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ISSUE 30 November 2013

Roctober

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CONTENTS

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SEASONALFISHING 12 Barrier Kings FISHINGCLUBS 16 Fishing Club Gets

the Measure SEAFOOD COOKERY 18 Musselling Up with

the Bradley 19 22 23

Reader Pics Competition Video of the month

FISHINGTRIPS 24 Fishing in Argentina HOLIDAYFISHING 28 Christmas is coming NEWTACKLE 32 Micro-Jigging: the Next Big Thing

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REELRECOVERY 33 Reel Recovery NZ NEWPRODUCTS 34 The New Honda 250hp - Silver Bullet

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editorial

EDITOR SUMMER IS HERE, if not in name

Whether you kayak, jet-ski or are

ABOUT /

then definitely in weather! With

land-based or boat fishing; there’s no

Short and sharp, NZ Fisher is a

warmer winds, warm water and

excuse not to be a coastguard member

free e-magazine delivering thought

some nice breaks to get out, there

and carry the safety essentials.

provoking and enlightening articles,

have been fish coming in from all over the upper North. Kingfish have already been frequenting the Waitemata Buoys (legal ones too) and the far North has, as always, started producing a lot of snapper.

Roctoberfish 2013 was overloaded with snapper in the mid-teens as well as a few pushing 20lb. A recent report from Raglan included a 36lb snapper while those venturing out over the Manukau have had bag-full’s of snapper, gurnard and even open water kingfish. So where to fish?!?!?

In this issue we look at a new technique – micro jigging - and how to best utilise your summer break to get a feed or even the trophy you’ve been after for years. Whatever your plans, there’s fish to be had and great times on the water with family can only improve if you plan your trips to make the most of limited times.

As always safety should be the first priority – us Kiwis are getting far to good at drowning ourselves unnecessarily. If you are not already a coastguard member, please take some

NZFisher is publishing our Christmas issue a week early in December, so please send in your fishing photos before the 6th December to be in the draw for the Christmas Reader Pix competition. On top of the awesome trip on Diversity that we give away every month there’s a $100 Go Fish Voucher to the lucky winner who will also feature on the cover of NZFisher Christmas issue! Get sending now to: derrickp@nzfisher.co.nz to be in the draw.

This month we welcome aboard Ben Assado, our newest contributor

and industry news and information to forward-thinking fisher people.

EDITOR / Derrick Paull ART DIRECTOR / Jodi Olsson CONTENT ENQUIRIES / Phone Derrick on 021 629 327 or email derrickp@NZ Fisher.co.nz ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES / Phone Richard on 09 522 7257 or email richardl@espiremedia.com ADDRESS / NZ Fisher, C/- Espire Media, PO Box 137162, Parnell, Auckland 1151, NZ WEBSITE / www.NZFisher.co.nz

based on the stunning Aotea/ Great Barrier Island. Ben’s a keen fisho with a passion for the amazing environment he spends his time in on Great Barrier. We start with a story this month from Ben about his first land-based kingfish.

This is a GREEN MAG, created and distributed without the use of paper so it's environmentally friendly. Please think before you print. Thank you!

The weather forecasts for December look very good; take some time to enjoy the harbours near you before the summer silliness begins – it’s good for the soul!

time to visit their site, sign up and

Tight lines,

have a read of their very smart advice.

Derrick

Cover pic: Matthew Ryan & his new PB, a 72cm snapper landed at ROctober2013

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Amazing country

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RoctoberFish 2013

By Forsyth Thompson

WITH ANDREW HAVING late work

my must-fish list for a good while.

using the GPS. Visibility was down

commitments in Australia for Roctober

Day one plan was to fish north out of

to just a few metres at time but at

this year, it was just a mate of mine,

Houhora and if weather permitted,

least there was no swell and wind! We

Mark Cosgrove and I for the 2013

Day two was to be a trip round past

made our way up the coast and found

edition of Roctober. Mark is one of

Bergans point - a place I’ve been

a good looking ledge with room for all

the most successful land based fishos

trying to fish for years but have always

three of us, got set up, got the berley

I know, and this year alone has more

been kept out of by the weather.

going in a couple of spots and started

than half a dozen 20 pounders to his name along with a number of really good tournament results; so I was looking forward to learning a few new tricks. And with over 40 keen fishos heading up, we knew that there was going to be some stiff competition if we wanted to get amongst the prizes.

Early morning Friday and there isn’t a breath of wind – as predicted. But with a forecast 10-12 knots we figured that rather than launch from Rangiputa and head across to Mount Camel we’d play it safe (we were providing

fishing in the stillness as the fog started to burn off. Up and down the coast fishos had been reporting large discoloured patches of water (algal blooms?) and the water in front of us had a definite tea-coloured tinge to it.

taxi drop off for another mate of mine,

After a couple of hours Mark

Mark Mortimer from NSSC) and head

Cosgrove had three or four nice fish

Having fished the Whatuwhiwhi

out from Houhora. The early drive up

up to about five kg and I’d fished a

peninsula a good number of times

was a slow one, fog lying heavy just

good long section of ledge with not

recently, we planned to take the

about everywhere and not a breath of

so much as a bite - so I did the decent

opportunity to get out and fish a

wind. Launching out of the campsite

thing and came to fish nearer to see

couple of spots that have been on

at Houhora we could only navigate

what he was up to! Not content with

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Fight on!

Catch and release was extremely popular with only a handful of fish needing to be measured at the final measure up

the berley going out (same berley as

male orca came right up out of the

up the coast we found a lovely area of

I’d been using just 50m away), Mark

water just a few metres directly in

broken ledges and really good clean

was constantly throwing little cubes

front of us. We’d had no warning at

water and it was only minutes after

of pillies in. I’d do that when fishing

all, never saw him before this and

setting back up that we were getting

for kings, but not often for snapper

then there he was, right up close

into the fish. And there were kahawai

- especially when there’s so much

and obviously looking straight at

too - the first livey finally going out at

berley going out - but Mark had got

us - checking us out. We’ve all seen

about 3PM.

a number of decent fish and I had big

them many times out fishing but never

fat zero on the board. The other Mark

have I seen one that close and on the

(NSSC) was trying the exact opposite

rocks. Truly stunning and all thoughts

approach; taking a leaf out of some

of fishing disappeared as we watched

of the SWF guys’ book and hardly

him cruise by.

putting anything other than bait in the

Mark Mortimer was first on the board with a good 72cm fish which he made the call to keep and weighed 7.72kg - the exact same as his previous PB. From then on we had a steady

As the day wore on, the fishing died

stream of fish all in the two to four

off. We’d put a few more snapper in

kg range - feeding hard and fighting

the bag but nothing to write home

hard - and as we were taking fish for

about since Mark’s early strong

a mate of mine and his family, we put

Then, out of nowhere we heard a

start. So we packed the stabi up and

a good number in the bag for them. I

massive splash and noise and a couple

headed further north to try to find

wouldn’t normally keep any fish on the

of the boys (not naming names!) ran

some better looking water and a new

first day of a trip, especially a catch &

back up the rock as a truly massive

spot. Sure enough, a few kilometres

release tournament but putting food

water but he wasn’t having any more success than me. Sometimes more is, well, just better it seems.

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able to fish anywhere, there’d be a

fishos - you’re spoiled rotten for choice.

number of 20’s on the board? Getting

We were only looking at it for the first

back to base it turned out not to be

time and I was already thinking about

the case; most guys reporting much

when I could get back for another trip!

tougher fishing than we’d experienced but there were a few goodies in amongst them so we knew we had to up our game for Day two.

We decided on a stunning looking spot, humped the gear up, got the berley going and by the time the rods were set up there were kahawai and

Funnily the beers and cheeky rums

snapper feeding greedily on the cubes

meant that Mark and I were up a little

Mark was throwing in. For the third

The fishing continued for a while,

later than planned and slightly slower

time in as many spots this use of loads

several of the fish being sight-fished

than usual to get going. But we stuck

of berley plus heaps of cubes wasn’t

from the berley. Mark C’s cubing

to the Bergans plan and shot down to

over-feeding the fish at all; it was

again keeping us amongst the fish far

Maunganui to launch from the ramp

keeping them coming and feeding

more than Mark M who was on berley

at Mill Bay and headed off to Bergans

with abandon.

only. Then, just like the first spot, the

as fast as the new 30hp on the back

fishing dried up and with light fading

of the baby stabi would take us (we

we figured we’d call it a day. We had

clocked 29 knots at one point!).

on a mate’s table is only a good thing.

caught some good fish (had a solid

First bait, I had a fish around the 4kg mark that I sight-fished and sent straight back. Then another which we

I’ve never been able to get as far as the

kept. Kahawai were everywhere so we

point itself, let alone round it - and boy

were nowhere in the running.

deployed a livey and then a couple

was it worth the wait. There is so much

of much better snapper cruised up

Surely in these conditions, with guys

country through there for land based

to snaffle the cubes which were still

72cm fish from the day) but figured we

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flowing freely. One disappeared and

released fish - so suddenly weigh/

then one I thought was ok came up

measure-in got a lot more interesting.

from under the weed and took the

The fishing continued in the same vein

half pilli I put in front of his nose.

as the previous day - plenty of three

Then it took off and I realised I’d underestimated the size of the fish quite badly. This was no three or four kg fish at all and was peeling line at a good rate, heading for ground. After a really good scrap we got him close and netted, at which point I realised he was a pretty good fish. A quick couple of photos on the measuring mat and he went straight back in.

to four kg fish almost all sight-fished and then it just went dead. No matter how much berley went in; no more snapper showed up and we fished the whole island with no more success.

So, like the previous day we moved - found a very small rock with a lot of bommies around it and started the berley/cube routine all over again.

And again, exactly the same result; Mark and I sight-fished snapper up

At 72cm it wasn’t any bigger than

to four to five kg right up from our

Mark M’s from the previous day and

feet and saw a much better fish that

smaller than the leading kept fish.

we hooked and lost – certainly it

But I had a feeling it was the biggest

looked at least as good as the one

Mark ‘Mr. 20lb’ Co sgrove & his best Roctoberfish

Mark Mortimer & his best of the trip

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Waiting, waiting, waiting...

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fish of the weekend. But with all the work Mark had done keeping the fish coming and a couple of the spots he’d picked to fish being ones I’d have not bothered with; I couldn’t take all the credit, frankly! Not all of it anyway ;) The prize giving, BBQ and final evening of Roctober are becoming legendary and this year was the best yet. Enough food to sink a ship, enough grog to float it again and ch. The full his best from the bea Jason Chrisensen & made it hard for beach fishers. ys moon and bright da

enough fishos swapping lies and talking up a storm to keep me going till the next trip away.

An absolutely fantastic weekend as

we’d already released - but with time

to see about a prize meant that we

always, and huge thanks to Derrick

running out we had to pull the pin and

made it to the Mill Bay ramp with

for all his hard work in organising it.

head back.

what looked like not quite enough

Bring on next year: if you’re into your

time to make it. But, with the joys of

land based fishing at all - put it in your

Far North traffic (there is none) and a

diary now - you’ll be glad you did.

As we got to Bergans, we could see that the forecast was horribly wrong.

The seven to ten knots was a solid 15 to 20 and the sea was nasty. Mark’s first words were “Forget about making

heavy foot - we made it to weigh-in with about three and a half minutes to spare - just in the nick of time.

**Roctober 2014 will be held on the weekend of the 16-18th October at

weigh in” but the new 30hp on the

Bloody good thing too – the 72cm fish

Whatuwhiwhi Top 10 camp – book it

back and the skipper’s determination

I released was the biggest released

in now! Ed

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my chances of landing a kingfish were pretty good today.

I had a little bag of frozen berley and low tide would be almost an hour later, which would give me more time to get things organized. Come 6pm and I was fishing off the ledge, the berley was dispersing nicely and there was a hint of a slight swell which created some whitewater next to me. I was fishing for kahawai with my lightest rod, the strongest spinner setup was rigged with a popper, ready in case the kingis showed up.

The big live bait setup was rigged and also ready to be deployed. My gaff, a wet towel, bait, bucket with water yeah, all the things I might need, were right next to me. It didn’t take long for the snapper to go on the bite. I noticed some trevally and another

Barrier Kings:

similar fish. There was heaps of action Ben Assado

up close; the fish were more active and bigger in size.

No kahawai though, so I casted the popper for a few minutes and then

I got up early again; eager for a

went back to bait fishing. Moments

quick, early fish off the rocks. The idea

later, I noticed splashing water in the

was to go hard for a couple of hours

corner of my eye; a small school of

and be back at the car at 9am. All my

bait fish was approaching. They were

From the Rocks

gear was packed and I left home at

small, but fat, juicy kahawai. I spotted

By Ben Assado

5am. The sun wasn’t up yet but there

four of them and watched how my

was enough light to see where I was

bait got swallowed. Boom - I had one

going, although the sky was very dark.

on the end of the line. Well hooked in

The sea-forecast mentioned rain and it sure looked like it could pour down any minute. Half an hour later Rani and I were walking on Medland’s beach, it

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the mouth, thanks to the circle hook.

It was in great condition when it went back into the water as live bait and swam happily away.

was dribbling a bit but was even warmer

I tried hooking more kahawai but,

than yesterday. No wind at all, much

to my surprise, they were gone. I

more cloud cover than the previous day.

kept trying; it’s always good to have

Good and comfortable conditions really;

a reserve live bait in the bucket. At

Ben’s first legal king landed

seasonalFISHING

rod out of the rod holder, taking a higher position on the rocks. The kingi kept circling the kahawai, the whole action was around a meter away from the rocks, the kahawai went alongside

e pan t kept for th species, bu A sideline

the kelp, the kingi after it.

The prey was cornered, the predator was sure of its meal, it just needed that

around 7.30am things were going

Perfect size, irresistible prey for any

really well, Rani was sleeping in the

kingi. Again, on retrieving bait from

background, the tide had turned

the deep I noticed a fish coming up

and was coming in, I had the perfect

- it looked like a kingi. It was casual

position for the live bait rod; the kind

as, like real cool and stuff - as if it was

of position where your bait covers an

hanging in the background, feeding

area and can come real close to the

on the berley at its own leisure. So I

rocks but won’t get caught up in white

casted out again and retrieved - this

water or in the kelp. It just did its

time towards the live bait - and there

own thing and I didn’t have to touch

it came up again, a small kingi, all

Then it tried getting away around the

the rod any more and could fish for

on its own, no big commotion like

corner but had no chance against the

snapper and closely watch the water.

yesterday but when it noticed my live

drag. It tried going deep, changing

The kingis were (over)due I was

bait, it decided to check it out more

directions. I played it, looked at the gaff,

thinking; they just have to show up

closely. I had heaps of time to put the

then at the fish. Decided not to gaff it as

and I’ll hook one on the kahawai.

bait rod away and take the live bait

I couldn’t tell for sure whether it was of

perfect timing to attack and swallow the kahawai head-first. It tried and tried and finally succeeded, feeling quite happy as it started swimming deep, taking the balloon with it. I waited, waited and put the reel into strike mode, waited for the line to tighten up and struck - the fish was on.

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Great Kingfish country

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And by the way, I enjoy early morning fishing, when you’re finished it is still early in the morning…

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legal size. It was clearly shorter than a

water, emptied the berley and watched

meter, perhaps borderline. So I went

as some bigger snapper came up from

down to grab the leader - my terminal

the deep and started munching away

tackle was 120 pounds - and I lifted

casually in less than a meter of depth. It

the fish (after it tried bitterly to gain

was easy enough to land two of them

at least some distance from the rocks)

within the next five minutes.

by the leader up onto to the rocks and had a better look.

I was back at the car by 9pm, the drizzle turned into light showers. I

It turned out that the kingi was really

was really happy about the snapper

a borderline call, about two and a half

in my pack and it was good to finally

times my shoe, which would be 75

land a kingfish off the rocks here on

cm but it wasn’t as long as my full-

the barrier. Only a rat; couldn’t put up

stretched arm. Hey, I landed one, I can

a fight but nonetheless I caught it on

land another, so I torpedo-ed this baby

a live bait. And not by chance. And

back. It only looks that calm in the

since I targeted kingis this morning, I

picture because I put it on a wet rock

can gladly say: Mission accomplished.

and covered its head with a wet towel.

This is part I, let’s see what follows.

Finally, a kingi off the rocks! I was

And by the way, I enjoy early morning

stoked and since it was just after 8pm,

fishing, when you’re finished it is still

I chucked the rest of the bait into the

early in the morning…

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to help you stay safe:

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Boats, especially ones under 6m in length, can sink very quickly. Wearing a life jacket increases your survival time in the water.

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The skipper is responsible for the safety of everyone on board and for the safe operation of the boat. Stay within the limits of your vessel and your experience.

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fishin clubs

Fishing Club Gets the Measure

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INSPIRED BY THE NZ Fishing

resource, we’ve changed the criteria

Competition (www.fishingcomp.co.nz),

for measuring fish for any club events.

an on-line national measure and

Instead of weighing fish, club members

release competition, Nelson-based

must now measure them from the nose

Dawn Breakers Fishing Club recently

to the v of the tail. From here on, all

voted to do away with weighing fish

club records will be noted in length, not

for club competitions, pins, trophies

weight,” explains committee member

and leader boards.

and past club president, Troy Dando.

The initiative was a response to

“The new regulations mean our

concerns that many of the fish club

members can release fish unharmed if

members were taking were large

they so wish, supplying the club with

specimens and prime breeders,

a digital photo of the fish lying on the

particularly in the Marlborough Sounds.

measure as proof of the catch. For the

“With our members releasing fish

catch to be eligible, they have to show

more and more often and a growing

the club card in the photo alongside

awareness of the value of our fragile

the measure.”

Troy Dando

fishin clubs

Each year club members will be issued

Nelson’s Dawn Breakers Fishing

leaderboard has been well received by

with a new club card so there’s no

Club use a simple formula to award

club members – we think it’s actually

confusion about which year a fish

points per centimetre, with A, B and

boosted interest in the club this year,”

was caught in. The move to measure

C categories for each of the main

enthuses Troy.

length instead of weight reflects

species targeted by club members.

what’s happening in sportfishing

The measure not weight policy applies

around the world. In many forms of

to all eligible fish species, except

competition fishing (especially where

crayfish which are still weighed in by

fish must be released unharmed back

club members.

into the water to score points), length

Last season Dawn Breakers boasted 115 active members, but this year membership has lifted considerably and Troy thinks the final roll call will reach 150 members.

Dawn Breakers club members also

fly-fishers and others who routinely

If any other fishing clubs around the Grandaddy have their own leaderboards on theHapuka country are interested in setting up NZ Fishing Competition website, a similar catch measurement system, providing a real time overview of each they can get in touch with Grant Blair species in the club competition. on 021-996-955 or email

practice catch and release fishing.

“The new policy and website

measurement is routine. It’s also an increasingly common practice amongst game-fishers (who measure billfish and tuna in the water alongside the boat),

Grant@fishingcomp.co.nz

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seafoodCOOKERY

Musselling Up with the Bradley THIS MONTH I’M GOING to share

issues, so the humble bivalve are not

Mussels also make for awesome bait

a very simple yet very satisfying

only great ‘chewing’ but also aiding

and burley for most inshore table fish

entrée option that compliments

medical science to.

like snapper, trevally and blue cod.

The fact that mussels are also a prime

If you are going to be gathering your

candidate for aquaculture is also

own mussels then be sure that you

any summertime cook up – smoked mussels Bradley Smoker style!

Mussels are found around most

pleasing, as wild stock are not greatly

coastlines, supermarkets and

impacted up on when harvested

in restaurants the world over

for domestic or international

and recently extracts have been

consumption and the mussel farms

So as you can see from the above

discovered and are being used in

themselves also provide habitat for

the Mussel is rather versatile….

relieving the effects of arthritis,

many juvenile species of fish like

Anyhoo….on with my Bradley

gout and other inflammatory health

snapper and trevally.

Smoked Mussel recipe:

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understand the local recreational rules and regulations.

seafoodCOOKERY

PREPARATION 1. Collect around 80-90 medium sized mussels (this amount will fill a six rack Bradley Smoker).

2. Steam until the shell just begins to open in boiling water – this step is just to make the shucking process easier not to cook the mussel.

3. Shuck the mussel meat, de-beard and check for any unwanted crabs in to a sieve or colander – retain one half of each shell.

4. Allow the mussel meat to drain off excess water in the refrigerator for at least an hour.

5. Place mussels back in to their half

SMOKING INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Set your Bradley Smoker to 88 degrees 2. Place the Bradley Smoker racks in to the smoker.

3. Start the smoke generator with either Special Blend, Pacific Blend or Apple flavoured Bisquettes for

shells and then on to the Bradley

1 hour and 40 minutes – all are

Smoker racks.

excellent options in my opinion,

6. Pour on about a teaspoon worth of your favourite sauce or marinade on to the meat

so just experiment to find which is to your liking.

4. Shuffle rack position around every

and work in to the meat with

30 or so minutes to give an even

your fingers or a chef’s brush – I

distribution of heat and smoke.

personally like standard run-ofthe-mill BBQ sauce and Thai Sweet chilli (separately – not together!) but have also had great success with garlic butter and garlic soy. Plain is also a great option for those that enjoy mussels just the way they are. If

5. Have an icy cold beverage or two,

Tasty smoked mussels straight from the smoker are a real treat and are a big hit at our get-togethers and I’m sure they will be at yours also.

If you are catering for just a small gathering and not likely to devour all of the racks of mussels at once simply turn the oven back down to 60 degrees and bring out the racks as you require them – effectively using your smoker as a warming oven.

Just on that point – the Bradley Smoker make for awesome warming ovens for large gatherings when hotplate or kitchen oven space is at a premium which it can be at this time

chat and laugh awhile with your

of year – once you’ve served your

family and mates – important step

mussel entrée to your guests you

this one! Be sure to repeat plenty

can then put the snags, chops, garlic

of times during the Christmas and

bread etc in until the steak and salads

New Year’s period!

are ready to be served.

6. Remove Bradley Smoker racks

For more information on Bradley

doing a full 6 racks I will mix up

and call in the ravenous hordes to

Smokers and a heaps more recipes

the flavours.

partake whilst they are still hot!

then visit:www.bradleysmoker.co.nz

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Camden Andrews with his new PB, a 60lb Oakura Kingfish

Reader Pics Aaron McDonald with his new PB, a 22lb Hauraki Gulf Snapper.

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WINNER:

Paul Skilling with his big silver trevally.

Caught landbased in the Far North

Darren Kilkolly and his new PB 14lb Snapper caught off the Hibiscus Coast.

Janet Bowman with her new PB, a 27lb snapper from Oakura

Graeme Heapy’s crazy diving mates with a bag of prefrozen, fresh fish!.

Paul Armishaw & his new PB, a 17kg king from the Kayak on a jig

Nicky Taylor with her first ever Kingfish, landed at Rough Rock, Rangitoto Channel Sea Ox & the ‘Skiwi’ with their spring snapper haul.

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Win a Trip on Board Diversity with Tackle-It & NZFisher!

JUST POST A PIC of you with a fish to our Facebook page and you’re in the draw to win day trip aboard Diversity care of Damo and the team at Tackle-It. Every image you enter has a chance to win the big prize. The more and sooner you enter, the better your chances so get fishing and posting those images to Facebook!

WINNER: Paul Skilling with his big silver trevally. Caught landbased in the Far North.

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VIDEO

Fishing Video of the Month This month the top-water fishing around the North Island has been hot & getting hotter. Here are a few videos to help both technique and motivation!

HERE’S AARON SHOWING us the best ways to move stickbaits through the water for Kiwi-fish.

Once you’ve got it sorted, this is what you’ll need to be ready for – apologies for the Aussie commentary!

The Yeehaa boys show there’s good king’s locally too.

Or how about some REEL action like this on stickbaits!

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Matt Harris with a stunning looking fly caught golden dorado

MY FRIENDS HAVE sometimes said that I get as big a buzz from researching and planning a fishing trip or campaign as I do from actually catching the intended quarry. I guess that’s true, particularly at the moment as I’m trying to pack enough tackle to tame another of those bucket list species - the wonderful golden dorado - and still come in under the totally unreasonable 23 kgs weight limit on the flight to Argentina. This time I’m a passenger not an organiser.

That role falls to globe-trotting adventurer and sometime editor of Classic Angling, Keith Elliot, who kindly invited me on a long-planned trip to La Zona on the Uruguay River.

This is the place where the majority

Fishing in Argentina Seeking El Derado

of world-record dorado are caught huge fish up to 60lbs plus - and where white knuckle, reel screaming action is the norm rather than the exception.

Consequently, Keith, Mark, Jason and I are in the grips of a monster fish frenzy with emails flying back and forth about lures, braid, wire and unfeasibly large flies. My dining room table has resembled a tackle shop for several days now but finally the traces have been made up, the lures and flies selected and packed and various specialist rods and reels bought, borrowed or acquired.

I’ve never made any secret of the fact that I retired from Parliament to ‘spend more time with my fish’ but originally I thought that was more likely to mean roach, tench, chub and barbel rather than anything particularly exotic. Spending 15 months in Australia changed all that and gave me a taste for hooking big

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beautiful beasties in the sunshine

which gave it a crab like trajectory,

well ventilated hiding place, usually

- usually on surface or sub-surface

all the way through France, Italy,

inside the lifeboats, until the boat

lures. I still love fishing in the UK and

Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. It

reached port. Those Irish trips were

even look forward to those damp

wasn’t a fishing trip as such but a

great fun, and, with proper research

winter days when the river will be

couple of rods were packed and for

and planning and sufficient bait they

carrying a tinge of colour and my

some strange reason we invariably

produced some staggering catches of

trotted breadflake will have a good

seemed to find ourselves camping

roach, bream and hybrids and made

chance of tempting some fine fish in

beside some fishy looking water. I

a major contribution to tourism in the

peak condition.

didn’t catch a great deal, you rarely

Emerald Isle. But God help anyone

do when holiday fishing ‘on spec’ but

needing a lifeboat on the Irish Sea !

But, and it’s a big but, I’m afraid it’s not enough anymore and while I’m fit enough and still earning I’m determined not to miss the opportunity to add to that fisherman’s bucket list and charge up the memory bank against the day when I’ve neither the health or the funds to go on these Boy’s Own fishing adventures.

it did make me determined to return to foreign climes on some properly planned trips.

Like many English anglers of my generation I took regular trips across the Irish Sea to take advantage of the absence of a coarse fishing close season. In the 70’s maggots were not easy to come by in Ireland and we

The first real exotic trip came my way in 1996 when my good friend Mike and I decided to go on one of Dave Plummer’s early trips to India’s River Cauvery in search of the mighty golden mahseer. I was lucky enough to land a cracker of 76lbs along with a good few more over 20lbs.

Mind you the wanderlust started well

hadn’t yet worked out how to chill

This was exhilarating fishing - sitting

before I had my fishing sabbatical

them down in polybags and carry

on a rock in the middle of a fast

Down Under. In 1976 I dropped out

them over in cool boxes. The game in

flowing river, miles from civilisation,

of college and went to work on a

those days was to load up with a few

surrounded by all manner of

building site to save up enough for

gallons of wrigglers and sneak them

dangerous creatures and waiting for

my girlfriend and I to travel around

onto the ferry, in pillow slips, would

a bite that could see you dragged

Europe. We limped that old minivan,

you believe? We then had to compete

half a mile down river by one of the

complete with a twisted sub-frame

with other anglers to find a suitable,

most powerful freshwater fish on the

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planet. A battle with a mahseer leaves you bruised, sore and sometimes bloodied but my goodness do you feel alive. That’s why two years later I was back on Cauvery and the lucky run

Keith’s capers “My first real wild trip was to Ecuador in 1990, though I did fish Australia’s Great Barrier Reef two years before that. My favourite places are the

headman made a speech and said: “We had heard there were people in the world who weren’t like us. We see that you are very developed people.

We would like you to tell us how we should lead our lives.”

continued with a cracker of 92lbs - the

Outer (and very wild) Mongolia;

largest mahseer caught anywhere in

the Bushbetta stretch of the river

Unfortunately we got there just

the world that year.

Cauvery in India; Great Slave Lake in

too late. The villagers were taking

This 76lbs mahseer from India’s River

the Canadian North-West Territories;

down their fish traps (a bit of a clue)

Cauvery in 1996 set off my love affair

and the River Thames at Maidenhead

and fishing was very hard. Though

with far off fishing adventures

where it all began for me. My most

everyone had a fish or two, including

memorable fish were taiman in

a rare chocolate mahseer, the fish had

Mongolia, alligator gar in Texas and,

already dropped back into the main

of course, the mahseer in India

Brahmaputra river. I, on the other

Keith Elliot with his Texan alligator gar....he does love those toothy critters!

A million madness’s and adventures

hand, spent a couple of days walking the river and looking for good spots.

Funnily enough, Keith Elliot also has

are what these trips are all about.

a love affair with the mahseer and is

One was going to Arunachal Pradesh

chairman of the Mahseer Trust, which

with the fishing writer John Bailey. We

aims to preserve these incredible and

were the first white people to enter

I did hook a mahseer for about 10

endangered fish. I asked him how he

the country since Victorian times and

seconds, and typically, it came off.

developed his own fishing wanderlust

our guides took us to a village where

Because I didn’t want to have travelled

and here’s what he said.

girls came out and danced for us, the

all that distance and be skunked, when

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A big mistake for that’s when most of the fish were caught.

FISHINGtrips we got back to Calcutta, I got up at 3am with a top joint from my spinning rod, some breadpaste filched from the dinner table and caught a goldfish from the hotel pond. Job done ! I’ve loads more stories, like the fer de lance in Ecuador, the bird-eating spiders, the leopard in India...and who knows what we will experience in Argentina?”

Preparation is key One thing I’ve learnt over the years is that much of the best fishing to be

The interweb now means that all this info is just a few clicks away. The temptation is staring at you from behind your screen. My advice is to give in to it as often as you can.

had on this planet is in far off places

spinning reel and 80lbs braid. This

ten years ago when the book or

where the mankind has yet to screw

outfit is designed for light game

magazine article, that first caught your

up the environment and where the

fishing at sea but will give me the

eye, was published. There are plenty

‘men with nets’ can’t, or won’t, get

power I need to keep a 50lbs dorado

of specialist fishing and adventure

there. In fact, I’m at my most happy

out of the rocks - hopefully !

companies that will offer to organise

when the only route into to these fisheries is by some rickety light aircraft or a long boat journey through a barely inhabited wilderness.

These places often hold great fish but almost never a tackle shop so preparation is everything. Some companies, such as Fox, have really tried to cater for the travelling angler with a comprehensive range of travel rods designed to cope with virtually any fish that swims. Check out their Trek travel range at http://www.

Although my fly-casting is somewhat agricultural it is a fun way to catch fish so I’m packing a 10 wt and some awesome flies tied for me by my friend Martin Webster who now runs Selectafly. There’s not much Martin doesn’t know about catching sports fish on the fly - in fact one of his

that trip of a lifetime. I’ve been with Aardvark McLeod and Dave Plummer and can’t speak highly enough of both of them. This time we are going with Steve Townson from Amazon Angler who is a real south American specialist. And you can, if you’ve the time and determination, do your thing and plan your trip from start to finish

regular customers, Matt Harris, has

on your own. There are obvious pitfalls

just posted a stunning picture of a

but the information is out there.

recent fly caught Bolivian dorado on the Selectafly website.

The interweb now means that all this info is just a few clicks away. The

foxsportfishing.com/index.php.

Having the time and resources to

temptation is staring at you from

There’s something for everyone here

make these trips is of course essential

behind your screen. My advice is to

and because they break down to four

and it’s also handy to have mates

give in to it as often as you can. But

or five sections there’s no need to

who can loan you the odd bit of

then I’m writing this in the grips of

be humping bulky rod tubes around

gear that you might never use again.

yet another fish frenzy of excitement

anymore. I’m taking their sailfish spin

However, there is no substitute for

and planning and you should

rod to La Zona teamed up with the

doing the homework and finding

probably ignore me....until, that is,

light but powerful Fox Diablo 550S

out what is catching now and not

you see the pictures!

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holidayfishing

Christmas is Coming But where do I fish?

by Neil Wagener

EVERY YEAR THOUSANDS of Kiwi families head off on their Christmas breaks, family & tents in tow, with a hope for an hour or two to wet a line between barbeques and sandcastles.

Sadly though, most of us struggle to catch a fish – even if we do break the shackles (sorry wives & husbands out there!), how the hell do you catch a fish at Christmas?

Every year I hear stories from depressed fishos who’ve finally gotten away to their secret Eldorado and soaked baits for HOURS only to return with stories of seeing massive kingfish swim by without stopping, the only bites coming from starved Moray eels or sunburn lines for the ages. So, what’s the secret? Is there one? Or is this time of year just a write off?

My answer – stick to the obvious.

It’s my experience that the best times of day to land fish are the fringes of daylight, both dawn and dusk.

At Christmas and New Years when there’s a lot of boating activity going on, the benefit of fishing these times of day is extenuated. By fishing the margins, you increase your chances and impact less on family time by only concentrating on the high value times.

You can further increase your chances by selecting the most probable

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locations - places where current &

to contend with, landbased or boat

fairly standard, whether they turn up

food sources are closely aligned.

fishing will benefit from lighter line

or not is completely unpredictable.

In the case of snapper, this would likely be just inside headlands over shallow reefs where fish are unlikely to be during the brightest times of day but where food is at its densest.

and no weight when bait fishing. The more natural your offering, the better the response from your quarry. While snapper are not terribly discerning about what they eat, they are much more difficult to deceive in bright

Experience tells me that around Christmas time there are greater concentrations of kingfish around harbour and estuary entrances that necessarily the headlands of bays – I’ve learned this through many

If you have the time available, a bit

lights and calm conditions. Over

of burley (no need to fill the ocean

recent years we’ve moved to fishing

with it) into the current that leads to

almost exclusively with fluorocarbon

succeeding about one trip in three.

your chosen spot might be exactly

leaders; I have no doubt that this has

If you don’t have livebaits, go home

what’s required. A handful of pilchards

helped with our conversion rate in

– there can be no better advice

broken into very small chucks and

brighter weather.

for successful fishing for kingfish in

If you’re determined to fish for

summertime. There’s generally a lot

kingfish (from the shore), time on the

of food at that time of year so they’re

rocks is really the only answer and

picky – they might occasionally chase

The weather is unpredictable but if

you’ll need a world of Burley! While

a popper, hit a dead bait or snaffle a

you have a very clear weather pattern

the parameters for finding Kingfish are

spinner, but I’d say your chances are

tossed out into the water might be all it needs to lure a hungry snapper to your baited line.

sunburnt days fishing both and only

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about 80% better with livies. Get livies

have a spinner on board!

If you’re in a new area and have no

& get kingfish – painful advice on days

If you are into the newest and

idea where to fish, there’s no denying

when livies are not playing along!

greatest things, I cannot recommend

the benefit of booking a trip or

highly enough some of the new

two on =a local charter boat.. Most

Micro-jigs available. Most of us have

charter skippers have fished their area

had success with 100gm+ jigs on

for years, if not decades and know

snapper & kingfish, but it will blow

the best times, tides, locations and

you away what will hit a 25gm micro-

techniques to get the most value

jig fished amongst a work-up.

from your precious fishing time. The

If you are lucky enough to have access to a boat or kayak, again stick to the obvious. Work-ups are the easiest target and often the most reliable source of targets in the height of summer. Unlike inshore fishing, workups can be fruitful throughout the

Remember, when you see birds

day with most being most profitable

working a bait school you need to

later in the afternoon. Perfect for the

approach cautiously and do what

fisherman who’s enjoyed a tipple or

you can not to disturb the schools of

two the night before.

fish below working the baitfish up.

There is a lot of info out now on fishing work-ups and most techniques will work – IF the fish are feeding.

Good old fashioned hex-wobbler style

Approach from the side (not from up wind, or up-current if you can help it) and watch which way it’s moving – while having an exploratory cast.

Fishing Website has a great forum dedicated specifically to discussing good charter boats. I recommend spending a bit of time looking at this before you head away and make arrangements to get out on the water with them – it’ll take weeks off your learning curves!

In the next issue we’ll have a closer look at some of the charter boats

spinners are a great starting point.

If you’re not getting anything on lures,

You’ll catch anything from kahawai to

get yourself in the track of where

trevally and often fluke a kingfish or

the work-up has been and float an

If you stick to the basics and focus

snapper, especially if you let the lure

un-weighted half pilchard or similar

your efforts on the most profitable

sink before retrieving. This may sound

down the water column. It’s often up

times of tide and light, your chances

un-conventional in the modern times

to 10 minutes after the work-up has

will be increased; but fishing being

of Inchikus & slow-jigs but there are

moved on that the following school of

fishing you just never know what will

not many boats out there that don’t

snapper will eventually arrive.

happen or when!

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around the upper north.

Know what you’re doing Wide range of courses for all types of boating available nationwide

Specialty Courses

Core Courses

RYA Courses

Day Skipper

Coastal Skipper

Marine Medic

Powerboating

Boatmaster

Ocean Yachtmaster

Sea Survival

Motor Cruising

Maritime VHF Operator Certificate

Radar

Sea Kayak and Waka Ama

Sail Cruising

GPS Operator

Club Safety Boat Operator

PWC

Engine Maintenance

Bar Crossing

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Micro-Jigging; the Next Big Thing Small jigs have been around for a long time but they are evolving and shrinking

By Greg Hill, an importer and purveyor of all things awesome in the world of fishing tackle.

THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY a lead lure,

taper rod, slow-jig, or light jig-style

about the size of your little finger. The

rod (you probably have the right rod

hook got turned around a while ago,

already). Dump the jigs into a workup

so it’s now on the top on most modern

or drop them to sea floor and then

jigs. Butterfly style jigs are making an

lift the rod-tip high, before dropping

appearance. Imagine running over your

the tip quickly so the lure falls freely,

finger-sized jig with a steam-roller. Your

then point the rod tip at the lure

jig is now flat, with a fluttery movement

in a straight line and hang on! Last

and a thumping action as it drops or

summer it was one lift, two lift, three

When the fish are shy on biting, the

falls: “butterfly action”.

lift and bam!: snapper.

best hooks are lighter gauge, because

Power Jig was first on the NZ

Modern micro jigs which start at a

scene, in early 2011, with the hotforged brass/chrome butterfly jig.

It’s proven popular and effective, for both top-workup dropping and sea-floor fluttering with a high lift and unimpeded fall action.

diminutive 3.3 grams, new brands like Zetz, Maria Japan, and ever fruitful Power jig Jager and shirasu jigs now fill the walls. Micro jigs are usually rigged with the jig hanging on a split ring, ancillary to the direct

jigs this is the best way to rig them.

The cord (often mistakenly called and sold as Kevlar) is a poly-aramid material. 55-80lb is fine for the little guys. Hooks need to be small, about size 2, 4, 6 or 1/0 (16, 17, and 18 in Japanese sizing).

the hook up rate goes down as the hook gets thicker. Split rings need to be size #5 or #7; solid rings size 5.0mm or 6.5mm. The octopus skirt is compulsory on an inchiku, but the butterfly and micro could use the addition if it suits their size and action.

The total length of an assist rig is

Daiwa have released the Slow Knuckle

contact with the hook. This type of

this spring in a lighter 20-60g, with

lure attachment (or lack of it) not

80g and 100g due in early summer.

only provides more lure movement

Depending on the drift, heftier jigs

than traditional jigs, which means

Readymade assist rigs are available in

will be better for our heavier Auckland

more bites, but the main benefit is a

all sorts of variations, but making your

currents on windy days (depending

stronger/direct connection between

own is very popular now, so you can

also on the physical size).

your line and the fish.

get it just right.

Overhead reels suit best as you are

Larger jigs for kingfish have been

Greg Hill, is an importer and purveyor

constantly working the lower water

rigged this way for a long time, now

of all things awesome in the world of

column, in-gear/out-of-gear style.

their micro cousins are following suit.

fishing tackle. Check out Greg’s range

Use 6-10lb braid and a soft, slow

For the new butterfly jigs and micro

at www.gofish.co.nz

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about half to three-quarters the length of the jig/lure body.

reelrecovery

Reel Recovery NZ

near to the Puniu River. The Puniu holds many rainbow trout and the local landowners have made access easy for retreat participants.

Each participant will be fully kitted out. This includes waders, boots, fishing vest, rod, reel, lines and flys.

The only cost to participants will be their own travel to and from the Castle Rock accommodation.

As Jeff Entringer eloquently wrote in his poem, “That Moment in Time,”

REEL RECOVERY WAS founded in the USA in 2003 by a group of avid fly-fishers, inspired by their fishing buddy’s ongoing battle with brain cancer. Witnessing first-hand the beneficial impact fly-fishing

open interactions.

In our brief existence that is called life

Though only three days in duration,

It is not what happened yesterday

a Reel Recovery retreat can be a

that is important,

life-changing event for men battling cancer. The program blends outdoor

And we must remember that tomorrow may never come.

provided their friend; they created

activity with one-on-one fly fishing

Reel Recovery to provide the same

instruction, a practical guide to

Today is the only day in which we can

opportunity for other men battling

reading a river, rod and reel setup,

make a difference.

the disease.

knots and basic fly tying. The

If you, or someone you know would

organisation provides men with all

like to attend a Reel Recovery retreat

forms of cancer a unique opportunity

please contact the organiser,

Reel Recovery is now established in New Zealand. Reel Recovery is a national not for profit organization that

to share their stories, learn a new

conducts free fly fishing retreats for men

skill, form lasting friendships and gain

Craig Caldwell

recovering from all forms of cancer.

renewed hope as they confront the

183 Newman Road

challenges of cancer.

Te Awamutu, RD 3

Men suffering from cancer do not have the same range of support

One participant in an American retreat

programmes available as women and

said “.one of the best parts of being

are generally unskilled at tapping into

at a Reel Recovery retreat is it reminds

the support that is available. And men

you of how fun and healing it is to just

being men are often reluctant to ask.

be one of the guys again—instead of

Retreats are offered at no cost to the

being a guy with cancer.”

participants and are led by expert

The first Reel Recovery retreat in New

fly-fishing instructors. A maximum of ten men are invited to participate, to ensure the quality of the instruction

Zealand will be held between the 14th and 16th of March 2014.

Phone

07 872 2686

Mobile

027 279 6766

Email

craig@reelrecovery.org.nz

Reel Recovery was incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957 on the 18th of July 2013. The registration number is 2583862.

Reel Recovery is a charitable entity and the registration number is CC49558

and to create a powerful small-group

The venue is Castle Rock,

If you would like to support Reel

dynamic. This enables a unique

approximately 20kms south of Te

Recovery with a donation please

environment conducive to relaxed,

Awamutu. This ideal location is very

contact Craig Caldwell as above

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The New Honda 250hp - Silver Bullet

Reel Life 'ZRGTKGPEGU’ get repowered

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newPRODUCTS IF YOU’VE EVER had the pleasure of repowering your boat or buying a new outboard for the new rig, you’ll know the excitement balanced with fear that you’re making the right call.

Multiply that about 10 fold and you might get an idea of how Captn. Phil felt when he was repowering Reel Life – the seven metre White Pointer in need of a new powerhouse – the heart of the Reel Life Experiences charter operation out of Whangaroa. Phil had run a Yamaha Outboard for 10 years and was considering all options, including the newest 4-strokes from all brands but he settled on the new Honda 250hp Silver Bullet.

The Honda 250 was released in 2012 to raving reviews but it’s not until the likes of Captn. Phil give it the thumbs up that you take the feedback seriously.

Honda Marine sent their technical team north to help Phil, a more than qualified mechanic, fit the new Silver Bullet but their eyes were more on the horizon than the transom! That’s the problem with living on the back-door of a fisherman’s paradise - you can’t keep your mind on the job!

That said, Steve & the Honda team got Capt. Phil’s new Silver Bullet hooked up & they set out to run her through her paces. Anyone for a quick fish????

The Honda team were treated to a short and memorable glimpse of Northland King fishing at its very best.

Ian Biddick, Honda Sales Manager got the best of them on the day but the whole team walked away with longer arms and bigger smiles!

The NZFisher team is joining Captn.

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