Grand father had a contract to supply timber to the Golden Dawn mine.