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Marlborough's Great Driftwood Hunt!


Caryl

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(Please recognise this was written with tongue firmly in cheek!) :lol:

Well, with the hibernation period for driftwood ending September 30, our club decided to head to Hokitika to trap these elusive creatures in their natural habitat - the beach.

The search was on...

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Finding a good sheltered spot among the rocks, the trap was set using a young piece of driftwood as bait :wink:

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After a tense wait, we finally attracted a mother driftwood and baby

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Caught!! Success at last as the mother and baby are unable to resist our lure

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We then hit the beach looking for free range driftwood. Here one attempts to escape but Caryl successfully holds on

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We later discovered a better bait than the one we were using and soon we had more driftwood than we could handle!

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Leanne proudly poses atop her "kill"

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While the rest of us hold down a particularly large specimen

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Another driftwood successfully tamed!

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We headed home after a fun day with a bootload of driftwood for our tanks. :lol:

PS. No driftwood was harmed during the making of this mockumentary :P

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Tut! Tut! :o Luring innocent driftwood with alcohol! Caryl, I'm shocked! On the other hand, ;) am glad no innocent driftwood was harmed in the making of the mockumentary! :lol:

ROFL..............that is gorgeous. Hope you're going to put it into the next AW so everyone can have a giggle. Looks like you all had a great time.

sue :D

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