NZ Fisher Issue 79

ISSUE 79

May 2018

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EDITOR / Derrick Paull GROUP EDITOR / Colin Kennedy ART DIRECTOR / Jodi Olsson

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FISHING TECHNIQUES

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LEGASEA UPDATE

PLAN C

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EDITORIAL

I

hate starting an editorial on a

engineering in place to mitigate the

sour note, but I’m incensed by

effect of silt run-off, but the sheer

the growing news around the

volume of sediment flowing into

recent die-off of shellfish in and

Okura estuary is suffocating the

around the Long Bay-Okura Marine

environment. From videos I’ve seen,

Reserve. Sediment and building activity

it’s like there’s no mitigation at all.

run-off from the Okura Residential Development is being touted as the most likely cause of the pollution which is is killing off hundreds of thousands, if not millions of cockles within and outside the reserve.

This has to be one of the most egregious crimes against the

New Zealand, we can’t go on like this. The cost to our environment is just too high. Twenty-five years of slow recuperation from human impact is being completely undone through pure greed and deliberate ignorance. Please, let this stop now!

environment in Auckland’s recent

Thankfully there’s plenty of

history. This is yet another example

incredible fishing to be had all

of money trumping the environment,

around Auckland and the gulf and

and all we see is the developer hiding

this time of year we see not only

behind consents. The council requires

good numbers but great sizes too.

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This has to be one of the most egregious crimes against the environment in Auckland’s recent history. This is yet another example of money trumping the environment

The autumn/winter snapper are

I take my hat off to Wayne and

usually feeding hard and in excellent

Dan who are running the comp,

condition. If you’re targeting big

it’s a big ask, and they’re not

snapper, it’s live baits that’ll do the

holding back. With a five-metre

real damage now too - big makkies

Honda powered Stabi plus tens of

and yellow-eyed mullet with a small

thousands of other prizes, they’ve

sinker drifted down in the burley

gone the whole hog, and it’s going

trail are Bunning’s sausages to these

to be a tough fought comp.

big snapper - cheap and easy!

I fully expect some 20lb+ (80cm+)

The NZ Lure Masters competition

snapper and 20kg (125cm+) kings to

is on the 26th May, we may just

grace the measure mats as the regions

get this issue out before the comp,

best fight it out to be named the Lure

but I’m stoked to be fishing it.

Master. If you missed out on tickets

This kind of competition is the

this year, link up with the Facebook

future face of competition fishing

page and get in for 2019 - I hear it’s

to my mind - a true measure

going to be a whole lot bigger again!

competition, you can release all or any of your fish and simply need to photograph them to be eligible.

Tight lines fishos!

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Solo Marlin Two stories, one fish

BY Naomi Peterson & Josh Roberts

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Fighting the fish at sea

Stoked selfie on the way home

W

hile we were all waking

boats when marlin have been landed,

to newsfeeds filled with

he’s never been on the reel himself.

‘May the fourth be with

you’ memes, Josh Roberts was launching from Urquharts Bay, unaware that the force would indeed be with him on May the 4th, 2018.

With the recent hot bite off Ocean Beach and a favourable forecast, Josh decided he would head out in his Honda

“Very eager to have my own battle, I knew I had to set in the time,” says Josh, who reckons that he would have spent at least 600 hours chasing marlin over the last ten years.

Launching before sunrise, Josh stopped in the harbour at three different places

BF50 powered Frewza F14 to target

and found the kahawai he would use

marlin. To land one of these magnificent

for live baits. With a couple of kahawai

fish has been on Josh’s mind for the last

on board, time was of the essence. “My

ten years. Despite targeting them from

live baits were hard to keep alive in the

his mates, family members, and own

live bait drum I had on board; I needed

boats during that time and being on the

to get them set quick smart”.

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// BOAT FISHING Josh was drifting his live baits, both of which were out about 80m, with one on the surface, and the other going deep. The majority of Josh’s Fish tied to the side for the trip home

marlin fishing has been with lures, but having seen great success on live-baits recently, he was ready to put in the hours to catch them and use them.

It was now a waiting game. After about half an hour, there was some interest in one of the baits. Winding in the other bait, Josh kept an eye on the other rod tip as it started bouncing.

“As I got the bait halfway, in came another marlin within three metres of my boat, glowing like a rainbow! It was amazing. I tried to quickly pull the bait

Because Josh’s sounder struggles to hit the bottom when looking for bait, his primary goal was look for any sign to set the live baits. “I found a patch of gannets sitting on the

in and chuck it out again, all while my other rod was still active with my other fish. I then decided, ‘No, this would be a real problem’ and pulled in the bait and put him back in the drum.”

water, but as I headed over they left

Already harnessed up, Josh took up the

the water’s surface, and I tracked a

rod and began to play the fish. “It took

few of them until they dived back

off and did a big dance on the water,

into the water. When I looked at my

an impressive sight for any angler.

phone (that I use as my GPS with

Half an hour later I got it back to the

the Navionics app), I was surprised

boat again.” Placing the rod in the rod

to see that it was right where I had

holder, Josh put on tracing gloves,

seen marlin a few weeks back. This

grabbed the leader and pulled the

was the spot I set my live baits.”

fish up to the boat before gaffing it.

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ation, Determinn and io t a dedic ce persisten !. ff o pays

No wonder I couldn’t get it in the boat

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Fish in boat after weigh in

Although exhausted from the fight,

Then raced back to shore to avoid the

Josh was elated. He’d had a feeling

misfortune Santiago faced and have his

today was going to be a big day, and

catch stolen by sharks.

the determination, dedication and persistence over ten years of trying to catch a marlin had finally paid off!

On the way in, Josh called his boss at work and asked him to track down the Marsden Cove Fishing

With the gaff still in, Josh tried to haul

Club weighmaster as he couldn’t get

the big fish into the boat. He soon

through on the radio. Josh called him

realised this wasn’t going to happen, because of the sheer size of the fish and boat and because he didn’t have the strength after the fight.

up, and a weigh in was organised. The fish tipped the scales at an impressive 145.8kg. There were some well-earned celebrations before Josh set to work to

Just like Santiago in Hemingway’s

process the fish ready for the smoker.

famous novel ‘The Old Man and the

“I even missed the opening day of

Sea’, Josh tied it up alongside the boat

duck shooting season because I was

so it would drag through the water.

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smoking the fish!”

Sunset after weighing fish before heading home

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Cutting the fish up for smoking

So what’s the other tale? I’ll let Josh tell you:

in design between 2010 and now), I

Following the excitement from the

was surprised to find out that what

capture of my marlin, I was surprised to

I thought was a small Stabicraft, was

get a call from the team at Frewza - the

actually an F14 Frewza. As it turns out,

question on their minds being “did you

this boat has a sordid backstory...

buy your boat like that...?”

I had spied the boat on a ‘park-n-sell’

While I knew there were some unusual

yard, (en route to buy my now fiancee’s

features for what I thought was a

engagement ring!), and thought to

Stabicraft (I put it down to a change

myself, “Now that’s what I need!”

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Two-thirds of the fish smoked up

The real question was, do I buy the boat or the engagement ring? Common sense prevailed, and I bought both!

When I went to purchase the boat, I was told by the owner that it had been stolen and recovered by the Police. Luckily for him, his insurance had paid out before the boat was found, and had purchased himself a new vessel, hence how the boat came to be up for sale.

While in the care of the thieves, the boat had a slight makeover - they removed the Frewza

sure to have people guessing! We’ve

stickers and replaced them with

also received replacement decals

Stabicraft ones! A clever trick, but not

from Honda, to re-dress the outboard

quite as clever as the Police!

in its original decor.

Fortunately, the eagle-eyed Frewza

I’ve renamed the boat Rocket F14.

team identified it as an F14. As a

It was Rocket 1040, but now I know

result, we’ve replaced the stickers

it’s a Frewza, the new name seemed

(as well as put on new scuppers), but

fitting. You can see the video of my

left the Stabicraft ones on - that’ll

catch here.

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// YAKFISHING

Underwater shot of the spanner kingie. Photo by Carl

Operation: Spanner

grams spanner. Once back at the house I quickly set about rigging the circular

BY Justin ‘JT’ Tunnage

end of the spanner with Kevlar cord,

“D

and in no time, I had an assist hook

spurred on by the boredom of a

arrive at one of our favourite kingie

summers day spent off the water. I

spots that sit off the wild Wellington

messaged my kayak fishing ‘partner in

west coast. Our Stealth Kayaks have

crime’, Carl, with my query. “Sure, why

made easy work of the eight-kilometre

not,” was his prompt reply. It was all

trek, and Carl initially decided to paddle

the encouragement I needed.

to the shallows to try to find some livies.

I quickly jumped up from my summer

Meanwhile, I was typically impatient and

slumber and raced down to one of

headed straight for the pins for what was

Murchison’s second-hand stores. It

to be 120 minutes of chaos.

didn’t take long to find what I was after

By the time Carl had finally found his

- a shiny, centrally weighted, 250-300

livies and had made it over to the pins,

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o you reckon it is possible

secured with a lumo skirt.

to catch a Kingie on a

Fast forward two months and a gentle

spanner?” I thought idly,

northerly chop greets Carl and I as we

JT with the Kingie on the spanner

I’d had the Jigstar Ninja running hot

Tararua’s, and we decided to go wide

with six healthy kingies caught and

for albacore. Long story short, we

released from four drifts.

paddled six kilometres north-west to

It didn’t take long though, and all hell

the 90m mark and then back again to

broke loose for Carl. Following my drift

the reef with not a touch on our lures.

line, Carl put a livie out the back and

This was a stark contrast to the ripper

started jigging as well. Both of his rods

of an albie mission we had a week

got slammed simultaneously as two

earlier out from Port Taranaki where

kingies tried to take his Pro Fisha 525 in

our lures were getting hit every 20 to

opposite directions. With line screaming

30 minutes by hungry sea chickens.

off faster on his live-bait rig than his

Back at the reef, I recalled that I had

jigging setup, Carl calmly made the switch the spanner in my ‘toolbox’ - bad dad and fought the bigger fish instead. Ten joke, I know! With a 12 to14kg kingie minutes later my South African ‘brother

chilling in my catch bag, I decided I

from another mother’ had lost the

had nothing to lose and rigged up the

smaller fish on his jigging setup but had

spanner. To my surprise, the spanner

successfully christened his live-bait rig

had a brilliant action; quite similar to

with a fat 14kg kingie that went straight

that of a Shimano Pebble Stick but a

on ice in the hatch catch bag.

little bit more erratic like the Catch

By now the sun had crested the

Double Trouble jig.

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JT with the Kingie on the spanner

The first drift across the pins proved fruitless but as I begin the next drift the sounder flared to life with the tell-tale curved streaks across the screen indicating hungry kingies on the prowl.

Watch on YouTube 

Initially, there were no touches on

14kg of drag on the kayak before you

the spanner, but as I reached the

are at risk of getting pulled into the

apex of my stepped retrieval the

water. Once aligned, it was game on,

‘jig’ got slammed! This kingie hit the

and Carl came over and fulfilled the

spanner with such ferocity that he

role of cameraman, getting his Jacque

ripped the nose of my kayak across

Cousteau on as he jumped in the water

the top of the water as it headed

with the GoPro.

straight for the reef. Instinctively, I

After a brief but violent fight, we had

locked everything in and fought to

this brawler yak side, and it was time

keep the tip of the rod forward and

for photos of a short but fat 14kg kingie

applied as much drag as possible.

with a 260-gram spanner hanging out

Compared to jigging from a boat, you

of the side of its mouth.

can only apply approximately 12-

Mission accomplished! 

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Coastal Kings An obsession worth chasing

BY Andrew Wilkens

G

etting out on the water feels

Up until recently, I hadn’t exclusively

primal. I’m only a year into kayak

fished my local spots for kingfish using

fishing, and with every journey

live bait. Over the summer I pulled

out into the ocean, I grow a more in-

one into the yak from the middle of

depth understanding and a connection

Doubtless Bay in the Far North. It was

to its powerful life force. Just like me,

an addictive battle; the kingies fight

the inhabitants of the sea are all looking

dirty and will take you straight to the

for their next meal. Using the food

bottom in a relentless contest. Your reel

chain to target the mighty kingfish

screams and your kayak gets a free tow.

has seen some excellent mid-morning

As great as this was, I craved a good fish

catches this March.

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Luckily for me, kingfish like to hang

and hooked up young kahawai who

around islands, reefs and rocky

were aggressively pursuing their meal of

shorelines. This makes them familiar

anchovies. Casting a four-inch soft-bait

around the Whangaparaoa Peninsula

with a ¼ oz Catch jig head into the centre

and regular visitors in my local ‘quick

of the action proved a quick method of

fish’ haunts.

filling the live bait tank.

A few Sundays back, I looked out the

Targeting jack mackerel on the sabiki

window at a glass-like sea. I prepared

rig just seemed too hard when your

my Viking Profish Reload and launched

odds of a pannie snapper below the

off Arkles Bay with no plan other than

workup are just as high as a small

to let the birds guide me. As the Tern’s

kahawai that can lure a decent kingfish

dove into the blue, I sat on the outskirts

- a win-win outcome.

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While softies and jigs have earnt their

tends to jitter before the kingie strikes.

place in the tackle box, the kahawai

A 94cm fish hooked up in under eight

livies now provided the best ‘thrill per

metres of water is a mighty opponent and

minute’ opportunity.

worthy of the name, King.

Unlike a delicate piper or a jack mackerel,

A few weeks later I completed the

the young kahawai can take more abuse

chain again. I let the birds guide me to

in the handling stage. Keeping the live bait on the line is key to the catch, I’ve found the sweet spot to be between the eye and the nostril, identifiable by its translucent appearance and ideal for baiting up. I make sure the hook points towards the leader line as kingfish have no teeth so will naturally target the soft head of its prey over the spiky tail.

I’ve found that a deep drop will most

the schools of tiny fish (it seems the abundance of anchovies this season are bringing the kingfish in close), so I could catch a small fish on a softie. I placed a shiny hook strategically through the small fish and threw it back in as a livie, so it could hopefully bring me a bigger fish, and it did; I pulled a 92cm kingie aboard my Viking Reload.

often catch the kings and they are usually

I have found kingfish success along the

on the hook before the live bait runs out

Whangaparaoa coastline by keeping it

of puff. You can feel the fear of the livie

simple; using nature’s hierarchy to best

through the rod as it tries to run, the line

target my catch! 

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Fishing Techniques How to reduce impact on fishery

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ish sometimes fall victim to

to the surface on a fisher’s line. Some

barotrauma, when they can’t

species such as kahawai and kingfish are

equalise in pressure, and their

more adaptable and less susceptible to

stomachs start bulging from their

barotrauma. For any fish that is to be

mouths or vent. When you want to

released, minimising their time out of the

return a fish to the water, there are some

water and careful handling plays a part in

strategies to help maximise the fish’s

the fish’s survival.

chances of survival.

Fish caught in shallow water (less than 20

Venting is a practice that has been tried in the past to alleviate the condition of

metres deep) generally have a good chance barotrauma. However, it can be difficult of survival if carefully released. A pilot

to precisely and safely vent fish using a

study done in the Hauraki Gulf showed

needle in a rocking boat. An Australian

that 90-95% of snapper caught in water 14

study has shown a useful alternative. By

to 20 metres deep survived if lip hooked

carefully piercing the protruding swim

and carefully returned to the water.

bladder (with the point of a clean hook

Snapper are a species that are likely to

for example), this will allow the fish to

suffer worse effects of barotrauma when

swim back to a safe depth and have a

pulled up from depths of 20 metres or

good chance of healing.

more. Barotrauma is where a fish can’t

Some fishers have tried to adjust the rate

adapt to the change in water pressure

of ascent of the fish by slowly winding

quickly enough, and the gas in their swim

the fish up in the hope of reducing the

bladder expands as they are brought

effects of barotrauma. To be adequately

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Bloated Snapper

Snapper are susceptible to the effects of barotrauma so learning how to best release & improve their survival them will help our fishery grow

FC Handling 7

The Descender rigs

effective, however, fish would have to be retrieved slowly over a period of many hours to survive barotrauma.

The best approach to helping fish survive barotrauma is to pierce the bladder and attach a device called a descender rig.

Descender rigs usually involve a barbless hook attached to a heavy (16-20oz)

Unhook the fish from your original line.

Attach the fish grips on the descender rig to the bottom lip of the fish.

Carefully place the fish and rig in the water and release the line until the weight with fish grips and attached fish reaches the seafloor.

sinker. An easy alternative is a pair of fish

Once it is on the bottom, a sharp tug

grips in place of the hook that is then

on the rod should release the fish grip

attached to a heavy sinker (16-20oz).

holding the fish, allowing it to safely swim away and recover.

Making a descender rig On a separate rod and reel attach the line to the top handle of the fish grips.

Tie a separate length of line to the

This may seem like a lot of effort, however, with practice, this process becomes a simple way of conserving fish for future generations.

bottom handle and then tie the sinker to

For more information, go to LINK:

the other end of the line on the bottom

www.fishcare.co.nz. To keep up

handle. (See diagram). The rod and line

to date with topics related to the

should be moderately strong (30-50lb)

management and health of our

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// TROUT FISHING

Another beautiful brown from the stream

Plan C

Reaping the rewards of having a contingency plan (or two) BY Dylan Booth

I

t is only this season that I have

casting) and was eager to break it in. I

started spending extra time focusing had chosen the Airflo Creek 5wt with on my fly fishing. This is due to

a Lamson Liquid reel, spooled with an

spending more time fishing with people

Airflo Super Dri line. I can tell you now

who enjoy fly fishing as well. With my

it’s my favourite combo out of all of my

new found passion in mind, I’d recently

rods, even my spinning combos, which

bought a new rod and reel combo (in

is not something that you’ll often hear

the hope that it would help improve my

me say about my rods at all.

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The new rod and reel

The first day I got my rod, myself and

As soon as we arrived there was a rising

good mate Danny Coward planned

fish at my feet and on went a size 16

on fishing the mighty Waitaki River.

Royal Wulff and an unweighted size 16

This river can be quite tricky to fish

pheasant tail. A few casts , and the fish

on the fly due to the different flows as

didn’t show too much interest at all.

the dam is always generating power.

But persistence paid off and it soon

Despite this, you ‘ll occasionally get

slurped my pheasant tail like it was

a day or two where the river will be

nothing, a sluggish fight ensued and

running low, and you can have some

the fish came to the bank fairly quickly.

wicked sight fishing.

The stream was overgrown, but my

This day, however, it was way too high

new rod was perfect for this kind of

to fish at all. Plan B was to head to

overgrowth and limited space.

another river to fish. We got there only

We snapped a few quick pictures before

to discover it also was also unfishable

releasing the old boy. Back into it, and a

due to high flows and super dirty

few casts later I landed another fit fish

water. On to plan C, a small overgrown

that went 3lb. The average fish size was

stream, it wasn’t our first choice but as

3-4lb, and over the day I hooked six and

we were to discover it would be well

landed two. Not bad for sight fishing in a

worth having that contingency plan.

small overgrown stream!

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The new rod was perfect for this kind of overgrowth and limited space Releasing the old boy after a few quick photos

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First fish landed on the new rod and reel combo

What had started out as a disappointing

know what can go wrong. This, as well

day where we were unable to fish our

as the fact that alternate plans open up

first two choices, ended up being a day

new opportunities which might turn

of surprisingly enjoyable fishing. I was

out to be one of your most memorable

amazed by the amount of trout in this

fishing trips.

small body of water. It was also my first

• You can see a video of the day’s

ever small stream dry fly eat which was wicked. Certainly a memorable trip.

What I’ve learned with fishing, is always to have plenty of options as you never

fishing here.

• Follow Dylan’s fishing adventures on his Facebook page Fishing Forever Films • And YouTube channel. 

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// FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Legasea Update

if recruitment remains at its current, historically low level. ‘Recruitment’ is

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the number of young crayfish that grow

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to legal size during the year. Currently

Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Plenty, known as

demonstrates a blasé management

the CRA2 region. Instead, annual catch

approach that has enabled commercial

limits for commercial and recreational

effort to double, leading to the

fishers were reduced as of the 1st of April.

collapse of CRA2.

The new Total Allowable Commercial

The recent crayfish survey showed that

Catch has been reduced from 200 to

39% of respondents supported an 80

80 tonnes, the overall recreational

tonne commercial fishery, and 42%

allowance has been reduced from 140 to

wanted the Minister to close CRA2 to all

34 tonnes and the customary allowance

fishing for a time. While closure was an

remains at 16.5 tonnes. These limits

option given the dire state of the fishery,

have been uncatchable for some time. A

there was clearly no political appetite

review of fishing regulations is planned

or support for Nash to be that bold. The

for later in the year and could include

other factor is that crayfish management

options for a reduced recreational

relies on commercial data gathering.

daily bag limit and pot limits to control

It is no wonder that that the public is

commercial fishing effort.

losing faith in the Quota Management

LegaSea acknowledges the fishery must

System when one of our most valuable

come first so we cautiously welcome

and researched fisheries is on the brink

Nash’s decision. However, there is a

of collapse, yet it has to stay open to

concern that even this decision may

commercial exploitation because there is

not be enough to restore abundance

no way to gather independent data.

tuart Nash, Minister of Fisheries,

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this is at an all time low.

has decided not to close the

In contrast, there is graphic evidence

crayfish fishery between the

amassed over 20 years which

Our New Zealand Sport Fishing Council

minimise the impact of overfishing so

fisheries submissions have consistently

we can restore the natural balance in

called for independent data gathering so

our marine waters. Ecosystem based

we can break the chain between depleted

management principles are guiding

fisheries and commercial fishing. To date

our New Zealand Sport Fishing Council

these calls have been ignored.

submissions and LegaSea is ramping

As recreational fishers we have already

up its efforts through the educational

contributed to rebuilding CRA2 because

programme FishCare – the school of

our catches have collapsed. During the

best practice.

last harvest surveys, researchers found

Ecosystem based management is all the

that 73% of recreational fishers in CRA2

rage overseas and New Zealand needs

returned with none, one or two crayfish.

to catch up. CRA2 is a prime fishery to

Less than 17% took their six per day limit.

demonstrate leadership and show that

An increasing number of recreational

we are serious about our promise to pass

fishers are recognising the need to

on sustainable fisheries to our kids. 

LegaSea is a public outreach initiative of the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council. The Council has an experienced fisheries management, science, policy and legal team. On behalf of the Council LegaSea raises funds and provides public-friendly information about a variety of processes that are important to restoring abundance in our fisheries for future generations.

Call 0800 LEGASEA (534 273)

Subscribe at www.legasea.co.nz

Email us info@legasea.co.nz

Read more at www.facebook.com/legasea

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// READER PICS

Garrick Marsh with a couple of solid Coromandel snapper

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Kaye Josephs and her 7.8kg snapper.

Caught on a straylined pillie at Rabbit Island, Mt Maunganui

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