Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/10/20 04:36 PM
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Wow I was surprised to see how easily the fur was plucked. Bloat any dead animal and they'll all pluck fairly easy !!!
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/10/20 08:31 PM
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Here are photos of a few of the species we get over here... Brown trout Snapper Butterfish (Greenbone) get these spearfishing Flounder and herring, get these drag netting Blue Moki another species we getting spearfishing
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/10/20 11:14 PM
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Eating would have to be butterfish or snapper. Nothing quite like fooling a crafty brown trout though!
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/11/20 12:52 AM
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Those butterfish are a interesting looking fish . I helped out at the local Walleye's Unlimited Chapters Kids Fishing Day it's certainly a great time getting kid's thinking about something other then their cell phone or computer game. For the brown trout are you fly fishing or casting lures ? Allan
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/11/20 04:31 PM
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Those butterfish are a interesting looking fish . I helped out at the local Walleye's Unlimited Chapters Kids Fishing Day it's certainly a great time getting kid's thinking about something other then their cell phone or computer game. For the brown trout are you fly fishing or casting lures ? Allan Hello Allan, Yes butterfish are interesting looking, they feed solely on kelp and the dark colour of them helps them blend in. 100% agree on getting kids out and about, much more to life than games and cellphones! For the brown trout mainly casting lures, but do a little bit of fly fishing. However, not that proficient at it yet
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/20/20 06:48 AM
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That's quite a mixed lot of colors that he collected ! And a good catch rate also .
The kids fishing day went well everyone had a great time and caught fish , the next day I caught a 10+ lbs walleye after getting it to the boat took a couple pictures then released her so she could make more walleye's . I'll see if I can post the picture later .
Thank you for sharing your trap line with us ! Allan
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/20/20 09:10 PM
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That's quite a mixed lot of colors that he collected ! And a good catch rate also .
The kids fishing day went well everyone had a great time and caught fish , the next day I caught a 10+ lbs walleye after getting it to the boat took a couple pictures then released her so she could make more walleye's . I'll see if I can post the picture later .
Thank you for sharing your trap line with us ! Allan Thanks Allan. Good to hear that the kids fishing day was a success, look forward to seeing a photo of your 10lb'er!
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/23/20 07:53 PM
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Good catch!!! Thank you for sharing the pictures, keep posting them they as re interesting!!
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/23/20 10:22 PM
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I killed a few of those when I was in new Zealand, vastly different than our possums, one of the best things I have ever got to watch was in new Zealand, it was a possum toss. They would gather up a pile of dead possums and let the kids throw them, whoever threw them the farthest was the winner. The anti's here in America would have lost their feces.
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/30/20 10:51 PM
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That's a good run for over the weekend on possums ! It's a good thing getting those youngen's out to help on the trap line !
Keep up the good work ! Allan
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/31/20 07:46 AM
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Great job NZ!!!!! Nice to see kids outside!!!
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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08/31/20 02:08 PM
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Awesome photos, thanks for sharing!! NZ, on my bucket list!
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Re: Kia Ora from New Zealand
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09/01/20 02:16 PM
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Great job on the opossum ! Oh and sorry about your little brother, he must be one ugly little bugger having to blur his picture and all . Lol !
But on a more serious note is the color difference due to age or sex or ?
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