Bit of a fish today ,caught the resident stingray a couple of times and a ky,broke my reel ,then went to 2nd hand shop and brought a shakespere sigma reel 24 bucks did i get a good buy.seems more solid than the jarvis walker that was there.It was a good morning fishing in hb.
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Posted by pete88 on 3/11/2017, 8:18 am, in reply to "(no subject)"
Well done Talking of resident stingrays reminds me of my honeymoon circa 1972? We were staying in a motorcamp close to a wharf in Northland, the location escapes my mind but I recall a harbour with quite a few yachts and boats moored near to the wharf. Anyway my wife was asleep in the tent and about 2AM I was fishing on the wharf under a light.There were heaps of English mackerel chasing smaller fish under the light, looking like torpedoes in the phosphorescence. The tide was high and the water close to my feet as I was sitting on the edge of the wharf, nek minit the old Kilwell solid glass surf rod nearly bent double and the Roddy reel was screaming in protest. As I attempted to slacken off the jerky bloody drag the line snapped and all was calm again. I had relaxed back into semi sleep and was thinking about packing up the gear and getting some sleep then bloody hell a MASSIVE stingray surfaced right under my dangling feet, I near shit myself and just about fell into the brine with fright. Funny thing the next morning one of the yacht owners, who lived aboard, asked me if I "had seen the wharf stingray" apparently locals used to feed her and she was always lurking there I'm figuring that I must have hooked/foulhooked her with the surf rod and she had come to have a look at the intruder who was offering spiked snacks!!!Men and fish are alike. They both get into trouble when they open their mouths.
on 30/10/2017, 3:03 pm