The Fishing Paper & Hunting News - June 2016

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A little magic in the mix

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Mark Cotton

Mark with his PB snapper taken on dusk in Tasman Bay under ‘magic’ conditions. ???? with a autumn snapper that couldn’t resist Big Blue’s ‘magic’ rig.

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good fish that started really stripping line, causing me to get sidetracked helping him get it under control.

Suddenly, I was jerked back to the moment by my rod bending over and the reel going spastic. The moment I locked and loaded, I realised I had a beast of a fish on because of the weight. It peeled line, telegraphing some vicious head-shakes up the string, and took me on some thumping runs.

Meanwhile, Danny had coaxed his beast to the surface and had to net it solo; I was in no position to go hands free on my fish. Danny let out a whoop when his 16lb snapper touched down on the deck but I was too busy trying to control mine to give it much thought.

Then I started making ground; the fish’s runs were shorter and lacked the initial sting of the fresh fish, so I was able to lift its head and retrieve some line.

In shallow water these big bruisers are feisty and give awesome entertainment on light, quality gear. Then my jaw dropped. I saw colour. It materialised into a large mako and swam right past me.

‘A bloody shark,’ I thought. Then the line tracked at a different angle and I realised the shark was just a tourist passing through.

Next minute a huge snapper broached the surface and was mine for the taking. At 24.64lb it was a thumper and my PB. Oh, and the secret ingredient? A certain commercially tied rig available at Big Blue - they are magic, simply brilliant, top quality, and they do the business. The proof is quite clearly in the pudding. Pop in and see me in the shop or give me a call and I’ll let you in on the secret!

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There are any number of recipes for success but the proof is always in the pudding. With such an awesome autumn drawing to a close, Daniel Monopoli, Craig Bartlett, and Mark Trevor Cotton (that’s moi!) put time on the water and came up trumps in the snapper department. While the location and the days varied, the essential ingredients to success remained the same.

With Friday closing off the work week and conditions perfect for an evening fish, we ventured out into Tasman Bay. Recent experience has proven evening fishing to be far more productive than any other part of the day, despite the bite time being restricted due to nightfall. Location and tide are not critical but berley, bait, and gear are.

We anchored in 25m and immediately got a good berley trail going, with plenty of pilchard & bonito mix coursing the current. This concoction proved the key and if you don’t invest in a quality brew and establish a steady trail, you are pissing in the wind when it comes to snapper. Light gear is also essential, with us favouring Shimano 4000 Thinnus bait runners matched to Catano Nono XG rods - 6-8kg - running 20lb braid.

There is one other key ingredient I absolutely swear by, but more of that later. Now for a sample of the action.

Within 15 minutes of establishing a berley trail , the bites started coming and they weren’t toddlers; we caught 15 snapper between fifteen and nineteen pound, many of which were released.

To prove that success was not just plain luck, we returned on the Monday night to the same general area and repeated the recipe. Again, within 15 minutes of laying the berley trail, the bites came, this time producing ten fish over ten pound!

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Arm winder over strawberry patch Rick Van der Zwet

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ub sessions often result in rash decisions but this one was tempered by the fact that I’d been promising it for awhile. The same old barbs were becoming hackneyed but still deserved a response.

“So - when ARE we going fishing, Gayboy?” one asked.

“Yeah?” the others chorused!

“On Saturday,” I said emphatically. It’s amazing how many problems are solved over a few beers - and it was still only Thursday night.

With the weather forecast checked, the green light was given late Friday and it was agreed that mates, Paul Avis, Julian Odering, and Scott Campbell, would meet me for a leisurely start from Scarborough, Sumner. The destination was the famed Strawberry Patch, which hadn’t received a lot of pressure of late but with calm seas to the horizon, was about to get our full attention.

The first stop was the groper hole and with plenty of sign on the sounder, I set up the first drift. Unlike Pieman, Steve Terry, who resorts to fat storing electric reels for his fishing, us boys use old fashioned arm winders, so it was a winch and wind mission. It’s only 87m so it doesn’t take long to get the 8/0 ledger rigs up and down… or down and up! We were using fresh barracouta and started picking up 3 -10kg pups in quick succession.

After releasing a few and completing only four drifts, we headed off to the tarakihi spot but the action was slow. We only managed four tarakihi but did get an elephant fish way out there.

With time to burn, we motored another twenty miles to the North Hole and things lit up again. The perch were thick on the ground and we got onto a good patch of blue cod; ones with heads - big mothers, around the 3kg mark.

Then a couple of nice big trumpeter came aboard, putting the perfect seal on a great day’s fishing. Everyone went home happy and content with the catch.

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Revamp brings new boat show

Nic with the monster that fell to Grandad’s old trout rod!

Daryl Crimp

The Canterbury earthquake razed much of Christchurch but from the ashes the Phoenix rises. The popular Christchurch Boat Show was one such victim, but this year sees its rebirth as the Christchurch Boat, Caravan, & Motorhome Show, scheduled for 8-10 July.

As well as a revamp, the show is now under independent management, being staged and promoted by Tony Smoor, who previously organised the old Boat Show for the Marine Industry Association. He said the decision to bring the show back was a no brainer and was as much as result of the healing process following the aftermath of the earthquake as it was businesses desire to show the region that industry was no longer fragmented but coming together with positive growth strategies.

“We are still very much a land and sea country, and we need to embrace how we relate to it and the changes in technology.”

Trouting about for snapper Nic Jelinek

Much of my fishing is spur of the moment stuff: an afternoon off work or wake up Saturday to a nice morning and think, “Bugger it, I’ll go fishing!” It’s always nice to come home with a feed but the anticipation of never knowing what you are going catch is probably what drives many of us, and spending time with mates.

On this occasion I was fishing Tasman Bay with good mate, Simon Walsh, who was enjoying a break from his onerous job as a sparky on a cruise ship. Some blokes have a tough life and Simon likes to rub salt in with numerous tales of hardship at sea, which invariably involve plenty of good looking young women! I figured a bit of salmon berley might be just the thing to distract him and so a pleasant autumn day saw us in 12m with plenty of birds of a different kind flapping about above the berley trail.

After a couple of hours we’d only managed a couple of big kahawai; one to chunks of pillie on Simon’s flasher rig and one to a whole pillie on my strayline. I decided to occupy myself by flicking out a softbait and twitching it through the water. I’d had the odd nibble but nothing to get excited about.

Then I saw a white flash about midway up the water column and realised something large had lunged for my softbait. I

immediately thought stingray as the line was pulled straight to the bottom. Line wasn’t stripped from the real to a loud zinging sound, so I wasn’t overly excited at this stage.

Then things took a twist and some big heavy nods were telegraphed up the line and through the pole I was hanging on to. I say ‘pole’ because, like Simon when he’s at work on the Love Boat, no finesse was involved and certainly no light tackle or high tech gadgets; I was fishing with Grandad Gwilliam’s old trout rod dating back to the early seventies, topped with an old Abu Garcia reel. The fish wasn’t really going anywhere but he didn’t want to come up either, so I had to really work it with the rod. It was a battle where I’d gain a bit and then the big head shaker would take it back. By the time I got it to midwater it was starting to weaken and I sensed the tide turning, but it wasn’t until we saw colour that I was certain that it was a good snapper. They all look big coming up through the water, so I didn’t realise we had something special until we tried to net it. I’d broken the net handle earlier on a kahawai, so that added a bit of pressure and the snapper only half-fitted the net anyway. It took some muscle to get the thumping 24.25Lb fish into the boat - and we cracked a beer pretty quickly after that!

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“A lot of nostalgia surrounds the ‘Boat Show’ and people remember it fondly because it was always something to be enjoyed,” Tony says.

He believes evolving the expo into a Boat, Caravan, & Motorhome Show accurately reflects how the New Zealand recreational outdoor market has matured and how it reflects a wider range of lifestyle expectations in terms of how we spend our spare time. Technology advances as well as greater opportunity and affluence means the scope is much broader than ten-years-ago, and there is a definite relationship between boating and the mobile home market.

“We are still very much a land and sea country, and we need to embrace how we relate to it and the changes in technology.”

The emphasis of this new show is relaxed interaction; the absence of pressure so exhibitors can talk to new people face-toface, belly-to-belly - the best way.

“It’s a platform for local industry to showcase where it’s at in the modern climate.”

To that end, Tony is pulling out all the stops to make this a comfort driven showcase event for Canterbury, with the whole stadium carpeted and good flow throughout the many exhibitor stalls at the Horncastle Arena.

The show has already attracted unprecedented response and support from industry but Tony says there is still opportunity for businesses to secure exhibition space.

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The unseasonable autumn has had fishers smiling, and none more so than those capitalising on the fine weather and fishing Kaikoura. While some doom and gloom surrounds the state of the cod and perch fishery close in, Anton Evans of Kaikoura Hunting and Fishing said the deepwater fishing has been producing consistent results for some time.

“Our charter boat The Rodfather specialises in targeting deepwater species like groper and bluenose, so we offer a very unique opportunity for those wanting to experience the best of Kaikoura.”

Most of the fishing takes place well east of Kaikoura Peninsula in between 200 - 400m and over a relatively small area, but Anton says they farm the area by limiting pressure and selectively targeting different areas.

On a recent work trip from Christchurch, VJ Patel hooked into his first groper and was more than happy with the 33b monster from the deep. Not one to be outdone, teammate Scott Ballingall tried to go one better by hauling a nice 12kg bluenose up from the depths. Rivalry aside, all this was done at the push of a button!

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Gill’s birthday giller Greg Gilbert

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ith the winter season approaching I thought It would be getting a bit late for a surfcast but with it being my birthday, I went anyway. A few mates came along, including one new to the surf. Arriving at the beach early Saturday evening we quickly set up and started fishing. It was very slow and having lost one suspected rig, we called it in at about 10.30 and had a feed before going to sleep.

Waking up on Sunday, we were greeted by a beaut sunrise for my birthday, so we were straight back into the fishing but, as suspected for this time of year, it was slow. We did

see one rig caught, which was a nice surprise, and a few small doggies, and then it went quiet. I cast out half a bullet tuna but it didn't get hammered like the other baits so I knew something was up!

After ten minutes I noticed some small bites and walked over suspecting a doggy. I wasn't in a rush, but then noticed line coming off my spool at a good pace. Realising this wasn't a doggy, I quickly grabbed my rod and flicked the reel into gear. The fish swam straight in and I then saw the tail, which I knew straight away was a giller.

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so he prepared to grab it.

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I got a better look and it sure was no baby. At that point it turned and headed straight out and along the beach, so it was battle time. After a scrappy 15-20 minute fight it was finally in a position where we could both grab it, and we beached it for a few snaps. The hook easily came out and we released her to swim another day. We both couldn't lift her so had to guess the weight at over 150lb - having caught fish weighing 70lb, this was well over twice the size and then some! Not bad for 20lb main line. She took a wee while to get her bearing but finally swam away.

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Can you remember the registration number of your first car? Paul Reinke of Kaikoura has the number LN348 etched into his memory and after forty-five years it still evokes a sense of nostalgia, pride, and accomplishment, although it has nothing to do with cars. Daryl Crimp recently spent time with Paul and discovered how an eight-foot-six pram dinghy launched…

A day in the life of a lobsterman

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he dinghy sporting the number LN348 was the smallest registered commercial cray boat in New Zealand, Paul was 12-years-old, living in Kaikoura, and selling cray tails to Ferron’s in Christchurch for around a buck a pound. He’d fish weekends and before school, rising at 4.00am to row a three-quarter-mile circuit from the lifeboat channel in front of the family’s South Bay house, to service his 20 supplejack pots, which he’d made himself. He’d be back by seven to get ready for school.

Paul Reinke.

His daily routine has changed dramatically since, but one thing remains consistent - early starts. Paul religiously rises at 4.40am, has a cuppa, and leaves home around 5.20am to organise the boat. He is no longer a solo operator but runs a family business, with brother-in-law, Robert McHerron skippering the twin jet Mystique II while Paul’s son, Jamie, crews. Robert left school at 14 to enter the industry and has been crewing for 30 years with Paul. Thirty-year-old Jamie was always destined to be a lobsterman, going straight from school into the business.

“As a little kid he’d pretend to set imaginary

pots from his toy boat in the swimming pool,” says Paul.

So he’ll no doubt take over the reins one day.

Paul launches the boat for the boys and is back home for breakfast around six.

Holding tanks, poly-bins and tending the veges

By seven he is in his ‘shed’ landing the previous day’s catch, typically 200 - 250kg, to Ngai Tahu Fisheries, who he has been supplying for 20 years. The lobster have been graded and kept for 24 hours in holding tanks so they purge, and the water chilled to 11 degrees so they are easier to handle. Damage in the form of lost feelers, horns, and legs, or blemishes, punctures, and marks, can result in downgrading and a huge loss in income. For example, $85 per kilo may suddenly become $25, so it is in the interest of the fishermen to look after their catch. And the catch is handled a lot, ultimately being graded four times: on the boat, in the shed, at the factory, and prior to export. The system is sleek though, with live export cray arriving at the market generally within 72 hours of being caught. They are chilled to four degrees and packed in wood wool lined poly-bins, before being air freighted direct to China.

Paul designed and built his own tanks, which recirculate 15,000 litres of seawater through a dual bacteria medium system, which breaks down the nitrates, nitrites, and ammonia excreted by the lobster during purging.

Underneath the tanks water flows through onion bags containing eight tonne of dolomite, and above water is trickled through three tonne of coral. The water is pumped 24/7, 365 days a year by two pumps and only half is changed annually so that the ‘bug’ is not lost from the system. While it seems a good deal of effort, purging the lobster prior to sale can add a dollar a kilo to their value.

By 9.00am the sale and transfer is usually completed, and Paul concludes the transaction by having a ‘cuppa’ with the lads from Ngai Tahu, whereby they solve the world’s problems and rectify the fishing issues facing us today.

Interspersed with all this a mammoth amount of paperwork, but Paul says animal husbandry

The catch.

is top priority amongst lobstermen, so it’s critical the bureaucracy is complied with and transparency maintained.

Paul then retires to his shed to repair pots, build new ones, or tinker with new projects. He also loves his quarter-acre vege garden, so will often slope off to till the earth before preparing for the afternoon shift.

Bait, boats, by-catch and bureaucracy

The crew ring twenty minutes before coming in, allowing Paul time to get back to the ramp to retrieve the boat. He also brings fresh bait for the morrow and hoses the boat and trailer down before offloading the catch and reloading bait. While lobstermen have their pet baits, Paul predominantly uses ling heads caught from their wet fish quota, or barracouta they target by trolling in the off season, simply because of accessibility. They source a small quantity of bait off other fishers but it has to be viewed by a licensed seafood dealer before they can use it.

“Bureacracy can be crap but we ‘gotta’ live with it,” he rues.

He also cites the five grand ramp and parking fee he has to pay council in order to operate from South Bay, as another example of

bureaucracy thriving.

As well as lobster, there is also a by-catch - octopus. A predator of lobster, catches of octopus are common and range between 25 100kg per day. These are sold directly to Ngai Tahu Fisheries.

Paul then takes the catch back to the shed for grading and purging, while the crew head home. It can take a couple of hours to sort the catch into tanks before Paul returns to the boat with the bins, reorganises the vessel for the next day, and undertakes any maintenance required.

Somewhere between 6 7.30pm he’ll head home, satisfied the day is over and another is soon to begin.

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Paul’s puerulus count high Daryl Crimp

Puerulus n (noun) - (L: puer boy; puerilis immature, childish) the transparent, nonfeeding post-larval stage of a crayfish that swims back inshore in search of a suitable settlement habitat. It already looks like a miniature crayfish.

Paul Reinke doesn’t need a dictionary definition to explain what a puerulus is because he has been counting them for twelve years - not in his sleep but in the ocean from four strategic sites along Kaikoura’s coastline.

Paul monitors puerulus collection sites for CRAMAC 5 and NIWA every month, year round: two for CRAMAC 5 and two for NIWA. Paul took over the NIWA sites

from Neil Rose who retired after 25 years of monitoring.

The four stations are spread out along the coast with weighted ‘traps’ or stands placed in strategic positions so they are in about one metre of water at low tide. The ‘traps’ resemble tiny crevices similar to those in rocks and the pueruli seek these out once they change from the larval stage to resemble tiny lobster, and migrate inshore.

“At this stage we are not sure where they come from,” says Paul, “ but various age groups can be found in the traps at any given time, so we have to classify as well as count them.”

The main settlement time is thought to be from January through May but counting is done at specific times year round to provide consistency.

Paul typically allows a day per two stations every month and says the work requires two, so he enlists the help of his wife or son. The NIWA sites are counted at the beginning of each month and the CRAMAC 5 sites around the

15th. Paul dons his wetsuit and goes swimming to retrieve each station, which is taken ashore where the pueruli are carefully scraped into a fish bin. From there they are classified into age stages, counted, and recorded. The pueruli are then gently transferred to a jar, taken back out to sea, and released at least 50m from the catch site.

For many years the information and statistics obtained from the surveys were of general interest only, but Paul says the programme has been running for so long now that, for the past two years, the counts have been used in stock assessment.

Paul enjoys the work because it is not only a break from harvesting lobster, it also allows him to put something back into the industry while seeing what is happening at the grass roots of a resource he’s dependent upon.

“This year has been the best for settlement in the CRAMAC 5 sites since I have been doing it,” he says. The counts can vary considerably, from five up to seventy, but this season has consistently produced counts in the 20s and 30s.

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Flying shallow for kingies Anton Donaldson

About four-years-ago I came across kingfish feeding in the shallows of Golden Bay's beaches. It took me a while to work out what it was exactly that they were doing there. Since then I have unlocked many of the secrets of when and where to target them.

The most effective way to target these fast moving aggressive fish is saltwater fly fishing. Often these fish are hunting in less than knee deep water, and this summer has produced outstanding fishing for these speedsters. I have seen many double, triple, and even five-way hook ups! The fish are being targeted on 8 to 10 weight rods and large baitfish flies.

The trick is to sight the fish first and anticipate the direction it is swimming and then get yourself into a position to cast ahead of the fish. When kingfish are in shallow water they are not hard to see! Bow waves, yellow tails out of the water and baitfish bust - ups mark their presence.. One of the keys to inducing the take is to move your fly as quickly as possible through the water and don't forget to strip strike! These fish

Kingies on the fly in the shallows produce spectacular fishing.

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This behaviour of kingfish feeding in shallow water is not just isolated to Golden Bays beach's, as I have witnessed them within metres of the shore in several other spots around the Nelson/Tasman region. By taking the time to search out the right habitat, being patient, and employing the right techniques you could discover your own fishery.

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Captain’s Log: Beam me up spotty

Stumped at New Zealand Oscars!

Well knock me down, cut off my legs and call me stumpy - we never saw that coming!

As we were putting the finishing touches to this month’s issue, Annette and I winged it to RotoVegas for the New Zealand Community Newspaper Awards, only the second time we have entered. Community newspapers have undergone a renaissance in recent years and are booming while conventional news media is floundering in the gutter, so the awards ceremony and dinner was a big affair, with over 500 attendees filling the auditorium.

Last year we picked up a gong for runner up to ‘The Best Headline’ and early in this year’s ceremony we received the same accolade with ‘Scotty & Kingie Penn Pals!’. Déjà vu. Then we took out ‘Best Front Page’ and the wine really started to flow.

Annette and I went up to receive the award together because The Fishing Paper & Hunting News is a team effort and it was important to acknowledge that. Flying in the face of the best Oscar traditions, I kept my acceptance speech brief, “Thank you - we deserve this!”

Imagine the state of us when, at the end of the ceremony, we took out the supreme ‘Best Lifestyle Magazine’! We definitely didn’t see that coming but it really is a reflection of the family aspect that is The Fishing Paper & Hunting News, from the tightknit, loyal staff of Paddy, Ron, Brownie, and Sarah, our talented regular writers, Kim Swan, Ian Hadland, Malcolm Halstead, Ivan Wilson, Poppa Mike, Craig Grant, Frank Cartwright, Greg Gilbert, Elliot Hendry, Tyler McBeth, and Brian Fensom, all the reader contributors who willingly share their stories and pics, to the advertisers who make the paper possible. The formula is simple but it has taken us to the top over the past decade; we are now the highest circulated fishing/hunting/outdoor publication with an audited monthly circulation knocking 21,000 and a staggering pick up rate of 98%.

While it is nice to have the recognition, it is also reassuring for our advertisers who fund the paper, that quality print media is far from dead and that advertising in The Fishing Paper & Hunting News works. It really is a winning combination all round.

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No ‘broady’ but bluefin from the black (front cover story) Jesse Crasborn

Pete Connolly and I spend half our lives working at sea in the deepsea fishing industry and then spend the other half back on land. A large portion of our time back on land also gets spent out on the water fishing recreationally. Pete and I always come up with new plans for fishing trips ahead while at sea.

We had been planning a bluefin tuna trip on the coast of the South Island for 18 months but weren’t able to make it happen last season with work commitments at sea during the time to target these fish.

This year we decided to target a broadbill swordfish as this would time in while we were back. We spent time researching our area and getting all the equipment together to target these gladiators and set off to our destination when a weather window arose. We planned for two days and one full night of fishing offshore and would target some deep water table fish while we were there.

It was about 2.00am when we heard some line screaming out of the 80w reel and stop. I picked up the rod and started to wind, when again the line started to scream off the reel. It took a few minutes to realise it wasn’t a swordfish and during the fight we guessed it might be a tuna. Once we had the fish leadered and alongside we could confirm it was a bluefin tuna. The two of us only just managed to pull the fish onboard and after a few high fives we quickly started to prepare the fish to keep it in pristine eating condition by bleeding and packing it full of ice.

We didn’t get our broadbill but were happy with our bluefin, which we estimated around the 100kg mark. On the way home we caught plenty of deepwater table fish, including bluenose, bass, southern boar and gemfish.

We had a great trip with plenty of new experiences and top quality seafood to enjoy. There will be more broadbill trips on the horizon and another to target a big northern bluefin tuna.

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Regulate weight - not size Dear Ed, I have just returned from another fishing trip out of Waikawa. Warned of storms that never eventuated within the Sounds, we three dared not venture far. So dropping anchor in Tory channel, away from the westerly, we proceeded to fish with large hooks. Over the next three hours we landed 80 cod.

About 5 were within the old limit, i.e. between 30 and 33 cm. Three others kept were over 33 cm. I estimate that the shags ate about 50 of the returned fish, despite our best efforts to distract them. Surely this level of wastage is not sustainable.

The issue becomes how to allow folks to catch a feed without destroying the fishery by feeding the shags.

Every population biologist recognises that there is huge mortality at the lower levels of the population pyramid, ie, small fish die. Some of these would be better in the bin than down the shags gullet.

Managing the fishery by regulating the size and number of cod taken clearly will not work in the presence of shags. Maybe we try regulating by fish weight. For

example, each person may take X weight (to be decided) of fish either as whole fish, or fillet weight. If such a method of regulation applied on the day mentioned above, we would have certainly killed less than a quarter of those fed to the shags.

Yours, P.A.Williams Nelson Ed replies: MPI blue cod guildelines suggest moving if shags are a problem.

Everyone needs to do their bit to preserve this fishery.

The Tweedles need educating!

Dear Ed, What two very good letters

by Laurie Collins of Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust and Ron Eddy on the lack of science around 1080.

Laurie made a very good point about well qualified people in hunters’ ranks. His disclosure of recently released Tb-infected possums makes me wonder if TbFree wants to keep Tb going for future employment prospects; after all, no Tb - no jobs.

I don’t know why farmers accept what is going on. They pay $7 or so levy on every

cattle slaughtered, plus they pay in taxes with funding for OSPRI and TbFreeNZ. Do farmers realise the testing system is so flimsy and inaccurate, that cattle with Tb don’t show up? So those ‘sleepers’ remain infecting any other animals whose immune system is lagging.

I wouldn’t want to pay for a service that is obviously not up to the mark.

Maggie Barry, Minister of Conservation, is going to authorise the biggest 1080 drop ever to blitz the plague of rats, which she says is of ‘biblical proportions’. That biblical nonsense is one Environment Minister Nick Smith used last year. It’s emotional nonsense. Did the Bible mention rats?

What Smith and Barry (Tweedle Dumb, Tweedle Dee) don’t understand, the 1080 drops 18 months ago have stimulated a big upsurge in rat numbers. The surviving rats have bred like flies. They are back in greater numbers thanks to Smith and Barry’s collective stupidity.

Fast breeding rats (40-a-year per female) come back with a rush. Get it Nick and Maggie?

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Fish in the sea shows the true health of our fisheries Dr Shelton Harley, Ministry for Primary Industries’ Manager Fisheries Science

A report from Auckland University, released in May 2016, attempts to estimate the historical catch in New Zealand's fisheries, and draws some worrying conclusions about the sustainability of New Zealand's fisheries.

The most accurate measure of sustainability is abundance. That is, the amount of fish in the sea, not extraction as the report attempts to analyse.

MPI have decades of peer-reviewed science that shows steadily increasing levels of abundance. The situation now is that New Zealand fisheries are healthy overall, and that’s because of careful, science-based management. We focus our efforts on ensuring there are enough fish in the water for all of New Zealand’s most important fish stocks.

It’s an approach that is working. Our scientific assessments show that some 96.4 per cent of fish of known status come from stocks where sustainability is not a concern. For the remaining 3.6 per cent we have plans to bring the fishery back to sustainable levels.

You can find a summary about the state of New Zealand’s fish stocks here: www.mpi. govt.nz/news-and-resources/open-data-andforecasting/fisheries/ The report claims that its “reconstruction” of historical catch reveals that the amount of fish caught is 2.7 times what is reported to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Such a claim is misleading.

The FAO, in compiling estimates of total fish landings, requires only that countries provide landed catch, not including any estimations of discards or other sources of fishing-related mortality.

Understanding catch is important to fisheries management. Many of the assessments of important New Zealand fish stocks (e.g., orange roughy, snapper, paua, and rock

lobster) use catch data sets much more comprehensive than those submitted to FAO. These scientific assessments incorporate historical knowledge of fishing behaviours, as well as observer and compliance information to generate the best information on total fishing-related mortality.

MPI’s ability to better understand catch, and indeed all commercial fishing activity, is being significantly enhanced through the introduction of real-time electronic reporting.

The plans we have in place will use technology to greatly increase the quality and quantity of that information and ensure increased monitoring of commercial fishing activity leading to a significant increase in compliance.

The project, called Integrated Electronic and Monitoring and Reporting Systems (IEMRS), had its genesis in investigations such as Operation Achilles. It has been in development since 2014, with trials beginning in 2015, and it will be rolling out over the coming years. It will mean monitoring of all catch on all fishing vessels. The monitoring will provide detailed reports from vessels using a totally integrated reporting and monitoring system which combines on-board camera monitoring, vessel positioning data and real-time catch effort reporting.

For a brief summary of MPI’s approach to fisheries management, as well as a summary of MPI’s initial concerns with the report’s methodology, go to MPI’s website, here: www.mpi.govt.nz/law-and-policy/legaloverviews/fisheries/the-health-of-newzealands-fisheries/.

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From Sinker to Smoker

By Ron Prestage

Recreational fishing researched

Prompted by the recent release of the New Zealand Marine Research Foundation’s report on the economics of recreational fishing in New Zealand I had a quick survey of my own spending on fishing and it didn’t take long to see how the figure of a billion dollars plus a year of economic activity was reached.

A stocktake at my place of rods, reels,

equipment spending by resident fishers and tourist spending on saltwater fishing. Figures dominate the report including $1400 per year as average spend on recreational fishing

by Kiwi residents and the generation of $136 million in GST revenue and $52 million of personal income tax each year.

Other aspects of the report cover spending

Part of my contribution to the billion dollars plus generated by recreational fishing!

nets, dredge, boat, tow vehicle and all the by region and fish species with snapper accessories had me believing the researched being at the top of the list. Not covered numbers. Add in the accommodation, fuel, in the report are the values attributed to servicing, registration, ramp fees, bait and recreational fishing such as food supply, berley and replacement tackle and the healthy physical figure starts to climb. recreational activity, Then there is repairs “This research could sway opinion personal wellbeing and replacements. New and development away from giving commercial radio aerial, new LED and social bonding fishers more snapper quota.” spotlight, new fishfinder, and care of the repowering with new environment. outboard, galvanising This research could trailer and repairs to rods and reels. To sum it sway opinion away from giving commercial up, worth every cent! fishers more snapper quota for example, in The Foundation commissioned the research favour of leaving more fish in the water for in 2014 costing $250,000 to estimate the recreational fishers. The question could be: economics related to recreational fishing. what gives more benefit and value?

The lengthy research results have been The Foundation is funded by donation and collated into the report, Recreational Fishing was launched in 1999. This recent research in New Zealand – A Billion Dollar Industry. on recreational fishing looks to be its best The aim is to have the evidence gathered work so far. The report is readily available on being used to better support the recreational the internet. sector of the New Zealand fishery. http://www.nzmrf.org.nz/files/NewThe report highlights and puts monetary Zealand-Fishing-Economic-Report.pdf value on such things as trip-related and

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Lone voice cries foul … ground under threat!

Daryl Crimp

Westhaven Inlet resident, Spencer Pomeroy, fears that the sensitive fishery taking in the Kahurangi Shoals and Paturau Reef is under severe pressure and heading toward collapse if action is not taken immediately. He argues that the area of foul ground that supports good stocks of blue cod, trumpeter, snapper, kingfish, tarakihi, and groper, is small and in decline as a result of increased pressure ,and suggests the ‘canary in the mine’ is already showing signs of sickness.

He sees the immediate problem being far too generous bag limits, with 20 blue cod per person per day ridiculous, and is calling for support to pressure MPI and Government into reviewing the bag limits.

“With better boats, advanced technology, and more accurate weather forecasts, more people are targeting the area more frequently, and many have a gold rush mentality,” he says.

Spencer is quick to point out that this is not a case of NIMBYISM - not in my back yard - as he agrees everyone has the right to fish there but argues, with restraint. He is concerned the fishery simply cannot handle the pressure and take of current levels, and claims he has noticed a considerable downturn in numbers and size of sentinel species such as cod and groper in just five years.

A common argument is that the weather will protect the area but that is head in the sand thinking, and you only have to do the math.

“It’s not uncommon to see twenty boats a day during a good spell, each with an

average of four fishers. If they only took half their bag limit of cod, that’s forty per boat and 800 for the day!”

With cod taking on average seven years to reach maturity or 28cm, that is a lot of pressure. Extrapolate that over, say, 30 fishing days per year and that’s 24,000 blue cod from a very small area.

The impact on slow growing groper is equally frightening.

“It’s not uncommon to see boats take their limit of groper, five per person, and already this has had an impact, with shallow water groper all but disappearing.”

Spencer believes that all fishers utilising the resource need to take responsibility and fish sustainably so that our grandchildren can experience the same.

“Denying that recreational catch has an impact is nonsense and not plausible logic these days,” he says.

How many of these do you need?

While he sees changing the bag limits through legislation as necessary, he recognises that it is a lengthy process, so would like to see a voluntary code of compliance developed and adopted by local fishers in the short term, and is calling for help from anyone interested.

The big question is - how much fish does one fisher need per day?

He is also happy to talk with local fishing clubs, iwi, and any other interested parties.

For more information contact Spencer: email - spencerrakopi@gmail.com 027 443 0028

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Staunch seven-gillers cut no slack

Greg Gilbert

Having spent a few weeks chasing silver on Canterbury rivers and having a low patch at work, I figured I should get back to what I know best, surf casting.

After watching the time tick by at work, I raced home on Friday, packed my car and headed north, arriving in Kaikoura about 7.30 pm. I rigged up and fished for about an hour-and-a-half, using scallops as bait. I managed eight moki and a red cod, all undersize, so packed it in.

I met up with Greg Terras around 6.00am next morning.

It was cold but we didn't mind, so we fished for a couple hours but with not a huge amount of success - just a couple small moki.

Then the wind turned and was blowing in our face.

Although it wasn't pleasant, it wasn't bad either and it coloured up the water. I thought there could be some seven-gillers around so on went some salmon for bait. The first big bend in the rod proved me right and I went on to battle it out with three seven-gillers, a decent conger eel, and a small stingray, along with the moki and other fish I

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Greg Gilbert with the staunch Kaikoura seven-giller.

A big conger added to the mixed bag taken from

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caught. Greg also managed two seven-gillers.

Of our catch, a couple were small, 20-40lb, but a couple were a bit bigger. We fished on into dark but it was pretty quiet so we retired for a well earned sleep.

Sunday dawned to a beautiful morning, which had us back at the surf full of anticipation. I threw out some rainbow trout as bait but, having seen Greg get a couple of dogfish, I was a little disappointed when my line went slack.

I said to Greg, “Here's a doggy for me,” and started winding up the slack. The moment I felt the weight come on, 50m of line suddenly peeled off my reel, straight out to sea! This was no doggy and thinking it wouldn’t be a

giller, as they usually swim along the beach, it was thrilling not knowing what was on my line. After a solid fight and plenty of rod bending action, some 20min later and 300m down the beach, I saw in the wave the brown shape and mass of a giller. Needless to say, I was very surprised as it was the hardest fight I've had from one. We thought it had to be foul hooked, but once we’d managed to beach it, and with a crowd of over a dozen people that had watched the whole fight standing around, we saw it was in fact hooked in the mouth!

A couple of quick photos and back it went to fight another day. A few others wanted photos and I possibly sounded rude with the way I said, “No, it needs to go back!” (So, sorry if you’re reading this).

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Murphy, a gypsy poacher, & the fairy of the woods Daryl Crimp

It was an invitation hunt so I couldn’t turn it down, even though it did necessitate a forty-hour direct trip from Nelson to Yorkshire in the UK. More than I’d normally contemplate for a few days hunting, but roebuck have got under my skin and I find hunting them irresistible.

It was also great to catch up and hunt with mate Peter Carr again. Pete edits the UK’s largest hunting mag, Sporting Shooter, and hosts a popular internet TV show, The Shooting Show, so with two ‘media tarts’ in the same high seat, it was destined to be a colourful and entertaining hunt!

Pete has rights to hunt a ten thousand acre estate and with the roebuck season literally minutes old, he was confident my rifle shots would echo to the strains of clattering antlers raining down.

He hadn’t bargained on three of us being on the hunt: him, me, and Murphy.

The folly unfolded before I arrived, with Pete messaging me as I touched down at Heathrow to make haste to York, as he’d spotted a monster buck close to the road and we were going to ‘grass it’ immediately! Murphy loves that level of cockiness and it has always proved an arse-kicker for me. Suffice it to say we chased that damn monster roebuck over half the dales in Yorkshire on that first day. We crawled down flooded drains, slithered through mud, crawled through goose shit, and wriggled through stinging nettles but couldn’t get the buck in a position with a safe background to shoot. Oh, we got within forty metres at one stage,

A roebuck on high alert.

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Crimpy took this cull buck right on dark.

but the farmer’s house was behind it, then a walkway, and then the deer moved again to put up the vicar’s vestry as a backdrop. Pete’s not religious but he runs shy of bad publicity so wouldn’t let me take the shot, which I thought was a dead cert’… unless I missed.

I ultimately took a quick shot off the sticks at 200m with a whole village as a backdrop - and missed!

That evening Carr put me in a high seat facing the beat of another big six-point roebuck. I was nervous about being tied to a plastic seat with a dodgy bit of twine, high in a spindly tree, but Carr suggested I shut up my whinging and get on with it.

I sat for three hours being entertained by a demented cock pheasant and a comedic grey squirrel, while my core body temperature slumped below eight degrees.

Then a deer stepped up to the feeder. It was a doe. A buck was sure to follow. It didn’t. A friendly keeper with an affable black Labrador did.

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“Nowt!” I replied.

Then they went on their way to check snares.

The light was fading and figuring it a waste of time, I untied myself, gingerly climbed down, stretched the stiffness from my limbs, and attended to bladder burn. With the flood of relief, I arched my back, gazed at the twilight sky, and sighed. Whilst so engaged, a doe and young buck wandered to within twenty yards of me, stared quizzically, and went on their way.

I heard the cackle of a pheasant from deep within the forest. Or perhaps it was Murphy.

Carr turned up, expectant but not hopeful. He’d seen the master buck earlier that evening. It was ‘stood by roadside looking at him’.

Next evening, on another high seat as the sun bled out, I saw ghosts in the shadows; legs walking backwards and forwards

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just inside the woods. A buck and three hinds materialised momentarily down the far end but disappeared again just as quickly. A poacher’s dog, a lurcher, suddenly barrelled from the trees chasing a hare, explaining all. Murphy is a bloody gypsy!

Right on ‘last orders’ a doe broke cover and fed right up to my stand. Two more materialised midfield and suddenly there it was: the kidney-shaped white of a buck’s rump on the edge of the woods. It was past shooting light but the good optics of the Swarovski scope gave me an extra ten minutes. I just needed the buck to turn broadside so I could place the shot. It turned.

At that moment, Carr roared around the corner in the ATV, with Murphy grinning beside him, and with the wash of headlights, the apparitions vanished!

Ultimately the drought was broken and I shot a number of bucks: a few culls and one representative head, but with the week drawing to a close, the elusive monster buck looked to be slipping from my grasp.

The following morning we threw caution to the wind and gambled on a long shot: me chasing the Ghost of Church Wood a monster that had eluded Pete for years. Roebuck are known as fairies of the wood because they can materialise and disappear at will, so you need to be vigilant. Whilst scanning the wood from my high seat I had an inkling this old fella had gotten old for good reason and rightly assumed he’d be a canny bastard, not sticking to the rules. We were filming this hunt for Pete’s TV show and I whispered to the cameraman that I had a gut feeling this old buck would spring us from behind.

Sure enough, just as I was glassing the woods ahead, the cameraman started thumping my legs and gesticulating wildly. I looked out the corner of my eye and there stood the buck beside us and looking up at the frantic cameraman. He’d materialised from the blackberries behind and was poised for flight. Realising the moment was about to be lost, I didn’t stand on ceremony, fluidly raising the rifle as the big buck bolted, leaping the ditch in front and dissolving into the woods. In that brief instant I noticed something that caused me to give a wry smile - Murphy was astride the buck’s back and grinning!

The old buck almost disappeared but hesitated at the foot of an old oak tree, turned and looked back at me. In that flicker I realised I had an animal of a lifetime in my sights and stroked the trigger. It tumbled at the shot but not without Murphy having one final crack at me!

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Ramcat anchors whitetail Scott Edwards - Advanced Archery Nelson

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The block we were hunting had taken quite a pasting and coupled with it being my first trip to Stewart Island, I was seriously wondering if I’d even see a deer, let alone shoot one. To add difficulty to the mix, I was using a bow as well.

However, Nigel Bartlett and I headed off for an overnighter with a quiver full of eagerness and enough adrenaline to make a deer drunk, the dinghy dropping us off 8km from the hut.

We set up a couple of game cameras to act as extra eyes and settled in for the night.

Having checked the cameras first thing next morning and seeing evidence of good deer numbers, we set off looking for fresh sign and new areas. The objective was to find areas frequented by deer and then set up tree stands from which to shoot. Over time, I discovered the best locations were areas that had clusters of broadleaf trees as opposed to single trees.

The deer look for leaves that fall from the trees

Devon proved that determination pays off big time!

my bow back. He kept walking towards me to 10 metres and that's when I released the arrow and struck him through his lung and liver. He then ran about 50 metres down the hill where I found him dead.

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I was determined to get the deer I've been dreaming of forever. So I set off with my bow one Friday evening in April. I usually take my camera but I was too excited to even bother with it.

With half-an-hour of daylight left, I stalked up to where I’d last seen him two days earlier.

I spooked nine hinds, which got his attention.

He started walking up the hill towards where I was, then he got on a track just above me and started walking in my direction. He got to 20 metres, then 15 metres, and that's when I drew

and more trees mean a better feed.

Nigel and I were stalking 80m apart when we went into a thick band of crown fern. It’s prolific in places on the island and almost impossible to navigate quietly, so we pushed through it quickly. Then I heard it - almost indefinable - like a click. I froze and scanned the area but saw nothing. Again I heard a twig break but the forest was empty. For three long minutes I remained steadfast and strained my ears - then it came, quite distinct but further away than I expected. A hind mewed for its young.

Then there it was, right in front of me; the rump of the young deer, the rest obscured by foliage.

I was using a Hoyt mid range bow - a grand package deal from Advanced Archery - but a proven performer, so I pulled it to full draw.

There was a dead ponga in line with the deer but I was using a Ramcat Broached that packed plenty of punch, so wasn’t too perturbed. I use the cheaper Eastern arrows but they work for me. I intend to upgrade, just to get more weight, but at the moment I’m sticking with what I know.

The shot was true and the deer dropped on the spot, the arrow having passed through two pongas before smashing the whitetail high in the shoulder and passing clean through.

Nigel was successful too and we went on to do a mixture of stalking and tree stand hunting, with me ultimately shooting two animals. We did have plenty of interaction, despite the previous pressure, I potentially had at least ten shooting opportunities, but there’s a limit to what you can eat on camp. My aim was also to get a buck with headgear and while it didn’t happen this time, it gives me a reason to return next year.

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OVERVIEW:

The Deluge Anorak from Ridgeline targets a specific demand for hunters and is designed for those unexpected situations where you are caught by a sudden downpour and need a quick waterproof fix. The key features of lightweight, compactness, breathability, and 10,000 waterproof rating pitch it perfectly for the lightweight, expedition, layer market, equally as well as a nice little stowaway for the pack of the day or casual hunter. Available in two colours: blue and teak, sizes XS - 5XL. I recently tested one extensively in the UK in weather that ranged from showers to severe hailstorms, which often caught me unawares so required a quick response time.

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DESIGN AND FUNCTION:

As a specific purpose jacket, the Deluge Anorak is a good example of thoughtful design and perfect functionality for its intended use; a compact stowaway jacket for those ‘caught with your pants down’ moments.

The material is soft and pliable, allowing the anorak to be rolled or scrunched to pack out of the way and the weight is insignificant. The sizing allows for generous internal movement, which is essential for layering systems. The internal shell comprises a soft mesh, which adds a degree of comfort along with breathability.

The anorak style is perfect for this intended use because it is simple, has less zips and attachments to get in the way, and it is quick to don. This simplicity extends to pocket function and layout, with four in total so there is no overkill here: two large chest pockets, one with internal GPS loop, and two hand pockets featuring waterproof zips.

A nice feature is the attached hood with internal mesh for comfort and breathability. It features two-way adjustability, malleable wire visor rim, and folds away into a secret pocket behind the collar.

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Other features include high chin zip and domes, and velcro wrist band straps for comfort and to keep out water and debris.

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I like it. For me it ticks all the boxes for a lightweight layering system, which has become an integral part of my hunting style of late. It does everything it is intended to do: packs away, is light, quick to put on, comfortable, roomy on the inside, and it keeps you dry. As I said, I used it in the UK in some quite trying conditions and it didn’t let me down. The most telling test was being caught out in a sudden hailstorm while tied to a precarious plastic high seat in the woods; the fact that I was able to even get it on in such difficult and potentially dangerous circumstances was a testament to its form and function.

This is one piece of kit I’ll take everywhere and will be a constant fixture in my daypack

Crimpy put the Ridgeline Anorak through its paces in Yorkshire.

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IT CAN BE FITTED TO A DAYLIGHT RIFLESCOPE In my opinion, this is its greatest feature. Once set-up, converting your daylight scope to a thermal scope takes only seconds to fix and remove. Also, it can be swapped over multiple rifles when each scope is fitted with a Pulsar Cover ring adapter mount.

IT BE USED AS A HAND-HELD THERMAL SPOTTER The Core enables you to walk and spot with the your rifle safely slung to your shoulder.

When game is spotted, the Core is fitted to your rilfescope in order to take your shot. Alternately, you can use the Pulsar Core to scout for game rich areas at night, then hunt in the morning.

This saves a lot of time and is particularly useful on DoC managed land, where night shooting is forbidden.

Taking a closer look at the Core, the first noticeable difference from its stablemates is its size. It's tiny, but features a high quality 50mm f1.2 germanium lens, which along with the Core's 386x288 50Hz thermal sensor, delivers an excellent image that is capable of spotting a human at 1200 metres, and deer at longer distances. The controls are also different, as all image adjustment and menu functions are controlled with a neat top mounted four button panel.

Essential functions can also be controlled with a wireless remote.

The most obvious difference whilst looking through the Core is its green image. The Core is fitted with the latest technology OLED saffire viewfinder, which is more than twice as efficient as existing OLED displays. Also, when fitted to a riflescope, the point-of-impact can be fine-tuned for higher precision, or can be set for alternative distances and loads, without the need to alter the daylight scope. The magnification and field-of-view is controlled by zooming the daylight scope.

I haven't yet had the chance to take the Core hunting. My initial observations of the Core have been very promising, and I have very high expectations. Over the next few weeks, I plan to use the Core on a 22LR for shooting rabbits and possums, and on a .308Win for shooting pigs and deer. I will also be using the Core on our extremely accurate .223Rem, when I will be testing for distance performance. Watch this space!

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K-2 the Kiwi choice Daryl Crimp

K-2 Antarctic Products has experienced huge growth over the past year and owner, Marie Mitchell, says that much of it has been driven by customers being more discerning and demanding of what they want, with quality, functionality, and durability being the Big Three. Much of the growth has been in the hunting area, with the Hunter Pack range leading the charge. In particular, the Alpine internal frame has proved a big winner with Kiwi hunters going back to the basics, and this designed in New Zealand for New Zealand hunters pack certainly ticks the boxes. The simple, uncluttered, practical, and rugged design suits our no nonsense approach to the sport, and the strong durable materials certainly stand up to all the elements Kiwi conditions throw at hunters.

Another winner with Kiwi hunters is the smallest hunter model, the 50L frameless, which is perfect as a daypack or for those quick overnighters.

“Kiwi hunters seem to like the simple, functional, and durable features of the hunter range,” says Marie.

Along with the packs, there has been steady demand for K-2 accessories: gaitors, bumbags, belt bags, and the hugely popular pop-up bum bag. For people planning on travel, or for hunters packing in via helicopter, the new soft shell travel bags are the go; made in Kodra, a durable synthetic material, and available in sizes small medium - large, all bases are covered.

Marie said that as demand increases she is wanting to increase the number of retailers stocking her products, so is welcoming trade enquiries.

“I have had huge response through advertising in The Fishing Paper & Hunting News, and one area in particular I’d like to find a good retail outlet is Canterbury. I get lots of enquiry from there”

Marie has also noticed an upswing in bespoke contract work and welcomes any enquiries.

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Meatloaf and buck out of hell Ian Hadland

It was a trip into the unknown and, as I’d never been to this block before, I arrived well after light to see what I was doing. Venturing up a scruffy track, I climbed to the first ridge.

There was very little sign of activity but I couldn’t remember when it last rained, so I wasn’t too despondent. I worked my way to the first of two green areas, which looked promising on Google Earth.

Near the back of the first one I found a blood trail – quite fresh. Just drips here and there but really fresh. Confused, I followed them expecting to see a wounded animal pop up any minute.

Rounding a thicket of bush lawyer, all hell erupted: in front of me was a buck with his new headwear caught in vine and trapped. Thinking it was groggy and wounded, I shot it – twice! I dragged the beast out to find that, apart from my bullet holes, there wasn’t another mark on it! Confused, I tried to piece the matter together and concluded it was either a different deer, or the more likely scenario; its coronets were still leaking after taking the velvet off. There was plenty of blood around the base of the antlers.

I’d covered 500m from where I left the track, in two hours. That’s how slow this fat boy goes these days. Hung the buck up and decided it was such a nice morning I’d carry on for a bit and look at the second green area.

An hour into that, I dropped a hind sunning itself below me. It was a wonder to see it there, because the wind was behind me the whole way.

I cut her up and spooked another pair of deer on the way back to stag, which was more surprising, as I wasn’t even going quietly!

It was a struggle under the very heavy load. I

had everything in the backpack except the buck’s back legs and head. Basically, I should have done two trips but couldn’t be fagged, as 500m is a long way for me. The antlers were the worst to carry.

Overall it was a good block, with easy access and some nice bush. As always, hunting the broadleaf faces would be the most productive if you can move beneath it.

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It is pictured here with renowned international archeological Ichthyologists, Yaling Yang and Peter Morrison, both from the University of Ikhthusistan, who specialise in deciphering ancient codes that incorporate the use of fish symbols. Yaling and Peter were contracted by the Vatican to unravel an ancient mystery that came to light when a cleaner accidentally dropped and shattered a valuable urn while dusting the catacombs, which was found to hold a fragile parchment dating back to the Byzantine Monk era. The Byzantine Monks also had a secret society, The Order of Lophius, of which little is known except that it was top secret and thought to delve into transcendental teleportation through synapse manipulation and snorting the dried ground skin of the rare Nile salamander, which is thought to have had hallucinogenic properties.

The drug became hugely popular and to stop the recipe falling into the wrong hands, the Monks developed a technique of creating tiny holograms in fish scales, whereby the recipe was imbedded in code. The scales were then disguised as reflectors in underground tombs, alleyways, and secret passages.

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Bugger, the head honcho has arrived, having driven from Taupo to the Marlborough backcountry. I should be there to greet him but I’m far up a scrubby hillside across the river, from here I have an eagle’s-eye view as he talks to the other musterers down at the quarters.

The head honcho visited briefly last autumn too. While we all worked in the cattle yards I was sorting ear tags and keeping tallies. He probably thought I was cook for the crew.

Instead the other blokes and I have a system for the week-long muster. During the day every man feeds himself, at night we take turns preparing an evening meal.

I had cooked dinner the past two nights and this evening I was determined to grab my pig dogs and hunt the hillside not too distant from base. As I ascended the heady heights, the men below went their separate ways. The musterers to the peasants’ quarters near the cattle yards, head honcho to the Grand Lodge on the knoll above.

Sometime later Pearl found the bed of a sleeping boar. She bailed momentarily, just long enough for Bolt and Gin to hear her call. Then the boar put pedal to the metal. Steep, scrubby, rock-strewn hillside helped him accelerate to top-speed within seconds. Pearl never stood a chance of keeping up.

Smashing scrub and rolling rocks indicated the runaway boar was in full flight and his route was two strides wide of me. I gave him right of way, courtesy a wiser option than bravery.

Long time later Pearl returned, exhausted. Bolt and Gin though were far, far away, their GPS trails telling a tale of dogged determination.

Eventually I saw Bolt down on the river flat. I presumed our hunt was over.

Lots later Pearl and I emerged from the scrub and onto the grassy flat. Darkness was closing in and I was looking forward to my dinner. Well, I was, until I heard Bolt’s bail bark.

“Here, pssst Pearl!” We both scampered toward the ringing bail with a renewed burst of enthusiasm.

Then it was all-on. Pearl met Boris bailed against a blackberry bush and after a brief consultation with her two canine mates, they decided to trade bark for bite. Boris, in an effort to protect his leathery ball-bag, bolted for the river and dived in.

I ambled in pursuit, as fast as a lame old lady can then peered over the flood-ravaged riverbank. Below me Pearl and Gin battled for ascendency over a circling boar. He was giving as good as he got. Time to fill my boots and wet my pants.

Moments later I had Boris’ tail in my hand and we were all splashing and stumbling amidst the rounded river rocks. Bolt bravely cheered us from the sidelines, while us three girls wrestled earnestly against our irate mate.

Only after I’d managed to swap bushy black tail for front leg and to up-end the gnarly young boar did he squeal in anger. After I stuck him, the dogs and I finally had time to catch our breath. We all lay in the river like beached trout, panting and hot, despite evening’s chill.

Shoulder to shoulder, lining the river bank, were an audience of bush cattle all peering at us with interest. High on the knoll above them, the Grand Lodge was all lit-up and I presumed its resident was comfy in front of the fire, enjoying a fine wine along with his dinner. Speaking of dinner, I was starving!

The following morning head honcho joined us musterers pre-dawn for a cup of tea. As soon as he mentioned hearing dogs barking across the river the previous evening, I knew what was to follow. He told my house-mates he’d watched two dogs bail a pig in the blackberry, then another dog streaked across the flats, you know the rest! While I was lying with the fishes the boss had had a shag’s-eye view.

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TIDES OF CHANGE

By Poppa Mike

Campsites, freeloaders & graffiti eliminators Every summer for the past 60 years camping has been my great love. I’ve explored most corners of the North and South Island in search of New Zealand’s natural beauty, rivers, lakes, beaches and bush. As an eightyear- old, I recall the dawn chorus of the bellbird and tui beside a lake near Rotorua, where it seemed as if every tree had a bird in it. More recently a young New Zealand falcon, kareare, swooped at head height past my tent at Franz Josef into the nearby tree then allowed me to get up close and personal.

It has been sad to see so many camp grounds turned into housing but thankfully DoC have taken up the challenge by opening up more and more campsites, many quite small with just a tap and a toilet. In the South Island there are more than 120 such sites. Some are free, some request a donation, others an honesty box payment of $6, while the bigger/better ones such as Totaranui have a person per night fee of $15.

It is possible to go around the country for several weeks as happened this year and stay in a DoC camp every night. Next summer I plan to visit other South Island DoC camps I haven’t stayed at, places like ‘Homestead’ and ‘Thicket Burn.’ DoC puts out a free booklet complete with maps and grid references. These should be put in every rental campervan, along with a portable chemical toilet.

Two things spoil my camping. One is the arrival of a huge campervan, a 30’ caravan or a five-wheeler towed by a tank. Not only do they take up several tent sites but they block out the view. At one camp recently the TV satellite dish and large solar panel were set up outside, taking up another tent space. The owner then spent the whole time inside watching TV with the volume up full so all the camp had to suffer. Needless to say the many native birds at

this camp disappeared.

The other dislike is the grubby Wicked campervans, mobile graffiti wagons that do not blend in with nature’s natural beauty. It is great to see the public and political uprising against this company. Congratulations also to the Kaiteriteri Camp Board and manager on banning Wicked campers. Other camps are doing the same.

I meet many ‘freedom campers,’ most are sincere in their respect of our outdoors.

Unfortunately there are a number of ‘freebie’ campers amongst them who will do all they can to avoid paying. Arrive late then leave early is a common trick. At Arrowtown recently I found myself surrounded by three pup tents of Germans. Over a couple of days it transpired two lots were making free use of the Council camp ($20 pp per night), the cookhouse and showers – having obtained the security code for the gate from other Germans who stayed previously. When the camp manager finally caught up with them they had a large amount of backpay to settle.

Yeeha! Yet nationally the problem continues, as can be seen by the numerous newspaper articles.“Noodle brigade ruining NZ’s pure image.” “Penniless tourists go shoplifting.”

“Moves to ban Wicked Campers from Bay” and “Illegal campers owe more than $1.5m.”

I like the style of the person(s) who are approaching Wicked campervans at night with a roller of grey paint covering up the offensive slogans. Do it slowly and gently – easily done.

When you think about it, that is exactly what we do around Nelson wherever mindless graffiti appears. I might try the idea myself.

In the meantime I am offering free tins of paint and Peter McGrath of Bays Brewery is offering a free pint of his finest if you are the famed graffiti eliminator.

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Catch and release Mark Roden

The recent news that MPI have been aware of mass dumping of fish from commercial boats is a shocker although, having been involved in representing recreational fishers both locally through TasFish and nationally with the Rec Fishing Council, this doesn’t come as too much of a surprise.

The attempt by the industry to somehow shift the focus to the unknown amount of fish caught by rec fishers went down like a lead balloon and while it’s true that we have no idea how many fish are caught by rec fishers, this isn’t a criticism of us, it’s another black mark against MPI for not obtaining this info and being totally unaware of the value of recreational fishing to the whole economy.

One of the advantages of spearfishing is that it is totally selective and only the fish targeted are taken. Yes, a beginner can get a bit excited and shoot an undersize fish, but if he or she takes it back to the boat, well, a bit of ribbing occurs and that’s probably the last time that spearo makes that mistake.

We know there is always some collateral damage with line fishing, but the attempt is always made to return undersize fish to the water alive. Set lines and set nets are an issue because the ‘by-catch’ survival rate is very low, and both of these forms of fishing are highly destructive and very inefficient.

Winter has arrived with a vengeance, with much talk in spearo circles about the water clarity or lack of. Even through the Indian summer we experienced, what vis we did have is gone now and the consensus seems to be it’s a result of the amount of forestry happening in the region, which produces lots of run off resulting in fine clay sediment in the water. Good to see one industry booming, let’s hope things stabilise and we get some good winter diving in soon.

For something completely different, I’m off to the US this month to compete in the US Freshwater Spearfishing Champs in Arkansas. Evidently they have a wide range of freshwater fish and the water is over 20 degrees. It will be a totally new experience for me, so I will report in next month’s issue of The Fishing Paper & Hunting News.

Netting is non-selective with many fish unable to be returned because they are dead.

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Gerry ‘Pauls’ it in Gerry Paul

In over twenty years of spearfishing, I can’t remember autumn having ever been as good; warm water up to 19 degrees, blue water and species like trevally, kingfish, john dory, parore, and even blue maomao hanging around well into May. And of course, the elusive snapper. The spearos up north get snapper all year round, good sized ones, by snooping around the shallows or berleying for them with kina. Line fisherman in Wellington get good snapper throughout the summer, but very rarely are fish much bigger than pannies taken on the spear and, even then, it’s only a few divers like Pat ‘Snapper’ Swanson, who seem to find them on a regular basis.

Late April at secret spot 27, Kapiti Island, I, brother Conor, and long time dive buddy, Pete, were targeting tarakihi while waiting for the current to change to the outgoing tide so we could do a few runs of the Boulder Bank for kingfish. I hadn't been out much over summer, so my fitness was showing on the first couple of dives. My younger and fitter brother, Conor, had shot three tarakihi already. I had dived to the bottom twice but felt more like a block of polystyrene than a free diver. A little frustrated, I rested on the surface and planned to concentrate on relaxing on the next dive; kick two or three times and then just sink to the bottom and aim to feel comfortable, rather than worrying about getting a fish.

I breathed up for two minutes, took a deep breath, kicked three times, and sunk towards the weed line in twelve metres of water.

About five metres from the bottom, out the corner of my eye, I saw the trail of guts from the tarakihi Conor had been gutting as he went along. Munching on these guts on the bottom with its tail pointing towards the surface was a decent sized fish that I thought for a moment was a big red moki. As I sank closer to the bottom, the colour appeared more golden than red and I realised it was a snapper. It was then that the two pectoral fins started quivering and the fish started to bolt. My gun was pointed in the direction of the fish, so I lunged towards it with two kicks and aimed slightly behind its gill plate.

The shot was at the edge of my range and I wasn’t sure if the spear had gone right through. The fish fought ferociously as I called Pete over to put in a second shot not wanting to lose this beautiful fish. He thought I was calling him to second shot a kingfish and got a right surprise seeing a snapper on the end of my line. The fish was secured and I landed my first Wellington snapper.

It was cooked and enjoyed over three meals: Panko breadcrumbed and fried, in a Thai red curry, and the throat and wings were smoked. Delicious. It will take a lot to beat 2016!

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Mercury 30hp 4 stroke .............................. $8,995

Mercury 5hp ...................................................$995

Yamaha 90hp (25inch) ............................... $6,995

Yamaha 25hp (2007) 4 stroke .................... $4,500

Honda 2hp .....................................................$950

Honda 225hp ........................................... $12,995

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Powered By 2014 Mercury 115hp four stroke Single axle trailer, auto anchor winch stereo & speakers, wash down pump,Lowrance HDS 7 $ GPS/sounder

38,995

Powered by Mercury 90hp outboard VHF radio, sounder, single axle trailer road cover, canopy, Rego & WOF, anchor, chain $ and rope, tow flag

26,500

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Powered by twin Honda 90hp 4 stroke 2011 (123hrs) Furuno GP7000 GPS/plotter, Furuno 620, sounder, VHF radio, walk thru $ transom

42,995

Powered by Johnson 135hp 2 stroke outboard. VHF radio, depth sounder, anchor, day canopy, ski pole, boarding ladder, spare $ wheel with bracket

29,995

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