The Bluefin comes home!
We’ve finally bought the Mancave boat back home to the Waikato. Towed really nicely but it’s time to leave the drystack and look at some different waters… New adventures are afoot!
Category: Adventures
Fun adventures on the ManCave. I’ll post general fishing trips in here.
Ben and Julian’s day off…
Ben and I both managed to get a free day so decided to go on a mission. We left Pine Harbour after work on Friday and headed to Matiatia where we anchored for the...
The Bro Trip 2015! (Great Barrier)
Another successful annual Bro Tip! We headed to Great Barrier again on a fairly calm weather pattern. Nothing much over 10 knots the whole time and a bit of glass. We tried a bit...
Glenny’s Fishing Day!
We gave Glenny, a friend a trip to Auckland fishing as a Christmas pressie. We had a great time and she even got a Kinghy! Below is Livvy’s first fish! a wee Snapper!...
How to make a Berley Bomb!
Easy! Grab a few pipe fittings and hardware from the hardware store, drill some holes and screw it together! Job done and works well!
Quick Coromandel Trip!
My brother and I popped over to the Coromandel peninsular today for a fish. The plan was to get livebait and catch a Kinghy but weather was pretty rough so we had to settle...
3 guys on the water…
Just a quick 1/2 day trip to Rakino with my brother Grant and Dad. Caught a good few keepers but mostly was just nice hanging out with Dad and Grant.
The Bro Trip 2014! (Great Barrier)
Here’s some random photos from the Bro Trip 2014. For those who don’t know, Simon is my brother and we started a tradition of an annual boys fishing trip where we challenge ourselves with...
Quick trip to fish at The Coromandel
I took the family out for a cruisy day on the water. It was such a great day it was glassy conditions most of the time! We went around Waiheke, then ducked across the...
Jack’s Auckland Fish
Jack came to Auckland with me on the latest tri. We stayed with the AK Stones and made sure we got in a good fishing trip. No huge fish but got a keeper. The...
Night Mission with the ‘Hodge’
Peter and I took off last night to have a night fish around the back of Ponui Island and Waiheke. We found it a little dead so popped behind Pakatoa Island and got into...
Gav, Nic and the kids…
I popped over to Waiheke with Gav, Nic and Estelle and Lachlan for a quick fish on Saturday. Not many fish about on the finder, but Lach’y caught all the ones we saw! Had...
When real men go fishing!
The weather was Westerly, 25-30 knots, gusting 35-40 during the day. Me and Ed were men with a free fishing day and a mission to get dinner. She’s a solid vessel, no kids in...
Mau Mau for dinner!
Nothing so delicious as a nice bit of Great Barrier fish for tea! Here’s a photo of the fish (Blue Mau Mau) before I caught him . This was from the Bro Trip 2013...
Fishing with the kids & Grandad!
A day out fishing with the boys… It was a pretty good day so the lads headed out to the rear east side of Pounui Island. Got into a workup on the way out...
The Bro Trip 2013! (Great Barrier)
My brother Simon and I have just arrived back from 3x days at Great Barrier Island fishing (and a day in the Hauraki Gulf). We had a fantastic time, caught plenty and experienced a...
Gran and Poppa on the boat!
We had a nice gap in the weather so took out Gran and Poppa for a fish! He caught a nice keeper and had it for dinner. Go Poppa!!
Family trip to Waiheke
We took some of the family over to the lower end of Waiheke today. Smooth seas, no wind, clear skies. Jack was first in the water and also caught his first Snapper! We had...
Day off fishing with Dad…
Just had a nice day on the water with Dad. Mostly we caught tiddlers, but was still a great day with heaps of sun! We went around Waiheke and tried everything, but mostly just...
Si and Jane’s day out!
Here’s some photos from Si and Jane’s recent trip out. They took out the kids and had a great day on the water. Gurnard, snapper, kahawai. Kids sleeping, smooth water and fish in the...
The Family meet the Man Cave!
I took the family to see the boat this weekend for the first time. They all loved it, but Jack was all over it! He totally loved seeing the family boat. A few days...
Past the break in!
I popped out today to push the motor over the break in period. All done! No fish around at the moment, but still nice getting out there. Was a pretty smooth day on the...
Cruise to Waiheki Island – Test run!
We (Dad/Brother) decided to do a run to the island to see how the boat handled a fairly rough sea in 25-35knt winds (prob gusting 40!). We al agree it did an excellent job....