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Over the last 18 months or so I feel that i have really progressed as an angler; Im lucky enough to not only fish in a club with a high level of competition but also to actually fish with some very competent anglers and then I've also had alot of help and guidance from our own Arry. I spent the first half of the year chasing a spotted ray but unfortunately failed on that and then from august til now i have been targetting mainly smalleyes and thornbacks with the odd session hussing. Ive managed to fish some beautiful places and seen some really interesting things along the way and have managed it all with a great group of mates. I apologise in advance for the heavy picture content. The below fish is one of my favourite,I was getting plagued by dogs and eels so tried a small bait in short and resulted in a smalleye. I managed Huss to 11lb 10oz, Thornback to 9lb 1oz, Smalleye to 9lb 10 oz, wrasse of 3lb 1oz, dogs to 2lb 8oz and a pouting of 1lb 8oz

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getting plagued by dogs and eels so tried a small bait in short and resulted in a smalleye.

 

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Some grand fish there and some lovely coastline,ours is flat and the sea is brown on the best of days,your a lucky man having that on your doorstep mate for sure.Looking forward to getting out with you for a session or few and tight lines and all that to you and family..:victory:..

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9 hours ago, fireman said:

Some grand fish there and some lovely coastline,ours is flat and the sea is brown on the best of days,your a lucky man having that on your doorstep mate for sure.Looking forward to getting out with you for a session or few and tight lines and all that to you and family..:victory:..

Cheers mate, yeah we are lucky. And you mate and have a good Christmas bud. You, misses and kids deserve it

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Nice sir ,very nice ,there are types of fish in your post I've never heard of ,let alone caught but that's more to do where I live .I live in the South Island where we don't have rays but on my trips to the far north of the north island we have caught lemon rays up to 20lb & huge black stingrays up to a max of 210lbs ,one of those as a bye catch is plenty for a life time ,oh the burn is huge & leaves one buggered ,arms feel with lead, back hurts & the legs still have the burn hours later but as a angler I wouldn't have it any other way .Great pictures of a lovely view always adds to the enjoyment ,good luck to you sir .

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On 30/12/2021 at 02:35, toolebox said:

Nice sir ,very nice ,there are types of fish in your post I've never heard of ,let alone caught but that's more to do where I live .I live in the South Island where we don't have rays but on my trips to the far north of the north island we have caught lemon rays up to 20lb & huge black stingrays up to a max of 210lbs ,one of those as a bye catch is plenty for a life time ,oh the burn is huge & leaves one buggered ,arms feel with lead, back hurts & the legs still have the burn hours later but as a angler I wouldn't have it any other way .Great pictures of a lovely view always adds to the enjoyment ,good luck to you sir .

Thank you mate, appreciate the kind words. Please do share some of your catches and experiences 

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