Some nice New Zealand Rainbow Trout & Snapper

[DanTheMan]

Here's some pics from a while ago but thought I might post a few pics, all the trout were caught in 1 day trolling on lake rerewhakaaitu, many more were released as we had enough.

And a few snapper, the bigger one weighed in at 20 pounds.

[dhess]

Hi Dan,

Pics have to be 1500 x 1000 or smaller and less than 200kb. Its shame you weren't here a few days earlier as sounds like your snapper could have been fish of the month.

Look forward to seeing the pics!

Dom

[DanTheMan]

Thanks for that Dom

Can't get them smaller than 230kb on photoshop so ill throw them on photobucket and just give the link and you can check them out on there.

[thousandyards]

hey dan.....shrink the size down in image size - go with 800x600 or thereabouts....then use the 'save for web' option in photoshop - even with quality on 50 or 60 percent it should be fine. that'll crunch it down a fair bit

[DanTheMan]

Sweet thanks for that

Ok here we go, finally.

These were all nice trout, nothing massive though, cant remember their weights.

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[DanTheMan]

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[DanTheMan]

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[DanTheMan]

Now for a few snapper

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[DanTheMan]

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[dhess]

Very nice!

What kinds of lures do you troll for the rainbows? How big do they grow and what is eating quality like?

Always interesting to see humpless NZ snapper.

[DanTheMan]

Smaller one, Dad hauling another in.

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[DanTheMan]

dhess - I think the majority of the trout were caught on Tassie Devils, Dad caught that one in the 2nd pic on a fly called a Silver Dorathy. Im not sure if its the same here in Aus but we were trolling using led line to get those flys down. Im actually unsure of the NZ record rainbow, doing a quick google search looks like they can get up to 16kg's.

And they're absolutley beautiful eating!

[Bri The Pom]

Hey Dan you are the man, trout look superb,well done,AAARRHH reminds me of home.

Those pink things look ok as well.

Bri.

[shortie]

Love to see great catches of freshwater fish, and thank god they didnt come from NPD.

Well done

[silver_rex]

well done!! The fishing there is amazing isnt it!! Havent been back in a while so long time due i think. Where were the snaps caught? I always head out from Coromandel Peninsula when im there as the uncle lives near by and the snapper and Kingies are in plague proportions :woohoo:

[kiwifisho]

Ahhh the memories Im gonna be catching them next year wen i get back :woohoo: cant w8.

Dean

[DanTheMan]

Yea I sure miss the place, been here for about 16 months, long over due for a hunting and fishing trip there!

The bigger snapper was caught at Whangaruru (spelling?) and the smaller one just out from Tiritiri Matangi Island off the North Shore (Auckland).

Have plenty of good fishing memories from the Coromandel though! We used to go stay at Stony Bay for xmas and just fish every day (even xmas day), a good fish over here is what we would use for live bait to catch the kingies, and you could do it off the rocks! :laugh: it's a beautiful spot

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[DanTheMan]

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[DanTheMan]

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