ISSUE 79
May 2018
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EDITORIAL
I
hate starting an editorial on a
engineering in place to mitigate the
sour note, but I’m incensed by
effect of silt run-off, but the sheer
the growing news around the
volume of sediment flowing into
recent die-off of shellfish in and
Okura estuary is suffocating the
around the Long Bay-Okura Marine
environment. From videos I’ve seen,
Reserve. Sediment and building activity
it’s like there’s no mitigation at all.
run-off from the Okura Residential Development is being touted as the most likely cause of the pollution which is is killing off hundreds of thousands, if not millions of cockles within and outside the reserve. This has to be one of the most egregious crimes against the
New Zealand, we can’t go on like this. The cost to our environment is just too high. Twenty-five years of slow recuperation from human impact is being completely undone through pure greed and deliberate ignorance. Please, let this stop now!
environment in Auckland’s recent
Thankfully there’s plenty of
history. This is yet another example
incredible fishing to be had all
of money trumping the environment,
around Auckland and the gulf and
and all we see is the developer hiding
this time of year we see not only
behind consents. The council requires
good numbers but great sizes too.
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This has to be one of the most egregious crimes against the environment in Auckland’s recent history. This is yet another example of money trumping the environment
The autumn/winter snapper are
I take my hat off to Wayne and
usually feeding hard and in excellent
Dan who are running the comp,
condition. If you’re targeting big
it’s a big ask, and they’re not
snapper, it’s live baits that’ll do the
holding back. With a five-metre
real damage now too - big makkies
Honda powered Stabi plus tens of
and yellow-eyed mullet with a small
thousands of other prizes, they’ve
sinker drifted down in the burley
gone the whole hog, and it’s going
trail are Bunning’s sausages to these
to be a tough fought comp.
big snapper - cheap and easy!
I fully expect some 20lb+ (80cm+)
The NZ Lure Masters competition
snapper and 20kg (125cm+) kings to
is on the 26th May, we may just
grace the measure mats as the regions
get this issue out before the comp,
best fight it out to be named the Lure
but I’m stoked to be fishing it.
Master. If you missed out on tickets
This kind of competition is the
this year, link up with the Facebook
future face of competition fishing
page and get in for 2019 - I hear it’s
to my mind - a true measure
going to be a whole lot bigger again!
competition, you can release all or any of your fish and simply need to photograph them to be eligible.
Tight lines fishos!
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// BOAT FISHING
Solo Marlin Two stories, one fish BY Naomi Peterson & Josh Roberts
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Fighting the fish at sea
Stoked selfie on the way home
W
hile we were all waking
boats when marlin have been landed,
to newsfeeds filled with
he’s never been on the reel himself.
‘May the fourth be with
you’ memes, Josh Roberts was launching from Urquharts Bay, unaware that the force would indeed be with him on May the 4th, 2018. With the recent hot bite off Ocean Beach and a favourable forecast, Josh decided he would head out in his Honda
“Very eager to have my own battle, I knew I had to set in the time,” says Josh, who reckons that he would have spent at least 600 hours chasing marlin over the last ten years. Launching before sunrise, Josh stopped in the harbour at three different places
BF50 powered Frewza F14 to target
and found the kahawai he would use
marlin. To land one of these magnificent
for live baits. With a couple of kahawai
fish has been on Josh’s mind for the last
on board, time was of the essence. “My
ten years. Despite targeting them from
live baits were hard to keep alive in the
his mates, family members, and own
live bait drum I had on board; I needed
boats during that time and being on the
to get them set quick smart”.
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// BOAT FISHING Josh was drifting his live baits, both of which were out about 80m, with one on the surface, and the other going deep. The majority of Josh’s Fish tied to the side for the trip home
marlin fishing has been with lures, but having seen great success on live-baits recently, he was ready to put in the hours to catch them and use them. It was now a waiting game. After about half an hour, there was some interest in one of the baits. Winding in the other bait, Josh kept an eye on the other rod tip as it started bouncing. “As I got the bait halfway, in came another marlin within three metres of my boat, glowing like a rainbow! It was amazing. I tried to quickly pull the bait
Because Josh’s sounder struggles to hit the bottom when looking for bait, his primary goal was look for any sign to set the live baits. “I found a patch of gannets sitting on the
in and chuck it out again, all while my other rod was still active with my other fish. I then decided, ‘No, this would be a real problem’ and pulled in the bait and put him back in the drum.”
water, but as I headed over they left
Already harnessed up, Josh took up the
the water’s surface, and I tracked a
rod and began to play the fish. “It took
few of them until they dived back
off and did a big dance on the water,
into the water. When I looked at my
an impressive sight for any angler.
phone (that I use as my GPS with
Half an hour later I got it back to the
the Navionics app), I was surprised
boat again.” Placing the rod in the rod
to see that it was right where I had
holder, Josh put on tracing gloves,
seen marlin a few weeks back. This
grabbed the leader and pulled the
was the spot I set my live baits.”
fish up to the boat before gaffing it.
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ation, Determinn and io t a dedic ce persisten !. ff o pays
No wonder I couldn’t get it in the boat
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// BOAT FISHING
Fish in boat after weigh in
Although exhausted from the fight,
Then raced back to shore to avoid the
Josh was elated. He’d had a feeling
misfortune Santiago faced and have his
today was going to be a big day, and
catch stolen by sharks.
the determination, dedication and persistence over ten years of trying to catch a marlin had finally paid off!
On the way in, Josh called his boss at work and asked him to track down the Marsden Cove Fishing
With the gaff still in, Josh tried to haul
Club weighmaster as he couldn’t get
the big fish into the boat. He soon
through on the radio. Josh called him
realised this wasn’t going to happen, because of the sheer size of the fish and boat and because he didn’t have the strength after the fight.
up, and a weigh in was organised. The fish tipped the scales at an impressive 145.8kg. There were some well-earned celebrations before Josh set to work to
Just like Santiago in Hemingway’s
process the fish ready for the smoker.
famous novel ‘The Old Man and the
“I even missed the opening day of
Sea’, Josh tied it up alongside the boat
duck shooting season because I was
so it would drag through the water.
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smoking the fish!”
Sunset after weighing fish before heading home
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// BOAT FISHING
Cutting the fish up for smoking
So what’s the other tale? I’ll let Josh tell you:
in design between 2010 and now), I
Following the excitement from the
was surprised to find out that what
capture of my marlin, I was surprised to
I thought was a small Stabicraft, was
get a call from the team at Frewza - the
actually an F14 Frewza. As it turns out,
question on their minds being “did you
this boat has a sordid backstory...
buy your boat like that...?”
I had spied the boat on a ‘park-n-sell’
While I knew there were some unusual
yard, (en route to buy my now fiancee’s
features for what I thought was a
engagement ring!), and thought to
Stabicraft (I put it down to a change
myself, “Now that’s what I need!”
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Two-thirds of the fish smoked up
The real question was, do I buy the boat or the engagement ring? Common sense prevailed, and I bought both! When I went to purchase the boat, I was told by the owner that it had been stolen and recovered by the Police. Luckily for him, his insurance had paid out before the boat was found, and had purchased himself a new vessel, hence how the boat came to be up for sale. While in the care of the thieves, the boat had a slight makeover - they removed the Frewza
sure to have people guessing! We’ve
stickers and replaced them with
also received replacement decals
Stabicraft ones! A clever trick, but not
from Honda, to re-dress the outboard
quite as clever as the Police!
in its original decor.
Fortunately, the eagle-eyed Frewza
I’ve renamed the boat Rocket F14.
team identified it as an F14. As a
It was Rocket 1040, but now I know
result, we’ve replaced the stickers
it’s a Frewza, the new name seemed
(as well as put on new scuppers), but
fitting. You can see the video of my
left the Stabicraft ones on - that’ll
catch here.
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// YAKFISHING
Underwater shot of the spanner kingie. Photo by Carl
Operation: Spanner
grams spanner. Once back at the house I quickly set about rigging the circular
BY Justin ‘JT’ Tunnage
end of the spanner with Kevlar cord,
“D
and in no time, I had an assist hook
spurred on by the boredom of a
arrive at one of our favourite kingie
summers day spent off the water. I
spots that sit off the wild Wellington
messaged my kayak fishing ‘partner in
west coast. Our Stealth Kayaks have
crime’, Carl, with my query. “Sure, why
made easy work of the eight-kilometre
not,” was his prompt reply. It was all
trek, and Carl initially decided to paddle
the encouragement I needed.
to the shallows to try to find some livies.
I quickly jumped up from my summer
Meanwhile, I was typically impatient and
slumber and raced down to one of
headed straight for the pins for what was
Murchison’s second-hand stores. It
to be 120 minutes of chaos.
didn’t take long to find what I was after
By the time Carl had finally found his
- a shiny, centrally weighted, 250-300
livies and had made it over to the pins,
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o you reckon it is possible
secured with a lumo skirt.
to catch a Kingie on a
Fast forward two months and a gentle
spanner?” I thought idly,
northerly chop greets Carl and I as we
JT with the Kingie on the spanner
I’d had the Jigstar Ninja running hot
Tararua’s, and we decided to go wide
with six healthy kingies caught and
for albacore. Long story short, we
released from four drifts.
paddled six kilometres north-west to
It didn’t take long though, and all hell
the 90m mark and then back again to
broke loose for Carl. Following my drift
the reef with not a touch on our lures.
line, Carl put a livie out the back and
This was a stark contrast to the ripper
started jigging as well. Both of his rods
of an albie mission we had a week
got slammed simultaneously as two
earlier out from Port Taranaki where
kingies tried to take his Pro Fisha 525 in
our lures were getting hit every 20 to
opposite directions. With line screaming
30 minutes by hungry sea chickens.
off faster on his live-bait rig than his
Back at the reef, I recalled that I had
jigging setup, Carl calmly made the switch the spanner in my ‘toolbox’ - bad dad and fought the bigger fish instead. Ten joke, I know! With a 12 to14kg kingie minutes later my South African ‘brother
chilling in my catch bag, I decided I
from another mother’ had lost the
had nothing to lose and rigged up the
smaller fish on his jigging setup but had
spanner. To my surprise, the spanner
successfully christened his live-bait rig
had a brilliant action; quite similar to
with a fat 14kg kingie that went straight
that of a Shimano Pebble Stick but a
on ice in the hatch catch bag.
little bit more erratic like the Catch
By now the sun had crested the
Double Trouble jig.
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// YAKFISHING
JT with the Kingie on the spanner
The first drift across the pins proved fruitless but as I begin the next drift the sounder flared to life with the tell-tale curved streaks across the screen indicating hungry kingies on the prowl.
Watch on YouTube
Initially, there were no touches on
14kg of drag on the kayak before you
the spanner, but as I reached the
are at risk of getting pulled into the
apex of my stepped retrieval the
water. Once aligned, it was game on,
‘jig’ got slammed! This kingie hit the
and Carl came over and fulfilled the
spanner with such ferocity that he
role of cameraman, getting his Jacque
ripped the nose of my kayak across
Cousteau on as he jumped in the water
the top of the water as it headed
with the GoPro.
straight for the reef. Instinctively, I
After a brief but violent fight, we had
locked everything in and fought to
this brawler yak side, and it was time
keep the tip of the rod forward and
for photos of a short but fat 14kg kingie
applied as much drag as possible.
with a 260-gram spanner hanging out
Compared to jigging from a boat, you
of the side of its mouth.
can only apply approximately 12-
Mission accomplished!
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// YAKFISHING
Coastal Kings An obsession worth chasing
BY Andrew Wilkens
G
etting out on the water feels
Up until recently, I hadn’t exclusively
primal. I’m only a year into kayak
fished my local spots for kingfish using
fishing, and with every journey
live bait. Over the summer I pulled
out into the ocean, I grow a more in-
one into the yak from the middle of
depth understanding and a connection
Doubtless Bay in the Far North. It was
to its powerful life force. Just like me,
an addictive battle; the kingies fight
the inhabitants of the sea are all looking
dirty and will take you straight to the
for their next meal. Using the food
bottom in a relentless contest. Your reel
chain to target the mighty kingfish
screams and your kayak gets a free tow.
has seen some excellent mid-morning
As great as this was, I craved a good fish
catches this March.
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Luckily for me, kingfish like to hang
and hooked up young kahawai who
around islands, reefs and rocky
were aggressively pursuing their meal of
shorelines. This makes them familiar
anchovies. Casting a four-inch soft-bait
around the Whangaparaoa Peninsula
with a ¼ oz Catch jig head into the centre
and regular visitors in my local ‘quick
of the action proved a quick method of
fish’ haunts.
filling the live bait tank.
A few Sundays back, I looked out the
Targeting jack mackerel on the sabiki
window at a glass-like sea. I prepared
rig just seemed too hard when your
my Viking Profish Reload and launched
odds of a pannie snapper below the
off Arkles Bay with no plan other than
workup are just as high as a small
to let the birds guide me. As the Tern’s
kahawai that can lure a decent kingfish
dove into the blue, I sat on the outskirts
- a win-win outcome.
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While softies and jigs have earnt their
tends to jitter before the kingie strikes.
place in the tackle box, the kahawai
A 94cm fish hooked up in under eight
livies now provided the best ‘thrill per
metres of water is a mighty opponent and
minute’ opportunity.
worthy of the name, King.
Unlike a delicate piper or a jack mackerel,
A few weeks later I completed the
the young kahawai can take more abuse
chain again. I let the birds guide me to
in the handling stage. Keeping the live bait on the line is key to the catch, I’ve found the sweet spot to be between the eye and the nostril, identifiable by its translucent appearance and ideal for baiting up. I make sure the hook points towards the leader line as kingfish have no teeth so will naturally target the soft head of its prey over the spiky tail. I’ve found that a deep drop will most
the schools of tiny fish (it seems the abundance of anchovies this season are bringing the kingfish in close), so I could catch a small fish on a softie. I placed a shiny hook strategically through the small fish and threw it back in as a livie, so it could hopefully bring me a bigger fish, and it did; I pulled a 92cm kingie aboard my Viking Reload.
often catch the kings and they are usually
I have found kingfish success along the
on the hook before the live bait runs out
Whangaparaoa coastline by keeping it
of puff. You can feel the fear of the livie
simple; using nature’s hierarchy to best
through the rod as it tries to run, the line
target my catch!
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// FISH CARE
Fishing Techniques How to reduce impact on fishery
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ish sometimes fall victim to
to the surface on a fisher’s line. Some
barotrauma, when they can’t
species such as kahawai and kingfish are
equalise in pressure, and their
more adaptable and less susceptible to
stomachs start bulging from their
barotrauma. For any fish that is to be
mouths or vent. When you want to
released, minimising their time out of the
return a fish to the water, there are some
water and careful handling plays a part in
strategies to help maximise the fish’s
the fish’s survival.
chances of survival. Fish caught in shallow water (less than 20
Venting is a practice that has been tried in the past to alleviate the condition of
metres deep) generally have a good chance barotrauma. However, it can be difficult of survival if carefully released. A pilot
to precisely and safely vent fish using a
study done in the Hauraki Gulf showed
needle in a rocking boat. An Australian
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study has shown a useful alternative. By
to 20 metres deep survived if lip hooked
carefully piercing the protruding swim
and carefully returned to the water.
bladder (with the point of a clean hook
Snapper are a species that are likely to
for example), this will allow the fish to
suffer worse effects of barotrauma when
swim back to a safe depth and have a
pulled up from depths of 20 metres or
good chance of healing.
more. Barotrauma is where a fish can’t
Some fishers have tried to adjust the rate
adapt to the change in water pressure
of ascent of the fish by slowly winding
quickly enough, and the gas in their swim
the fish up in the hope of reducing the
bladder expands as they are brought
effects of barotrauma. To be adequately
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Bloated Snapper
Snapper are susceptible to the effects of barotrauma so learning how to best release & improve their survival them will help our fishery grow
FC Handling 7
The Descender rigs
effective, however, fish would have to be retrieved slowly over a period of many hours to survive barotrauma. The best approach to helping fish survive barotrauma is to pierce the bladder and attach a device called a descender rig. Descender rigs usually involve a barbless hook attached to a heavy (16-20oz)
Unhook the fish from your original line. Attach the fish grips on the descender rig to the bottom lip of the fish. Carefully place the fish and rig in the water and release the line until the weight with fish grips and attached fish reaches the seafloor.
sinker. An easy alternative is a pair of fish
Once it is on the bottom, a sharp tug
grips in place of the hook that is then
on the rod should release the fish grip
attached to a heavy sinker (16-20oz).
holding the fish, allowing it to safely swim away and recover.
Making a descender rig On a separate rod and reel attach the line to the top handle of the fish grips. Tie a separate length of line to the
This may seem like a lot of effort, however, with practice, this process becomes a simple way of conserving fish for future generations.
bottom handle and then tie the sinker to
For more information, go to LINK:
the other end of the line on the bottom
www.fishcare.co.nz. To keep up
handle. (See diagram). The rod and line
to date with topics related to the
should be moderately strong (30-50lb)
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// TROUT FISHING
Another beautiful brown from the stream
Plan C
Reaping the rewards of having a contingency plan (or two) BY Dylan Booth
I
t is only this season that I have
casting) and was eager to break it in. I
started spending extra time focusing had chosen the Airflo Creek 5wt with on my fly fishing. This is due to
a Lamson Liquid reel, spooled with an
spending more time fishing with people
Airflo Super Dri line. I can tell you now
who enjoy fly fishing as well. With my
it’s my favourite combo out of all of my
new found passion in mind, I’d recently
rods, even my spinning combos, which
bought a new rod and reel combo (in
is not something that you’ll often hear
the hope that it would help improve my
me say about my rods at all.
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The new rod and reel
The first day I got my rod, myself and
As soon as we arrived there was a rising
good mate Danny Coward planned
fish at my feet and on went a size 16
on fishing the mighty Waitaki River.
Royal Wulff and an unweighted size 16
This river can be quite tricky to fish
pheasant tail. A few casts , and the fish
on the fly due to the different flows as
didn’t show too much interest at all.
the dam is always generating power.
But persistence paid off and it soon
Despite this, you ‘ll occasionally get
slurped my pheasant tail like it was
a day or two where the river will be
nothing, a sluggish fight ensued and
running low, and you can have some
the fish came to the bank fairly quickly.
wicked sight fishing.
The stream was overgrown, but my
This day, however, it was way too high
new rod was perfect for this kind of
to fish at all. Plan B was to head to
overgrowth and limited space.
another river to fish. We got there only
We snapped a few quick pictures before
to discover it also was also unfishable
releasing the old boy. Back into it, and a
due to high flows and super dirty
few casts later I landed another fit fish
water. On to plan C, a small overgrown
that went 3lb. The average fish size was
stream, it wasn’t our first choice but as
3-4lb, and over the day I hooked six and
we were to discover it would be well
landed two. Not bad for sight fishing in a
worth having that contingency plan.
small overgrown stream!
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The new rod was perfect for this kind of overgrowth and limited space Releasing the old boy after a few quick photos
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First fish landed on the new rod and reel combo
What had started out as a disappointing
know what can go wrong. This, as well
day where we were unable to fish our
as the fact that alternate plans open up
first two choices, ended up being a day
new opportunities which might turn
of surprisingly enjoyable fishing. I was
out to be one of your most memorable
amazed by the amount of trout in this
fishing trips.
small body of water. It was also my first
• You can see a video of the day’s
ever small stream dry fly eat which was wicked. Certainly a memorable trip. What I’ve learned with fishing, is always to have plenty of options as you never
fishing here. • Follow Dylan’s fishing adventures on his Facebook page Fishing Forever Films • And YouTube channel.
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// FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Legasea Update
if recruitment remains at its current, historically low level. ‘Recruitment’ is
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the number of young crayfish that grow
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to legal size during the year. Currently
Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Plenty, known as
demonstrates a blasé management
the CRA2 region. Instead, annual catch
approach that has enabled commercial
limits for commercial and recreational
effort to double, leading to the
fishers were reduced as of the 1st of April.
collapse of CRA2.
The new Total Allowable Commercial
The recent crayfish survey showed that
Catch has been reduced from 200 to
39% of respondents supported an 80
80 tonnes, the overall recreational
tonne commercial fishery, and 42%
allowance has been reduced from 140 to
wanted the Minister to close CRA2 to all
34 tonnes and the customary allowance
fishing for a time. While closure was an
remains at 16.5 tonnes. These limits
option given the dire state of the fishery,
have been uncatchable for some time. A
there was clearly no political appetite
review of fishing regulations is planned
or support for Nash to be that bold. The
for later in the year and could include
other factor is that crayfish management
options for a reduced recreational
relies on commercial data gathering.
daily bag limit and pot limits to control
It is no wonder that that the public is
commercial fishing effort.
losing faith in the Quota Management
LegaSea acknowledges the fishery must
System when one of our most valuable
come first so we cautiously welcome
and researched fisheries is on the brink
Nash’s decision. However, there is a
of collapse, yet it has to stay open to
concern that even this decision may
commercial exploitation because there is
not be enough to restore abundance
no way to gather independent data.
tuart Nash, Minister of Fisheries,
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this is at an all time low.
has decided not to close the
In contrast, there is graphic evidence
crayfish fishery between the
amassed over 20 years which
Our New Zealand Sport Fishing Council
minimise the impact of overfishing so
fisheries submissions have consistently
we can restore the natural balance in
called for independent data gathering so
our marine waters. Ecosystem based
we can break the chain between depleted
management principles are guiding
fisheries and commercial fishing. To date
our New Zealand Sport Fishing Council
these calls have been ignored.
submissions and LegaSea is ramping
As recreational fishers we have already
up its efforts through the educational
contributed to rebuilding CRA2 because
programme FishCare – the school of
our catches have collapsed. During the
best practice.
last harvest surveys, researchers found
Ecosystem based management is all the
that 73% of recreational fishers in CRA2
rage overseas and New Zealand needs
returned with none, one or two crayfish.
to catch up. CRA2 is a prime fishery to
Less than 17% took their six per day limit.
demonstrate leadership and show that
An increasing number of recreational
we are serious about our promise to pass
fishers are recognising the need to
on sustainable fisheries to our kids. 
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Garrick Marsh with a couple of solid Coromandel snapper
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Kaye Josephs and her 7.8kg snapper. Caught on a straylined pillie at Rabbit Island, Mt Maunganui
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