what kinda place are you looking for? my in laws have a 3 bed house which they might like to rent out for a while, near the supermaket

Can you post your curry recipe please kea? I've tried a few times to make it and its never been great!

i thought I'd got away without anyone else knowing about the turtle.... didn't realise u were registered on here too. at least theres no photo (i assume!)

was a fun morning, and really nice of those guys on the beach to give us some hints and a lift with the yaks! hope to catch up again soon.

I might do an early one from urenui on Sunday, back on the beach to go home before 10

thanks for the responses! Mad Mike, here's a pic of the AR bearing, after I found and re inserted all of the little metal bars http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/22/nygunyse.jpg I'll find some degreaser and mineral oil and see if I can get it working well again. Ruff as Guts, I think it must be a desig...

I have a relatively new (<1 year) abu cardinal c174 which has been looked after pretty well, not dunked, and rinsed after every use. All of a sudden the anti reverse started playing up and not engaging, but it's an intermittent fault, and it engages sometimes. It tends to work better when i'm at hom...

hey bud, just make sure its not one of them leaky marauders like i bought!

if its a marauder-xf or says near the aquatix logo it's made in usa be very careful. if its not the xf im sure it'll be great!

I got some from payless plastics at the valley - they had some offcuts in there a while back, let me know if you still need some, I may have some leftovers!

oh, and sorry I'm not from Taupo, but welcome to the site!

Hi 4wdn I have fished on taupo and in the sea with a cheap softbaiting boat rod and reel set. Short rods seem best for Kayaking, and if you ask me cheap stuff is best to have on the yak cause it's very easy to lose stuff, and it hurts less if it was the cheapest rod and reel combo in the shop! If yo...

Great report Yak Dr! Do you think the new kayak helped you catch more fish? sounds like it must've handled ok!

Nice fish mate! I'm doubly sad I couldn't tag along!

My first comp entry/biggest fish ever so please excuse the cheesy smile! snapper 002.jpg Name / Username of Angler: Skarramooch Fish Type: Snapper Length: 72cm Date/Time of Capture: about 2pm 6th August Location of Capture: Urenui Type of Lure/Bait used: Pilchard Comments: My first time out in month...

Sorry to hear you had a slow day, pleased you ended up with some tea though

You're right, it does sound mint! I definitely can't get out in the morning, and the afternoon is still only a maybe, so I'll have to wish you good luck, and maybe catch up another day! Leave one or two fish in the sea for me if you can.
Stu

Very nice Nakiman, Sounds like you had a great day!

I'm gonna have to invest in some cold weather booties and get out there myself very soon!

Hi TaraYakka,

What time are you thinking of heading out? There's an outside chance I might be able to come along but i have lots of chores to do first!

So long as you don't launch from that boat ramp with "locals only" scrawled in blood on the wall!

Stu

Nice screen name! Looking forward to catching up with you again soon for a fish

And if you get a short across your battery it could melt through the bottom of your yak resulting in very wet feet. Having said that I had mine unfused for several months with the battery just banging about in the bottom of the yak which always has a little water in it, and never had it short out. I...

From my experience, it's more about how you look after your battery! I managed to break my one after a few uses. Like most of my stuff on the kayak I reckon go cheap - it doesn't take much to bash it, lose it off the side or get enough seawater in it to render is useless!

Hope this is helpful.