The Fishing Paper & Hunting News - Nov 2017

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THE FISHING PAPER & HUNTING NEWS - NOVEMBER 2017

MARINE ELECTRONICS With Sean Ryan sean@fluidelectronics.co.nz

Knowing your lats and your longs Unbelievably, around 2220 years ago the first geodetic systems were developed that now allow us to push a button and save our favourite fishing and hunting spots on modern electronics.

The Greek mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist Eratosthenes is credited with the invention of the geographic coordinate system, discovered in 3rd Century BC. Some three to four hundred years later, the original theories for latitude changed from using solar altitude to stellar measurements and longitude from dead reckoning to timings of solar eclipses.

An amazing achievement, considering the basic instruments available and the numerous future improvements that lead to an international convention for Latitude and Longitude being adopted in 1884.

The modern system now utilises a series of satellites orbiting the earth to obtain your position.

Latitudes are also commonly referred to as parallels, as they run parallel to the equator in both hemispheres and are described by Northings and Southings. Longitudes run between the poles and are know as Eastings and Westings.

To many, at a brief glance, all coordinates are created equal. However, that’s not the case. While there are many different localized coordinate systems around the world, the most commonly used is WGS84 (World Geodetic System), which was established in 1984 and revised in 2004.

While the system itself is said to be accurate to within 2cm at a specific point on the earth’s surface, your GPS (Global

Positioning System) unit is not that accurate.

The accuracy is affected by the power and processing speed of the unit installed in your device, and the number of satellites available for it to lock onto, which can be affected by its access to clear sky and any geographical obstructions restricting its view of the satellites. Nature also plays a part in the accuracy, as movement in the earth’s tectonic plates and the effect of the tides and moon can cause variations of up to one metre at any given time.

Another crucial point to understand, especially when receiving shared waypoints, is there are several very different ways for coordinates to be displayed: decimal degrees (41.59805556 S 173.7830556 E), degrees and decimal minutes (41 35.8833 S 173 46.9833 E), and degrees minutes and seconds (41 35’ 53” S 173 46’ 59”). The numbers in the brackets are for exactly the same position and need to be accurately converted to avoid driving past your mate’s ‘never miss’ blue nose spot. We have had clients try to simply shorten the decimal degrees but it just does not work. If your mates give you waypoints, check the way they are recorded and ensure they are the same as your own unit.

Generally, displays of the same brand will use the same systems. It is when transferring waypoints between different brands that problems can arise. If caught out by this, Dr Google has plenty of options for you.

Always remember, your unit has the capacity to store thousands of waypoints, so don’t be scared to create plenty. Name them and, if your unit allows, record a few notes — it turns into your fishing diary as well!

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Going green over groper Andrew Cole

Such was our enthusiasm to get out to the groper grounds, Pete forgot his Sealegs, but our minds were elsewhere as I nudged the little 490 up onto the plane and smashed out into the open ocean. The 40k trip took around an hour but the sounder lit up with sign the moment I buttoned off.

The ha- puku were 15m deep and seemed to stretch on forever, so we wasted little time getting the rigs to the bottom.

Andrew says these big fish feed plenty so it is not necessary to always take the bag limit

Pete instantly loaded up, bam, and the bend in his rod suggested a good size fish.

We were using whole squid for bait on big BIG hooks — 13/0 or 14/0 circle hooks that roll nicely into the corner of the mouth.

I have invested in the crimps and pliers, and get a lot of satisfaction out of making my own rigs, usually half-a-dozen at a time, which I store in snap-lock plastic bags.

After Pete had boated and cleaned his 15kg groper, I set up another drift and it was another case of instant BAM! My rod bent but to a slightly smaller fish. This didn’t faze me, as we only fish to get a fresh feed and these big fish provide ample for several meals. Once this size, they are also quite old so it makes sense to fish selectively so other generations will still have the same opportunity. It really isn’t necessary to fish to the bag limit every time.

Suddenly, the lights turned out and the groper went off the bite. I am new to fishing for this species so still have a lot to learn, but it was quite frustrating to see them still on the sounder while not taking a bait. It’s very different to hunting deer. Once you have found deer, unless you stuff it up, you can be pretty confident you are going to ‘smoke’

them. Finding fish gives you absolutely no guarantee you will catch any.

At this point it became academic, anyway.

Pete’s complexion turned green and we had to do a runner for home. But there was no downside to this adventure, at all; we had plenty of fish for a feed and we had a very good excuse to go fishing again — soon!

“Unbelievable, Dad loses his head over one fish!” says Noah Cole

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THE FISHING PAPER & HUNTING NEWS - NOVEMBER 2017

Kayaking

A game of ...

with Chris West

SINGLE OR A DOUBLE?

Pinniger pipped by a piper at the post... again

A question we are regularly asked is, “We want to get into kayaking but we don’t know if we should get two singles or one double?”.

Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question. Choosing a double will give some advantages compared to singles, while having two singles will prove advantageous in other areas.

Whether you are looking at getting a sit-ontop for general paddling, a fishing kayak, or a sea kayak, here are some of the advantages for each option. Hopefully this will help you choose the option that will suit you the best.

Choosing two singles:

Choosing one double: •

A double makes it easy for two people of differing ability or fitness to paddle together.

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Two singles may be too wide to fit onto your roof rack side by side (although you can purchase kayak carriers that will allow you to carry two kayaks), but one double will fit on most roof racks.

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In most cases, a double kayak will have a faster cruising speed when compared to a similar style of single kayak.

Some other points to consider when choosing which option to go for:

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If only one person wishes to paddle at a time, a single kayak gives you the option to paddle solo.

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You will typically spend less getting set up with one double that what you would for two equivalent singles.

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Choosing two singles allows you to select two different kayaks to better suit each paddler’s needs. One paddler may be into fishing and will get a lot of use from their kayak. The second paddler may go for a more recreational kayak as they will use it less. Each paddler can get the kayak they want and they can still paddle together when they choose to.

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If you wish to carry a bit of gear when paddling, compare the storage space available for each option. You may find that some doubles do not offer enough storage capacity for the trips you plan on doing.

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There is a greater range of single kayaks available, so you can choose a kayak more specific to your needs.

There are a lot of things to consider when choosing a kayak, and trying to meet the needs of two people only makes it more difficult. Try weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of each option and hopefully that allows you to be objective in your decision-making process.

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When two old fishing skippers slog it out for the Nydia Cup, you can be sure there will be some lively action! The challenge this year turned out to be even more memorable than usual.

Conceived in 2007 as a fishing challenge between two families, the Nydia Cup has developed into a regular and often feisty struggle headed by Captains Pinniger and Pope. Indeed, to have one’s name recorded with permanent marker on the back of the silver-sprayed 1L paint tin, complete with pop-riveted teaspoon handles, is to own a warm place for eternity in the annals of bach family memories.

Rules of engagement were developed by the kids and, more complex than a French referee’s interpretation of the offside rule, resulted in many animated post-match debates over a few beers. Unbelievably, despite my best efforts and low cunning, I still haven’t got my hands on the cup, having been undone on several occasions by said rules — talk about infringement around the ruck!

This time, just Gavin Pope and I set off for a quick visit to Nydia Bay and a stab at the cup.

We tried our luck at a spot that had yielded results in the past and I was quickly into a lively fish, but without the nodding rod-tip of the hoped-for snapper. Soon after, a nice rig was in the boat so it was off to the bach for a beer, fish ’n’ chips, and a plan for tomorrow.

“Opened my account,” says I “That you have,” mumbled Popey with a touch of chagrin, “but it’s early days”.

Game on!

With a light mist on the water and no wind, we headed to my wife’s ‘secret spot’ — not!

Using light tackle and two rods, Gav set the tone for the day with a couple of nice pan snapper. Ahead by a nose.

I should tell you that commercial fishing skippers are accomplished liars and notoriously reticent about giving out information, so I won’t tell you where we went next. Suffice to say, it didn’t take too long at 25 knots.

With the sun hot and a little before high water, I set up a light stray line with a pilly, while Gav opted for a flasher rig armed with squid. I think the old bugger had a second rod out with a conventional ledger rig.

Offside? What would the TMO say? Ah, but he’s French too!

The tide just beginning to ebb when the tip of my new Shimano graphite combo gently flexed and line spooled out steadily. As tense as an eye-dog at the trials and resisting the urge to strike, I hoped Gav had not noticed this subtle exchange. In that classic way big snapper behave, the line stopped and I waited breathlessly for the big run… after a long pause there came a blistering squeal of stripping

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Phil Pinniger

STORY

CHARLES SMITH TEAM SHIMANO

The ‘Pope’ with a divinely chosen leviathan

mono. “Bugger me,” exclaimed my old rival as I engaged the baitrunner. The rod loaded up in a very satisfying manner whilst Gav politely reeled in to give me fighting room.

With the drag set at medium-heavy, the fish made multiple strong runs, so it was clear it was a decent specimen. Eventually, after several minutes of superb action, there was that revealing flash of colour and the fish was netted soon after — a 19lb beauty.

“Fair do’s” said Gav “I don’t mind losing the cup to a fish like that”.

Golden words which I shall forever cherish.

Later, firmly believing the cup was mine; “Pinniger 2017” etched in perpetuity upon it’s lustrous surface, I indulged myself in a cosy glow (not entirely without alcohol) of reminiscence.

“He can’t come back from this,” I thought contentedly as I drifted off to a sleepy repose, reliving the moment in delightful detail.

“It’d be as unlikely as Wayne Barnes ruling a forward pass (against the French) … just not going to happen!”

With no bait or berley left, I was certain the cup was mine, but Gav set about snaffling piper on a sabiki while I messed about with soft baits. Gav rigged up a stray line with the single garfish he’d captured and what happened next will wake unexpectedly, wide-eyed and maniacal, from a deep sleep

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A slow but steady clicking as line was taken from Gav’s reel drew my attention into sharp focus. The expected pause and then line paid out in a strong, determined fashion.

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“Stingray,” I said as he reached for the rod, but when he set the hook it was clear that this was anything but. The old skipper was into a struggle alright and, while I reeled in to give him space, I rolled my eyes skyward and offered up a silent, ungracious entreaty: ‘Please, let it be a shark’.

I peered over the side and glimpsed a flash of colour the size of a garage door! “Holy Moses, it’s a monster,” was my only rejoinder.

It took both of us to wrestle the leviathan into the boat, where a lot of manly backslapping, whooping, and hollering ensued.

My emotions were mixed; on the one hand I was delighted my long-time friend had caught a magnificent fish whilst, on the other, I realised I had been dealt a deadly blow — the piscatorial equivalent of conceding a pitch-length intercept try after the 80 minute siren had sounded! Cruelty indeed!

Some believe the Pope is divinely chosen by God to be his apostle on earth. I do not wish to proselytise, but my old friend Pope does appear to be peculiarly blessed… verily, his cup runneth over.

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Optically Speaking – with Ant Corke THE IMPORTANCE OF RANGE-FINDING AT NIGHT Knowing the distance of your target is a fundamental of shooting. In daylight, a laser rangefinder will accurately read distance, but at night, knowing the correct distance becomes even more critical.

Determining distance in darkness is so challenging because of the lack of clear reference points. Also, if using a night vision or thermal optic to spot targets, the reliance on an optic, which is typically magnified, further makes ranging targets more challenging. This is

especially true with thermal imaging, as the target will have the same brightness regardless of distance, the

only difference being its size.

distance is established.

Yukon Advanced Optics have developed a solution for ranging, an inbuilt laser rangefinder, and a stadiametric rangefinder, fitted to a selection of their night vision and thermal imaging optics. The advantages and difference are as follows.

Laser range-finding is important for critical shot placement, such as when hunting small targets, shooting over long distances, or shooting with a subsonic rifle, such as a suppressed .22LR. Current Pulsar LRF riflescopes include the Pulsar Digisight LRF N970 digital night vision riflescope, the Pulsar Argus Gen2+ LRF night vision riflescope, and the Pulsar Apex LRF Thermal Imaging riflescope.

Laser rangfinder (LRF) Pulsar LRF riflescopes have an inbuilt laser rangefinder.

Accurate ranging is as simple as pressing a button either on the riflescope, or on a wireless remote control that is fixed to your rifle stock.

Different points-of-impact can be set and recalled for more accurate shot placement, once the target

Stadiametric range-finding Stadiametric range-finding is a military technology, because it does not require emitting a laser to find distance, which could compromise the safety of the marksman. The standard for stadiametric range-finding is based upon a human of 1.7m high, which just happens to be the average height of a stag with antlers!

With sniper riflescopes, a scale is used to determine the distance of the ‘target’ by placing the feet and head between two stadia marks.

Pulsar has taken this concept a step further by providing interactivity, and multiple target sizes. The stadia marks can be altered for a custom distance, and a choice of deer, pig, and hare. Turning a dial alters the space between

the bottom and the top stadia, which also alters the distance reading.

Although the Pulsar stadiametric rangefinder isn’t as precise as their LRF rangefinder, it is still very effective when used correctly. Here is an example: We are shooting pigs with a .270 Win, and assume a 100mm diameter kill zone.

Therefore, we do not want to shoot at any distance further than a 50mm bullet

drop from zero. If we sighted in our rifle to 200 metres, the distance that a bullet will still hit the edge of the 100mm circle is 300 metres.

If we set our stadiametric rangefinder to 200 metres, and approach a pig, until it fits the stadia marks, the shot should produce a clean kill whether it is a large boar at 260 metres, or a piglet at 150 metres.

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Camel runs amok

on Pacific island WONDERFALL The Forrest Clan

Alice the Camel humped this tuna from down deep

STORY

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Let’s just call her Alice, as in Alice the Camel.

After being forced into taking a vacation by a worried sibling, Alice found herself stuck on a Pacific Island with a crowd of all-night partiers and maniacal bus driver with a severe dislike for anyone that didn’t know the local roads as well as he did. The best idea seemed to be to just agree with the bus driver at all times because no matter what you did, he always won. So after Camp-mother Dory secured Alice a spot on a fishing trip with some of the locals and several other party animals, she was dragged to the wharf at 5.00am and dropped into the crystal clear blue waters – well OK, the water was black at that time of day.

After a bit of a lumpy start and a change of direction due to a lingering south-east sea, conditions soon improved and they started passing several FAD’s without so much as a nibble. Several whales came and went, the hours ticked on, and still the fish kept a low profile. Then a small mahimahi decided to inhale a lure almost as big as him and received a free ride back to shore for its troubles.

Continuing northwards, the team slowly began to emerge from the sheltered waters into the exposed top end of the island and conditions quickly built again. And then it was all on as the Shimano Tiagra on the short corner started to howl. Alice’s lightning reflexes kicked in, triggering a response to get to the reel as quickly as possible, but

somehow the message didn’t reach her feet in time and, combined with a steep wave, Alice attempted to crash-tackle both the side of the vessel and the skipper.

After a remount that would make a Russian gymnast proud, Alice shook off the pain and was soon strapped into whatever was disappearing towards Tonga at a great rate of knots. Playing deep and attempting to circle the boat, the fish was soon called for a tuna or wahoo, and Alice continued the battle to gain line. After ten minutes of struggling to stay upright, despite being propped up by the ever-helpful deckhand, the fish was in sight and the dark blue and silver body and yellow highlights proved it to be a yellowfin, another first species for Alice. As the skipper played trace man, the gaff sunk home and the fish was secured, just in time, as the hooks dropped out as the fish was lifted onboard.

Congratulations all round and lines back in the water quickly but no school friends to be found, so the happy crew began the long haul homeward, hoping for a final strike.

Nearing the wharf, the crew shuddered as that crazed bus driver was standing on the dock waving a meat cleaver and yelling, “You ungrateful cretins better have caught me a fish to cook for dinner”.

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THE FISHING PAPER & HUNTING NEWS - NOVEMBER 2017

From the deck of a lobster boat in Southland to everyday use in fisheries stock monitoring – Ernie inspired ERNIE – new technology at work in support of sustainable New Zealand rock lobster fisheries. NZ RLIC Chief Operating Officer and Research Programme Manager Daryl Sykes reveals the story behind…

Trevor Burkhart and son Jason demonstrate the old system of manual data collection, which was time consuming and error-prone

THE TWO ERNIES Stalwart of the CRA 8 industry, Southland rock lobster fisherman Ernie Cave, now retired, was a good fisherman, an advocate, and an innovator. Work done by him and fellow fisherman Mark Peychers, proved the effectiveness of modified escape gaps in lobster pots, resulting in a rewrite of escapement regulations.

about rock lobster length, sex, maturity, injury index, water depth, and method of capture, as well as weather and sea conditions.

It’s time-consuming and laborious, and accuracy is made difficult by the unstable working platform and unpredictable deck conditions encountered on working fishing vessels.

Ernie was also one of the few working fishermen who properly understood the alchemy of stock assessment models. He promoted the importance of accurate, timely, and representative fisheries data to the CRA 8 industry as it commenced a Vessel Logbook programme in 1993.

The manual records are later converted to electronic file format — a process that is time consuming and expensive because of elaborate standards and specifications for data entry and data base management set by MPI.

Trained technicians, working in two-person teams on board fishing vessels, manually record information

These data are critical to the good management of our rock lobster fisheries because they are used to assess annual stock levels, which guide fisheries management

Former NZ RLIC technician Jack Wood, working with ERNIE aboard Takitimu at Cape Campbell

decisions. But there had to be a better way.

ERNIE FORETELLS THE FUTURE In 1992, long before there were any affordable handheld personal computers such as IPAQs and Palm Pilots, let alone smartphone technology, Ernie Cave was outlining the potential for industrygenerated electronic data collection on board fishing vessels. However, with neither the technology nor the funding available at the time, the notion of electronic data collection lingered in the shadows until 2000, when the NZ RLIC decided that it was an idea whose time had come.

The NZ RLIC looked for an innovative solution and ultimately developed one around a rugged, purpose built, waterproof, handheld computer, using software technology adapted from the forestry industry but featuring a direct download ability to the existing research data base. The unit became known as ERNIE, which stands for Electronic Recording of Nature, Investigation of Environment. Fitting that it should be named so.

It’s highly adaptable, with slave components being able to be added: electronic calipers, electronic scales, bar code readers, and GPS/GIS, which enhance reporting accuracy and efficiency, and significantly reduce operator error.

THE BACK STORY The breakthrough came about after The NZ RLIC search led to a software developer who had a deceptively simple and reliable programme that had been rigorously tested.

An unlikely introduction followed and the result was a revolutionary partnership that led to the birth of ERNIE. Enter Ralph White, a consultant based in British Columbia, whose company specialises in forestry research, ecological classification, and GPS mapping.

Enter Simon Anderson, a Senior Field Technician and director of LAT 37 Ltd, a company providing specialist data collection for fisheries. Formerly a commercial fisherman, MFish observer, and marine research contractor, Simon was commissioned by the NZ RLIC to test the hardware technology – an Allegro Field PC manufactured by North American company Juniper Systems, which specialises in field computing solutions for natural resources.

FROM LOGS TO LOBSTERS Ralph White confirmed that moving from logs to lobsters was not an impossible task and a business relationship was formed.

Guided and encouraged by the NZ RLIC office, Simon and Ralph adapted the MPI standards and specifications for field data collection and data entry, into an electronic format. David Banks and David Fisher from the NIWA Stock Monitoring Unit provided technical advice.

Lat37 Ltd senior field technician, Simon Anderson, at work with ERNIE

Simon then took ERNIE to sea, field testing the hardware and software in different locations, which resulted in Lat37 Ltd making a range of enhancements to the system.

Ernie Cave was ahead of his time in his thinking

ERNIE NOW DOES THE WORK OF MANY

logging and download procedures have minimised this risk.

The ERNIE system enables more data to be collected in the time available and allows direct uploading of electronic data into the research data base, providing a more cost effective and timely analysis for inclusion in stock assessments.

LOBSTERMEN TAKE THE LEAD

Existing field staff can now be more efficiently deployed, given that observations, measurements, and recording can be undertaken by one person using ERNIE. Overall, a greater amount of biological information can be delivered to the stock assessment process and the cost savings can be used for additional stock monitoring.

A further benefit is a reduction in data entry and data loading errors: manual procedures entail a succession of individuals handling volumes of paperwork with thousands of data fields, which increases the risk of operator error when data is transcribed to the electronic file format and uploaded to the electronic data base. If undetected, these errors can confound the stock assessment analyses. The electronic

The NZ RLIC embarked on this project in order to deliver more efficient and cost-effective research to the New Zealand rock lobster fisheries. The technology developed is now transferable across fisheries, and NIWA purchased an ERNIE system for use in scampi fishery research.

Sustainable utilisation of fish stocks in New Zealand and worldwide relies on accurate and timely data collection, and data management, yet the existing routines are predominantly built around the time-consuming and potentially error-prone manual recording and loading routines. ERNIE is changing that.

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Black Magic’s summer renaissance Black Magic’s flasher rigs have undergone a renaissance for the coming season.

For starters, all the rigs in this range are now simply known as ‘Snatchers’. On top of that and in answer to many customer requests, some of their most popular colours have seen an expansion in the hook sizes available. The iconic Snapper Snatcher original now has a 4/0 KL hook to complement the existing 5/0, 6/0 and 8/0.

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Come up to speed

this summer Marty Bowers — Senior Fisheries Analyst, Recreational Fishing Team Now the water is beginning to warm up it’s a good time to check the rules again. The rules are important for ensuring we have sustainable fisheries for the future.

The rules are in place so everyone has a chance to catch a feed of fish for their family. Size limits are set so fish can breed once or twice before ending up on a plate and along with bag limits, are there to limit the number

Don’t high grade There are no restrictions on what fish recreational fishers can legally return to the sea.

In some fisheries, recreational fishers return one or more fish for every fish they keep. That can mean for someone who takes home five fish, they are probably really catching at least 10 fish and returning five or more.

The problem with returning fish is not all fish released alive go on to survive. As fish are reeled in, the rapid decrease in pressure causes gas to expand inside their bodies. This is why when some fish are landed their eyes are popping out or their stomach has expanded into their mouth. The technical term for this is barotrauma.

There are a number of ways you can check the rules: visit the rules pages through our website, www.mpi.govt. nz/fishing, download our smartphone app called NZ Fishing Rules, by texting ‘app’ to 9889, or by visiting one of the local MPI offices to pick up a pamphlet.

We want everyone to have a great summer without getting in trouble. Even if you think you know the rules, we recommend you check them regularly because they can change. It’s up to you to make sure you are fishing responsibly.

undersized fish it’s best to move on to another spot.

of fish coming out of an area on a daily basis.

So what else can recreational fishers do to help maintain healthy fish stocks?

Avoid catching undersized fish There are a vast array of hook types and sizes available in New Zealand and it can be confusing trying to figure out what to buy. MPI recommends matching your hook size to your target species. Barbless

circle hooks significantly reduce gut hooking and make releasing unwanted fish in the water much easier.

Using big hooks reduces the chance of an undersized fish managing to get its mouth around the hook.

Even though a gut hooked fish might appear healthy and swim away, the internal damage it causes increases the chance the fish will die later.

If you find yourself continuing to catch

In one study from Australia, 100% of fish hauled up from 20 metres, showed some sign of barotrauma.

Of these fish, 75% showed the following three signs at the same time: the stomach expanding into the mouth, swelling around the anal cavity due to internal bloating and the colon extending out past the anal cavity. Fortunately, signs of barotrauma don’t always mean a fish will die.

We know from recreational harvest estimates and estimated mortality figures, recreational fishers kill

hundreds of thousands of fish each year through returning them to the sea. This is in addition to the fish they take home.

Snapper released after being caught in deep water have a much higher chance of dying than those caught in shallow water. Research shows more than half of all snapper caught in water deeper than 45 metres and then released, will die.

Of fish that are released and survive, there may be damage to their ability to breed for the next season at least, especially fish caught and released during the spawning season. Their enlarged gonads allow less space for the swim bladder to expand as they are reeled up from depth.

dislocate the spine.

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Never insert your fingers under the gill plate as fish gills are damaged easily.

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If the gills are damaged, or even touched, the fish will struggle to breathe and there is a high likelihood it will bleed out and die.

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Fish organs are largely unprotected in the gut cavity. Holding fish around the belly can cause internal damage to organs, especially enlarged gonads during the breeding season.

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Make sure any fish returned is caught in less than 30 metres of water to increase the likelihood of survival.

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Return fish as quickly as possible.

Handle fish correctly We understand photographing big fish to share with friends and family is a big part of recreational fishing. Many fishers then go on to release these fish with the idea they will live to breed another day. The science on whether this is helpful for fish stocks is not clear cut, given some of these fish may not survive.

If you are releasing fish there are things you can do to increase the chance of that fish surviving.

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Make sure your hands are wet.

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Don’t lift the fish by the tail as this can

Move on If you are catching lots of undersize fish or are being hassled by seabirds it is best just to move on.

Birds are likely to catch and eat returned undersize fish so it is best to avoid this situation altogether.

Following this advice and keeping up to date with the latest rules and any regulation changes is good for the fish and will help ensure you have an enjoyable and productive summer.

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Captain’s Log:

Geoff and Crimpy reunite and talk over old times

All parts bearing an equal strain In a past life, I taught in the Buller for a number of years, teaching in all schools with the exception of St Canices: Westport South, Granity, Westport North, and Waimangaroa. It is a wonderful region, in part forgotten and overlooked because of its location, and the experience of living there during my early adult life was transformative. Not withstanding the area being an incredible adventure playground and great holiday destination, it is very rich in culture, talent, and amazing characters.

This I was reminded of over Labour Weekend when I officiated at the Westport North School Reunion and The Buller Whitebait Festival.

I left Westport North School and the Buller 31 years ago, so it was nostalgic to return and find so many of my old colleagues and friends unchanged apart from a tinge of grey and the extra padding that comes with seniority. Many ‘characters’ of the Buller are endearing but one of the most universally loved and respected old roosters I have ever met was Geoff White, caretaker of Westport North in my time. He retired in ’87 and is still going strong at the age of 90. Having heard I was coming back, Geoff waited in ambush with several photograph albums, intent on updating me on his fishing exploits over the three decades since I’d left. Geoff was an avid whitebaiter, surfcaster, and passionate ‘flounderer’, and

somewhat The Legend of the Orowaiti.

Geoff White – The Legend of the Orowaiti

During morning tea (little playtime) and lunchtime, I’d often seek Geoff out and listen to his fishing tales or just chew the fat in general.

He was quick with the quirky quip and a general salutation

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always elicited the same response: “How are you today, Geoff?’

“Shipshape and all parts bearing an equal strain, Captain!”

He referred to his lovely, late wife as ‘her indoors’ and his mother-in-law as ‘The Battleship’.

Geoff’s great love was floundering on the Orowaiti River and estuary, but surfcasting for snapper with an old split-cane rod and whitebaiting were also great contenders for his attention.

He only retired from fishing five-years-ago and reflects that he caught his first flounder as far back as 1938,

using old carbide lamps and a homemade spear crafted from a broom handle and sharpened steel. He loved roaming the Orowaiti at night in search of big yellowbelly flounder and seldom missed getting a good feed.

He then graduated to a cotton drag net, which they’d wade out and drag along North Beach. Big flounder were plentiful but Geoff never exploited the fishery. He fished for the pure pleasure of it and had a ‘free list’ — a list of elderly or deserved people about town who were kept in regular supply of fresh flounder, courtesy of the hand and generosity of one Geoff White.

“It just happened that I was keen on fishing,” Geoff reminisces. “As a kid I always went whitebaiting — you just don’t see kids doing it the same today.”

When asked of his best memory, his eyes twinkle and he says unequivocally, “Everything — it was such a great hobby!”

Geoff old buddy, it was a privilege to catch up with you again and reminisce over a cuppa. I consider it an honour that you include me as a friend and hope that all parts will bear an equal strain for some years to come.

God bless The Legend of the Orowaiti.

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STICK YOUR OAR IN

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HAVE YOUR SAY… Mail your letters to Stick Your Oar In The Fishing Paper, PO Box 9001 – Annesbrook, 7044, NELSON email: editor@thefishingpaper.co.nz Sound research needed

Nuclear powered ‘son’

Dear Ed,

Dear Ed,

Research is desperately needed on the Marlborough Sounds blue cod population.

A ban on all blue cod fishing – except for customary – for the Marlborough Sounds now applies to the months of September to December 20. Since the ban on “recreational only” blue cod was introduced in 2007 – with the blessing of the NZ Recreational Fishing Council and with no consultation with the Marlborough recreational fishing public – the ministry has done no meaningful research.

The pity is the ministry has no better knowledge in 2017 than in 2007.

Experienced commercial fishermen say Sounds blue cod spawn mainly August to October down the east coast. Reportedly the ministry is doing cod pot surveys now when mature blue cod have migrated out to spawn. Similarly the 2007 surveys were in September. Simply poor timing, poor research is inexplicably repeated now.

Knowledge of the population dynamics of individual saltwater fish species is vital to implementing sound and effective management of the sea fisheries.

What do you wash hunting clothes in that doesn’t have the crystals in it?

Dinner at yours tomorrow night I hear?

Also need you to teach me how to catch canal fish tomorrow please Aaron Shields (Crimpy’s adopted ‘older’ son) Ed replies: First, soak your week old blood-infused pile of rags in cold water. Then you need to look for powder with non-brighteners like a ‘sports wash’, or lux flakes. The thinking is the nonbrighteners stop you ‘glowing’ in the animal’s UV spectrum. However, the speed you hunt it won’t make any difference. The deer can actually see you running past them. Anyway, don’t bother because Mum has already washed the stinking heap of hunting clobber you left behind in Persil, so you’ll probably glow in the dark now.

Yes, dinner at mine… am assuming you have run out of food at the flat again!

MRFA are strong advocates for conservation of stocks and an eye to tomorrow. A closed season August to October 20 should replace the current September – December 20 – until sound, credible research gives that vital knowledge – should remain.

The history that in ten long years, the ministry has no significant greater knowledge is an indictment of the mismanagement, out of ignorance of facts. The ministry’s slot rule that existed for over four years resulted in thousands of breeding females being killed and released fish wasted because of mortality.

The mismanagement has been destructive rather than constructive simply because the ministry knows nothing of the population dynamics.

With a new government, hopefully much needed research will be done along with an n end to discrimination against the recreational fishing public.

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The ‘Flash’ replies Dear Ed, Excellent. I’m also looking to complete my ‘grabbing a wild pig with bare hands endeavour’, so can we add that to the list?

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BOOK REVIEW

The Woman in the Wood

By Lesley Pearse

Penguin Random House RRP $38 Reviewed by Lynnaire Johnston

Things come in threes so I shouldn’t have been surprised. I’d just finished watching the Australian TV series Janet King (subject: a paedophile ring). I’d waded through daily newspaper reports about a local family sex scandal involving children. Then, part-way through The Woman in the Wood, it too became about child sex abuse. I couldn’t get away from the subject.

The book began as a typical dysfunctional family story but that was merely a cover for a much more sinister topic: child sex slavery. In particular,

The Fishing Paper & Hunting News received acclaim last month at the internationally televised debate between the religious brewers federation, Preachers Inspiring Social of Sobriety, and the evangelical choir, Teetotallers Against Kegs Everywhere.

the grooming and snatching of young boys by a respectable member of the community that noone ever suspected.

In this case, the boy taken had a twin sister who refused to believe he was dead. He had also formed an alliance with the woman of the title, a hermit herself recovering from childhood abuse, who waded into the search for him.

It cannot be denied that this is a difficult topic. More children than ever before suffer or witness first-hand some form of abuse in their childhood, be that verbal, physical or sexual. Many more, particularly in New Zealand, suffer deprivations such as lack of food that are difficult for most of us to

comprehend. The trauma this must cause in young ones is hard to imagine but all the evidence points to no let-up of the problem.

The author of The Woman in the Wood, Lesley Pearse, has written a tranche of books – at least 24 – but this was the first I’ve read. She has another due out (at least internationally) later in the year but in the meantime, I’ll catch up on some of those I’ve missed. Because this woman writes a good story about topical issues.

The debate, held in the brewing capital of British Columbia, Howe Sound, centred around the theoretical question, ‘Would Elvis have been quite so bloated had he consumed

beer instead of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches’?, and attracted worldwide viewership of 17.17 million in three countries when it aired on October 19 on the popular CanTV channel, This is not the Oprah Show.

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Three’s a crowd

Kim Swan

I’d been scouting and I’d observed sign. Pig sign in spring is harder to decipher than in other seasons but I’d found fresh prints in popholes under the fences and a sheep carcass with innards out and bones broken. Dung too, not the usual black baubles but sloppy dark green turds, which indicated a diet of spring grass.

Ten seconds later Boris was busily rubbing his lice-ridden crotch on the ‘special’ rock.

He died right there.

Call me greedy but there was paddock remaining, so I continued on my moonlit meander. Good thing too because further on I came across two young pigs cropping grass. Good buddies, they stood shoulder to shoulder as they grazed.

Once again I stealthed right in, once again I was stymied by the constant movement of roast on the run. Chomp, chomp, chomp. Mouths full, they’d jog to another sweet patch. Then another.

The sign which really caught my eye may have gone unnoticed by a less experienced hunter. Out in the bush-fringed paddock there were rocks of every size and shape but one was special. Not too big, not too small – it was just right – ball-high bumps, rib rubs and a behind-the-ear-edge bit. So well patronised was this rock, the ground around it was worn bare, a muddied circle deep into the earth.

I came back at 3.00am on an overcast morn. I’d dragged on my hunting attire and shouldered my rifle. A head torch was not necessary thanks to a waning half-moon. My hand-held spotlight however, was clutched to my ample bosom as I ventured into the wilderness. Pupils dilated, all senses heightened, I headed into the slightest of katabatic winds. Perfect.

was on a mission and I could only follow. Follow until a shape to our left caught Boris’ attention, a shape I recognised from my day time recce. In anticipation, I dropped to my knee and raised my rifle. As Boris sidled up to the shape, I was ready.

Not so perfect was my first error of the hunt – not shining the light into the sheep yards. An audible exhalation followed by the ping of a fence wire alerted me to the fact I’d walked past a pig. The gentle downhill breeze had wafted to him and he’d vacated premises.

Before I’d had time to rue my mistake for more than a moment, I was back on

point. The first sweep of the light showed a black backside with ballbag highlighted in pale grey.

Time now to ready the rifle and stealth in close. Close enough to hear the squelch of wet ground as Boris walked, hear him sniff the air and quietly grunt. Close enough to see the ballbag was coated in dried mud and the hairy hams were well

conditioned.

Boris walked and walked.

His butt towards me and no chance at a killing shot.

Seconds, minutes. A quick pick of grass, an occasional sniff of pig pooh, a pause to listen and then on, and on. Twenty metres behind him, heart ker-thumping and owl-eyed I followed silently.

It seemed nothing would give him cause to stop, he

Finally, a pause. One pig’s head remained clear, while I dropped to my knee, spotlight in my left hand, rifle to my right shoulder.

A pause for long enough I could get light beam and crosshairs all lined-up. Little rifle, big boom.

Loathe to leave her brother, the little sow trotted out to the edge of my light beam then stopped and looked back over her shoulder. I was propped and prepared so the rifle rocked the silence once

again. My bullet whizzed right on by. A clean miss. No problem, I already had two nice pigs to my credit. Two’s company, three’s a crowd I consoled myself.

When both boars were gutted and propped to cool, I wandered homewards. Ever the optimist, I periodically turned on my spotlight and did a sweep of the ground before me. Well, well, well – back towards the sheep yards there was the sneaky fellow who’d side-stepped me earlier. He’d recovered his nerve and was stepping out for a final fling before dawn. Hackled up, strutting jauntily, this porcine-teen was looking for a party.

With two fat pigs in my wake I was feeling pretty cocky myself. If this slippery customer wanted to go out with a bang before daytime I could help him out. I had the perfect party pill.

Nicknamed the Pony Express but technically known as Winchester Super X, it was combination of gunpowder and lead which would blow his mind. I admit mine was a sinful grin as I propped myself on a convenient fence post and teed-up light and rifle. “You wanna party mate?

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The hunting dimension:

Safely hidden and protected by hunters photo Gary Fissenden

They shoot rhinos, don’t they Daryl Crimp

Next to population growth, habitat erosion, and displacement, the single biggest threat to wildlife in Africa is industrial scale poaching. Ever since Man established dominion over animals, poaching has existed — for food or sport — it’s human nature. However, industrial poaching is a different beast entirely because it’s highly exploitative and wasteful, and threatens the very existence of many species.

Most know of the problem because of the ‘poster boy’ glamour species of elephant and rhino, which are poached on a large scale by organised crime syndicates for their ivory and horns, for decorative and ‘medicinal’ purposes. This level of poaching involves indiscriminately killing animals, sometimes whole family groups, for single body parts that can be sold for huge sums of money.

Rhino horn is worth 50% more than gold.Then there is a second level of industrial poaching that kills any wild animal, from snakes and lizards through to chimps and monkeys, for the worldwide trade of bush meat.

Ironically, industrial poaching is allowed to continue relatively unchecked because of a

lack of international will to stop it. In fact, it is actively ‘overlooked’ and this is achieved, in part, by deflection — focus on the evils of hunting and ignore the real issue. So, if not on hunters, where should the focus be directed.

Currently, it is alleged that China is the biggest market for the illegal poaching trade, with huge volumes of ivory and rhino horn funnelled through Thailand, annually. With China being such an economic force internationally, it is diplomatically a sensitive issue to tackle head on.

Other factors complicate the policing of it as well.

Independently run African nations have for years struggled with corruption at many levels: government,

police, customs, and parks wardens. And poaching involves such larges sums of money, bribes can be very attractive to poorly paid ‘officials’.The poaching syndicates are also highly organised, highly mechanised, and highly weaponised, so they are hard to combat with limited resources. And the ‘crime bosses’ are seldom caught because they are so far removed from the physical poaching operations, relying on exploiting poor rural peasants or localised militia to do the dirty work. Put ten poachers in jail and the crime bosses will have ten more on the ground by morning.

It helps to understand the African mindset as well. It’s pragmatic. If an animal has no value — it’s protein and will be eaten. If it’s worth money, they will kill and sell it. If there is more value in keeping it alive, they’ll protect it. Protein-starved rural people value animals differently than westerners on the other side of a TV screen. Unfortunately, the grassroots poachers earn a pittance from their illegal ventures, with the (excuse the pun) lion’s share of the

‘black money’ disappearing from the continent and out of the local economy.

This is where professional hunting operations help stem the tide of poaching. By managing huge concessions, they create value in terms of jobs, food, and injection to local economies, so there becomes a will to protect the wild resource. Their regular presence on the ground also makes it difficult for poaching rings to operate, and the professional hunters contribute further by funding and training anti-poaching personnel.

Absurdly, some measures taken by authorities to protect critically endangered species, like the rhino, have backfired and played into the hands of the poachers.

Huge national parks have developed IPZs or Intensive Protection Zones, which are inland ‘islands’ buried deep in the centre of millions of acres of national parks.

Entire populations and family groups of rhinos have been relocated to these so they may be better protected.

In some cases, through bribery, corruption, and clever intelligence, poachers have located these and its

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Red letter day in paradise Ben Booth

Golden Bay flats fishing

As Malc and I arrived, we were greeted by blazing hot sunshine, a flat calm sea, and no wind at all — a salt fly fisherman’s dream. To say we were excited was a massive understatement.

The plan was to get some action shots for a new video we were creating, with the main focus being to capture surface takes using poppers.

While we were setting up, we noticed two other anglers fishing out in the spot we had chosen and soon met up with them.

The conversation was rather simple, as they had not caught any fish and were heading back to recharge.

We carried on wading out and quickly spotted two stingrays swimming towards each other, both loaded with kingfish. A quick cast and all hell broke loose as the kingies battled for my fly and I was rewarded with a seriously exciting surface strike. My heart was racing.

“Yaaaaahoooo,” I yelled as the fish roared away. I was super excited. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the two anglers were staring in my direction with a dejected look but, hey, these things happen.

The setup we use is a #9 rod and reel combination, loaded with a #9 floating intermediate line. This is a well balanced setup for larger and smaller kingfish that inhabit the Golden Bay flats over summer months.

Ben is all smiles at having battled this bullet of the bay

The leader setup for popper fishing is a two metre section of 20lb fluorocarbon and to this we attach a blue and white popper, which we have found to be the ‘Hare and Copper’ of the salt fly world.

Flies over the flats do the damage

How you present the fly to kingfish tailing on the back of stingrays is critical, as you don’t want to land

the popper too close to the sting ray spooking it and, consequently, having the kingfish bolt away. Work out the line the stingray is traveling, cast the popper at least 5-6 metres in front of it and strip your fly with a short sharp strip so the fly makes a ‘popping’ sound, rather than have your fly skate across

the surface. If you get your presentation right and the kingfish are in a crazy feeding mode, you will have some super exciting hard takes.

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Butters and blue Bryn Williams

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Big rig on tiny two

Matt Nelson

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A delicacy taken from the weeds, prime Kaikoura butterfish

Sneaking off for the odd mid-week rig fishing excursion is always a highlight, particularly when the timing is good. I have worked out that outgoing tide on dusk is best for the rig. The most productive time, I believe, is half tide going out on dusk.

With rig, using the correct bait greatly improves your chances and I have had consistent success with prawns. I use pulley rigs with floated baits to keep them up away from crabs.

I use 80lb braid to save on

The fish stocks in the freezer were getting lower and lower, so the decision to go for a dive was an easy one to make. It was also a perfect excuse to test out the new inflatable boat my diving buddy Blake had just bought.

Using warm soapy water to suit up was the key to not starting the day cold, and launching the boat got the blood pumping as well. We fired up the 15hp outboard and headed to our first dive spot. The water was cool, but the butterfish swimming around us was more than compensated.

It wasn’t long before both Blake and I had speared a few butterfish. Diving down and lying patiently amongst the seaweed was the most productive method, as visibility was relatively poor.

Lying on the bottom and watching the butterfish swim past with the current allowed us to selectively take what

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On this particular night, there was a little bit of a swell running, but that’s perfect for rig. Unbelievably, I hooked a good size rig on the keeper hook, which really tested things, as the fish put up an amazing fight.

I was pretty stoked to land it, especially considering the hook was bent as!

fish we wanted and leave the rest.

With butterfish on-board we headed to our second dive spot, a sheltered bay that we knew produced some good fish. I headed out of the seaweed and out a bit deeper, trying to target another species. Diving down, the terrain was a lot more exposed and there were patches of flat, open ground. Waiting on the bottom, it wasn’t long before a small school of blue moki swam past — just what I was after! Most of the fish in the school were juveniles but I knew at some point a bigger moki would swim through.

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by Ed himself, published in 1955. High on my list is also Edmund Hillary – The Life of a Legend, by Pat Booth published in 1993. Interestingly enough, Michael Gill points out this was an ‘unauthorised’ version and Ed had said

to him, “I write my own books.”

In this case Ed’s surviving children, Peter and Sarah, gave Michael Gill full access to all family documents – diaries, letters, reports, newspaper cuttings and photographs, which allow for a very detailed account about Ed’s life. I particularly found the details of his early formative years up until 1953 of great interest. What were the factors that created such a great man? Not satisfied with Everest, Ed then kicked on to lead many other exploratory expeditions – the South Pole, the Yeti Hunt, The Silver Hut, Makalu and Ocean to Sky. All of these are covered in great detail, including much about the friction between Fuchs and Hillary in their rivalry to reach the South Pole overland in motorised vehicles. Ed’s Ferguson tractors versus Fuch’s Sno-Cats, seemed to capture the good old Kiwi spirit, which Ed was such a role model for.

Quite a heavy tome, the book took quite an effort to hold it open and keep reading for any length of time. So great was the revealing content, I couldn’t afford to put it down. The many previously unpublished photographs added to the content, as did the tragedies that dotted the life story – climber deaths and disappearances, lucky escapes, Ed’s near death experience and the horror when his wife Louise and daughter Belinda were killed in a plane crash. A magnificent book in every respect.

Issue 146 19

The dance of the

Dave with a fine blesbok

wildebeest

Dave Sorenson

My wife Sharon and I were in South Africa on Crimpy’s African Safari, hunting open rolling savannah, which had a huge variety of game.

We had walked from camp with our PH Gerrie, to hunt for a trophy blesbok in a small valley about three hours away. With a slight climb, a hot day, and at just over 6000 ft elevation, we carried plenty of water and took it easy, taking photos of two very nice waterbuck and a small herd of majestic eland, the largest antelope in Africa.

Gerrie then focused on a long strip of bush that would provide cover as we stalked into our intended area. About halfway through the bush there was a narrow opening and from here we spied a lone, large, black male wildebeest out in the open. According to Gerrie, he was calling for a mate.

Sharon set up to take some photos but was spotted by Mr Wildebeest. They sure have good eyesight, as do all of the game we stalked; it’s all about survival, as there are a lot of things in Africa

The stare

that bite. What happened next, I will long remember.

Our big, black, hairy, and amorous friend took a shine to Sharon and tried to tempt her out of hiding. It started with the long stare, a call or two, then the big chest expansion, strutting back and forth with the hair on his backbone standing up tall, then back to that stare again.

Then the biggie: a leap in the air, a plant of the front hooves into the ground with the back legs thrust high and, upon landing, three quick turns and back to that stare again. It completed the ritual several times and was an impressive sight, all puffed out and agile. Sharon was fascinated. Me? Well, I’m thinking, “Bugger off mate, that’s my wife you are trying to entice.”

It started with the long stare, a call or two, then the big chest expansion, strutting back and forth with the hair on his backbone standing up tall, then back to that stare again.

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The antics went on for about 15 minutes and after the last long stare, he turned and strutted, stiff legged, into the lower valley and out of sight.

Gerrie moved us to a high point from where we could glass the valley. There were scattered groups of blesbok and two older males in the distance. Gerrie indicated one was a good trophy and worth pursuing, but we’d have to cover a lot of open ground in full view. This requires stalking slowly in single file, spaced out, and varying the pace and space between the walkers – just like a small group of feeding animals. Stalk on an angle and never straight at them, as they generally take flight.

We reached a prominent rock without alarming the blesbok, although they kept an eye on us.

“Just over 210 metres,” Gerrie informed me.

That is a long shot for me, but I could not see us getting closer, so I placed my backpack on the rock and settled down for the shot. I could only see the top half of the buck because of the long grass, but that was the important bit. With the scope on 4 power, the target area

was very small, so it was a case of blocking everything out, concentrating, and very gently squeezing the trigger.

The buck dropped instantly, while his mate quickly disappeared. As I opened the bolt to discharge the spent shell, I expected to get the, “Good shot Dave,” or “What a clever husband you are” but, instead, I got the second

big surprise of the hunt. Up jumped Gerrie, gesticulating wildly towards the sky, while Sharon scrambled to get the camera focused. Apparently, the big scraggly, evil looking thing soaring above us was a rare spotty faced, white crested, ratty winged eagle, or something like that. It soared around for a look and then disappeared over the

ridge. I think the buck on the ground was a bit too big to carry off. Gerrie explained how lucky we were to see the bird but I was only interested in checking out my buck. What a nice trophy it was too, about nine-yearsold, with good sized horns.

It will go well with the very nice springbok I’d shot previously.

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20 THE FISHING PAPER & HUNTING NEWS - NOVEMBER 2017

Safety a sober

situation Larnce Wichman

Vessel and water safety is a huge issue in New Zealand and commercial fishers play a big part in search and rescue. CRAMAC 5 have four fishermen, from Motunua Beach to Tory Channel, who take part in search and rescue and each has many stories about rescues. Most result from poor preparation before venturing out into the open coastal waters of the east coast, which has a mean reputation.

New Zealanders do become complacent out on the water.

“She’ll be right — just a quick trip out.”

“Nah all good — little bit bumpy but the wind is meant to drop.”

Kiwis seem to have an innate belief we are bullet proof, but are we? Ask that to a very experienced fisher who recently rolled his vessel on the Motunau Bar. He has crossed this bar frequently, without a hitch, and many more times than most — but history can be erased in a moment.

might argue it’s become too PC or over the top but the agencies involved are merely looking after the crew’s lives, based on past accidents where lives have been sadly lost. Safety on a commercial vessel has become stringent: induction must be given to any new person who comes on board and safety checks and safety logs must always be completed on board. It is not about getting caught not performing duties in maintaining a safe vessel; if regulations aren’t complied with and the worst was to happen, regardless of cause, the skipper is accountable, and if the paper work was not completed it would be considered negligent. If the skipper was not around, accountability falls directly on the directors of the company. When the chain of responsibility is clearly laid out, it is easy to understand why commercial give a high priority in maintaining vessel safety.

Now for the paradox.Enter the recreation vessel: speed boat, launch, yacht, and jet ski. No vessel standards — zero. No skippers

Vessel safety has changed dramatically in the commercial world. Some

There have been huge changes in vessel safety at sea

certification. It is up to each vessel owner to maintain a safe vessel, mostly because you value your own life and those you have on board.

We are bewildered that so many lives can be lost within the recreational boating population yet no standards are set; only a WoF on your trailer and a few bylaws in different regions in NZ. Caravans require a WoF, which includes electrical certificate and gas certificate, yet we do not hear of many incidents in caravans. Is that due to safety standards? You would have to think so.

Being on land, you also have better chances of assistance if something did go wrong. On the water things are different and have changed. Are you aware that commercial vessels can no longer tow other vessels without first being given permission by either the police, Maritime New Zealand, or Search

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Too dangerous. And too risky if something happened, even with the best of intentions.

A commercial vessel can still rescue people out of the water but not your boat.

We are making this known so you are aware how the rules have changed, because commercial vessels have towed many recreational craft out of trouble in the past.

Further information of note: commercial vessels in Ward south of Cape Campbell still cannot access the sea and the consent process has now ended up in the Environmental Court. What does this mean (apart from several protected plants and a gecko)? It means there is no quick search and rescue from the north of the Clarence to Marlborough Sounds!

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Geoff then had to organise the vessel, skipper, and crew, and then effect the rescue — a significant disruption to his work day. In a situation like this, it becomes a discussion between Geoff and the owner of the boat for reimbursement, only a very few ever pay, the majority do not. Geoff does not push it but raises the issue of reimbursement as a matter of principle. He genuinely likes helping people out. The call

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This is a huge stretch of coastline that does not have a close search and rescue service: Picton or most likely Wellington is where the rescue vessel would come from. That is, until the Ward fishermen can launch their vessels again!

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Two cranks up from the bottom

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From Sinker to Smoker

By Ron Prestage

Elliot obliges

Elliot’s first rig of the season

Ford Whalan stoked and the kingfish ‘smoked’!

As my alarm went off far too early in the dark of the morning, I rolled out of bed with ease because there was an adventure to be had.

The first thing on the agenda was breakfast and, as the smell of bacon wafted through the bach, a few more tired looking faces emerged. After a hearty feed of bacon and eggs and a stronger-than-average coffee, we headed out the door. I threw some essentials in the boat as the light was starting to enter the sky. It was time to go. A brief journey down a misty French Pass hill saw us sliding the boat into the water just as the sun pierced the horizon.

The plan was to harass some of the local kingfish population, with some of the group eager to give their arms a good stretch out. We only had a small window of tide so quickly headed to the reef and it didn’t take long before the first arcs appeared on the sounder.

I set the drift up and sent the first jig into the depths. Sure enough, it didn’t take long before Ford called out that he had been hit. I sent my jig straight back down and was greeted with a solid hook up two cranks up from the bottom.

The following fight was a real lock and load situation, with shallow water and plenty of jagged rocks to avoid. A short while later the white flash of the first kingfish came up from below and was quickly slid over the side.

Unfortunately for him the boys had smoked kingfish on the mind so he went straight on ice for later that day.

Without wasting any time, we shot back up to start the drift again. By this time, the other group had turned up in their boat to join in the early morning work out. Soon the yells could be heard across the still water as the other guys hooked up. Some bad luck resulting in broken leaders and lost fish resulted in some heckling between the boats, and a few nice fish were caught and photos taken before being returned back to the reef.

Spirits were high as we put the boat on the trailer to head back to the bach, the thoughts of a cold beer and smoked fish on our minds.

As we trundled back up the French Pass hill, I glanced down at my watch and realised it was still only 10.30am — what a way to kick start the day!

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Recent postings on Facebook of Elliot Hendry and friends successfully targeting rig and elephant fish prompted me to approach Elliot and wheedle an article and some catching tips out of him that many surfcasters will appreciate.

Elliot obliged with the following: “On a recent warm midOctober evening a couple of mates, Alister and Karl who are new to surfcasting, and myself headed to a local beach. From past experience, I knew that elephant fish tended to arrive here at this time of year. After showing them how I set up for this type of fishing, we fired out our baits. It wasn’t long before Al had some attention on his rod, which turned out to be a rather large red cod.

Not something I’m thrilled to see on the end of my line but he was stoked, so that was great. Not long after he followed it up with another.

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Things went a bit quiet again after that so with plenty of fresh fish to sort out we called it a night.

A few tips for rig/elephant fish.

They arrive along the

Canterbury coast from late September, with the most consistent fishing mid-October onwards.

Crustacean baits are the key, although elephant fish will readily take squid or shellfish. This will sometimes also attract an unwanted by-catch. Fresh paddle crabs are great, but whole prawns cooked or uncooked from the supermarket work well also. Don’t forget plenty of bait cotton to tie your bait on securely. I just run a simple single hook ledger rig with a 5/0 hook. Tight lines.

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In just over three month’s time, New Zealand will see the first SHOT Expo ever being held.

Like no other event of its type being held before, the SHOT Expo features products, services, and brands for shooting, hunting, and outdoors.

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Cover story Daryl Crimp I left the Buller 31 years ago with mixed emotions, but it was a year I most remember for the whitebait.

That year, the season was incredibly slow in the Buller, so much so that one whitebait swimming past constituted a shoal and two, a funeral march. My sister and her family were visiting over Labour Weekend that year, so I took them down to the Tip Head to show them where I whitebaited. There was not a single baiter in site, the banks were devoid of nets, such was the bait drought — unthinkable.

What was about, though, was whitebait — a stream of it. At our feet, a shoal of whitebait half-a-metre wide, half-a-metre deep, and stretching as far as you could see in either direction, was pouring up the river.

The shoal shimmered green and semi-translucent as it hugged the rocks, individual bait powering like energiser bunnies in a marathon sprint.

I abruptly shunted my sister’s lot homeward to Nelson and I raced off to get my nets and gear. Arriving

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There are great prizes on offer to the value of $30,000 Pauline about to pounce on a ‘pudding’ of whitebait back twenty minutes later, the river was empty of fish, not even a cockabully could be seen. My sister later claimed to be the good omen and I’d offended the whitebait gods being rude.

Three decades on and the whitebaiting had been lacklustre on the Buller, right up to Labour Weekend. I was back, officiating at the Whitebait Festival (of all things) and the Westport North Reunion. And the whitebait ran! They poured up the Buller in shoals so big, one bloke got 100lbs in one dip of the net. Our front page pin up girls got amongst it too.

Sisters, Westport’s Barbara

Alexander and Christchurch’s Pauline Howland were caught ‘scooping them up’ on the Buller River. Pauline aligns the best tides at certain times of day for her annual return ‘home’ for a spot of whitebaiting, where she rules the roost over her older sister and issues lots of ‘instructions’.

The girls were reluctant to divulge how much they’d caught, but the twinkle in the eyes suggest the pattie will be big enough to choke a Clydesdale.

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24 THE FISHING PAPER & HUNTING NEWS - NOVEMBER 2017

Salmon Burley - from kitchen blender to export quality

Simon Thomas

New Zealand King Salmon got into the business of producing salmon burley with thanks to a couple of determined characters. At the time, two keen staff members met over a fish bin, looked at each other and determined...”We can make something out of this”.

They saw an opportunity to make something good from byproduct and better utilise our waste materials. Burley was identified as the product of choice and these characters set out to produce a salmon burley. A quick word was had with the CEO at the time, which received the short and stern reply, ”It’s never going to work”.

This set the wheels in motion, as we all love a chance to prove the boss wrong. A salmon burley was made using a household blender and some determination, a small freezer purchased and painted and put into BP Haven Road. This was the start of the New Zealand King Salmon burley bomb business.

Fast forward 10 years and we were producing 120 to 150 tonnes of burley a year. Surprisingly, the boss could not remember any discussion on the unlikely success of a salmon burley so came out smelling like roses all round.

Jump forward another five years and the salmon aquaculture industry is worth an estimated $600 million. To ensure the industry

continues to be a success, all of our production techniques and processes are constantly scrutinised.

One area we had concerns about was the use of raw salmon byproduct going back into the marine environment. We made the decision that we could not continue to allow this use of burley in salmon farming areas. Best Aquaculture Practice (BAP) standards, international guidelines for salmon aquaculture, confirm our decision was the right one to make, as this is strictly enforced in salmon aquaculture industries off shore.

The down side of this, it put a stop to the production of salmon burley as we know it. Overnight our sales of salmon burley went to zero. This was a sad day for the company, because the burley was a great product and had become a bit of a hero for our company.

It had featured on numerous TV programmes and had the tick of approval from all who used it. It was, however, considered to be a bit of a health and safety risk if the burley pot was ever put on the deck of the boat with burley still in it.

The oil slick it produced could turn any boat deck into a potential lethal place to stand. The high oil content was clearly why salmon burley was so popular.

However, not all was lost. As often is the case… when one door

closes another is opened. After some discussions and thought, we identified an opportunity to look at this another way. If we could produce a heat treated salmon burley, BAP standards are met, and there is the potential to open export markets. Something we had wanted to do for some time but couldn’t do in a raw format.

Work begun immediately to identify a technique to produce a salmon burley that can meet BAP standards and turn out a great burley. We knew we wanted to produce a burley with some key characteristics – 100% salmon, have a high salmon oil content, the input material must be fresh, made from sustainably farmed NZ King Salmon, and the bomb has to dissolve to produce a consistent release of burley into the water column.

Versions 1, 2, 3 and 4 were made with ‘tweaks’ to the recipe and process made on each variation.

A brand name and design was created working with a local (Nelson) design company. Big Catch Salmon Burley was born. The new processing technique allowed us to pack into high definition printed packaging, so we made the most of that.

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Declining wild salmon

prompts symposium Don Rood The salmon – known as the king, chinook or quinnat – is found mainly on the West Coast, Canterbury, Otago, and Marlborough.

The species spends much of its life at sea and is highly valued by freshwater anglers, who target the fish during its migratory spawning runs up many of the South Island’s major rivers. The salmon season draws anglers from overseas and nationally from all walks of life and all corners of the country.

for concerned anglers to have their say.

However, in recent years, the numbers of salmon spawning has declined and Fish & Game is organising a two day public symposium in November to discuss the South Island’s troubled wild salmon fishery. Symposium organiser Matthew Hall says lower salmon populations are causing increasing concern among anglers and many have called for such a summit meeting.

Overseas and New Zealand experts will be speaking at the symposium. They include North American salmon experts Dave Willis and Tom Quinn, Cawthron Institute scientist Rasmus Gabrielsson, and Massey University’s Mike Joy.

“There is a real desire by anglers to get to the bottom of what is causing the runs of wild salmon to drop from their historic highs. While there is a lot of speculation and a wide range of theories, the exact reasons remain elusive. We want the symposium to help develop a solid and realistic action plan that will see the magnificent runs of salmon restored to their past glory,” Mr Isitt says.

Matthew Hall says it is important salmon anglers also attend and contribute to the discussions.

“Having anglers at the “As a keen salmon angler, symposium is myself, I vital, as their have seen experience the decline and in salmon observations numbers. are valuable,” Where Mr Hall says. anglers “There will could once be special each catch workshops plenty of during the salmon symposium every that season, the anglers can runs have contribute to dwindled and it is vital to a their voices shadow of are heard.” their former Salmon glory. were first Everyone introduced to with a New Zealand stake in Waimakariri salmon from North the fishery Jan 2015 21 pounds America should in the late attend the 1800s, with symposium further releases continuing and explore what is into the 20th century. While contributing to the decline,” not all efforts to establish the Mr Hall says. species proved successful, “Through their licence Canterbury’s large, braided fees, anglers fund the rivers in particular sustained management of the fishery good populations for many and they should have the say years. in its future. There are many suggestions about what is causing the present low salmon population and we need to hear from anglers.

The symposium provides them with an opportunity to take an active role in protecting the future of the resource.”

The symposium is being organised by Fish & Game’s two Canterbury regions, Central South Island and North Canterbury. The North Canterbury region’s chair Trevor Isitt says it will provide a real opportunity

In their heyday, large runs of thousands of healthy searun fish attracted dedicated anglers every season. Some of the fish they landed were of a size that would make a modern angler green with envy – these include specimens over 40 pounds, with the largest recorded being around 60 pounds.

The species is almost exclusively confined to the South Island, although stray salmon are occasionally reported at times from lower North Island rivers like the

Ruamahanga and Rangitikei.

The Fish & Game salmon symposium is being held at the Hotel Ashburton on the weekend of November 11 and 12.

Registrations can be made online at www.fishandgame.org.nz Conference details and agenda are also available on the Fish & Game website.

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An antisocial

elephant fish

A scruffy dresser with good genes Steve McKewen A mate was fencing up Opotiki way and sounded pretty excited over the phone.

Billy Cranshaw

The Canterbury Surfcasting Club held a social fish at Nape Nape in mid October but, while a handful of anglers caught fish, the fishing overall was slow.

I didn’t even manage a bite, so headed south of Christchurch on the Sunday and fished a stretch of beach near Rakaia.

It was big country with sign everywhere but the stags were staying well hidden. We saw plenty of fallow and quite a number red hinds, but the ‘daddies’ appeared shy. I knew they’d be there though; the presence of good numbers of females assured that.

The following morning we were on the trail early and our luck changed.

I picked up the big boy through the binoculars, some distance off. His head was heavy in lumber and hard in velvet, an impressive beast.

Little did I know, but I was looking at a ‘Bola Stag’.

To compound the difficulty of the stalk, he was in the vicinity of a lot of hinds; not directly grouped with them but we’d have to circumnavigate them to get to him. Then the wind changed, so I opted for a detour, taking a circuitous route to get on the other side of him. It was a tortuous route, dodging around feeding hinds, but I managed to get in close.

I was using a Shimano Ultegra and 14 ft 6 Shimano Status combination, spooled with 50lb braid and a wind on leader, and using banana prawn for bait. I was hoping to catch rig and thought I was into a big one when the rod folded and line peeled off. The fight was a bit different to rig, with the fish exploding into powerful runs every time I got it into shallow water, so I concluded that I’d hooked into a good elephant fish.

The Shimano Ultegra and Status is a great combination for fishing the east coast beaches and dealt with this big ele’ comfortably.

It certainly was a pleasant surprise but the mission continues for rig.

“I’ve seen a couple of ripper stags on DoC land fringing the farm,” he hissed, “so I reckon we should plan a hunt.”

This antisocial elephant was way south of the party

At 40m I was finally in a position to take a shot and wasted no time anchoring the big old campaigner to the deck. What an

impressive old chap he was too, and it was very appropriate that I took him. He was down to his last two teeth and just a rattly skeleton under a disheveled moth eaten coat. I was able to grab his skeleton and use it like a handle to turn him over. It was quite apparent that he was ‘waiting for God’, as I doubt whether he could’ve survived a fight with another stag and he certainly didn’t have the reserves to make it through winter.

He was an impressive head with 17 points, but taking him at the end of his innings, transformed him into a worthy trophy to be proud of.

Such a massive head had me thinking he must have escaped from a deer farm, but an old hunter Steve with the ‘Bola’ who’d hunted head prior to stripping the region extensively for decades put me straight – it was an ‘Bola stag’. When Cyclone Bola hit New Zealand in March of 1988, part of the widespread havoc she wrecked was the flattening of many deer fences, resulting in captive deer escaping into the wilds. Those tame deer are all dead now but their bloodlines live on; my mate recognised the shape of my head as coming from those ‘Bola stags’, so that just makes my trophy that much more special.

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Kingfish strike triggers stroke Hugh Roberts

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Spring changes at the Canals Ben Booth The Mackenzie Country Canal system has produced some huge fish this winter, it really has been epic. The number of fish over the 30lb mark has been great to see with a few fish over 40lb coming to the bank also.

The majority of these fish have been caught using the egg rolling method, which has become very popular because it allows you to present your egg fly to the fish most effectively.

Ben switches to spring tactics and experiences solid success

More recently, the fish have started to switch off from egg patterns and are now focusing on more natural patterns, as well as shifting location from frequented winter haunts. The trick to having a successful day is to locate these fish early in the day so that you have the best chance of landing a few good fish.

It happened late summer. I stopped at the Sunderland Pier to see what was happening.

There was a friendly young chap fishing there with bait catchers and getting a lot of small herrings about 100-150mm long. His bait catchers were full and he had a bucket with some in also.

When I looked over the side, I noticed a kingfish very interested in one of the bait catchers. The herrings were getting agitated and the more agitated they got the more excited the kingfish got, and the more excited the kingfish got the more agitated the herrings got. I drew the young chap’s attention to this situation and he decided to hook one of his herrings from the bucket to his rod and offer it to the kingfish. He then lowered it into the water.

Everything was going to plan and in a flash the kingfish swooped on the offering.

Unfortunately, the young chap had his drag wound up as tight as it would go. Now being of slight build he started to get pulled to the rail and a look of terror started to come over him. Nearby, a woman of ample proportions noticed his predicament and grabbed him.

They both ended up in a fight with the fish until a loud twang signalled the end of the struggle. They both fell backwards and the young chap was fortunate enough to have a nice soft landing.

I decided to try this myself (without the landing, soft or otherwise) and organised my gear: bucket, bait catcher, rod, and some bread. I put the bait catcher in the water and readied the rod. Soon I had some herrings in the bait catcher and some in the bucket; everything was going according to plan.

Suddenly, I could not see the person sitting next to me. In fact, I could see very little, but enough to slowly pack up my gear and make my way home. I had lost all vision to the right side.

I had suffered a stroke that I am recovering from and am now back fishing again.

Unfortunately, in my befuddled state following the stroke I neglected to pick up my copy of The Fishing Paper & Hunting News for May, (issue 140) I have collected every issue so thanks to the team at The Fishing Paper & Hunting News for helping out with this one.

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Teasing trophy fish to trip up Tyler McBeth

Compacted ground bait is quite alluring to large predator fish

Chopped fresh worms make great berley

The perfect match – float and perch

Float fishing can be one of the most effective methods to catch fish, whether using live baits in moving waterways or by using a static bait such as a shrimp or an irresistible juicy worm sitting hard up against the bottom of a slow-moving river or lake.

error on your part, such as a careless cast or not removing debris from your rig, could cost you a fish of a lifetime. By using a trusted

float running on your line, suitable leader dotted with enough split shot to cock the float nicely, and a bait fish that is determined to seek

Use just enough split shot to cock the float

It’s no question that the pastime of many large perch is to prowl on small bait fish such as bullies or whitebait.

Make no mistake that ‘matching the hatch’ at times can be just as important to a perch fisherman stalking trophy perch as it is to an avid fly fisherman casting to suspicious brownies. It is critical, when it comes to singling out larger fish, that the bait of choice must be presented well. One small

sanctuary with its top lip pierced by a sharp hook, you will be ready to cast out in to the unknown and make your dreams a reality.

A general rule of thumb when using any form of bait is that, “If you look after your bait, your bait will look after you”. Using a limp, half dried out worm that had been baked in the sun for a couple of days or a dying live bait that had been swimming in stagnant, un-oxygenated water, can at times provide underwhelming results when. Damp moss in cool dark areas can keep worms wriggling for several days and a portable live bait pump will keep sensitive fish like smelt from going belly up.

The most important rule while angling is, location

is the key to success.

Fishing for large perch is no exception. At the end of the day, you can only catch what’s there. Lilly pads, gravel bars, overhanging branches, and deep marginal undercut banks are perfect destinations for big angry stripeys to be patrolling or waiting to engulf their next meal.

You can gain the confidence of your quarry, even in the coldest days of winter, by using berley. I personally prefer fine and coarsely chopped freshly dug worms and small sections of prawn or cocktail shrimp mixed in a bucket of semi-damp soil. The juices of the prawn and chopped worm absorb into the soil, allowing a constant aroma

to permeate the underwater currents or radiate along a lake bed. Other benefits of using soil as the base mix of the berley are that you can compact the ground bait into balls and throw them accurately around your float. The balls of bait will break down within minutes of landing on the bottom, depending on how compacted the balls are.

Any wary fish that arrive on the scene will rarely be suspicious of the bait, due to its all natural brown colour. This can make a huge difference to your catch rates and is what I have found to be one of the most effective methods to fool the largest of these hard fighting fish into making a mistake.

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Oysters Kilpatrick COOKING with CRIMPY

There are many subtle variations to this dish, but here is my slightly zingy version.

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In a pan, fry the bacon until crispy, cool and dice into small pieces.

Arrange oysters in an oven dish and sprinkle each with a dash of onion, chilli and bacon. Cover each with a teaspoon or two of Worcestershire sauce and a dash of olive oil.

Season with a good grind of cracked pepper and a light dust of sea salt.

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Sage hunting advice:

Spring now for summer meat Willie Sage

Santoft Sambar Kawhia Craig

An important part of my yearly hunting calendar is the annual Santoft Sambar Ballot (contact tony@ groome.co.nz for details).

These elusive deer are challenging to hunt and their low density and localised distribution make them a much sought after quarry.

Crimpy on a ‘freezer mission’ courtesy of some Sage Advice

We have had some great weather in the back country during the last couple of weeks and areas are now starting to flush with spring growth and easy to spot from the chopper.

These hotspots are deer magnets and there are high numbers in most areas we fly. We have had a good steady run of hunters heading out into the hills and lots of deer have been seen, with parties only shooting one or two and leaving the rest, which has been good.

taking what they need. That’s what we need to keep it good for everyone.

Remember from January on the stags will be in hard antler and mobbed up on the tops.

Good time to go for the look; the Roar is great but plenty of good hunting before!

The hinds will be having their fawns shortly, kicking off last years brood, and the yearlings are starting to mob up and hang out together.

They are the ones to target if you are keen on a bit of meat or new to hunting.

There are still plenty of blocks that haven’t had hunters in this spring so there’s a lot of good hunting to be had.

Chamois and deer numbers seem to be improving and that is thanks to hunters only

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Craig with a young sambar – big beasts

May and June are great for stags but they are hard to find, with October great for yearlings . As with all hunting, local knowledge is the key and 10 years hunting the same blocks has given us this. October, spikers are often out later when the smart sambar have returned to tight cover. With this in mind, Tokyo Steve and I hit our favourite spots, swampy corners with lots of lush spring growth, surrounded by tight shelter belt coverage that is found in all pine plantations.

Plenty of sign was present from the start and as we crept, glassing, from spot to spot, we noticed the ears of a large spiker just in the forest edge. One shot from the popgun (.338 Lapua magnum) and it was all over.

A twang from adjoining fence line signalled further action; a rising yearly failing

to clear the fence turned back into Steve’s sights, giving us a rare sambar double.

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Trust your gut fishing Daniel Crimp

The motor coughed and spluttered into life.

“Seventh time’s a charm,” Max laughed.

It was crisp that morning.

Dad had just left to go to Africa a couple days prior so we thought, the weather’s looking good so let’s go down to the bay to celebrate — and what a way to celebrate it was…

We set off as early as Mum would get up to launch the boat for us, which was usually not that early, but we didn’t mind. A quick stop off across the other side of the bay to get the possums that were in the traps we set

We stuck it out for a few more hours, but the wind started to pick up. After a quick drift for cod on the way home, the two tired, hungry, sunburnt boys called it a day.

It took longer than normal to get the first bite and even after we hauled the first gurnard in the fishing was still slow. After a few hours with only two gurnard caught, we decided to move to our favourite mussel farm but even there the fishing was slow.

so close to heading in but my gut said we should stay, and my gut was right. Not even 10 minutes after I made the decision to stay, BAM! BAM! BAM! All three rods doubled over and we were on. We could tell they were gurnard by the fast, smallish head shakes. After a small fight, we got the three beasts up but as soon as we got our lines back down, we were in again.

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Deer Lake To say I have learnt from experience would be false but my memory can be excused for forgetting something that happened back in the ‘80s.

I recall I’d been at the lake and spotted a deer swimming across it towards me.

Patiently, I waited until it came right out of the water before shooting it. The reason for waiting was so I didn’t have to drag it out of the water, soaked and heavy, to carry back to my 4x4.

Hand-to-tail combat rigged Damon Mason

Dave McDonald

been a better idea to wait for the deer to come out of the lake instead of having to carry back to the car this soaked and heavy one.

Sometimes a bycatch can provide the highlight of the day

Maybe next time.

Dave with a denizen of Deer Lake

Fast roll to the present and my common sense left me this hot day as I walked the same lake. I had my .270 with me in case I spotted anything. The sun was setting as I rounded a corner and I spied two deer knee deep in the lake, cooling off.

I quickly and quietly raised the rifle, the crosshairs settling on the deer in front, a large fallow hind, and I took the shot. She crashed down into the water.

The other deer bolted amidst the commotion.

Then I had to make my way out to the fallen one and drag her back in. That’s when my history lesson came back to me. It would have

B O OK R EVIE W – R E V IE W OF TH R E E T HRI L L E RS :

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Decision made, I was stunned but delighted to see the rig rod fold over before my eyes, so I quickly shifted gear and loaded up on a sizeable rig. These fish are not only superb eating but a thrill to catch, throwing plenty of muscle back at you and pumping out big powerful runs. Add to the mix, I was playing it in pouring rain with only 20lb mono and no trace, so the scrap was never one-sided and dragged on for a good 20 minutes.

by Lee Child

Penguin Random House Reviewed by Lynnaire Johnston

Why do some thrillers ‘thrill’ while others fall flat? This has been vexing me since I read three thrillers backto-back but only one proved a page-turner.

The other two were perfectly adequate: well-written and nicely plotted, with good characterisation, but I had to push myself to finish them yet couldn’t work out why.

The first to wing its way into the letterbox was The Romanov Ransom, by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell. I’ve read and enjoyed many Cussler novels. In this one a husband and wife treasure-hunting team go searching for a cache of Russian jewellery stolen by the Nazis during WWII. They are hotly pursued by those intent on finding the treasure first so they can re-establish the Third Reich.

The second thriller was Andy McNab’s Line of Fire. In this, the hero takes on a seemingly simple task – to uplift and deliver a particular computer hacker. The ensuing chase goes pear-shaped very quickly as Nick Stone’s team of out-of-practice veterans is pitted against highly trained, fully weaponised, militarystyle operatives. Hunters will love the long, painstakingly detailed descriptions of the guns and their use, borne out of McNab’s extensive SAS experience.

Last to show up to the thriller party was Lee Child’s The Midnight Line in which hero Jack Reacher spots a female-sized West Point

There is some good landbased fishing to be had from Blenheim and, with the season just kicking into gear, I set up at Rarangi Bay for a dedicated moki mission. I was fishing a ledger rig with pipi for bait, but luck wasn’t altogether going my way, with me dropping two moki after scrappy encounters.

I also had a rig line out, again with a ledger rig but baited with banana prawn, but wasn’t too hopeful, so decided to pack it in.

Three books, three entirely different stories.

All competently crafted by highly acclaimed novelists with tons of experience writing bestsellers. So, why did only one work for me?

As I coaxed it into the shallows, and after a good many attempts to land it, I realised it was too big to beach on the mono, so I jumped in and indulged in a spot of hand-to-tail combat.

That was by no means onesided either; these things are powerful and a fair struggle ensued, with me ending up wetter than the fish!

I think it’s based on whether I had an emotional investment in the outcome. Did I care if the Russian treasure was found? Not really. Was it important that the computer hacker be kidnapped? Not to me. But the idea of someone putting themselves in danger to rescue someone they didn’t even know? That, for some reason, resonated. Your experience of the very same books may be entirely different.

Soaked to the skin and completely knackered, I eventually came out the victor, much to the amusement of the large audience that had gathered.

I ended the struggle a good hundred metres or more from where I hooked the fish.

graduation ring in a pawn shop and decides to track down its owner. Reacher believes she must be in some kind of trouble and, as he too is a former West Pointer, he feels an obligation to find her and return the ring.

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A Dog Like Duke Filleting Kingfish The muzzle once black, now grizzly and grey, the leader of the pack, now drags his feet, tail hangs low, walks at the back.

Gaps in his grin and bite, snappy and growly but not much fight,

Kingfish are large beasts that are testing to handle in the water, but once on land, easy to fillet. As with any fish, a sharp filleting knife is essential if light work is to be made of filleting. Also make sure that you have a suitable area to work in and a bench or table that is set at a comfortable height.

his coat once smooth and bright, now he sleeps much of the day and night.

The bones once crunched are now too hard, he licks his battered body, now scarred.

Tusks and tails nailed to the shed for all to remember, trophy heads and venison steaks on the ‘barby’ in December.

But still all seems not lost, though very creepy across the frost.

He stands sentry at the kitchen door, winding breakfast, the childrens’ lunches, and food dropped on the floor.

Fig 1. Slice through to the bone diagonally from the shoulder to just forward of the pectoral fin.

Fig 2. Run the knife along the length of this fish and close to the backbone.

Fig 3. Slide the knife over the rib cage and back towards the tail, as you peel the fillet away from the carcass.

Fig 4. Once the fillet is cleanly removed, lay it skin down and run the knife from the tail, between the flesh and skin to separate.

Fig 5. Slice the fillet down the middle and carefully remove the blood line from the flesh.

Fig 6. Whole kingfish fillets are excellent for baking.

He doesn’t need cage or chain, the fleas bother him again and again.

And after a good long scratch, a few circles he turns, a nap to catch.

His hunting days all but gone, he follows the morning sun, a place to sleep and ponder on.

JT Gray

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The new season has arrived and again Greg Terras and I lead the Canterbury Surfcasting Club, with some real help from Junior Captain Jayden, Elliot and Billy making our job a lot easier. This year, we kick off with 58 members, many who have already landed rig and elephant fish, with some scoring new species, which is what we are all about.

My first trip of the season went well.

Arriving at my chosen location for the night around 3.30pm, I quickly set up and cast out. Five minutes later, I just managed to catch a glimpse of a slight bend in my rod. Unsure, I wound in to find my crab destroyed, so I re-baited, cast out, and as turned away to run to the car to grab a drink, I heard the most beautiful sound in the world — line peeling from my reel. I locked and loaded but after a pretty poor battle, a 17lb rig was at my feet.

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Before I could cast out again, over went the second rod. This time the fish put up a far better scrap and a rig of about 12-13lb was soon at my feet.

My mates arrived and the rest of the night we managed another couple of rig amongst many strikes, finally hitting the hay at 11.00pm.

I managed a few hours sleep before I awoke at 3.30am to the temp outside being a balmy zero. Unable to sleep, I hit the beach for two hours, managing to catch and release another three rig between 10 and 21lb.

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