Weekend Achievements - Big Packy

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Weekend Achievements - Big Packy

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Went on a boys weekend fishing trip last weekend.

Took on a big packy in about 30ft of water - sucker charged me and then stabbed me in the hand :shock: (literary bleeding and bruised)Bit of a rumble fight to get him off my dive gear, then off my catch bag, then into my catch bag, then stop him from punching through the catch bag :shock: :shock: :shock:

But I had the last laugh when me and the family ate him last night :mrgreen:

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Holy crap thats huge!!! I would of been back on the boat quick smart if that came towards me :lol: Nice one dude
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FARK :!:
Haven't seen one one that size for a while.
Good effort.
That's enough to feed the whole village :lol:
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ClassicCruiserSpares wrote:Holy crap thats huge!!! I would of been back on the boat quick smart if that came towards me :lol: Nice one dude


Ha, I was only halfway through my tank but he was punching so many holes through my catch bag I thought he would eventually make it out :lol:

Think there was 107 of us up there and I was imagining telling everyone about how this big aggressive packy owned me and then got away :oops: But the little ginga came though in the end :wink:
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sibainmud wrote:FARK :!:
Haven't seen one one that size for a while.
Good effort.
That's enough to feed the whole village :lol:
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Cheers dude,

Yeah 5 of us managed to eat him in one go last night 8) I made a good effort as I have a certain body mass to maintain :lol:
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that thing is almost as big as ur truck.

Well done in keepin a hold of it on the way up.
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red-devil wrote:that thing is almost as big as ur truck.

Well done in keepin a hold of it on the way up.



Mate being a short arse everything around me looks big :wink:

Oh yeah, he got his claw on my air line at one point which gave me the (S..ts) fright of my life :lol:

Once in the catch bag it was an easy trip back to the boat... just wondering if the cray was coming too :lol:
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Holy ####, gonna have to share that pic around the mates...!

How do the wife feel knowing theres something more ginger and dangerous in the ocean then you?

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Andrew1706 wrote:Holy ####, gonna have to share that pic around the mates...!

How do the wife feel knowing theres something more ginger and dangerous in the ocean then you?

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


:wink: I assume you are talking about lilpigzuk? :wink:
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MNC wrote:
Andrew1706 wrote:Holy ####, gonna have to share that pic around the mates...!

How do the wife feel knowing theres something more ginger and dangerous in the ocean then you?

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


:wink: I assume you are talking about lilpigzuk? :wink:



BAHAHAHA GOLD!

wicked catch, one would hope there are more like that size for teh future generations, but meh, lets eat them all now!
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Wow good work, I struggle holding on to the little ones when they're trying to get away from me.
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dam :shock: :shock: your sort of lucky the bleeding didnt attract something bigger and with more teeth :lol:
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Have you done any research to try and work out how old that thing is Matt..... its probably older than you? :shock: :shock:
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badnuz wrote:BAHAHAHA GOLD!

wicked catch, one would hope there are more like that size for teh future generations, but meh, lets eat them all now!


Cheers, yeah there are pleantly of these big beasties around the coast.

I only took one bug, didn't need any more to feed our family and I dont freeze them for later.
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gimmemud wrote:Wow good work, I struggle holding on to the little ones when they're trying to get away from me.


Yeah the little ones are smarter :wink: This guy thought he was the king of the Ocean floor and came out to attack me :shock: :mrgreen:
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mike wrote:dam :shock: :shock: your sort of lucky the bleeding didnt attract something bigger and with more teeth :lol:


True :shock: Didn't even think about that... was more concerned my dinner was going to get away :lol:
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Sadam_Husain wrote:Have you done any research to try and work out how old that thing is Matt..... its probably older than you? :shock: :shock:


No I haven't, I'm not sure how you would go about figuring out how old he was?

Have found out the following:

"The packhorse, the world’s largest rock lobster, can be as large as 60 cm and 15 kg." Mine was only 5kgs...

"Legal size is attained in 5-10 years, depending on the sex of the lobster, area, and growth rates. Rock lobster may live for over 30 years."
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Hey MNC,

You wouldn't mind me asking were you caught it, that is a bigun, good work.

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Drurban wrote:Hey MNC,

You wouldn't mind me asking were you caught it, that is a bigun, good work.

Cheers.


Yeah, no problem. I got it just off the side of the boat in about 30ft of water :wink:

Was at a boys weekend based up at Oakura (Whangarei way).
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All good mate, good score awesome job, anyway Iam not the fishing type :lol: :lol:
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MNC wrote:
Sadam_Husain wrote:Have you done any research to try and work out how old that thing is Matt..... its probably older than you? :shock: :shock:


No I haven't, I'm not sure how you would go about figuring out how old he was?

Have found out the following:

"The packhorse, the world’s largest rock lobster, can be as large as 60 cm and 15 kg." Mine was only 5kgs...

"Legal size is attained in 5-10 years, depending on the sex of the lobster, area, and growth rates. Rock lobster may live for over 30 years."


When i lived in Blenheim one of my mates got one that was one meter in length. Is mounted in a display case in the dive shop :mrgreen:
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