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Kia ora everyone, well that was a break that I needed and my first in many years, crazy that I needed an operation for me to have it.

ACC pretty much gave up paying me and as I'm still supposed to be not doing too much I have had to start finding some easier stuff to film and my shoulder is nearly ready to wind in a reel. My Macbook is playing up so trying to save up for another as well.

Not too excited to be honest in coming back to bust my ass in making content for peanuts. I will be doing other work coming up in Oct and over summer because of it. I have filmed and edited a few vlogs which are on Patreon and I will release some of them for you.

Mike

2 months ago | [YT] | 137

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Well that's me out of action for a few weeks my friends.
My shoulder surgery got put forward from Friday 13th to yesterday and I'm now at home recovering.

Here I am having breakfast at the best hospital, Grace Hospital in Tauranga. 15/10 for the best care. It was nice getting pampered , I didn't want to come home.

Take care out there ❤️
Mike

4 months ago | [YT] | 132

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So YouTube have changed things a bit for creators and one of the things is making ads automated now and trying to stop us from putting ads in manually.

AI puts ads in where it thinks there are breaks in the video that make it better for viewers apparently but creators are finding out it isn't working very well and pumping ads out all over the place.

I wish I didn't have to put ads in but YouTube won't recommend your videos if I go manual ads. I don't have much support on Patreon and I rely on adsense income to pay the bills and the cost of making content so I have to do what they say.

My apologies if you are getting too many ads on the videos. 🤗

Mike

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4 months ago | [YT] | 101

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I want to give a shout out to Rob and his whānau whom I met at of all places Pack and Spend last week.

Rob has a YouTube channel called Sole Adventures NZ hailing from the Hawkes Bay and is one of the few fishing channels that I follow. Rob also watches my channel and always leaves good comments on my videos.

A real nice guy with a laid back channel that's nice to relax too if you enjoy some NZ fishing. Go over and check his channel out and give him a sub and leave a comment.

Let's help get Sole Adventures NZ to 1000 subs 🙏🏽 youtube.com/@SoleAdventuresNZ

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Kia ora everyone, I hope the Flounder Catch & Cook video made you hungry, they were tasty as!

Before that video Dean and I had an awesome day out chasing kingfish. I'm finishing off editing that one at the moment and we had a great day out on the water then some smoked kingfish for lunch. 😀

Here are a couple of pics including Dean's late brother's stickbaits he made with a nice kingfish from our trip out.

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Busy pruning blueberries last week giving the shoulder a good workout.

Some people I worked with watch my videos and were impressed with the smoked pies so I asked if they were keen to try them out.

Last day of work we shared some delicious smoked pies and they brought some eel / tuna to add to the table.

I made a video cooking this tasty feast. 😬

Yay, finally got approval from ACC today to have my shoulder operation and fix up the big tear.

Hopefully get back to climbing mountains again.

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9 months ago | [YT] | 51

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Thanks for watching and commenting and we hope you got something out of our videos. 🙏🏽

Have an awesome 2025 🥳

Mike & Rubba

9 months ago | [YT] | 220

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Drone fishing is hard work! 😃

Out with the cuz Adrian and Rubba for a drone fish and smoked pies adventure

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10 months ago | [YT] | 37

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Rubba and I having a moment together in a field of puha, Rubba loves 'boil up' too. 😀

1 year ago | [YT] | 114

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I forgot to mention this last week, sorry about that. 😬

Who out there is interesting in winning some of the awesome Grim Reaper Lures? Dean has given Pani a few lures to give away to some lucky fishos.

Head on over to Pani's Facebook page OUT FOR A CAST Fishing NZ page and scroll down till you come to the post and be in to win some of these awesome lures. 🎣

www.facebook.com/groups/1894573373968298

grimreaperlures.co.nz/

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