NZ Fisher Issue 54

ISSUE 54

December 2015

Fishing with family easy & fun!

Going Deep

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ABOUT / Short and sharp, NZ Fisher is a free e-magazine delivering thought provoking and enlightening articles, and industry news and information to forwardthinking fisher people.

EDITOR / Derrick Paull

4.. Editorial

GROUP EDITOR / Colin Kennedy ART DIRECTOR / Jodi Olsson

8..

Taking the Kids Fishing!

CONTENT ENQUIRIES / Phone Derrick on 021 629 327 or email derrickp@NZ Fisher.co.nz

12.. Make the Most of

Summer Fishing Time

ADVERTISING ENQUIRIES / Phone Derrick on 021 629 327 or email derrickp@NZ Fisher.co.nz ADDRESS / NZ Fisher, PO Box 47794,

18.. Tempted by the Deep Blue

Ponsonby 11144 WEBSITE / www.NZFisher.co.nz

22.. Legasea Update 24... Simple, Easy Summer Deliciousness

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!

26.. Reader Pics 28.. Video of the Month 33.. Competiion

Cover Images: Josh Sharples with a real bend in his rod, off Whangarei heads.

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EDITORIAL

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY

when (not if, sadly!) the wind is blowing.

HOLIDAYS, thanks again for another

NZFisher isn’t quite the publishing

amazing year for NZFisher. We’re continuing to grow, and the mag

powerhouse we’re hoping it will be one day, but it pays its way. I spend far too

is looking better and better every

much on fishing and each year I like to

issue. It’s a pleasure to bring you our

buy myself something new and special

little piece of kiwi style fishing every

but, after all, the fisheries issues I’ve

month - and we’re looking forward to

been seeing and hearing I decided to

many more issues.

gift my spend to the Marine Research

If you’re a recent subscriber you can

Foundation’s ‘Whats Fishing Worth’

see out back issues by clicking here. All

fundraiser. We decided that instead of

NZFisher back issues are online and free

gifts we’d donate to the cause and, all

to read anytime, just save the link and

going well, help secure a meaningful

check them out. With over 50 issues,

future for the recreational fishery in

you’ll have plenty to read over summer

Aotearoa. I hope there’re a few more

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generous Kiwis out there who will get

new issue. I want to say special thanks

onboard and spare a few bucks too -

to our NZFisher team members Darren,

this is so important to our future, I

Naomi and Neil for the tremendous

hope you can help them out.

effort you’ve put in this year. I cannot

Thinking if helping out, I note NZFisher

(and you wouldn’t want me to) write

contributor Saul got a tow back from his fishing posse recently by the NZ Coastguard. As a smart boaty Saul has a

everything, so Neil and Darren’s input is invaluable. For those who don’t know, Naomi is our facebook manager and

coast guard membership and when the

does a great job.

proverbial hit the fan, the coastguard

Here posts have had over 400,000

team were there to help. It’s not a huge

like’s this year, and we’re pretty stoked

cost, but the benefit is immeasurable

about that. Better still, Naomi’s written

when you’re out to sea with things

our lead story this month - the first of

going badly wrong. A coastguard

many I’m sure! Thanks team NZFisher!

membership isn’t a donation (although

Our main sponsors, Honda, Rod &

they gratefully accept those too!) it’s

Reel, Frewza, Go Fish and Beach & Boat

more like an insurance policy. They’re

are the reason we get to produce this

there to help, and I cannot recommend

mag each month, please help us out

enough becoming a member. You can

by supporting them - you’ll find their

join and see joining details here. Just

ads in this issue, give them a click and

click the link and get on board.

see the very cool stuff they do. If you

This month NZFisher is running a

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SUMMERFISHING

Taking the Kids

Fishing!

It’s not all plain sailing

By Naomi Peterson

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WITH THE SUMMER HOLIDAY season

if I want my fishing fix, I have to fit my

fast approaching, my thoughts turn to

desire to fish around my kids.

our family holiday and of course, fishing.

In those ten years of taking the kids

The two go hand-in-hand in our family. If

fishing with me, I’ve gleaned a few

I want to go fishing while on our family

insights. Some I’ve learned the hard way,

holiday, the kids come along too.

some I’ve been lucky to have learned

Some of us will be lucky to have kids

from other parents, and some I’ve just

who are just as enthusiastic as us when

discovered by chance.

it comes to fishing, but if you’re not that

First, what I’ve learned is that kids don’t

lucky, how do you manage to get your

have the same attention span as me.

fishing fix and keep the kids happy?

While I’ll happily spend several hours

I was a late starter to the fishing game,

out on the water, young children don’t

as a young kid we used to fish off the

share the same attitude. Don’t expect

rocks at Bowentown with the old builders

that they will want to spend the whole

string fishing line brought from the

day on the boat with you fishing. And

local hardware store, and that was the

if they are over it after a few hours,

sum total of my fishing experience. That

sometimes you just have to call it a day

was until I met my partner ten years

and head back to shore.

ago who was a keen fisherman and who

I’ve learned that if you end on a high

introduced me to boat fishing. Now I too

before there are tantrums because the

have been the fishing buzz, which means

kids have had enough, but you want to

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stay out, and everyone is grumpy with each other, then everyone is happier to want to go out fishing next time. Sometimes you have to be the adult and compromise and cut the trip short. If you’ve caught some fish in that time and return with some fish for dinner, then it’s a win-win.

Secondly, be prepared. That means taking food, drinks, activities, sunscreen, clothes. We all know kids get tetchy when they’re hungry, thirsty, too hot or too cold, so make sure they are comfortable. You can also have little competitions to keep the interest when fishing is a bit slow. A chocolate fish every time they catch a fish or a little scorecard with how many of each species of fish they catch. Or last one to hook up is on dishes duty! Get creative! As our children got older, they were responsible for choosing what activities they take on the boat with them. That way when they’ve had enough of fishing and want a break, they just go and sit in the cabin and entertain themselves, without moaning about being bored and wanting to home.

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Thirdly, if they’re prone to travel sickness, make sure it’s not blowing its guts out. In fact, that applies even if they don’t get sick. Fishing in the sloppy chop isn’t particularly much fun for anyone, let alone young children.

I also think that good gear makes a difference too, especially as the kids get older. While some of the ‘kids’ rod and reel combos look cool, when it comes to practicality they can often be more hassle than they’re worth. And if you’re out targeting a decent sized fish, you want to know that their gear will handle it if they happen to hook the big fish you were hoping to catch!

What I discovered our kids enjoyed too, was learning about the fish on the end of their line. Especially as they got older and began catching more and more different species. So talk to your kids about what they’re catching, teach them about the different species, and if you or they catch something you’ve never seen before – take a photo of it and find about it later. This is also a good opportunity to teach them about conservation,

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We all want enough fish around for our children and their children to be able to enjoy fishing in the future!

And lastly, if you get a chance – take photos of your kids with their catches.

They can be incredibly proud and love telling everyone about their catch, being the centre of attention as they share with their classmates about their PB Snapper, that weird prehistoric skate, or the envy of the campground as they proudly walk beside Dad as he carries their 20lb Kingi for them.

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SUMMERFISHING

Make the Most of Summer Fishing Time

Ten tips for summer holiday fishing harmony

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Don’t get caught short. Before you even hit the road make sure you have a spare tyre for your trailer. When you inevitably get stuck in holiday traffic, keep count of the vehicles pulled over on the side of the road with trailer issues. You’ll often observe people in that unenviable position. A flat trailer tyre is the kind of avoidable accident that has the potential to ruin your whole family’s holiday.

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Start out slow and ease back from there. Get to know what’s happening with the fishing before you head out.

On the evening that you arrive at your destination take the family down to the beach for fish and chips and use this as an opportunity to quiz the boats coming in about what they have been catching and how they have been doing it. Summer holiday fishing is notoriously hard and the times when you can go fishing often limited, so use local knowledge to make the most of it.

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Take a kid fishing. You can kill two birds with one stone as it were. Keep the family happy and find the best spots to catch live baits for later on in your stay (see below). If you have a boat, put your sounder to use to find balls of bait. If that doesn’t work or if you are land based, find somewhere reefy and get a burley trail going. Baited sabiki hooks are nearly

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always your best option.

Chase some birds. As mentioned above, the fishing is often hard at this time of year. The fish have usually just finished spawning, so don’t need as much tucker to keep them going. Add on top of this the other 20,000 boaties that have descended on your favourite beach spot and a procession of bright sunny days (yeah right) to scare the fish and you have a recipe for an empty chilly bin. So why fish where there aren’t any feeding fish if you don’t have to? If your patience allows, put the miles in looking for birds.

If you find them it will turn your day around; where there are birds there are usually feeding fish and your catch rates will be much much higher, regardless of whether you are using baits on ledger rigs, soft baits, modern micro jigs or any old thing with a weighted hook. While you are motoring around also keep an eye on your sounder for groups of “eyebrows” hanging just off the bottom, also a good sign you have lucked onto a school of fish. Have a look at NZFisher’s article on fishing amongst bird activity here.

5 Keep it fresh. By fresh I mean alive. If anything can turn the fish onto the bite, it’s live bait. Being summer you also never know what’s going to be around either. Take a close friend of NZFisher, Ian Biddick, for example, last summer he pulled in a striped and a black marlin on consecutive days, all while live baiting kahawai for kingies within metres of the rocks.

While this might be a rare occurrence, it is completely possible if you have a livey in the water, and if you catch your targeted kingfish, you’d still be going home happy. Your live bait rigs for these big pelagic’s are generally going to fall into one of three categories; under a balloon (usually when anchored and where its shallow enough for the livey to get to the bottom); weighted with a running sinker (in deeper water usually over a pinnacle and from a drifting boat); or slow trolled (so you can cover some ground). Other fish take liveys though.

The majority of the largest snapper caught by NZFisher contributors were caught on semi-live jack mackeral. Just rig them like you would a whole pilchard, or have a look here. While you are snapper fishing, it can also pay to drop a weighted livey down to just above the bottom. If the snapper fishing isn’t great, you are still in with a good chance of happening upon a John dory, a tasty surprise in anyone’s book.

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SUMMERFISHING

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The early bird gets the worm. There is a lot of truth to this saying, especially at times of year when the fishing is hard. If you are fishing in clear, shallow water, the days are sunny and long, and there are lots of other boaties around, then there may only be an hour or so at dawn and then again at dusk that are worth fishing. Anchor up somewhere with lots of bottom structure, preferably with seaweed mixed amongst it. Get a good burley trail going, and use fresh or live bait if you can get it. If this or the above tactics don’t work, it’s time to put your snapper rod away until after the summer holidays. No point in flogging a dead horse.

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Take the plunge. Go on it’s summer, you are probably not going to do it at any other time of year. Put a mask on and have a look at the spots where you go fishing. This will give you a whole new perspective on the terrain you have anchored above so many times before.

Keep an eye out for reefy areas with lots of bottom structure and especially lush seaweed beds, if they are near deep water with a bit of current, you have the perfect mix. While you are in the water, there is always the possibility of shooting a fish or gathering some crayfish or paua depending on your level of experience or preparedness. Even the beginner snorkeler shouldn’t have much trouble dispatching a John Dory or butterfish given the chance.

“If you are fishing in clear, shallow water, the days are sunny and long, and there are lots of other boaties around, then there may only be an hour or so at dawn and then again at dusk that are worth fishing. ”

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Fish with your feet. Accept your defeat gracefully and choose a challenge more appropriate for your skill level. Most holiday spots will have an exposed beach with a tuatua bed that is accessible at low tide. This is also a great hands-on activity where the whole family can contribute. Simply scan up and down the beach for people in knee deep water looking like they are doing the hula.

Join them in their crazy dance, using the heels of your feet to find your quarry. Don’t forget to take home a bucket of saltwater to keep the tuatuas in so they can spit out the sand. Here’s a delicious recipe to make the most of them. Who said fishing wasn’t easy!

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SUMMERFISHING

Butterfish done right, seriously easy

Something for a rainy day. When all else fails, or it rains, or one of the kids is sick, take a backup plan. We recommend taking an iPad with back issues of NZFisher to remind you of what you couldn’t achieve.

Undoubtedly, though, you’ll have reels that need respooling, a rod with a broken guide that needs replacing, filleting knives that need sharpening, or you could even pre-tie some rigs to get ready for the next available fishing window. Have a look here for how to tie your flasher rigs, something that I have up my sleeve for this summer’s inevitable rainy days.

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Bask in your glory. If you haven’t followed the above advice, you will most likely have brought home the bacon. Extend the gratitude that is directed your way by turning your catch into an edible representation of your hunter-gatherer prowess. We should do this more often as nothing beats cooking the fish whole with some summery ingredients and letting everyone serve themselves from the platter. It’s not food it’s an occasion, the perfect way to put the icing on your otherwise fishless summer holiday. ■

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SPORTFISHING

Tempted by the Deep Blue

Bluenose Warehou Tasty sporting fun

By Derrick Paull

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AUCKLANDERS ARE SPOILT by the

how we’d get into some of these sea

fantastic fisheries on our doorstep. From

chickens. We head north each year for

snapper and kahawai in the Waitemata to

a snapper fish and this year that trip

kings and Marlin over the Manukau Bar,

coincided with a huge, tropical high sent

there are fishing opportunities all around.

over from Australia that placed a calm

But none of the real deep water species

upon the seas and beckoned us wide to

that half pissed, we so often threaten to

the Garden patch.

go far and wide to chase, find, hook and

I can’t deny we picked a few people’s

drag up from their dark, dangerous reefs

brains in our preparation and nicked a

and canyons.

couple of GPS spots from other friends

Hapuku and Bass are familiar enough to

while their backs were turned. It’s a big

many, but Bluenose, they’re a different

piece of water out there and there’s no

story. They live deep, real deep. Wikipedia

shame in asking a favour here and there.

tells me they’re seldom caught above

We arrived in the north after midnight

200m and are often caught at 600m; in

and bedded down quickly. After only four

perspective. The Waitakere’s are only

hours sleep, we were back up and into it.

474m high - that’s a hell of a lot of line to wind back up if you miss the pin!

In the spirit of honesty, I must disclose the dickhead of the day award falls

The doctor and I have spent more than

squarely on my shoulders. On the

our share of nights hypothesising over

foreshore in Rangiputa, I asked the doc

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SPORTFISHING to check the bungs (after I’d given them a cursory check) and we ditched the boat in the water. I jumped in and got her going as Daz parked the car. Within seconds, I noticed water coming up through the carpet and figured the problem. I quickly beached the boat but couldn’t reach the bung so off come

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my tee and pants and into the water I go. I get the bung in as some lads come down to the beach to launch and see me floundering around in the shallows in my boxers and my 5-year-old son’s fake tattoo on my arm increasing my manliness no-end. What a start to the day.

Thankfully, as we headed offshore, the signs of good fish increased with good bait sign and birds actively working the surface. So, we popped the marlin lures in and gave an early Marlin a shot. Unfortunately, that was not to be. We had no touches and saw no further sign before we made it out to the garden patch.

It’s a pretty remote spot, 18 miles off shore and rising from 700m to its peak.

The patch is the wide top of what is probably an aged volcano deep below the surface. It’s edges drop quickly back to the depths and hold various species from Gemfish to ghost sharks.

As it’s still fished commercially too, there’s stories of snagged commercial trott lines (a type of commercial long-line used for bluenose and hapuku) littering the top, often caught by anglers and very often blamed for lost fish when it’s more likely human error is to blame. We had a Norwester pushing along with the current, probably the idea wind for this spot and at only 5 knots the wind barely come into play.

I had on board my new Talica 50 loaded with 100lb braid topped with a 100m of 80lb mono. Its first venture out and on the first drop I felt like this is the nicest reel I’ve ever used. We baited up with half yellowtail and squid on double hook dropper rigs on 200lb traces, sent down behind 20 to 32oz of lead.

Our lines raced to the bottom quickly to some good sign I’d identified right on the edge of the drop-off. With the braid, I felt the line hit the bottom, and immediately the sinker caught and subsequently broke off (30lb break-away siner line is too light - note to self!). The line snagged immediately but

as I tried to pull it free, it started pulling back with quite some gusto. My call of ‘snagged’ turned to ‘F**k me, I’m hooked up - get the gimbal!’ and a long, dogged battle began.

Like puka, most people consign bluenose to the ‘like pulling up a bucket’ category, but I can tell you, on braid these fish are dogged, determined and brutal fighters. 200+ meters is a long way to fight and they simply do not give up until the last 10m when their swim bladder finally gets the better of them, and they pop up, google-eyed and toasted.

This fish gave me a great fight and since I’ve only really caught bottom dwellers on mono I wasn’t sure what size to expect, but when it popped up, i was blown away by. This is easily the biggest bluenose I’ve ever seen, and since it easily topped out the scales at 30kgs (before the tail was even off the floor) I’ll never actually know its weight.

We whipped its head off and guts out (saving the cheeks for dinner!) and popped the trunk in the chilly - it still only just fitted!

We did a few more drops and picked up a bass, puka and a pair of smaller bluenose before trolling in, having a jig for a kingi and quick soft bait for snapper before the massive task of filleting the bottomfish and vac-packing them for safe keeping. We take care of our fish, it goes on ice immediately, and the Gourmet Innovations vac-packer has saved us thousands of dollars over the years, it preserves the integrity of fish so freezing it doesn’t damage it.

It was good to get the target species and brilliant to get one so big. I knew they grew to a decent size but had no idea they came in 30kg+ models. Thanks to Graeme at Marine North and Kieron at Reel Rods for the intel easy when you know how ;) ■

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FISHERIESMANAGEMENT

Legasea

Update

What’s fishing worth?

Update by Trish Rae, Legasea

Any day now LegaSea is expecting to see early results from the New Zealand Marine Research Foundation’s project to measure the value of recreational fishing in New Zealand.

It’s exciting to think that after years of debate, trials and some failures we are so close to revealing the truth about our recreational fishing industry and what we contribute to the nation’s economy through taxes, growth and jobs.

Going on overseas experience we will be surprised at how much a recreationally caught fish is worth, and ultimately what having more abundant fisheries could mean for our country.

Kiwis abroad often bemoan the lack of fresh fish and yearn for what we enjoy at home.

We are now seeing ex-pats arriving home

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with their hard-earned money to settle down and enjoy the lifestyle and kaimoana only available in Aotearoa.

The Foundation advises the research is in its final stages, and the next job will be to take the results to the public and politicians, so they know how important it is to have thriving fisheries and a healthy marine environment.

Having abundant fisheries is the key to our future fishing interests and potentially our nation’s next growth spurt, as tourism interest in fishing and the outdoors grows.

To achieve success, we need your support.

If you haven’t already donated, or if you’re feeling a bit of Xmas generosity, please donate again. Every dollar counts.

www.whatsfishingworth.co.nz.

All donations are tax deductible because the New Zealand Marine Research Foundation is a registered charitable organisation.

Our other ‘all blacks’ – the Black Petrel New Zealand has more types of seabirds breeding here than anywhere else in the world, and some of these birds are rarer than our Kiwi.

Seabirds are good indicators of what’s below the surface.

Deep-sea anglers know that Black petrels are a good indicator that a marlin is close by.

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To learn more please visit www.legasea.co.nz/seabirds.

Hot Tip Whether you’re sailing or motoring, if you see birds resting on the water go to leeward. Birds always fly off the water into the wind. Doing this simple manoeuvre will prevent many broken bones and dead birds.

Call 0800 LEGASEA (534 273) Email us info@legasea.co.nz Subscribe at www.legasea.co.nz Read more at www.facebook.com/legasea

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FISHFOOD

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Elliot Stevens with a solid Sping snap caught on a Daiwa pirate jig jig.

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Kris J Gundersen and the whanau with a beauty landbased Whakatane snapper

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> Gary Stone with a hard fighting Tauranga Kahawai

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VIDEOOFTHEMONTH

Fishing & Adventure TV on Youtube

These guys rock - when the weather keeps you at home, check out the great episodes from the Fishing and Adventure boys

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cott & Mig are keen as fishing cousins with a passion to share their enthusiasm and fishing tips with you. Check out their episodes on Youtube and don’t forget to enter the draw for an Illicit designed Fishing and Adventure Hat & Tee shirt.

You can find all the the boys videos here but check this one out - it’s easily my favourite - watch till the end ;)! Don’t forget to enter the draw for an Illicit designed Fishing and Adventure Hat & Tee shirt at our faceb ook page

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COMPETITION

Competition!

Share an Awesome Photo and Be in to Win!

Share a fishy photo this month and be in to WIN one of two $100 Go Fish Vouchers! Double whammy for christmas - 2 x $100 Go Fish vouchers.

SHARE AN AWESOME photo of you with a fish to our Facebook page, or email it to derrickp@fisher.co.nz by January 27th 2016

you like from their website or in store.

This month’s winners are: Jyvhen Duell

and you’ll be in to win one of five $100

for his first Hapuka and Gary Stone for his

vouchers from Go Fish to spend on anything

Tauranga Kahawai. Happy spending guys! ●

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