supthecreek said..
the past 7 days have been insanely fun!
Video soon

looks like a acid nose there creek ? could that be your 9,4 acid ?

insane catch GIZ all caught on the board ?

daughter and I on NAISH NALUS ,10,6 left 11.4 right ,can't believe how warm it is still ...shirt off ..


this is a sea eel ,go pro taped to the paddle .it eats little sand crabs ,non venomous .but looks and swims like a sea snake .

Merimbula Inlet.
His and hers Sunovas - Nozza and Ningaloo.

GizzieNZ said..
Tolaga Bay....Bic Wing....definitely not surfing

Accidentally caught this today. Would have liked to let it go.....did let it go.....but had a gurnard that was hooked on my longline half way down its throat/ Cute pic of local I gave it to....she and friends had been fishing off beach with rods for 5 or 6 hours

GizzieNZ said..
still lots of fish left over,,,,Tokomaru Bay freedom camping area

What marvellous fishes they are, good BBQ as well !

Are you trolling lures when paddling? or cast bait drifting with the wind? Please Gizzie.

so many dreamy solo sessions the last two weeks

Kami said..

GizzieNZ said..
still lots of fish left over,,,,Tokomaru Bay freedom camping area

What marvellous fishes they are, good BBQ as well !

Are you trolling lures when paddling? or cast bait drifting with the wind? Please Gizzie.

BTW, I love the stock of the kids holding that big fish, Thuna or caranguea family is it ?

she woman who works at Tokomaru Bay cafe......has children......the big fish is a kingfish......top predator that eats smaller fish. Not a tuna. Would have liked to set it free.
I am cheating Kami........have a 100 metre longline with 25 hooks. You put it down.....you pull it up an hour later.
Kingfish you can only mostly catch by putting a live fish on a hook and letting it swim around until kingfish eats it. Too cruel for me. This one ate live fish that I had caught on my longline
I do a lot of trolling with lures.......mostly catch kahawai. Did have kingfish on line a few weeks back. Have just bought skipjack tuna lure.......they come in close to shore when water is warm
But sometimes is only a small window of opportunity to go fishing with a sup.......is days when surf too big to paddle your hooks and stuff out through surf (and you don't want to be rolling around in the shorebreak surrounded by hooks on the way back in).....better to hammer the really good non life threatening days

Sweet session at the north end of a ScoMo beach on the Acid . God's country

515 said..
Nice fish Gizzie
Need to get a longline. Then go for troll and come back.
Was out sailing on cat and came across workup. Hooked kawaii, my reel exploded so hand lined but spat hook before i could get in boat. My brother trolls on his sup with hang line, he says he ties rubber band to get the length.
Small wave on reef this afternoon and there were so many fish. Its in marine reserve so only catching waves.

even a kahawai pretty exciting on light rod and line.......but if kingfish eats your kahawai lure on your "light rod and Line" is interesting situation. Used to do that USA "catfish jug fishing" thing. You have a few pool noodles chopped into segments as floats with wire coat hangers threaded through noodles to attach your line to. One noodle float.....one hook. You paddle off along the coastline dropping off a noodle or two. Then pick them up on your return trip. Noodles can be hard to rediscover though

Greetings from switzerland

Missed the really good swell hitting the east coast at the moment.... but had a cracker couple of days while I was home a couple of weeks back!!

Emeboy said..
Missed the really good swell hitting the east coast at the moment.... but had a cracker couple of days while I was home a couple of weeks back!!

Hey Emeboy - what size Creek is that you're riding? What's your weight?
Cracking swell here over the weekend, suited the SUPs on the open beaches (see them early, into them early, make the sections)
so good that I popped a hernia ! (Kept surfing Sunday and Monday of course)
Op tomorrow - then I'll be good to go on a Mentawais SB trip mid year

The old train tunnel, Arrow Lake BC.

I've spent the day watching it - one of those magical winter days. Air mid 20's, water low 20's. Zero or light offshore wind. Still some hangover swell

now i know why they call you ,up the creek ,Rick ..

soft landing if you fall off ..classic ,never seen a SUP photo like that before ...

Merimbula inlet
Morning sit down.


Afternoon stand up.


Packed away for the evening.