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My little brother, Sam, had been bugging me for a couple years now to get him onto a kingi, so just after New Year I caved in and took him out to a couple of my pretty reliable spots in the Marlborough Sounds. His mates call him Rambo but we just call him Blisters because he never turns up until after the hard work is done, so I wondered how he’d cope with a tough king.

He managed to get a spear into a fish but the spear didn’t go in far enough to engage the flopper and the kingfish just flinched and swum a big circle around us. Big brother quickly drilled it with a bigger gun before it could swim off injured.

After that, I lent him a much bigger, more powerful gun and I took him to another favourite spot. Knowing where the fish would likely be, we swum the long round and came quietly up towards them with the current. I dropped down and saw a few yellow tails in the gloomy viz and knew we were in the right place, so swam him out into some clear water and signaled for him to dive down.

His story goes from there that half a dozen good fish swam past him as he got into the clearer water down deeper, and then a really big fish swam straight at him and then turned broadside - just asking to be shot. So he drilled it with what should have been a great shot in the head; the

spear went right through, and the fish just shook its head and hit the turbo boost button for the bottom... Rambo fled for the surface, holding on to the shooting line with all energy and trying to work the fish back up. As he surfaced I started dragging him and the struggling fish out to clearer water to lessen the risk of the fish finding something to get snagged in and busting off.

Once he had the fish up to around 8m from the surface I dropped down to get a look at the shot to make sure it was holding. Seeing the size of the fish, and no sign that it was bleeding out or slowing down I give it a second head shot that slowed it right down and

allowed Rambo to drag it up and quickly dispatch it.

There were a lot of high fives, hooting and hollering from all of us as the fish was slid onboard, including the old man who was following us closely with the boat. We realised that we didn’t have any scales heavy enough to weigh it and had to cut it into pieces to get an estimate of the weight that went 35kg. On the measuring board it went 137cm; boy I am glad he’s not competing against me in the Dawnbreakers’ competition with that length. It’s a heck of a first kingfish and I think he will be hard pressed to beat that in his lifetime.

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Be Careful What

You Wish For

Gary Fissenden with the surprise JD.

By Gary Fissenden

The New Year rang in some good omens, which kicked the fishing front off with a couple of surprises, a first and two personal bests. And it all happened because we caught Crimpy in a rare benevolent and generous moment! Kellie and I were camped at ‘Snapper Shack’ in Cissy Bay, enjoying a social with Clan Crimpy when the good skipper offered to take us down to his secret spot in the Marlborough Sounds for a crack at a snapper. He didn’t even plan to kill us afterwards!

Mind you, things were not looking flash; the fish were off the bite, the snapper were still spawning and the wind was in a niggly mood, but we tied off a mussel line, set the berley going and cast lines into the tide – which wasn’t running!

“No current,” mused the man, “not a good sign for snapper!”

Still, we persevered because Crimpy’s theory is that you pick a spot that you know holds fish and you work it.

“Racing all over the show and fishing for ten minutes here and there is like taking a lotto ticket,” he explained.

“Different species of fish come on the bite at different times of

the tide, so you are better off working a whole tide cycle and over time it will prove more productive.”

The fishing was hard and we did work the same spot over several tides, but even so, Daniel’s cries of “Fish on!” were fast and frequent – the kid’s a machine. We always came home with a feed of gurnard, greyboy, cod and a couple of surprises. Crimpy and Daniel had us constantly working the water, trying to maximise our opportunity of catching fish.

“When the fishing is slow, you have to work harder at getting the fish to bite – especially when snapper are spawning and their guts are full of roe and milt so they hardly feed.”

We cubed pilchards and mullet into the current, floated stray lines, cast handfuls of scallop shells into the tide and used a variety of berley – including tinned cat food!

Almost on cue, Kellie’s rod thumped hard down and she almost trailed it over the side!

“Snapper!” Daniel called expertly as the rod did the characteristic snapper nod and

all eyes scanned the depths for tell tale colour. There was great anticipation – hearts in the mouth stuff – followed by exhilaration as bronze and gold flashed in the sunlight and spiralled toward the surface.

Kellie was over the moon with her PB snapper – a thumper at 12lb!

“I have caught just about every species at this spot over time: snapper, kahawai, gurnard, kingies, greyboys, cod, sevengillers… but no JDs to date,” Crimpy reflected later.

I had just cast out a large softbait, thinking I was pushing my luck in the forty metres of water, but Crimpy’s words had a prophetic ring to them. The tip of the rod flickered, twitched and loaded up as I struck. The fish fought aggressively on light tackle but nothing like anything I’d played before. We all had trouble calling it, but when it finally broached the surface, the shouts, whoops and laughter said it all. A first for both ‘the spot’ and me, and a personal best on softbait all wrapped up in the one – john dory!

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Salmon Caught at Wits End

By Bill Woods

Allen Knott finally pegs a Kenepuru monster.

I was just about at my wits end: the salmon season was well underway and after a dozen fruitless trips to the river, things were looking gloomy. I’d been chasing the devils since I was a kid at school and used to do a bunk with my rod stashed in my bag. Now at 26, I still love the thrill of salmon fishing but had hoped catching them would have gotten easier.

With my little brother in tow, I arrived at the Rakaia a little after seven in the evening. Water conditions near Highbank, just below the gorge, were clear – almost too clear. I can’t honestly say I was full of optimism, but I thought the stretch of river looked like a promising piece of water, so flicked out a stock-standard silver zeddy; no additional colour, not even a splash of red. I almost hate to say it, but it came up solid on the very first cast!

The fish was slow to anger and at first I thought it was a searun trout, but then it saw sky and didn’t like it. After a good tussle, I landed this nice salmon, which weighed 12lb gutted. I was gutted too, because I carried on fishing and never got another touch!

Knott United with Monster Snapper

By Allen Knott

Bill Woods fishing against the odds landed this nice salmon recently.

I was really over everyone coming in to my shop, United Video Nelson, and regaling their stories of big snapper caught - in fact, any snapper caught! Everyday I had been out over the last few weeks, made me check for big signs under the boat calling all the shark varieties in the bay to pop over for a feed!

So my son Michael and I packed up the Osprey and headed to the Keneperu for a couple of days of hunting BIG snapper, arriving at a spot where I had seen a couple of biguns landed on the boat over the last few years, but NOT by me! By 11.00am the berley was working, the rods were loaded and the conditions were in our favour. Michael caught a small livey that was sent out on my stray line, which got munched within a half hour or so, chomping through the trace!

Next up was a slab of fresh kahawai, also on the stray line.

After another hour or so of very little activity on the other lines directly under the boat, the stray line started peeling! This was my lightest ‘soft bait rig’ so a good fight was on. It soon showed colour, with Michael saying something like, “What the **** is that?”

“That,” I replied, “is what I have been hunting for the last few years!” My first snapper over 20lbs hit the 25lb mark! To add to the adrenalin rush, the net handle snapped as we were getting it on board… sorry about that Struan, and sorry JD I beat your previous boat record snapper - and also sorry Sleepy ‘cause I know you had been feeding it for a few years!

But we did have another run which was lost so maybe…

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The Kingfish Club

Dad and I decided to go fishing even though the forecast said showers and light winds.

We headed out early one morning from Duncan Bay into a very calm sea, only to turn into the Tawhitinui Reach and be greeted by wind and waves. Carrying on towards the Pelorus Sounds we stopped in a bay, laid our setline, anchored up and started a berley trail. Fishing for a while with no bites we decided to head off somewhere else for a spot of cod fishing.

After a short time we had our limit of two each on board so we headed back to where we fished earlier to pick up the setline. A few sharks were taken off and freed, and then we saw the welcome sight of a bronze snapper coming up through the green water. I grabbed the net and it was ours. That was all on the line.

We re-laid it and started fishing amongst the

The rain didn’t dampen Josh’s spirits when he became a proud member of the Kingfish Club.

By Josh McIntyre. 13.

mussel farms. Our burley trail was working because there were mullet everywhere. On the sounder there was just a blur of activity. Sick of losing bait to them, we decided to pack up, grab the setline and head home. Just as I was about to wind up, ‘Bang’, something hit my line, peeling heaps out. I knew I was in for a fight and thought it was a big snapper.

After about five minutes Dad yelled out, “It’s a kingfish”.

It was mine and there was no way I was letting it get off. Despite it swimming around Dad’s line and the strayline, I got in on board. I was shaking. There were others following it up but they were not taking jigs or live baits. It was 670mm long, to small to keep. I held its tail until it kicked violently away.

We picked up the setline and started for home. I was so excited. I had officially joined the Kingfish Club.

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Kahawai

By Carol Foote

Andy with the kahawai that had him hitting the high notes.

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Sir Tom Jones, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones are not the only great exports to come out of Wales – Andrew Smith is right up there too. At least his workmates think so.

Andy emigrated from Cardiff to New Zealand in 2010 and now works for Golder Associates in Nelson as a geotechnical engineer – a job that requires a degree of calm and discipline.

Last year we had a work fishing trip that saw us trolling for kahawai off Nelson’s Boulder Bank. Andy hooked into a veritable monster and to his great delight, landed his first ever fish.

Talk about the classic little boy coming out of the big boy! As the photo depicts – move over Tom, Anthony and Catherine, because when it comes to sheer drama and the ability to hit a high note, Handy Andy leaves you guys for dead!

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Beach Boys Get Good Vibrations

Snapper Puts Wind Up

Brian Fensom of Nelson with a 22lb Kenepuru Sound snapper taken on a Black Magic C Point hook 9/0 and BM 40lb supple trace.

By Greg Gilbert

The start of the 2013/14 surf fishing season has been incredible, with rods and lines dipping and singing to the tune of great catches of rig, elephants, large greys, seven gillers and loads of kahawai. As well as the standard fare, a scattering of exotics such as salmon and moki have been showing up all along the east coast. I have had some great days on the kahawai, with Andrew Claridge, Greg Terra’s and of course Alison. Red cod are around in large numbers too, which is

By Brian Fensom

surprising; I guess this makes up for poor numbers over winter!

The fishing has been sublime: in the past month I have landed two 50lb plus greyboys (tope/school shark) but sadly one was unable to be released. Many a good feed of table fish has been caught consisting of red cod, gurnard, rig, elephant fish, flounder, school shark, salmon and seven giller. Family and friends certainly love this time of year and I am not letting them down!

Greg about to release this fat tope.

The Marlborough Sounds provides great snapper fishing but it can be challenging because of the wind. Wind against tide makes for difficult fishing because you can’t get a good berley trail going. The boat swings wildly on anchor, spreading the berley over a wide area, rather than creating a funnel-type effect that draws snapper into your fishing zone. It is also very hard to present the baits nicely when lines are being swung about and there is the added problem of losing touch with your baits when lines go slack.

Successful fishing can come down to doing a bit of research before you head out. I study Swellmap: for the Pelorus Sound I look at Cook and Witts Rock to get an indication of wind strength and direction, and then apply local knowledge to find the more sheltered spots.

For example, a sou’easterly comes straight over the low saddle at Portage and blows straight down the Kenepuru, which is hard to get out of. It creates the odd sheltered spot down near ‘Tractor Bay’ though. A nor’west comes out of St Omer, blows down the sound, but leaves sheltered pockets further up the sound.

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We have a marine radio at the bach.

It comes in handy when I’m out fishing in ‘The Big Blue Growly Thing’, because I can radio Annette, give her my ETA when heading home and make sure she has dinner on the table at an appropriate time. She usually replies that we are having poultry for tea and she can’t wait to have me in her loving arms again.

The conversation goes something like this: “Snapper Shack, Snapper Shack – The Fishing Paper, The Fishing Paper!”

“Go Ahead Fishing Paper – this is Snapper Shack.”

“Heading home now – be on the mooring in twenty.

Have tea on the table in thirty. What are we having?”

“GS Turkey.”

“What brand is GS?” “Get Stuffed!”

“Love you!”

“Why don’t you sleep on the mooring?”

“Fishing Paper clear.”

“Snapper Shack OUT!” Santa got the kids a little handheld VHF for Christmas, so they can now go fishing from the shore or dinghy and remain in safe contact.

Daniel took his mate Jack Kininmonth to the bach and between setting the bait net and fishing off the shore at ‘Shelly Beach’, they were

Jack Kininmonth and Daniel Crimp in harvest mode.

kept busy. Daniel’s call sign is ‘Sprat’ so, as you can imagine, the air was filled with some entertaining dialologue.

“Sprat, sprat – Snapper Shack, Snapper Shack – are you there yet son?”

“No Dad – I’m still here beside you in the kitchen – give me time!”

“Radio check!”

And Later…

“Snapper Shack, Snapper Shack – this is Sprat!”

“Go ahead Sprat!”

“I’ve just caught dinner – a huge mullet and a good-size little kahawai – both eaters!”

“Roger that – keep me posted – Snapper Shack clear!”

The intermittent babble went on for the duration of the tide, during which time

I was kept up to date with blow-by-blow accounts of the action whilst enjoying the comfort of my chair and a good book. From memory they caught an assortment of ‘huge, enormous, monstrous, gigantic and real big’ fish.

I learned that many were eaters and, in fact, a vast majority were going to be consumed for dinner.

The chatter was jubilant and punctuated with the appropriate radio protocol as the little mariners learned another useful skill whilst having fun. I smiled inwardly to myself. I didn’t relish the thought of dining on yelloweye mullet every night for a week, but it certainly made a change from Annette’s GS Turkey!

Stringer Successful At Mokihinui

Sol Coleman displays his prizewinning kahawai, taken just south of the Mussel Rocks.

Port Nelson & saxton road, stoke

Regular participant, Bruce Stringer, took out the major prize for the heaviest fish at the annual Mokihinui Fishing Competition with a 5.73kg rig. Eightynine competitors landed 86 fish over the ten-day competition with rough weather reducing the tally from last year’s 167 fish weighed in.

The heaviest snapper, at 2.14kg, was caught by Jeremy Cunningham and Sol Coleman weighed in the heaviest kahawai at 2.74kg. John Lee was the winner of the trout section with a 1.92kg brown. Only three daily snapper prizes were claimed and they went to Jeremy, Danella Leach and Jack Zielenski.

In the kontiki section the Burgue Syndicate weighed in the heaviest fish, a rig at 4.23kg and the Mike Syndicate the heaviest snapper at 2.35kg. Top junior fishers were Dominic Hann in the trout section and Angus Templeton who caught a flounder. Top female fisher was Mel Blundell with a 2.38kg kahawai.

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Look Mum No Handlebars!

By Cody Simpsom

My older brother and Dad were hunting an area near Kaikoura that held plenty of deer. Dad had never shot a stag before and was hoping to put his .243 to the test on this trip, so was fired up.

Luke spotted the stag from the opposite hill, so it took a long walk to get into range and what a great stalk from Dad. They had to pick their way through trees, river and bushes until they got out in the open and in a position to take the stag. All it took was one shot and it was a solid hit. Unfortunately the deer took a tumble down the hill, smashing off its antlers in the process, before finally coming to rest on a steep section.

The next mission was getting it to the bottom so they could take a photo. Don’t ask me how they got it down but they did somehow. In the end it was worth it and Dad was very happy with his efforts. Not bad for a first stag - even if it was minus the handlebars.

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High as a Kite

By Kim Swan

Kim Swan with a useful backscratcher!

www.thefishingpaper.co.nz The roar, again, already.

It seems like only weeks since the longest day and the height of a sweat-soaked fly-hummer summer. And when I count back it is only weeks, twelve weeks, since we celebrated summer solstice and looked forward to shorter days and lengthier nights.

This is no ordinary red deer ‘roar’, for I have had my eye on a stag. I’m not a wild deer person; I’m a wild pig person. I’ll walk to the moon for a pig, but I’ll walk past a deer with nary a sideways glance.

I’ll chase a semi-worthy boar - willy nilly through hell and high water - but I’ll merely note a good stag in my memory bank, log his whereabouts for a deer friend or future client.

I know my mediocre red stag from my magnificent red stag. I know my brows, beys and tops and top-knots. I know about dimensions and symmetry. I see a lot of deer. At work or at play, I see deer everywhere.

There’s a trophy at Tom’s and a beauty by Bob’s, a biggy in Bert’s and a wall hanger on Frank’s.

Not to mention the royal reigning in DoC. I regularly see twelves, a couple of thirteens and the odd fourteen.

The one I want, I really really want, is only a ten.

But he is special, non-standard and super-sly.

He is a gift for my birthday. A kindness on behalf of my husband and the land owner. He does not come gift wrapped. He is an elusive animal seldom seen. A ‘now you see me, now you don’t’ stag amongst scrub and scattered clearings.

I choose a day, a late afternoon in April. And I catch a glimpse of those unique tines as the stag rests atop a distant knob. He is a speck in the binoculars.

I run far and fast before the inevitable heartpounding close-quarters sneak-in. I like to do my shooting eyeball to eyeball. I like to test my hunting skills, not my shooting skills. Shooting is a different game and not one I like to play.

My ten has gone when I arrive. I am a silent sneak ghosting through the manuka, but his bed is empty. I do not know whether he’s winded me, or whether he’s wandered off to satisfy a sexual urge or hunger pang.

Face to the breeze, I set off to seek him out. I stalk a roar here: an impressive eleven. A roar there: a lightweight ten. I sidle and descend through side gullies one after another. I bypass deer after deer till I’m on the river flat. As evening approaches the hills are alive - with the sound of roaring.

Am I in a bubble? It seems I am invisible and have no scent. I walk at will among stags of every

description. Some are exhausted and lie asleep, some have a single hind which they guard from all comers. Several are running hither thither back and forward across the river, sniffing hinds’ behinds before running ever onwards.

One mud-encrusted twelve pointer is hounding a female fawn relentlessly. He pauses only to bellow bullishly. His tongue lolls and his eyes are glazed. He works the agile young fawn like a heading dog, uphill then down. He crashes through immature manuka just ten metres from me, stumbles - rolls. With a groan he rises to his feet, glaring angrily at me. Should I ready my rifle? Will he charge?

The hinds that see me know I’m danger. They are wary. But their actions are ignored. Some run and some bark, but the stags seem deaf and blind.

They have eyes only for cycling she-deer and they reek so much of wallow-mud and urine, they can scent little but their own smelly selves.

On this private property, in this large secluded gully, I stand among two-dozen mature stags and a half dozen immature stags. All of which are so hell-bent on sex that I simply don’t exist. As if they sense I don’t want to shoot a single one of them they go about their business, show business, at full noise.

What an evening. What an experience. This is my gift, stags alive not dead; so much roaring and so much action here amidst these manuka-fringed clearings. By god it’s not half-exciting being here.

How lucky am I? Lucky, and grateful for that luck, beyond known measure.

Time flies, minutes merge to witching hour.

Darkness rapidly descends as sunlight fades behind snowy mountain tops.

After silently thanking and farewelling my smelly companions, it’s time to run. I have a rock-strewn riverbed to navigate, a swift river to cross and several kilometres of blackberry tangle to wrangle. I don’t have a torch and there is no moon.

When it gets coal black I shadow the merino ewes, knowing full well that they will follow sheep trails that lead on to the 4wd track. From there I can vaguely see pale-coloured wheel ruts.

I bolt back, grinning, barely feeling the sweat trickling down my back or the many blackberry scratch stings.

My feet have wings and I am flying, and not because I’m a fit young thing. I’m on a natural high. Though not a wild deer person, I am a hunter and tonight was as good as hunting gets.

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Ivory

Some people call it luck, some call it ‘jammy’, some say right place at the right time, but I call it hunting, as this pig took four hunts to get.

I had Brett with me and we were just taking our time and doing a lot of glassing, because on the last three hunts into this area I had seen good size pig marks each time. It was still early morning and the sun was just starting to make its mark on the high ridges above us, but back down where we were things were still a bit frosty, with only a slight breeze starting to lift up from the valley below. I

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enjoy these sort of hunts when you can see a long way and just sit back and take in the view for a while; it’s peaceful and it gives you time to appreciate what we have in this country. Anyway, after glassing for about ten minutes we spied a small mob of pigs about three kilometres to the south of us and way across the other side of the gully, but the pig was not amongst them.

So it was decided we would hop back on the bikes and quietly mooch round to the next gully and have a glass in the hope of seeing our target.

The next gully gave us the

same result; a nice place to be but our pig was not in this one either, so it was off round to the next gully for a look. Well bugger me, as we rounded through the saddle we saw four boars and they sensed something was not quite right.

They were about two hundred metres below us, so now for me it was flick the kill switch and leap off the bike, and at the same time get the rifle off my back as soon as I could with Brett following suit. The bikes had now chugged to a halt and that was enough to give away our position to the pigs. I quickly

Mark Wills persevered over four hunts to tumble these ivories.

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let Brett know which one I was going to have a shot at (a black and white boar), so Brett got down into position and loaded.

I had already positioned my bipod and cranked a round into the breach. I think we fired at about the same time because the noise from the blast sounded more like a kid-dock rather than a bang. The boar I fired at cart wheeled and came to a halt, and Brett had to give the black one another shot to finish it. The other two made cover before we could get a bead on them.

We both sat for a while just to make sure our bullets had done the job.

After about ten minutes, we put the guns down and removed our coats so we would not overheat when bringing our pigs back up to the track. Once I clambered down to the pig I had shot, I discovered that it had a very good set of ivories and the pig was a bit bigger than it looked from our shooting position. Brett got his pig up first then came to give me a hand. Once back at the bikes we were soon off home and pretty sure that we had scored the pig that left marks from previous hunts. Brett’s boar pulled the scales to 129lb and mine to 160lb - we were stoked.

Well now, for the feast; we had pork chops that had been marinating in soy sauce, five spice, ginger, garlic, tomato sauce and orange juice for two days. These were done on the BBQ and served with garlic bread and a crisp green salad.

This was washed down with a Stoneleigh merlot and what a great feast it was. To me a hunt like this shows if at first you don’t succeed, try again!

Happy hunting.

Hares & Horses For Quaid

By Daryl Crimp

Young Quaid Taylor is a budding new hunter and loves getting out fishing, shooting and eeling. Quaid is pictured here with a brace of hares taken on a night shoot in Little Wanganui, while staying with the family at ‘Grandad’ Tom Horncastle’s.

The blokes took a rabble of youngsters out for a spot of wholesome Kiwi fun and they had the time of their lives. Dog mousey was in on the action and Quaid reckons it was more fun than sliding through the mud in your good clothes. Good on you Quaid; keep hunting and keep having fun. Oh, and explain to mousey, they are only hares… not horses!

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Sighting In on the Shot Show

By Paul Clark - New Zealand Ammo

I have just returned from the 2014 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas, which saw a record 67,000 people attend, injecting $73 million into the Vegas economy over four days. The Shot Show is the industry showcase for those wanting to keep a finger on the pulse of what’s happening across the various sectors and this year’s expo didn’t disappoint. More than 1600 companies were represented, filling up 13-acres of the Sands Convention Centre, underground beneath the Venetian Hotel.

A key message I took from this show was that ‘black guns rule supreme’ and everything else currently is playing second fiddle. Black guns, or AR type (Assault Rifle) weapons quite simply dominate the American recreational weapons landscape at the moment and it does have an influence on the New Zealand market.

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This is a dinky-die warning to those people who arrive at a hut and don’t take the time out to read the record book!

The hut up the Grey Valley is old, in fact, very old. It has the basics and no more: axe, fry pan, camp oven, broom, rusty pots and for water - a plastic bucket.

Don’t for a minute be fooled - danger is at foot; always read that hut book!

A bunch of happy trampers reached the hut... it’s all there in the record book. In neat ladylike writing... it states how they cannot find a loo. Looked everywhere, but not the bank of blackberry bushes with many little pockets that offer ideal squatting places; very private.

After a few camper-type paragraphs and suddenly…

EUREKA. Madam has it figured out. You hover over the plastic bucket... do your poo, then wash the bucket and contents into the pretty wee stream that flows by the hut 10 metres away!

At this stage you and I toss the bucket out and use your billy for water. Moral of this story - beware of happy trampers who don’t like blackberry bushes!

Recreational hunting in New Zealand is closely aligned with the United States and in particular, sales trends; if it will sell in America then, generally, it will sell here. We tend to monitor the US market and its preferences.

Kiwis have always had an interest in militarystyle weapons, from the World War II M1 Carbine and M1 Garand (both still in civilian production), through to an expanding interest in semi-autos as a result of the venison industry.

This is not necessarily a bad thing, as AR-style weapons are completing their evolution cycle, having been developed, modified and improved so that they now enjoy wider applications – they are now also produced in calibres .338 LM (Lapua Magnum) and .50; this keeps the long range boys happy. Accuracy has improved, they are lighter and more user friendly, accommodate optics readily and over short to mid range, handle conditions better than many sporting rifles because they have been ‘ruggerized’ for ‘military’ use. They have the accuracy and hitting power over a practical range that makes them suitable for targeting medium game like deer, pigs and other New Zealand game.

While our government has changed the law recently, the market has already swiftly adapted and new shipments of A Cat, AR-type rifles that meet the new requirements are on the way. Just by changing the law, it doesn’t change desire or demand. For the present, ‘black rifles’ enjoy unprecedented popularity.

Another noticeable trend at the Shot Show this year was the dramatic increase in serious, practical women taking up shooting sports. The number of firearm owners in the States is on the rise, with around 100 million legal owners currently. Of these, 35% are women and recent years have seen an upsurge with over five million ladies joining the gun owner’s ranks.

I attribute this partly to ongoing women’s liberation and increase generally in women participating in extreme sports like skydiving, extreme mountaineering, rock climbing and shooting – they have arrived. Women are now breaking into domains not previously open to them, which is a positive sign.

A couple of new products caught my eye: the new 25/25 Sharps and the new .260 Nosler – both available to the NZ market later this year.

The 25/45 Sharps is a standard .223 case necked up to .25 calibre, which will make it a more practical deer rifle, pushing an 85g projectile at around 3000fps. The .260 in the 6.5 calibre is a hotter version of the .264, in a magnum. This will have some appeal for long-range hunters aiming at big-bodied game like deer and tahr.

While we had the same old excuses from the manufacturers justifying product delays, and expect further delays this year in supply and delivery, there are signs that the industry is in consolidation for growth, with new plant, machinery and staff increases aimed at stepping up production for the domestic market. But in the short term, it may well pay for you to stock up on your favorite products.

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The Mud & the Blood & the Deer!

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By Dave McDonald

I flicked the light on and two sets of eyes blinked back from the felled pine clearing.

The nearest one appeared white. Brady quickly swung his new rifle to his shoulder and fired, and the deer went straight down. I flicked the lights onto the other deer and we were shocked at the size of its antlers; huge, maybe 18 – 20 points with massive palms! Brady worked the new left hand action, but the old boy was quick and bolted at the sound!

However, we had a trophy white skin and we decided it was so rare we’d take it back, un-gutted, and skin it under the lights.

On the way back we stopped at the liquor store to get a celebratory drink and that’s when all hell broke loose. I’d got out to marvel at the deer

A rare trophy.

while Clint and Brady went into the shop, and the damn thing put up its head. Jase made a move toward it but I told him not to touch it, as it could jump up. I yelled for Clint to come with a knife and he arrived fishing his pocketknife from his trousers, but as he approached the deer, it jumped up. “Grab it,” I yelled.

As it cleared the sideboard, Clint lunged forward and grabbed a hoof. Next thing I knew, it was running full pelt up the driveway heading for a place called freedom, dragging Clint behind it.

The store attendant arrived on the scene with a customer,

both investigating what all the commotion was about. At the same time, a white Range Rover full of ladies pulled into the parking lot and they had no idea what was going on. All they could see was a couple of ‘bodies’ fighting it out in the mud, and the blood and the beer! They quickly reversed out.

Clint managed to dispatch the deer and limped back to the ute, swearing and absolutely covered in blood.

I quickly foisted the animal back on the ute and as people were spilling into the night from every doorway, I told Brady to DRIVE… and we got the hell out of there!

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Marlborough’s New Roar Hotspot Areas of Marlborough are becoming well recognised for their Red Deer trophy potential and interest amongst the hunting fraternity has made back country Marlborough a genuine option to secure a trophy stag this roar.

Marlborough owned Ridge Air specialises in helicopter and fixed wing air transport, offering hunters access to remote areas of back country Marlborough for that memorable hunting excursion. In recent times, Ridge Air has generated a loyal base of return clientele who utilise the expertise of the guy’s at Ridge Air to put them in areas that can give them a genuine chance of a quality trophy. Without a doubt, areas of Marlborough hold the best public access red deer trophies in the Top of the South and for those wanting to plan a trip locally for red deer, Marlborough and Ridge Air is an obvious option.

“The Department of Conservation provide some great resources in Marlborough for hunters to utilise and I know they are keen to see the public make the most of that.

It’s interesting to note that we now have

hunters who have traditionally gone to areas of the West Coast or Canterbury for their annual roar trip, using us to access back country Marlborough, so I guess that’s proof that we can offer some good options as well,” says Aron O’Donnell Operations Coordinator for Ridge Air. “The benefits of ‘game management’ by some of the private land owners in Marlborough is definitely showing through in the feral population as well, and the improvement in trophy quality is obvious which is great for everyone.”

“We’ve enjoyed good success with most of our clients in recent times and the quality of some of the trophies the experienced hunters have secured is really satisfying,” says Willie Sage - Ridge Air’s helicopter pilot.

Ridge Air already has a number of bookings for hunters ‘heading for the hills’ over the roar period, but for those of you who are contemplating or undecided on where you may escape to this roar, give the guy’s at Ridge Air a call and ‘chew the fat’ – they are happy to tailor an option for most people’s budgets.

BOOK REVIEW New Zealand Hunting Adventures Deer, Chamois and Tahr in the 21st Century

By Steuart Laing - Published by the Halcyon Press

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Reviewed by Daryl Crimp The best kind of book to read is one you can’t put down – this is one of those ‘pick up and hang on to it’ kind of books.

While I found the title rather cumbersome, Steuart Laing’s writing is not. His style is clean, evocative, tight and crisp. Steuart is clearly a seasoned hunter and this is reflected in his ability to recount a hunt in such a manner that it kindles déjà vu in the reader; you get a sense that you’ve been there or that it’s happened to you.

The book covers a number of hunts for deer, chamois and tahr since the millennium, so it’s contemporary and relevant to today’s hunter, which gives it a kind of ‘reference’ quality as well as being highly entertaining.

Steuart’s love of nature and passion for hunting is captured within the pages through sound research, keen observation, nice imagery and a good mix of ‘real’ photographs, which support his narrative beautifully.

He weaves a lot of practical advice into the stories, a sign of a good writer, and has a good sense of timing, knowing when to pick up the pace or slow down to set the scene.

He also writes with refreshing honesty and is not afraid to ‘tell a hunt like it is’, whether it be old legs letting him down or the frustration of poor shooting, it all finds an appropriate place on the page.

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It seems that for many keen hunters and book lovers, securing a copy of my latest book, Something To Aim For, is exactly that – something to aim for.

Since Christmas I have been inundated with emails, letters and calls from frustrated people who have experienced difficulty finding, let alone purchasing, a copy of the book, which prompted me to investigate. It would appear that Something To Aim For is disappearing off the shelves faster than many bookshops are restocking it. With demand for the book so high, some people are struggling to get their hands on a copy and while I’m thrilled it is proving so popular, I’d hate to see anyone miss out.

If you can’t find a copy at your local bookshop, the first step is to ask at the counter if they stock it, or would they order it for you.

They should be able to get it within a couple of days.

Failing that, I have increased my stock here so you can order an autographed copy online from The Fishing Paper Shop – see ad in this issue – or if you are not computer savvy, give me a ring personally on 021 472 517 and I’ll get a copy to you.

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According to Evan Walker, Recreational Boating Officer with Environment Canterbury, it’s not that hard to keep safe on the water. By following five simple rules you maximise your chance of having a great day out and returning home safely.

The first of the five simple rules is to always have lifejackets on board for every person and wear them! Make sure the jackets fit properly and are well maintained. Don’t put young children into adult jackets. Boats can sink very quickly and if you have a lifejacket on, you can increase your survival time in the water. If you are boating in Canterbury waters and your vessel is under six metres in length and is underway, it is a requirement of the navigation safety bylaws that you are all wearing jackets.

Skipper responsibility is the second key rule. Make sure that one person on board is skipper. All other passengers must follow their instructions. The skipper is responsible for the safety of everyone on board and for the safe operation of

the boat. It’s important they know the rules and regulations, where all safety equipment is stowed and the limits of the vessel. Don’t push yourself or your boat too hard.

Always take at least two separate waterproof ways of communicating with you. You need to have these close by at all times and they must be easily accessible.

Everyone on board should know where these are and how and who to call for assistance in an emergency.

In New Zealand we have great access to up to date marine weather forecasts.

We need that because the weather can change so quickly. Before you leave home check the forecast and change your plans if it’s not looking good. Throughout the day you should also keep a close eye on the weather and an ongoing check on forecasts. The weather and sea conditions will change during the day, so make sure you know what is happening and what is expected.

Finally, don’t mix alcohol and boating – it doesn’t work. Safe boating and alcohol just don’t go together. Weather and water conditions can quickly change or you could face equipment failure and you need to be able to think and respond quickly and clearly.

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The men had been fishing from a 7 metre hard-topped trailer-boat about 12 nautical miles from the harbour entrance.

After checking the local weather forecast to ensure conditions for the day would be favourable, they crossed the harbour bar without incident, having made a trip report and confirmed their successful crossing to the local Coastguard.

When the men attempted to raise their anchor, they found it was snagged on the sea floor. After spending some time attempting to retrieve it, they left a marker buoy and visited a friend’s boat nearby.

When they returned to try once more to uplift the snagged anchor, they tied the anchor warp to a cleat on the transom and the short length to a nearby handrail. The skipper revved the motor to try to free the anchor from the stern but the cleat gave way and hit one of the passengers.

The rope quickly fed out until the section tied to the handrail was taut. The skipper then throttled back and went aft to cut the rope, but the boat was swamped and turned upside down within seconds.

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Summer Safety: Travelling with Firearms in Vehicles For many people, the summer holidays mean lazing by the beach or switching off at the bach. But for the hunting community it may mean visiting a part of the country you’ve never been to before, to search out a new spot to while away the time until the Roar!

From wallaby hunting in the South Island to goat shooting on the East Coast, hunting activity is happening all over New Zealand.

Hunting is particularly popular at this time of year and whether your quest for the tastiest bacon or other game sees you return to a familiar haunt or visit a new and interesting location, there’s a few things to remember about getting your firearms there safely too.

As well as planning and preparing for your trip by following general outdoor safety advice, Nicole McKee, Firearms & Hunter Safety Programme Manager for the Mountain Safety Council, urges those pursuing activities involving firearms to take extra care and be mindful of their responsibilities when transporting their equipment: “Guns in vehicles increase the potential for non-intentional firearms incidents. Before putting a firearm in your vehicle, the Arms Code states that ‘you must have particular, lawful and sufficient purpose to have firearms with you’. What this means is that you must be going hunting, to a shooting range or a gunsmith and that you simply can’t just drive around with a gun in your car.’

A loaded firearm in a vehicle including the magazine is incredibly dangerous and an offence under the road rules. You could make the firearm inoperable, for example use a trigger locking device, remove the bolt or breakdown your shotgun.

“Take care when moving firearms in or

out of a vehicle. It is best practice to always point it in a safe direction, even if you think it’s unloaded and ensure you never grab the firearm by the muzzle. Finally you should not be tempted to shoot from a moving vehicle nor be waving loaded guns about on the side of the road as both are also illegal,” added Ms McKee. In 2010 a Northland man, sitting in the back seat of a 4WD, was injured in a freak, but potentially fatal accident after his dog leapt on to a loaded rifle and accidentally shot him in the backside. The bolt action rifle had not been unloaded and the gentleman in question was lucky not to be killed.

Avoid incidents by carrying your firearms in a gun bag or lockable hard case and keep them out of sight. As well as avoiding unnecessary alarm to others, it also protects the firearm from damage. Make sure you keep ammunition separate in another part of the vehicle.

Do not leave your vehicle unattended at any time. It should be locked and you must be in it, near it or able to watch it. It is the firearms licence holder’s responsibility to ensure adequate security at all times.

Last year in Southland, firearms were stolen from six vehicles around duck hunting time.

Summer is also a time when thieves target cars, as they know there are a lot of people on the road, on holiday and in unfamiliar areas and may not be as vigilant as when they are at home.

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Taranaki Tupperware

By Kelvin Wright

Having relocated to Taranaki from Dunedin, I had to adapt to new fishing challenges.

Not sure what to do about a boat, I decided to get a kayak and have a play in close where fishing is very successful - a reef runs in both directions from New Plymouth.

I joined the local club and met up with some like-minded keen fisho’s and set about putting some fillets in the fridge. I ran into one Ex Dunedin Lad – Tony Hurring - one of life’s good bastards. He also has some similarly questionable mates that are also mad lip rippers and we have had some epic journeys out fishing in the kayaks.

My first trip out was a nice basic paddle just clear of the port in front of town where it’s common to catch gurnard and the odd snapper in 18m or less of water.

After a couple of trips out of the port the lads dragged me up to a place called Whitecliffs, a beach launch north of New Plymouth. The sea was flat and waves would be lucky to be a foot high. We paddled out for what seemed like an eternity to start fishing in 22m of water, about 6km offshore, and caught gurnard and snapper. We then headed back to find that the surf had got up… not a lot, but to a newbie who was absolutely rooted after a 6km paddle on the way back in, it was enough to provide entertainment for the locals as I got introduced to the not so rare ‘Taranaki Turtle’! This is where the unsuspecting newbie finds himself surfing back in on a wave, burying the nose of the kayak and ending up wearing the bloody thing like a turtle shell as he is dishonourably dismounted into the surf.

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Where to Carry What – Packing PFDs Safety gear is important stuff, but in addition to purchasing and learning how to use it, ensuring that it is ready to use is even more important.

One of the worst case scenarios that we could face when kayaking on open water is becoming separated from our kayak. If this were to occur, what gear would you have with you and what gear would still be in your kayak? The best place to carry important equipment is in your PFD. You should always carry a: • Communication device (that will work where you plan on paddling) • Whistle • Survival blanket The communication device can be a cell phone in a waterproof case or a VHF radio if you are venturing out of cell phone range.

If your PFD did not come with a whistle, go buy one and attach it to the shoulder strap of your PFD. It is a cheap but effective way of getting attention. Lastly, a survival blanket is cheap, does not take up much space and should you end up on land with no kayak it will provide shelter from wind and will reflect body heat.

If you are undertaking a longer or more remote trip you will be even more responsible for your own safety. In this case you should also carry: • A signalling device (flare, handheld smoke and/or signal mirror) • Food (muesli bars or similar) The gear shown above is all highly useful should you get into trouble. What you choose to carry will depend upon where

you kayak, what the local conditions are, how long you are out and who else is around. With the knowledge gained from previous paddling trips, you will be able to create your own personal ‘safety gear stowage plan’.

Having important gear stowed in your kayak will not help. If it suddenly gets rough and you cannot get to shore, then it becomes difficult to get gear out from inside a hatch. And opening a hatch could result in your kayak taking on water and we do not want water to fill the inside of a SOT kayak.

When thinking about safety gear, go beyond thinking about what you need and begin thinking about when you are going to need it. If you are ever in a situation that requires a particular item, then you will not regret the time spent organising your PFD contents.

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ThePink Page Trout No Bloke Thing

Maree with her 2lb Rotoiti brown.

By Maree Peter

Casting for Recovery is a nationwide programme aimed at getting ladies affected by breast cancer into fly fishing. I became involved as a local coordinator through a friend and it sparked a desire to take up the sport – something I’d always had a hankering to try. A year into the venture I was still fishless, so resorted to flicking a lure from the shore at Lake Rotoiti near Nelson.

I had scarcely been there ten minutes when my black and gold Toby came up short.

“Bugger – snagged on a rock,” I muttered under my breath.

But there was some give there so I retrieved. The ‘rock’ didn’t put up much of a fight but somewhere between the deep and the shore it morphed into this nice two pound brown trout. I was delighted – my first trout.

Fly fishing is my preferred style though and I’m determined to master it and land a trout on the fly. Do I care if it is big one? Hell no – I’m a woman; size isn’t important. That’s a bloke thing!

Maree Huntley with the monster kingfish that was no match for her magic.

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By Maree Huntley

We always get The Fishing Paper each month and enjoy reading peoples’ stories, so I thought I would share mine.

We went fishing off Cape Jackson in the Outer Marlborough Sounds

the weekend before Christmas and I was lucky enough to catch my first kingfish.

I was with my husband, Garth and two brother-in-laws: Micky and Les. There were heaps of

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Kahawai feeding and Les and Micky were having success towing lures around catching them. I decided to put a line out the back in the middle of them and try for a kingfish - not ever expecting to get one. My lure was attached to 30lb braid and it didn’t take long to feel a strike. I knew straight away that whatever I had was a decent fish.

It bent the rod over and started running. I then started the 30 - 40 minute fight of reeling it in, and then it would just run, which it did at least eight times, taking a heap of line with each run.

Towards the end, both myself and the fish were getting tired and I thought at one point I was ready to pass the rod over to Garth, but I stuck with it and finally there was excitement as we saw it in the water, with a second one following it up to the boat. I was so excited to not only catch my first Kingfish but to get one of that size was pretty awesome.

Unfortunately we didn’t have any scales to weigh the kingfish, but it was just over 1.2 metres long.

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Wairau/Motueka Firing

By Rhys Barrier

Catching & Eating Elephants

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Catch me if you can!

The normal holiday period wet weather occurred over the Christmas/New Year period, putting a dampener on both camping and fishing. As we drifted back to work, many rivers cleared and the fishing started to fire. Anglers report that the Wairau is loaded with fish, with good numbers of 0.5 - 2 kg fish being observed during evening rises. When conditions allow, exceptional numbers of fish can be encountered anywhere above State Highway 1, with some anglers telling us that numbers are the highest they have seen in ten years.

Rumour has it the odd salmon is also starting to appear in the Wairau, with one of our honorary rangers hooking but not landing a good sized salmon. The overall smaller size of these ‘northern’ salmon means they can sometimes be landed on normal trout spinning gear, enabling licensed anglers to fish for two species at once.

Reports from Golden Bay and Rai/Pelorus Rivers are a bit scarce at present, but early season sea-run trout were providing some good fishing in the larger river mouths of Golden Bay, with some double digit fish being captured on Woolly Bugger fly patterns at night.

Rivers in the Murchison area like elsewhere were running high over the Christmas period so much of the fishing action was confined to the lakes, where the fishing was reported to be a bit slow, with fish size down on last year.

Now the rivers have dropped we have had positive reports from both the upper Buller and Maruia rivers. The Maruia has been fishing well with nymphs when blind fishing runs and riffles. Interestingly enough didymo biomass in the top section of the Buller seems to be steadily reducing each summer with didymo diomass still at the pre-bloom pustule stage

mid-January 2014, and an improvement in the fishery appears to be concurrently occurring which is good news.

The Motueka River is arguably the highlight of the region this year. Fish numbers are reported to be up even further on last year, which is now leading to an overall size reduction (average now around 1.4kg), but much more opportunity for anglers. Fish numbers are reported by some anglers to be as good as they can ever remember, with one of our honorary rangers catching 12 fish in just over an hours fishing! Despite this we still meet anglers during fishing licence compliance checks that claim there are no fish in the Motueka River this year. The Motueka can indeed be a mysterious fishery, with one angler reporting he fished a run on a falling barometer and saw zero fish, but returned to the same piece of water one week later during a high pressure system to see dozens of fish rising everywhere in the same run!

For tips on how to more successfully fish the Motueka, visit the Fish & Game website and read the article that will appear in the upcoming February Reel Life newsletter under the Nelson/Marlborough section – fish numbers are not a problem in the Motueka this year, it is when and how they are fished for that matters most.

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Stick Your Oar In Congrats on 100 Dear Ed Crimpy and Annette Congratulations to you and the team on the 100 issues.

Well done and keep it up.

Kind regards Coutta Dear Ed, Hi Daryl Heartiest congratulations to you and The Team on your 100th publication. A red letter day!

The latest issue is very impressive and you must take some satisfaction that in spite of being ‘written off’ years ago, you have not only survived but also thrived.

Harsh criticism does have its uses - it invariably makes those made of sterner stuff all the more determined to succeed.

Well Daryl, you’ve knocked up a century and you are still at the crease. Keep on batting!

Sincere best wishes, Frank Cartwright Dear Ed, Hi Crimpy!

Congratulations on reaching one hundred issues. I’m a bit like Barry Bartlett (the

Stalwart) I also have kept every issue printed. I have not had access to the same issues as the Nelson people. My first issue is the Canterbury edition, November 2007, Issue 1 with Joe Chidgey on the front page holding a good condition Kahawai.

I still occasionally look back through the past issues, especially if I’m going to fish new territory, to get an idea on what gear is required and old ‘hotspots’ all to help make a trip a bit more successful. I also like to read some of the articles over again. Writers whose stories I like are Ivan Wilsons and Barrie Clark on the fishing side and Kim Swan’s hunting yarns never bore me (or boar me!) and, of course, you Crimpy. Being an ex-West Coaster, I loved the story about long lining for whitebait.

I hope your paper keeps me entertained for another 100 issues.

Cheers Dave McKey Dear Ed, Congrats on the 100th edition.

Well done Thanks for publishing the Steel vs Lead piece. Hope we can do more given 2014 is an election year. Last year there was an article by a contributor about

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We ask that all contributions come supplied with contact details. All letters must be emailed, type written or printed legibly, signed and not more than 300 words. The Fishing Paper states that opinions put forward are not necessarily those of the publisher. We reserve the right to publish in part or refuse to publish on legal grounds if the content of the letters are in any way legally contentious.

Mail your letters to Stick Your Oar In The Fishing Paper, PO Box 9001, Annesbrook, 7044, NELSON

email: editor@ thefishingpaper.co.nz 1080 covering the usual points but it also included comment that in the USA its banned as it is considered a weapon of mass destruction, or similar words.

I have lost that piece. Can I please get a copy. I want to send that overseas.

On another subject when writing about Night Vision equipment we might consider noting that night hunting/ hunting at night is not permitted on public land. I think it’s good practice, as we will be seen as ‘responsible’.

Cheers Roger Wootton

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Salmon Surprise Dear Ed, Hey Crimpy, we got a surprise in early January while trolling for a few kahawai for the smoker up the Abel Tasman.

My mate, Kurt Bolton, hooked into what I presume to be a salmon!

I have been asking around to see how common this is but no-one seems to have heard or caught one in the sea before.

Maybe you have heard of this happening? I’ve attached photos for you. Look forward to hearing back from you.

Ray Franklin Ed Replies: The occasional escapee from salmon farms has been caught in the Sounds.

It’s likely that this escaped from Anatoki Salmon Farm near Takaka during the floods last year. Next time, send me the salmon and not the pics – easier for me to identify that way!

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Harbour Views

With the approaching autumn, winter and shorter days, it may be appropriate to discuss the rules on lights.

Recently we have had many near misses in Nelson where people leaving the Marina don’t have a stern light and are almost run over by others coming from behind - possibly speeding, heaven forbid.

Keen fishermen are all up before the change of light and in position as dawn breaks. That means they must leave the marina in the dark: officially the hours of darkness are half hour before sunset to half hour after sunrise.

I have copied some of the Maritime rules below and comment on them only for clarity. The maritime Rules can be accessed via the Maritime New Zealand Website /rules /Part 22 Section 2 - Lights and shapes 22.20 Application of section 2 (1) This section is to be complied with in all weathers.

(2) Lights required by this section are to be exhibited from sunset to sunrise.

(3) The lights specified must, if carried, also be exhibited during the day in restricted visibility.

They may also be exhibited in all other circumstances where it is considered necessary 22.21 Definitions relating to Section 2 In this section: All-round light means a light showing an unbroken arc over the horizon of 360 degrees: Masthead light means a white light placed over the fore and aft centre line of the vessel showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 225 degrees and fixed to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 degrees (2 points) abaft the beam on both sides of the vessel: Sidelights means a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side, each showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 112.5 degrees and fixed to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 degrees (2 points) abaft the beam on its respective side. In a vessel of less than 20m in length, the sidelights may be combined in one lantern carried on the fore and aft centre line of the vessel: Sternlight means a white light placed as close as practicable to the stern showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 135 degrees and so fixed to show the light from right aft for 67.5 degrees (6 points) on both sides of the vessel.

22.22 Visibility of Lights Lights must have an intensity as specified in Appendix 1 of this Part. They must be visible at the following minimum ranges: There are several definitions in this part however I am sure the ones that concern the average sport fisherman are: (4) In vessels of less than 12 metres in length— a masthead light, 2 miles:

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a sidelight, 1 mile: a sternlight, 2 miles: a towing light, 2 miles: a white, red, green or yellow all-round light, 2 miles.

22.23 Power-driven Vessels Underway (1) Subject to 22.23(3), a power-driven vessel underway must exhibit: (a) a masthead light forward; and (b) a second masthead light abaft of and higher than the forward one, EXCEPT that a vessel of less than 50m in length is not obliged to exhibit such light but may do so; and (c) sidelights; and (d) a stern light 22.23.(3) Instead of exhibiting the lights prescribed in subrule (1), a power-driven vessel: (a) of less than 12m in length may exhibit an allround white light and sidelights; and (b) of less than 7m in length, whose maximum speed does not exceed 7 knots, may exhibit an all-round light and must, if practicable, exhibit sidelights and (3)(a) A sailing vessel of less than 7m in length must, if practicable, exhibit the sidelights and stern light as prescribed in rule 22.25(1), BUT if it does not do so, it must have ready an electric torch or lighted lantern showing a white light that must be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision. (b) A vessel under oars may exhibit the lights prescribed in this rule for sailing vessels, BUT if it does not do so, it must have ready an electric torch or lighted lantern showing a white light that must be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision So there it is; in my 6m runabout I must have a masthead light forward, side lights and a stern light that can be seen from the appropriate angles all around, or an all-round white light and sidelights. If you are standing anywhere so as to obstruct an all-round white light then your vessel is not properly lit.

In my inflatable dinghy, my kayak or dinghy, I should have sidelights and a stern light but if I don’t have them I MUST have a torch, which I MUST display in ample time so as to avoid a collision.

The Harbour Master and team will be policing lights as the days get shorter. An appropriate light on your asset could save your life, your asset and your money in the long run.

Don’t let your batteries go flat. Don’t mount your stern light where the engine blocks it from being seen.

If you don’t want to spend the money on lights, go fishing after sunrise and return before sunset.

Happy fishing.

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By Jaxon Maguire

My name is Jaxon Maguire and I am seven-years-old. In November, me and my Dad got up very early in the morning and went out fishing.

First we went over by Rabbit Island but it was too rough to set the longline. We put our rods out. I had my rod in the water for about 10 minutes when this ‘brim’ took my bait. I used all my mussels (sic) to reel him in, then my dad helped me take the hook out.

After this the water had calmed down and we set the long-line. We waited for an hour then we wound it up. We had caught a trevally, a kingfish and four more ‘brim’. The trevally was big enough to keep, but the Kingfish was only 40cm long so we had to put it back.

My next goal is to catch a kingfish that is big enough to eat!

DEALS! Jaxon with a trevally from the setline.

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as after only 10 minutes Tayla had her first snapper in the boat, quickly followed by her second - a 21lb beauty . The pace was great, with good runs and a fish every 30 minutes or so until 9am when the fish went off the bite. Home by late morning, the girls still had time for shopping, leaving Dad to clean up.

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Over the years the term ‘camping’ has changed, with caravans and campervans seeming to out number tents in many locations. The fun of watching a family arrive at a campsite and setting up camp can only be equalled when watching frazzled travellers at an airport or launching and retrieving boats at the boat ramp.

This summer my wife and I visited a number of Department of Conservation (DoC) campsites on our West Coast; great places to stop for a night or two. An informational booklet lists these and the facilities they offer. $6 per-person-pernight. One popular site is Lake Mahinapua. With our Oz camper trailer set up in record time, we decided it was time for sundowners and to watch the wekas at our feet and the tuis and bellbirds in the flaxes above our heads. All around other campers, mostly overseas tourists, were doing the same. Bliss in paradise.

Then out of left-field arrived Nian riding his farm bike, minus its muffler. A couple of

circuits of the camp, in and out of the toilet block, boat ramp and walking tracks ensured that all the bird life disappeared. When the bike broke down one camper chased Nian and confirmed that his surname was der Thal. Then the bike roared into life again and was off.

As the birds started to return the quiet of the evening was again broken, this time by the heavy bass beat of a stereo. With a campsite selected, the boot was opened and the boom boxes turned up to full volume. As Dad started banging in the tent pegs, he did it in time to the bass beat. For one camper this was too much, especially as he had a threeyear-old child with him, so he approached the der Thal look-alike who, after much reluctance, turned it down one notch. After a second request, further reluctance

and abuse from ‘Mrs der Thal’, the volume was finally turned down. As the brave camper turned away the rest of the campers clapped.

A Bays beer for this effort surely.

At a small family camp north of Gisborne a small group in a caravan became noisy and boozy, keeping others awake. At 7.50am next morning, Rangi arrived on his big green John Deere tractor and banged on the caravan door: “My wife says you’ve got 10 minutes to move out of here”.

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The evidence doesn’t lie and Dunedin pleads guilty to being the Salmon City of New Zealand. Young Jorja Hutton took the stand with this beautiful 2.820kg early season salmon caught in November.

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There are no red herrings in this story!

Paper at Centre of Drubbing Now the humiliation of The America’s Cup loss has eased, we can finally reveal that the Kiwis were beat by old-fashioned skullduggery and not superior technology.

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He said that at the end of every practice session the boys would even troll Rapala lures for Atlantic salmon, Alcatraz char, American fl atheads and wide-mouth bass.

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Jorja Hutton proudly displays her salmon.

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11:29 12:13 06:23 07:05 11:29 07:47 12:13 08:33 06:23 09:27 07:05 10:37 07:47 11:57 08:33 07:14 09:27 08:24 10:37 09:14 11:57 09:54 07:14 10:29 08:24 11:01 09:14 11:33 09:54 12:05 10:29 05:53 11:01 06:25 11:33 06:59 12:05 07:38 05:53 08:24 06:25 09:25 06:59 10:47 07:38 12:16 08:24 07:36 09:25 08:43 10:47 09:37 12:16 07:36 08:43 09:37

3.3 3.3 0.4 0.5 3.3 0.7 3.3 0.9 0.4 1.1 0.5 1.2 0.7 1.3 0.9 2.3 1.1 2.5 1.2 2.6 1.3 2.7 2.3 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.9 0.7 2.9 0.7 3.0 0.7 3.0 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.7 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.9 2.7 1.1 2.9 1.2 3.1 1.1 2.7 2.9 3.1

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23:58 3.2 18:41 19:24 23:58 20:08 20:55 18:41 21:47 19:24 22:51 20:08 20:55 19:17 21:47 20:21 22:51 21:14 21:59 19:17 22:38 20:21 23:14 21:14 23:48 21:59 22:38 18:15 23:14 18:50 23:48 19:29 20:12 18:15 21:02 18:50 22:05 19:29 23:23 20:12 21:02 20:05 22:05 21:10 23:23 22:05

0.5 0.7 3.2 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.1 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.9 2.4 1.1 2.5 1.3 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.8 0.7 2.9 0.7 2.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.0 2.7 1.1 2.8 1.1 3.0

20:05 2.7 21:10 2.8 22:05 3.0

1 Sat 00:07 0.1 06:22 2.7 12:39 0.2 18:47 2.6 1 Sat 05:29 2.6 11:47 0.5 17:54 2.6 1 Sat 05:26 2.7 11:43 0.2 17:51 2.6 2 Sun 01:03 0.1 07:18 2.7 13:34 0.2 19:45 2.6 2 Sun 00:11 0.4 06:25 2.6 12:42 0.5 18:52 2.6 2 Sun 00:07 0.1 06:22 2.7 12:38 0.2 18:49 2.6 3 Mon 01:58 0.1 08:14 2.6 14:28 0.2 20:42 2.5 3 Mon 01:06 0.4 07:21 2.6 13:36 0.5 19:49 2.5 3 Mon 01:02 0.1 07:18 2.6 13:32 0.2 19:46 2.5 02:52 0.2 09:09 2.5 15:23 0.2 21:37 2.5 02:00 0.5 08:16 2.5 14:31 0.5 20:44 2.5 01:56 0.2 08:13 2.5 14:27 0.2 20:41 2.5 4 4 4 Sat 00:07 0.1 06:22 2.7 12:39 0.2 18:47 2.6 Sat 05:29 2.6 11:47 0.5 17:54 2.6 Sat 05:26 2.7 11:43 0.2 17:51 2.6 1 Tue 1 Tue 1 Tue 03:47 0.3 10:05 2.5 16:18 0.3 22:32 2.4 02:55 0.6 09:12 2.5 15:26 0.6 21:39 2.4 02:51 0.3 09:09 2.5 15:22 0.3 21:36 2.4 5 5 5 Sun 01:03 0.1 07:18 2.7 13:34 0.2 19:45 2.6 Sun 00:11 0.4 06:25 2.6 12:42 0.5 18:52 2.6 Sun 00:07 0.1 06:22 2.7 12:38 0.2 18:49 2.6 2 Wed 2 Wed 2 Wed 04:43 0.4 11:00 2.4 17:13 0.4 23:27 2.4 03:51 0.6 10:07 2.4 16:21 0.6 22:34 2.4 03:47 0.4 10:04 2.4 16:17 0.4 22:31 2.4 6 6 6 Mon 01:58 0.1 08:14 2.6 14:28 0.2 20:42 2.5 Mon 01:06 0.4 07:21 2.6 13:36 0.5 19:49 2.5 Mon 01:02 0.1 07:18 2.6 13:32 0.2 19:46 2.5 3 Thu 3 Thu 3 Thu Fri 05:40 0.5 11:55 2.3 18:08 0.5 Fri 04:48 0.7 11:02 2.3 17:16 0.7 23:29 2.3 Fri 04:44 0.5 10:59 2.3 17:12 0.5 23:26 2.3 7 Tue 7 Tue 7 Tue 02:52 0.2 09:09 2.5 15:23 0.2 21:37 2.5 02:00 0.5 08:16 2.5 14:31 0.5 20:44 2.5 01:56 0.2 08:13 2.5 14:27 0.2 20:41 2.5 4 4 4 Sat 00:22 2.3 06:38 0.6 12:49 2.2 19:02 0.5 Sat 05:46 0.8 11:56 2.2 18:10 0.7 Sat 05:42 0.6 11:53 2.2 18:06 0.5 8 Wed 8 Wed 8 Wed 03:47 0.3 10:05 2.5 16:18 0.3 22:32 2.4 02:55 0.6 09:12 2.5 15:26 0.6 21:39 2.4 02:51 0.3 09:09 2.5 15:22 0.3 21:36 2.4 5 5 5 Sun 01:16 2.2 07:34 0.6 13:43 2.2 19:54 0.6 Sun 00:23 2.2 06:42 0.8 12:50 2.2 19:02 0.8 Sun 00:20 2.2 06:38 0.6 12:47 2.2 18:58 0.6 9 9 9 6 Thu 04:43 0.4 11:00 2.4 17:13 0.4 23:27 2.4 6 Thu 03:51 0.6 10:07 2.4 16:21 0.6 22:34 2.4 6 Thu 03:47 0.4 10:04 2.4 16:17 0.4 22:31 2.4 Mon 02:11 2.2 08:27 0.6 14:34 2.1 20:44 0.6 Mon 01:18 2.2 07:35 0.8 13:41 2.1 19:52 0.8 Mon 01:15 2.2 07:31 0.6 13:38 2.1 19:48 0.6 10 10 10 7 Fri 05:40 0.5 11:55 2.3 18:08 0.5 7 Fri 04:48 0.7 11:02 2.3 17:16 0.7 23:29 2.3 7 Fri 04:44 0.5 10:59 2.3 17:12 0.5 23:26 2.3 03:02 2.2 09:16 0.6 15:23 2.1 21:32 0.6 02:09 2.2 08:24 0.8 14:30 2.1 20:40 0.8 02:06 2.2 08:20 0.6 14:27 2.1 20:36 0.6 11 11 11 Sat 00:22 2.3 06:38 0.6 12:49 2.2 19:02 0.5 Sat 05:46 0.8 11:56 2.2 18:10 0.7 Sat 05:42 0.6 11:53 2.2 18:06 0.5 8 Tue 8 Tue 8 Tue 02:53 2.2 09:06 0.6 15:12 2.1 21:23 0.6 Wed 03:49 2.2 10:02 0.6 16:08 2.1 22:19 0.6 Wed 02:56 2.2 09:10 0.8 15:15 2.1 21:27 0.8 12 12 12 Sun 00:20 2.2 06:38 0.6 12:47 2.2 18:58 0.6 9 Sun 01:16 2.2 07:34 0.6 13:43 2.2 19:54 0.6 9 Sun 00:23 2.2 06:42 0.8 12:50 2.2 19:02 0.8 9 Wed 04:33 2.2 10:46 0.6 16:51 2.1 23:03 0.6 03:40 2.2 09:54 0.8 15:58 2.1 22:11 0.8 03:37 2.2 09:50 0.6 15:55 2.1 22:07 0.6 13 13 13 Mon 02:11 2.2 08:27 0.6 14:34 2.1 20:44 0.6 Mon 01:18 2.2 07:35 0.8 13:41 2.1 19:52 0.8 Mon 01:15 2.2 07:31 0.6 13:38 2.1 19:48 0.6 10 Thu 10 Thu 10 Thu 05:14 2.2 11:28 0.6 17:33 2.1 23:45 0.6 04:21 2.2 10:36 0.8 16:40 2.1 22:53 0.8 04:18 2.2 10:32 0.6 16:37 2.1 22:49 0.6 14 14 14 Tue 03:02 2.2 09:16 0.6 15:23 2.1 21:32 0.6 Tue 02:09 2.2 08:24 0.8 14:30 2.1 20:40 0.8 Tue 02:06 2.2 08:20 0.6 14:27 2.1 20:36 0.6 11 Fri 11 Fri 11 Fri Sat 05:54 2.2 12:09 0.6 18:14 2.1 Sat 05:01 2.2 11:17 0.8 17:21 2.1 23:35 0.8 Sat 04:58 2.2 11:13 0.6 17:18 2.1 23:31 0.6 15 Wed 15 Wed 15 Wed 03:49 2.2 10:02 0.6 16:08 2.1 22:19 0.6 02:56 2.2 09:10 0.8 15:15 2.1 21:27 0.8 02:53 2.2 09:06 0.6 15:12 2.1 21:23 0.6 12 12 12 Sun 00:27 0.6 06:33 2.2 12:49 0.6 18:56 2.1 Sun 05:40 2.2 11:57 0.8 18:03 2.1 Sun 05:37 2.2 11:53 0.6 18:00 2.1 16 Thu 16 Thu 16 Thu 04:33 2.2 10:46 0.6 16:51 2.1 23:03 0.6 03:40 2.2 09:54 0.8 15:58 2.1 22:11 0.8 03:37 2.2 09:50 0.6 15:55 2.1 22:07 0.6 13 13 13 Mon 01:07 0.6 07:14 2.2 13:29 0.6 19:38 2.1 Mon 00:15 0.8 06:21 2.2 12:37 0.8 18:45 2.1 Mon 00:11 0.6 06:18 2.2 12:33 0.6 18:42 2.1 17 17 17 14 Fri 05:14 2.2 11:28 0.6 17:33 2.1 23:45 0.6 14 Fri 04:21 2.2 10:36 0.8 16:40 2.1 22:53 0.8 14 Fri 04:18 2.2 10:32 0.6 16:37 2.1 22:49 0.6 Tue 01:48 0.6 07:55 2.2 14:10 0.6 20:21 2.1 Tue 00:56 0.8 07:02 2.2 13:18 0.8 19:28 2.1 Tue 00:52 0.6 06:59 2.2 13:14 0.6 19:25 2.1 18 18 18 15 Sat 05:54 2.2 12:09 0.6 18:14 2.1 15 Sat 05:01 2.2 11:17 0.8 17:21 2.1 23:35 0.8 15 Sat 04:58 2.2 11:13 0.6 17:18 2.1 23:31 0.6 02:29 0.6 08:39 2.2 14:52 0.6 21:05 2.2 01:37 0.8 07:46 2.2 14:00 0.8 20:12 2.2 01:33 0.6 07:43 2.2 13:56 0.6 20:09 2.2 19 19 19 Sun 00:27 0.6 06:33 2.2 12:49 0.6 18:56 2.1 Sun 05:40 2.2 11:57 0.8 18:03 2.1 Sun 05:37 2.2 11:53 0.6 18:00 2.1 16 Wed 16 Wed 16 Wed 02:17 0.6 08:29 2.2 14:40 0.6 20:55 2.2 Thu 03:13 0.6 09:25 2.2 15:36 0.6 21:51 2.2 Thu 02:21 0.8 08:32 2.2 14:44 0.8 20:58 2.2 20 20 20 Mon 00:11 0.6 06:18 2.2 12:33 0.6 18:42 2.1 17 Mon 01:07 0.6 07:14 2.2 13:29 0.6 19:38 2.1 17 Mon 00:15 0.8 06:21 2.2 12:37 0.8 18:45 2.1 17 Thu 04:00 0.6 10:13 2.2 16:23 0.6 22:38 2.2 03:08 0.8 09:20 2.2 15:31 0.8 21:45 2.2 03:04 0.6 09:17 2.2 15:27 0.6 21:42 2.2 21 21 21 Tue 01:48 0.6 07:55 2.2 14:10 0.6 20:21 2.1 Tue 00:56 0.8 07:02 2.2 13:18 0.8 19:28 2.1 Tue 00:52 0.6 06:59 2.2 13:14 0.6 19:25 2.1 18 Fri 18 Fri 18 Fri 04:51 0.6 11:02 2.2 17:13 0.6 23:28 2.2 03:59 0.8 10:09 2.2 16:21 0.8 22:35 2.2 03:55 0.6 10:06 2.2 16:17 0.6 22:32 2.2 22 22 22 Wed 02:29 0.6 08:39 2.2 14:52 0.6 21:05 2.2 Wed 01:37 0.8 07:46 2.2 14:00 0.8 20:12 2.2 Wed 01:33 0.6 07:43 2.2 13:56 0.6 20:09 2.2 19 Sat 19 Sat 19 Sat 05:44 0.6 11:53 2.2 18:05 0.5 04:52 0.8 11:00 2.2 17:13 0.7 23:28 2.3 04:48 0.6 10:57 2.2 17:09 0.5 23:25 2.3 23 23 23 Thu 03:13 0.6 09:25 2.2 15:36 0.6 21:51 2.2 Thu 02:21 0.8 08:32 2.2 14:44 0.8 20:58 2.2 Thu 02:17 0.6 08:29 2.2 14:40 0.6 20:55 2.2 20 Sun 20 Sun 20 Sun Mon 00:21 2.3 06:40 0.5 12:47 2.2 18:59 0.5 Mon 05:48 0.7 11:54 2.2 18:07 0.7 Mon 05:44 0.5 11:51 2.2 18:03 0.5 24 Fri 24 Fri 24 Fri 04:00 0.6 10:13 2.2 16:23 0.6 22:38 2.2 03:08 0.8 09:20 2.2 15:31 0.8 21:45 2.2 03:04 0.6 09:17 2.2 15:27 0.6 21:42 2.2 21 21 21 Tue 01:17 2.3 07:36 0.5 13:42 2.3 19:55 0.4 Tue 00:24 2.3 06:44 0.7 12:49 2.3 19:03 0.6 Tue 00:21 2.3 06:40 0.5 12:46 2.3 18:59 0.4 25 Sat 25 Sat 25 Sat 04:51 0.6 11:02 2.2 17:13 0.6 23:28 2.2 03:59 0.8 10:09 2.2 16:21 0.8 22:35 2.2 03:55 0.6 10:06 2.2 16:17 0.6 22:32 2.2 22 22 22 Wed 02:15 2.4 08:33 0.4 14:39 2.4 20:53 0.3 Wed 01:22 2.4 07:41 0.6 13:46 2.4 20:01 0.6 Wed 01:19 2.4 07:37 0.4 13:43 2.4 19:57 0.3 26 26 26 23 Sun 05:44 0.6 11:53 2.2 18:05 0.5 23 Sun 04:52 0.8 11:00 2.2 17:13 0.7 23:28 2.3 23 Sun 04:48 0.6 10:57 2.2 17:09 0.5 23:25 2.3 Thu 03:13 2.5 09:29 0.3 15:36 2.4 21:52 0.3 Thu 02:20 2.5 08:37 0.6 14:43 2.4 21:00 0.6 Thu 02:17 2.5 08:33 0.3 14:40 2.4 20:56 0.3 27 27 27 24 Mon 00:21 2.3 06:40 0.5 12:47 2.2 18:59 0.5 24 Mon 05:48 0.7 11:54 2.2 18:07 0.7 24 Mon 05:44 0.5 11:51 2.2 18:03 0.5 04:10 2.5 10:25 0.3 16:33 2.5 22:50 0.2 03:17 2.5 09:33 0.6 15:40 2.5 21:58 0.5 03:14 2.5 09:29 0.3 15:37 2.5 21:54 0.2 28 28 28 Tue 01:17 2.3 07:36 0.5 13:42 2.3 19:55 0.4 Tue 00:24 2.3 06:44 0.7 12:49 2.3 19:03 0.6 Tue 00:21 2.3 06:40 0.5 12:46 2.3 18:59 0.4 25 Fri 25 Fri 25 Fri 02:15 2.4 08:33 0.4 14:39 2.4 20:53 0.3 01:22 2.4 07:41 0.6 13:46 2.4 20:01 0.6 01:19 2.4Higher 07:37 daily 0.4 depth 13:43 = 2.4 Weddata Wed Wed 26Tidal 26 26 supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd www.ofu.co.nz Note: Tides in chronological order. 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The Horse that Nearly Bolted (front cover story)

By Oliver McPherson

At the end of October, early one Saturday morning, my father turned up at my place and off we headed. It was a beautiful calm Nelson morning.

We met up with my brother-in-law and launched the two boats, heading off into the dark in convoy. After 25 minutes of motoring and one stop as a result of not opening the breather screw on the tote tank, the brother-in-law pointed to the spot.

We pulled up, dropped anchor and slid the burley down the line. Meanwhile the brother-in-law carried on another 5001000m. In no time at all we were into it: 5lb, 6lb, 12lb. Things were looking good.

All of a sudden my father’s Penn 320 GT 2 was monstered; this was no panny and the battle began. The fish took off heading out the back of the boat. As the head nodding

continued we were very optimistic of a big snapper. After 10 minutes of fighting I saw colour: “Holy S--t it is a horse!”

I grabbed the landing net, not quite sure how I was going to get it in. I lunged out with the net and in she went… or at least half of it did. Just as I lifted the net the handle snapped!

“Holy S—t, the stable door is open and the horse could bolt!”

I desperately reached out for the net and wrapped it around the fish and pulled it over the side.

Dad was shattered; he couldn’t even lift it up.

The fish weighed in at 29.5lb; she was a beauty. It was high fives all around and the end to an amazing morning’s fishing.

After all, I couldn’t compete with that fish: 1-0 to Dad. Thanks Dad and Luke for a great mornings fishing.

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Coarse Fishing

By Dave Dixon

Truckloads of Tench at Canterbury Open

Lake Rotokahatu again played host to the Canterbury Open Coarse Fishing Champs at the end of January and I travelled down with fellow Nelsonian, Pete Bowden, with high hopes of ending my run of near-misses in this competition.

The fishing had been very good in the lead-up to the event, with Pegs 41, 39, 7 and 8 favoured for big catches, so when I drew Peg 38 and watched two of the top Canterbury anglers, Steve Gaskell and Tony Cooper, pull out 39 and 41, I thought I’d be fishing for third in the section. Surprisingly, however, the early action came from Peg 37 on my left and I found myself in a fish for fish battle with local angler Dean Sole.

Cooper had a brief run of fish but then his peg dried up, while Gaskell couldn’t even buy a bite. As usual, the tench came and went for everyone but a good mid-match spell put me in front with several fish around the 4lb mark adding good weight to my net.

With an hour to go I started to rush things and a fish jumped out of my hands, missed the keepnet and landed back in the water. Several expletives didn’t help calm the mood and I had to focus hard to regain composure, but with 12 more tench safely bagged before the final whistle, I ended the

day with 88lb and a section win. The hot pegs went cold for Steve and Tony, but Dean caught well at the end to finish with 75lb.

Across the lake in A section, Pete Bowden had had a storming day on Peg 14, netting the day’s best catch of 91lb, and would have cracked the ton if he’d not lost a large number of fish in underwater snags. Second in section went to Julian Barnett with 77lb off Peg 8, while last year’s champion Gary Dallimore settled for third with 71lb from Peg 16.

An air of excited anticipation surrounded the draw on Sunday. The lake was fishing the best ever known and any peg was capable of winning.

My draw of Peg 6 put me at the top end of A section, with Pete Bowden at the opposite end on Peg 16. Julian Barnett was happy to draw Peg 8 for the second time and knew exactly where to find the fish.

Dean Sole had also drawn in A section so the individual title would be fought out on our side of the lake. I started well with two quick tench, but my third fish found a weed bed and was lost. Thankfully that was the only one to snag me, but several others were bumped off the hook as the day wore on and the bites became very picky. Sweetcorn was proving to be the preferred

www.thefishingpaper.co.nz bait unlike the day before when maggot seemed to be better, but Julian bucked the trend and fished with small cubes of luncheon meat. The fish were also smaller, with several just a few ounces in weight, however they all count and at the end of a busy match I hauled another 80lb onto the scales. Julian was claiming to have 70 fish and as I helped drag his bulging keepnet from the water, I knew it was game over! His total catch of 109lbs was just short of my 2007 match record of 115lb he was chasing but easily enough to win the section, leaving us both on three points. So once again the championship was decided on weight countback, and for the third year in a row I came out second best! Pete Bowden managed 53lb for third in the section and third place overall which gave Nelson two places on the podium. Gary Dallimore won B section to take fourth spot with Dean Sole 5th.

Once again Lake Rotokahatu proved itself to be the best tench fishery in New Zealand, and quite possibly the world.

An incredible total of 1244lbs of tench were caught and released over the weekend in a well-managed lake with crystal clear water, healthy aquatic plant growth and abundant bird life, and huge credit goes to the North Canterbury Fish and Game Council, Christchurch City Council and the Canterbury Coarse Fishing Club who have worked together so creatively for the benefit of the angling community.

BIG BROTHER – BIG FISHing experience!

When Carlo caught his first fish, there was just time for a quick snap of this momentous occasion before it was released back into Manukau Harbour to live another day. Carlo’s Big Brother Adrian from the Auckland Big Brothers Big Sister programme knows what a big deal it is to catch your first ‘big one’ and he was keen to make sure that Carlo experienced this as soon as possible in their friendship. We think every kid should have this opportunity - both the fishing and also having a great mentor!

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From Sinker to Smoker Tidbits from Around

By Ron Prestage

Stewart’s Stunning Silver Trumpeter Alastair Stewart looks quite the warrior with this spectacular first time elephant fish.

Canterbury surfcaster, Alastair Stewart, has harboured a lifelong ambition to land an elephant fish, also known as silver trumpeter, and early in December his wish was granted. Fishing with his father, John Stewart and two friends, the party landed ten elephant fish between them in a fruitful fishing session at Birdlings Flat, from 6.30pm to 11.30pm.

The success of the day can be traced back to John’s efforts in gathering pipis for bait from New Brighton Beach. Pipis on a three-hook ledger rig was the undoing of the elephant fish, which are specialist feeders, especially loving shellfish. A calm, clear sea and off shore wind to assist casting made conditions ideal for catching them. Elephant fish seem to travel in shoals along the bottom.

John has been Alastair’s mentor and fishing companion since Alastair was a young fellow, with his fishing journey starting by

many excursions to Birdling’s Flat where the family knew a bach owner. The Stewart family would often sleep over at the bach to take advantage of the fishing opportunities.

Not only is John an adept fisher, he is also a top photographer, as witnessed by the fantastic night shot he took of Alastair with the elephant fish.

The week before the elephant fish catching session, Alastair and John had taken a good bag of red cod from Birdlings, with the cod coming on the bite, in typical fashion, as the sun set, making a welcome change from the dogfish! They were in fact hoping to repeat their red cod success when the silver trumpeters turned up.

Elephant fish have a cartilaginous backbone and are easily cut into boneless fillets. A favoured way of cooking is in the fish and chip shop style: batter and deep fry. Alastair will never forget catching the elephant fish thanks to the great photo by his father John.

the Floats

Fishery Officers and Honorary Fishery Officers have been out and about over the Christmas break and overall compliance with the regulations has been good. However we have noted that some long line floats are not marked with the name and initials of the user and it is timely to remind fishers who use long lines that all surface floats must be marked in that manner.

Officers also noted some instances where fishers had measured their blue cod to the end of the flesh, not the end of the tail fin. This is a misunderstanding as generally finfish are measured to the ‘vee’ of the tail, but blue cod do not have that ‘vee’ and are measured from the tip of the nose to the rear edge of centre of the tail fin.

Set Nets in the Hectors Dolphin Area While there is a total ban on set nets out to two nautical miles from Cape Jackson to the Clarence River, there is an exemption between 1 January and 30 April each year for the area from Cape Jackson to Rarangi Port Underwood, and then from Cape Campbell south to Needles Point, as long as fishers stay with their nets and set no more than 200 metres from the shore. Staying with the net means remaining in the immediate vicinity while the net is being used, not, as some seem to believe, returning to their bach or campground and having lunch or a few beers. The rationale for the ‘immediate vicinity’ is so that immediate assistance may be rendered to any dolphin that may get entangled in the net.

Scallops Given the state of the Nelson/Marlborough scallop stocks (SCA7), the Ministry has begun a consultation round and the consultation paper can be viewed and downloaded at www.mpi. govt.nz Fisheries, Commercial, Consultation, Review of sustainability measures for southern scallops (SCA 7). Hard copies are also available.

The Initial Position Paper (IPP) profiles

By Ian Bright Nelson/Marlborough District Compliance Manager

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the fishery from the sixties through the mid seventies when 245 vessels landed some 1244 tonnes, up until last season where 11 vessels landed 43 tonnes. It is a very informative and interesting read for those who have an interest in Nelson scallops.

While the matter is out for public consultation, it is important to note that the Minister has broad discretion in exercising his powers of decision-making. He will make his own independent assessment of the information presented to him by both MPI and stakeholders before making a final decision.

MPI has developed this document for the purpose of consultation as required under the Fisheries Act 1996. MPI emphasises the views and recommendations outlined in the paper are preliminary and are provided as a basis for consultation with stakeholders.

In February/March 2014, MPI will compile the Final Advice Paper (FAP) for the attached proposal. This document will summarise MPI’s and stakeholder’s views on the issues being reviewed, and provide final advice and recommendations to the Minister for Primary Industries. A copy of the FAP and the Minister’s letter setting out his final decisions will be posted on the MPI website as soon as these become available. Hard copies will be available on request.

MPI welcomes written submissions on the proposals contained in the IPP. All written submissions must be received no later than 5.00pm on Friday, 21 February 2014.

Written submissions should be sent directly to: Inshore Fisheries Management Ministry for Primary Industries P O Box 2526 - Wellington 6011 Or emailed to FMsubmissions@mpi.govt.nz

Retraction In Peter Hyde’s MPI column last month, it was wrongly recorded that the maximum allowable daily limit for cockles was 50. The maximum allowable daily limit for cockles is 150 per person. There are some exceptions, for example Akaroa Harbour where the limit is 20.

Big Salmon Goes Against the Flow

The east coast salmon season has been a little slow, but some of the anglers putting in the effort have been rewarded. Peter Morgan pictured here showing off an 18lb salmon caught form a boat on the Waimakariri in January. Many of the fish caught to date have been much smaller, so anglers are heartened to see the odd bigger fish turn up.

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Tilapia Test Cane-Toad Dundee

By Bob Rossi (aka Cane-toad Dundee)

My cousin and I decided to try fishing with earthworms in Tinaroo Dam on the Atherton Tableland, North Queensland and the first fish to be landed was a fork tail catfish - I did not know they were in this dam.

We shifted three-quarters of the length of the waterway towards the dam and found a patch of structure comprising 10 or 12 dead trees, which had been soaking in the water since dam was built in 1967. Some were standing and some were broken and underwater.

The action started in little over two-hours and we caught 37 tilapia between 1 - 2kg.

Sometimes they would snag us under a log, but if you waited they would make a run for it and that’s when they could be landed mostly using the landing net. We were using

light lines on rods 3 - 4kg breaking strain, so could not skull drag them over the side of the boat.

My cousin had lost a sand anchor the week before and as he has a weak heart, I dived for it and freed it up - lucky there’s no crocs in Tinaroo.

We also caught small ‘big gob and banded fish’ - excellent live bait for barramundi - but the tilapia fishing was so good we did not bother with the barra. The biggest tilapia went 5kg and of late, the biggest barramundi to be caught weighed in at 78lbs and measured 162cm!

Lucky we had a boat canopy, because you couldn’t walk on the outdoor carpet - too hot - in the 38 degree centigrade heat!

North to Alaska (Part 4)

By Norm Double

Our ‘Alaska and the Yukon’ tour saw us arrive in Anchorage at midnight in the clear daylight, which was really weird and we found it hard to adjust to never ending daylight. We had to close the curtains so we’d feel ready to retire and sometimes we were shocked to realise it was so late.

We journeyed through some amazing places from Whittier to Tok, Whitehorse, Skagway, Dawson City, Fairbanks and the famous Denali National Park. In Whittier we went out on a Catamaran to cruise to the College and Harriman Fjords in Prince William Sound where we viewed as many as 26 tidewater and hanging glaciers. As we headed out we were able to watch a group of fishing trawlers with both drift and seine nets out in a loop catching their loads of fish. It was amazing to watch just how many fish they hauled in without tipping their boats over. The glaciers were spectacular, so blue in colour that you would think they had been painted.

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is so vast.

We followed the Trail of ’98 over the same mountains that the gold seekers scaled on foot in the dead of winter, heading for the Klondike.

We travelled by train on the narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon railway to Skagway. From there we drove to Dawson City, the amazing historic Gold Rush town, which is still the same as it was back in 1896. We made visits to the historic Bonanza Creek site of the first gold strike Claim #1; SS Keno the last sternwheeler to run between Dawson and Whitehorse and Dredge#4, the biggest dredge built and now being restored after years of being flooded.

In Fairbanks we had the opportunity to get a close-up look at the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which was an amazing feat of human endurance and innovation. We were amused to learn that there is no such thing as income tax in this country as the Oil Company responsible for this pipeline pour money into the country to compensate for having it invading the beauty of the scenery. Imagine that, no income tax!

Cane-Toad Dundee with Monster Tilapia.

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