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Hi all ,just found this site and have joined .Thought I'd Introduce myself .Names Steve and Im a Kiwi living in Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula in NZ ,Im a mad keen fisherman and am into Game fishing(Black, ,Blue and Striped Marlin,Y/fin Tuna ,Skipjack and Albacoreand mahimahi).I also catch Hapuka(groper)kingfish,snapper(pinkies)kahawai(sea salmon)etc .I have a Trailcraft 530 cabsport with a 115hp Optimax on her .I lived and worked in WA for about 12yrs from1980 til approx 1992 Worked at Tuetonic bore ,Barrow Is and Perth ,met and married my WA wife who is also a mad keen fisherman .Ryan from Oceanside may well remember me ,the wife and i went back in July last year for a family event ,we visited Ryan on three occasions in 10 days and bought ,reels, line ,lures etc (filled a small suitcase )from him to bring home with us Top man great prices brilliant shop
We have two daughters ,both at university so have three spare bedrooms in the house ,if anyone is coming over here and wants to see paradice on earth and do some fishing PM me and we will talk (not a comercial operation )Summer is best ,its 5degs at the moment and Icey
Colin Hay
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Date Joined: 23/10/07
Welcome aboard mate
Sounds like a gfeat place to live - spart from the cold weather. Look forward to seeing some of your reports on fishing over there as I now it can be spectacular.
Don't be afraid to ask any questions - there are a lot of people here who have great information and are very helpful.
All the best, Colin Hay
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Dreamweaver
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Date Joined: 01/12/07
Welcome Steve!
Welcome Steve - as (the other) Colin said, plenty of help on here! 5degs and icey - brrrrrr! LOL
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Shag
Posts: 776
Date Joined: 15/10/06
Welcome to the site i know
Welcome to the site i know the waters around your area ive got a brother in Whangerei another in New Plymouth and a sister in Wanganui im originally an Auckland boy myself im heading back over next year to catch up with family might drop by and say hi do you enter any compitions over there my brother in Whangerei goes in a few CHEERS SHAG
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SPESS
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Date Joined: 29/12/06
coming over for a friends
coming over for a friends wedding in jan and would love to get out fishing for a day, shit ill even pay ya to take me out, ill keep ya in mind Cheers spess.
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Bloke
Posts: 440
Date Joined: 26/02/08
Hey Bro!
Welcome to the site!
May your chilly bins remain full of fush fellits and your chups cruspee
Got a few good kiwi mates over east that I miss being around, always keen for a good camp oven dinner or a seafood delight harvested by ourselves.
I give em heaps of shit about how it is over here in WA, and how small their black mussells are compared to Aussie style, the greens are ok but the black one are awesome.
Al.
GusG
Posts: 547
Date Joined: 07/04/08
Welcome
G'day Steve, welcome to the site. I would love to fish the Coromandel one day. My mate owns a house on the Tongariro so i am planning at some stage soon to go over and fish the rivers and would love to hit up the Coromandel during that trip too. I might look you up then and get some info from you or even tee upa trip out with you ;-)
Thanks for the offer.
Gus
Andy Mac
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Welcome Steve
Cheers
Cheers
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Mick
Posts: 501
Date Joined: 28/08/06
Welcome SteveJust a
Welcome Steve
Just a question though, how old are your daughters?
jk
And when is uni break?
Cheers Mick
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Neander
Posts: 520
Date Joined: 23/10/07
Howdy whiti, welcome to the
Howdy whiti,
welcome to the site, hope you enjoy.
Elora Danan
Posts: 379
Date Joined: 15/03/08
Hi there Steve!
Enjoy every moment that you log on here because there's a few comments that are absolute beauties which will make you laugh
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Can't wait to see these Harpuka's and BIG YTK pics. All ready excited!
Cheers lads,
Darda. H
Whiti-fisho
Posts: 2
Date Joined: 07/06/08
I step out my door to
I step out my door to Paradice on Earth
Thanks for the welcome guys always could rely on aussies to be sociable
Shag ,yeah mate I enter as many comps locally as I can I'm amember of the Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club and do all thier Tournements
One base ,4days game fishing on a 48footer in feb
Tuna ,2 days $10,000 spread over the top ten tuna caught
Ladies ,skipper or deckie for the wifes team ,1 day sheer hell
Ligth tackle ,snapper ,Icebreaker and merv dryland memorial
Spess,Jan a good time game fish starting to arrive weather great ,fishing awesome
Hobie bloke,Went to a job this arvo walked across the road to the rocks picked 25 green lipped mussels all about 100mm in 5 mins ,having them for dinner tonight
Gus G,as above jan good time here we are quite lucky here as ,as well as the above fish we have a large estuary which has flounder and oysters in it and in the bay we have scallops ,paua (abalone)pipis and tuatuas so really no matter what the weather theres always some sort of seafood gathering to be done
Mick ,21 and 19 blonds ,blue eyes and way to much sense to let you guys get a sniff in
I do miss the prawns ,yabbies ,blue manor crabs and barramundi from WA and when we were back last july i ate enough to last me till the next visit ,will post report of next trip out with pictures hopefully this coming weekend weather permitting